Buggy the Clown

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==Summary==
Buggy the Clown was initially one of the first real pirates that Luffy encountered early on in his travels. Buggy is a rather gaudy individual who used to be on the legendary Roger Pirates crew, along with Luffy's idol Shanks, who Buggy eventually bore a grudge against for unwittingly foiling a scheme to find a legendary treasure. After Gol D. Roger's death, the two went their separate ways, and while Shanks went on to become one of the Four Emperors, Buggy hung around the relatively tame East Blue.
His Devil Fruit is the Chop-Chop Fruit (Bara Bara no Mi), which lets him split his body apart as he pleases. After his defeat at Luffy's hands, he teamed up with Alvida, and after a failed attempt at revenge entered the Grand Line in pursuit of the Straw Hats.
After the Timeskip, Buggy has become a Warlord of the Sea. He has a former bounty of 15,000,000 Berries.
After Buggy joined the "Cross Guild" organisation started by Sir Crocodile and Dracule Mihawk, the World Government mistakenly thought that he was their leader, and raised his bounty to 3,189,000,000 Berries.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least | Likely , higher with Muggy Bomb
Key: East Blue Saga | Impel Down
Name: Buggy the Clown, "The Clown", "Pirate Clown", "Big Nose", "The Star Clown", "Genius Jester"
Origin: One Piece
Gender: Male
Age: 37 (Pre Timeskip), 39 (Post Timeskip)
Classification: Human Pirate, Yonko, Former Shichibukai, Paramecia Devil Fruit User
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery, Ate the Bara Bara no Mi, a Paramecia type Devil Fruit which grants him complete immunity from cutting attacks (Vertical or horizontal), and allows him to split his body into parts and rejoin it, Pseudo-Flight (He can make parts of him fly as long as his feet are touching the ground), Explosion Manipulation (via Muggy Ball), Social Influencing (Escaped and survived from Impel Down prison, gathering lots of criminals under his command by sheer luck to the point of convincing them to follow his lead just by bluffing), Minor Adaptation (Adapted to the oxygen shortage in Skypiea), Resistance to Extreme Heat (Endured the heat aura from one of Akainu's attacks), Madness Manipulation, Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation via Willpower (Through sheer willpower they can resist losing their mind when absorbing shadows through the Kage Kage no Mi. Shadows belonging to strong willed people are difficult to control, allowing them to rebel against Moria's pact which usually immediately submits a shadow to his supremacy and orders. Spiritual energy is contained within one's soul/life; this energy is represented by the fighting power or the Haki itself. Those with strong souls, which are homologous to shadows, resist the effects of Brook's soul manipulation)
Attack Potency: At least Multi-City Block level (Posed a threat to beginning of story Monkey D. Luffy and could hurt him and Zoro) | Likely Large Mountain level (Although weaker than Impel Down Base Luffy, he could inflict damage to the Bluegori that Luffy described as tough), higher with Muggy Bomb (Does heavy damage to Minotaurus, who tanked a Gear 2nd attack from Luffy)
Speed: Hypersonic+ (Luffy struggled to dodge some of his attacks, and Buggy could react and dodge Luffy's strikes) | Relativistic (Attacked a Blugori at the same time as Marineford arc Luffy)
Lifting Strength: Class G (Luffy struggled pushing back his fist)6
Striking Strength: At least Multi-City Block level | Likely Large Mountain level
Durability: At least Multi-City Block level (Took multiple blows from Monkey D. Luffy) | Large Mountain level (Gets hit by his own Muggy Ball point blank and continues to fight)
Stamina: Superhuman (High stamina reserves as well as good endurance and recovery. As a child when he was only an apprentice he fought in the 3 day long battle between the Roger Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates [Although he didn't fight for the entirety of the battle as he took breaks to sleep], he fought and lasted through the paramount war at Marineford, he's superior to his two subordinates who fought for 12 hours straight for his position. He has high recovery speeds as he was able to recover in less than a minute from being fried by a Lightning bolt as well as recovering quickly from powerful attacks from Luffy that seemed to deal great damage to him)
Range: Extended Melee Range; Tens of Meters to Hundreds of Meters with attacks
Standard Equipment: Knives, Muggy Balls
Intelligence: Above Average (Buggy is a skilled combatant, he is capable of fighting Luffy for a time on a seemingly equal footing and as an apprentice fought in many battles with the Roger Pirates. Is Gifted in creating inventions such as the Buggy and Muggy Balls, however he's often childish and incompetent and tends to take immature attitudes in scenarios. As of Marineford his ego has inflated and he often feigns intelligence, only to have his true incompetence revealed, although he is not "stupid" in the traditional sense, he is prone to gross misjudgments that cost him; usually this is due to his overconfidence.
Weaknesses: Standard Devil Fruit User Weaknesses, Cannot swim and becomes immobilized if more than half of his body is covered in water, loses his powers and becomes helpless if more than half of his body is submerged in water, when Buggy's body is split up he is more susceptible to attacks, an enemy can do all sorts of things to his separated body parts from groin kicks to tying up most of his body parts, Buggy can only control his separated pieces from and up to a certain distance. There is a cutoff point as to how far he can use his separated parts. If a part goes any further from the cutoff point, he loses all control of that part. This includes levitation and the user consciously using that body part altogether. This distance is a 200 Bara Bara diameter circle around the point where the person touches the ground, for Buggy to be able to levitate any of his body parts, his feet must be on the ground as they are the only body parts of the user that can't levitate
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Bara Bara no Mi (Separate Separate Fruit): A Paramecia type Devil Fruit, the fruit's major strength, as demonstrated by Buggy, is that the user becomes permanently immune to damage from being cut, regardless in what manner, be it vertical, horizontal, or otherwise. Instead of being wounded or even killed from such attacks, the user's body simply becomes sliced up pieces. In this state, the user is still alive and can control his sliced up body. They can then manipulate the sliced up pieces to either reattach themselves back together or execute unique attacks. As part of the Devil Fruit's powers, the user can also split their body apart by themselves without the need of being chopped up by others in the first place. He is also still able to be alive without being connected to major parts and organs of his body for long periods of time. Additionally, the levitation effect seems to be able to extend to things in contact with the user, allowing them to bypass gravity by lifting objects regardless how heavy they actually are for as long as Buggy has a firm grip on them.
*Bara Bara Hō (Split Split Cannon): Holding a weapon, Buggy shoots his hands at the enemy. This was first seen being used against Zoro after he learned of Buggy's powers.
*Chi wo Hau Bara Bara Hō (Ground Runner Split Split Cannon): A variation of Buggy's Bara Bara no Cannon wherein Buggy shoots his hand across the ground in order to grab an opponent's legs. This was first seen being used against Zoro in an attempt to aid Cabaji's attack. Before it could reach its target, however, it was stopped by Luffy when he stomped on Buggy's hand.
*Bara Bara Hō Kirihanashi (Split Split Cannon - Detach): A variation of the Bara Bara no Cannon where Buggy adds 1/3 of his forearm to his fist so that if the opponent attempts to stop the attack by grabbing the forearm, Buggy can simply detach his fist and continue the attack. Between his fingers, Buggy holds four knives in this attack.
*Bara Bara Senbei (Split Split Rice Cracker): Buggy first stomps on his shoes to make knives appear on them before he performs this technique. He then throws his lower half cartwheeling on the ground towards an opponent.
*Bara Bara Kinkyū Dasshutsu (Split Split Emergency Escape): When there's an incoming attack aimed at his head Buggy quickly separates his head from the rest of his body to avoid harm. This was first seen being used to escape from one of Luffy's attacks.
*Bara Bara Festival (Split Split Festival): Buggy's ultimate attack. He separates all his body parts into tiny chunks and spins them around. Then he can either surround his enemy to block their escape or pummel his enemy with his body parts at intense speeds. This attack also makes it difficult to hit Buggy while he's using it, however his feet remain on the ground during this move, leaving them open for attack.
*Bara Bara Hadeni Gattai (Split Split Flashy Reassemble): An anime exclusive technique that is basically just a "flashier" attempt at recalling all his body parts. Buggy starts to chant "Bara Bara" endlessly while performing this move. The way that Buggy reassembles himself in this technique resembles the lengthy mecha combining sequences commonly found in Super Sentai series.
*Bara Bara Car (Split Split Car): Buggy uses a set of wheels and a bomb for a motor and uses his powers to reconfigure himself into a small car for quick getaways. Buggy seems to be able to go about as fast as Alvida's Sube Sube Spur.
*Kūchū Kirimomi Dai Sākasu (Aerial Spinning Big Circus): Buggy detaches his hands and grabs onto an opponent with them before lifting them high into the air. He then turns them so that they're facing the ground before sending his hands flying in a corkscrew pattern back down to earth, throwing them on the ground with high impact.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Johnny Test (Johnny Test) Johnny's Profile (East Blue Saga Buggy and Base Johnny were used, both were 8-B, Johnny's equipment was restricted, speed was equalized, starting distance was 25 meters and the fight took place in the Budokai Tenkaichi Arena from Dragon Ball) 
Losses:
Inconclusive:
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