History Recap / OnePiece2023S1E2TheManInTheStrawHat

* HiddenDepths: Despite looking and acting like a stereotypical EvilClown, Buggy is able to psychoanalyze Luffy well enough that, in a matter of seconds, figure out the boy's underlying reason for wanting to be King of the Pirates as well as his connection to Shanks.

* BookEnds: When they're first captured by Buggy and his crew Nami tells Luffy that he won't be able to reason with him as he's not a real pirate "just some stretchy guy in a tattered hat" which Luffy counters by saying he is "a different kind of pirate". At the end of the episode when Mayor Boodle is confused why Luffy isn't taking the residents of Orange Town as his prisoners since he defeated Buggy, Luffy tells the mayor that he is a different kind of pirate, something Nami clearly notices.

** Most of Buggy's crew besides Cabaji are DemotedToExtra, but Richie the lion is conspicuously absent ([[MythologyGag Buggy at one point asks where the lion is]]).

-->'''Zoro''': You have a lockpick?
-->'''Nami''': I have four lockpicks, they only found three.

* AdaptationDeviation: In the manga Luffy gets himself abducted by a bird and lands in Orange Town, with Zoro following him. Here the Buggy Pirates abduct Luffy, Zoro and and Nami by attacking their boat with a large-scale knock-out gas.

* BookEnds: When their first captured by Buggy and his crew Nami tells Luffy that he won't be able to reason with him as he's not a real pirate "just some stretchy guy in a tattered hat" which Luffy counters by saying he is "a different kind of pirate". At the end of the episode when Mayor Boodle is confused why Luffy isn't taking the residents of Orange Town as his prisoners since he defeated Buggy, Luffy tells the mayor that he is a different kind of pirate, something Nami clearly notices.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: While being held by Buggy, Zoro is accused by Cabaji of killing his brother years back. Zoro does not recall.

* HiddenDepths: Despite looking and acting like a stereotypical EvilClown, Buggy is able to psychoanalyze Luffy and, in a matter of seconds, figure out the boy's underlying reason for wanting to be King of the Pirates as well as his connection to Shanks.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Buggy says that the reason he's in it for the One Piece is because everyone will know his name once he becomes Pirate King, and he thinks everyone will love him then.

* LogicalWeakness: Buggy fares well against the Straw Hats, not even breaking a sweat against all three of them due to his Devil Fruit power… but he immediately freaks out when Luffy realizes that if his dismembered body parts are locked away, he can’t reassemble himself. Sure enough, once the majority of his body parts end up locked inside the crates he keeps in his Big Top, he’s incapable of fighting back.

* ShoutOut: Luffy calls Buggy [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Binky]].

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Buggy says that the reason he's in it for the One Piece is because everyone will know his name once he becomes Pirate King.

* NotAMask: It takes Luffy making a play on words on "nose" and Buggy getting in close for Luffy to realize that Buggy's giant red nose isn't makeup but real.

** When Buggy is introducing himself, one of the titles that he uses is "The Genius Jester", which is a common English translation of his epithet he earns well into the series.

** When Buggy is introducing himself, one of the titles that he uses is "The Genius Jester", which is a common English translation of his epithet after becoming a Warlord.

** When Buggy is introducing himself, one of the titles that he uses is "The Genius Jester", which is a common English translation of his epithet [[spoiler: after becoming a Warlord.]]

* MythologyGag: Zoro mockingly calls Buggy Boogie, which was going to be Buggy's name before Oda changed it after seeing Oogie Boogie from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.

* BookEnds: When their first captured by Buggy and his crew Nami tells Luffy that he wont be able to reason with him as he's not a real pirate "just some stretchy guy in a tattered hat" which Luffy counters by saying he is "a different kind of pirate". At the end of the episode when Mayor Boodle is confused why Luffy isn't taking the residents of Orange Town as his prisoners since he defeated Buggy, Luffy tells the mayor that he is a different kind of pirate, something Nami clearly notices.

** Buggy has a tank trap set up that pump's sea water inside seemingly on the off chance he ever encounters another Devil Fruit user.

Luffy, Zoro, and Nami find themselves in the clutches of the sinister and violent Buggy the Clown while Coby is confronted by Vice Admiral Garp.

* CrazyPrepared: Nami has plenty of lockpicks in case her captors find some on her.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Buggy says that the reason he's in it for the One Piece is because everyone will know him then.

** Most of Buggy's crew besides Cabaji are DemotedToExtra, but Richie the lion is absent completely.

* CaptiveAudience: Buggy has forced all the inhabitants of Orange Town into this situation.

* CrazyPrepared: Nami has this for sure.

* LogoJoke: Buggy's jolly roger replaces Luffy's in the title shot.

* Arc incorporated into the episode: [[Recap/OnePieceRomanceDawnArc Romance Dawn]] and [[Recap/OnePieceBuggyTheClownArc Buggy The Clown]]