Buggy

Buggy (バギー, Bagī), or "Genius Clown Jester" Buggy (千両道化のバギー, Senryō Dōke no Bagī; literally meaning "Star Clown" Buggy), is both a fictional character and deuteragonist from the J-Stars' Fairy One Piece Tail series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda.

He is is the captain of the Buggy Pirates as well as the co-leader of the Buggy and Alvida Alliance, and a former apprentice of the Roger Pirates. Shortly after the War of the Best, he became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, prior to the Walord system dissolved.

Prior to the Seven Warlords dissolvement, he is also the leader of the pirate dispatch organization. Despite his rivalry with Luffy, he temporarily became one of the tritagonists during the Impel Down and Marineford Arcs, the 3D 2Y special episode, and the movie Stampede.

"All of the world's treasure belongs to me!"
 * —Buggy.

Appearance & Biography

 * Voice Actor: Mike McFarland (English), Shigeru Chiba (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)
 * Voice Actor (Younger): Not Known (English), Subaru Kimura (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

Appearance
Buggy is a slim blue-haired man with an appearance resembling that of a clown, as to mirror his epithet. The big, red nose on his face is, in fact, his real nose.

It was revealed in an SBS question that the blue tassels coming from the sides of Buggy's hat are his actual hair in the shape of two ponytails. While in the confines of Impel Down, Buggy's long hair is tied into just one ponytail.

The Young Past Days
As a young man serving aboard Roger's ship, he looked mostly the same; the only notable differences were his shorter hair and smaller stature. He wore a different outfit in each flashback but dressed similarly to how he does now, usually seen in striped T-shirts (or collared shirts), white gloves, baggy pants, pointed shoes, and donning a sash. He wore beanies rather than a captain's hat and he lacked the captain's coat.

Pre-Timeskip
Buggy's face is always covered with make up, just like a clown, and the motifs change from time to time: in his first appearance he had crossbones going down his face forming an X; he also had two blue lines near both of his eyes, red lipstick and his jolly roger on his hat. However, in later episodes after the Loguetown arc his look changes. First, a green star appears in the middle of the forehead, two half circles appear beneath the eyes, and there is a straight line on the middle of his chin.

After that (when his crew meets Ace), he has two green dots on both sides of his head and four big green dots on the rim of his hat, which still has the jolly roger on it. He also has green eyeliner and green lipstick, with a curvy line going down both sides of his face. In the Impel Down saga, he has crossbones again going down his forehead to below his eyes, two pink lines pointing up, and red lipstick.

In his pirate captain attire, he dons a striped white and red shirt with short sleeves, white gloves reminiscent of the ones worn by clowns, a sash around his waist like many other pirates, and a pair of loose pants reaching to his calves, just above a pair of striped socks and pointy shoes. He also has a scarf around his neck. Hanging from his shoulders there is an orange, fur-lined captain's coat. On his head he has an orange hat with his jolly roger on it, over a neckerchief with the same pattern of his shirt.

While in the manga his scarf and sash are orange just like many other components of his attire, his pants are light-brown and the epaulets of his coat are simply gold, in the anime he was given a much more bright color scheme, with a purple scarf, green sash, light-green pants, and green epaulets.

In Impel Down, he wore a striped prisoner outfit and wore his hair in a ponytail. After escaping from the Grand Prison, he changed his prisoner uniform with clothes like the one he normally wears, with salvaged Marine uniform pieces to recreate the effects of a pirate captain: a white coat and a white tricorn that had the Marine symbols crossed out.

Non-Canon
In the Boss Luffy Historical Special episodes, he has long pink hair, a green ribbon in the front, and a white face with red and blue lines. He wears an orange kimono, with blue shoulder pads that have his Jolly Roger drawn, with two yellow lines crossed behind, and a blue and red ribbon at the waist. He also wears white gloves (different from the canon storyline), and sandals.

During Timeskip
In the 3D2Y special, he dresses in a similar way to his appearance in Orange Town, with the difference of his shirt and sash are with the colors in Marineford, and the shoulder pads in his coat are gold.

Post-Timeskip
After the timeskip, Buggy's appearance has changed greatly. His hair is not tied anymore and now looks spikier. He wears a big red and white, stripped tricorn with a rim ornated with several golden little balls and his crew's Jolly Roger on the front. In his "Star Clown" appearance he wears a big, red cloak, using his Devil Fruit powers to make himself appear larger, an orange and white captain coat on the shoulders, and a pink cravat.

Non-Canon
In the video game Fairy One Piece Tail: World Seeker, Buggy wears his hair in a ponytail, and sunglasses with star-shaped lenses. On his neck he wears a purple scarf and a gold collar, and he wears a green shirt with printed flowers, which he has unbuttoned, leaving his torso in sight, orange shorts with a red and white striped scarf at the waist, and sandals. He also wears his white gloves, and Captain John's armband on his wrist.

In Faiiry One Piece Tail: Stampede, he is shown with yellow hair, and a black hat with a Jolly Roger. He wears a white shirt, pants with pink and yellow vertical stripes, fastened by light blue suspenders, and an orange coat on the shoulders. He also wears brown shoes and socks with white and light blue stripes.


 * Hair Color: Blue (Main), Yellow (Stampede)
 * Skin Color: Not Known
 * Eye Color: Black
 * Age: 37 (debut), 39 (after timeskip)
 * Birthday: August 8th
 * Height: 192 cm (6'3½")
 * Weight: Not Known
 * Bounty: 15,000,000 berries

Personality
Buggy is very vain and egotistical and seeks to be glorified and feared by others. When he was nine years old, he complained that the Whitebeard Pirates were receiving more attention in the newspaper than his crew, the Roger Pirates. He does not spend much of his time improving his own abilities to become a powerful fighter, but rather focuses mainly on recruiting powerful subordinates who do the hard work while simultaneously being subjected to him. If presented with an opportunity to make himself look good and recruit powerful followers, Buggy will take it.

Whenever someone strokes his ego, even if it is due to an inaccurate impression of him, Buggy will revel in it and start getting delusions of grandeur; when the Impel Down escapees praised him for being on Roger's crew, Buggy started considering that their support could help him take down Whitebeard or even become King of the Pirates.

Buggy is a showman, and his actions are frequently designed to bring attention to himself. He injects the word "flashy" (派手に, hade ni), into almost every sentence he speaks ("Flashily die! You flashy bastard!"), and frequently uses it to describe his actions, such as giving Luffy a "flashy execution" in Loguetown. In that attempted execution, he made his entrance by blowing up a fountain, and allowed his crew to run wild while he executed Luffy atop the platform where Roger D. Gol was famously killed.

During the Summit War of Marineford, he had his followers broadcast his exploits to the outside world with a stolen Den Den Mushi, and after becoming a Warlord of the Sea during the timeskip, he uses his Devil Fruit abilities in conjunction with a large robe to make himself look much bigger than he actually is.

In addition to wanting followers, Buggy loves to find treasure and spends most of his time following maps leading to great riches; when he was on the Roger Pirates, he stated that the most important thing to a pirate is the physical treasure they find. Buggy is extremely possessive over the treasure he takes and will kill anyone who attempts to steal from him. When Rex accidentally caused him to lose a treasure map during their apprentice days, Buggy developed a grudge against him that has lasted for three decades.

When the Roger Pirates went to Skypiea, Buggy was very attracted to the Shandorian Golden Belfry Bell and was disappointed when Roger decided not to take it. Buggy was even willing to guide Luffy through Impel Down in exchange for an armband pointing to Captain John's treasure, though did not intend to fully honor the deal especially after Luffy gave him the armband in advance. When asked by Shanks on Marineford to return Luffy's straw hat, Buggy immediately did so upon being promised a treasure map in return, and was extremely angry when he found out Shanks was lying.

Buggy is extremely prideful; when he failed to kill Natsu, Luffy, Gray, Zoro, Lucy, and Nami for stealing from him and defying him, he said that it would bring great shame upon him and his crew to let them go free. After Luffy defeated him, Buggy made it his mission to hunt down and kill him for simply angering him. He is prone to underestimating opponents that he knows nothing about, as he initially mistook Luffy for a common thief and believed that Luffy was much weaker than him until being defeated by him; he initially paid much more attention to Zoro due to having heard of the swordsman before.

In Impel Down, Buggy's lack of knowledge about vice warden Hannyabal caused him to assume that he and Galdino had a chance of beating him, causing them to attack him and get easily beaten. Buggy also angrily confronted Ace D. Portgas as an enemy until finding out who he was. When the Roger Pirates battled the Whitebeard Pirates for four days, Marco noted that Rex, Buggy, Teach and Shanks had impressively stoic attitudes for young pirate apprentices.

Buggy is extremely sensitive about his big red nose and will immediately execute anyone who points it out, usually by blowing them up with a Buggy Ball. He frequently tends to mishear people as talking about his nose when in reality they are talking about something completely different, and sometimes he even mistakes his own speech as referring to his nose and gets angry at people around him for it.

Despite his prideful and vain attitude, Buggy is aware of the many dangers of the Grand Line and typically does not commit rash actions that would put him in trouble, to the point of acting cowardly. When the Roger Pirates came into conflict with the Golden Lion Pirates and their massive fleet, a 12-year-old Buggy worriedly pleaded for Roger to comply with Golden Lion captain Shiki's request. When Ace fell asleep on his ship, Buggy ordered his crew not to kill him as he knew that doing so would unleash Whitebeard's wrath on them.

When teaming up with Luffy, who wanted to go to the lowest level of Impel Down to save Ace, Buggy wished to stay on the highest level possible and avoid the prison's powerful guards. When escaping from Impel Down, Buggy went along with Jimbei, Crocodile, and Daz Bonez to commandeer a Marine ship in order to stay away from the warden Magellan. When he witnessed Whitebeard die after battling the Marine admirals and Blackbeard Pirates, Buggy immediately became afraid and flew away from the battleground, not caring if his followers saw him as cowardly.

However, Buggy may commit rash actions if compelled by his emotions; when Mihawk Dracule sliced him into many pieces during the Summit War of Marineford, Buggy got angry at him and shot a Muggy Ball at him without thinking, causing Mihawk to deflect it back at him. When he was in Level 4 of Impel Down, he wanted to go with Luffy to break into the kitchen, and Galdino was forced to to stop him from heading into an obvious ambush.

Buggy can often be cruel and selfish, even toward his comrades. While operating in Orange Town, he regularly raided and pillaged defenseless towns before destroying them as he pleased, and would kill anyone who opposed him without hesitation. If one of his subordinates fails to accomplish a task, Buggy will become very angry at them and may abuse them. When a Buggy Ball was flying toward him and his crew, Buggy used two of his crewmates as shields without any remorse.

After losing his Warlord position and being confronted by a Marine fleet, Buggy plotted to escape in secret while the rest of his forces fought the Marines. When teaming up with Luffy in Impel Down, Buggy frequently looked for ways to split away from him and pursue his own goal of escaping, even if it meant going back on his word or leaving Luffy in a perilous situation. When Luffy gave him Captain John's armband in advance, and let him go off even before they had agreed to, Buggy was baffled by his kindness.

While with the Roger Pirates, he kept a treasure map from them without telling anyone and pretended to eat the Devil Fruit the crew had in order to sell the real one, valuing gaining wealth for himself over contributing to the crew. Buggy is willing to do whatever it takes to win and aid his comrades in battle, as shown when he attempted to restrain Zoro to allow Cabaji to strike him. Buggy appears to love eating and drinking, as he frequently engages in parties and banquets with his crew.

Friends/Allies

 * Buggy and Alvida Alliance
 * Alvida
 * Buggy Pirates
 * Mohji
 * Cabaji
 * Galdino
 * Roger Pirates
 * Gaimon
 * Whitebeard Pirates
 * Ace D. Portgas

Neutral

 * Red Hair Pirates
 * Shanks
 * Straw Hat Pirates
 * Luffy D. Monkey
 * Heart Pirates
 * Law Trafalgar

Enemies

 * World Government
 * Marines
 * Garp D. Monkey
 * Hina
 * Tashigi
 * Kuzan
 * Issho
 * G-5

Abilities and Powers
As captain of the Buggy Pirates, Buggy has authority over his crew, which grew exponentially during the Impel Down Arc after he freed hundreds of powerful prisoners from Impel Down whose individual bounties are much higher than his own. After hearing that Buggy was once a member of the Roger Pirates, these prisoners came to heavily respect him and follow him wherever he went.

The Emperor Whitebeard even noted that Buggy's new forces could disrupt his crew's ability to save Ace D. Portgas if they were against him, so he offered to form an alliance with Buggy during the War of the Best. Buggy's newfound authority created by his association with the Roger Pirates even attracted the attention of the World Government, who offered him a Warlord position.

Buggy used this position to run a mercenary business called Buggy's Delivery, where he had authority over a large number of powerful mercenaries including giants from Elbaph. However, now that the Seven Warlords system has been dissolved, Buggy is now an enemy of the World Government again and he can no longer operate outside the law as he pleases.

Despite once being an apprentice with the renowned Roger Pirates, Buggy has never achieved the great strength and combat skills of his crewmates, particularly his fellow former apprentice Shanks who is now a member of the Four Emperors. For the most part, he is only truly dangerous against normal citizens and novice pirates in the seas of the world, though did manage to easily defeat the Bear Claw Tribe with the help of Alvida, Mohji, and Cabaji.

However, Buggy is resilient, having sailed the Grand Line with the Roger Pirates and surviving the battles and perils they were in, including fights against opponents like the Golden Lion Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates. Buggy has also captained his own crew through the Grand Line and has survived its perils so far, and currently operates in a far-off island. Buggy was involved in the mass breakout of Impel Down and the Summit War of Marineford and survived, although he was rarely involved in direct combat and most of the fighters paid him little mind.

Buggy mainly gets by with his craftiness; he frequently devises plans to unexpectedly overwhelm his opponents with his weapons and Devil Fruit. He allowed Roronoa Zoro to cut him into pieces and pretended to be dead in order to stab Zoro with a detached hand while he was off-guard. He was also able to trap Luffy on Roger's execution platform, and would have successfully executed him had lightning not struck the platform.

Buggy is also a skilled inventor, as evidenced by his creation of extremely powerful ammunition like Buggy Balls and Muggy Balls that greatly aid in his destructive capabilities. While alone on an unknown island, he made a trap to attempt to catch a large bird, but the bird was not fooled. Additionally, Buggy is very opportunistic, and will frequently look to utilize other people to help him get out of trouble. This was most notably shown in Impel Down, where he freed hundreds of prisoners to get them to follow him and create a riot.

When the Marines identified him as a former member of the Roger Pirates, Buggy decided to quickly utilize this to build up his own image. Although his efforts to be seen as great are frequently intentional, Buggy also benefited from a significant amount of luck when leading the Impel Down escapees, as even though he showed his cowardly nature multiple times, his words and actions were always misconstrued by the escapees as indicators of strength.

Physical Abilities
Buggy possesses notable physical durability, as he quickly recovered after being hit by a Muggy Ball that Mihawk Dracule rebounded back toward him in Marineford. Although he avoided most of the damage by using his men as shields, Buggy was able to survive the explosion from a Buggy Ball that Luffy sent flying back at him and emerged from the wreckage of the collapsed tavern with no injuries. Additionally, although he does not have immunity to lightning like Luffy, he was able to quickly get back up after being struck on the Loguetown execution platform and immediately start chasing after Luffy. In Impel Down, he was able to walk though the extreme heat of Level 4 and extreme cold of Level 5 without suffering significant adverse effects.

Buggy has a notable amount of physical strength, which is aided by his Devil Fruit allowing his hands to detach and fly. He was easily able to lift one of his men and Mayor Boodle off the ground by their necks with a single detached hand. Additionally, he was able to lift a massive Blugori high into the air with both of his detached hands, as well as carry Luffy and the very large fish-man Jinbe in the air with just his hands holding them against his torso. He was also able to throw Mohji a great distance forward despite Mohji being slightly bigger than him. According to Shanks, Buggy was a very good swimmer, but he lost this ability after eating his Devil Fruit.

Devil Fruit

 * Main article: Chop-Chop Fruit

The Chop-Chop Fruit (バラバラの実, Bara Bara no Mi; literally meaning "Fruit of the Split-Split") the Paramecia-class Devil Fruit, which was accidentally eaten by Buggy, him to split his body into pieces and reassemble them at will, and thus making him a Splitting Human (バラバラ人間, Barabara Ningen).

With the exception of his feet, Buggy's detached body parts can levitate and he can control them telekinetically, which allows him to fight from a distance by performing actions like flying his detached hands to grab opponents, or strike them with weapons.

He can launch the parts from his body, allowing him to strike distant targets with strong force. Additionally, he can split his body to dodge opponents' attacks.

Techniques
The named techniques that are used by Buggy that involve the Devil Fruit are as follows:
 * Chop-Chop Cannon (バラバラ砲, Bara Bara Hō; literally meaning "Split-Split Cannon"): Holding a weapon, Buggy shoots his hands at the enemy. This was first seen being used against Zoro after he learned of Buggy's powers.
 * Ground Hugging Chop-Chop Cannon (地をはうバラバラ砲, Chi o Hau Bara Bara Hō; literally meaning "Earth-Crawling Split-Split Cannon"): A variation of Buggy's Chop-Chop Cannon, Buggy shoots his hand across the ground in order to grab an opponent's legs. This was first seen being used against Zoro in an attempt to aid Cabaji's attack. Before it could reach its target, however, it was stopped by Luffy when he stomped on Buggy's hand.
 * Chop-Chop Cannon-Separate (バラバラ砲切り離し, Bara Bara Hō Kirihanashi, literally meaning "Split-Split Cannon Dismember"): A variation of the Chop-Chop Cannon, 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. Between his fingers, Buggy holds four knives in this attack. This was first seen being used to battle against Gray.


 * Chop-Chop Buzzsaw (バラバラせんべい, Bara Bara Senbei; literally meaning "Split-Split Rice Cracker"): Buggy first stomps on his shoes to make knives appear out of them before he performs this technique. He then throws his lower half cartwheeling on the ground towards an opponent, though in some forms of media, his whole lower half is able to actually levitate for a set amount of time. This was first seen being used against Luffy.


 * Chop-Chop Quick Escape (バラバラ緊急脱出, Bara Bara Kinkyū Dasshutsu; literally meaning "Split-Split Emergency Escape"): When there is an incoming attack aimed at his head, Buggy quickly separates his head from the rest of his body to avoid harm. This was first seen being used to escape from one of Natsu's attacks.


 * Chop-Chop Festival (バラバラフェスティバル, Bara Bara Fesutibaru; literally meaning "Split-Split Festival"): Buggy's ultimate attack, he separates all his body parts into tiny chunks and spins them around. Then he can either surround his enemy to block their escape, or pummel his enemy with his body parts at intense speeds. This attack also makes it difficult to hit Buggy while he is using it, however his feet remain on the ground during this move, leaving them open for attack. This was first seen being used to attack Nami for stealing his loot.


 * Chop-Chop Buggy (バラバラカー, Bara Bara Kā; literally meaning "Split-Split Car"): Buggy uses a set of wheels and a bomb for a motor and uses his powers to reconfigure himself into become a small car for quick getaways. Buggy seems to be able to go about as fast as Alvida's Smooth-Smooth Tracks. This was first seen being used to chase after Luffy in Loguetown.


 * Aerial Tailspin Big Top (空中錐揉み大サーカス, Kūchū Kirimomi Dai Sākasu; literally meaning "Midair Tailspin Big Circus"): Buggy detaches his hands and grabs onto an opponent with them before lifting them high into the air. He then turns them so that they are facing the ground before sending his hands flying in a corkscrew pattern back down to earth, throwing them on the ground with high impact. This was first seen being used against a Blugori in Impel Down.

Blades
Buggy's most frequently used weapons are his knives. In addition to simply holding them, he has also put his knives between his fingers to wield them like claws. He often uses his knives in conjunction with his Devil Fruit power by flying his detached hands and trying to strike people from afar; he can also throw the knives with power and accuracy. Additionally, he possesses retractable knife blades in his shoes, and can detach his legs and spin them to strike opponents.

Thus, Buggy is capable of overwhelming opponents by flying his detached blade-holding limbs at rapid speed and attacking from multiple directions at once. He wielded a sword when attempting to behead Luffy in Loguetown.

Buggy Balls and Muggy Balls

 * Further information: Buggy Balls

Buggy's most prominent weapons are his Buggy Balls, which are immensely powerful cannonballs that can instantly demolish an entire row of buildings. With this ammunition, he can terrorize a village that is not well protected such as Orange Town and easily destroy it whenever he wants. Additionally, he has also fired Buggy Balls at people who come to his base to confront him or subordinates that displease him, bringing certain death upon them. However, his crewmates have shown to be able to survive after being hit.

While in Impel Down, Buggy revealed a smaller version of the Buggy Ball known as the Muggy Ball. Despite being only slightly bigger than a bullet, the Muggy Ball possesses equivalent destructive power to a Buggy Ball, and since it is so small, Buggy can carry them on his body and throw them rather than having to shoot them out of a cannon like Buggy Balls. Buggy was able to severely injure the awakened Zoan user Minotaurus by hitting him with a Muggy Ball.