Buggy's Band of Pirates

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The Buggy Pirates (バギー海賊団, Bagī Kaizokudan) are fictional pirates from the anime and manga One Piece, led by Captain Buggy the Clown. Their captain Buggy the Clown is a former crewmate of Red-Haired Shanks and has met Whitebeard. He and his crew are currently in the Grand Line seeking revenge against Luffy.

Contents 1 Early One Piece 2 Part in the Story 3 Crew Information 3.1 Buggy the Clown 3.2 Mohji and Richie 3.3 Cabaji 4 5 Pirate Flag 6 Travelling Companions 6.1 Alvida 6.1.1 Trivia 7 Crew Strength 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Early One Piece

Oda's plans for Buggy's crew were for an animal tamer and a strange swordsman to be part of the crew. When they were first designed, none of the members of Buggy's crew had names. There was also another unamed member of Buggy's crew who was dropped in later versions. Buggy himself was originally called 'Boogie'.

In another rethink of their design, Zoro was added as a bodyguard of Buggy, but that was scrapped. In this version there was also a Carrier pigeon planned called Hachi who was a Opo bird and he came from the Grand Line. Hachi was later scrapped from the final version of the crew. At this point in the design, Buggy remained unchanged.

One Piece Color Walk 01 also depicts Eichiro Oda's concept designs for other possible crewmembers, who didn't make the cut, so to speak. These include a fat, checkerboard-skinned man, apparently named "Big Top", and a mime-like character, apparently named "Pantomime".

[edit] Part in the Story

The Buggy Pirates are first seen wrecking a small town only to be defeated by Luffy and his crew. While Nami tied up Buggy's main body, Luffy sent his head, hands, and feet flying all the way to another island. 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 lop 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.

They were last seen meeting up with Portgas D. Ace, who decides to help them look for Luffy, apparently unaware of his goal. Buggy is also unaware of Ace being Luffy's brother. It also seems Ace has now left them behind and gone off on his own.

[edit] Crew Information

[edit] Buggy the Clown

Captain (15,000,000 berry bounty)

Main article: Buggy the Clown

Buggy the Clown is the captain of the Buggy Band of Pirates. Buggy has a large red nose and wears clown paint. He has the powers of a Devil fruit, the Bara Bara no Mi (Chop Chop Fruit), which allows him to detach parts of his body, control them, and then reattach them.

[edit] Mohji and Richie

First Mate

• Seiyuu: Souya Shigenori
• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment):

Mohji (モージ, Mōji) is the first mate of Buggy's Crew. Quite pompous and at times silly, Mohji has the ability to control any animal he wishes, or so he says. He has yet to prove it in the series outside of his pet, a lion named Richie, who is more like another crew member than just a pet. Mohji usually opts to use him in battle rather than fight himself. He is, however, fast and agile, and very skilled with a whip.

In his first appearance, Mohji was sent by Buggy to capture Roronoa Zoro. However, Monkey D. Luffy got in his way, who eventually defeated Mohji after he burned down a pet-food shop that belonged to a recently deceased man and his still-living dog.

After Buggy's defeat Mohji and Cabaji fought over leadership of the group. They were equally matched, and fought for several hours. The battle ended when a sleep-walking Richie knocked them both unconscious, taking over leadership himself. However, Richie and the pirates were kidnapped by a cannibalistic group, but saved by Buggy, Alvida, Mohji, and Cabaji.

Mohji later participated in the attack on Loguetown. It was his job to burn down the Straw-Hat's boat, which he failed to do as soon as it started to rain. Nami and Usopp found him and Richie, but as soon as Mohji sent Richie to attack, Usopp used an egg to distract the lion. The Marines showed up, and started shooting at everyone. Mohji was able to dodge the bullets and flee the scene with the rest of Buggy's group.

Much later, Mohji reappeared with the group as they travel in the Grand Line and find a mysterious man named Ace. He was also in the TV Special that featured the One Piece characters as ninjas, and appeared in several video games. Every time Mohji appears in the series for an arc, his hairstyle changes. During the Buggy arc, his hair was shaped like a teddy bear; the Loguetown arc had him wearing a pink helmet with bunny ears sticking out; and when the group makes it into the Grand Line, his hair is shaped like a lion's mane.

[edit] Cabaji

Second Mate

• Seiyuu: Endou Moriya
• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment):

Cabaji (カバジ, Kabaji) is the second mate in Buggy's crew as well as their primary swordman who combines it with acrobatics (mostly on a unicycle) to fight his enemies. He fights with Roronoa Zoro no sooner than after being introduced and plays dirty by kicking Zoro's wounds whenever he has the chance. But once Cabaji is knocked off his unicycle, he is easily defeated by Zoro's 'Oni Giri' which cuts open his chest.

After Buggy's crew was defeated by Luffy, he fought with the 'other' first mate Mohji for the title for the next captain--both were knocked out by a sleepwalking Richie, who gained the title (though lost it just as quick). However, he returned to his former position when Buggy resurfaced.

During the Loguetown attack, Cabaji accompanied Buggy and Alvida to fight against the Straw Hats and Navy. However, despite wanting to have a rematch with Zoro, he didn't get a chance to do so.

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Buggys Messenger Dove

Buggys messenger dove has a clown painting in she`s face and a shawl .it´s really not a dove wich flying with message to Buggy and he´s pirate clan. in the real world is it a Opo-bird and has it´s natural inviroment in the grand line and appears in the first sketches of Buggys pirate crew in the manga one piece.

[edit] Pirate Flag

Buggy's flag is a standard Jolly Roger with two black slashes on the eyes from the top to bottom and to the left and right, as well as a large red clown nose simliar to Buggy's.

[edit] Travelling Companions

[edit] Alvida

According to her wanted poster her name is spelled Aluvida (ep. 45)

Travelling Companion (5,000,000 berry bounty)

• Seiyuu: Matsuoka Yoko
• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment): Kathleen Delaney

Alvida (アルビダ Arubida) was the obese female captain of the Alvida Pirates Crew. Despite her girth and poor complexion, she fancied herself the most beautiful woman in all Four Seas; those who disagreed would be bludgeoned with her iron club. When Koby mistakenly boarded her ship, she intimidated him into becoming her cabin boy. She dislikes filth and laziness and often forced her crew to clean the ship from stem to stern.

After losing to Monkey D. Luffy, she joins Buggy the Clown and returns with the power of the Sube Sube no Mi (スベスベの実; Slip Slip Fruit). Eating the Sube Sube no Mi had made Alvida slim, attractive, and immune to most physical attacks, as they literally "slip" off her. Though less stout, she still wields her iron club as effortlessly as before.

Since Luffy was the first and only man to have beaten her, she has become infatuated with him. In order to test his worth, she helped Buggy attempt to execute him in Loguetown. When the execution is foiled, Alvida becomes determined to make Luffy her man.

She seems to have abandoned her own crew and even her own ship for Buggy's Band of Pirates. People used to say she was the most beautiful woman in the world to avoid being hit by her club; these days they really mean it.

[edit] Trivia

• Alvida is the first character in the series to have eaten the Devil's Fruit after encountering the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Her last name is shown to be "Queen" in One Piece: Pirates Carnival
• She is named after real-life pirate Alvida ^[1].
• Alvida is skilled at using seduction to get her way, as evidenced when she is nearly arrested in Loguetown.

[edit] Crew Strength

The crew, being one of the first to appear, is initially one of the weaker crews in the One Piece world. They were defeated by the Straw Hats pirates in their early days when only Luffy, Nami and Zoro were members and later were defeated in Loguetown by the Straw Hats and the Marines. It is possible, however, that they have grown in strength since then. One hint of this is that in Loguetown, Cabaji unveils a new technique to take out several of the Marines. Although most average pirate crews simply cannot survive on the Grand Line, they seem to be perfectly capable of operating on it. The fact that their crew currently consists of not one, but two Devil Fruit users, Buggy and Alvida, with the former of the two not only having the experience of sailing on the Grand Line once before but also being a trainee on board of Gold Roger's crew, puts Buggy's Band of Pirates on par with most other Grand Line crews. Buggy also has always been defeated in a series of flukes; First being separated from his torso, then struck by lightning, and being captured while in "Bara Bara Car" form and being disabled by sea stone. By unknown means, the entire crew was able to escape the marines.

[edit] See also

• Red-Haired Shanks
• Portgas D. Ace
• Whitebeard
• Buggy the Clown arc

[edit] References