11 Things You Should Know About Buggy

23/02/2016

• In the manga, Buggy is usually drawn with his mouth open, causing one fan to ask Oda to draw him with his mouth shut.

• 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. In the 5th poll, he ranked 34th.
• One of Oda’s SBS questions asked if Buggy’s penis was also able to split and fly off. Oda replied “his penis can fly too” as every part of Buggy’s body could fly off, but his feet.
• 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.
• Though not considered canon, a scene of Ace ditching Buggy can be seen at the end of Ace’s ending for the game One Piece: Grand Battle 3. After entering a bar and feasting on food, Ace (currently asleep) wakes up and realizes he has forgotten something and runs out of the bar – leaving Buggy with the 380,000 bill.
• 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.
• When Buggy detaches his head and floats around, he resembles a Nukekubi – a flesh-eating humanoid monster of Japanese mythology said to detach its head during the night to float around and hunt for mortals to victimize.
• Buggy is the first villain who is a Devil Fruit user.
• He has shown to involuntarily split up his body when shocked or surprised. A joke to show that the news has caused him to “go to pieces”.
• Like many other characters, Buggy has a distinct laugh, “gyahahahahaha!”
• In an SBS, a fan asked if Buggy bled when using his Devil Fruit powers, only for Oda to reply that it would make him appear too scary.