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Luffy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Debut Meets Disaster

Luffy made his Macy's Thanksgiving Parade debut on Thursday, but the Shonen Jump hero's big moment was felled by a innocuous tree branch. Watch below.

The giant Luffy balloon previously soared at the 2023 Macy's Balloonfest, a pre-parade event that gives select media a first look at the balloons that will take part in the parade.

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"Puncture events" are not uncommon during the parade. Infamously, during the 1993 parade, a giant Sonic the Hedgehog balloon was punctured by a lamp post. The lamp post was also knocked down, causing injury to a 10-year-old girl and a police officer. A Sonic balloon was again punctured, and removed from the parade, in 1995, and again in 1997 a Sonic balloon was pulled from the parade when its head was ripped open.

At least Luffy managed to continue the parade.