Buggy

Buggy the Clown (道化のバギー Dōke no Bagī) is a fictional character of the manga and anime One Piece. He is the captain of Buggy's Band of Pirates, his first mate is Mohji the Lion Tamer and his second mate is Cabaji the Acrobat.

Personality and Relationships
Buggy will often feign intelligence, only to have his true incompotence revealed. Although he is not "stupid" in the traditional sense, he is prone to gross misjudgements that often cost him usually this is due to his overconfidence. In the original Japanese version of One Piece, he inserts the word hade, which means "flashy" or "gaudy" into almost every sentence he speaks (Die with flash! You flashy bastard!).

The big, red nose on his face is, in fact, his real nose; a fact he is very touchy about, going so far as to destroy an entire town when a couple of kids made fun of his nose. Occasionally, he will mishear what others say as an insult about him or his nose, possibly due to paranoia.

He has a number of running gags in the series, including his habit of not noticing who he is speaking to until moments after greeting him (for example, when Ace appeared on his ship, Buggy first greets him politely. Then, when he realises he is on his ship, he blurts out 'Who the hell are you?'). He also has what some might consider 'dumb luck'; no matter what happens to him he is lucky enough to survive somehow (including being struck by lightning at Loguetown). Buggy is one of the few villains to become reformed after facing Luffy, though only slightly. Before his loss he was willing to use his crew as human shields, afterwards he shows a lot more care about their well being. He also begins to accept people's kindness, though he can still be cruel to anyone who isn't a member of his crew or aiding him in his goals. He also is fun loving and displays a huge fondness for parties, admiring those who are equally fun loving (strangely, he shares this trait with Shanks).

His primary goal right now is revenge against Luffy, for defeating him, and Shanks for ruining his dreams during his youth.

The Bitter Grudge
Buggy holds a bitter grudge against Red-Haired Shanks over the matter of his Devil Fruit curse. In their youth, both men were pirates aboard the same ship, and constantly argued over everything imaginable (in the flashback in the manga and the anime alike, they argue over whether the North or South Pole is colder). During a raid on an enemy ship, Buggy found a treasure map marking the location of a valuable underwater treasure; during the same raid, the crew retrieved a Devil Fruit: Bara Bara no Mi (バラバラの実 Chop Chop Fruit). Told of the fruit's value, Buggy switched the real fruit with a fake, and then ate the fake in front of the crew so he could sell the fruit which was worth a good amount of money. But, while privately gloating with both the map and the fruit in his possession, Buggy was surprised by Shanks; he hid the fruit in his mouth, and before he could remove it, Shanks surprised him again and he swallowed it - forever losing the ability to swim, and thus also losing his chance to get the treasure underwater.

Terror in Port Town
Buggy's first appearance in the series had him terrorizing a town named "Port Town", taking out random buildings with cannonballs (including his special "Buggy Balls", one of which is capable of taking out entire blocks). Monkey D. Luffy happened to fall into the village when Buggy shot down a passing seabird that was attempting to eat him. After Nami (who had robbed Buggy of a map of the Grand Line) double-crossed both Luffy and Buggy in that order, he set about trying to kill both of them. During his battle with Luffy, Nami stole and tied up his separate body parts, leaving him with just his head, hands and feet - and leaving him helpless to stop Luffy from beating him.

After losing his battle with Luffy, Buggy was separated from his body parts for a long period of time. He found himself on various adventures (as depicted in the "Buggy: After The Battle" title page story arc), one of which had him meeting up with Gaimon. After leaving Gaimon's island, Buggy was attacked by a giant crab - and then saved by a mysterious, beautiful woman who turned out to be Luffy's old foe, Alvida. Learning that Luffy now had a price on his head, Buggy was more than happy to join forces with Alvida.

Buggy's Revenge
The two pirates found Buggy's Band, which had fallen into ruin under the command of Richie, Mohji's pet lion. Reunited with his body parts, Buggy pulled his crew out of trouble and resumed hunting after Luffy.

The second battle between the two crews took place in Loguetown, where Buggy's Band attempted to execute Monkey D. Luffy. Buggy and Alvida's plans were thwarted due in part to the marines, various pirates and rather unlucky weather (which may or may not have been caused by Dragon).

Currently Buggy is sailing the Grand Line with Alvida and his crew and has met up with Portgas D. Ace who has promised to show him the way to Luffy. Buggy has also mentioned that he once met Whitebeard, but the nature of that meeting has not been revealed quite yet.

Abilities
Buggy accidentally consumed the Bara Bara no Mi, a Devil Fruit (Cursed Fruit in the English anime), which allows him to separate his body parts and control them independent of each other, but robbed him of the ability to swim. The abilities gained from this fruit also make Buggy immune to attacks from knives or swords; any such attack just separates him into his component parts. In addition, most of his body is capable of flying through the air - with the crucial exception of his feet. It should also be noted that, even though the parts are separate, Buggy can still feel what the part feels(for example, when Luffy attacked Buggy, he separated his torso from his waist, only to find that Luffy was aiming for the crotch. Needless to say this left him with a rather painful result).

Attack List

 * Special Deluxe Buggy Bombs:`Buggy fires a special cannonball enblazed with his logo at the enemy (the`deluxe version is bigger and more powerful).


 * Bara Bara no Hou(Cannon) / Chop Chop Harpoon:`Buggy holds a dagger between each finger, then shoots his hand at the enemy.


 * Bara Bara Senbei (バラバラせんべい) / Chop Chop Buzzsaw: Buggy separates his legs and makes them spin at a velocity to which it can hurt, he also has tiny blades on the tips of his shoes.


 * Bara Bara Kinkyuu Dasshutsu (バラバラ緊急脱出, Bara Bara Emergency Escape) / Chop Chop Quick Escape: When there's an incoming attack aimed at his head Buggy quickly separates his head from the rest of his body to avoid harm.


 * Bara Bara Hou Kirihanashi (バラバラ砲切り離し, Bara Bara Cannon- Detach) / Chop Chop Harpoon-Separate: A variant of the Bara Bara no Cannon where Buggy adds 1/3 of his forearm to his fist, so that if the opponent attempts to stop the attack by grabbing the forearm, Buggy can simply detach his fist and continue the attack.


 * Bara Bara Festival (バラバラフェスティバル) / Chop Chop Festival: Buggy separates all his body parts into tiny chunks and spins them around, hitting his enemy with an intense velocity of pain not to mention making him difficult to hit. However his feet remain on the ground during this move.


 * Bara Bara Car (バラバラカー) / Chop Chop Buggy: Buggy uses a set of wheels and a bomb for a motor to become a small car for quick getaways(in One Piece Grand Battle!, he also uses it to run the enemy over).Buggy seems to be able to go about as fast as Alvida's Sube Sube Spur.

Trivia

 * In a recent Japanese Fan Poll, Buggy the Clown in currently ranked the 30th most popular character in One Piece.
 * Buggy was originally going to be called "Boogie". The creator of One Piece, Eiichirō Oda, saw a movie and saw that the name "Boogie" was taken. Oda quickly thought up the new name.
 * One of Oda's more mature SBS questions asked if Buggy's lower regions were also able to split and fly off. Oda replied 'yes' as every part of Buggy's body could fly off.
 * In an interview for Shonen Jump Oda once stated Buggy was his favourite villain.
 * Buggy is the only villain to have come so close to killing Luffy that Luffy actually believed that he was going to die (against all the other villains, he refused to die). However, this could simply be because Luffy was about to be killed at the place where Gold Roger was executed.