Tightrope Walking Funan Bros

Three separate designs make up the group. Their leader is pale with sharp cheekbones and a firm jaw, topped by a black beanie that shows the crew's flag and a pale green pompom; he sports a deep V-cut orange shirt rimmed in purple, a green waist sash, and maroon shorts. Heavyset and dark-skinned, the second member has a round face and short brown hair, dresses in an open black vest with an olive sash and loose white pants, and is marked by an upturned unibrow, a matching beard, and an anchor pendant on his necklace.

The third member has lightly tanned skin and puffy orange hair fanned into an oblong shape with sideburns to match. His clothes are a sleeveless shirt striped in yellow and purple, a turquoise sash, and baggy pants of a dark gray, and he is noted for thick lips and heavy bags beneath his eyes.

Greed motivates the three, who only agreed to help Nami because they thought treasure was involved. They are ungrateful and mean-spirited as well, repaying Zoro's rescue from a shipwreck by attempting to rob him, yet they collapse the instant they meet someone truly powerful. The moment they recognized Zoro, they apologized at once and fretted over the punishment Buggy might hand the three of them for showing up with nothing.

Their captain frightens them; they were too scared to admit Nami had robbed them, while still seeing Buggy as someone formidable. The anime turns this into open devotion, with the brothers weeping when they thought Buggy lost and celebrating each return, cheering his name even when he plainly schemed only for himself, though now and then they booed his mistakes. So bitter is their grudge against Nami that one wished her dead, and it carried over to anyone found in her company.

Trouble starts for the trio when they draw up beside a small boat and spot Nami draped over its side faking seasickness. She pleads for food in trade for a chest of treasure, lures them aboard, and makes off with their ship and loot just as the storm she foresaw swallows the boat they were stranded on. Adrift, they hail a passing Zoro, and the leader rashly pulls a sword to demand the vessel, earning all three a thrashing. Once they learn he is the celebrated Pirate Hunter, they meekly row for him and pour out their tale of woe before leading him toward Orange Town. They meet him again after Buggy's downfall: lying in ambush for Nami at the harbor, they fail to spot Zoro among her companions until too late, then leap into the sea and swim off in terror.

Within the manga the brothers turn up only in the Orange Town Arc, so most of their later showings are anime-only or merely implied. The anime keeps them in the picture across Buggy's many misadventures, from Loguetown and Jaya to the Impel Down rescue scramble and the post-war reunion, where they are usually crying, cheering, or getting smacked by their captain for things he said himself. They also feature in the non-canon spin-off Buggy's Crew Adventure Chronicles, the 3D2Y special where they tearfully mistake Buggy's selfish orders for encouragement, One Piece: Stampede, and the alternate-world Boss Luffy Historical Specials, in which their gang keeps fumbling kidnappings and robberies against Boss Luffy. An early Color Walk sketch shows the orange-haired brother began as a pantomime-themed pirate called Top, paired with one named Big, names that eventually merged into the title of the crew's ship, the Big Top.