Buggy the clown

Buggy is an average-sized man with an appearance resembling that of a clown, as to mirror his epithet. He has long blue hair, gray eyes (light blue in the manga) The big, red nose on his face is, in fact, his real nose. The blue tassels coming from the sides of his hat are his actual hair in the shape of two ponytails. Buggy's face is always covered with makeup, just like a clown, and the motifs change from time to time: in his first appearance he had crossbones going down his face forming an X; he also had two blue lines near both of his eyes, red lipstick and his jolly roger on his hat.

In his pirate captain attire, he dons a striped white and red shirt with short sleeves, white gloves reminiscent of the ones worn by clowns, a sash around his waist like many other pirates, and a pair of loose pants reaching to his calves, just above a pair of striped socks and pointy shoes. He also has a scarf around his neck. Hanging from his shoulders there is an orange, fur-lined captain's coat. On his head he has an orange hat with his jolly roger on it, over a neckerchief with the same pattern of his shirt.

Buggy is vain, egotistical, and seeks to be glorified and feared by others. He can often be cruel and selfish, even toward his comrades. Buggy will become very angry at them and may abuse them. He appears to love eating and drinking, as he frequently engages in parties and banquets with his crew. In addition to wanting followers, Buggy loves to find treasure and spends most of his time following maps leading to great riches.

Buggy is extremely possessive over the treasure he takes and will kill anyone who attempts to steal from him. Also extremely sensitive about his big red nose and will immediately execute anyone who points it out, usually by blowing them up with a Buggy Ball. He frequently tends to mishear people as talking about his nose when in reality they are talking about something completely different, and sometimes he even mistakes his own speech as referring to his nose and gets angry at people around him for it. Despite his prideful and vain attitude, Buggy is aware of the many dangers of the Grand Line and typically does not commit rash actions that would put him in trouble, to the point of acting cowardly.

Buggy is a showman, and his actions are frequently designed to bring attention to himself. He injects the word "flashy" into almost every sentence he speaks. He does not spend much of his time improving his own abilities to become a powerful fighter, but rather focuses mainly on recruiting powerful subordinates who do the hard work while simultaneously being subjected to him. If presented with an opportunity to make himself look good, Buggy will take it. Whenever someone strokes his ego, even if it is due to an inaccurate impression of him, Buggy will revel in it and start getting delusions of grandeur.