History Recap / ScarletLadyS5E11StyleQueen

* CatSmile: It's subtle, but Plagg (appropriately) has one when he snarks that Marigold should know why he isn't with Chat Noir right now.

Scarlet Lady, however, isn't available right now: as Chloé is still running downstairs with Zoé, and she can't just duck away and transform. Alya shows up just then and begins to talk with Zoé about the incident, allowing Chloé to escape. Scarlet Lady tries to practice how she will present herself to Audrey after her mother's deakumatized while Marigold berates her for wasting time.

* HonorBeforeReason: Though it would get her back to the fashion show much faster, Audrey refuses Scarlet Lady's offer to get the critic down from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower because Audrey only flies first class. She doesn't even seem to regret her decision when it seemingly means walking down the entire flight of stairs between the second floor of the Eiffel Tower and the ground (there was an elevator, but she [[DidntThinkThisThrough didn't think to take it instead]]).
* {{Hypocrite}}: Chloé scoffs at Marinette for "believing herself a designer"--conveniently ignoring that she's stolen Marinette's designs twice, with one of them being the same hat Marinette brought to the red carpet. She also mocks Marinette for signing the hat, also forgetting that Marinette was able to prove said plagiarism and win Gabriel's design contest because of it.

* MaliciousMisnaming: Audrey cares so little about her daughters that she can't even keep their names straight. It's clear that she ''recognizes'' this, as she keeps correcting herself after using the wrong names.

* ReflectionlessUselessEyes: Both Adrien and Chloé have these immediately after Bee Balm restores them to humans, showing they haven't fully regained consciousness.

* ShoutOut: Style Queen boasts, "I am invincible!" right before she's frozen by Marigold's Venom. This is Boris Grishenko's CharacterCatchphrase in ''Film/GoldenEye'', though [[spoiler:the last time he says it, he's immediately splashed with liquid nitrogen and flash-frozen to death]].

* OpenSecret: {{Downplayed|Trope}} when Marigold asks Plagg why he isn't with Chat Noir. Plagg points out she already knows why, all but confirming the two heroes both know the other has figured out their secret identity. Played a bit straighter when Adrien and Marigold confirm their suspicions about each other's {{SecretIdentit|y}}ies after Style Queen's defeat.

Marigold and Adrien arrive to the Grand Palais, and the latter thanks the heroine for saving his life, apologizing that she had to work alone. Marigold mentions Zoé helped, but then again, Chat Noir was missing because of extenuating circumstances...

* AdaptationalDumbass: In canon, Audrey and Chloé only go down the stairs from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower because the elevator is broken, which Audrey even complains about. Here, the elevator is working just fine, but the two's first instinct is to take the stairs anyway, and WordOfGod confirms they ended up going down the entire flight (which usually takes around twenty minutes), even after Alya pointed out there's an elevator.

* BigDamnKiss: Adrien and Marinette (as Marigold) share their first on-screen kiss at the end of the episode. [[MakeOutKids Followed by many more.]]

* {{Callback}}: The hat Marinette created for the contest in "[[Recap/ScarletLadyS1E7MrPigeon Mr. Pigeon]]" reappears as Adrien prepares to wear it to the fashion show.
* CallingYourNausea: As Style Queen takes off with her hostages and new assistant, Zoé declares that she's going to be sick with how fast they're moving.

* ContinuityNod: Marigold mentions she was clued in on Adrien being Chat Noir, among other things, because [[Recap/ScarletLadyS4E7Desperada one of the times Chat Noir didn't show up was when she gave Adrien a Miraculous]].

** Gabriel takes advantage of Audrey's egomania by deliberately slighting her at his show, convinced that her irrationality will make her the most powerful Akuma he's ever created. While he makes sure to keep ''himself'' well out of harm's way, he puts Nathalie and his own son right in the line of fire without considering that the akumatized Audrey might target "Agreste Junior" for some RevengeByProxy.

** Style Queen turns her daughter Chloé into a statue simply because the Akuma found the latter's talking annoying.
** Narrowly averted for Zoé, who nearly joins her half-sister when she calls Style Queen "Mom"; thankfully, she convinces the Akuma to keep her as an assistant. It almost happens again when Zoé asks her not to hurt Adrien and Chloé.

* FearlessFool: Adrien faces an Akuma with a grudge against his father untransformed; he gets turned into a statue as a result.

** Gabriel is every inch as [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] and {{entitled|Bastard}} as Audrey, which is why he's ''convinced'' she'll be his most powerful Akuma yet and be able to triumph over the heroes of Paris. He overestimates her just like he [[SmugSnake overestimates himself]].

* HairTriggerTemper: Audrey Bourgeois's [[EntitledBitch sense of entitlement]] leads to her often exploding over minor things. Style Queen is even worse: she turns Chloé into a statue simply because her daughter's simpering was giving her a headache and threatens to do the same to Zoé when the latter calls the Akuma "Mom" instead of Style Queen.

* InSpiteOfANail: Chloé taking the time to dramatically lament Adrien being turned into a statue annoys Style Queen enough for the akuma to turn her into a statue as well. However, Style Queen still ends up sparing one of her daughters (Zoé) despite said daughter making the mistake of calling the Akuma "Mom" because the daughter offered to be the akuma's assistant.

** After an entire season where both of them suspect of each other's SecretIdentity, Adrien and Marinette confirm they are Chat Noir and Marigold to each other.

** {{Zigzagged|Trope}} when Nathalie tells Audrey that her seat is in the second row and not the first. Initially, Audrey seems to blame it all on Nathalie and tries to fire the latter, even though Nathalie had explicitly stated ''Gabriel'' was the one who assigned the seats. While Audrey then calls Gabriel, her goal seems to be to get Nathalie fired rather than to confront the designer himself over the seating arrangements. After being akumatized into Style Queen, her target switches to Gabriel, though when told he's not present, she settles for attacking Adrien before attempting to draw Gabriel out in public.

--->'''Caption:''' No sweet moment left unruined by your needy cat.

* OpenSecret: {{Downplayed|Trope}} when Marigold asks Plagg why he isn't with Chat Noir. Plagg points out she already knows why, all but confirming the two heroes both know the other has figured out their secret identity.

** WordOfGod confirms that Style Queen genuinely did regret making her daughter cry (if only a little bit) when Zoé sheds a SingleTear while begging the Akuma not to hurt Adrien or Chloé.

* TooDumbToLive: Confronting an Akuma while untransformed probably wasn't Adrien's smartest move, especially when the Akuma had just announced that she's after Adrien's father.

* WhamEpisode: Adrien and Marinette confirm each other's SecretIdentity at the end of the chapter.
* WhamLine: While they already suspected each other's identity, the end of the episode finally confirms it for them.

The two blushing teenagers discuss how they figured out each other's identities: while Marigold could tell because the only times Chat Noir didn't show up was when Adrien was held down or given a Miraculous, Adrien simply followed his heart and the many coincidences surrounding Marigold and Marinette. When Marigold mentions how risky betting things on that, Adrien agrees that love made him a bit stupid, which Marigold understands quite well... before the two begin to kiss each other.

* WhamEpisode: Adrien and Marinette confirm their respective SecretIdentity at the end of the chapter.

"... weren't they, Chaton?"

"That they were... Marinette."

That is, as long as they can deal with Plagg's interruptions.

* InternalReveal: Marinette finally learns that Pollen knows Scarlet Lady and Chat Noir's secret identities.

* MomentKiller: Nathalie cuts off Adrien and Marinette's flirting by reminding them she's present.

With Scarlet Lady ''finally'' fixing everything, Marigold offers to get Adrien back to the show, which he happily accepts. Scarlet Lady tries to do the same with Audrey, but the fashion critic rejects it, saying she "only flies first class". When Zoé finds her mother, she asks if she knows where Chloé is: Chloé appears just then, with Zoé admonishing her for disappearing all of a sudden. Audrey, Chloé, and Zoé take the stairs, with the former two intent on giving Gabriel a piece of their mind, while Alya decides to take the elevator.

* BuildingSwing: Marigold gets Adrien back to the show by using her top this way.

* DamnedByFaintPraise: When Zoé suggests moving Adrien and Chloé's statues to a more public location to draw out Gabriel and the heroes, Style Queen simply mutters, "It's not a completely idiotic idea." Then again, considering it is Audrey Bourgeois, that should already be treated as high praise.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Gabriel takes advantage of Audrey's egomania by deliberately slighting her at his show, convinced that her irrationality will make her the most powerful Akuma he's ever created. While he makes sure to keep ''himself'' well out of harm's way, he puts Nathalie and his own son right in the line of fire without considering that the akumatized Audrey might target "Agreste Junior" for some RevengeByProxy.

** When Scarlet Lady offers to take Audrey back to the show, she rejects it, saying she only flies first class.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: ''Heavily downplayed'', but Style Queen seemed to feel at least a little bad about upsetting Zoé when he daughter begs her not to harm Adrien or Chloé. The author later confirmed this to be the case, explaining this is to contrast the character with her canon self, whom the author considers ''completely'' irredeemable. However, this doesn't really make Style Queen any less of an AbusiveParent and BadBoss.

* DamnedByFaintPraise: When Zoé suggests moving Adrien and Chloé's statues to a more public location to draw out Gabriel and the heroes, Style Queen simply mutters, "It's not a completely idiotic idea." Then again, considering it's Audrey Bourgeois, that should already be treated as high praise.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Gabriel takes advantage of Audrey's egomania by deliberately slighting her at his show, convinced that her irrationality will make her the most powerful akuma he's ever created. While he makes sure to keep ''himself'' well out of harm's way, he puts Nathalie and his own son right in the line of fire without considering that the akumatized Audrey might target "Agreste Junior" for some RevengeByProxy.

** Style Queen turns her daughter Chloé into a statue simply because the akuma found the latter's talking annoying.
** Narrowly averted for Zoé, who nearly joins her half-sister when she calls Style Queen "Mom"; thankfully, she convinces the akuma to keep her as an assistant. It almost happens again when Zoé asks her not to hurt Adrien and Chloé.

* FearlessFool: Adrien faces an akuma with a grudge against his father untransformed; he gets turned into a statue as a result.

** Gabriel is every inch as [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] and {{entitled|Bastard}} as Audrey, which is why he's ''convinced'' she'll be his most powerful akuma yet and be able to triumph over the heroes of Paris. He overestimates her just like he [[SmugSnake overestimates himself]].

* HairTriggerTemper: Audrey Bourgeois's [[EntitledBitch sense of entitlement]] leads to her often exploding over minor things. Style Queen is even worse: she turns Chloé into a statue simply because her daughter's simpering was giving her a headache and threatens to do the same to Zoé when the latter calls the akuma "Mom" instead of Style Queen.

* InSpiteOfANail: Chloé taking the time to dramatically lament Adrien being turned into a statue annoys Style Queen enough for the akuma to turn her into a statue as well. However, Style Queen still ends up sparing one of her daughters (Zoé) despite said daughter making the mistake of calling the akuma "Mom" because the daughter offered to be the akuma's assistant.

* MaliciousMisnaming: Audrey cares so little about her daughters that she can't even keep their names straight. As Style Queen, it's clear that she ''recognizes'' this, as she keeps correcting herself after using the wrong names.

** WordOfGod confirms that Style Queen genuinely did regret making her daughter cry (if only a little bit) when Zoé sheds a SingleTear while begging the akuma not to hurt Adrien or Chloé.

* SkewedPriorities: Scarlet Lady wastes several minutes thinking of how she'll present herself to her mother when she should have been fixing things with the Miraculous Cure.

* TooDumbToLive: Confronting an akuma while untransformed probably wasn't Adrien's smartest move, especially when the akuma had just announced that she's after Adrien's father.

Zoé tries to reach out to Adrien and Chloé, but Style Queen has put a force field around them. Fortunately, Marigold shows up just then and gives Zoé a heads up to start running as soon as she frees everyone. One Bee Balm later, both victims wake up... and are quickly attacked by Style Queen, who complains about not having good help. Zoé and Chloé flee on foot while Marigold carries Adrien away. A dizzy Adrien compliments the Bee heroine as if she were Marinette, causing her to blush.

Marigold runs with Adrien in her arms, dodging Style Queen's attacks while taunting her. Style Queen claims she's invincible, only for the Bee Heroine to immediately prove her wrong by using Venom on her, paralyzing the Akuma and leaving Marigold to wait for Scarlet Lady to show up.

Scarlet Lady, however, isn't available right now, as Chloé is still running downstairs with Zoé, and she doesn't have a way to just duck away and transform. Alya shows up just then and begins to talk with Zoé about the incident, allowing Chloé to escape. Scarlet Lady tries to practice how she will present herself to Audrey after she's deakumatized, while Marigold berates her for wasting time.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Chloé mocks Marinette for "believing herself a designer"--conveniently forgetting that she's stolen Marinette's designs twice, with one of them being the same hat Marinette brought to the red carpet. She also mocks Marinette for signing the hat, also forgetting that Marinette was able to prove said plagiarism because of it.

** {{Zigzagged|Trope}} when Nathalie tells Audrey that her seat is in the second row and not the first. Initially, Audrey seems to blame it all on Nathalie, even though Nathalie had explicitly stated ''Gabriel'' was the one who assigned the seats. While Audrey then calls Gabriel, her goal seems to be to get Nathalie fired rather than to confront the designer himself over the seating arrangements. After being akumatized into Style Queen, her target switches to Gabriel, though when told he's not present, she settles for attacking Adrien before attempting to draw Gabriel out in public.

* TemptingFate: Style Queen does the classic "I am invincible!", which is immediately followed by Marigold using Venom on her.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Chloé mocks Marinette for "believing herself a designer"--conveniently forgetting that she's stolen Marinette's designs twice, with one of them being the same hat Marinette brought to the red carpet.

Zoé tries to reach out to Adrien and Chloé, but Style Queen has put a force field around them. Fortunately, Marigold shows up just then and gives Zoé a heads up to make her start to run as soon as she frees everyone. One Bee Balm later, both victims wake up - and are quickly dragged away by Marigold and Zoé, while Style Queen complains about not having good help. A dizzy Adrien compliments Marigold as if she were Marinette, causing her to blush.

** Zoé manages to avoid being turned into glitter by suggesting she could play assistant, allowing her to help Marigold.

** {{Zigzagged|Trope}} when Nathalie tells Audrey that her seat is in the second row and not the first. Initially, Audrey seems to blame it all on Nathalie, even though Nathalie had explicitly stated ''Gabriel'' was the one who assigned the seats. While Audrey then calls Gabriel, her goal seems to be to get Nathalie fired rather than to confront the designer himself over the seating arrangements. After being akumatized into Style Queen, her target switches to Gabriel, though when told he's not present, she settles for attacking Adrien.

* PetTheDog: Chloé gets her mother a present and is thrilled when Audrey takes it (even if it's after Zoé tricked their mother into accepting it). She then tries to help her mother get a seat in the first row, though her attempts don't really accomplish anything and arguably just makes her family look worse in the eyes of the public. Additionally, she seems genuinely concerned when her mother gets akumatized.

Adrien tells Plagg that he feels like a dork in the suit he's wearing, which the Kwami doesn't help with as he adds he looks like one, too. Marinette arrives then, completely morose over thinking Audrey hated the hat... but Adrien compliments her on how beautiful she looks, and after trying on the hat, states it's great. The young couple starts flirting, only for Nathalie to remind them she's still present.

Chloé naturally reacts dramatically to Adrien's plight (even while noting that she might actually ''prefer'' him this way) -- a touch ''too'' dramatically for Style Queen's tastes as the akuma blasts her own daughter for giving her a headache with her simpering. While their respective Kwamis are safe (thanks to Plagg hiding while Chloé pawned her purse off on Zoé earlier), both realize that they're in serious trouble.

Marigold arrives too late to prevent this, when Plagg shows up and calls her attention. When Marigold asks if he shouldn't be with Chat Noir, Plagg points out she already knows why he isn't, which she reluctantly confirms.

Meanwhile, Zoé asks Style Queen not to hurt Adrien nor Chloé, pointing out that it's not them she's angry with. Style Queen concedes the point, since as soon as she gets her revenge and the Miraculous her victims wouldn't be of use, and orders Zoé to keep an eye out for the heroes. At the ground, Alya has managed to track the Akuma, who is now threatening to turn Adrien and Chloé into glitter if Gabriel Agreste and Scarlet Lady (respectively) don't show up.

** Audrey was already this to her daughters before her akumatization, neglecting and constantly deriding them for little to no reason at all, to the point she's always getting their names wrong. She gets worse after getting akumatized into Style Queen, having no qualms about turning both her daughters into statues just for annoying her; she only spares Zoé to keep her as an assistant.
** Gabriel shows up his props once more, as his only reaction to Adrien becoming Style Queen's first victim is to complain that Nathalie's going to hit him later.

** When Audrey rejects Chloé's present because of the wrapping, Zoé declares that she can take it since Audrey doesn't like "new" things. This prompts Audrey to demand she be given the present, because she prides herself on being the discoverer of new things.

** Audrey is akumatized over being assigned a seat in the second row at Gabriel's fashion show instead of the first.

* GuileHero: Zoé shows off her skill in this, first by tricking Audrey into accepting Chloé's present, next by getting Style Queen to accept her as an "assistant" and agree to Zoé's plan to catch the heroes' attention, as well as keeping Adrien and Chloé safe from Style Queen.

* OpenSecret: When Marigold asks Plagg why he isn't with Chat Noir, Plagg points out she already knows why, all but confirming the truth.

Adrien tells Plagg that he feels like a dork in the suit he's wearing, which the Kwami agrees with. Marinette arrives then, completely morose over thinking Audrey hated the hat... but Adrien compliments her on how beautiful she looks, and after trying on the hat, states it's great. The young couple starts flirting, only for Nathalie to remind them she's still present.

Chloé naturally reacts dramatically to Adrien's plight (even while noting that she might actually ''prefer'' him this way)--a touch ''too'' dramatically for Style Queen's tastes as the akuma blasts her own daughter for giving her a headache with her simpering. While their respective Kwamis are safe (thanks to Plagg hiding while Chloé pawned her purse off on Zoé earlier), both realize that they're in serious trouble.

* AbusiveParents: Audrey was already this to her daughters before her akumatization, neglecting and constantly deriding them for little to no reason at all. She gets worse after getting akumatized into Style Queen, having no qualms about turning both her daughters into statues just for annoying her; she only spares Zoé to keep her as an assistant.

** When Audrey rejects Chloé's present because of the wrapping, Zoé declares that she can take it since Audrey doesn't like "new" things. This prompt Audrey to demand she be given the present because she prides herself on being the discoverer of new things.

** Narrowly averted for Zoé, who nearly joins her half-sister when she calls Style Queen "Mom"; thankfully, she convinces the akuma to keep her as an assistant.

* FacePalm: Zoé's reaction when Chloé tries to force her classmates out of their seats.

* GuileHero: Zoé shows off her skill in this, first by tricking Audrey into accepting Chloé's present, next by getting Style Queen to accept her as an "assistant" and agree to Zoé's plan to catch the heroes' attention.

* MamaBear: Nathalie is implied to be this towards Adrien. After the teen is turned into a statue, Hawkmoth grumbles that Nathalie will definitely hit him for that later.