He has designed and built the ship which the Straw Hats are riding and it's his task to keep it in good condition. These dreams are their reasons for joining Luffy's crew, and essentially the driving force behind their lives.

If that is the case, the main Straw Hat crew might not be getting any new members for the remainder of the series' run.Although he implies that he has accomplished this dream (before he leaves the crew), but eventually realizes on his confrontation with Luffy that he has yet to achieve it, Usopp has a second dream.

When Brook told the Straw Hats of how Moria stole his shadow, Luffy immediately asked where he was so he could get Brook's shadow back despite just meeting the skeleton, while the others were all behind him. First bounty: 30,000,000 for his involvement in the Enies Lobby incident and for shooting down the World Government flag and sniping off marines on the Bridge of Hesitation. Despite having a small number of members, the Straw Hats are an extremely powerful crew with great potential, as stated by Kuzan when he first met them, eventually growing to the point of being capable of challenging and surpassing Warlord organizations like Baroque Works, [13] the Thriller Bark Pirates, and the Donquixote Pirates, [33] and later crews captained by the Four Emperors like the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates. Furthermore, as his captain was officially recognized as one of the Four Emperors, Zoro was named as one of Luffy's nine commanders. However, it is foiled by Jiro screaming into a Den Den Mushi to Campacino that should they do anything against them Brindo will be killed.First bounty: 16,000,000 for her involvement in the Enies Lobby Incident and for defeating CP9 agent Kalifa.