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Buggy The Clown

Buggy the Clown (道化のバギー, Dōke no Bagī?) is a pirate and captain of the Buggy Pirates. Years before the series' present, while a member of the "Roger Pirates", he brings a Devil Fruit and a treasure map into his possession. Buggy intends to sell the fruit and to search for the treasure, but Shanks accidentally causes him to swallow the fruit and drop the map into the sea. Buggy holds a resentment against Shanks ever since. The fruit he swallowed was a Paramecia type Chop-Chop Fruit (バラバラの実, Bara Bara no Mi?). Having eaten it, it allows him to separate his body into parts and to control these parts independently of each other as long as they remain in his proximity; and, as long as at least one of his feet is on the ground, he can levitate the other parts. This ability also makes him immune to cutting attacks; any such attack will only separate him into parts. Later in the series, he is captured and put into Impel Down. He liberates many prisoners and is considered one of the leaders of the Impel Down breakout. Two years after the Paramount War, he is inducted as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea after creating and Commandeering over the Pirate Dispatch Organization most likely compromised of the inmates he "rescued." He is now known as the "Thousand Piece Clown." In the anime series, his voice actor is Shigeru Chiba. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by David Wills. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Mike McFarland. Oda said that Buggy is his favorite antagonist, because of all of the antagonists Buggy is the easiest for him to draw.

Buggy has ranked highly in the Weekly Shonen Jump One Piece Popularity Poll. * In the 4th Japanese Popularity Poll, Buggy is ranked the 21st most popular character in One Piece. His best ranking in a fan poll was 7th place in the first poll. and his worst placement was place 30 in the third poll. One of Oda's SBS questions asked if Buggy's penis were also able to split and fly off. Oda replied "his penis can fly too" as every part of Buggy's body could fly off. Various merchandise based on Buggy’s appearance has been created, including action figures and phone straps.

Buggy has received much praise and criticism. Carl Kimmlinger of Anime News Network said that Luffy’s fight with Buggy, "sets the series' precedent for battles that are simultaneously tense and hilarious." Hope Chapman of the same site said that seeing Buggy during the Jaya Arc was "entertaining". Bryce Coulter of Mania Entertainment praised Chibi Buggy’s Adventure as one of the best arcs, and Buggy for his "slap-stick humour" and "Voltron-esque combining sequence". He was "disappointed" that Buggy, Smoker, and the Strawhats did not have a conflict at sea. On Luffy and Buggy’s alliance in Impel Down, Chris Beveridge said, "the two do make an amusing pairing as their flight through the first level goes on." He went on to say, "he never really cared for Buggy", but the Impel Down arc turned him into an "engaging character". He said that he believes that Buggy's being set up as a regular character because he was "afraid he might lose him". Pedro Cortes of Japanator said, "Buggy is always good for a laugh, so his bit was a welcomed respite from the oppressive marines beating down Luffy and the Whitebeard pirates."

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