Buggy the Clown

Buggy the Clown, also known as The Star Clown, is a character from the One Piece series.
== Charactah Account ==
Buggy is the captain of the Buggy Pirates as well as the co-leader of the Buggy and Alvida Alliance, and a former apprentice of the Roger Pirates. Shortly after the Battle of Marineford, he became a member of the Shichibukai and the leader of the pirate dispatch organization "Buggy's Delivery".
Buggy will often feign intelligence, only to have his true incompetence revealed. Although he is not "stupid" in the traditional sense, he is prone to gross misjudgements that cost him; usually this is due to his overconfidence. In the original Japanese version of One Piece, he inserts "hade ni", into almost every sentence he speaks ("Flashily die! You flashy bastard!").
Buggy has a number of running gags in the series, including a delayed reaction towards things, he will at first act casually then when it sinks in he will act completely the opposite (for example, when Ace appeared on his ship, Buggy first greets him politely. Then, when he realizes he is on his ship, he blurts out "Who the hell are you?"). Sometimes, he will even do the opposite of this and overact the part then become calm having thought the situation through more deeply after the initial reaction. He also has what some might consider "dumb luck"; no matter what happens to him he is lucky enough to survive somehow (including being struck by lightning at Loguetown, being chased by Smoker, being frozen alive by Admiral Aokiji, or inadvertently slashed by Dracule Mihawk).
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* One Piece
* One Piece 3D2Y: Overcoming Ace's Death! Luffy's Pledge to His Friends
* One Piece Film: Strong World Episode 0
* One Piece Movie 14: Stampede
* One Piece Special: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy
* One Piece: Dream Soccer King!
* One Piece: Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King
=== Manga ===
* Cross Epoch
* One Piece
* One Piece Log Book Omake
* One Piece: Strong World
=== Video Games ===
* One Piece Bon! Bon! Journey!!
* One Piece Bounty Rush
* One Piece Romance Dawn: The Dawn of the Adventure
* One Piece Thousand Storm
* One Piece Treasure Cruise
* One Piece: Aim! The King of Belly
* One Piece: Become the Pirate King!
* One Piece: Birth of Luffy's Dream Pirate Crew!
* One Piece: Burning Blood
* One Piece: Dance Battle
* One Piece: Dragon Dream!
* One Piece: Gear Spirit
* One Piece: Gigant Battle
* One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World
* One Piece: Going Baseball
* One Piece: Grand Adventure
* One Piece: Grand Battle!
* One Piece: Grand Battle! 2
* One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!
* One Piece: Grand Line Dream Adventure Log
* One Piece: Great Hidden Treasure of the Nanatsu Islands
* One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum
* One Piece: Legend of the Rainbow Island
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
* One Piece: Pirates Carnival
* One Piece: Round the Land
* One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
* One Piece: Treasure Battle!
* One Piece: Treasure Wars
* One Piece: Treasure Wars 2 Welcome to Buggyland
* One Piece: Unlimited Cruise
* One Piece: Unlimited World Red
* One Piece: World Seeker
* One Py Berry Match
* Set Sail Pirate Crew!
== Trivia ==
* In the six Japanese popularity polls about One Piece characters, Buggy is ranked, from the first to the sixth, in the 7th, 20th, 30th, 21st, 34th, and 35th place.
* 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.
* Buggy is the first villain to appear in the series who is a Devil Fruit user, and also the second character in the series to be one, after Luffy himself. He is the also first Devil Fruit user whom Luffy has fought.
* 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!"
* Buggy's favorite food is hot dogs and his least favorites are tomatoes.
* 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.
* Buggy's animal resemblance is a panda.
* His hobby is collecting treasure maps.
* 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, creating an inconsistency. Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary explains this by stating that the same argument occurred repeatedly between the two.
* Buggy shares some similarities with Usopp:
** Both were/are the weakest member of a powerful pirate crew (Buggy for the Roger Pirates and Usopp for the Straw Hat Pirates respectfully).
** Both have a funny nose.
** Both are extremely cowardly by nature, usually preferring to run away in the face of danger.
** Both are skilled chemists.
** Both are liars.
** Both are worshiped by those they saved (the Impel Down escapees for Buggy, the former toys and Dwarves for Usopp).
* Given that the Gomu Gomu no Mi was once a Mythical Zoan before being reclassified as a Paramecia, this technically makes the Buggy the first real Paramecia user introduced in the series.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Buggy at One Piece Wiki
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