History Characters / OnePiece2023EastBluePirates

* AdaptationalJerkass: A minor example. Originally in the manga, Shanks tries offering Higuma a full bottle of liquor to appease him, specifically noting that it hadn't been opened yet. In the live action, he gives Higuma a half-empty bottle that doesn't have a cap on. When Higuma asks him what the bandits are supposed to do with one bottle, Shanks also gives the [[DeadpanSnarker snarky response]] "Generally you're supposed to drink it".

--> [[spoiler: "I'll kill the little shit myself."]]

* LiteralMetaphor: Buggy says he has "eyes and ears" everywhere. [[spoiler:He tracked the Straw Hats by literally putting his ear in Luffy's straw hat.]]

--> '''Buggy:''' (about Luffy) Stretch him until he breaks.\\
'''Mayor Boodle:''' Please. Don't make me do this.\\
'''Buggy:''' *shouting* I INVITE YOU to take part in the SPLENDOR that is my show, and THIS is how you repay me?!

* WorthyOpponent: By the time he discovers Luffy's bounty, Buggy still doesn't like him, but he seems to respect Luffy a lot more now.

* FlechetteStorm: He actually has a legit circus act -- knife throwing.

!!!'''Played by:''' [=McKinley=] Belcher III [[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Dan Osorio (Latin American Spanish dub) [[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Played by:''' Laudo Liebenberg [[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Rafael Pacheco (Latin American Spanish dub) [[/labelnote]]

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Is able to pull off trick shots effortlessly, such as bouncing a bullet off a pipe to kill the pirate that had Lucky Roux in a headlock without harming Roux himself.

* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He thinks that enslaving a town and forcing them to be the audience for his show is positively hilarious. He even takes a kid from the audience, threatening to stretch him out like Luffy to make him "get tall fast," all while laughing hysterically.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: On the other hand, unlike his manga counterpart, this Kuro never had any intention of massacring the people of the island, though that's likely just because either he or Captain Morgan already killed most of his crew and it wouldn't really benefit him anyway. And while he makes implicit threats to Sham and Buchi, and states to Luffy that he's always considered his crew expendable, he gives no indication that he specifically plans to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kill them even if they perform their roles in his plan properly]] the way he did in the manga.

!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelDorman[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Ricardo Brust (Latin American Spanish dub), Juan Carlos Lozano (European Spanish dub), Masane Tsukayama (Japanese dub), Ricardo Rossatto (Brazilian Portuguese dub), Holger Schwiers (German dub), Stefano Alessandroni (Italian dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterGadiot, Matt Herrington (young)[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Creator/RaulAnaya (Latin American Spanish dub), Javier Bañas (European Spanish dub), Creator/ShuichiIkeda (Japanese dub), Silvio Giraldi (Brazilian Portuguese dub), Martin Halm (German dub), Renato Novara (Italian dub)[[/labelnote]]

* AdaptationalKarma: Just like in the manga, he survives and escapes after he regained consciousness. However, unlike the manga, he no longer has his crew and his only mode of transportation is a little dingy.

* AdaptationExpansion: In the original manga, his sole role in the East Blue Saga is to serve as the ArcVillain of the Orange Town arc before coming back for the climax at Loguetown. In the series, after his defeat, he pops up again when he is used by the Arlong Pirates to keep track of the Straw Hats movements and is even dragged to Arlong Park along the crew to reassemble his body.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the manga, despite his appearance, Buggy more often than not plays [[StraightMan the straight man]] to other character's foibles, and is generally a boisterous but cowardly {{Schemer}} who adopted a Circus theme for his crew in order to lean into his natural clown resemblance. In this adaptation, Buggy is somewhere between a MonsterClown and PracticallyJoker, and is a full on RepulsiveRingmaster.

* AdaptationalKarma: Just like in the manga, he survives and escapes after he regained consciousness. However, unlike the manga, he no longer has his crew and his only mode of transportation is a little dingy.

* VillainBall: Even with the unexpected arrival of the [[SpannerInTheWorks Straw Hats]], he might have been able to pull his plan off if he'd just managed to control his need to be sadistically dramatic when hunting down Kaya, Nami, and Usopp and [[DoubleTap double-tapped]] Zoro and Luffy to make sure they were dead.

* VillainBall: Even with the unexpected arrival of the [[SpannerInTheWorks Straw Hats]], he might have been able to pull his plan off if he'd just managed to control his need to be sadistically dramatic when hunting down Kaya, Nami, and Usopp and [[double-tapped DoubleTap]] Zoro and Luffy to make sure they were dead.

* VillainBall: Even with the unexpected arrival of the [[SpannerInTheWorks Straw Hats]], he might have been able to pull his plan off if he'd just managed to control his need to be sadistically dramatic when hunting down Kaya, Nami, and Usopp and just killed Zoro and Luffy while they were helpless.

* WeCanRuleTogether: When finally meeting Luffy at the Baratie in addition to wanting half of whatever treasure Luffy has as tribute, he briefly tells him that he can be apart of his soon to be empire. Luffy being Luffy naturally turns this down without hesitation.

** In the case of his VillainousBreakdown, the original yelling about how his plans can't fail while flashing back to happy moments as Kaya's butler, implies he's in denial, and at least subconsciously realizes he was happy too and is regretful that his pride in his plans ruined it. ''None of that happens'' here, and as a result his breakdown is more focused on his shock that Luffy actually caught him and is about to bash him out a window. His MotiveRant is actually about how much he's always ''hated'' Kaya, which includes ''wanting to cut out her tongue for mourning her parents''.

** In the case of his VillainousBreakdown, the original yelling about how his plans can't fail while flashing back to happy moments as Kaya's butler, implies he's in denial, and at least subconsciously realizes he was happy too and is regretful that his pride in his plans ruined it. ''None of that happens'' here, and as a result his breakdown is more focused on his shock that Luffy actually caught him and is about to bash him out a window. His much more savage verbal lashing at Kaya, which includes ''wanting to cut out her tongue for mourning her parents'' while trying to find her adds to it.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: On the other hand, unlike his manga counterpart, this Kuro never had any intention of massacring the people of the island, though that's likely just because either he or Captain Morgan already killed most of his crew and it wouldn't really benefit him anyway. And while he makes implicit threats to Sham and Buchi, he gives no indication that he plans to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kill them even if they perform their roles in his plan properly]] the way he did in the manga.

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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Alvida just smirks when Luffy mentions that Koby called her 'mean' and 'cruel', but gets angry at being told he called her 'dumber than a sea cow'.

** His attack on Merry. In the original, while he leaves Merry slashed and bleeding, ultimately the Butler was still concious and survived the ordeal when Kuro had him dead to rights (while at the same time, it's stated by Jango he's a thorough killer who hadn't lost his edge). This version of Kuro plays with Merry first to terrify him before outright gutting him with all five of his blades on one glove, and specifically asks his henchmen to dump him in a deep well, which would definately finish the job if he werent dead by that point.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:Despite supposedly offering Sanji and Zoro some help against the Arlong Pirates, he promptly ditches them after recovering his missing body parts as part of his end of the bargain, showing that he had made the pact purely for his own selfish reasons.]]

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Though he makes his introduction at the end of episode 1, he's briefly seen earlier at the Shells Town bar when Zoro enters the establishment and asks for a drink with Cabajj walking away from Zoro hinting he was there the whole time as a spy.

->''"I was part of a mighty pirate armada. Our captain was hell-bent on finding Gold Roger's treasure, but the Grand Line was his undoing. We lost 50 ships and 5,000 men. I was the only survivor."''