Richie is a large lion that shows a fierce expression during fights and confrontations. However, he can also show a goofy face when he is not doing anything.
In the anime, his eye colors can sometimes change from white sclerae to scarlet red sclerae, or vice versa, depending on the animators. His eyes are usually white when he is in a comical or friendly mood, but red when he is in a vicious or enraged mood.
He has golden brown fur and a pink mane in the manga. In the anime, his fur is green and his mane is purple.
After the timeskip, he has gotten fatter, and wears a one-piece garment with white and orange rhombuses, and a white frill collar.[7]
Despite his size and fierce look, Richie mostly acts like a kitten, having his own goofy moments when doing nothing. Richie is intelligent enough to adopt human-like mannerisms, but is otherwise not very bright and most of the time thinks only about food.[8] Sometimes, his own crewmates will mistake his melodramatic longings for food as though he felt moved by a sad or touching moment if such has just taken place.
Abilities and Powers[]
Being a large lion, Richie can fight by biting and mauling his victims. He is fairly strong, having enough biting force to destroy a thick iron cage that not even Roronoa Zoro thought he could cut down and being capable of knocking Monkey D. Luffy away through a wooden building with a single swipe of his paw.[9]
However, being a wild and irrational beast and not very intelligent, Richie can easily be overpowered by opponents stronger and faster than him, as Luffy easily overpowered him by spinning him around. His gluttony is also a problem, as Richie can often be distracted from his goal if he is very hungry, as Usopp managed to distract him with his Tamago Boshi, which caused Richie to instantly calm down and start licking the egg.
History[]
East Blue Saga[]
Orange Town Arc[]
As Buggy invaded Orange Town, Richie and Mohji beat up Chouchou the dog.[9] They were then defeated by Luffy and knocked unconscious.[10] When they finally came round, they once again get caught up with Luffy resulting in Richie being used as a shield by Cabaji.[11]
Buggy's Crew Adventure Chronicles[]
Richie became captain of the crew.
Richie was seen fleeing along with Mohji and Cabaji from the citizens of Orange town. During the fight between Cabaji and Mohji over who should be captain, Richie fell asleep and dreamed about being captain himself and fighting a dragon. He beat up Cabaji and Mohji (who had both been weakened from fighting each other) while sleep walking[12] and was declared the new captain.[3]
However, he and the rest of the Buggy pirates got captured by the Kumate Tribe.[13] Luckily, Buggy and Alvida managed to save them by defeating the cannibalistic crew.[14]
Loguetown Arc[]
Richie and Mohji later participated in the attack on Loguetown. It was their job to burn down the Straw Hat's ship,[15] which they failed to do as soon as it started to rain. Usopp found them and before Mohji could do anything, he slipped and bumped his head on the ship's hull, getting knocked out. After the Straw Hat Pirates escaped, they reunited with their crew.[16]
Sky Island Saga[]
Jaya Arc[]
Richie was later seen in the background (picking his nose) when Ace hopped on board Buggy's ship. Ace also asked Richie to jump through a hoop of fire.[17]
Summit War Saga[]
Impel Down Arc[]
Richie's appeared again when the Buggy and Alvida Alliance attempted to save Buggy from Impel Down, even having bought an Eternal Pose that worth quite much. While Buggy's crew was at first desperate to save their captain, Alvida explained about the dangers surrounding their decision and so they gave up and decided to follow Alvida. Among all of this, Richie was comically shown to only think of food and nothing else.[8]
Post-War Arc[]
Richie and his crewmates hug Buggy after his return.
After Buggy reunited with his crew, Richie was seen in the background thinking about onigiri, candy, and cake.[18]
The following events are Non-Canon and therefore not considered part of the Canon story.
During the Timeskip[]
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Richie and the rest of the Buggy Pirates surprised to see Luffy and Boa Hancock fighting together on the Groseade.
Immediately after Buggy became a new Warlord of the Sea, the Buggy Pirates received the summons to fight against the World Pirates. Coincidentally, they happened to come upon the World Pirates' ship and saw that Luffy and Boa Hancock were fighting with Sebastian. Richie then followed the rest of the crew as they boarded the enemy ship. On board the ship, they watched as Byrnndi World defeated Luffy and then went to help revive him.
Later, they encountered Gairam who attacked them with his Devil Fruit powers. During the attack, while the rest of the crew were cheering on Buggy for his supposed words of encouragement to Luffy, Richie thought about ice cream. Then while the crew continued cheering and while Buggy was thinking about the Impel Down escapees' bounties being higher than his, Richie changed to thinking about curry on rice and then a melon. However, when Gairam began attacking again, the crew made a run for it while Mr. 3 fended off the attack. Eventually, however, Gairam is defeated by Hancock and the crew escaped outside the ship.
Outside, they saw a fleet of Marine ships approaching, which then began to fire on the World Pirates' ship. Buggy and his crew then make their withdrawal back to their own ship.
Concludes non-canon section.
Whole Cake Island Saga[]
Zou Arc[]
Buggy's dispatch company celebrates Donquixote Doflamingo's defeat.
After the abolishment of the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, those on Karai Bari Island were confronted by a Marine fleet led by Stainless.[20]Crocodile led his own force to destroy the Marines' ships in order to recruit Buggy and Buggy's Delivery into his new company, the Cross Guild.[21]
Richie being a large lion belonging to Mohji, a tamer, is part of the Buggy Pirates' circus theme, as some circuses usually have several animals, including large felines, to perform shows being tamed by a tamer.
↑ 8.08.1One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 54Chapter 525 (p. 5-7) and Episode 422, Richie only thinks about food while the rest of Buggy's pirate crew are worried about their captain.
