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The motley crew of characters are based on characters Panahi met, both in the prison and outside.
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
The cheeky youngster with an eyepatch and baseball cap trailed by a motley crew?
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In deep space, 805 million miles from Earth, in the year 2120, a motley crew of exhausted contractors is nearing the end of a 65-year mission for the Weyland-Yutani corporation, on a ship that contains dangerous cargo.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
As previously reported, the original One Piece manga debuted in 1997, following the adventures of one Monkey D. Luffy, who heads a motley crew called the Straw Hat Pirates.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
The cheeky youngster with an eyepatch and baseball cap trailed by a motley crew?
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In deep space, 805 million miles from Earth, in the year 2120, a motley crew of exhausted contractors is nearing the end of a 65-year mission for the Weyland-Yutani corporation, on a ship that contains dangerous cargo.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
As previously reported, the original One Piece manga debuted in 1997, following the adventures of one Monkey D. Luffy, who heads a motley crew called the Straw Hat Pirates.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Motley crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motley%20crew. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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