Buggy
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Japanese Name
Bara Bara no Mi
Romanized Name
Bagī
Official English Name
Buggy
Debut
Chapter 9; Episode 4
Affiliations
Cross Guild; Buggy's Delivery (Unknown status)? ;Buggy Pirates; Buggy and Alvida Alliance; Four Emperors; Seven Warlords of the Sea (former);Roger Pirates (former);Impel Down (former)
Occupations
Pirate Captain; Emperor; Figurehead President of Cross Guild; Chairman of Buggy's Delivery (former); Warlord of the Sea (former); Apprentice (former); Prisoner of the Great Prison (former)
Origin
Grand Line
Residence
Karai Bari Island; Orange Town (former)
Epithet
"Buggy the Clown" (道化のバギー, Dōke no Bagī?) "Buggy the Star Clown" (千両道化のバギー, Senryō Dōke no Bagī?, English versions: Buggy the Genius Jester)
Status
Alive
Age
37 (debut);39 (after timeskip)
Birthday
August 8th
Height
192 cm (6'4") (age 39) 130 cm (4'3") (age 13)
Blood Type
F
Bounty
3,189,000,000 15,000,000
Japanese Voice
Shigeru Chiba;Subaru Kimura (young; Episode 959-Present)
English Voice
Odex:Brian Zimmerman4Kids:David WillsFunimation:Mike McFarland;Kyle Igneczi (young; Episode 959-Present)
Live-action Portrayal
Jeff Ward
English Name
Chop-Chop Fruit
Meaning
Scattered; in pieces
Type
Paramecia
Introduction
Buggy the Star Clown is the captain of the Buggy Pirates and co-leader of the Buggy and Alvida Alliance. Formerly an apprentice of the Roger Pirates alongside Shanks, he was one of the earliest enemies of Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates, whose actions eventually entangled him in the Summit War of Marineford. Inadvertently, the war grew his reputation enough to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, whereupon he founded the pirate mercenary organization Buggy's Delivery. After the Warlord system was abolished, he recreated it as the Cross Guild in partnership with fellow ex-Warlords Dracule Mihawk and Crocodile. He is currently recognized as the Guild's public leader, and on its power one of the Four Emperors. He is the main antagonist of the Orange Town Arc and a secondary antagonist in the Loguetown Arc, as well as the central protagonist of the Buggy's Crew Adventure Chronicles cover arc. Since then, he has become one of the series' most-recurring characters, serving as a supporting character through the Summit War Saga in addition to tertiary appearances in the Jaya Arc, Zou Arc, Wano Country Arc, and Egghead Arc. He is also the main antagonist in most episodes of "Boss Luffy Historical Special". He also serves as a reluctant ally to Luffy in the 3D2Y special episode, and the movie One Piece: Stampede.Buggy the Star Clown is the captain of the Buggy Pirates and co-leader of the Buggy and Alvida Alliance. Formerly an apprentice of the Roger Pirates alongside Shanks, he was one of the earliest enemies of Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates, whose actions eventually entangled him in the Summit War of Marineford. Inadvertently, the war grew his reputation enough to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, whereupon he founded the pirate mercenary organization Buggy's Delivery. After the Warlord system was abolished, he recreated it as the Cross Guild in partnership with fellow ex-Warlords Dracule Mihawk and Crocodile. He is currently recognized as the Guild's public leader, and on its power one of the Four Emperors. He is the main antagonist of the Orange Town Arc and a secondary antagonist in the Loguetown Arc, as well as the central protagonist of the Buggy's Crew Adventure Chronicles cover arc. Since then, he has become one of the series' most-recurring characters, serving as a supporting character through the Summit War Saga in addition to tertiary appearances in the Jaya Arc, Zou Arc, Wano Country Arc, and Egghead Arc. He is also the main antagonist in most episodes of "Boss Luffy Historical Special". He also serves as a reluctant ally to Luffy in the 3D2Y special episode, and the movie One Piece: Stampede.
Appearance
Summary
Buggy is a tall man with an appearance resembling that of a clown, as to mirror his epithet. He has long blue hair, gray eyes (light blue in the manga) The big, red nose on his face is, in fact, his real nose. The blue tassels coming from the sides of his hat are his actual hair in the shape of two ponytails. Buggy's face is always covered with makeup, 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 brighter 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. As a young man serving aboard Gol D. 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. 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, striped tricorn with a rim ornamented with several golden little balls and his crew's Jolly Roger on the front. He wears a big, red cloak, using his Devil Fruit powers to make himself appear larger.
Noncanon
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. 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. In the video game One Piece: 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 left arm. In One Piece: Stampede, in his "Star Clown" appearance he is wearing an orange and white captain coat on the shoulders, and a pink cravat. In his original appearance, 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.
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Main Series Posttimeskip
Noncanon
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Personality
Summary
Buggy is vain, 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, 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 the Pirate King. 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 Monkey D. 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 Gol D. Roger 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 Shanks 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 Luffy, Zoro, 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 Portgas D. Ace as an enemy until finding out who he was. When the Roger Pirates battled the Whitebeard Pirates for four days, Marco noted that Buggy and Shanks both 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 Jinbe, 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 Dracule Mihawk 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 Crocodile and Mihawk confronted him for his unintentional usurpation of presidency of the Cross Guild, he showed tremendous cowardice by crying and pleading for mercy, even offering to lick their shoes clean, and upon being made figurehead leader under the two superior pirates, he became worried for his future. Buggy can often be cruel and selfish, even toward his comrades. While operating in the East Blue, 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. 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 stop him from heading into an obvious ambush.
Relationships
Buggy Pirates
Summary
Before his loss to Luffy, he was willing to use his own crew as human shields. Afterwards, he shows a lot more concern about their well-being. Through a series of adventures, Buggy manages to recruit a transformed Alvida to his cause, regroups with his crew, and recombines with the rest of his body. They follow the Straw Hats to Loguetown, where Buggy manages to trap Luffy onto the execution platform, but before he can cut off his head, a bolt of lightning strikes his swords, destroying the platform and letting Luffy escape. After this event, the Buggy Pirates follow the Straw Hats into the Grand Line, but they are taking a different path than them. When Buggy, was sent flying by Luffy, the crew was depressed, and his crewmates even built a tomb for him. However, when Buggy was captured and sent to Impel Down, they gave up searching for him, because they were afraid for their lives. But after the war, they lied to Buggy saying that they never ceased looking for him. After Buggy's escapade from Impel Down, many fellow escapees from the prison have heard of his past as a member of Gol D. Roger's crew but miss out that he is a mere apprentice, and potentially the weakest member on board. Consequently, they come to admire him as a powerful pirate. During the course of the Battle of Marineford, Buggy repeatedly shows his cowardice, but the escapees keep mistaking it as courage and bravado, furthering their admiration. They were further amazed to watch his interaction with Shanks, vowing to follow him wherever. Buggy and Mr. 3 teamed up in Impel Down in order to escape the Great Prison, and sharing a hatred for Luffy, quickly became friends. However, they usually found that their attempts to escape without the assistance of Luffy and his allies proved fruitless, and it was only through Luffy's help that they managed to break free. During their time side by side in Impel Down, Galdino acted as the more cautious of the two, frequently warning Buggy about the dangers that the two of them have triggered throughout the course of their escape from the prison; in the anime he has, on more than one occasion, had to do things himself to ensure Buggy's safety as well as his own, using his wax to supply themselves with convenient implements to fend for their lives with. After Buggy gains his blindly loyal followers, Mr. 3 remains the only one who can see through Buggy's facade. By the end of the war, when Buggy reunites with his old crew, the escapees join his crew, admiring First Mate Mohji and Second Mate Cabaji as well. In truth, these new recruits are more powerful than Buggy himself and they all had high bounties in their past. Their combined strength is far more than Buggy's old crew; however, their utter loyalty to Buggy means they are no threat. According to Mr. 3, who also joins the crew and is the only one who sees through the facade, their ears are so full of hope that they are half-deaf. Upon the end of the Seven Warlords, Buggy made another act of bravery in front of his crew by challenging the Marines who came to arrest him, only to secretly plan to slip away while his subordinates hold back the pursuers. However, with Crocodile suddenly sinking the ships, the crew misunderstood this act as loyalty to Buggy. Their admiration of Buggy grew stronger than ever, as they even posted him as the most standout member of the new company that Crocodile founded, leading to the world believing that he managed to recruit Crocodile and Dracule Mihawk as subordinates. When Crocodile and Mihawk confronted Buggy for this misunderstanding, Mohji, Richie, Cabaji and Alvida, all of whom knew of Buggy's façade, casually brushed off his impending doom while expressed their next step in following Crocodile as they continued to party. However, when Buggy was made the figurehead leader of this new organization, his crew cheered fiercer than ever for him and his new "commanders".
Galdino
Buggy and Galdino teamed up in Impel Down in order to make their escape. Harboring a common hatred towards Luffy, they quickly made friends with each other and spent most of their time in Prison together, trying to find a way out. While Galdino was the more cautious of the two, Buggy was the more spontaneous one. Surprisingly, he was also the craftier of the two, quickly taking advantage of the situations they were in to pull out his heroics, much to Galdino's dismay. Galdino was shocked to hear of Buggy's past as a member of the Roger Pirates and his friendship with Shanks. He seems to be the only one whose advice Buggy takes seriously, as well as the only one who sees through Buggy's brave facade. The two of them seem to have some basic level of concern for each other, with Galdino actually showing fear that Buggy had lost it when he declared he could beat the Marines. But that can be credited to Buggy being a vital aspect to Galdino's survival, since the Impel Down escapees only listened to Buggy. Galdino may on some level see that Buggy has a way of getting powerful people to aid him such as Luffy and Alvida and may see Buggy as a path to his former status. Buggy's ability to gather powerful allies is not something Galdino is blind to, and he may think that Buggy is very useful in his own way. After the Summit War of Marineford, Galdino stayed with Buggy and joined his crew along with the other escaped Impel Down inmates. After Crocodile and Mihawk threatened Buggy with death for accidentally usurping the new organization, Cross Guild, Galdino did not hesitate in leaving Buggy to his fate while expressing his delight at working under Crocodile once again.
Cross Guild
During his escape from Impel Down, Buggy became acquainted with Crocodile, who considered Buggy to be overly pathetic and weak; even learning that Buggy was a member of the Roger Pirates did not change his opinion of the clown. After the war, when Buggy became a Warlord, he borrowed a large sum of money from Crocodile to start his pirate mercenary group, Buggy's Delivery. After the Warlord system was dissolved and Marines sent a fleet to arrest Buggy, Crocodile came and sank them, so he could make Buggy repay his debt and start his own company, the Cross Guild, while expressing surprise that Buggy did not flee. When Buggy revealed he could not pay, Crocodile offered to sell him into slavery, and did not spare him any mercy, in which Buggy desperately replied to offering Buggy's Delivery to be used as a building foundation for Cross Guild. However, due to Buggy's employees overzealous admiration of him, they placed him as the foremost member of the Guild on flyers and distributed them worldwide before Buggy even had a chance to review it. As a result, the World Government mistook Buggy as the leader of this new organization, and that Crocodile and Dracule Mihawk are his subordinates, naming him as a new Emperor in the process. Crocodile and Mihawk became very insulted by this misunderstanding, and beat Buggy up severely, but Mihawk eventually suggested using Buggy as a figurehead leader so that he and Crocodile could operate without the excessive attention, something Crocodile agreed upon. As Buggy fulfilled his role as a puppet leader, he began to fear for his future under the two superior pirates. This fear was not misplaced, as Buggy was beaten up multiple times by Mihawk and Crocodile for situations he found himself in, and oftentimes Buggy has to suffer from the actions his overzealous followers commit. This constant harassment and beating up by Crocodile and Mihawk has led to Buggy constantly living in fear of their rage and the consequences he has to suffer, even wishing to be killed by them instead of working alongside them. On Mihawk and Crocodile's side, they both abuse their strength over Buggy multiple times by beating him up and pushing their agenda further, while rejecting his ideas and silencing him whenever he speaks up, as they consider him a deluded, lowlife pirate. Despite this, Buggy does not refrain from speaking up against their wishes or without permission, even if it means he ends beaten up. Eventually Buggy learns that Shanks is finally going into the race for the One Piece, making Buggy reflect on his life and deciding that he would rather die than live under the abuse of his "executives" and rallies Cross Guild to go after the treasure too. This subsequently makes the enraged Crocodile and Mihawk forced to go along with it, as they realize that they'll lose the loyalty of their troops and organization if they kill Buggy or go against their "leader". However despite regaining a level of control from them, Buggy still has a small level of fear of his superiors as he immediately complies to an annoyed Crocodile telling him to sit down after the clown declares that the world will belong to Cross Guild when they find the One Piece.
Roger Pirates
Buggy was an apprentice of the crew since childhood and was loyal to them. Of the Roger Pirates, most relationships between Buggy and the other crewmates remain unknown. Though he was often punished by Silvers Rayleigh, he still has much respect for the former first mate of the crew even wanting to see him again after Luffy mentioned him. Buggy, just like Shanks, must have had a good relationship with Roger or at the very least showed admiration for him, as Buggy was seen crying at his execution. He initially held Kouzuki Oden in a poor view, as the latter's rise took attention from his crew. However, after Oden joined the crew, Buggy held him in high regard. He wanted to help with Oden's wish to open Wano Country to the world despite the annoyance of being referred as the second son. Buggy was scared of Douglas Bullet to the point of dumbstruck fear, acknowledging that the Demon Heir was as powerful as even Rayleigh in his prime.
Friends
Gaimon
Buggy is good friends with Gaimon despite battling him when he first crashed onto the island. Ironically, neither of them knows the other's relationship with Luffy.
Portgas D Ace
Buggy was also good friends with Portgas D. Ace. During his pursuit of Blackbeard, Ace happened across the Big Top while Buggy and his crew were partying. Attracted by the "very strong and sweet scent" of food, Ace boarded the ship unnoticed and proceeded to help himself. Buggy did not notice his presence until, upon hearing Buggy and Alvida say that they were in pursuit of Luffy but had no clue where he was, Ace offered to give them some helpful information. Ace, however, fell asleep moments later. Though Buggy's crew wanted to capture him, Buggy forbade it, knowing that Whitebeard would not hesitate to take revenge. After Ace woke up, the entire crew apparently immensely enjoyed the rest of his momentary stay (though it seems Buggy continued the party mostly out of fear). At the time, Buggy was unaware that Ace was Luffy's brother or that Ace was his old captain's son. When the Buggy and Alvida Alliance approached Impel Down with the intention of rescuing Buggy, Cabaji exclaimed that their captain could be sentenced to execution just like their buddy Ace. Buggy himself seems to like Ace. After meeting Luffy on Level One, he mentions that Ace, unlike Luffy, happened to be a very swell guy; they were apparently drinking buddies for a while. Buggy also told Luffy that he was very upset when he heard the news of Ace's scheduled execution, but he did not want to risk his own life to save him. Like so many at the time, Buggy was shocked to see Ace fall to Admiral Akainu. It is unknown what his reaction was learning of Ace's lineage to his former captain Roger.
Enemies
World Government
After Buggy broke out of Impel Down and recruited many prisoners, the World Government believed that Buggy's low bounty was due to him keeping a low profile on purpose, despite being a former member of the Pirate King's crew. Buggy was thereby invited to join the Seven Warlords of the Sea via a letter that he received. Upon doing so, his status as a wanted criminal was retracted, and he became an ally of the World Government. However, Buggy took advantage of his position as a Warlord to promote his new business, Buggy's Delivery, to profit off of wars and allow his crew to do whatever they want without fear of repercussions of their actions due to his position. After the Seven Warlords system was abolished, Buggy returned to being the Government's enemy as Vice Admiral Stainless wasted no time trying to arrest him. This angered and frightened Buggy as he openly accused them of using underhanded tactics. He then had no choice but to evade them by using some of his subordinates as scapegoats. After Buggy was made the figurehead leader of Cross Guild, the Government mistook his position as genuine charisma for being able to recruit the likes of Crocodile and Mihawk, and with the new Marine hunting activities being so popular, they named him as a new Emperor of the Sea, and a great threat to the Marines as a whole.
Neutral
Shanks
Buggy and Shanks served in the Roger Pirates since their childhood and they constantly argued with each other. During their days as apprentices in the Roger Pirates, Buggy and Shanks would argue over just about anything. The Marines themselves describe their relationship as a 'brotherly bond' and Whitebeard himself had noted the pair were always together. Kouzuki Oden even wondered whether Buggy and Shanks saw each other as friends or enemies. In their youth, Buggy accused Shanks of being too soft to make it out as a pirate, making it ironic that Shanks is currently a great well-known pirate while Buggy's crew is weak in comparison. In spite of acknowledging Shanks saving him from nearly drowning, Buggy does not hesitate to discredit him now after they went their separate ways, due to him being angry that Shanks cost him great wealth. Nevertheless, Shanks also tended to Buggy after he fell ill while the rest of the crew went to Laugh Tale. In spite of his dislike of Shanks, Buggy, at least internally, always thought highly of him and viewed his partner as having great potential to be the natural successor to Roger as Pirate King. That said, when Shanks rebuffed the idea of going to Laugh Tale to claim the One Piece to himself, as he did not feel ready yet for such an endeavor, Buggy was taken aback by this, believing Shanks was betraying Roger's will. In addition to the lost treasure map and the Bara Bara no Mi he ended up swallowing by accident, this event was what led Buggy to carry a grudge against Shanks up until the present day. When the two met for the first time after more than twenty years, Shanks was able to trick Buggy into giving Luffy the Straw Hat back. Buggy then had a go at Shanks for it afterwards while Shanks himself was calm despite Buggy's reaction, indicating that despite their differences, the pair's relationship is still on similar grounds as in the past. After becoming one of the Four Emperors, Buggy believes he can now compete with Shanks on equal grounds because of their shared status, even if he acknowledges that he only got the position himself through extraordinary luck. When Shanks began his search for Laugh Tale, Buggy rallied his subordinates to not fall behind and prepare to claim the ultimate treasure themselves.
Straw Hat Pirates
Back when Buggy and his crew were terrorizing Orange Town, Luffy, Zoro, and Nami decided to form a temporary alliance in order to best Buggy and his henchmen, and after a moderately difficult battle, they achieved it. After following Luffy to Loguetown, Buggy was determined to get revenge on the Straw Hat captain and was annoyed that the latter forgot about him until recalling his name. Buggy nearly executed Luffy on the site of the Pirate King's scaffold but was struck by lightning before he could do it. After leaving Loguetown, Buggy decided to pursue Luffy on the Grand Line to continue seeking his vengeance on the Straw Hats. While he hated Luffy, he has proven that, though willing to exploit Luffy's naïve ways, he will work with him to his own goals if he is to benefit from it. Interestingly, Buggy's current relationship with Luffy is similar to his past relationship with Shanks: in a slightly friendly but antagonistic way. He considers Luffy to be the worst troublemaker in the world but was immensely shocked when discovering that Dragon, the Revolutionary, is Luffy's father. Luffy came across Buggy attempting to break free from Impel Down in Level 1 of the Great Prison. The ever-opportunistic Buggy attempted to use Luffy as his means to escape but was only dragged down into the deeper levels during Luffy's attempt to rescue Portgas D. Ace. After Luffy was defeated by Magellan, Buggy and his new ally, Mr. 3, ascended Impel Down back to Level 1, and, only with the help of Luffy and his band of escapees, managed to escape the Great Prison. After arriving in Marineford, Buggy and his new crew, for the most part, neither assisted nor harmed Luffy nor his allies in the Summit War of Marineford. However, he was unwillingly used as a shield by Luffy against Dracule Mihawk. Unwillingly, Buggy also played a major role in saving Luffy's life when Crocodile threw Luffy and Jinbe in the air to get them away from Akainu. Buggy accidentally caught them and carried them away before throwing them to Trafalgar D. Water Law for treatment. Upon the battle's end, Buggy returned Luffy's straw hat and fled the battle with his new crew and Mr. 3. He is shown to be displeased to learn that Hajrudin and the New Giant Warrior Pirates had left Buggy's Delivery to join the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. However, despite this, Buggy benefited from the Straw Hat Crew's defeat of Doflamingo as it has increased business for his pirate dispatch company. After Big Mom and Kaidou's downfalls, Luffy is shown shocked that Buggy is the leader of Cross Guild and having both Crocodile and Dracule Mihawk as his subordinates. However, Luffy doesn't take it seriously and revealed that Buggy is just a moron. Likewise, Nami wholeheartedly agreed with Luffy of Buggy becoming an Emperor being a mistake. Buggy wants to overthrow Luffy and the other 2 Emperors (Shanks and Blackbeard) to come on top; a sentiment Mihawk and Crocodile consider utterly delusional.
Abilities And Powers
Summary
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 Edward Newgate even noted that Buggy's new forces could disrupt his crew's ability to save Portgas D. Ace if they were against him, so he offered to form an alliance with Buggy during the Summit War of Marineford. 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 returned to being an enemy, meaning he can no longer operate outside of the law as he pleases. Because of his alliance with Dracule Mihawk and Crocodile in the form of Cross Guild, under his supposed leadership, Buggy became recognized as one of the Four Emperors and earned a bounty of 3,189,000,000. However, despite his high bounty and 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 and emperor Shanks. In fact, physically speaking and combat wise Buggy is relatively weak compared to most of the pirates operating in the New World. It is safe to say that the only reason he survived for as long as he did is because of his lies and manipulations and several misinterpretations of him with only a few people seeing though the ruse either for their high intelligence or because they know Buggy well enough to see the truth. For the most part, he is only truly dangerous against normal citizens and novice pirates in the weakest sea East Blue, though did manage to easily defeat the Kumate 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 the New World. 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 Gol D. 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 Dracule Mihawk 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 through 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
Buggy ate the Bara Bara no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to split his body into pieces and reassemble them at will. This power also makes him immune to slashing attacks. With the exception of his feet, Buggy can make his disassembled body parts levitate and control them telekinetically. He can launch his body parts at high speed, allowing him to strike a distant target with strong force. He can also split his body to dodge opponents' attacks by detaching the section of his body that would have taken the attack and making it fly out of the way. Furthermore, his body parts remain connected to each other, even when they are separated. For example, if his hand is detached, he can still control his fingers. Additionally, he can feel any pain that is inflicted on his detached pieces.
Weapons
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
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. Muggy balls do not make Buggy balls entirely redundant, however, as they aren't able to be fired out of a cannon, so they can only be launched a fraction of the speed Buggy balls can, and are much slower.
Major Battles
Filler Battles
Buggy and Galdino vs. Gairam (interrupted by Boa Hancock)
Early Concepts
Summary
Eiichiro Oda originally conceptualized Buggy with the name Boogie, but quickly changed it when he saw it being used by the villain of an existing film (popularly believed, though never confirmed, to be Oogie Boogie of The Nightmare Before Christmas). "Boogie" was drawn in a harder, more realistic style, with heavier emphasis on traditional horror elements (somewhat akin to other clown-themed villains such as DC Comics' Joker). This is a contrast to Buggy's more rounded and cartoonish face in the final version. Buggy's red nose was also made bigger and more of an important feature on his face in comparison to Boogie, who had a normal-looking nose.
Adaptation Differences
Anime Differences
Romance Dawn Arc
The anime ties Buggy into the Romance Dawn Arc, being mentioned by Nami that he had stolen his map of the Grand Line from the 153rd Branch, and showing a silhouette of him. Why he would make the effort of raiding a Marine base for such a thing is not explained, especially given his former crew's considerable experience with the Grand Line.
Orange Town Arc
In the manga, Buggy is introduced accosting and executing a crewman—whom he'd mistakenly thought insulted his nose—with a special Buggy Ball. In the anime, Buggy shows mercy to this crewman and spares him. In the manga before passing out, Mohji tries to say that Luffy is a rubber man but could not say the words completely, causing Buggy to get the wrong idea of what Luffy did to Mohji to win the fight. Buggy later throws Mohji for not properly informing him that Luffy had the power of a Devil Fruit. In the anime, Mohji tried to tell Buggy that Luffy had eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi but could only say the word Gomu before passing out. Unlike the manga, Cabaji is the one that threw Mohji, after Mohji got angry at him for his treatment of Richie.
Loguetown Arc
In the manga, the Buggy Pirates are not revealed to be in Loguetown until the moment they trap Luffy on Gold Roger's scaffold. The anime establishes their presence earlier and adds several gags with Buggy encountering Luffy but (possibly due to his cloak blocking his peripheral vision) failing to realize it until Luffy has wandered off.
Impel Down Arc
Also in the anime, his screentime is greatly expanded during the Impel Down arc: his canon scenes from the manga are expanded greatly, and additional all-new scenes have been added as well.
Marineford Arc
During the Marineford Arc his on-screen time is extended as to include comic relief in an otherwise violent and dark arc, and for the most part filler. Buggy seems less eager to take Whitebeard's head than he does in the manga. A new scene was shown in which Buggy was watching Whitebeard fight Blackbeard, with Buggy coming up with excuses of why he could not attack Whitebeard.
Postwar Arc
Buggy and Alvida comment on Luffy's actions in anime, and Buggy imagines that Rayleigh could be Luffy's uncle because of his family's history. These comments were not present in the manga.
Wano Country Arc
During the flashback of Oden and the Roger Pirates before the start of the Third Act, Buggy's outfit is changed, being like the clothes he wore during the three-day confrontation against the Whitebeard Pirates a year earlier, but with a purple sash around his waist.
Liveaction Differences
Instead of driving the citizens out Orange Town and leaving the town intact, Buggy made them a captive audience in a big circus tent and destroyed Orange Town. After Buggy was defeated in Orange Town, he was captured by the Arlong Pirates who forced him to assist in tracking down Luffy. When The Straw Hats invaded Arlong Park he got his body back and fled. When Luffy got his first bounty, Buggy was as at a bar looking at the bounty poster and swore revenge. Then he met Alvida at the same bar.
Translation And Dub Issues
Summary
Under the 4Kids-dubbed anime, Buggy received typical content edits: his crew's alcohol was censored into "grapefruit punch", blood was erased from his successful knifings, and Luffy's kick to his groin was redrawn as a kick to his shin. A "reverb" effect was also used whenever he spoke in anger, implying that his powers could "split" even his voice. When Buggy mocked Luffy for proclaiming that he would become the next king of pirates, he sarcastically stated that he would be the "emperor" in comparison instead of "God" like in the original. Finally, his "after the battle" mini-arc was cut from final production, leaving his return at "Roguetown" unexplained. His habit of attaching "flashy" to random words was completely dropped by the 4Kids anime and downplayed by the VIZ manga (which often uses substitutes such as "gaudy, "magnificently", "gloriously", etc.). The Funimation-dubbed anime—which gives his overall voice an inflection similar to Mark Hamill's portrayal of the Joker—portrays the habit much more consistently. Post-timeskip, his Senryō Dōke (千両道化?, lit. "thousand-ryō clown") epithet has also been subject to different translations, as it is meant to parody the Japanese phrase Senryō Yakusha (千両役者?, lit. "thousand-ryō actor"), a term for extremely popular film stars and other entertainers. Both the VIZ manga and the Funimation anime render this epithet as "Genius Jester", combining the general concept with an alliterative motif; in contrast, most fan translations use either "Star Clown" or the more literal "Thousand-Piece Clown".
Merchandise
Summary
As a popular recurring villain, Buggy has made his way into a number of fan merchandise. He has been featured in the trading figure set One-Piece Motion Figure box alongside Chopper. He has also been featured in One Piece Gashapon and One Piece Gashapon Grand Battle sets. Buggy was also notably featured in the One Piece Super Deformed Figures, One Piece The Combining Prison Impel Down!!, One Piece World Collectable Figure, CharaColleCan, and One Piece Anime Heroes sets. There has also been a One Piece DX Buggy Plushie released for him.
Other Appearances
Video Games
Playable Appearances Enemy Appearances One Piece: Become the Pirate King! Set Sail Pirate Crew! Birth of Luffy's Dream Pirate Crew! One Piece: Treasure Wars One Piece: Great Hidden Treasure of the Nanatsu Islands Aim! The King of Belly One Piece: Round the Land One Piece: Treasure Wars 2 Welcome to Buggyland One Piece: Dragon Dream! One Piece: Pirates Carnival One Piece: East Blue Brawls Support Appearances One Piece: Gear Spirit One Piece Romance Dawn: The Dawn of the Adventure One Piece: Pirate Warriors One Piece: Dance Battle One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum One Piece: World Seeker Non-Playable Appearances Legend of the Rainbow Island
Other Media
Buggy is one of the primary antagonists of One Piece Premier Show 2007 after he allies with Deacon to defeat the Straw Hat Pirates and find the treasure hidden beneath Atoll. A clone of Buggy is created by Bildy in Premier Show 2014 to fight the Straw Hat Pirates under the DX Marines. Buggy also acts as a secondary antagonist in One Piece Premier Show 2018 when the Bounties Pirates hire Buggy's Delivery to help them kill the kings of Levely. Buggy and his subordinates Galdino and Mugon fight Luffy, Usopp, and Nami in One Piece Water Battle 2019. Buggy also appears in the 2018 season of Sanji's Pirates Restaurant. Buggy is the primary antagonist of One Piece Live Attraction: Phantom when he and Puggy kidnap Ann in a plot to capture and sell the Straw Hat Pirates to the Marines. An image of Buggy appears in the first One Piece Water Spectacle show. Buggy appears in the Vivi-centered Hungry Days commercial. Buggy's failed attempt to execute Luffy is retold in the brass entertainment show One Piece Oto Utage. He is played by the same actor as Arlong and Clapper.
Cameos And Crossovers
Buggy appeared in Cross Epoch alongside the Straw Hats paired with Pilaf from Dragon Ball. Coincidentally, they are both voiced by Shigeru Chiba from their respective series.
Trivia
Summary
In all the fan polls of most popular characters from the 1st to the 7th, Buggy was ranked 7th, 20th, 30th, 21st, 34th, 35th, and 34th again, respectively. In an early interview for Shonen Jump, Oda once stated Buggy was his favorite villain; however, over time Oda has listed other villains as his favorite.[citation needed] Buggy is the second Devil Fruit user introduced in the series (after Luffy himself), and the first to be an antagonist. He is also the first enemy to successfully draw blood from Luffy in battle. Buggy is the first pirate captain seen in the "standard" regalia of a greatcoat with unworn sleeves (and, to a lesser extent, a bicorne hat bearing his Jolly Roger). Later flashbacks confirm that this was the preferred fashion of Gol D. Roger himself. He is seen amongst the audience of the theater in a trailer for Movie 6, even though he himself has no part in the story. Like many other characters, Buggy has a distinct laugh, "Gyahahahahaha!" During Oden's flashback, Buggy is depicted with a more childish design and voice despite taking place some years after other flashbacks where Buggy is depicted with a more mature design and his adult voice. In 2021, a gene in the fruit fly species Drosophila melanogaster was named Baramicin A, after Buggy. The gene produces a protein which is split into multiple parts, akin to Buggy's Devil Fruit power. In Buggy's flashback, he is shown arguing with Shanks about the North Pole and the South Pole prior to eating the Bara Bara no Mi. In Chapter 0, Buggy is confirmed to have eaten his fruit before the battle of Edd War, which took place 27 years ago. However, in Oden's flashback, the argument between Buggy and Shanks seemingly takes place after Oden had joined the Roger Pirates 26 years ago, implying an inconsistency. Vivre Card databook explains this by stating that the same argument occurred repeatedly between the two. Given that the Gomu Gomu no Mi was once a Mythical Zoan before being reclassified as a Paramecia, Buggy is technically the first real Paramecia user introduced in the series. Out of the current and former Emperors, Buggy is the only one not known to possess any type of Haki. Buggy and Blackbeard are the only known individuals to serve as both a Warlord of the Sea and later one of the Four Emperors, therefore being the only ones who have been part of two of the Three Great Powers. Buggy's bounty made the biggest rise in history by a total of 3,174,000,000. Buggy is the only member of the Four Emperors to have a known subordinate with a higher bounty. He and Blackbeard are the only Warlords to have had known subordinates with higher bounties at the time. Fans have long drawn parallels between Buggy and DC Comics' Joker, arguably the most famous clown-themed villain in fiction: Mike McFarland's portrayal of Buggy in the Funimation dub is frequently likened to Mark Hamill as the DCAU Joker, while Jeff Ward's portrayal in the live-action series is likened (particularly in makeup design) to several live-action Jokers, particularly Heath Ledger's "Nolanverse" incarnation from the The Dark Knight. Of particular note, the Hungry Days specials depict Buggy as an obvious parody of Joaquin Phoenix's incarnation from Joker (2019). Additionally, David Wills' Buggy in the 4Kids-dubbed anime was specifically intended as an imitation of Mark Hamill's DCAU Joker. Buggy's favorite food is hot dogs, and his least favorite food is tomatoes. Buggy's animal resemblance is a panda. Buggy's hobby is collecting treasure maps. Buggy's flower resemblance is a columbine. If Buggy was not a pirate, then he would be a factory manager in a downtown area. Buggy prefers winter on Summer Islands.
Sbsbased Trivia
Buggy's birthday, August 8, comes from his Devil Fruit's name since 8-8 can be derived from ba-ra. In the manga, Buggy is usually drawn with his mouth open, causing one fan to ask Oda to draw him with his mouth shut. A fan asked Oda if Buggy's penis could split and fly off, and Oda answered that it could, like any part of his body except his feet. A fan asked Oda if Buggy can bleed when using his Devil Fruit powers, and Oda answered that it would make him appear too scary. In reference to Buggy and Shanks' "which is colder" argument, a fan asked Oda who got it right. Oda went on to explain that the Arctic was just a mass of ice, and the Antarctic was a continent, which was made of land. Since land is colder than the sea (and the Arctic is frozen sea whereas the Antarctic is frozen land), Buggy was wrong.
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Introduction
Past
The Apprentice Years
Buggy was born in the Grand Line, 39 years before the present day. Since at least the age of 9, Buggy has been with the Roger Pirates as an apprentice alongside Shanks. One day, the Roger Pirates were reading a newspaper article about a samurai from Wano Country that joined the Whitebeard Pirates, and Buggy complained that Whitebeard's crew was receiving all the focus in the news. At least 27 years ago, He and Shanks continued a frequent argument over whether the North Pole or the South Pole was colder and were reprimanded for their endless squabbling by Silvers Rayleigh. The Roger Pirates then raided another ship out at sea, and during the battle Buggy found a map leading to treasure at the bottom of the sea. He kept the map for himself and talked with Shanks after the raid. Shanks revealed that the crew had obtained a Devil Fruit in the raid, and Buggy became very interested upon hearing that it was worth 100,000,000 in the market. Thus, Buggy volunteered to eat the fruit before creating a fake Devil Fruit and eating it in front of the crew. With the real Devil Fruit, the Bara Bara no Mi, still in his possession along with the treasure map, Buggy plotted to leave the Roger Pirates, become rich, and form his own powerful pirate crew. However, Shanks then suddenly greeted him at his hiding spot, forcing Buggy to hide the fruit in his mouth. Shanks left but then unexpectedly returned to tell Buggy something else, causing Buggy to panic and swallow the fruit whole. As Buggy became enraged at Shanks, he saw that his treasure map had blown into the ocean, and he dove in to save it. However, eating the Devil Fruit rendered unable to swim, so Shanks was forced to rescue him. In addition to losing his treasure map forever, Buggy now had no way to go underwater to find the treasure, and so he formed a grudge against Shanks. Despite the difference between them, both pirates were often seen together while they were on board the ship. This led Whitebeard to notice and even remember seeing a "big nose" with Shanks during their battles with Roger. Sometime after that, in the New World, Shiki and the Golden Lion Pirates wanted to team up with the Roger Pirates to take over the world, and due to their massive fleet, Buggy advised Gol D. Roger to comply with Shiki's request. However, Roger refused, and the Roger Pirates battled the Golden Lion Pirates in the Battle of Edd War, which was ultimately declared a draw. One year later on an island in Paradise, the Roger Pirates had easily defeated a battalion of Marines when Buggy spotted the Whitebeard Pirates disembarking on the other side of the island. The Roger Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates battled each other for four days until their conflict settled into a gift exchange. During the ceasefire periods at night, Buggy noticed that Marshall D. Teach of the Whitebeard Pirates never slept, and pointed this out to Shanks after the battle, saying he heard that Teach had never slept in his life. Roger pleaded for Whitebeard to allow the samurai Kouzuki Oden to join his crew, and Whitebeard reluctantly agreed. The Roger Pirates were initially hesitant to accept Oden as a crew member, but they quickly warmed up to him. After departing from the island, the Roger Pirates rode a Knock Up Stream up to Skypiea. They managed to find the Shandorian Golden Belfry Bell, and Buggy wanted to take it, but Roger said he would have to do it when he was a captain. Over the next year, the Roger Pirates sailed to destinations including Water 7, Tequila Wolf, Fish-Man Island, Wano Country, and Zou as they charted a way to reach the legendary final island in the Grand Line. However, right before they sailed to that island, Buggy came down with a fever, forcing him and Shanks to stay behind at the harbor. After the rest of the crew returned from the final island, Roger became known as the Pirate King and the crew had to fend off many attackers. One day, Roger announced that he was disbanding the crew, and they partied into the night before tearfully bidding farewell to him the next day. The crew then took Oden back to his home in Wano and bid farewell to him as well. The remainder of the crew then went their separate ways.
The New Era
One year after the Roger Pirates' dissolution, Roger was executed by the World Government in Loguetown. Buggy and Shanks were present at his execution, and they both wept. Afterwards, the two reunited, where Buggy complained to his friend about his promise that they would both go to Laugh Tale on their own ship. However, Shanks replied that while he would still be a pirate, he changed his mind about going there for the time being. Buggy, believing that the latter would follow in Roger's footsteps and be the next Pirate King, was greatly disappointed and refused to accompany him, considering him a coward. After reminding Shanks how he had lost the treasure map because of him, Buggy walked away from the place telling him that they would be enemies if they met again. With the Great Age of Pirates beginning, in order to escape the eye of the World Government, he concealed the fact that he was part of the Roger Pirates. Forming the Buggy Pirates, he started to plunder and pillage the weakest points of the East Blue. Two years ago, not long before the start of the series, he and his crew raided Orange Town and forced the citizens to evacuate into a shelter outside the town to stay safe.
East Blue Saga
Orange Town Arc
Buggy heard that a thief had stolen his treasure map to the Grand Line and ordered his crew to catch them. When one of his men tried to explain how it got stolen, Buggy misheard him and thought he mentioned his nose, causing him to become enraged and choke his subordinate before ordering him to be blown up with a Buggy Ball. He then told his crew to catch the thief and loot all of the town's treasure. Later, the thief Nami then arrived on the roof of the tavern and gave Monkey D. Luffy, whom she claimed to be her boss, to Buggy as a prisoner. She also gave the treasure map back, saying she and Luffy had a falling out and she wanted to join the Buggy Pirates. The Buggy Pirates started partying to celebrate the recovery of the map, and Buggy put Luffy in a cage and decided to have Nami execute him by shooting a Buggy Ball at him. When Nami hesitated, one of the Buggy Pirates decided to light the cannon fuse for her, causing Nami to strike him with her staff as she refused to act like a pirate. Buggy ordered his men to attack her, but they were stopped by Roronoa Zoro. Zoro cut Buggy into pieces, and Buggy pretended to be dead which allowed him to stab Zoro in the back with a disembodied hand. Luffy then insulted Buggy, and Buggy tried attacking him with a knife, but Luffy caught the knife in his mouth and broke it. Zoro got up and went to the cannon, parrying Buggy's knife attacks before flipping the cannon and shooting the Buggy Ball at Buggy and his crew. The Buggy Pirates ran away from the ensuing explosion, and after emerging from the smoke, they saw that Luffy, Zoro, and Nami were gone and had taken the key to Luffy's cage. Buggy proclaimed that it would be an embarrassment to be beaten by three thieves, and so had his beast tamer Mohji go on his lion Richie to defeat Zoro. Later, Buggy heard that Mohji had been defeated, and so decided to destroy the entire town with Buggy Balls. Mohji then returned and revealed that he had been defeated by Luffy rather than Zoro. After Buggy blew up one row of houses, he was confronted by Orange Town's mayor Boodle. Buggy easily overpowered Boodle by choking him with a detached hand, but Luffy then came and removed his hand from the mayor's neck. Luffy insulted Buggy again, causing the clown to become enraged and immediately fire a Buggy Ball at him. Luffy then ballooned his body with the power of the Gomu Gomu no Mi, causing the Buggy Ball to bounce off of him and destroy the tavern. Buggy and Cabaji used their crewmates to shield themselves from the blast and emerged unharmed from the tavern wreckage. Zoro then dueled with Cabaji, and when Cabaji moved to attack Zoro from above, Buggy detached his hand to try to restrain Zoro. However, Luffy stomped the hand into the ground, allowing Zoro to dodge the attack and defeat Cabaji. After winning, Zoro revealed that he and Luffy were actually pirates, which surprised Buggy. Luffy proclaimed that he would become the Pirate King, which Buggy mocked due to his perceived difference in their abilities. Buggy noted that Luffy's straw hat looked similar to Shanks', and Luffy responded that this was indeed Shanks' hat. Buggy assaulted Luffy with fast blade attacks using his detached hands and legs, and targeted the hat, eventually plunging his knives into it. Buggy revealed that he knew Shanks, and Luffy, enraged that the pirate had damaged the hat and tried to invoke Shanks' name, began to pummel and overwhelm him. Buggy told Luffy about his grudge on Shanks and how it made him determined to seize all the treasure on land that he could; having noticed Nami sneaking toward his shed to steal his treasure again, Buggy detached his torso and flew to attack her. However, Buggy's torso fell to the ground after Luffy kicked his groin, causing him to split his body parts into small pieces and fly them around at rapid speed. Buggy then tried attacking Nami again, but was stopped again, this time by Luffy tickling his feet. Nami attempted to hit Buggy with the bag of his treasure, but he intercepted it before sending one of his detached hands to try to stab her from behind. However, Luffy then charged in and kicked Buggy in the face. As Luffy obtained his map to the Grand Line, Buggy elevated his head into the air and attempted to reform his body to resume fighting, but only his hands and lower legs returned to him as Nami had tied up all his other parts. Luffy then stretched both of his arms back and hit Buggy with his outstretched palms, sending him flying off of the island.
Buggys Crew Adventure Chronicles
Buggy was next seen rowing through the ocean on a small raft and struggling to avoid the carnivorous fish attacking him. After reaching an island, he attempted to catch and eat a small bird, only to encounter its much bigger parent. Buggy attempted to lure the large bird into a trap, but it saw through the trap and attempted to eat him. However, it spat Buggy out because he tasted bad, and Buggy flew all the way to the Island of Rare Animals. There, he was attacked by Gaimon, but the two of them eventually bonded over their unusual bodies. Buggy set back out to sea the next morning but was attacked by a large crab that destroyed his raft. However, the pirate Alvida then arrived and brought Buggy on her ship as she shot the crab. Buggy was shocked to see that Alvida was pursuing Luffy, and the two of them formed a Pirate Alliance to get revenge on him. The next day, Buggy spotted his ship the Big Top docked at an island, but was aghast upon disembarking to find Mohji and Cabaji lying on the ground defeated. Buggy, Alvida, Mohji, and Cabaji then went to confront the cannibalistic Kumate Tribe, who were cooking the rest of their crew to eat and were examining Buggy's captured body parts. Buggy brought his parts back to him and fully reformed his body, and he, Alvida, Mohji, and Cabaji defeated the Kumate Tribe as his crew welcomed him back.
Loguetown Arc
The Buggy Pirates and Alvida tracked Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates to Loguetown, and as Alvida reintroduced herself to Luffy while he was on Gol D. Roger's execution platform, Buggy and his crew made their entrance by blowing up a fountain. Buggy sentenced Luffy to a flashy execution, and he had Cabaji pin Luffy to the execution platform. Buggy swung his sword at Luffy's neck, but in a stroke of miraculous fortune, a bolt of lightning struck the platform which incapacitated Buggy and allowed Luffy to escape. Buggy quickly recovered from the lightning strike and ordered his crew to go after the Straw Hats, assuming that Mohji had burned down their ship. He and Alvida raced toward the coast but were then suddenly grabbed by plumes of smoke as Marine Captain Smoker apprehended them. The Marines successfully rounded up and captured the Buggy Pirates and wrapped Seastone nets around Buggy and Alvida to prevent them from using their Devil Fruit abilities. However, a massive gust of wind suddenly blew through the street and freed the Buggy Pirates, allowing them to escape. The crew regrouped under a porch as a storm started, and Buggy decided that they would head into the Grand Line immediately.
Sky Island Saga
Jaya Arc
The Buggy Pirates went to an island in the Grand Line and searched for treasure in a cave. However, they had gone to the wrong island, as miners proceeded to enter the cave and put the pirates to work. Later, Buggy and his crew became excited to hear that Luffy now had a 100,000,000 bounty, believing that it would make them even more infamous once they got their revenge on him. As the Buggy Pirates started partying, Portgas D. Ace of the Whitebeard Pirates came aboard and said he could give them information about Luffy. Buggy was hostile toward Ace until he learned who he was, and Ace then suddenly fell asleep. Buggy's subordinates asked if they should kill Ace and become famous, but Buggy ordered them not to as he knew that they would anger Whitebeard by attacking a member of his crew. Ace then woke back up and took part in the party as he drank with Buggy.
Summit War Saga
Amazon Lily Arc
According to an article in the newspaper read by Gloriosa, Buggy was captured by the Marines after accidentally wandering into a Marine garrison which he thought was a cave containing Captain John's treasure. After being captured, he was imprisoned in Level 1 of Impel Down.
Impel Down Arc
Buggy attempted to sneak out of the prison but was caught and chased by the Blugori. He ended up running alongside Luffy, who revealed he had snuck into the prison. After some initial shock and hostility, the two of them ended up teaming up to fight the Blugori. To Buggy's great surprise, Luffy was able to quickly defeat each of them with just one punch. Luffy then revealed that he was going down to Level 5 to save Ace, and Buggy initially refused to go along with him. However, he then noticed that Luffy was wearing an armband that pointed to the location of Captain John's treasure, and so offered to take him down to Level 4 in exchange for the armband. To his complete shock, Luffy gave him the armband right then even after finding out it was a treasure map. Buggy and Luffy ended up crashing through the guard room and into Level 1's Crimson Hell, and Buggy detached his feet from his body, allowing him to carry Luffy through the air on his back while his feet traversed unharmed through the spike-covered terrain. The duo reached a pit leading to Level 2, and Luffy immediately jumped in. Buggy considered taking the armband and making his escape, but he was then beheaded by a Blugori, causing the rest of his body to fall down to Level 2. Luffy and Buggy were immediately confronted by the Basilisk from Level 2's Wild Beast Hell, and Buggy was left in shock at Luffy's vastly increased power as Luffy used Gear 3 to defeat it. The prisoners asked the pirates to free them, and Buggy decided to let them out to create chaos that would shield him. However, the prisoners ultimately decided to stay imprisoned as long as the boss of Level 2 was still around, and Buggy had to admit to Luffy that he was lying about being able to reach Level 4. However, Galdino then arrived and said that he could guide them through the level. Buggy, Luffy, and Galdino were then chased by the other wild beasts. Galdino took them to the stairs leading down to Level 3, where they encountered the boss of the level, the Sphinx. When the Sphinx started attacking, Buggy and Galdino made a pact to work together to escape and use Luffy as bait. Galdino created wax clones of himself to distract the Sphinx, but as he and Buggy attempted to go back up to Level 1, the Sphinx's repeated attacks caused the floor to fall out from under them and sent them falling into Level 3. After landing in the very hot Starvation Hell, the trio and the unconscious Sphinx ended up being caught in a net made of Seastone. However, the Sphinx then woke up and tore the net apart, and Buggy and Galdino climbed up to the rafters, bidding farewell to Luffy as he continued looking for a way down. Buggy and Galdino then heard singing, and found Bentham, a former associate of Galdino, in one of the cells. They released Bentham, who went off to join Luffy. Buggy and Galdino later encountered the Jailer Beast Minotaurus, who chased them to Luffy and Bentham's location near a pit going down to Level 4. Buggy introduced his new weapon, the Muggy Ball, to the other three, and launched it at Minotaurus from his shoe. The Muggy Ball's explosion injured Minotaurus, and successive attacks from Bentham, Luffy, and Galdino defeated it. However, the attacks resulted in the floor collapsing from beneath them, sending them down to Level 4, the Blazing Hell. As they walked in the intense heat, Bentham recalled that the kitchen was on this level. Buggy wanted to follow Luffy to the kitchen, but Galdino held him back and forced him to hide; he pointed out that the level was heavily guarded and that Impel Down would likely send their top forces, including the warden Magellan, after them. When Magellan confronted Luffy, Buggy and Galdino decided to take advantage of this and ambush the forces guarding the way back up, believing they had a chance of overpowering the vice warden Hannyabal. Hannyabal actually allowed them to go through the gate, but they attacked him anyways, causing him to easily defeat them. They were then sent to the interrogation room and were later freed by Bentham who was disguised as Hannyabal. With Luffy having been poisoned by Magellan and sent to Level 5, Bentham wished to go and save him, much to Buggy and Galdino's dismay. As Hannyabal, Bentham led the duo into the Freezing Hell of Level 5; however, upon being confronted by ferocious wolves, Buggy and Galdino ran away and left Bentham to help Luffy alone. Buggy and Galdino managed to avoid the guards by hiding behind walls created by Galdino's wax, and over the next 20 hours they managed to sneak all the way back up to Level 2. As the prison forces headed down toward Level 4 to deal with chaos there, the duo used wax keys to free the prisoners on their level and start a riot. Buggy quickly took leadership of the prisoners, and they happily followed him as their savior. When Buggy's group reached Level 1, they were confronted by all four Jailer Beasts, but the Beasts were suddenly taken down by Luffy, Bentham, and their allies from the lowest levels. As Luffy and Galdino battled Magellan, Buggy led the prisoners to the outside of the prison only to find that there were no ships docked at the shore. Jinbe of the Seven Warlords of the Sea responded by ripping off one of the doors and taking Buggy, Crocodile, and Daz Bonez across the water to the Marine battleships in the distance. Jinbe used Fish-Man Jujutsu to propel the trio onto one of the ships, and Buggy was left incapacitated by the landing while Crocodile, Daz, and Jinbe defeated the Marines onboard. The prisoners celebrated as they all boarded the hijacked battleship and set sail, but they quickly found themselves under attack by the rest of the Marine fleet and were heading toward a dead end as the Gates of Justice were closed. However, the Gates were then opened by Bentham, who had stayed behind, and the prisoners all tearfully thanked him when Luffy called him. Thanks to his actions, they were able to pass through the Gates and successfully escape from Impel Down. While the other escapees mourned Bentham's presumed sacrifice, Buggy did not think much of it, causing Luffy to punch him. Buggy and the prisoners were shocked to find out that Luffy and his allies intended to go to Marineford to save Ace. The escapees were then contacted by Marine Headquarters, who stated that they had identified both Luffy and Buggy as masterminds behind the mass breakout after having discovered that Buggy was once a member of the Roger Pirates. This caused the escapees to admire Buggy even more, and he decided to use this revelation to build up his reputation to the point of dreaming of becoming Pirate King. The prisoners were so infatuated with Buggy that they offered to help him mutiny against Luffy's group and escape from the Tarai Current, but Buggy instead decided to follow the course and go to Marineford for the chance to take down Whitebeard.
Marineford Arc
Although Marine Headquarters had said they would not open the Gates of Justice to Marineford, the Gates unexpectedly opened when the escapees got there. Buggy acted like he was responsible to earn the escapees' admiration, though he had no idea who actually opened them. As the escapees neared Marineford, they were suddenly carried up by a massive tsunami created by Whitebeard, only to become stuck high in the air when Admiral Aokiji froze it. They saw that they were right above Marineford, and Luffy got the idea to slide the ship down the slope of the frozen wave. However, as they rushed to dislodge the ship, the ice beneath them gave out and they fell into the frozen Marineford Bay below. The escapees miraculously landed in a small unfrozen spot, and Jinbe pulled Buggy out of the water. Buggy immediately became afraid when Luffy and Ivankov began battling Admiral Kizaru and said he wanted to go home; however, the escapees misheard him as saying he wanted to kill Kizaru and so admired him. The escapees grew restless, wanting Buggy to lead them into battle against Whitebeard before Luffy took all the glory. Whitebeard then called out to Buggy, claiming that the Marines were giving even his crew trouble and offering to form an alliance to defeat them before Buggy went after his head. Buggy quickly agreed, as Whitebeard's words had easily stoked his pride. When Luffy led the Whitebeard Pirates toward Ace's execution platform, Buggy led the escapees into battle to bring glory to his name. Crocodile created a sandstorm while fighting Donquixote Doflamingo, and Buggy was inadvertently caught in it. While flying around, he was pulled down by Luffy to intercept Dracule Mihawk's sword strikes with his body. Buggy got angry at Mihawk for slicing him up and threw a Muggy Ball at him, only for Mihawk to deflect it back at Buggy and cause it to detonate on him. Buggy quickly recovered from the explosion with only minor injuries and had his followers film him with a Video Den Den Mushi stolen from Impel Down; he used this to introduce and proclaim himself to the audience watching the war broadcast on the Sabaody Archipelago. However, Aokiji quickly stopped the broadcast by encasing Buggy and his men in ice. They were unfrozen not long afterwards when Admiral Akainu attacked the bay with magma fists, and Buggy swore revenge on the Marines, to his followers' delight. The Video Den Den Mushi later regained consciousness, allowing Buggy to start broadcasting himself and his plot to take down Whitebeard to Sabaody again. However, Buggy then watched as Ace was killed by Akainu and Whitebeard met his end at the hands of the Blackbeard Pirates. He got scared of the events that transpired and ran away, though his followers mistook his fear for a respectful mourning of Whitebeard as a true rival. As Buggy was flying away, a severely injured Luffy and Jinbe then flew into his arms after being propelled up by one of Crocodile's sandstorms, forcing Buggy to avoid Akainu's relentless attacks. Buggy panicked about what to do with Luffy and Jinbe, when suddenly the pirate Trafalgar Law arrived on his submarine and told Buggy to bring them to him. After Buggy did this, Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived to end the war. Shanks threw Luffy's straw hat at Buggy, offering him a treasure map if he returned it to Luffy. Buggy happily complied, only to find out afterward that Shanks was lying. Buggy became very angry at his former crewmate as a result, and his followers were awed by him confronting one of the Four Emperors. However, Buggy quickly calmed down so that he could safely leave Marineford with the other pirates.
Postwar Arc
Buggy managed to find and reunite with his crew on an unnamed island, and his crewmates introduced themselves to Galdino and his many other powerful subordinates from Impel Down. Buggy showed Captain John's treasure mark to Alvida, and immediately afterwards, he received an invitation from the World Government to become a Warlord of the Sea.
During The Timeskip
Summary
Buggy accepted the invitation to join the Seven Warlords and used his newfound freedom to founded a mercenary dispatch service called Buggy's Delivery. The following events are Non-Canon and therefore not considered part of the Canon story.
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When Luffy and Boa Hancock had just begun fighting against Sebastian, the Buggy Pirates arrived in the area by coincidence and saw the fight ensuing on the Groseade. Buggy then walks up to his crew and asks who they are fighting, to which is then informed by Mr. 3 that it was the World Pirates and that they were the reason that the Seven Warlords were summoned. Buggy is then surprised by the coincidence and the fact that Luffy was fighting the World Pirates; however, after prompted by his crew to fight World, Buggy decided to let Luffy take down World and then take credit for it. He then tells his crew to alert the world that the Buggy Pirates were fighting with the World Pirates with the intention of letting the Marines know that a fight was occurring as to attract the Admirals over there and let the Marines take over the fight in case anything went wrong. When it appeared that Sebastian had gained the upper hand, Buggy worried that Luffy and Hancock would lose. However, when Sebastian is defeated by Perona, he directs his attention to the hovering girl and, to his surprise, discovers that Perona was accompanying Mihawk. Buggy immediately wondered why Mihawk was there, to which both him and Galdino then realize that Mihawk would be an asset to defeating World, but then Buggy quickly worried that Mihawk was there to take credit. In response, Galdino recommended that they leave their trace and so Buggy ordered the crew to invade the enemy ship. On board the ship, Buggy alerted his crew to stop when he noticed World's presence. They then watched as World fought Luffy, to which Buggy fell into a state of shock after World easily defeated the young pirate. He then realized that his plan was bound to fail if Luffy was defeated and so ordered his crew to immediately revive him, which is misinterpreted by the Impel Down escapees as Buggy caring for his friend. Later, while his crew treated Luffy, Buggy continuously slapped him to wake him up. After a while, he succeeded and stated that it went all as planned. Later, while walking through the hallways of the ship, Buggy and his crew encountered Gairam and was told by him that they had trespassed and that they would be killed for doing so. Buggy and his crew were then caught between an onslaught of cubes created by Gairam's Kyubu Kyubu no Mi. While dodging the attack, Buggy noticed a flattened Luffy that had floated down from between the cubes and then screamed at him for still being there. Buggy then told Luffy to just hurry up and go defeat World, which is misinterpreted by the Tightrope Walking Funan Bros as words of encouragement when, in reality, Buggy was just thinking about how his plan would end in failure in World was not defeated. Upon hearing the cheers from his crew, Buggy then told Luffy that he would handle Gairam, thinking that there could be no way from him to be defeated with so many Impel Down escapees under him. To his surprise, however, Gairam then compressed the air around him into a cube and attacked them with his Air Cube Booster. Mr. 3 then used his Candle Wall to block the attack and told them to run. Buggy then ran deeper into the ship but then learned that it was a dead end and before he could do anything, Gairam turned him into a cube by using Cube Break. Gairam then sent cubed pieces of the floor flying at Buggy, but Buggy simply kept jumping on top of them and mocking Gairam in the process. However, Gairam then began knocking off the cubes that Buggy jumped on until Buggy was within hitting range. Before, Gairam could hit him, Buggy used Bara Bara Kinkyu Dasshutsu to escape and, in the process, became decompressed. He then summoned back his body parts but became Chibi Buggy when Gairam held down Buggy's body. When Mr. 3 asked him what his next move was, Buggy revealed that he still had a secret attack and that he was going to use the Muggy Ball to attack Gairam and retrieve his torso. After using his Special Muggy Ball, the attack created a big cloud of smoke and while Gairam was blinded, Hancock jumped out and turned Gairam to stone. The crew, oblivious to the fact that Hancock defeated Gairam, cheered on Buggy for his victory, to which a surprised Buggy happily took credit for. Soon after, the crew found the exit to the ship. Upon exiting, Buggy commented that they could finally escape, but is told by Mr. 3 that the rest of the crew could hear what he was thinking, and so, quickly said that he had gone the wrong way and had intended to find the location of World. One of his men then told him that Marine ships were approaching, to which Buggy became surprised at their presence. He is then reminded by Mr. 3 that he was the one that told for them to be called over there. Buggy then tried to tell the Marines that it was him, the new Warlord, that was on the ship fighting with World, but the Marines did not recognize him and are ordered by Akainu to fire. Buggy and his crew narrowly escaped the onslaught of cannon fire as he flied through the air with Mr. 3 on his back and his crew swam back to their ship carrying his feet. Afterwards, the newspapers gave credit to Buggy for defeating Byrnndi World.
Whole Cake Island Saga
Zou Arc
Buggy first appeared after the timeskip at Karai Bari Island's Buggy District, celebrating Donquixote Doflamingo's downfall which was a great benefit to his business. However, he was then enraged to hear from Mohji that Hajrudin and his crew had quit Buggy's Delivery.
The Stories Of The Selfproclaimed Straw Hat Grand Fleet
After resigning from Buggy's Delivery, Hajrudin and his crew sailed away from Buggy's headquarters, leaving Buggy furious at their resignation. Buggy then put all their names on his deserter list.
Wano Country Saga
Summary
One Piece Stampede
Buggy and his crew were hired by Buena Festa as security for the Pirates Festival. However, after Trafalgar Law managed to infiltrate the underground and escape, the entire crew was in a rush to find him, for fear of having their pay cut. Unfortunately, just as they found him, Law used his ability to stowaway on the passing Thousand Sunny. They attempted to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates in order to capture Law but were blown away as the Straw Hat Pirates used Coup de Burst to fly up the Knock Up Stream. The crew did ultimately succeed in getting up to the island and were unseen by the other pirates. Buggy used this to his advantage and successfully reached Roger's treasure while everyone else was fighting. He then exposed himself after getting the treasure, causing the other competing pirates to chased after him. However, as he was running away, he decided to take a peek at the treasure, and seeing that it was an Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale, he became visibly shocked. A ship was then thrown at the treasure island, destroying it and sending everyone falling back to Delta Island, with Buggy losing the treasure in the process. After Buggy was saved from drowning by his crew, he was shocked to see Douglas Bullet, his former crewmate on the Roger Pirates. As Bullet confronted members of the Worst Generation, Buggy and the other pirates attempted to flee the island. However, they were confronted on the coast by a Marine fleet, with the Marines and Pacifista landing on the island to battle. As Dracule Mihawk and Boa Hancock appeared, Buggy decided to sneak away. He was later accidentally caught by Smoker, who forced him to reveal what the treasure was. Bullet later tore apart the island with his Gasha Gasha no Mi ability, forming a massive fighting colossus, with Buggy ending up buried in the rubble in the chaos. He was eventually pulled out by Hancock (who was actually looking for Luffy), and soon afterward the two of them confronted Smoker and Sabo. Smoker, Hancock, and Sabo started working with Law and Monkey D. Luffy to attack Bullet's colossus, and they succeeded in blowing off one of its arms. Buggy saw that the massive arm was falling onto him, and when he realized that he could not run away in time, he threw a Muggy Ball at it to destroy it, though it was completely ineffective, and was instead destroyed by Rob Lucci's Rankyaku (though Buggy mistakenly believed that it was his doing). He was then pulled in by Law to do a concentrated combo attack on the colossus. Bullet was defeated soon afterward by the alliance, and Buggy reunited with his crew as they departed from Delta Island. They were confronted by a Marine fleet, but were able to pass through it thanks to other pirate ships flanking them and Sabo creating a wall of fire between them and the fleet.
Wano Country Arc
After the abolition of the Seven Warlords system, a Marine fleet led by Stainless approached Karai Bari Island to arrest Buggy, who was enraged by this turn of events and then ordered his men to prepare to fight, but secretly planned to flee alone. However, as he planned his escape, Buggy's workers told him to fight back, leading them to wonder if he was afraid of the Marines. Suddenly, he was left in disbelief upon seeing all the attacking ships being destroyed, wondering who his saviors were. When he found out that it was Crocodile, his subordinates believed the rumor of the latter being Buggy's henchman to be true and that he came to save them. However, the clown was freaked out at the thought of Crocodile coming to collect the money he owed him, so he wondered what to do since he couldn't pay him back and saw his savior as a worse option than the Marines. Soon after, Buggy was subdued by Crocodile, who was surprised that he didn't run away knowing about the debt. Mentally admitting this, Buggy informed him that his organization wasn't doing as well as it seemed given the large number of members he had to feed and that the giants had quit as well. However, Crocodile replied that he could sell him into slavery if he didn't have enough money, to which Buggy tried to appease him by reminding him that they escaped Impel Down together. Crocodile then told him to pay him back for their relationship, as he needed the funds to start a new company. Buggy then decided to work for him and thus settle his debt: offering him the service of his workers for free and the resources of advertising, printing and transportation. Thus was born Cross Guild, an organization that consisted of putting bounties on Marines. However, despite the company being founded by Crocodile and Dracule Mihawk, Buggy's workers spread posters around the world where the latter stood out more than the previous two, which terrified the clown. Because of this, the World Government considered Buggy as the commander of Mihawk and Crocodile, in addition to giving him the position of the Four Emperors after the downfall of Big Mom and Kaidou.
Final Saga
Egghead Arc
Later, Crocodile and Mihawk became enraged upon hearing the news, so they beat up Buggy, who begged for his life, claiming that he would even clean their shoes. When Crocodile asked why he was being recognized as the boss, Buggy continued to apologize and ask him to calm down, though Mihawk told him that if he was truly sorry to give up his life. As Buggy continued to plead not to be killed, Galdino approached to declare his happiness towards Crocodile for working for him again, so the clown became enraged at him for betraying him, to which Galdino replied that he does not remember being his subordinate. Crocodile reproached Buggy for the new sign he had hung out to the world, which made him look like the most prominent. Although the latter said it was a misunderstanding, Crocodile shoved the sign down the Emperor's throat and demanded an explanation. After spitting it out, Buggy claimed that he hadn't meant to and that it was his subordinates who admired him so much. However, Crocodile was still angry at the Emperor for how famous he now was for earning said title, who once again begged for his life only to be silenced. At that moment, Mihawk convinced Crocodile to spare Buggy's life so they could use him as a figurehead, saying they could always get rid of the clown if he became a nuisance. The new boss then introduced all of his subordinates to Crocodile and Mihawk as officers of the Cross Guild, though inside he was still scared of what his life would be like. Sometime after, Buggy told Mihawk and Crocodile that he would have his subordinates build a new ship for the organization, as they had good shipwrights. After Vice Admiral T Bone's death, Buggy congratulated the assassin for making it this far, who thanked him for sending the money to his family, though the Emperor replied that he should feel proud for what he had done. There Buggy explained to the poor man that the Marines would surely come for him, but that he should not worry as he would now be a pirate of the Cross Guild and take care of him. While being congratulated by his subordinates, Buggy was informed by one of his shipwrights that the ship he requested was already ready; however, he was frightened to see how the ship's figurehead had his face designed on it, which angered Crocodile and Mihawk upon seeing this. The latter two brought Buggy to the meeting room, where they punished him by hanging his head from a hook. As Crocodile and Mihawk discussed what the new Utopia Plan would look like, Buggy begged to be killed, as that was not the kind of life he wanted. However, Buggy, even knowing that they could kill him, interrupted them by telling them that they were wrong as pirates for only considering wealth and power. He then explained how Shanks already made his move and that despite being on the same ship, neither of them made it to Laugh Tale. Buggy talked about how he had to give up on his dream because he thought Shanks had more potential than him, but he never made up his mind to become the Pirate King. However, Buggy, arguing that he was now an Emperor just like Shanks, tearfully declared that he wants to be the Pirate King despite the latter already making his move. So, he told his two companions to go find the One Piece, only for them to reject him with Crocodile slamming him into the wall. When Mihawk claimed that they would not be fooled into facing the other current Emperors, Buggy replied that they did not need to defeat them, but that they only needed to take the treasure; arguing that there are words that motivate pirates as they all set sail for the same reason. Even being trampled by Crocodile, Buggy took advantage of the nearby Den Den Mushi to announce to the entire Cross Guild that they would search for the One Piece. Later on, when Vegapunk's worldwide broadcast was nearing its end, Buggy was confused by his henchmen assuming that he was aware of the truth of the world, despite the fact that Buggy had never been to Laugh Tale, due to being sick when his crew made the trip. With his followers getting more excited about Vegapunk's claim that the fate of the world would be up to whoever claimed the One Piece, Buggy laughed himself into tears, knowing that he might actually have to follow through with his promise of going after the One Piece. When his crew proclaimed that the world would belong to him, Buggy corrected them by saying that it would belong to all of them. This brought the organization to tears, but Mihawk and Crocodile were unimpressed and instead told him to sit down, scaring the clown.