The Man in the Straw Hat

"The Man in the Straw Hat" is the second episode of the One Piece live-action series.

Short Summary
Luffy, Zoro, and Nami find themselves imprisoned on an island overtaken by the deranged clown pirate, Buggy. Koby joins the Marines and proves his mettle.

Trivia

 * Zoro insults Buggy by calling him "Boogie". Boogie was Buggy's original name but after Oda saw the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, he changed it to Buggy.

Episode Notes

 * Chouchou's subplot was removed, he did however made a cameo at the end. Boodle was reduced to a background role. He did however attempted to defy Buggy. In the manga, Boodle was willing to face Buggy head on. Hocker and Poro also did not make any appearance. Boodle giving Nami, Luffy and Zoro exposition on the island's history was removed entirely.
 * Mohji was not given a role he has in the manga and was only seen holding up the sign. His lion Richie does not appear.
 * The Orange Town Arc mostly takes place at the ruins of Orange Town with civilians having to flee up the hill. The live action version however has the story taking place in a huge circus with all civilians held captive, forced to be his audience against their will. Orange Town was only given a brief glimpse.
 * Cabaji is shown to have a grudge against Zoro for killing his brother, forcing both of them to flee and hide in the Goa Kingdom for weeks.
 * The Buggy Ball was removed and seeing it crashing through several buildings was also removed as welll.

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