History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS01E14KungFood

* KickTheDog: Chloé insulting Cheng's cooking (saying she doesn't like soup, while thinking it's not even a dish), being racist (she interchanges Japanese with Chinese culture and wishes him to make Sushi), dismissing it as all being the same thing when told he's not Japanese, and sabotaging Master Cheng's soup because Marinette said that he would win even without Chloé's vote.

* BrokenAesop: While the episode's primary Aesop boils down to "don't be racist and [[InterchangeableAsianCultures treat all Asian cultures as the same]]", it falls flat when you realize the writers decided to make the akumatized form of the Chinese Wang Cheng a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/DragonBall'', an iconic ''Japanese'' piece of media[[note]]the series ''is'' loosely based on [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest an iconic Chinese story]], though it's unlikely a casual viewer will remember that[[/note]]. Additionally, two of the weapons he uses are a {{BFS}} resembling one that's wielded by yet ''another'' [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII iconic Japanese character]] and a pair of sushi-themed tonfas (while tonfas ''are'' used in Chinese martial arts, the fact that they're sushi-themed unintentionally harkens back to Chloé's remarks that he should just make sushi).

* TooDumbToLive: Chloé, while tied up and facing death by being boiled alive, can't stop complaining about her hair getting greasy or insulting "Kung Food".

* PetTheDog: After her uncle is changed back, Ladybug instead of doing the "Mission accomplished!" fist bump with Cat Noir, offers a hand to Cheng to help him to his feet.

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* ShoutOut: Kung Food’s outfit looks [[Franchise/DragonBall very familiar]]...

* BrokenAesop: While the episode's primary Aesop boils down to "don't be racist and [[InterchangeableAsianCultures treat all Asian cultures as the same]]", it falls flat when you realize the writers decided to make the akumatized form of the Chinese Wang Cheng a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/DragonBall'', an iconic ''Japanese'' piece of media[[note]]the series ''is'' loosely based on [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest an iconic Chinese story]], though it's unlikely a casual viewer will remember that[[/note]]. Additionally, two of the weapons he uses are a {{BFS}} resembling one that's wielded by yet ''another'' [[VideGame/FinalFantasyVII iconic Japanese character]] and a pair of sushi-themed tonfas (while tonfas ''are'' used in Chinese martial arts, the fact that they're sushi-themed unintentionally harkens back to Chloé's remarks that he should just make sushi).

* BrokenAesop: While the episode's primary Aesop boils down to "don't be racist and [[InterchangeableAsianCultures treat all Asian cultures as the same]]", it falls flat when you realize the writers decided to make the akumatized form of the Chinese Wang Cheng a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/DragonBall'', an iconic ''Japanese'' piece of media[[note]]the series ''is'' loosely based on [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest an iconic Chinese story]], though it's unlikely a casual viewer will remember that[[/note]].

* BrokenAesop: While the episode's primary Aesop boils down to "don't be racist and [[InterchangeableAsianCultures treat all Asian cultures as the same]]", it falls flat when you realize the writers decided to make the akumatized form of the Chinese Wang Cheng a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/DragonBall'', an iconic ''Japanese'' piece of media[[note]]the series ''is'' loosely based on [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest an iconic Chinese story]], though it's unlikely a casual viewer will remember that[[/note]]. It's also not helped by the fact that this is the only episode where Chloé acts like a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, making it obvious this trait was only added to push the Aesop further.

* BrokenAesop: While the episode's primary Aesop boils down to "don't be racist and assume InterchangeableAsianCultures is a thing", it falls flat when you realize the writers decided to make the akumatized form of the Chinese Wang Cheng a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/DragonBall'', an iconic ''Japanese'' piece of media[[note]]the series ''is'' loosely based on [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest an iconic Chinese story]], though it's unlikely a casual viewer will remember that[[/note]]. It's also not helped by the fact that this is the only episode where Chloé acts like a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, making it obvious this trait was only added to push the Aesop further.

* ImAHumanitarian: Kung Food plans on cooking Chloé, Ladybug and Chat Noir into a soup.

* PetTheDog: After her uncle is changed back, Ladybug instead of doing the "Mission accomplished!" fist bump with Chat Noir, offers a hand to Cheng to help him to his feet.

* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Defied. Adrien makes a point to distinguish between Chinese and Japanese culture, which contrasts with Chloe's racism towards Cheng.

* BrokenAesop: While the episode's primary Aesop boils down to "don't be racist and assume InterchangeableAsianCultures is a thing", it falls flat when you realize the writers decide to make the akumatized form of the Chinese Wang Cheng a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/DragonBall'', an iconic ''Japanese'' piece of media.[[note]]the series ''is'' loosely based on [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest an iconic Chinese story]], though it's unlikely a casual viewer will remember that[[/note]] It's also not helped by the fact that this is the only episode where Chloé acts like a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, making it obvious this trait was only added to push the Aesop further.

* FreezeFrameBonus: After Marinette finds out that Alya sent Adrien to her, she picks up her phone and see the message "You owe me 20,000 croissants now". It's also a BilingualBonus, since you need to know French to read it, if you're watching a English dubbed French version.

* BrokenAesop: While the episode's primary Aesop boils down to "don't be racist and assume InterchangeableAsianCultures is a thing", it falls flat when you realize the writers decide to make the akumatized form of the Chinese Wang Cheng a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/DragonBall'', an iconic ''Japanese'' piece of media. It's also not helped by the fact that this is the only episode where Chloé acts like a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, making it obvious this trait was only added to push the Aesop further.

* BrokenAesop: While the episode's primary Aesop boils down to "don't be racist and assume InterchangeableAsianCultures is a thing", it falls flat when you realize the writers decide to make the akumatized form of the Chinese Wang Cheng a ShoutOut to ''Anime/DragonBall'', an iconic ''Japanese'' piece of media. It's also not helped by the fact that this is the only episode where Chloé acts like a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, making it obvious this trait was only added to push the Aesop further.

* BrokenAesop: While the episode's primary Aesop boils down to "don't be racist and assume InterchangeableAsianCultures is a thing", it falls flat when you realize the writers decide to make the akumatized form of the Chinese Wang Cheng a ShoutOut to ''Anime/DragonBall'', an iconic ''Japanese'' piece of media. It's also not helped by the fact that this is the only episode Chloé acts like a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, making it obvious this trait was only added to push the Aesop further.

* ShoutOut: Kung Food’s outfit looks [[Franchise/DragonBall very familiar]]