One Piece/Recap/S01/E05 A Terrifying Mysterious Power! Captain Buggy, the Clown Pirate!

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Nami pretends that Luffy is her boss, using the distraction to escape from Buggy's men. After Luffy beats them, she asks him to join her. Then Luffy finds out that she is a navigator, and asks her to join his crew of pirates. As she hates pirates, she refuses. Then she tricks Luffy into letting himself be tied up and brought to Buggy, where he is locked up in a small cage, while Nami fakes joining Buggy's crew. As proof of loyalty, Buggy demands of Nami to kill Luffy, but she cannot bring herself to do it. As Buggy's pirates attack her, Zoro arrives to save his captain and her. Buggy recognizes Zoro as the pirate hunter and attacks him. Zoro cuts Buggy into pieces. Believing Buggy to be dead, he sheaths his swords and is stabbed in the back. The wound puts Zoro at a disadvantage. He picks up the cage with Luffy inside and the three escape.

(Recap copied from Wikipedia, "List of One Piece episodes (season 1)")

Tropes used in One Piece/Recap/S01/E05 A Terrifying Mysterious Power! Captain Buggy, the Clown Pirate! include:

• Shoot Your Mate: Nami wasn't exactly friends with Luffy, but her new boss didn't know that. Also the gun was loaded, but it was a cannon, which of course makes it too bulky and heavy to quickly turn on your new employer. Even so she wasn't in love with the idea of killing Luffy.