History Recap / ScarletLadyS1E9Horrificator

When Mylène braves herself up for another attempt, Chloé grabs the monster mask and scares her, causing her to run away. Ivan unsuccessfully attempts to convince Mylène to rejoin the filming, and Marinette tries to find her as well, not knowing that Hawk Moth has akumatized Mylène, though she does some kind of goo covering the toilets' walls.

* ChekhovsGun: The song Mylène was singing to herself early on, "Stinky Wolf," turns out to be the key to calm Horrificator down and put a stop to its rampage.

* EvilIsPetty: Hawk Moth makes Horrificator mute because Mylène kept sassing him.

** Chloé laughs at Mylène for singing a lullaby to calm herself down, but Adrien cuts that off by reminding her he knows about her teddy bear, Mr. Cuddly. She also claims Sabrina, Kim, and Max fell for Marinette's SnipeHunt ruse when she was the one who dragged the others into it.

* ItsAllMyFault: Sabrina blames herself for Marinette being caught in her place in "Horrificator."

'''Marinette and Chat Noir:''' ''[sighing]'' Greeeeat...

!![[https://zoe-oneesama.tumblr.com/post/190332259179/no-one-read-this-before-hand-did-they-episode-9 Episode 9 - Horrificator - Tales of Mylène the Actress]]

The class is filming a short film for a contest: a monster is attacking a city, and two government agents, Smith and Jones (Mylène and Adrien), are trying to stop it. Unfortunately, filming is stuck on the first scene because Mylène keeps getting scared every time the "monster" (played by Ivan) shows up, as she's still shaken from the Stoneheart incident. This is not helped by Chloé, whom Mme. Bustier forced the others to invite, busily doling out insults to everyone else.

!!Episode 9 - Horrificator - Tales of Mylène the Actress

* ThousandYardStare: PlayedForLaughs. When Chloé interrupts Adrien and Marinette as they are about to do the kissing scene, Adrien sports this look after getting his one chance of kissing his LoveInterest blown in tiny pieces.

* ThousandYardStare: PlayedForLaughs. When Chloé interrupts Adrien and Marinette as they are about to do the kissing scene, Adrien sports this look after getting his one chance of kissing his LoveInterest in tiny pieces.

* RightForTheWrongReason: Sabrina is convinced that Chloé wasn't actually taken by the akuma and must instead be hiding somewhere since no one heard her scream. Chloé in fact wasn't kidnapped, but she wasn't hiding; she had transformed into Scarlet Lady.

---->'''The class:''' Scarlet Lady! \\

...which turns out to be the film Nino is trying to present. However, the film is such a disaster that he immediately gets kicked out, and Nino admits that the complete lack of any kind of quality control was behind it. Nino apologizes for his "direct-ator" behavior and promises that the next movie they make will be for fun.

* StylisticSuck: The film Nino ends up presenting doesn't make it past the first round on account of its terrible quality.

Nino - the director - suggests replacing Mylène with Chloé, but nobody else is keen on that. After all, it would just be ''rewarding'' Chloé for her usual AlphaBitch behavior. To make matters worse, they discover that Nino rewrote Alya's script to add in a kiss between the leads, something he didn't clear with anyone involved. Marinette makes it clear that she won't let Nino browbeat the others before sending Chloé off on a wild goose chase.

Sabrina hides behind a pod to observe the fight, which turns out to the same one Marinette is inside. When Sabrina mentions the Lucky Charm - a set of guitar strings - Marinette suggests that she and the others sing "Stinky Wolf," a lullaby Mylène was singing earlier to calm herself down, using the strings and several improvised instruments. The teens succeed--with some of them incidentally considering trying their luck with starting their own band--and Horrificator calms down, allowing Chat Noir and Scarlet Lady to purify the akuma and restore everything. The entire thing ends with Ivan and Mylène kissing...

... which turns out to be the film Nino is trying to present. However, the film is such a disaster that he immediately gets kicked out, and Nino admits that the complete lack of any kind of quality control was behind it. Nino apologizes for his "direct-ator" behavior and promises that the next movie they make will be for fun.

Nino -- the director -- suggests replacing Mylène with Chloé, but nobody else is keen on that. After all, it would just be ''rewarding'' Chloé for her usual AlphaBitch behavior. To make matters worse, they discover that Nino rewrote Alya's script to add in a kiss between the leads, something he didn't clear with anyone involved. Marinette makes it clear that she won't let Nino browbeat the others before sending Chloé off on a wild goose chase.

Sabrina hides behind a pod to observe the fight, which turns out to the same one Marinette is inside. When Sabrina mentions the Lucky Charm--a set of guitar strings--Marinette suggests that she and the others sing "Stinky Wolf," a lullaby Mylène was singing earlier to calm herself down, using the strings and several improvised instruments. The teens succeed--with some of them incidentally considering trying their luck with starting their own band--and Horrificator calms down, allowing Chat Noir and Scarlet Lady to purify the akuma and restore everything. The entire thing ends with Ivan and Mylène kissing...

* ChekhovsGun: The song Mylène was singing to herself early on, "Stinky Wolf", turns out to be the key to calm Horrificator down and put a stop to its rampage.

The class is filming a short film for a contest: a monster is attacking a city, and two government agents, Smith and Jones (Mylène and Adrien), are trying to stop it. Unfortunately, filming is stuck on the first scene because Mylène keeps getting scared every time the "monster" (played by Ivan) shows up, as she's still shaken from the Stoneheart incident. This is not helped by Chloé, whom Mme. Bustier forced the others to invite, and is busily doling out insults to all the others.

Nino -- the director -- suggests replacing Mylène with Chloé, but nobody else is keen on that. After all, it would just be ''rewarding'' Chloé for her usual AlphaBitch behavior. Making matters worse, they discover that Nino rewrote Alya's script to add in a kiss between the leads, something he didn't clear with anyone involved. Marinette makes it clear that she won't let Nino browbeat the others before sending Chloé off on a wild goose chase.

!!!This episode contains examples of:

* HypocriticalHumor: Chloé laughs at Mylène for singing a lullaby to calm herself down, but Adrien cuts that off by reminding her he knows about her teddy bear, Mr. Cuddly. She also claims Sabrina, Kim, and Max fell for Marinette's SnipeHunt ruse when she was the one who dragged the others into it.

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Nino, as the film director, attempts to order everyone around.

* ChekhovsGun: The song Mylène was singing to herself early on, "Stinky Wolf," turns out to be the key to calm Horrificator down and put a stop to its rampage.

The class is filming a short film for a contest: a monster is attacking a city, and two government agents, Smith and Jones (Mylène and Adrien), are trying to stop it. Unfortunately, filming is stuck on the first scene because Mylène keeps getting scared every time the "monster" (played by Ivan) shows up, as she's still shaken from the Stoneheart incident. This is not helped by Chloé, who was only invited to join at Mme. Bustier's insistence and keeps doling up insults for everyone else.\\\

When Mylène braves herself up for another attempt, Chloé grabs the monster mask and scares her, causing her to run away. Ivan unsuccessfully attempts to convince Mylène to rejoin the filming, and Marinette tries to find her as well, not knowing that Hawk Moth has akumatized Mylène, though she does some kind of goo covering the toilets' walls.\\\

Nino--the director--suggests replacing Mylène with Chloé, but no one else is keen on it, since it would be rewarding Chloé for being her usual AlphaBitch self, and the discovery that Nino rewrote the script to add a kiss between the leads only adds to the bad feelings. Marinette makes it clear that she won't let Nino browbeat the others before sending Chloé off on a wild goose chase.\\\

Lacking a lead actress, Adrien proposes a compromise: have Marinette act in as a new character, taking up Mylène's role in the opening scene, and then Mylène can do the rest of the film as lead. Everyone admits it to be a good idea, and they start filming it. However, when Adrien and Marinette are about to kiss, Chloé returns, having realized that she was being tricked. Before the teens can do anything else, though, they hear Kim (who had left earlier with Chloé) screaming.\\\

Finding only one of Kim's wristbands, the group realizes they are in an akuma situation. Adrien sneaks away to transform into Chat Noir while the others realize that M. Damocles is also missing and that they have no phone signal. Chat Noir's arrival causes Chloé (who doesn't want Chat Noir to steal any attention from her) to fake her being taken away by the akuma to give herself an alibi and transform into Scarlet Lady. Looking for Adrien, she finds one of his shoes, and catches everyone's attention with a scream.\\\

Horrificator arrives on scene, capturing Nathaniel with its tail. The akuma keeps growing, but Juleka's fascination causes it to shrink, allowing everyone to momentarily escape. Horrificator manages to corner the group and captures Alix, but when faced with Ivan protecting the other girls, the akuma just licks his face before leaving. Everyone realizes Mylène is the akuma.\\\

Meanwhile, Sabrina is looking for Chloé: as the only reason they think she was taken was because they found her nail polish and they didn't hear her scream, Sabrina believes she might be still around. Marinette tries to keep her from splitting off, but Horrificator attacks, and Marinette shoves Sabrina away, saving her at the cost of getting captured herself. Marinette urges Sabrina to seek Chat Noir--no, not Scarlet Lady, ''Chat Noir!''--so he can help rescue everyone.\\\

Finding Sabrina crying and learning what happened, Chat Noir realizes that the goo Horrificator is leaving behind can be used to track the akuma. The trail leads to the basement, where the group finds multiple pods, each containing one person. Horrificator then seals the exit, forcing a fight. Chat Noir does his best to hold Horrificator off while Scarlet Lady just creates the Lucky Charm and complains about how gross the akuma is.\\\

Sabrina hides behind a pod to observe the fight, which turns out to the same one Marinette is inside. When Sabrina mentions the Lucky Charm--a set of guitar strings--Marinette suggests that she and the others sing "Stinky Wolf," a lullaby Mylène was singing earlier to calm herself down, using the strings and several improvised instruments. The teens succeed--with some of them incidentally considering trying their luck with starting their own band--and Horrificator calms down, allowing Chat Noir and Scarlet Lady to purify the akuma and restore everything. The entire thing ends with Ivan and Mylène kissing...\\\

* WhatTheHellHero: Alya, Adrien, and Ivan all call Nino out for adding a kissing scene to the script without bothering to inform anyone, particularly Adrien and Mylène, since they would be the ones acting it out.

The class is filming a short film for a contest: a monster is attacking a city, and two government agents, Smith and Jones (Mylène and Adrien), are trying to stop it. Unfortunately, filming is stuck on the first scene because Mylène keeps getting scared every time the "monster" (played by Ivan) shows up, as she's still shaken from the Stoneheart incident. This is not helped by Chloé, who was only invited to join at Mme. Bustier's insistence, and who keeps doling up insults for everyone else.\\\

When Mylène braves herself up for another attempt, Chloé grabs the monster mask and scares her, causing her to run away. Ivan unsuccessfully attempts to convince Mylène to rejoin the filming, and Marinette tries to find her as well, not knowing that Hawkmoth has akumatized Mylène, but seeing some kind of goo covering the toilet's walls.\\\

Nino - the director - suggests replacing Mylène with Chloé, but no one is keen on it, since it would be rewarding Chloé for being her usual AlphaBitch self, and the discovery that Nino rewrote the script to add a kiss between the leads only adds to the bad feelings. Marinette makes it clear that she won't let Nino browbeat the others and sends Chloé off on a wild goose chase.\\\

Lacking a lead actress, Adrien proposes a compromise: have Marinette act in as a new character, taking up Mylène's role in the opening scene, and then Mylène can do the rest of the film as lead. Everyone admits it to be a good idea, and they start filming it: however, when Adrien and Marinette are about to kiss, Chloé returns, having realized that she was being tricked. However, before the teens can do anything else, they hear Kim (who had left earlier with Chloé) screaming.\\\

Finding only one of Kim's wristbands, the group realizes they are in an akuma situation. Adrien sneaks away to transform into Chat Noir while the others realize that M. Damocles is also missing and that they have no phone signal. Chat Noir's arrival causes Chloé (who doesn't want Chat Noir to steal attention from her) to fake her being taken away by the Akuma to give herself an alibi and transform into Scarlet Lady. Looking for Adrien, she finds one of his shoes, and catches everyone's attention with a scream.\\\

Horrificator arrives on scene, capturing Nathaniel in its tentacles. The Akuma keeps growing, but Juleka's fascination causes it to shrink, allowing everyone to momentarily escape. Horrificator manages to corner the group and captures Alix, but when faced with Ivan protecting the other girls, the Akuma just licks his face before leaving: everyone realizes Mylène is the Akuma.\\\

Meanwhile, Sabrina is looking for Chloé: as the only reason they think she was taken was because they found her nail polish, Sabrina believes she might be still around. Marinette tries to keep her from splitting off, but Horrificator attacks and Marinette shoves Sabrina away, saving her at the cost of getting captured herself. Marinette urges Sabrina to seek Chat Noir - no, not Scarlet Lady, '''Chat Noir!''' - so he can help rescue everyone.\\\

Finding Sabrina crying and learning what happened, Chat Noir realizes that the goo Horrificator is leaving behind can be used to track the Akuma. The trail leads to the basement, where the group finds multiple pods, each containing one person. Horrificator then seals the exit, forcing a fight - where Chat Noir does his best to hold Horrificator off while Scarlet Lady just creates the Lucky Charm and complains about how gross the Akuma is.\\\

Sabrina hides behind a pod to observe the fight, which turns out to be where Marinette is. When Sabrina mentions the Lucky Charm - a set of guitar strings - Marinette suggests that she and the others sing "Stinky Wolf", a lullaby Mylène was singing earlier to calm herself down, using the strings and several improvised instruments. The teens succeed - and incidentally some of them consider trying their luck with making their own group - and Horrificator calms down, allowing Chat Noir and Scarlet Lady to purify the Akuma and restore everything. The entire thing ends with Ivan and Mylène kissing...\\\

... which turns out to be the film Nino is trying to present. However, the film is such a disaster that he gets immediately kicked out, and Nino admits that the complete lack of any kind of quality control was behind it. Nino apologizes for his "direct-ator" behavior and promises that the next movie they make will be for fun.

* AlmostKiss: Adrien and Marinette try to do the kissing scene, but Chloé interrupts just before their lips touched.

* ChekhovsGun: The song Mylène was singing to herself early on, "Stinky Wolf", turns out to be the key to calm Horrificator down and put a stop to its rampage.
* DeathGlare: Ivan throws two. One at Chloé for mocking him, and another to Nino for not asking anyone if he could add the kissing scene.
* EvilIsPetty: Hawkmoth makes Horrificator mute because Mylène kept sassing at him.
* HypocriticalHumor: Chloé laughs at Mylène for singing a lullaby to calm herself down, but Adrien cuts that off by reminding her he knows about her teddy bear, Mr. Cuddles. She also claims Sabrina, Kim, and Max fell for Marinette's SnipeHunt ruse, when she was the one who dragged the others into it.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: Marinette cuts off Nino's "direct-ator" attitude by stating she will be the person who impaled him with a clipboard if he doesn't stop.

** Chloé is, as always, in great form. She sees nothing wrong with taking over Mylène's role after scaring her away, acts as if leaving her nail polish to fake being captured by the Akuma were a great sacrifice, and generally acts as a nuisance.
** Nino attempts to browbeat the others into following his orders, having let his director position go up to his head.

* NightmareFetishist: Juleka is more fascinated than terrified with the Akuma and its effects.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The class combines one to tell Chloé how much she sucks.

* SkewedPriorities: Nino, due to his obsession with getting the film done. Particularly when he keeps filming even as the scenario turns into a true horror show due to the appearance of the Akuma.
* StylisticSuck: The film Nino ends up presenting gets quickly disqualified, on account of its terrible quality.
* SnipeHunt: When Chloé suggests making the lead female role a nurse, Marinette says it's a great idea and quickly shoves her out of the classroom while suggesting her to go find a uniform.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Horrificator, instead of attacking Ivan, just licks him and leaves, everyone realizes Mylène is the Akuma.
* WhatTheHellHero: Alya, Adrien and Ivan call Nino out for adding a kissing scene to the film without bothering to inform anyone, particularly Adrien and Mylène, since they would be the ones acting it out.

* RhethoricalQuestionBlunder: When Ivan tells Chloé she sucks for scaring Mylène so much she holed herself up in the bathroom, Chloé acts offended and asks who thinks she sucks. Everyone else raises their hands.

Finding only one of Kim's wristbands, the group realizes they are in an akuma situation. Adrien sneaks away to transform into Chat Noir while the others realize that M. Damocles is also missing and that they have no phone signal. Chat Noir's arrival causes Chloé to fake her being taken away by the akuma (all so as to prevent him from getting the attention), and as Scarlet Lady she finds one of Adrien's shoes, catching everyone's attention with a scream.\\\

Horrificator arrives on scene, capturing Nathaniel in its tentacles. The Akuma keeps growing, but Juleka's fascination causes it to shrink, allowing everyone to momentarily escape. Horrificator manages to corner the group and captures Alix, but when faced with Ivan protecting the other girls, the Akuma just licks his face before leaving, causing everyone to realize Mylène was akumatized.\\\

Meanwhile, Sabrina is looking for Chloé: as the only reason they think she was taken was because they found her nail polish, Sabrina believes she might be still around. Marinette tries to keep her from splitting off, but Horrificator attacks and Marinette shoves Sabrina away, saving her at the cost of getting captured herself. Marinette urges Sabrina to seek Chat Noir - no, not Scarlet Lady, '''Chat Noir''' - so she can help rescue everyone.\\\

Finding Sabrina crying, Chat Noir realizes that the goo Horrificator is leaving behind can be used to track the Akuma. The trail leads to the basement, where the group finds multiple pods, each containing one person. Horrificator then seals the exit, forcing a fight - where Chat Noir does his best to hold Horrificator off while Scarlet Lady just creates the Lucky Charm and complains about how gross the Akuma is.\\\

* SnipeHunt: When Chloé suggests making the lead female role a nurse, Marinette says it's a great idea and quickly shoves her out of the classroom while suggesting her to go find a uniform.