Characters / Scarlet Lady

The character sheet for the Miraculous Ladybug fan comic Scarlet Lady. Note that spoilers regarding the introduction of new heroes will be unmarked.

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Main Trio + their Kwamis

• Chloé Bourgeois

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Tikki

Tikki

The unfortunate Kwami of Creation, who thought she was about to meet a worthy new bearer in Marinette, only to find herself saddled with Chloé instead.

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• Adaptational Comic Relief: Is much snarkier than she is the show due to constantly having to put up with Chloé. She even takes it upon herself to punish her selfish holder by being The Gadfly and relishes in any misfortune Chloé encounters, quickly showing she's Not So Above It All.
• Adaptational Sympathy: Unsurprisingly, having Chloé as a wielder does this to her.
• Beleaguered Assistant: One of the primary methods she uses to cope with being stuck with such an awful holder is by making snarky comments about Chloé's vanity, selfishness, and sheer bull-headed stupidity.
• Deadpan Snarker: While Tikki has some snarky moments in canon, having to put up with Chloé turns it up to eleven.
• Didn't Think This Through: In "Kung Food," she wants to untie Chloé so the latter can transform into Scarlet Lady. Chloé protests that if that happens, she will fall into the soup and ruin her hair. Tikki admits, "You almost have a point there."
• Earn Your Happy Ending: Tikki is finally free of Chloé and reunites with Marinette in "Queen Wasp."
  Tikki: Marigold... is it over?
• The Gadfly: One of the ways she gets back at Chloé is by being as annoying as possible:
  • She refuses to eat anything other than cookies from the Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie because she knows Chloé hates giving them business. In "Puppeteer," she even wolfs down an entire plate of them just so that Chloé will have to go buy more, purposely puncturing Chloé's ego while the latter was gloating about assigning her classmates humiliating jobs for Internship Day.
  • She's absolutely gleeful when she sees how upset Chloé gets upon learning that Alya suspects Marinette is Scarlet Lady, even sporting a Cheshire Cat Grin. She sports one again when she later hides Chloé's diamond scrunchie and destroys her curling iron to get back at Chloé as retribution for Chloé getting Alya suspended.
  • The tags in "Rogercop" reveal that Tikki is purposely getting cookie crumbs inside Chloé's purse as revenge.
  • At the end of "Animan," as Chloé gloats about ruining Marinette and Adrien's date, Tikki mentally vows to throw out Chloé's hairspray while her holder's sleeping.
  • In "Syren," she decides not to remind Chloé about the class's plans to see a movie.
  • She smugly teases Chloé about how the latter inadvertently helped Marinette meet and impress Jagged Stone, leading to Marinette becoming one of his favorite designers.
  • In "Sandboy," she steals Chloé's diamond scrunchie to give to Nooroo and is visibly looking forward to her holder's reaction once she notices it's missing.
• God's Hands Are Tied: Tikki is separated from Chloé in "Vanisher" and ends up meeting Adrien and Plagg at Master Fu's place. In this AU, she has the capacity to do cures by herself (albeit with some unspecified negative consequence), the only thing Scarlet Lady is really needed for. However, when Adrien suggests that she just help out in akuma fights on her own without her holder...
  Adrien: Tikki, can't you just help from now on?
  Tikki: According to the rules, I have to say no.
  Adrien: Dammit!
• Green-Eyed Monster: She cries every time she learns that her true bearer got to use a Kwami that isn't her.
• Guile Hero: In "Anansi," when Chloé complains that she doesn't get to go to New York because of her responsibilities as Scarlet Lady, Tikki suggests, "There's still time. You could leave the earrings with Marigold or Chat Noir for the week." Chloé rejects the plan because her huge ego tells her that they couldn't match her brilliance, even temporarily. Tikki thinks to herself, "Worth a shot." (Obviously, if Chloé ever gave up the earrings to her fellow heroes, they would never give them back to her.)
• Honor Before Reason: It's noted repeatedly that she values upholding the rules of the Miraculous over her own well-being—to the point that she doesn't try to reveal Scarlet Lady's identity to the other heroes because the rules forbid her from doing so, even though it would've saved everyone (especially herself) a lot of grief if she did.
• Hypocritical Humor: She laments in "Reflekta" that without her influence, Marinette is (seemingly) becoming a criminal. Sometime later, Tikki steals Chloé's diamond scrunchie to give to Nooroo and is absolutely gleeful at the thought of Chloé noticing it's missing, complete with a Cheshire Cat Grin. To be fair, dealing with someone like Chloé has left her with some… issues.
• Literal Genie: When Chloé tells her to "Shut up," her mouth is forced shut. The author says, "Thankfully Chloé is too self-centered to realize the power she wields."
• Locked Out of the Loop: She doesn't realize that Marigold and Chat Noir have figured out each other's secret identities until they're making out right in front of her.
• Not So Above It All:
  • Tikki often rejoices at Chloé encountering any misfortune and also relishes being The Gadfly to get back at her selfish holder.
  • She's also reacts jealously every time she learns Marinette has partnered with a Kwami other than herself.
• Only the Chosen May Wield: At the start of "Befana," Tikki is delighted to get a hair from Marinette (obtained by Plagg when Marinette used the ring as Maotif). Tikki has a "perfect place" for the hair, apparently wanting to make a Kwagatama for Marinette, her true Chosen One, as a birthday present.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In "Volpina," she's so desperate to get the Miraculous book that she openly encourages Chloé to spy on Adrien and Lila, much to the girl's surprise.
• Passive-Aggressive Kombat: She eats all the cookies in "Puppeteer" when she knew Chloé wanted some, perfectly timing it to puncture Chloé's ego as the latter was gloating about all the unpleasant tasks she's assigned her classmates for Internship Day. Then, she demands that Chloé go and buy more from Tom and Sabine, knowing Chloé hates give them business.
• Power Incontinence: She can't control the Ladybug's powers when she's using them on her own; Lucky Charm creates unlimited objects, and Miraculous Cure leaves her sick afterward (and with a ton of leftover ladybugs flying around).
• Terse Talker: Offers minimal explanations when she's around Chloé. In "Princess Fragrance," when Chloé asks where she was, Tikki answers, "The doctor. Like I told you earlier," omitting that she was actually at Master Fu's.
• The Unapologetic: At the end of "Sandboy," she refuses to apologize to Chloé for leaving her without permission or explanation. The fact that Chloé grills her over trying to find Hawkmoth's location reinforces this.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom:
  • Accidentally sets the events of "Rogercop" into motion when she kicks Plagg out of Chloé's purse, inadvertently knocking him into the latter's bracelet.
  • She indirectly causes some of the events of "Volpina." She chases the Grimoire into a trash can and is so excited at obtaining it, she doesn't attempt to get Chloé to hide or explain the importance of the book. As a result, Chloé overhears Lila making false claims to try to get close to Adrien, which triggers Chloé's Berserk Button and distracts her from getting the book.
• Vomit Indiscretion Shot: In "Vanisher," she swallows the akuma butterfly and does a Miraculous Ladybug cure by herself. This results in her barfing out a huge quantity of magical ladybugs, enough that, according to the author's notes, the heroes are "plastered against the windows" because the whole building is full to bursting with ladybugs. This is the promised negative consequence of doing the cure without her holder. Tikki remains sick for a while afterwards, and many ladybugs remain all over the hotel instead of vanishing when their work is done.

Adrien Agreste

Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir

Other identities: Aspik

The other/true hero of Paris, who finds himself saddled with a "partner" who treats him as anything but.

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• Adaptational Badass: Due to Scarlet Lady's utter refusal to act like an actual hero and instead serving as The Load (and that's when she isn't The Millstone), Chat is forced to step up as Paris's sole true hero for some time. As a result, he is demonstrably more competent and professional than he is in canon, to the point that he is able to defeat akumas completely on his own, especially early in his career before Marigold showed up.
• Amazon Chaser: It's implied that one of the reasons he falls for Marinette is how she gives Hawkmoth a scathing "The Reason You Suck" Speech (with Flipping the Bird included).
• As You Know: Adrien does one of these with Plagg in "Dark Cupid" as an exasperated reply to Plagg's teasing, yelling, "You know the plan was to give Marinette the poem as Chat Noir. I panicked!"
• Be Careful What You Wish For:
  • He eagerly accepts the prospect of becoming a hero, thinking it's going to be great. Then he meets his partner.
  • Adrien looks distressed and calls out for Marinette in "Riposte" when she runs off from the akuma fight (something he made her promise to do as Chat Noir). To him it looks like he's doomed, with nobody but the useless Scarlet Lady to help, unless he blows his cover and transforms. He doesn't know Marinette ran off to transform into Marigold.
• Berserk Button:
  • Don't hurt Marinette. Seriously.
    • When the Bubbler sends her to space, Adrien is so enraged that he nearly transforms right out in the open.
    • When La Befana turns Marinette to coal, he attacks the akuma with the Lucky Charm tuba, slamming it over her head before she can react and getting so angry that even Scarlet Lady obeys him.
    • Even Hawkmoth is aware of how angry Chat gets when Marinette is endangered by the time "Kung Food" takes place and tells his minions to not harm her, for all the good it does him.
    • He becomes visibly infuriated with Evillustrator after the akuma tries to drown Marinette, making the akuma flinch with his Death Glare alone.
    • Hawkmoth is very apprehensive about akumatizing Marinette in both "Troublemaker" and "Zombizou" due to how Chat Noir would react. The villain is thus immensely glad when other people become upset enough to attract the butterfly.
    • When Scarlet Lady suggests selling Marinette out to Zombizou, Chat Noir threatens to throw Scarlet Lady herself to the zombies
  • Lila stealing from him and having the gall to try to deceive to him about it in order to manipulate him earns her his ire. He gets even angrier at her when he later finds out she threw his father's book away to hide her theft rather than try to discretely return it. He eventually forgives her, though, but it takes a long time.
• Betty and Veronica: He's the Veronica (rich, sought by many, has sinister family secrets) to Luka's Betty (same social class, more approachable) for Marinette as the Archie.
• Break Her Heart to Save Her: After barely escaping Evillustrator's trap with his and Marinette's lives, Chat Noir hugs her, reminisces on the numerous close brushes with death she has under her belt, and begs her to stop participating in akuma fights. Marinette clearly looks heartbroken but agrees nonetheless.
• …But He Sounds Handsome: He surprises Marinette after her encounter with Evillustrator, and he seems to be hoping for compliments about Chat Noir. Instead, he gets Marinette breaking down about having to promise Chat not to help him with akumas anymore. At least he gets to hold and comfort her, reassuring, "I'm sure he appreciates your sacrifice."
• Character Development: As Adrien is worn down by dealing with Scarlet Lady and having the weight of Paris on his shoulders, he becomes increasingly snide and cynical but also more competent and willing to stand up for himself.
• Comically Missing the Point: Though he's a lot smarter than his canon counterpart, his sheltered upbringing leads to him sometimes failing to realize how abnormal certain situations are.
  • Marinette is quite perplexed about who Luka and Juleka's father is after hearing that he can't show up at a cinema without causing a scene and that the twins have to contact him through his manager. Adrien, on the other hand, doesn't notice anything wrong due to being a famous model and having to speak to his father through Nathalie.
  • When Max observes that the Agreste Manor has a power supply capable of competing with a nuclear station, Adrien just remarks, "My father always has to own the biggest and the best," not understanding why Max is so deeply concerned.
• Cutting the Knot: He isn't creative enough to come up with a Rube Goldberg solution using the Lucky Charm, Scarlet Lady is usually too lazy and incompetent to be of any help, and Marinette isn't always present during akuma fights to figure out how to defeat the akuma with the Lucky Charm. In such cases, he tends to just throw the Lucky Charm at the akuma's head, often hard enough to knock them out. It even becomes known as the "Chat Noir method."
• Deadpan Snarker: Becomes this whenever he's around Scarlet Lady or Chloé, given his increasing frustration with their (actually her) awful attitudes.
• Death Glare: Has delivered several:
  • He gave Scarlet Lady after he hears Théo implying that she has a crush on him (as Chat Noir).
  • Théo then receives one from him when the former starts Crush Blushing at Marinette
  • Chloé gets one from him after she sabotages the class photo.
  • When Nathaniel's crush on Marinette is revealed to the class, Adrien glares at him while snapping his tablet pen in front of a horrified Nino.
• Defrosting Ice King: After being embittered by his experiences dealing with Scarlet Lady, Chat Noir is initially frosty towards Marigold, fearing that she will be just as bad, and Marigold has to actively work to gain his trust. Fortunately, he is quickly impressed by her much kinder and more professional attitude and by "Captain Hardrock" has fully accepted her as his partner.
• Deuteragonist: He starts off as the secondary main protagonist after the titular character, being the one who has to clean up her messes, protect Paris from Hawkmoth, and pick up the slack in their "partnership." After "Vanisher," Chloé falls Out of Focus, and Adrien ascends to the role of full protagonist.
• Diving Save: Has to do one for Marigold when the hero is too distracted from talking to him to notice Riposte leaping down for a saber stab. This leads to Adrien having an ankle injury as in canon.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: Despite him doing the bulk of the work fighting akumas, Scarlet Lady gets all the glory thanks to her Lucky Charm and Miraculous Cure. However, Chat Noir's popularity eventually begins to overtake Scar's as people realize that he is the one actually doing the job while Scarlet Lady is really just an incompetent jerk.
• Dumbass No More: While canon Adrien was certainly not Book Dumb, his upbringing makes him rather gullible in social situations and, at worst, an Extreme Doormat in the face of the likes of Chloé and Lila. Here, having to step up to the plate due to Scarlet Lady's incompetence quickly results in him shedding his naïveté and being quicker on the uptake on certain situations than in canon, such as figuring out who Pharaoh was in "Pharaoh" and figuring out Lila's ruse all on his own in "Volpina." Deconstructed due to all this coming at the cost of him constantly suffering burn-out, developing thick Jade-Colored Glasses, and (initially) being distrustful of new allies sent his way.
• Embarrassing Ad Gig: He gets teased by Marinette about his new perfume ad when it plays in the theater.
• Everyone Can See It: When he admits to having a crush on someone, his friends immediately guess that it's Marinette, much to his shock.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • Despite how furious he is with Lila for stealing the Grimoire from him and using it to manipulate him, he gets no joy from seeing Scarlet Lady throw Lila into a fountain in the middle of winter and promptly calls the Ladybug heroine out on it.
  • While he blackmails his father to avoid being pulled out of school for stealing and losing the Grimoire, he doesn't attempt to use similar tricks to get out of being grounded for it, showing Adrien will accept justified consequences for his actions.
  • Though he dreads the idea of working the front desk of Le Grand Paris alongside Chloé on Internship Day, he still prefers it over dumpster diving.
  • He and Luka might view each other as love rivals for Marinette, but upon seeing how uncomfortable Luka is over Chloé clinging him, Adrien immediately tells her to leave Luka alone.
• Exhausted Eye Bags: Having to deal with akuma and other problems all by himself gives him a bad case of these, which he frequently uses concealer to hide.
• Fearless Fool:
  • In "Volpina," he's angry enough at Lila for stealing the Grimoire from him, throwing it away, and then lying about it that he acts hostile towards her as Volpina and openly contradicts her. As the author says, "It's not about her false narrative, Adrien, it's about how she could snap you in half!"
  • He confronts Style Queen untransformed, even though the akuma had just announced it was looking for his father Gabriel; it leads to Adrien being turned into a statue.
• Freak Out: Has a brief one in "Vanisher" upon finding out that Scarlet Lady is indisposed to aid him in finding Chloé. He is reduced to ranting that he's had to deal with the past two akumas (Kung Food and Evillustrator) by himself without her aid in the slightest and always having to do all the work even if she does show up, likewise responding poorly when Tikki cites how it's against the rules of the Miraculous for Kwamis to do heroics by themselves without their partners. This eventually ends with him in a Troubled Fetal Position until Fu calms him down.
• Friendly Rival: Becomes a romantic rival to Luka after the latter meets Marinette and develops a crush on her. The author has stated that they will still get along despite their mutual goal of winning her heart.
• The Gadfly: Serves as this to his father, frequently threatening to cause bad PR for the Gabriel brand by dyeing his hair in various colors, ruining his diet, wearing tacky clothes in public, etc.
• Grew a Spine: Canon Adrien was an Extreme Doormat, but here, he has a lot less patience as a result of putting up with Scarlet Lady on top of everything else. He deals with his father's threats to pull him out of school and keep him away from his friends by threatening Gabriel back with ruining photo shoots and exposing his terrible parenting to the world and is more prone to telling Chloé off for her behavior.
• Harsh Word Impact: Adrien gets a manga-style jab when Marigold is relieved that he doesn't have a crush on her. It's as if he thinks she's saying that he's such a terrible person that nobody could like him.
• The Hero: Since Scarlet Lady's daily competence level averages at "dead weight," it's up to Chat Noir to protect Paris from the evil Hawkmoth.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: Chat Noir is theoretically Scarlet Lady's Number Two, but in practice, she's barely competent, and he has to pick up the slack.
• Innocently Insensitive: He states he loves Marinette and praises her in front of Marigold, who had just confessed to be in love with him. As the caption puts it, if it weren't for the fact that Marinette and Marigold are the same person, it would have come off as very insensitive.
• It's Not You, It's My Enemies: By "Evillustrator," he reluctantly begs Marinette to promise to stop involving herself in akuma fights out of fear of losing her in one of them.
• Jade-Colored Glasses: He's less than enthusiastic to have the help of a new competent, intelligent, and friendly superheroine in Marigold. His time with Scar and the experience with Volpina has really soured him, though he does eventually warm up to her.
• Likes Clark Kent, Hates Superman:
  • Downplayed; he starts off as childhood friends with Chloé while having a terrible first impression with Scarlet Lady, but having to put up with Scarlet Lady's attitude has left him much less tolerant of the same attitude in Chloé. He outright threatens to end their friendship in "Origins Part 2" if Chloé refuses to stop being a bully and has steadily distanced himself from her ever since. In "Reflekta," he even shoves Chloé away when she tries to cuddle up to him as the class photo is being taken, and in "Despair Bear," he decides to break off his friendship with her.
  • Something similar happens in "Vanisher." Starting as early as "Origins Part 1," he's had a crush on Marinette and takes time as Chat Noir to repeatedly flirt with her, causing her to eventually comes to fall in love with Chat. However, due to his bad experiences "working" with Scarlet Lady and eventually having to end his partnership with Marinette out of fear she'll get herself killed if she keeps participating in akuma fights, he's a bit reluctant to trust Marigold (the Bee heroine who is really Marinette). Fortunately, her sincere and sheer heroism manage to win him over.
• Loophole Abuse: At least twice, he's skipped on being grounded by his father, reasoning, "you know who's not grounded?"
• Make-Out Kids: Becomes this with Marinette after the two reveal their secret identities to each other, kissing in front of both Tikki and Plagg and telling them to not interrupt.
• Malicious Misnaming: Refuses to call Scarlet Lady anything other than Scar, shorthand for the scars she's been leaving on his life.
• Morality Chain: In "Captain Hardrock," he refuses to Cataclysm the ship after Marigold tells him the akuma has hostages that might drown. When Scarlet Lady offers her usual Shoot the Hostage rationale that the cleansing spell will bring them back to life anyway if they die, he recoils, "Good Lord, Scar, no."
• Mundane Solution: His method of beaning akumas in the head with the Lucky Charm objects to cause a Non-Lethal K.O., while Not the Intended Use, is just as effective at getting the job done as Marinette's more elaborate solutions.
• My Instincts Are Showing: He purrs when Marigold tickles him under the chin.
• Necessarily Evil: In "Dark Cupid," Chat Noir is trying to break the spell on Marigold and he recalls what Mme. Bustier and Rose said about the healing effect of kisses in fairy tales. He seems to have forgotten that Max pointed out that most of the kisses that saved princesses were nonconsensual. (If he did remember, it might only encourage him that even nonconsensual kisses work in the stories.)
  Chat Noir: I never imagined my first kiss would be like this.
  Marigold: What are you on about, you creep?!
• Nice Guy: He can be considered a Reconstruction of this trope. He is kind, friendly, humble, considerate, helpful, and forgiving. At the same time, however, he lacks the Extreme Doormat tendencies he displays in canon: he is perfectly capable of standing up for himself and others and is willing to cut toxic relationships out of his life, such as Chloé or even his own father. In short, he is extremely nice but is capable of recognizing when he should not be nice.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: His attempted rescue of Marinette and Chloé in "Rogercop" leads to the latter falling out of the titular akuma's Flying Car and plummeting to her seeming death (though she survives thanks to transforming into Scarlet Lady). In fairness, it was Chloé's own fault for (a) getting in the car in the first place and (b) not putting on her seat belt, like Marinette (who didn't fall out) did.
• No Social Skills: In "Sapotis," when Nino asks what he would like on his pancakes, Adrien thinks, "Actually, even though Nino says he doesn't notice stuff, aren't I the one who doesn't tell him stuff?" The author comments, "#I swear I wrote this before 'risk' came out lmao" (this refers to how he didn't tell Nino that he didn't want to go on the trip with Lila).
• Non-Lethal K.O.: Causes quite a few of these, usually when he defeats an akuma by throwing the Lucky Charm object at their head.
• Nonconformist Dyed Hair: When seriously pissed at his father, he dyes his hair to spite him. He colors it green after Gabriel throws Nino out of the house in "The Bubbler" and considers blue or pink after Gabriel forbids Adrien from going to the Couffaine's concert. By the time "Anansi" rolls in, he's got a large collection of hair dye bottles he uses to threaten his father into letting him go out with his friends.
• Not So Above It All:
  • He becomes a bit of a rebel against his father's authority, dyeing his hair after Gabriel forbids Nino from holding a party or sneaking out after being punished.
  • Though he's supposed to be the responsible one due to Scarlet Lady's Skewed Priorities, he still decides to put off dealing with the Bubbler when the akuma tries to throw Adrien his first ever birthday party (in fairness, he didn't know at the time that the Bubbler had sent all the adults into space).
  • Due to all the stress Scar causes him, he enjoys any chance he gets to cause her grief. When he becomes Aspik, he takes advantage of Second Chance to screw with Scarlet Lady as many times as he can—even telling her at one point that he's also Chat Noir (as she knows he's Arien) just to see the look on her face.
  • In "Silencer," after learning that Scarlet Lady lost her voice, he suggests to Marigold that they hold off on dealing with the akuma this time so they can enjoy the Ladybug heroine being unable to talk. He changes his mind after learning Marigold also lost her voice.
• Oblivious to Love: Not quite to the memetic extent of his canon self, but it's definitely still present. Quoth the author:
  Caption: While you're being snarky, Adrien, you don't even notice you gained +10 points!
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: From the point of view of others, who are unaware of the extra stress Adrien's been shouldering as Chat Noir, he has started lashing out more for no readily apparent reason.
• Pay Evil unto Evil: In "Desperada," Adrien (as Aspik) repeatedly shoves Scar into the villain's attacks, both as stress relief and a form of revenge for all the trouble she has caused him. Marigold is shocked, but he knows he can reset and get no consequences.
• The Power of Love: In "Riposte," when Adrien is directed to fence with Kagami, Adrien thinks, "Alright, Agreste. Don't screw up. Marinette is watching!"
• Promoted to Love Interest: Downplayed. The show often implies that Adrien has feelings for Marinette but is blinded by his crush on Ladybug (which, combined with his lack of social skills, lead to serious Master of the Mixed Message tendencies). Here, Scarlet Lady is so awful and obnoxious that Adrien has no reason to love or even like her, and he definitely has a crush on Marinette.
• Rage Breaking Point: Adrien crosses it multiple times due to having to be a Hypercompetent Sidekick to Scarlet Lady:
  • In "Origins," after having to deal with being sheltered all his life and his mother vanishing and being presumed dead, he finally gets a taste of freedom, only to have it come with the baggage of a completely obnoxious and incompetent partner and the weight of all of Paris riding on his shoulders. By the end of the first half, he's been pushed so far that he outright snaps at Nathalie and tells her to tell his father to fuck off.
  • When Chloé locks Juleka in the bathroom and shoves her way next to him during the class photo in "Reflekta," he roughly pushes her away with a look of anger.
  • Though he almost immediately dislikes Lila for intruding on his personal space, he manages to bottle up his anger until he realizes she stole the Grimoire from him to try and trick him into thinking she's a Fox superheroine, upon which he explodes at her. A short while later, he learns that she also tried to get rid of the stolen book by throwing it in the trash instead of returning it to him, which causes him to explode at her again—while she was in her akumatized form, Volpina!
  • He's seen at the beginning of "La Befana" annoyed at Chloé attempting to butt in on the class's plans for Marinette's surprise birthday party. Later, he has to deal with protecting Marinette when La Befana starts attacking the party and turning his friends into coal and fairies. He then attempts to hide Marinette keep her safe, only for Scarlet Lady to lead the akuma right to them. Seeing Marinette get turned into coal (thus pressing his biggest Berserk Button) is what finally makes him explode, which intimidates even Scarlet Lady into listening to him for once.
  • Flies into a rage in "Vanisher" after learning from Tikki that Scarlet Lady is going to be a late/no-show for the third time in a row. This, along with him learning that Tikki can't just help him from now on without her partner, results in him curling up in a Troubled Fetal Position.
  • Reaches this with Chloé after her fire alarm stunt in "Despair Bear": he gives her a "The Reason You Suck" Speech and breaks off their friendship then and there.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: In his own polite way, he delivers one to Chloé when she calls in a false alarm and gets the whole school punished for it. He lists all the things a good friend would do before saying she does the opposite and breaking off their friendship.
• Saying Too Much: When stating why he loves Marinette to Marigold, he accidentally lets out that he sees her every day in his civilian identity.
• Secret-Keeper: He's a terrible one for Master Fu, leading Marigold straight to him. They both chew him out for this, but she melts when he calls her a friend.
• Shoot the Dog: Just as in canon, in "Simon Says," Chat Noir sends the hypnotized Gorilla crashing down in a broken elevator. Unlike canon, Chat looks distressed and says, "I'm sure he's fine..." In this case, the adaptation is better on the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism than the show.
• Sleepy Head: Dealing with Hawkmoth essentially by himself has left him exhausted and prone to nodding off.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: He and Scarlet Lady hate each other and only just barely work together to earn glory (on her side) or oppose Hawkmoth (on his side).
• Tempting Fate: Briefly believes that becoming a superhero is going to be awesome. Then he meets his partner...
• Throw the Dog a Bone:
  • Gets to act as an actual superhero in "Vanisher" while Chloé is trapped by the titular akuma. He also gets a competent partner in Marigold, and "Troublemaker" reveals that his popularity has risen to the point he's tied with Scarlet Lady. The public is fully aware of Scarlet Lady's by the time "Frightningale" rolls around and recognizes that Chat Noir and Marigold are the true Heroes of Paris.
  • He learns that Marinette reciprocates his feelings for her in "Troublemaker," though for Chat Noir rather than his civilian identity. (She later tries to deny it and insists it's not safe to date a superhero anyway with Hawkmoth terrorizing the city.) At the end of "Prime Queen," the two of them start to suspect each other's secret identities as well, and their civilian identities start dating in in "Frozer." The two of them finally coming clean to each other about their Secret Identities after Style Queen's defeat.
• Took a Level in Badass: Scarlet's incompetency and Skewed Priorities forces him to step up as Chat Noir, handling the bulk of the work. This has also made him more willing to stand up to people in his civilian life.
• Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Thanks to having Marigold to share his burdens, Nadja notes he's become much more upbeat and approachable by the time of "Syren."
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Having Chloé as a partner instead of Marinette has not done Adrien any favors. Instead of the "empowering and freeing" feeling he felt as Chat Noir in canon, he's developed some thick Jade-Colored Glasses from being forced to become a Hyper-Competent Sidekick with very little respect, and in his civilian identity, he's gotten a whole lot more snippy, rebellious, and at one point even violent (shoving Chloé off him in "Reflekta" when she got too touchy), sometimes to degrees that surprise his own father and friends (although Chloé doesn't care).
• Trust Password: Encountering a My Future Self and Me situation in "Timebreaker," what convinces Adrien to trust that future Adrien isn't a fake is the latter's use of the nickname "Scar."
• Two-Person Love Triangle: Played With. When Adrien is confronted by Chloé and forced to say whom he wrote a Valentine's Day love poem for, he tries to avoid the embarrassment of saying it's for Marinette by instead blurting out that it's for Marigold (unaware they are the same person and that Marinette is blushing over it). Adrien does eventually talk to Marigold and clarifies that he non-romantically appreciates her as a heroine, and her heartfelt words of gratitude briefly leaves him blushing; he has to verbally remind himself that he's already crushing on Marinette.
• Weaksauce Weakness: This version of him really does have claustrophobia, which canon Chat Noir only suggested Adrien might have as an excuse for him not staying in the sarcophagus in "Riposte." He reacts badly to being trapped in a box by Evillustrator and is too panicked to listen to Marinette's suggestion for how to escape.
• We Used to Be Friends: When Chloé calls the fire department to ruin Marinette's baking class, he doesn't bother with an ultimatum—he immediately puts their "friendship" out to pasture, not that Chloé is willingly to properly acknowledge it.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: Is initially ecstatic about being a superhero, exclaiming, "This is gonna be awesome!!!" He soon learns, though, that he's been partnered with a lazy and incompetent Nominal Heroine who forces him to do all the work as she steals the credit for his victories, which takes a huge physical and emotional toll on him.

Plagg

Plagg

The Kwami of Destruction and Adrien's partner. Forced to be a lot more responsible since Chloé never listens to Tikki.

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• Adaptational Intelligence:
  • The comic's version of "Lady Wifi" makes it explicitly clear that Plagg knows that Alya's hunch about the Ladybug heroine's secret identity is wrong because the person she suspects was a hostage in the Stoneheart incident and thus has a solid alibi. He only teases Adrien about the prospect of Alya's theory being correct to mess with his holder. Canon gave no indication of this.
  • He notices Lila stealing the Grimoire and informs Adrien about it the first chance he has.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Is much more conscious of Adrien's feelings and more attentive in helping him. This is largely because of the increased load on Adrien's shoulders from initially having to be Paris's sole hero while Scarlet Lady's The Load, if not The Millstone and The Sociopath.
• Cool People Rebel Against Authority: Plagg seems to have this attitude. After being told by Master Fu that he and Wayzz are not allowed to watch the power-ups being made, Plagg declares, "I'm gonna break his pots." This in contrast to Tikki in canon, who peacefully obeyed.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • Despite Plagg's usual lackadaisical attitude, Scarlet Lady's incompetence and the toll it takes on Adrien prompts the Kwami to step up to the plate and be more alert and helpful towards his partner.
  • Even he's concerned about Pollen's lack of subtlety and the problems that may arise from it.
• Failed a Spot Check: Zig-Zagged in "Volpina." Plagg is sometimes more alert and helpful than he was in canon since his owner is more burdened. Thus, while he still fails to notice the Peacock Miraculous inside Gabriel's safe, he does notice when Lila steals the hero book and reports it to Adrien.
• The Gadfly:
  • In "Lady Wifi," he teases Adrien about being in love with Scarlet Lady if she really is Marinette, horrifying his holder. Privately, though, Plagg chuckles that it's Adrien's own fault for somehow forgetting that he saved Marinette during the Stoneheart incident just a few weeks ago.
  • Upon learning that Chloé is Scarlet Lady, Plaggs finds the whole situation pretty amusing, even teasing Tikki about it.
  • At the end of "Riposte," he smugly points out that by insisting Kagami be given a second chance, Adrien missed out on an opportunity to have Marinette join the fencing team. Adrien's heart breaks a bit at the belated realization.
• Internal Reveal:
  • Discovers during "Rogercop" that Chloé is Scarlet Lady.
  • He and Tikki learn that Marinette is Marigold in "Riposte" after Pollen accidentally reveals it via a Loophole Abuse (pointing at Marinette while referring to her as the Bee Kwami's "Queen").
  • At the end of "Volpina," he personally brings Adrien to Master Fu, revealing who gave the former the ring, when Adrien can't translate the Grimoire.
• Jerkass Has a Point: It was rather mean of him to mess with Adrien about the possibility of Alya's theory that Marinette is Scarlet Lady due to how much stress the Ladybug heroine has caused Adrien. Nevertheless, Plagg is right that Adrien shouldn't need to be told that Marinette can't possibly be Scarlet since he saved her in the Stoneheart incident only three weeks ago.
• Moment Killer: Has a very near miss when he whines about losing his lunch while Marigold and Adrien are having their first kiss.
• Not So Above It All: When Adrien accepts Sass's bracelet, Plagg can be seen giving a Death Glare to the Snake Kwami.
• Tempting Fate: He dismisses Tikki's concerns about Pollen revealing Marigold's identity due to how Kwamis can't say their holders' names. Pollen then unintentionally reveals her holder is Marinette by pointing to her while referring to her as "my Queen".
• Took a Level in Kindness: He's a lot more outright helpful to Adrien due to knowing that Adrien is essentially doing all the work of two superheroes and that Chloé can't be trusted with the secrets behind the Miraculous.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Marigold/Ladybug

Other identities: Maotif, Multimouse, Ladygold

Not the Ladybug heroine, but she might as well be given how much of Scarlet Lady's job she does for her. She later takes up the Bee Miraculous and becomes the superheroine, Marigold.

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• 11th-Hour Superpower:
  • In "Zombizou," after Chat Noir and Scarlet Lady are kissed and she's stuck surrounded by Zombizou's zombies, her combined despair and need trigger a new superpower (Bee Balm) and look.
  • She finally gets the Ladybug Miraculous back in "Queen Wasp" and unifies it with the Bee Miraculous to become Ladygold. She then starts using the Ladybug Miraculous alone in "Catalyst".
• Action Girl: While not the Ladybug heroine here, she can still more than hold her own against many akumas. "Timebreaker" reveals that her mother had her undergo gùn training, which helps.
• Adaptation Name Change:
  • In canon, she went by Lady Noire while using the Cat Miraculous in "Reflekdoll." Here, she instead uses Maotif (a pun on "mao," which is Chinese for "cat," and "motif").
  • In canon, her pseudonym when wielding both the Ladybug and Bee Miraculous is "Lady Bee." Here, she goes by "Ladygold."
• Adaptation Personality Change: She didn't start out as the Shrinking Violet that she did in the original series since she is capable of willingly standing up to Hawkmoth in her civilian form. Her relationship with Adrien is a lot more civil (because there is no chewing gum incident, among other reasons), and she lacks the obsessive tendencies her canon self has. While her canon self usually hid from akumas long enough to transform, here, even prior to her obtaining a Miraculous of her own, she is usually determined to be in the thick of it, regardless of her status as a civilian. While her persona as Ladybug was rather serious, refused to trust Chat with her Secret Identity, and didn't like Chat flirting with her, here, she's much more positive, occasionally more willing to engage in quips, and looser with her identity as Maotif due to knowing it was a one-time thing. She's also positively receptive of Chat Noir's flirting with her here to the point it flusters her... and she actually falls in love with Chat Noir ''over'' Adrien. Additionally, her personality as Marigold is more awkward and bashful, similar to her canon civilian personality. That said, Marinette still has serious self-esteem issues stemming from Chloé's bullying, which made her unpopular before Alya showed up.
• Adaptational Badass: Downplayed; outside of "Ladybug Mode," canon Marinette was basically just another civilian. Here, her mother trained her in gùn in the event she was attacked by an akuma. It pays off in "Timebreaker" when she manages to briefly subdue the titular villain without getting tagged.
  Chat Noir: How'd you do that?
  Marinette: Mandatory gùn training with Maman. She was insistent.
• Adaptational Intelligence:
  • She's more knowledgeable of the rules of fencing in "Riposte" here, instantly recognizing Kagami's corps-a-corps against Adrien, correctly declaring that the bout should be halted as a result, and later pointing out that Adrien leaving the mat is typically a penalty.
  • Marinette doesn't have as many Love Makes You Stupid moments as in canon about Adrien. When she is tasked with finding Jagged Stone some Eiffel Tower shades, she doesn't try offering him some cheap tourist sunglasses in order to get back to the hotel (and Adrien) quickly. She goes straight home to make him a "tacky" pair herself, to the great delight of Pollen. She is rewarded when Jagged and Penny make a big fuss over her for making the glasses herself, and she gets a selfie with Jagged.
• Adaptational Skill: Unlike in canon, in "Kung Food," Marinette knows enough Mandarin to greet her great uncle Wang Cheng. She's just nervous about messing up the pronunciation and offending him.
• Adaptational Sympathy: Happens often due to the webcomic averting the canon "rule" that each episode has to have Marinette make a mistake and learn a lesson. Like many viewers, the author believes this has led to the show teaching unhealthy lessons, as well as Marinette's mistakes being exaggerated and her being blamed for things that aren't her fault while others get a comparative free pass for their own shortcomings. Thus, she instead attempts to give Marinette fairer treatment in the comic and focuses on other characters' faults as well.
  • Canon "Rogercop" portrayed Marinette as being just as bad as Chloé when the former invokes Everyone Is a Suspect, indicating she should've let the adults handle things instead. When she does it in the webcomic, it's instead presented as a fair observation of how the lack of evidence means everybody is equally likely to be the culprit, and the adults are portrayed as being incompletely unhelpful, leaving Marinette no choice but to defend herself. She also ends up becoming Rogercop's hostage (partly because her own father didn't notice Chloé dragging her to the akuma) and is horrified when she sees Chloé seemingly falling to her death.
  • The show portrays Marinette as being selfish for trying out for the Ultimate Mecha Strike III tournament in "The Gamer" just to spend time with Adrien (and thus not taking the competition seriously), as well as for "stealing" Max's spot by defeating him without considering his feelings, with his subsequent akumatization blamed entirely upon her. The webcomic, on the other hand, emphasizes both how Marinette only got to compete in the tournament by winning a spot fairly and how unfair it is to blame only her for Max not getting to compete when Adrien also beat Max in tryouts. Moreover, Max is much more overtly sexist against Marinette than he is canon.
  • She doesn't cause Kagami's akumatization in "Riposte" since Chloé is instead the one who makes the biased call in Adrien's favor. If anything, Marinette spends most of the first half of the episode as the Only Sane Woman, pointing out that Kagami broke the rules by shoving Adrien off the mat and that Adrien would normally be penalized for stepping off his end of the mat, only for D'Argencourt to ignore her both times.
  • In the show, Mme. Bustier is portrayed as being the right when she chides Marinette to set a good example for Chloé by forgiving her for ruining Marinette's gift for the teacher. The webcomic's version of "Zombizou" instead emphasizes that Marinette is a victim of both Chloé's bullying and Mme. Bustier's inaction. Moreover, her calling the teacher out on her failings leads to Marinette becoming Zombizou's target (with Scarlet Lady only too happy to help the akuma in that regard), and she spends the rest of the episode watching her friends sacrifice themselves to protect her, which eventually causes her to breakdown in tears.
• Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed; she may not be Ladybug in this 'verse, but Marinette still finds enough confidence to help out against akumas when called upon and stand up to bullies like Chloé. Moreover, in "Vanisher," Master Fu gives her the Bee Miraculous.
• Affectionate Nickname: Chat Noir calls her "Princess."
• All Asians Know Martial Arts: She's skilled in gùn. Actually enforced by her mother, who insisted she know how to defend herself since she keeps getting caught up in Akuma attacks.
• Ambiguously Bi: Marinette still keeps her canon crush on Adrien (though as Chat Noir), but both she and Adrien blush when Kagami removes her mask in "Riposte" and think that she's cute.
• Badass Boast: Points out that Adrien doesn't need powers to deal with akuma—after all, she does it all the time.
• Badass Normal: Her rightful Miraculous may have been stolen from her without her even realizing it, but that doesn't stop her from doing the best she can whenever she gets dragged into an akuma fight. In "Timebreaker," she demonstrates enough skill in martial arts to subdue the titular villain with her bare hands. It's eventually deconstructed: "normal" exists in the title for a reason, and Marinette's initially as human as everyone else in Paris since she doesn't have a Miraculous. Chat Noir is forced to put his foot down on her akuma-fighting career after the two of them nearly got killed by Evillustrator while Chat was having a claustrophobia-induced panic attack. Marinette reluctantly agrees.
• Berserk Button:
  • When Marinette successfully gets Evillustrator's pen away from him, he yells that she is "just like Chloé." This causes her to rush at him, Blinded by Rage, yelling, "Oho! Care to repeat that?"
  • Abusive Parents seems to be another big-sized button for her.
    • Gabriel's mistreatment of Adrien really gets her goat. Learning that Gabriel didn't both getting his own son a birthday present and instead stole her gift to Adrien (Nathalie actually did that on Gabriel's behalf) and passed it off as his own made her furious, and hearing that Gabriel hid the family's DVD of Adrien's mother's movie and refused to tell Adrien where it is gives her a Battle Aura and a rising urge to murder Gabriel.
    • While she was already predisposed against Audrey Bourgeois, learning in "Queen Wasp" from Zoé how utterly awful Audrey is clinches it for her and makes her encourage Zoé to call Audrey out for her abysmal behavior.
• Blue with Shock: Marinette's face is shaded dark in "Zombizou" as she stutters her transformation phrase, realizing that since the other two heroes have been zombified, she's the only one left who can save Paris.
• …But He Sounds Handsome: After Vanisher is defeated, Marinette receives a visit from Chat Noir on her roof. After she gets Pollen to hide the comb, she's ready to hear the day's events from his point of view and find out what he thinks of his new partner in fighting crime. He says, "... I just can't let myself rely on anyone," as he still recalls his bad experiences with Scarlet Lady and Volpina. Marinette pleads with him to give the new hero a chance because "She seems to genuinely want to help," and he agrees after her recommendation.
• The Call Knows Where You Live:
  • While she isn't Ladybug, that doesn't stop Marinette from frequently finding herself dragged into akuma attacks one way or another.
  • By the end of "Kung Food," Master Fu knows how often she has been involved in akuma fights as well as how effective she's been in them, which makes him consider giving her a "second look."
  • Midway through "Vanisher," Master Fu shows up at the bakery where Marinette is working with her mother, ready to recruit her help. The author says, "You have my permission to freak out." (However, it seems he is only checking that Marinette is there—after possibly making a purchase, he slips upstairs and places the box in her room as he did in canon with Tikki.)
• Cheshire Cat Grin: She can unleash one when she's plotting something.
• Cincinnatus: Like most canon temporary Miraculous holders, she returns the Cat Miraculous to its rightful owner at the end of "Reflekta."
• Comical Overreacting: In "Guitar Villain," Marinette gets her album cover approved by Jagged Stone. She waits until she is in the elevator and shouts "WOHOO! I can't believe it!" so loudly that the hotel maid she just passed is shocked.
• Complexity Addiction: Just like in canon, she has a habit of taking the most roundabout solutions to problems. Duly poked fun at in "Sapotis":
  Fox Trot: Do you always make it this complicated to save Paris?
  Chat Noir: Only when her highness calls the shots.
  Marigold: We can't all have the sophisticated method of hitting it in the face.
• Crazy-Prepared:
  • Keeps her canonical habit of plotting everyone's schedules out so that they can coordinate better. When Alya teases her about it in "Copycat," she points out that her friend forgot about the statue unveiling.
  • After Vanisher's attack, she anticipates that her new comb might draw unwanted attention and stays up all night resin casting various other bee-themed accessories, which she shares with her classmates.
  • She packs several extra swimsuits in "Gorizilla" in case someone spills ice cream on themselves, is self-conscious of the swimsuit their own swimsuit, etc.
• Deadpan Snarker: Her wit might make her runner-up to Alix as Queen of Snark.
• Doesn't Like Guns: Like in canon, she scoffs at the BFG produced by the Lucky Charm and claims that such violent methods are beneath her. Unlike canon, Scarlet Lady has a "wait, what?" reaction about how arbitrary that standard is, recalling several violent actions the heroes have performed without any sort of gun.
• Dude Magnet: So far Nathaniel, Théo, Luka, and Adrien/Chat Noir have expressed interest in her.
• Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Official art of Marigold initially gave her no stripes on her arms or neckline. She also had a different mask pattern, which was retained for the first few pages she appeared in but later changed when the author realized it was hard to convey expressions with.
• Empowered Badass Normal:
  • In "Reflekta," Adrien gives the ring to Plagg just before Reflekta can take him out. Plagg then delivers the ring to Marinette, allowing her to stand in for Chat.
  • In "Vanisher," Master Fu leaves the Bee Miraculous box in Marinette's room, giving her long-term powers as Marigold.
• Endearingly Dorky: Adrien thinks her dorky surprise when he compliments her work in the fight is "cute."
• Fantastically Indifferent:
  • She's initially nonchalant about Stoneheart's first attack. It's not until she sees Alya Going for the Big Scoop that she freaks out.
  • When she sees that M. Pigeon has taken over the city with his namesake birds, she just grumbles that she'll have to walk home instead of taking public transportation.
  • Marinette casually walks away while telling Nathalie that Adrien (really just an illusion of him) was kidnapped by an akuma when asked in "Volpina."
• Fearless Fool:
  • In "Timebreaker," Marinette could have stayed safe at home after giving Nadja her cake. Instead, she spots an unattended bicycle, commandeers it, and rushes back into the danger zone to give Chat Noir ideas for defeating the villains. (The bike may be hers, but probably not because the author says, "I cannot confirm nor deny whether or not it is Marinette's bike.")
  • In "Kung Food," she insists on coming along and helping because the akuma is her great-uncle. She tells Chat, "Try to stop me."
  • This comes to a head with "Evillustrator," where this trope is precisely why Chat Noir has to beg her to stop fighting akumas. She puts herself In Harm's Way so many times, it would be easy for her to get hurt or even killed by whatever akuma's attacking. Furthermore, knowing Scarlet Lady absolutely despises her, it would be very easy for Scarlet to let the akuma just kill Marinette and conveniently "forget" to use the Miraculous cure to bring her back.
• Friendless Background: Due to Chloé, Marinette didn't have any friends in her class before Alya moved to Paris.
• Guile Heroine: Even without a Miraculous of her own, she's quite good at improvising with whatever's handy.
• Heroic Bystander: Often finds herself thrust into this position.
• Hero with Bad Publicity: Compared to Scar, anyway. In "Pixelator," Marigold goes into action to fight the villain, but bystanders call out, "Where's Scarlet Lady?" This is implied to be changing by the end of "Prime Queen."
• Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Is this to Chat Noir to the point that everybody who sees the real Scarlet Lady thinks Marinette would be a better hero. As Marigold, she and Chat Noir fight alongside each other as partners instead.
• I Did What I Had to Do: She accepts the point that Chat Noir had to give her a nonconsensual kiss to save her from Dark Cupid. Beyond that, in "Hawkmoth," Ladybug outright tells Foxtrot to kiss Bombshell (the akumatized Koki Marina) saying, "It worked on me." Bombshell is enraged, and Foxtrot says, "I am so uncomfortable."
• Ignorant of the Call: Remains blissfully unaware that she had her rightful role stolen from her and sees her actions against akumas as simply helping out.
• Innocently Insensitive: Accidentally refers to the non-binary Marc with he/him pronouns, but quickly corrects herself after they explain.
• It's All My Fault: She blames herself for Zombizou. Her classmates don't hold it against her because she had every right to lash at Mme. Bustier for being Chloé's enabler, and many in the class have their own grievances against their teacher.
• It's Not You, It's My Enemies: On the receiving end of this, courtesy of Chat Noir. He's worried that he'll one day lose her for good to all of this akuma fighting he's been doing with her (she's nearly died a couple times at this point) and begs her to promise him that she'd try to stop participating in akuma fights. Marinette reluctantly agrees it's for the best.
• Jumped at the Call: As Marinette had already met Plagg and knows what Kwamis do, when Pollen appears, she is ready with no hesitation, exclaiming, "I can help Chat Noir?... tell me what I need to know!" She's eager at the prospect of fighting akumas alongside Chat Noir without appearing to break her promise to not fight them any more as Marinette, as long as she preserves her secret identity.
• Kidnapped by the Call: Marinette gripes in "Puppeteer" when she has to sit out the fight since the villain could control her as Marigold due to having stolen the Minigold doll. She's wondering who will be chosen in her place when Chat Noir comes charging up with the Mouse Miraculous for her. She is taken by surprise and stammers, "M-me?!"
• The Lancer: As Marigold, she's Chat Noir's number two in protecting Paris.
• Line-of-Sight Name: She chooses "Marigold" as her superheroine identity after the marigold flowers the hotel had on display (and which she used to pinpoint Vanisher's location).
• Living Emotional Crutch: Alya is this to her to a degree. Before Alya moved to Paris and stood up to Chloé, Marinette wasn't friends with anyone in her class. She's worried that if Alya ever broke off their friendship, the rest of the class would do the same.
• Love Epiphany: Thanks to Fu's help, she realizes all this time she's spent fighting alongside Chat Noir has caused her to develop a Lois Lane complex with Chat... just as she promised him she wouldn't involve herself in any more akuma fights for the sake of her own safety due to his partner being an incompetent bimbo at best and an outright sociopath at worst.
• Love Makes You Dumb: Nearly named word-for-word when she immediately forgives Chat Noir compromising Fu's location to her after he tells her, "you're my friend."
• Loves My Alter Ego: While she and Adrien have more Ship Tease than usual to the point that Everyone Can See It, Marinette ends up falling more in love with Chat Noir than Adrien Agreste in this adaptation. On the other hand, Marigold finds to her disappointment that Chat Noir treats her coolly and professionally after her debut, with no response to her attempted fist bump. He says, "Well, thanks for the help, Marigold," and leaves her to face the reporters alone. This is explained as due to him being rather embittered from his past experience with "super-heroines," and while Chat does eventually warm up to her, he still tries to keep things professional (at least until he starts to suspect her secret identity).
• Mama Bear: At the end of "Princess Fragrance," Marigold shows she is very angry about Tikki being mistreated and allowed to get sick. She announces to Chat Noir, "We need to talk about taking the earrings from Scarlet Lady."
• Minion with an F in Evil: While under the effect of Dark Cupid's arrows, Marigold is really bad at being mean, doing such things as destroying Chloé's "valuable" signed poster of Adrien (which was fraudulent anyway) and "insulting" Chat by griping about how she can't stand his "kindness and friendliness."
• Missed the Call: The story is kicked off when Master Fu places the Ladybug Miraculous in her purse, only for it to get stolen by Chloé. When Master Fu goes for round two with the Bee Miraculous, he makes sure that Marinette is the only one to pick up the call.
• Morality Chain: One of the early concept comics has Adrien proclaim that Marinette is "the calm breeze in the s**tstorm that is [his] life." Considering Adrien (as Chat Noir) gets incredibly violent whenever Marinette is either harmed or placed in mortal danger, as well as everything's he's been through, it's safe to assume he would have snapped sooner or later had it not been for Marinette.
• Morality Pet: To Lila. All it ultimately takes to stop her canon downward spiral into full-blown super-villainy following her akumatization is for Marinette to visit her house and share a few kind words about how You Are Not Alone.
• Needle in a Stack of Needles: Marinette needs to hide a new accessory she will be wearing in her hair, which could easily raise suspicion about her hero identity as Marigold. She thus stays up all night and resin casts similar bee-themed trinkets for every girl in the class save Chloé. (Marinette made one extra, so theoretically, Chloé could have taken one if she had become a fan of Marigold after being saved by her.)
• Neutral No Longer: The first time an akuma attacks, Marinette sees it on the news and reacts with an indifferent "Sucks." Then she sees Alya charging headfirst into the fray, freaks out, and heads out to rescue her new friend from her own recklessness.
• Next Tier Power-Up: She ends up triggering one when falling into despair after Chat Noir and Scarlet Lady fall to Zombizou's zombies.
• Not So Above It All: In the cancelled "Glaciator," she as Marigold gleefully takes advantage of having to act like a couple with Chat Noir to sneak in a kiss on his cheek.
• Oblivious to Love: Everyone Can See It in regards to Adrien's crush on her... except Marinette herself. Best shown during "Glaciator" when Adrien invites her to go try André's ice cream as only friends and Marinette honestly regards it as such, inviting both Luka and Kagami (both prospective rivals for Marinette's affection) along as well. Adrien bitterly notes that he set himself up for that one.
• Pull The Trigger Provocation: In "Animan," Marinette is warned by Alya not to engage the latter's father Otis at the zoo in front of the animals. When Otis says his panther should not be upset during her feeding after having already gotten angry at Kim for boasting that he could outrun her, Marinette piles on by criticizing him for feeding her out in front of the public. This is one of the few cases in this AU where Marinette is partially responsible for an akumatization.
• Saying Too Much: When Marinette hears that Adrien is grounded for losing his father's book, she nearly blurts out to Nino (and does to Chloé) that she gave the book back to Adrien, not thinking that he could have a reason for lying to his father and that her honesty could get him in serious trouble.
• Spanner in the Works: She unwittingly complicates Adrien's attempt to get himself ungrounded, telling Gabriel that she already found the book and returned it to Adrien right before Adrien was going to tell his father that he just found the book, having gotten it back after giving it to Master Fu shortly after Marinette returned it. Adrien is thus forced to corroborate her story by pulling the book out of his bag and lying he's had it all along. Gabriel then asks why he didn't say anything earlier, putting Adrien in the difficult position of being unable to reveal the truth but also looking suspicious if he doesn't give a reason for hiding that the book had been found. Fortunately, Adrien pulls off a Seamless Spontaneous Lie that he didn't think his father would have listened even if he had tried to tell him.
• Second Super-Identity: Two examples. The first case is when Plagg lets her use the Cat Miraculous in "Reflekta"; what's notable about this is that it occurs before she gets her main hero identity as Marigold. The second is in "Puppeteer" when Chat Noir needs a temporary hero to stand in for Marigold after her doll is taken and chooses to give Marinette the Mouse Miraculous.
• Shipper on Deck: She finds out that Alya likes Nino in "Animan" and decides to go off with Adrien at the zoo to leave them alone together. Unfortunately, an akuma attack interrupts the plan. As Marigold, she grabs the couple and locks them in a zoo cage, saying, "Stay safe!" (for romantic purposes, with the exclamation point having a little heart on it).
• Suddenly Always Knew That: In "Riposte," Marinette shows an unexpected knowledge of the rules of fencing, calling out a corps-a-corps violation by name. (Word of God points out that, in canon, Marinette spent the weekend looking up the rules of fencing and could have learned this.)
• Suspiciously Specific Denial: Following the Dark Cupid incident, she approaches Adrien as Marigold, telling him, "Well, I-I heard a rumor about writing me a valentine? That I definitely didn't hear at your school!" (she may have heard the rumor outside of their school, but she first knew about it from his own mouth in class).
• Took a Level in Badass: "Vanisher" finally features her as Marigold for the first time, now a full-fledged heroine in her own right. As she gets closer to the hero game, she becomes more adjusted and skilled and has multiple moments to show off her intelligence.
• Translation Convention: In "Troublemaker," Marinette calls her mother "Maman" (French for "Mother") and then "Māma" a moment later after her mother is annoyed with her. The author says in a note, "Headcanon that Marinette switches to Mandarin when she's being scolded."
• Tritagonist: She starts off as the tertiary main character of the series, sharing the role with Sabrina. Marinette isn't actively driving the plot, like she does in canon, until she becomes Marigold, but she still has a great deal of character focus as Adrien's love interest and the chosen one who was denied her role as The Hero. After the events of "Vanisher," she ascends to the Deuteragonist role while Chloé falls Out of Focus.
• Two-Person Love Triangle: Marinette has feelings for both Adrien and Chat Noir, not realizing they're one and the same; Adrien feels the same about Marinette but treats his new bee-heroine partner Marigold with cool professionalism, though he does warm up to her. It's basically an inversion of the canonical two-person love square. Once they start suspecting each other's secret identities, they begin to flirt with each other as Adrien and Marigold.
• The Unchosen One: Despite technically being The Chosen One as the Ladybug earrings were meant for her, Marinette always helps Chat Noir whenever she can and in any way she can despite her initial lack of powers, risking life and limb out of sheer heroism. Indeed, it's her heroic spirit and innate desire to do good that pushes Master Fu into giving her another Miraculous so she can be a more effective helper.
• Universally Beloved Leader: Everyone in Mme. Bustier's class (other than Chloé) absolutely loves her, with all of them being at the very least friendly with her. She's so well-liked, the only person besides Chloé/Scarlet Lady who (probably) dislikes her is Gabriel Agreste himself/Hawkmoth.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: She realizes this trope, despite not exactly being his girlfriend, is precisely why she likes involving herself with akuma fights: she has fallen in love with Chat Noir after having spent so much time with him, and with a partner like Scarlet Lady, if anything happened to Chat, she couldn't bear it.
• Weirdness Magnet: While she initially had no Miraculous and isn't as much of a klutz as her canon counterpart, she still has a bad tendency to wind up in the center of the grand conflict, whether due to sheer coincidence, being in some way involved with the villain's akumatization, or Scarlet Lady trying to weaponize the villain against her out of spite.

Pollen

Pollen

The Kwami of Subjugation and, due to circumstances beyond Fu's initial control, Marinette's partner.

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• Adaptation Origin Connection: Pollen's connection to Marinette in canon is that Marinette intended to give the Bee Miraculous to Alya, only for it to fall into Chloé's lap, which indirectly led to a series of events that resulted in the destruction of the forming Team Miraculous and Fu's Easy Amnesia. Here, since Tikki is suffering under Chloé and Fu won't risk anyone else interfering with Marinette getting a Miraculous, he delivers her Pollen's Miraculous by sneaking it into Marinette's room.
• Ascended Extra: In canon, she is pretty much a Satellite Character to whoever's wielding her, only appearing once in a while when Ladybug loans out the Bee Miraculous. Due to being Marinette's Kwami in this adaptation, she gets a lot more characterization and screen time.
• Berserk Button: The idea of Marinette partnering with another Kwami (especially Mullo) is this to her. Tikki is the sole exception.
• Blind Obedience: In "Princess Fragrance," Pollen has the opportunity to tell Marinette that Chloé is Scarlet Lady but refrains. As the author notes, "Tikki layed down the law and Pollen is nothing if not loyal to a fault, so if Tikki says no telling then Pollen's not telling."
• Blue-and-Orange Morality:
  • Pollen enthusiastically endorses Marinette's choice of Marigold as her hero name, saying it's the "Herb of the Sun," representing "passion and creativity," and also "cruelty and grief—traits often associated with revered queens." Marinette finds this a little off-putting.
  • Pollen says Marinette shouldn't feel guilty about liking multiple people because "Queens often have many consorts." Pollen goes on to proclaim how each of the guys could have different roles, but Marinette blubbers, "You lost me at consort!"
• Clingy Jealous Girl: In "Princess Fragrance," Pollen lets Tikki get a much-needed hug from Marinette but warns, "Tikki, just to be clear you're the only one I'm willing to lend my Queen to. Tell the others she's off limits: especially Mullo." The author explains in answer to a question that Pollen will never forget what happened in "Puppeteer" (when Mullo was temporarily given to Marinette).
• Disapproving Look: In "Puppeteer," rather than point out that Marinette gave in to Manon's puppy-dog eyes as Tikki did in canon, Pollen just gives her holder a silent look. Marinette seems to get the point, giving out a Defensive "What?" twice in a row. The author says in the end notes, "Now I know your weakness, My Queen."
• Establishing Character Moment: Her first onscreen act is to loyally and excitedly greet Marinette as "My Queen." This pretty much marks her as a Genki Girl with Undying Loyalty.
• Genki Girl: She's a little... too excited at being able to help.
• Godzilla Threshold:
  • Her very involvement in the plot spells out just how badly Scarlet Lady has messed things up in Paris for Fu to risk a fourth full-time Miraculous user running about if it stops Hawkmoth. Justified, since Pollen's Miraculous would just be a feather in Hawkmoth's cap and not the Reality Warper that the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous would be together. While it's still bad, the Bee Miraculous doesn't compare and isn't as useful in Hawkmoth's endgame.
  • Tikki and Plagg both treat Marigold's appearance like this due to Pollen lacking subtlety. The Kwami unintentionally reveals Marinette's identity as Marigold to Tikki and Plagg at the beginning of "Riposte" by calling her "my Queen" and very nearly exposes Marinette to Luka by trying to answer his question. The latter even happens after Tikki had already personally sat Pollen down and explained the rules of how operating in the present-day works.
• Green-Eyed Monster: She does NOT like her Queen teaming up with other Kwamis, as Marinette finds out after her stint as Multimouse. Luckily, Marinette reassures Pollen that she'll always be her favorite.
• Hidden Depths: Despite her cheerfulness and seeming naïveté, "Reverser" reveals that she learned a while ago that Marinette was originally meant to have the Ladybug Miraculous and has quietly (and sadly) accepted that once they get the Ladybug Miraculous back, she will have to leave her beloved Queen so that Marinette can partner with Tikki. Fortunately, it doesn't come to that: after protesting against being separated from Pollen, Marinette convinces Fu to let her hang on to the Ladybug earrings and the Bee comb and lend the latter out as she sees fit.
• Innocent Blue Eyes: Blue sclera, anyway. Word of God is that Pollen has the utmost faith in her holders, regardless of whether they've done anything to deserve her trust, and has less experience being active.
• Innocently Insensitive: Unintentionally upsets Tikki by revealing that she's partnered with Marinette. It probably didn't help that she sidestepped the spell that prevents Kwamis from saying their bearers' names (entirely by accident, too) to do so.
• Loophole Abuse: Unintentionally in "Riposte": Kwamis cannot say the names of their bearers, but since Pollen calls Marinette her "Queen," she's able to identify her immediately by simply pointing at her.
• My Greatest Second Chance: Not that Marinette is aware of it, but Pollen is a literal second chance for her to be a proper hero... as well as help Chat Noir.
• Naïve Newcomer: She hasn't been out of the box in a long time, so she needs to be lectured on what is and is not acceptable by Tikki.
• Not So Above It All: Despite her Undying Loyalty to Marinette, Pollen easily succumbs to petty jealousy over her Queen, even holding a (short-lived) grudge against Marinette for temporarily partnering with Mullo.
• Royal Harem: How she sees Marinette's conflicting crushes on Chat Noir and Luka—since her wielder's a "queen," obviously, she can have as many royal consorts as she wants.
  Pollen: You have your chivalrous knight to fight for you, and your lovely bard to sing your praises! And a romantic prince to—
  Marinette: You lost me at consort!
• Saying Too Much:
  • While they are meeting in Chloé's purse, Plagg tells Tikki that Pollen is not exactly discreet. Pollen proves it almost immediately, flying to them and soon after identifying Marinette as her holder to them, wondering, "So I shouldn't tell you that she's my Queen?" Tikki has to sit her down for a lecture on the rules of secrecy.
  • Pollen helps Marinette unlock her chains in "Captain Hardrock" as Tikki did in canon, but when Luka asks Marinette how she did it, blabbermouth Pollen tries to answer his question herself out loud. Marinette has to grab her Kwami with one hand to shut her up. She then pretends the high-pitched answer was her own nervous voice and finishes the answer after a fake throat-clearing. Marinette also has to gesture for Pollen to be silent while hiding from Captain Hardrock under the bed.
  • Pollen kicks off "Style Queen" by blurting out that she knows Chat Noir and Scarlet Lady's secret identities.
• Shipper on Deck: She lets out a girlish giggle upon seeing Marinette light up at the chance to help Chat Noir. She later notes that she doesn't see a problem with Marinette having a crush on both Chat and Luka (as most queens in beehives have multiple drone consorts to father her larva) and sees Luka as the Bard to Chat Noir's Knight/Adrien's Prince.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Close to the end of "Vanisher," Pollen reveals that her favorite food is chili peppers. After all, what else would bring someone to their knees?
  Marinette: So, what do you like to eat? Honey? Sugar? F-flower pollen?
  Pollen: Chili peppers!
• Undying Loyalty: To her Queen, Marinette. After greeting her, Pollen asks, "How may I please you, my Queen?" She continues to call her that even when addressing Zoe, her new holder, whom she calls "worker bee."
• Walking Spoiler: Her very presence spoils Marigold's existence.
• Yes-Man: Pollen believes her Queen is always right, with her eternal servile nature only waning when she gets jealous. When Marinette is wondering what to do about the apparent revelation that Adrien has a crush on Marigold, Pollen offers nothing but happy sycophantic echoes of her Queen's words, such as "Flattering!" and "So brave!" Later, when Marinette asks if she should try to figure out who Chat Noir is, Pollen tells her to do what she thinks is best. This is juxtaposed against Plagg explaining the rules to Adrien. She's so convinced that her Queen is always right that even the idea of scolding her sends Pollen into a Heroic BSoD.

Classmates

Alya Césaire

Alya Césaire/Koki Marina

The ever-determined Ladyblogger, always eager to sniff out her next big story. Has a bit of a bad habit of leaping before she looks. In "Anansi," she is given the Turtle Miraculous and becomes the superhero, Koki Marina.

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• Adaptational Badass:
  • Helps to beach Captain Hardrock's pirate ship by using Chat Noir's baton to push and control the steering despite know this risks the akuma's retaliation.
  • She volunteers to distract the Anansi while Marigold goes to Master Fu, armed only with Chat Noir's staff. She makes the Badass Boast, "No problem! I can even get back at my sister!" Most of all, she becomes Koki Marina after being given the Turtle Miraculous and is instrumental in taking down Anansi.
• Adaptational Superpower Change: In canon, she's the wielder of the Fox Miraculous. Here, she's the wielder of the Turtle Miraculous, which she uses to become Koki Marina.
• Adaptational Sympathy: When she gets suspended in "Lady Wifi" in canon, it's at least for the punishable offense of snooping through Chloé's locker. Here, she instead looks inside Marinette's locker after the two of them had already exchanged locker combinations, so she implicitly did have permission. Moreover, Chloé railroads the principal into suspending Alya before Marinette's even informed about what her best friend did due to Chloé being angry Alya for merely suspecting that Marinette is Scarlet Lady, giving Alya a more sympathetic reason for her akumatization. The fact that she learns her lesson at the end and apologizes for not just asking Marinette also helps.
• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Feels this way about her dad's Serious Business over a panther. That said, she at least understands her dad's not perfect and forgives him with a kiss on the cheek.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: How she intends to find where Hawkmoth is hiding. She's planning to find where each akuma was formed and calculate the approximate time between the akumatization and the event that triggered it. Via triangulation, she'll be able to mark where the butterflies are coming from.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: "Pixelator" starts with her refusing to switch jobs with Adrien and man the front desk alongside Chloé, even going as far as saying, "Not on your life." She quickly changes her mind when she learns she's been assigned to sort through a dumpster, only for Adrien to throw her words right back at her.
• Bonding Over Dislikes: How she comes to bury the hatchet with Lila. Despite her initial grudge against the latter for lying in a Ladyblog interview about being friends with Scarlet Lady, Alya slowly realizes that Lila's hatred of the Ladybug heroine is spot on. They finally become friends at the end of "Prime Queen" after Scarlet nearly lets Alya drown.
• Broken Pedestal:
  • Her high regard for Scarlet Lady sees a few cracks forming in the base after she witnesses the heroine gleefully flinging Lila into a fountain and laughing at her misery. While she accepts Scarlet's claim that exposing Lila was best for her own safety, the incident still leaves her faith shaken.
  • By "Sapotis," her faith is really crumbling, so much that she requires more friends over when she is babysitting, not just Marinette as in canon. Thus, Adrien and Nino (who is also babysitting his little brother, Chris) are also present. As Nino states, "Alya is totally in shock that her idol is a bossy show-off."
  • When she debuts in "Anansi" as the Turtle Miraculous wielder, Koki Marina, she actually gets to see how Scarlet Lady acts around other heroes and indeed doesn't like what she sees, ultimately deciding she's going to write an article to show the world the true nature of Scarlet Lady when the latter insults her.
  • Alya calls in to Nadia's show in "Prime Queen" and quickly puts Scar down. After Alya is kidnapped as a hostage and Scar confesses she doesn't care, Alya gets even angrier, declaring "She was gonna let me drown! She's dead to me!"
• Cain and Abel: In her debut as Koki Marina, she battles her Brainwashed and Crazy sister Nora/Anansi.
• Comically Missing the Point: When Marinette states point-blank that she isn't Scarlet Lady and doesn't even like the Ladybug heroine, Alya (as Lady Wifi) simply says that they've got to work on her self-esteem.
• Dramatically Missing the Point: Attempts to call Marinette out for only showing interest in the Ultimate Mecha Strike III tournament to spend time with Adrien since representing the school is apparently Serious Business. Marinette mocks her best friend for being so worked up over a competition she found out only five minutes ago while also pointing out that since only the two students with the highest scores in tryouts will be chosen to move on to the actual tournament, she would only get a spot by proving she's the best and earning one.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • Though she's later shown to be bearing a strong grudge against Lila for lying about being friends with Scarlet Lady on the Ladyblog, she's still shocked by Scarlet Lady throwing Lila into a fountain in the middle of winter and only begrudgingly admits Scarlet is right that Lila had to be exposed to protect her from Hawkmoth.
  • As much as she hates the idea of working Le Grand Paris's front desk alongside Chloé for Internship Day, she'd still much prefer it over sorting through the dumpster.
• Five Stages of Grief: Initially described as being firmly in the denial stage about Scarlet Lady's true nature. She constantly finds ways to defend and rationalize Scarlet's tantrums, although the incidents eventually add up. Thankfully, Alya is in the acceptance stage by the end of "Anansi" and determined to focus on bigger priorities, such as using her blog and investigation skills to unmask Hawkmoth.
• Forgot I Could Fly: During "Hawkmoth", when Dark Cupid fires an arrow at Fox Trot, she forgets she has her Koki Marina shield and chooses to block it with her body. This causes the heroes' strategy to start collapsing, forcing Chat Noir and Ladybug to retreat.
• Going for the Big Scoop: Her tendency to race towards danger due to this leads to Marinette getting involved in the Stoneheart incident, trying to get her friend the heck out of there. It's finally Deconstructed when she has a Heroic BSoD because she CAN'T do this in "Animan": since Scarlet Lady only works with real reporters rather than the middle school student she is, Alya's blog only survives if she stays relevant with new akuma battle footage.
• Hates My Secret Identity: She's a huge fan of Scarlet Lady but still can't stand Chloé. She eventually grows to hate the Ladybug heroine as well, though.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Even though Scarlet Lady is openly lazy, unwilling to do anything as a hero, and even outright villainous in her dealings with certain people, Alya still thinks she's Paris's best hero. She begins to drop this in "Anansi," when she becomes a temporary hero and is promptly on the receiving end of Scarlet Lady's insults.
• Human Shield: She protects Master Fu in "Frightningale" by using her body to block the titular akuma's attack. Since there'll be no harm in being hit a second time, she decides to be a shield.
• I Reject Your Reality: Briefly falls into this after personally witnessing in "Despair Bear" that Scarlet Lady is really just The Millstone to Chat Noir and Marigold. She grasps at straws to avoid admitting that she completely misjudged the Ladybug heroine but breaks out of this and admits she was mistaken by the end of "Sapotis."
• Jumped at the Call: When Marigold offers to let her use the Turtle Miraculous, she is so excited that she interrupts Marigold's speech.
• Never My Fault: After posting Lila's lies about being Scarlet's BFF on the Ladyblog, Alya completely blames Lila for it despite failing to fact-check things herself first.
• Precision F-Strike: Lands one at the end of "Anansi" when she's setting up her String Theory on Hawkmoth to try to locate where the akumas are coming from.
  Alya: Alright... Where are you M*** F***?
• Poor Communication Kills: This triggers the events of "Lady Wifi" when she decides that it's better to investigate the mysterious object she saw Marinette putting into her locker rather than simply ask her friend about it.
• Post-Support Regret: Starts experiencing this after Scarlet Lady's pedestal is very thoroughly broken, finding herself questioning just how she was able to miss/ignore all the signs that her idol wasn't worth idolizing.
• Relationship Upgrade: Finally gets with Nino as of "Animan."
• Selective Obliviousness: She starts showing shades of this in "Sapotis" when she researches how there were Ladybugs as far back as ancient Egypt, leading her to believe that the Scarlet Lady at Chloé's party was a different person. However, by "Anansi," she has come to accept that Scarlet Lady is not some great hero and has made a journal detailing all of the times she showed up during an akuma attack as well her behavior towards others.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Her crush on Nino really shows as the latter is a Nice Guy who looks out for his friends.
• Shipper on Deck:
  • Alya is this literally in the episode "Captain Hardrock"; she hints that Marinette should be happy that Adrien is coming to the boat party. Marinette cluelessly replies, "It's always great when Adrien can hang out with his friends."
  • She laters starts outright shipping MariChat once she finally understands that Marinette's in love with Chat Noir.
• Spanner in the Works: Unbeknownst to Alya, her filming the heroes' confrontation with The Pharaoh forces Scarlet Lady to participate in the fight this time—originally, the Ladybug heroine just planned on letting Chat Noir do all the work and then Stealing the Credit afterwards, like she normally does.
• String Theory: Inspired by Wayzz after her hero debut as Koki Marina, Alya creates a conspiracy wall to try to catch Hawkmoth.

Nino Lahiffe

Nino Lahiffe/Fox Trot

A laidback and generally nice guy who quickly becomes a good friend of Adrien's. He is given the Fox Miraculous in "Sapotis" and becomes the superhero, Fox Trot.

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• Acquired Situational Narcissism: Goes on a bad power trip after being named the director for the class movie, offending and upsetting the majority of his classmates in the process.
• Adaptational Badass: In "Captain Hardrock," he helps to beach the pirate ship by using Chat Noir's baton to push and control the steering, knowing that doing so risks the akuma's retaliation.
• Adaptational Superpower Change: In canon, he's the wielder of the Turtle Miraculous. Here, he's the wielder of the Fox Miraculous and becomes Fox Trot.
• Big Brother Instinct: While he has his moments, Nino never engages with an akuma if he can avoid it. But when the Sapotis kidnaps his brother? He immediately forgets his caution to instead give chase across Paris, screaming at them to give Chris back the whole way.
• Butt-Monkey: In "Horrificator," due to nobody responding well to his Bad Boss tendencies.
• Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Laments at the end of "Horrificator" how the class's entry into the film festival didn't even make it past the first round. He then wonders if it was because it was unedited... and had no plot... or characters... or story. His friends snicker as it dawns on him.
• Guest-Star Party Member: He is loaned the Fox Miraculous to help during the Sapotis incident and becomes the superhero, Fox Trot.
• Nice Guy: Is generally a good and thoughtful friend; as in canon, the reason for his akumatization was anger on behalf of Adrien. At one point, he even wears a badge that says "Nice & Cool" as he and Rose tend to Sabrina after Chloé hits her on the head with a tablet. It's probably why Alya has a crush on him.
• Relationship Upgrade: Finally starts dating Alya in "Animan."
• Roaring Rampage of Rescue: Nino is motivated into action when his little brother Chris is kidnapped by the Sapotis for telling on them.
• Shipper on Deck: Supports helping his bro Adrien get a date with Nino's childhood friend Marinette.
• The Unfettered: Upon his return to the TV challenge game in "Simon Says," Nino is given the challenge of making two celebrities of his own choosing dance. He picks Adrien (a supermodel) and Alya (the Ladyblogger). When Alec complains he's not taking a fair challenge, Nino retorts, "Do you really want to talk about what's fair? After last week?"

Sabrina Raincomprix

Sabrina Raincomprix/Comousiner

Chloé's put-upon "bestie," who finds their friendship growing increasingly strained as Hawkmoth's reign of terror continues. In "Frightningale," she's given the Mouse Miraculous, becoming the heroine Comousiner.

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• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
  • Played With regarding Chloé. She's still introduced as Chloé's devoted lackey, but being Scarlet Lady causes Chloé to treat Sabrina even worse than she does in canon. Moreover, "Rogercop" shows that Sabrina's loyalty to her "best friend" doesn't run as deep as it does in the show: whereas she canonically didn't exhibit any sign of a grudge against Chloé for getting her father fired, the webcomic instead has Sabrina spiral into a Heroic BSoD over the betrayal, and even after Roger seemingly gets his job back with a promotion, Sabrina has difficulty forgiving Chloé for what her friend did. Their friendship continues to deteriorate after this and ends for good by the time "Vanisher" rolls around.
  • She eventually forms a Girl Posse with Alix and Lila, even becoming Best Friends with the latter.
• Adaptational Badass: Here, when she finally snaps as the akuma Vanisher, her Adaptational Superpower Change gives her a lot more oomph; while she was very good at using her invisibility in canon, here, she has that and can Un-person people, "vanishing" them to a parallel world where they can perceive but not interact with the real world.
• Adaptational Superpower Change:
  • Vanisher has different powers in this AU. She can still be invisible herself, but she can also make others invisible and inaudible as if they weren't there, by putting her victims in a Phantom Zone where they can see and hear but not interact with the real world (which she does to Chloé). She can also use reflective surfaces to teleport.
  • In canon, Sabrina was granted the Dog Miraculous, which grants the power of Fetch. Here, she's given the Mouse Miraculous, which has the power of Multiplication.
• Adaptational Sympathy: Somehow gets treated even worse by Chloé than in canon. Moreover, whereas the show glossed over how Chloé got her "best friend" Sabrina's father fired over a petty slight and didn't show Sabrina reacting to it at all, the comic instead has Sabrina spiral into a Heroic BSoD over it and remain upset about it well into the next episode, causing her to start seriously questioning her friendship with Chloé.
• Armed Legs: Vanisher's legs end in sharp points rather than feet, and she seems to be designed for hovering rather than walking. When Chloé angers her, she pushes her down and jabs a leg at her, seemingly ready to impale her. Later, she is on the verge of literally backstabbing Chat Noir, saying, "He won't know what—" when Marigold comes to the rescue with a top attack.
• Beleaguered Assistant: The further Chloé's behavior worsens, the snarkier Sabrina becomes, though she largely keeps such thoughts to herself. She keeps the snarkiness even after ending her friendship with Chloé.
• Broken Pedestal:
  • Much of her regard and respect for her dear friend is shattered when Chloé gets her father fired, leading to her growing distant and distracted. She eventually breaks off her and Chloé's "friendship" for good.
  • "Zombizou" reveals that she realized a long time ago that Mme. Bustier isn't a reliable authority figure, citing how her teacher knew for years that she was doing all of Chloé's schoolwork but didn't do anything to stop it (and may have even encouraged it, based on Word of God).
  • The author has also confirmed that Sabrina developed this view of her father after growing disillusioned with her "friendship" with Chloé; despite being a police officer, he never seemed to realize just how toxic said friendship was and just encouraged Sabrina to be Chloé's servant.
• Character Development: Over the course of the comic, she gradually goes from the same person she was in canon to a more independent girl who's not afraid to sass Chloé when needed. She eventually breaks off their "friendship" for good at the end of "Vanisher."
• Cheshire Cat Grin: As the malevolent trickster Vanisher, she gives a big grin as she reveals the full horror of what she has done to Chloé: "No one can see you or hear you. Like you vanished!... After all, you can't interact with the real world. But I can."
• Climax Boss: Her akumatization is the apex of both her own and Marinette's character arcs and results in two major shake-ups to the status quo: Sabrina cutting off her "friendship" with Chloé for good and Marinette becoming the bee superhero Marigold.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Averted. In canon "Evillustrator," Sabrina is needy and clingy to Marinette when she temporarily thinks of her as a new BFF, and she becomes angry when Marinette says she is busy. Here, she witnesses Evillustrator's birthday party invitation, so she knows Marinette isn't making excuses.
• Deadpan Snarker: Gradually becomes this as she learns to stand up for herself against Chloé:
  • In "Princess Fragrance," Chloé mocks Rose for using perfume that smells like fish. Sabrina quickly reminds Chloé that the latter has the same perfume in her locker.
  • When Chloé complains about the cooking class in "Despair Bear," Sabrina retorts, "No one cares."
  • Sabrina is the first to mock Chloé for forgetting a present for Miss Bustier in "Zombizou."
• Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: In the wake of her father's firing.
• Easily Forgiven: Sabrina did a lot of harm as Chloé's Beta Bitch, but now she has friends in the class. The fact that she consistently gets more sympathy and respect from her classmates than from her "best friend" is one of the main reasons why she cuts ties with Chloé.
  Sabrina: This class is kinder and more forgiving than you give them credit for, and I am done letting you bad talk them!
• Et Tu, Brute?: Her "friendship" with Chloé is permanently damaged when the latter gets Sabrina's father fired for refusing to illegally search Marinette's bag. Sabrina spends her next focus panel barely comprehending what just happened, and she's noticeably distant even after the situation is resolved.
• Even Evil Has Standards: When akumatized, while it helps with messing with Chloé, she "vanishes" Chloé's clothing and accessories so Chloé won't be running around naked. She also focuses on only Chloé and doesn't "vanish" any innocent people.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • She notes in "Lady Wifi" that she can usually follow Chloé's line of thinking. Nevertheless, she's noticeably confused and upset by her friend getting Alya suspended, confiding to Kim that she wasn't expecting Chloé to go that far, especially when Alya didn't even do anything to her.
  • In "Mr. Pigeon," Chloé declares she'll win the contest with her own original designs and that Adrien was only complimenting Marinette's work because he was being nice. She then promptly orders Sabrina to steal Marinette's sketchbook (clearly intending to use them herself and knowing they are good enough to win with). The sheer hypocrisy of it all jars even Sabrina.
  • She is disappointed (albeit unsurprised) when Chloé declares that she plans on winning the class representative race by ruining her opponent rather than running a good campaign.
  • Though she still goes through with sneaking into Marinette's room for blackmail material, she clearly feels guilty about taking advantage of Sabine's trust (with tears even welling in her eyes) when the woman gives her a bag of cookies as a pick-me-up.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: In "Evillustrator," her hair is up in a bun instead of her usual flat page cut. It seems to correspond with her standing up for herself.
• Floating Limbs: As Vanisher, she has a different appearance than in canon, which includes crystal-like arms with detached fingers.
• Former Friend of Alpha Bitch: She's this to Chloé as of "Vanisher."
• Girl Posse: By "Dark Cupid," Sabrina seems to have formed a small clique with Lila and Alix. She and Lila take pictures of Chloé when the bully falls down and gets dirty, planning to send the pictures on to Alix. "Intermission" also shows that Sabrina joined up with Alix's roller derby team.
• Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: She likes clothes and boys and such, but she also works off a lot of pent-up rage at the roller derby.
• Glass Cannon: Perhaps a near-literal example. She's no doubt pretty powerful, technically capable of banishing people to another dimension where they cannot interact with the real world, and in-theory capable of defeating Chat Noir if she got the proper jump on him. But once she's detected and actually hit by something heavy (like Chat Noir's baton), her body starts to crack, and she's quickly defeated.
• Grew a Spine: Following the events of "Rogercop," she begins to push back against Chloé:
  • After Marinette's booby-trapped diary box clamps around Sabrina's wrist, Sabrina mouths off at Chloé—who made her steal Marinette's diary to begin with—for seemingly the first time. Then, when Chloé scoffs at and refuses to believe her when she explains what happened (despite the box being visibly latched to Sabrina's wrist), Sabrina outright yells at her.
  • When Chloé claims stealing Marinette's diary was all Sabrina's idea, rather than just meekly take it, like she did when Chloé tried to push the blame for her plagiarism onto Sabrina in the design contest, Sabrina gives her "best friend" an angry glare.
  • During "Reflekta," she refuses to lock poor Juleka in the bathroom and declares that she won't do Chloé's dirty work for her anymore.
  • She praises Nathaniel's art in "Evillustrator" rather than following Chloé's lead to mock him, which gets an annoyed "What's with that reaction?" as a response from her friend. As the author notes, "Sabrina, I’m trying to dish out some sick burns, get with it!"
  • When Chloé says she's too busy to work on their physics project, Sabrina demands to know why she's refusing to pull her weight (the comic shows that Chloé's googling and maintaining a collection of Scarlet Lady pictures). She then crosses her Rage Breaking Point and has to be restrained by Marinette from starting a fistfight when Chloé claims to be Sabrina's Only Friend (thus denying how much nicer the rest of the class is to Sabrina).
  • After Chloé's lies about being Scarlet Lady's best friend are exposed on TV, Chloé blames Sabrina for humiliating her. Sabrina argues back, saying she humiliated herself and that she should learn from Lila's example. The resulting fight with Chloé, who tells her to "disappear," leads directly to Sabrina being akumatized.
  • She makes her final break with Chloé after recovering from being Vanisher. "You are not my friend," she says.
• Haughty "Hmph": Vanisher does a "Tsk!" at the heroes who are in combat with her.
• Heel–Face Turn: She starts off as Chloé's Beta Bitch like in canon, but Chloé temporarily getting her father fired over a petty slight triggers a rift between the two. Over the course of season 2, she goes from openly mouthing off at her to refusing to do her dirty work to sabotaging her bullying acts outright, and season 3 starts with her cutting her out of her life entirely.
• Heroic BSoD: Suffers one after her father's firing in "Rogercop." Her "friendship" with Chloé never fully recovers from that.
• Hidden Eyes: At the end of "Evillustrator" when Sabrina says it's Chloé's last chance, the panel is zoomed in on her face so her eyes can't be seen. This gives an ominous effect, almost like Scary Shiny Glasses, foreshadowing that Chloé will blow this last chance. We know that because the next episode is "Vanisher," in which Sabrina will be akumatized because of a break with Chloé.
• Homework Slave: Was this for Chloé for years, doing all of the latter's homework and letting Chloé copy off of her during exams. Mme. Bustier knew about it but never attempted to stop it (and is implied to have even encouraged it), with it hinted that the other teachers were likewise too reluctant or afraid of Chloé to intervene. This starts to change as she learns to stand up for herself, yelling at Chloé in "Evillustrator" for trying to dump all the work for their physics report on her again, though she does end up agreeing to do Chloé's share of the work for the report because the latter was attacked by an akuma. She breaks off her friendship with Chloé soon after that, though, forcing Chloé to start doing her own schoolwork.
• I Have Your Wife: Vanisher uses Chloé's cell phone to post images of her in danger. As Vanisher says, "I just need to make a stir." Since this is clearly an attempt to draw out Scarlet Lady, this is a full Bruce Wayne Held Hostage scenario. It's fortunate that Master Fu is prepared to bring in a third hero.
• Karmic Jackpot:
  • Her refusal to help Chloé lock Juleka in the bathroom in "Reflekta" ends up protecting her from the titular akuma: just as Sabrina's about to be zapped, Rose intervenes and begs Reflekta to stop attacking people who didn't do anything to hurt her. Taking this as meaning she should focus on Chloé first, the akuma leaves Rose and Sabrina to go after the class bully. At the end of the episode, Alix also invites Sabrina to be part of the class photo.
  • She grows closer to the rest of the class and starts forging genuine, healthy friendships as she begins distancing herself from Chloé.
• Karmic Trickster: Vanisher certainly acts like one, punishing Chloé for her treatment of Sabrina and others; the author even calls her a "little prankster god" in the end notes. She does a very elaborate prank with her powers, setting things up so that when Chloé wakes up she won't realize that she is in a parallel world that mirrors the real one. She can see and hear what is going on in the real world, but she cannot be seen or heard and can only move objects that Vanisher has transferred over for her. This includes her clothes and likely also items on her bed, her cellphone, purse, hairbrushes, makeup, and other accessories. She would have been stuck in her room, but Vanisher opened the doors for her.
• Keeping the Enemy Close: Vanisher apparently carries Chloé back to her hotel home rather than leaving her at the school; most likely, it's to watch her reactions and torment her.
• Killer Rabbit: As Vanisher, Sabrina has a cute, sparkly costume. She also has a vicious new set of powers, and she puts Chloé in her worst situation yet.
• Last-Second Chance: Extends one to Chloé at the end of "Evillustrator," only for Chloé to promptly waste it the next episode.
• Let Me at Her!: Marinette has to restrain Sabrina in "Evillustrator" to keep her from beating up Chloé for refusing to pull her weight in the group project.
  Caption: Sabrina's gone full feral on you now.
• Logical Weakness:
  • Vanisher boasted that she could touch and move things in the real world while in her phantom world. The logical consequence is that she is fully tangible in both worlds, whether visible or not. Marigold is able to strike her with her top after figuring out where she is when she steps on flower petals.
  • She has an additional Kryptonite Factor: a physical hit breaks her out of the mirror dimension entirely, making her fully visible and audible in the real world.
  • Additionally, since she seems to be made of glass, a hit from Chat Noir's baton causes her to crack.
• No Sympathy: Though she is justifiably angry, Sabrina says, "Ha!" when Evillustrator attacks Chloé with a giant hair blower. Marinette and Sabrina run off to work on their project at Marinette's house rather than try to help (as Marinette has done for many other people).
• Not Brainwashed: During the Dark Cupid incident, she and Lila find Chloé after the latter had been just beaten up by Dark Cupid and take pictures of her as souvenirs. Chloé immediately assumes they've been corrupted by the akuma, much to their confusion; they just hate her that much.
• Phantom Zone: Vanisher can make people "vanish" into a parallel dimension where they can see and hear the real world but not interact with it. The akuma can also go back and forth between worlds and affect the real world while in the phantom world, moving things invisibly. She uses this ability to open doors for Chloé and "vanishes" clothes for her to change into so that she wouldn't catch on too early.
• The Power of Friendship: Thanks to people like Alix reaching out to include her, Sabrina no longer thinks of Chloé as her only friend and is much less willing to put up with her abuse.
• Rage Breaking Point:
  • She first crosses this when Chloé forces her to Marinette's diary, only for the box Marinette's diary is inside to snap over Sabarina's wrist when she reaches for it. Still recovering from seeing her father get fired in front of her own eyes because of her "best friend," Sabrina mouths off at Chloé for the first time and then yells at her when the latter refuses to believe Sabrina about what happened, even though the box is visibly latched to Sabrina's wrist.
  • After arguing with Chloé in "Evillustrator" over the latter dumping all her work on Sabrina again, Sabrina finally snaps when Chloé claims to be her Only Friend, goes on a tirade against her, and has to be physically restrained from starting a fistfight by Marinette.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: Sabrina is convinced that Chloé wasn't actually taken by Horrificator since no one heard her scream and must instead be hiding somewhere. Chloé in fact wasn't kidnapped, but she wasn't hiding; she had transformed into Scarlet Lady.
• Passive-Aggressive Kombat: As her friendship with Chloé deteriorates, Sabrina reveals a snarkier side, openly makes jabs at Chloé.
• Rebound Best Friend:
  • She begins sitting next to Ivan in class after finally ending her "friendship" with Chloé. Additionally, in "Riposte," Alix reaches out to her and invites her to meet her roller derby team.
  • The "Intermission" shows she has grown close to Lila for "girly" activities, like shopping and dressing up, while also enjoying playing rough on the roller derby team to work out her rage issues.
• Saying Too Much: Sabrina gets two Death Glares in a row from Chloé when she points out the holes in Chloé's story as her friend tries to crash a TV interview by claiming to be "Scarlet Lady's BFF." As the author notes, "Sabrina can’t read murder when it's 2 feet from her face."
• The Scapegoat: Whenever one of Chloé's schemes goes wrong, she promptly tries to pin all the blame on Sabrina by insisting she came up with the idea. Nobody ever falls for this, and it puts a large strain on their relationship.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Often tries to walk away whenever it looks like she's about to be pulled into someone's Zany Scheme. She later begins to do this to Chloé in particular, having grown tired of her "best friend" treating her like a servant and taking her for granted.
• Symbolically Broken Object: When Sabrina is restored from being Vanisher, she is wearing the same clothes as the day of her last fight with Chloé, except for the rose-shaped pin that was a present from the latter, which was also her akumatized object. In canon, it is smashed underfoot by Ladybug and Sabrina looks down at it, expressing regret. Here, it is torn in two by Chat Noir, and Sabrina doesn't give it a second thought, symbolizing the complete break in her "friendship" with Chloé.
• Thinking Up Portals: Vanisher can treat any reflective surface as a portal for hiding or teleportation. For example, she hides inside a shiny glass door in Chloé's room and traverses a classroom without walking through it using the glass of the outside window as a portal.
• Took a Level in Badass: Comparatively, anyway. She starts off as Chloé's submissive and frequently abused lackey. As she begins to wise up to the true nature of her "friendship" with Chloé, she starts to mouth off at the latter, stand up for herself and refuse to do Chloé's dirty work for her, and even outright sabotage some of Chloé's bullying attempts. This culminates in her reaching her Rage Breaking Point with her "best friend" and giving her a "The Reason You Suck" Speech, which is followed by Sabrina permanently cutting ties with Chloé shortly afterwards. She's also later revealed to have a certain talent in roller derby when she takes up the sport.
• Took a Level in Kindness: She directly defies Chloé when ordered to sabotage Juleka (albeit perhaps more due to getting sick of how things always turn out badly for her when she does the dirty work in Chloé's schemes) and seems much friendlier with Marinette and the rest of the class in season 2 after her own supposed "best friend" had her father briefly fired right in front of her. This is a far cry from her submissive Beta Bitch self in canon.
• Tritagonist: Up until "Vanisher," she's one of the tertiary main characters of the story, sharing the role with Marinette. While she doesn't directly drive the plot, much focus is placed on her steadily deteriorating "friendship" with Chloé. After "Vanisher," while she's still a recurring supporting character, she takes a step back and lets the heroes (and Chloé) drive the plot from that point onward.
• Unnecessary Roughness: The "Intermission" shows that Sabrina has started playing roller derby with Alix's friends, using the roughness of the sport to work out her rage issues.
• Villain Ball: Vanisher sets herself up for failure when she chooses to draw insulting pictures of Chloé on the blackboard in front of everyone out of spite while invisible. Without this act, which was witnessed by Marinette and Adrien, the heroes would have had no reason to be on the lookout for an invisible villain, and Marigold likely wouldn't have done her first top attack that saved Chat Noir.
• With Friends Like These...: She's ostensibly "best friends" with Chloé, but the latter treats her like a servant and constantly abuses and abandons her. This reaches a turning point in "Rogercop" after Chloé demands that her father fire Sabrina's father Roger for a petty slight; Sabrina naturally doesn't take it well and begins to increasingly doubt her "friendship" with Chloé. As of "Vanisher," the two are no longer friends.
• We Used to Be Friends: After "Vanisher," Sabrina is over her toxic friendship with Chloé and often takes the opportunity to talk back at Chloé in class.
• When She Smiles:
  • Has a big grin on her face when Marinette gives her a croissant in "Rogercop."
  • Absolutely lights up in "Reflekta" when Alix calls her over to ensure she's included in the class photograph when it's retaken.
  • She gets another big smile (and an exclamation mark with a heart) when Ivan lets her sit next to him after she ends her friendship with Chloé. The author explains why Ivan doesn't mind: by scooting over one place, he's closer to his girlfriend, Mylène.

Alix Kubdel

Alix Kubdel

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• Ascended Extra: Her role during the events of "The Pharaoh" is greatly expanded: she goes from a minor appearance to being involved in the entire plot, snarking the whole way through and helping to take her brother down. She's also tied into Sabrina and Lila's Heel–Face Turns.
• Deadpan Snarker: Alix may as well be the Queen of Snark in this series.
• A Friend in Need: Helps serve this role for both Sabrina and Lila, offering both a bridge to redemption.
  • During "Reflekta," she's the one who calls Sabrina over to join the extra group photo.
  • "The Collector" has her rising to Lila's defense, asking Chloé how she knows that Lila stole Adrien's book. Learning about this from Marinette may have helped convince Lila to return to school after the winter break.
  • When Sabrina says, "This class is kinder and more forgiving than you give them credit for" in "Evillustrator," Alix is shown in the foreground.
  • She is also shown asking about the missing Nathaniel in "Evillustrator," with the author commenting, "Guys, I promise someone cared that Nathaniel disappeared."
  • After Sabrina finally ends her "friendship" with Chloé, Alix reaches out to the former, asking how they're doing, deflecting Lila's "friendly" offer to let Sabrina do her homework, and offering to introduce Sabrina to her roller derby team.
• Girl Posse: Forms a surprising one with Sabrina and Lila following the latter two's Heel–Face Turns.
• Logical Weakness: As Timebreaker, she's able to steal people's time by tagging them with her hands. In "Hawkmoth", Lila and Sabrina subdue her by tying her hands behind her back, making it much harder for her to tag them.
• Morality Pet: Her reaching out to them after Chloé's actions to them helped Lila and Sabrina become better people than they could ever hope to be in canon.
• Not So Above It All: In "Catalyst", she admits that she's actually really scared of the swarm of red akumas, enough to get turned back into Timebreaker by one of them.
• Only Sane Man: Played this role in "The Pharaoh"; with everyone else obsessing over either the exhibit or Scarlet Lady, she stays relatively grounded.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: She's usually the one member of the class to keep a cool head in a crisis. As such, the fact that she's visibly crying and admitting she's scared during the Scarlet Akuma attack hammers in how serious it is.
• Spotting the Thread: She notices that Zoé is uncomfortable when acting like Chloé.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Sabrina and Lila's girly girls, though both are sportier than they seem.

Lila Rossi

Lila Iris Cerise Rossi/Fenice

An attention-seeking liar who probably should have done a little more research before claiming to be Scarlet Lady's best friend. She's given the Rooster Miraculous in "Frightningale" and becomes the heroine Fenice.

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• Abhorrent Admirer: Adrien immediately dislikes her attempts to get close to him, which only gets worse after he learns she stole the Grimoire from him and then threw it away. Lila notices, too, which leads to her quickly giving up on him.
• Adaptational Backstory Change: Season 5 of canon reveals that Lila has tricked multiple women into thinking she's their daughter. Here, she instead gets a complete set of family members in "Catalyst" that explains her "three mothers" from canon: they consist of her unmarried biological parents, her godmother, and her deaf stepmother who married her father.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Becoming a Liar Revealed soon after she starts school at Collège Françoise Dupont and undergoing a Heel–Face Turn soon afterwards changes many of her relationships with her classmates:
  • Adrien was somewhat of an ally to Lila in canon, at least until he realized her true nature. Here, due to his Jade-Colored Glasses, he immediately dislikes her for intruding on his personal space, which is only cemented after he learns she stole his father's book from him, used it to try and trick him into thinking she's a superhero, and then threw the book away. He's among the few who refuse to forgive her even after she apologizes, which also causes her to give up on her romantic interest in him, though he eventually does in "Frightningale" after she saves him from being hit by the titular akuma.
  • Marinette proclaimed that Lila was worse than Chloé in canon. Here, even after (or perhaps due to) seeing Lila outed as a liar by Scarlet Lady, she reaches out to her and eventually becomes her friend.
  • Similar to Adrien, even after most of the class welcomes Lila back, Alya still bears a grudge against her due to having posted Lila's lies on her blog. It's not until "Glaciator" that she finally starts burying the hatchet and asks Lila for an interview about why she hates Scarlet Lady.
  • Much like the rest of the class, Lila hates Chloé, and since they lack a common enemy here, it's unlikely they'll ever form their canon alliance.
  • Alix, Lila, and Sabrina end up forming their own Girl Posse after the latter two's Heel Face Turns, with Lila and Sabrina eventually seeing the other as her best friend.
• Adaptational Dumbass: While her schemes in "Volpina" are essentially identical to the ones in the canon episode, the comic emphasizes how poorly thought out they are rather than treat them as a sign she's a master manipulator.
• Adaptational Heroism:
  • Canon Lila is a cold-blooded sociopath in the making with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. This Lila gets a Freudian Excuse and the moral high ground in her conflict with the local Ladybug hero, and Marinette makes an earnest effort to befriend her.
  • Lila becomes a temp hero in "Frightningale" with the Rooster Miraculous, the power of Pretension. She scowls at the thought that she's being called "pretentious," but she takes on the job.
• Adaptational Sympathy: Her grudge against the Ladybug heroine is much more justified due to Scarlet Lady being a Nominal Heroine who throws Lila into a fountain in the middle of winter just for lying about being friends with the heroine.
• Adaptational Wimp: Volpina doesn't fare nearly as well as she did in canon as a consequence of her mind tricks being based on the assumption the Ladybug heroine is a good person rather than a Sociopathic Hero who'd rather let her kill the hostage and resurrect them later.
• Audience Surrogate: In the third intermission, she echoes the irritation of an audience who can't make heads or tails of how Orikko's powers work due to how arcane and confusing the difference is between a power and a wish.
• Bad Liar: More a consequence of everyone else being smarter than they were in canon than any fault on her part. Adrien very quickly puts two-and-two together when she tries to convince him that she and Scarlet Lady are friends and that she is descended from a Fox hero.
• Bishie Sparkle: Lila is shown with sparkles when she is turning on the charm with Adrien and saying, "Oh, I just adore superheroes." She gets an unenthusiastic "O...kay?" in response.
• Bonding Over Dislikes: Has many times bonded with people over a shared hatred of Scarlet Lady.
  • Played for Laughs in "Volpina," in which Lila gets akumatized into the titular akuma after Scarlet Lady cruelly humiliates her by throwing her into a fountain in the middle of winter. As Volpina, she's initially wary of Marinette, whom she views as a rival for Adrien. However, upon hearing Marinette declare Scarlet Lady "the worst," Volpina quickly does a 180, grabbing Marinette's hands while staring at her with starry eyes, though Marinette is rather uncomfortable with this.
  • Played more seriously when Lila laments in "The Collector" that her social life has been ruined thanks to Scarlet Lady; Marinette saying that "Scarlet Lady sucks" helps Lila realize she's not as alone as she thinks, which ultimately convinces her to turn over a new leaf.
  • Alya initially bears a grudge against Lila for lying about being best friends with Scarlet Lady in an interview for the Ladyblog. She gradually buries the hatchet as she slowly sees Scarlet Lady for who she really is and realizes Lila's hatred of the Ladybug heroine may in fact be justified. The end of "Prime Queen" shows the two finally becoming friends while talking about their dislike of the Ladybug heroine, and Word of God even reveals that Lila later helped Alya compile information about all of Scarlet Lady's unheroic moments.
• Brick Joke: Lila asks in "Intermission" how much older Luka is than Juleka, to which Luka states, "Older." She continues her quest to find out just how much older in "Crocoduel" by asking Luka how old he's turning, though he simply replies, "One year older than last year," much to her frustration. She then surmises that he and Juleka must be twins since they have the same birthday, only for Luka to Troll her by pointing out they may have just been born on the same day years apart. Lila finally deduces the two are twins near the end of the episode because they're both Jagged's kids and congratulates herself for it, though Luka silently notes that she still hasn't figured out their actual ages.
• Brutal Honesty: Lila's Heel–Face Turn involves her moving away from attention-seeking lies to unrestrained truth.
  • Lila bluntly admits to Marinette that her birthday gift is an old Carnevale mask she no longer wants because it "reminds [her] of You-Know-Who." As the author says in the end note, "You've heard of Liar Rossi, now get ready for No Filter Rossi!"
  • Lila exclaims, "Ha!" at the news that Chloé is missing and her father is desperately looking for her, not even attempting to hide her dislike for her classmate. She is highly pleased when Vanisher draws insulting images of Chloé on the blackboard, bumping fists with Nathaniel and saying that the akuma is "one that tells the truth."
  • Upon hearing Sabrina is still getting used to no longer being friends with Chloé, whose schoolwork she used to do, Lila bluntly suggests Sabrina to do her homework for her, earning an elbow in the ribs from Alix. When Alix then offers to introduce Sabrina to her roller derby team, Lila sticks her tongue out and scoffs, "Ew, all that sweating?"
  • She calls in to Nadja's interview with the heroes in "Prime Queen" just to mock Scarlet Lady as being "the worst" and later translates Chat Noir and Marigold's diplomatic answers as meaning they put up with the Ladybug heroine because they have to.
• The Bus Came Back: Lila appears in a cameo in "Evillustrator" sitting next to Nathaniel. This shows that she has returned to school after winter break, unlike in canon, in which it took a whole season.
• Catch Your Death of Cold: Lila catches a cold the old-fashioned anime way: by running around in soaked clothes in cold weather. In the bonus panel at the end of "Volpina," she lies sick in bed, proclaiming her hatred of Scarlet Lady.
• Comically Missing the Point: She mistakenly thinks that Adrien's comment about Scarlet Lady being "something else" means he has a soft spot for the heroine, even as he says it with a visibly unhappy expression. Of course, this was partly due to Chloé barging in on the conversation and answering for him.
• Commonality Connection: Tries to invoke this in "Volpina" after seeing Adrien reading the Grimoire, proclaiming that she adores superheroes. It doesn't really impress him, though, and Chloé also points out that pretty much everyone loves superheroes.
  Tags: #lol seriously lila in this day and age loving superheroes doesn't make you special
• Consummate Liar: When Chloé calls her out on her lie about being friends with Scarlet Lady, Lila's confident "Jealous much?" leaves Chloé temporarily at a loss for words. Even after switching to Brutal Honesty, she's still good enough at lying to easily spot most lies told by other people.
• Didn't See That Coming: Lila's attempt to get into Adrien's good graces by claiming to be friends with Scarlet Lady backfires because a) Adrien is personally acquainted with the heroine and knows she's a humongous bitch, and b) Scarlet Lady is both in position to observe Lila's actions and petty and cruel enough to violently lash out at her for her lie, neither of which Lila could have foreseen.
• Didn't Think This Through:
  • She never seems to consider how giving an interview about being Scarlet Lady's best friend for a popular blog would quickly result in the heroine finding out about Lila's Celebrity Lie and Lila becoming a Liar Revealed even if Scarlet Lady weren't an Alpha Bitch.
  • Lila's plan to impress Adrien hinged largely on him not noticing right away that the Grimoire had gone missing. In other words, it would've gone haywire if Adrien had done something as simple as check his bag before meeting up with her at the park.
    Caption: Hey babes, what was your plan if Adrien looked in his bag before your meet up?
• Divergent Character Evolution: Her Start of Darkness being cut off at the knees and her subsequent Character Development and Heel–Face Turn serve to distinguish her from Chloé, who takes the role canon Lila did as an unrepentant Hate Sink Alpha Bitch.
• Easily Forgiven:
  • Several members of the class seem to have forgiven Lila for her celebrity friendship lies by the start of "The Collector." Alix calls them "not that big a deal," Marinette stands up for her against insults by Chloé, and Rose sympathizes with her catching a cold. Later, Marinette goes to Lila's home to reach out to her as the class representative. Justified, since they've all seen her get thrown into a fountain just for saying she was friends with Scarlet Lady, and she hasn't yet done any of her worse canon acts (like bullying Marinette), so they probably think she's already been punished enough.
  • The final panel of "The Collector" shows that Lila has not told anyone the lie that she is on a world tour, leaving her options open about returning to school after the winter break. Alix is revealed to have been texting and harassing her to come to Marinette's birthday party, with Sabrina and Rose later revealing that they also invited Lila. The invitations pay off when Lila shows up to Marinette's party toward the end of "La Befana" and apologizes to everyone, with her being surprised how easily everyone forgives her. Only Alya remains reserved, not telling her whether she forgives her or not.
  • In "Vanisher," the Death Glares Adrien and Alya give Lila imply neither of them have forgiven her yet. Word of God states that Lila quickly gave up on her crush on Adrien as a result of this.
  • In "Intermission 2," Alya does something she swore she would never do again: she offers Lila an interview on the Ladyblog about why she hates Scarlet Lady. Lila, initially cold towards Alya, instantly turns starry-eyed and clings to Alya's arm in delight. The hatchet is fully buried by the end of "Prime Queen" when Alya calls to check on Lila after the two of them were taken hostage by the titular akuma.
• Even Evil Has Standards: As Volpina, not only does she maintain her canon reluctance to actually harm anyone, she's appalled when Scarlet Lady decides to ignore the akuma's threat to blow up a building and again when the heroine does the same after Volpina seemingly takes Adrien hostage and threatens to drop him.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • Lila hates not knowing things, which is why she becomes determined to figure out just how much older Luka is than Juleka and eats up all the juicy details Anarka and Jagged reveal in "Crocoduel" about their breakup. Nevertheless, she has No Sympathy For Nadja after the reporter's invasive questions about the heroes cause them to walk out on her interview and finds all the gossip and interest in the Chatgold pairing to be excessive, given that the two have publicly denied being in a relationship with each other.
  • She and Adrien don't like each other, but that doesn't stop her from protecting him from Frightningale.
• Failed a Spot Check: Completely misses that Marinette, Nino, and Alix are mortified about her apparently knowing Scarlet Lady, even though they are standing right behind her (in fairness, Alya, Rose, and Kim also don't notice). Later, both Lila and Chloé miss Adrien's not-so-happy facial expression when asked if he likes Scarlet Lady.
• Freudian Excuse: She reveals to Marinette that she initially started telling her lies as a sort of defense mechanism due to constantly moving and starting over at new schools. After a while, she started having fun with it, seeing how far she could push her stories.
• Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: She likes clothes and boys and such but also works off a lot of pent-up rage at the roller derby rink.
• Hoist by Her Own Petard:
  • Lila's false claim of being besties with Scarlet Lady wins admiration from some in the class, but she repels those who have had bad experiences with the faux heroine (Marinette, Nino, and Alix are shown looking horrified). This includes Adrien, whom she's trying to cozy up to. On top of that, she gets Scarlet Lady after her.
  • Similarly, her decision to throw the book away rather than find some way of discreetly returning it comes back to bite her when Marinette finds it and shows it to Adrien. The look Adrien gives Lila after learning about this is outright murderous.
• Humiliation Conga: Lila has her lies called out by Adrien. Then she is mocked and thrown into a fountain by Scarlet Lady. Then she sees that many of her classmates whom she'd lied to (Alya, Sabrina, Nino, Rose, and Marinette) all witnessed what just happened. And finally, due to never taking the time to properly dry off in the middle of December, she ends up in bed sick with a cold.
• Hypocritical Humor: Lila laughs loudly at the idea of anyone exploiting her classmates for favors, something she knows she would have done if her lies had not been exposed.
  Kim: So you lied about knowing famous people. It's not like you had us do your homework or carry your stuff!
  Lila: HAHAHAHA! Yeah, who would do that?!
  Lila: [thinking, in a sweat] They can never know...
• Irony: In canon, she's very much a Hate Sink who was introduced as a worse bitch than Chloé, hating Ladybug and Marinette because they debunked her lies. Here, since Chloé has already dropped from "spoiled brat" to "downright murderous" and likes to inflict Disproportionate Retribution on people who say things she doesn't like, Lila is the lesser of two bitches and her hatred towards Scarlet Lady is completely justified.
• It Amused Me: While her chronic lying started as a defense mechanism, it quickly devolved into a game for her.
• It's Personal: Lila ends "Volpina" with a personal grudge against Scarlet Lady.
  Lila: You don't have to worry about me pretending to be your friend, because I hate your guts!
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While Lila is abrasive and rude, she's also a decent friend after her Heel–Face Turn. While her bad habits may show up, she does prove that she's a nice person at heart. She's a good friend to Marinette, supports Sabrina and Alix at the roller derby rink, and saves her mean streak for those who truly deserve it.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Usually the case when it comes to her dislike of Scarlet Lady:
  • Though she lied about being best friends with Scarlet Lady, stole Adrien's book to manipulate him, and then disparaged her alleged "best friend" Scarlet, her subsequent animosity towards the Ladybug heroine is completely justified given Scarlet Lady responded by throwing Lila into a fountain in the middle of winter.
  • Even after her Heel–Face Turn, she still possesses a mean streak, but she saves it for those who deserve it, and her open hatred of the Ladybug heroine is spot on for anyone who knows what Scarlet Lady is really like.
  • Lila calls in on Nadja's interview with the heroes in "Prime Queen" just to mock Scarlet Lady on TV and calls the heroine "the worst"; Chat Noir and Marigold's expressions show they completely agree, even if they can't outright admit it. Moreover, Lila correctly deduces that the two's diplomatic answers are just nice ways of saying they put up with Scarlet Lady because they have to, which she gleefully announces on TV.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: She gives up on Adrien due to how much he visibly dislikes her for stealing the Grimoire from him, using it to try and manipulate him, and then throwing it away.
• Like Mother, Unlike Daughter: Lila is astute and manipulative while her mother is shown to be The Ditz.
• Mirror Character: Despite her declaration to Hawkmoth that she intends to show Paris what a real superheroine is like, her actions as Volpina mirror Scarlet Lady's usual behavior. She's an attention-seeking Glory Hound who also attempts to use her alter ego to try and get closer to Adrien despite his explicit rejection of her, with the only difference being that she actually cares to avoid collateral damage.
• Mythology Gag:
  • Lila knows sign language due to having a deaf stepmother, who happens to be the same deaf woman she was seen living and communicating with in season 5 of the show. The show, however, strongly implies that the unnamed deaf woman and Lila's other two "mothers" have all been conned into thinking Lila is their daughter. In the comic, Lila's "three mothers" are actually her biological mom (Miss Rossi), her godmother and Ms. Rossi's best friend and personal stylist (Miss Bianca), and her stepmother who married her biological dad.
  • She mentions in "Catalyst" that she'll be donating her hair, implying she'll be left with the same pixie cut her canon counterpart was seen sporting near the end of season 5.
  • Her full name is Lila Iris Cerise Rossi, which includes all her three aliases from the show.
• Never My Fault: Seems to blame the entire episode-long Humiliation Conga that she received in "Volpina" as being all Scarlet Lady's fault, ignoring her own screw-ups:
  • The beginning of her Humiliation Conga was entirely her own fault: she stole Adrien's father's book of her own volition and then threw it away to dispose of the evidence in an attempt to win Adrien over, failing to notice from his expression that he hates the heroine. Adrien Spot the Thread in her lies all on his own (with a little help from Plagg, not that she knows that) and angrily called her out on it before Scarlet Lady even showed up, with many of their classmates within hearing distance.
  • While Scarlet Lady's Disproportionate Retribution was unjustified, Lila was still the one who lied about being friends with the heroine in the first place. Plus, since she let her lies be posted on Alya's blog, even if Scarlet Lady weren't an Alpha Bitch, it was only a matter of time before Lila's Celebrity Lie got exposed. She also failed to research Scarlet Lady's actions and mentality before making her claim, which might have also led her to finding out that the heroine is a Stalker with a Crush to Adrien.
  • When Adrien throws her, Scarlet, and Marinette out of his room, Volpina and Scarlet Lady blame each other for their respective unwanted intrusions getting them kicked out... despite the fact that only Marinette was invited in Adrien's room.
  • Once she returns to normal and is on the receiving end of a Breaking Speech by Scarlet Lady, Lila refuses the Ladybug heroine and Chat Noir's aid in getting down from the building they were on out of spite, thus not getting home and drying off in time to avoid catching a cold, something she blames Scarlet Lady for... which is right, given Scarlet Lady threw her into a fountain in the first place. Still, if she had swallowed her pride and asked Chat Noir for a lift, she might have gotten one and stuck it to Scarlet Lady who the better hero of Paris was.
• Not Brainwashed: During the Dark Cupid incident, she and Sabrina come across Chloé when she'd just been beaten up by Dark Cupid and take pictures of the class bully as souvenirs. Chloé immediately assumes they've been corrupted by the akuma, much to their confusion; they just hate her that much.
• Not So Above It All: She's initially disgusted by the idea of roller derby, particularly all the sweating it involves. A photo of later shows her acting like an Obsessive Sports Fan at the roller derby rink as she cheers on Sabrina, with Alix implying that Lila's begun playing the sport herself.
• Not So Similar: When introduced in "Volpina," she's very much like Chloé/Scarlet Lady, being a Manipulative Bitch, Glory Hound, and Stalker with a Crush towards Adrien. However, unlike Chloé/Scarlet Lady, she gets better, starts building real friendships, and gives up on Adrien after realizing and accepting that he dislikes her.
• Oh, Crap!: Has two in quick succession: when Adrien reveals he's already realized she stole his book, and when Scarlet Lady shows up hungry for her blood.
• Prayer Pose: Lila clasps her hands together when saying she hopes she can be good friends with the whole class and lying about her celebrity friendships. The artwork shows off her dramatically large hands, a characteristic that isn't as noticeable in canon, except for when she puts her hand over Adrien's in the library.
• Privacy by Distraction: Lila pulls this on her mother (reminding her she needs to go grocery shopping) to get her out of the way before Marinette can tell her the embarrassing story of how Lila got wet and caught a cold.
• Reformed, but Not Tamed: Even after becoming a better person, she still maintains a rather nasty streak, though she now reserves it for those who deserve it. For instance, when she and her classmates get an invitation to a party from Chloé, she suggests, "Let's eat her food, trash her hotel, and leave her with the bill. It'll be fuuuun." And in "Frightningale," she reveals her vindictiveness and how she's been preparing and waiting for months for a chance to humiliate Scarlet Lady in public.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
  • After being humiliated and cruelly outed as a liar by Scarlet Lady, Lila notices that several of her classmates overheard the exchange and flees rather than face them.
  • Lila admits to Marinette her plan to never go back to school after being humiliated by Scarlet Lady and exposed as a liar. Marinette doesn't think she can get away with it, but Lila boasts, "You underestimate my power." (She did exactly that in canon, fooling her mother to stay out of school for a long time.) Fortunately, Marinette convinces her that the situation isn't as bad as she assumes, and she returns to school soon afterwards.
• Sustained Misunderstanding: Thanks to Scarlet Lady's good publicity and Chloé interfering with her conversation with Adrien, she thinks that claiming to be friends with Scarlet Lady will endear her to Adrien. Instead, he's mostly annoyed and only deals with her because she stole Gabriel's book.
• Token Evil Teammate: Has this role among Marinette's group of friends, suggesting the meanest option whenever Chloé's involved.
• Unnecessary Roughness: "Intermission" shows that Lila has started watching Sabrina play roller derby with Alix's friends (and maybe playing some herself), with Alix implying that she's using the roughness of the sport to work out her rage issues.
• We Will Meet Again: As she leaves Scarlet Lady on the Eiffel Tower, she shouts, "Arrivederci, weirdo!"—with "arrivederci" being Italian for "see you again."
• Wrong Genre Savvy: Her troubles with Scarlet Lady, both as Lila and Volpina, happen because she doesn't realize how villainous Paris's "hero" is until Scarlet shows almost no concern when the akuma seemingly takes some random civilians and later Adrien hostage.

Kagami Tsurugi

Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko

A serious young woman who is a competitive fencer from Japan. In "Ikari Gozen," she is chosen as the wielder of the Dragon Miraculous, becoming the heroine Ryūko.

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• Adaptational Early Appearance: Kagami shows up at the hotel reception for Prince Ali in "Princess Fragrance." In canon, this was a season 1 episode, before Kagami's first appearance in "Riposte." The author justifies her invitation in a tag note, pointing out both Kagami and Adrien were invited to Prince Ali's birthday party in "Lies."
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
  • In this AU, she is a close friend of Ondine, enough that she thinks about maiming Kim if he breaks Ondine's heart. In canon, they are not shown to be even acquainted.
  • In canon, she has a romantic interest in Adrien, to the point of being Marinette's rival for his affections. Here, she shows no interest in Adrien outside of being his friend, and it's later explicitly confirmed that she's a lesbian.
• Adaptational Dumbass: Her actions in "Riposte" are largely the same as they were in canon, but the poor judgement behind them is highlighted here:
  • When told that she has to defeat one of D'Argencourt's students for a spot on the team, Kagami immediately insists on challenging the best member. The entire team sweatdrops as they tell her that she doesn't have to, and the author even mentions how Kagami is just making things harder for herself; she goes through with it anyway.
  • While watching tryouts, Marc points out how Kagami gave up the only impartial judge she had by suggesting that she and Adrien disconnect themselves from the machines for "more freedom."
  • Kagami's apparent knowledge of fencing rules in the comic leaves much to be desired: she deliberately shoves Adrien off the mat in their bout, which Marinette immediately identifies as an illegal corps à corps violation.
• Adaptational Sexuality: In canon, Kagami has only ever shown romantic interest in boys. Here, the author has confirmed that Kagami has a fan crush on Marigold, and "Frozer" reveals that she's solely interested in girls.
• Adaptational Sympathy: Zigzagged in "Riposte." On one hand, Kagami seems to have brought everything upon herself, with Marc noting that she gave up an impartial judge by suggesting that she and Adrien be disconnected from the machines. Marinette also points out that Kagami broke the rules by shoving Adrien off the mat and that the bout should've stopped then and there. On the other hand, the final call against her is far more blatantly biased than it was in canon.
• Bonding Over Dislikes: Kagami bonds with Marinette over their mutual dislike of Chloé. She gives a little snort of laughter when Marinette makes a face at the idea of Chloé being her friend, and she invites Marinette to watch her rematch with Adrien. Their friendship develops much faster than in canon because there's no romantic rivalry and it was Chloé who made the biased call that set Kagami off.
• Cassandra Truth: In "Princess Fragrance," Kagami tries to warn Prince Ali's chaperone (who is driving the car to get away from the villain) not to open the moonroof, which would allow the villain to gas the whole car. The chaperone thinks they have "gotten enough distance" for it to be safe, but Kagami turns out to be right.
• Cheaters Never Prosper: Even though D'Argencourt let her corps-a-corps pass, it's undeniable that her pushing Adrien off the mat and chasing him upstairs prevented a fair call by many witnesses who knew the sport better. She didn't deserve to win, and the author said in an answer to a question that the winner was in fact Adrien.
• Even the Girls Want Her:
  • Adrien and Marinette both blush and think she's cute when they first see her face.
  • Aurore appears highly smitten when Kagami appears at a party in a formal, off-the-shoulder evening dress. Mirielle has to tell her, "Don't let her catch you drooling, Aurore."
• Family Honor: Kagami seems to feel she has let her family down by losing to Adrien:
  Kagami: You won. In my family there's no such thing as second chances.
• Hidden Depths: Kagami's a big anime fan, and she learned her amazing ice-skating skills from watching an arc from Ranma ½.
• Honor Before Reason: Implied to be the reason why she insisted on challenging D'Argencourt's best student for a spot on the fencing team, even though it would've counted if she defeated any one of his students. She also initially refuses a rematch because her family doesn't believe in second chances.
• Hypocrite: Riposte berates Adrien for breaking her rules and running away from her relentless assault. Kagami herself flagrantly and repeatedly broke the rules during her match with Adrien.
• Imposed Handicap Training: She only has to defeat one student on D'Argencourt's team to be accepted into the latter's fencing school, but she deliberately challenges the best combatant (Adrien). The author notes, "Kagami I get you want to be the best but you don't have to make this even harder for yourself!"
• Insane Equals Violent: As Riposte, she slashes at Adrien with no concern about hitting Marinette. Both have to dodge her blow.
• Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Her actions in "Riposte" makes her come off as this. She deliberately uses various moves that are not allowed in fencing and seems to think being disconnected from the machines is a good idea on the grounds that it allows for more freedom when it really means giving up an impartial judge.
• Large Ham: While challenging Adrien, the dramatic flourishes come thick and fast.
• Leeroy Jenkins: In Kagami's match with Adrien, she asks to be disconnected from the scoring machines for "more freedom." As Marc points out, this is giving up an impartial judge. Kagami then shoves Adrien off the mat, which Marinette calls out as an illegal corps-a-corps violation. As they continue the bout up the stairs, D'Argencourt gets overexcited and lets it go. The author comments that this would never fly in an official tournament and that "you can't be the greatest fencer in the world if you DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES OF FENCING!!"
• Not So Above It All: In "Glaciator," she lies to her mother about a meeting with the fencing club so she can hang out with her friends. Apparently, she and Adrien have turned "being a delinquent child" into another competition with each other.
• Plot-Based Voice Cancellation: When Kagami is telling Marinette where she goes to school, we get a crossed-out "blah blah blah" instead. This would be an Un Reveal, except that nobody was expecting a reveal. The author says, "Look, that is a school uniform, I am not discussing it further." It is, however, established to be the same school that Ondine goes to, one with a sport focus.
• Principles Zealot: Riposte insists on Adrien following her rules ("You're not allowed to run away"), never mind that it would lead to Adrien being slaughtered in a one-sided "fight."
• Properly Paranoid: "Ikari Gozen" reveals she doesn't keep any contacts in her phone and erases all her messages, knowing that her mother regularly goes through them.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: When Adrien tells Kagami he cannot openly date Marinette because of "a big, tall, annoying, dumb obstacle with bad fashion sense and is so selfish," she thinks he's talking about Gabriel. Adrien actually meant Hawkmoth, who happens to be Gabriel.
• Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: As Riposte, she has her own twisted idea of what it means to be the "best fencer." One of her superhero opponents says, "I think we left fencing behind a long time ago." The author comments, "Kagami, baby, I feel like the victory of being the best is a lot more hollow when your climb to that position comes about by skewering the competition."
• Shipper on Deck: She encourages Adrien to ask Marinette out on a date.
• Sore Loser: Kagami seems driven to be the best and sets herself up for being akumatized by challenging the best student in the class.
• Symbol Swearing: Riposte has a speech bubble filled with a dark scribble when she gets her sword/arm stuck in the pavement.
• "Well Done, Daughter!" Girl: Kagami tries to call her mother after losing the match and is unhappy that she doesn't pick up, all of which happens right before she gets akumatized.

Juleka Couffaine

Juleka Couffaine/Purple Tigress

A shy goth girl in Marinette's class who has trouble with photographs and Chloé. During "Crocoduel," she's granted the power of the Tiger Miraculous.

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• Adaptational Badass:
  • Joins her brother, her band, Nino, and Alya in beaching the ship in "Captain Hardrock."
  • Along with the rest of Kitty Section, she helps restrain Silencer so Marigold can Venom him.
• Adaptational Intelligence: She and her brother figured out who their father is years ago.
• Annoying Younger Sibling: Downplayed, but she teases a blushing Luka about Marinette. She later snarks at his disappointment over not getting to also save Marinette when rescuing Juleka and the class and tosses a pillow in his face when he overstays his welcome at the Slumber Party to flirt with Marinette.
• Daddy's Girl: Seems to have this dynamic with Jagged, though due to a misunderstanding between her parents, she doesn't see him much and doesn't tell him that she knows he's her father until the end of "Crocoduel."
• Dramatically Missing the Point: After being akumatized into Reflekta, she begins zapping all her classmates to make them look like her. Rose attempts to reason with her, telling Reflekta she knows she's really Juleka and that the people she's attacking didn't do anything to her. Reflekta agrees with Rose... and decides to first focus on Chloé, the one who locked her in the bathroom and thus caused her akumatization.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Starting to shape up as the Responsible to Luka's Foolish... at least when it comes to the latter's crush on Marinette. Otherwise, Luka's generally on the ball.
• Internal Reveal: She and Luka figure out each other's secret identities soon after she debuts as Purple Tigress.
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The Dark Feminine to Rose's Light Feminine.
• Nightmare Fetishist: Downplayed, when she declares that Horrificator looks cool.
• Oblivious to Love: The "Intermission" shows Rose made many moves on her, up to kissing her with a Love Confession, and Juleka still thought it was only friendship.
• Secret-Keeper: By the end of "Crocoduel," she and Viperion have figured out each other's identities.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: In "Desperada," it's revealed that she and Luka figured out that Jagged Stone is their father but hasn't told him or Anarka. Penny knows, though, but also hasn't told them. She finally lets it out at the end of "Crocoduel."
• Shipper on Deck: Teases Luka about his crush on Marinette and has no problem with it... so long as he focuses on what he's supposed to be doing. She also tells Penny she has no problem with the manager getting in a relationship with Jagged Stone.
• Shrinking Violet: Dislikes being in the spotlight.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: At the end of "Reflekta," she gets her picture taken with Maotif and is in the retake of the class photo.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: Punches one of Zombizou's zombies when it goes after Rose.

Luka Couffaine

Luka Couffaine/Viperion

Juleka's cute, musically-talented brother. He becomes the hero Viperion during "Desperada" after being given the Snake Miraculous.

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• Adaptational Early Appearance
  • He appeared with his face off-screen in a bonus panel at the end of "Reflekta," showing an interest in Marinette, who helped get a proper photograph of his sister.
  • Luka shows up at the Jagged Stone rock concert at the end of "Pixelator," which in canon was a season 1 episode before the former's first appearance. He and Adrien stand on each side of Marinette and react jealously to each other in their Love Triangle over her.
  • He also appears in "Guitar Villain," another season 1 episode in canon. He is delivering a pizza for Chloé, who seems to be hoping for a Pizza Boy Special Delivery of some sort.
• Adaptational Badass: In "Captain Hardrock," when Scarlet Lady shows herself to be less than competent, Chat Noir has been chained up by the akuma, and even Marigold taunts, "Well, save us, hero," Luka rises to the occasion by grabbing Chat Noir's dropped baton and saying, "Guys, follow my lead," before leading the way as the group tries to beach the pirate ship, using Chat Noir's baton to push and control the steering.
• Adaptation Personality Change: In the show, he's relatively calm and collected; in the comic, he quickly shows that he can be just as awkward and nervous as Marinette.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Downplayed. He and Adrien are more overt rivals when it comes to Marinette. This dynamic seems to have gone away after Marinette tells Luka she'd rather the two of them just remain friends.
• Betty and Veronica: He is the Betty (same social class, more approachable) to Adrien's Veronica (rich, sought by many, has sinister family secrets) for Marinette as the Archie.
• Big Brother Instinct: He does NOT take Chloé bullying his younger sister very well.
• Big Damn Heroes: In "Syren," Luka and his mother Anarka use their houseboat to rescue the classmates from the roof of the movie theater (potentially saving their lives if the water had continued to rise). Luka is disappointed that Marinette isn't there, causing Juleka to react with a sarcastic "Gee, thanks for your concern."
• Blue with Shock: Luka has an anime-style darkened face reaction when he realizes he upset Marinette by mocking her, a more obvious reaction than in canon.
• Copycat Mockery: He is instantly aware that his repeating of "Ma-Ma-Marinette" as her name didn't go over well and just made her sad. He apologizes and offers to communicate through music instead.
• Cuteness Overload: Marinette suffers one of these when Luka first looks at her, thinking, "Gah! Cute boy looking at me!" It makes her wave her arms around and stumble over her words.
• Death Glare: Unleashes quite a few of these on Chloé.
• Flipping the Bird: He flips double birds at Chloé while Hawkmoth akumatizes him.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Is starting to shape up as the Foolish to Juleka's Responsible, at least when it comes to his crush on Marinette.
• Friendly Rival: Becomes a romantic rival to Adrien after he meets Marinette and develops a crush on her. The author has stated that they will still get along despite their mutual goal of winning her heart, and they no longer seem to be rivals after Luka accepts Marinette's wish for them to just stay friends.
• Hate at First Sight: His first reaction to Chloé is disgust. He's heard about her from Juleka.
• Hidden Depths: Turns out to be an excellent ice skater. It's even implied that he got there without ever having taken formal lessons.
• Inner Monologue: The author answered a question about why Luka seems more anxious. According to her, "It's a limitation of the media, tbh, if the panel was bigger I would've drawn two Lukas: outer and inner Luka. Outer Luka would be calm (canon) Luka while inner Luka is the one freaking out. Think Sakura from Naruto." The author continues to show inner and outer Luka in some comic panels, Lampshading it in the end notes by saying, "I hope you all appreciate the dichotomy of Luka." In the tag notes to the answer post, the author relates this outwardly cool, inwardly nervous version of Luka to Paulie Bleeker in Juno.
  Juno: 'Cause you're, like, the coolest person I've ever met, and you don't even have to try, you know.
  Paulie: I try really hard, actually.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Luka sees the attraction between Marinette and Adrien at the end of the concert and appears to give in with a wistful smile. But it's not quite that simple. In the next panel, Luka praises Marinette to Adrien, making it clear to him there's a Love Triangle in play. As the author says, "The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown." In the tag notes to a question, the author says, "Basically Luka asked Adrien if he knew Marinette to sus out their relationship. If they were dating Adrien would've said 'Yeah that's my girlfriend!' so Luka got the deets that she's not and now Luka's letting Adrien know 'Yeah I noticed you were into her and guess what so am I.'" He later accepts when she tells him she'd rather the two of them just stay friends and helps Adrien on the latter's date with Marinette.
• Luminescent Blush: Luka gets a huge blush when Juleka asks if he met Marinette. It's bigger than the one Marinette just got for him.
• Nice Guy: It wouldn't be Luka if he wasn't.
• Secret-Keeper: By the end of "Crocoduel," he and Purple Tigress have figured out each other's identities.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: It's revealed in "Desperada" that he and Juleka worked out that Jagged Stone is their father but haven't told him or Anarka about it. Juleka lets the cat out of the bag at the end of "Crocoduel."
• Spanner in the Works: In "Guitar Villain," Marinette tells him she'll try to find Marigold, hoping to use the opportunity to escape and transform. Luka, however, insists on searching for the Bee heroine with her and offers to give her a ride on his bike as well so they'll cover more ground. Thus, Marigold ends up arriving a bit late to the fight.
• Suspiciously Apropos Music: In "Silencer," the band is performing "I Love Unicorns," and it seems to serve as commentary on Luka's thoughts about Marinette:
  Rose: [singing] Dreaming about them in the night... I only want them to be mine, mine, mine!
• This Is Gonna Suck: While beaching Captain Hardrock's ship with his bandmates and their friends, Luka laments how sore they're all going to be afterwards.
• Vague Age: For whatever reason, he likes invoking this by giving non-straight answers about how much older he is than Juleka, much to Lila's chagrin. "Crocoduel" reveals they share a birthday, but he points out to Lila that this doesn't confirm they're twins: they may instead just be born on the same day years apart. Lila eventually deduces that they are twins, but he mentally notes that she still hasn't figured out his actual age.

Rose Lavillant

Rose Lavillant/Pigella

Classmate and friend of Juleka's... who looks like she's more than a friend. She becomes the heroine "Pigella" in "Sandboy" after being given the Pig Miraculous.

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• Absurd Phobia: "Sandboy" reveals that her worst fear in both her civilian and superhero identity is her stuffed animals coming to life and hating her. The only difference between the two is that while her plush toys flee from her in her civilian nightmare, they instead outright attack her (or at least, attempt to) in her superheroine self's nightmare.
• Adaptational Badass: In "Captain Hardrock," she helps to beach the pirate ship by using Chat Noir's baton to push and control the steering, risking the akuma's retaliation.
• Adaptational Early Appearance: Pigella debuts in the adaptation of the season 2 episode "Sandboy" instead of "Guiltrip" in canon season 4.
• Adaptational Intelligence: Instead of approaching Timebreaker out of concern (only to get her energy drained), she actually runs away from the akuma.
• Beware the Nice Ones:
  • Out of all her classmates, she's the most upset about Chloé abandoning them the moment Darkblade showed up and angrily calls her out on it later.
  • She's part of Kitty Section's Collective Death Glare when they learn that Bob Roth plagiarized them as well as the one in "Zombizou" that the class sends at Chloé.
  • Seeing the Chat Noir from Marinette's nightmares in "Sandboy" prompts her to kick him in the face and then beat him up, ordering him to never speak ill of Marinette.
  • Her Tranquil Fury in "Sandboy" upon learning how Hawkmoth took advantage of the boy having a nightmare to akumatize him prompts Marigold to think that Hawkmoth should hope Pigella isn't the one to find him.
  • Like the rest of the girls, she's infuriated in "Party Crasher" over the guys ditching work, trying to hide what they did using false excuses, and then throwing a party where they let in complete strangers, but not the girls in their group.
• Comically Missing the Point: When Marinette points out that they would be able to get a retake if the first photo disappeared, Rose asks why the photo would disappear—not realizing Marinette intends to erase it personally.
• Everyone Has Standards: She readily gets violent in "Sandboy" to protect Marinette from the latter's nightmare version of Chat Noir but is horrified by the prospect of having to fight an akumatized child.
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals: It's revealed in "Sandboy" that she has multiple stuffed animals; the nightmare that Sandboy inflicts on her (in both her civilian and hero identity) is them coming to life and hating her.
• Hidden Depths: "Sandboy" shows she does in fact have a violent side. She also seems to be stronger than she looks, given she was able to restrain Nightmare!Chat Noir as a civilian.
• Innocently Insensitive: Rose overhears Chloé talking to Tikki about Prince Ali:
  Rose: Were you talking about Prince Ali?
  Chloé: Not to you.
  Rose: Were you talking to your bag, then? Cuz you have no friends?
  Chloé: NO!
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Is the light to Juleka's dark.
• Love Confession: In this AU, Rose uses the rock concert for a public confession of her love for Juleka. She changes the lyrics of her song to: "I love unicorns! Almost as much as my girlfriend! That's right, Paris, France! I have a super hot gothic girlfriend!" Juleka seems to be almost dying of embarrassment.
• Mistaken for Gay: Inverted. Rose and Juleka joke about André the ice-cream man, who thinks they are just "gals who are pals."
• Nice Girl: So nice, in fact, that she's the only one La Befana turned into a fairy besides Marinette's mother.
• Polyamory: This seems to be her approach to loving both Juleka and Prince Ali, to which Juleka does not appear the least bit jealous about. As Princess Fragrance, she is more vocal about her intentions: when Marigold reminds her that she has a girlfriend, she responds, "I have two hands, busybody!" After the akuma is gone, Prince Ali is fine with the arrangement. He introduces his chaperone to "my girlfriend, Rose" and "her girlfriend, Juleka." The author's tag even explains, "#boom they're all dating no further questions."
• Secret-Keeper: Unlike her classmates, Rose is aware that Jagged Stone is Luka and Juleka's father.
• Wrestler in All of Us: Puts the Sandboy-created nightmare Chat Noir into a Boston crab to prevent him from going after Marinette

Ondine

Ondine

An athletic young woman who goes to the same school as Kagami. She is an avid swimmer.

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• Adaptational Early Appearance: Ondine doesn't appear before season 2 in canon. In the comic, she comes to cheer on Kim in his race with Alix in "Timebreaker" and also helps with Marinette's birthday party in "La Befana." Her akuma episode, "Syren," happens before Kim's akuma episode, "Dark Cupid."
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In this AU Ondine is a close friend of Kagami, enough to tell the latter about her romantic hopes with Kim. In canon, they are not even shown to be acquainted.
• Always Save the Girl: "Always save my Prince" in Syren's case. When Kim has left his bubble and appears to be in danger of drowning, she assumes the heroes will let him die and shouts, "How heartless!" She turns to save Kim, neglecting her defense against Chat Noir's hand-to-hand attacks, and gets a KO.
• Big "YES!": Kim takes the chance to invite Ondine to go see a movie with him. She responds with "YES!" and a glomp that nearly pulls him into the pool with her.
• Only One Name: As in canon, her surname has never been given.
• Poor Communication Kills: Has a bad streak of misinterpreting Kim's mentions of and interactions with Chloé as something else.

Lê Chiến Kim

Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey

Classmate of Marinette's. Loves swimming and sports. Ondine has a crush on him. In "Party Crasher," he's given the Monkey Miraculous, becoming the hero King Monkey.

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• Adaptational Badass: In "Syren," Marigold appeals to Kim's desire to help superheroes instead of just giving him a breathing device and taking him away as Ladybug did in canon. He actively participates by pretending to be in trouble underwater, giving Chat Noir an opening to strike Syren. The author comments in the end notes, "It's incredibly heroic... to pretend to be bait for your Not-A-Girlfriend-Turned-Akuma."
• Adaptational Romance Downgrade: He initially had a crush on Chloé in the show. It's completely absent in the comic, in which he hates her as much as the rest of the class does.
• Big "YES!": When Kim invites Ondine to the movies at the end of "Syren," she not only shouts "YES!" but also gives him a Glomp that nearly pulls him into the swimming pool with her.
• Chekhov's Gunman: Kim's interest in being a superhero, which seemed like a throw-away comment in the early scenes, becomes key to the good guys' victory.
• Comically Missing the Point:
  • Kim thinks that the bet he had with Alix just keeps him from making dares for the rest of the year, so he only has to hold it for a month. Max corrects him—it's meant to be for the rest of the school year, meaning until summer.
  • Ondine attempt to confess to him by giving him a note stating, "I'm super in love with a boy who doesn't suspect anything." Upon reading this, Kim laughs and says that guy sounds like a total moron, not realizing she meant him.
  • Kim doesn't understand that the "Meditation Minutes" Mme. Bustier gives the class aren't meant to be a free nap time.
  • Happens several times in "Frozer":
    • Kim doesn't realize that Ondine suggested the ice rink as a place Marinette and Adrien (and Kagami and Luka) could have some privacy, proceeding to invite himself and his girlfriend along before extending an invitation to all their other friends.
    • When Philippe asks Kim if he's interested in skating lessons, Kim asks if Philippe can turn the rink into a pool.
    • Kim also doesn't understand why Nino keeps wiping out, not realizing that he's intentionally pretending to be worse at skating than he actually is in order to get closer to Alya.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Kim does NOT seem too keen on letting Chat Noir (or Marigold) carry Ondine back to the pool instead of himself after she is deakumatized...
• Dramatically Missing the Point: Even after Ivan calls him out on letting the party in "Party Crasher" get completely out of hand, Kim just thinks that means the guys hadn't been having fun.
• Jumped at the Call: In "Party Crasher," when Chat Noir tells him that the heroes need his help, he is more than happy to accept being given a Miraculous.
• Love Confession: In this AU, Kim sets out to give a piece of jewelry to Ondine for Valentine's Day (not Chloé). It's hard to see how this can go wrong (though it still does at first).
• Not What It Looks Like: When Chloé encounters Kim with a present in hand, she immediately assumes it's for her because in her mind, the world revolves around her. When Ondine comes up, Kim says, "Ondine! It's not what it sounds like!" while Chloé adds, "Do you mind, hulk girl? I'm trying to turn down this loser, go away!" Ondine runs away crying, and Kim is akumatized.
• Oblivious Guilt Slinging: He tells Lila that the class forgives her and that her Celebrity Lies aren't a big deal. It's not like she tried to trick them into doing her homework or carrying her stuff. Lila nervously laughs, knowing she would have done just that had she not been outed as a liar.
• Oblivious to Love: Kim was oblivious to Ondine's love, and he remains confused until Marigold points it out to him near the end of "Syren." Kim says, "Right. Ondine is in love with me. Wow." In the end notes, the author comments, "Give him a break, each word had to hit individually."
• Spanner in the Works:
  • Kim ends up ruining the class's plans to go see a movie when he mentions Chloé to Ondine as he's rushing to leave the pool. Ondine is soon afterwards akumatized due to jumping to the false conclusion that Kim likes Chloé and subsequently floods the entire city as Syren.
  • He's on the receiving end of this, too. In "Dark Cupid," Kim's plan to ask Ondine to be his girlfriend would've gone off without a hitch if Chloé hadn't just happened to cross the bridge while Kim was waiting for Ondine there. Wrongly assuming that Kim's gift was for herself, Chloé unwittingly causes a misunderstanding when Ondine arrives moments later, which leads to Kim's akumatization.
  • He's also one in "Frozer": him deciding to invite all the couples in the class to go to the ice rink causes Chloé to learn about Marinette and Adrien's date and proceed to try and ruin all her classmates' dates.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Has this relationship with Xuppu.
  King Monkey: [talking about Xuppu] He's the worst and I love him.

Max Kanté

Max Kanté/Pegasus

Classmate of Marinette's. The class brain and a friend of Kim's. In "Robustus," he's granted the Horse Miraculous, becoming the superhero Pegasus.

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• Adaptational Early Appearance: Max becomes Pegasus in the adaptation of "Robustus" instead of in "Startrain," which will not be covered in the comic.
• Adaptational Jerkass: Zigzagged. Though he was also a Sore Loser in "The Gamer" in canon, it was ambiguous over whether he was just upset about not getting to go to the tournament or if he was specifically upset over losing to Marinette. The comic makes it very clear he only blames Marinette, even as other characters point out that he lost to two people, not just her, and his nasty and entitled behavior is emphasized more as well. However, after Gamer's defeat, he has a Jerkass Realization about his poor sportsmanship and apologizes to Marinette, which he didn't do in canon.
• Adaptational Sexuality: Max appears to be a romantic asexual. He is willing to help his friend Kim with Ondine, but he thinks about their relationship in rather cold terms. He says, "Ondine is a commendable character and Kim is happy. As long as they keep the PDA to a minimum, I am content." Note that Word of Gay from the actual show states Max is asexual, but this comic brings attention to it.
• Adaptational Sympathy: Inverted. The show treats his akumatization in "The Gamer" as a justified response to not getting to compete in the video game tournament that he practiced an entire year for and indicates Marinette is at fault for selfishly entering on a whim just to spend time with Adrien and not considering Max's feelings. Here, Max is instead portrayed as a Sore Loser who failed to qualify for the tournament fair and square, even after cheating, and solely blames Marinette for this despite losing to both her and Adrien out of anger over losing to a girl. Even the villains point this out to him, and he apologizes after having a Jerkass Realization.
• Double Standard: Implied. While no one uses the word misogyny, people note how his fixation on Marinette beating him when Adrien did the same thing raises implications.
• Dramatically Missing the Point: Gets akumatized over not being selected to represent his school in a video game tournament after getting beaten by Marinette, even though, as many remind him, he lost to two people, not just her. To his credit, he does have a Jerkass Realization about this after being deakumatized and apologizes to Marinette for it.
• I Was Beaten by a Girl: Much to Hawkmoth's snarky concern, he takes his loss against Marinette in the tournament more personally than his loss against Adrien.
• Only Sane Man: Max usually takes this role as long as he's around, "The Gamer" being the main exception.
• Phrase Catcher: People remind him throughout "The Gamer" that he lost to two people (as opposed to just Marinette).
• Spared by the Adaptation: In canon, the Gamer and Glaciator end up shooting at each other on Heroes Day, leaving the former (or at least his mech) turned into ice cream until it gets undone by either Scarlet Moth's cane being broken or the Miraculous cure. In the comic, Gamer shoots at Glaciator when the latter is about to attack his mother Claudie, thus avoiding being turned into ice cream and giving Claudie the chance to deakumatize him.
• Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Finally has a Jerkass Realization in "The Gamer" when Scarlet Lady praises him for only targeting and trying to kill Marinette despite how Adrien had defeated him as well. This forces Max to recognize his own sexism.
  Caption: Time to rethink your entire life because somewhere under all the insults, Scarlet Lady had a point.

Mylène Haprèle

Mylène Haprèle/Ultimutt

Classmate of Marinette's, and the class actress. Currently in a romantic relationship with Ivan Bruel. In "The Mime," she's granted the Dog Miraculous, becoming the heroine Ultimutt.

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• Adaptational Superpower Change: In canon, Mylène was granted the Mouse Miraculous, which had the power of Multiplication. Here, she's given the Dog Miraculous, which grants the power of Fetch, and her hero name is Ultimutt.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She's also furious when she learns in "Party Crasher" that the guys not only ditched work and lied to the girls about it, they even threw a party that complete strangers were allowed to attend, but not the girls in their group. Later, she's part of the Collective Death Glare the girls use to make the guys grovel.
• Cowardly Lion: Though she outright admits akumas scare her, she still steps up and volunteers to become a temporary hero when her father is turned into one.
• Daddy's Girl: She dearly loves her father, to the point that she's able to face her fear of akumas in order to help the heroes purify The Mime.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Ivan is head and shoulders taller than her.
• Nice Girl: She's incredibly sweet, and pretty much everyone likes her.

Nathaniel Kurtzberg

Nathaniel Kurtzberg/Caprikid

Classmate of Marinette's, and the class artist. Also harbors a crush on Marc. In "Reverser," he's granted the Goat Miraculous, becoming the hero Caprikid.

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• Adaptational Early Appearance: Caprikid debuts in the adaptation of "Reverser" rather than "Penalteam" like in canon.
• Adaptational Explanation:
  • When Marinette asks Evillustrator why she's only now hearing about his birthday party despite them being friends and classmates, he informs her that he doesn't tell most people about his birthday due to not wanting all the attention, which also explains why he and Marinette are the only guests.
  • In "Zombizou", it's explained that the reason why he suddenly disappeared when the class were trying to escape from the akuma was because he went to warn the art club, and Zombizou followed him there.
• A Birthday, Not a Break: Gets scolded in front of the whole class on his birthday by Mlle. Mendeleiev for drawing instead of paying attention to the lecture. Chloé then proceeds to mock his drawings and out his crush on Marinette to everyone, which leads to his akumatization.
• Birthday Party Goes Wrong: Evillustrator invites Marinette to his birthday party, hoping it'll be the perfect opportunity to romance her. When she betrays him, though, he attempts to drown her instead and then leaves to get revenge on Chloé, whom he had earlier promised not to hurt.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • Played for Laughs when Evillustrator leaves rather than put up with Chat Noir's bad puns.
  • Evillustrator had every intention of keeping his promise to not harm Chloé up until Marinette broke her end of the agreement by betraying him.
• Noble Demon: For all his faults, Evillustrator will not break a promise (at least not intentionally), as long as the other side upholds their end of the deal.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Despite being a Shrinking Violet, he angrily calls out Chloé for accusing both Marinette and Sabrina of theft in "Rogercop."
• I Gave My Word: Evillustrator is serious about keeping his promises, though he feels no obligation to honor any agreement that the other side already broke.
• Pragmatic Villainy: Evillustrator doesn't go after Chat Noir or Scarlet Lady's Miraculous due to being preoccupied with romancing Marinette and getting revenge on Chloé.
• Running Gag: Near the end of "Evillustrator," Nathaniel endures two Stealth Hi/Byes in quick succession from Sabrina and Alix, respectively. He even lampshades this.
  Nathaniel: [reacting to Alix yanking his scarf from the back] Ah! Why does this keep happening?!
• Shrinking Violet: Barely tells anyone about his birthday because he dislikes being the center of attention. Also, after being deakumatized, he's nervous about approaching Marinette, fearing he may have hurt her.

Ivan Bruel

Ivan Bruel/Minotaurox

Classmate of Marinette's. A seemingly big and scary guy that has a soft side. Currently in a romantic relationship with Mylène Haprèle. In "Party Crasher," he's granted the Ox Miraculous, becoming the hero Minotaurox

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• Adaptational Early Appearance: Minataurox debuts in the adaptation of "Party Crasher" rather than "Penalteam" like in canon.
• Gentle Giant: He is an absolute mountain of a young man and also very sweet and gentle, to the point that his girlfriend Mylène calls him Teddy Bear. "Party Crasher" deconstructs this when he admits that he tries not to come across as too aggressive due to how intimidating he looks, which prevents him from speaking up when the boys decide to ditch their plans with the girls to hang out at Adrien's home, as well as when the party starts to get out of hand. Both Fu and Stompp encourage him to find the right balance between being gentle and being tough.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: He's a head and shoulders taller than Mylène.
• Mundane Utility: Ponders this about the heroes' weapons, noting that if they can be used as phones, then what's to say they can't also play music.

Others

Gabriel Agreste

Gabriel Agreste/Hawkmoth

Paris's main supervillain and Adrien's Archnemesis Dad. He wishes to claim the power of the Miraculous, but is currently incapable of controlling his suddenly rebellious son. However, with Scarlet Lady around, he's not the only villain in Paris...

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• Abusive Parents: He has no problem with exposing his son to danger.
  • He decides to akumatize Nora into Anansi despite openly acknowledging that this would directly put Adrien in danger since he's among the people she has a grudge against. His justification is that the Cat ring and Ladybug earrings "would look so sick on [him]."
  • In "Despair Bear," he quickly gives Adrien permission to go to Chloé's party even though he knows it will be a "breeding ground for akumas."
  • "Gorizilla" has him order the titular akuma to grab Marigold, even when she's shown to be the only one that can catch Adrien on time. Not only that, he tells the akuma to let her go simply because he'd be losing Adrien's worth for his company.
  • He knows Wayhem has a grudge against Adrien in "Party Crasher" but decides to akumatize him anyway, just so he can get the electricity to his lair restored.
  • In canon "Style Queen," he was genuinely afraid for his son after the akuma transformed him into a statue. Here, he only regrets that Nathalie will hit him over it.
• Adaptational Achilles Heel: In "Puppeteer," Chat Noir deduces a weakness in Hawkmoth's (and thus Puppeteer's) power that was not made explicit in canon—he cannot create a power for an akuma that would mind-control or transform a hero in their civilian identity unless he knows that identity. Otherwise, he could have done this long ago and won instantly. Chat Noir thus makes Marigold detransform and sit out the fight so that Puppeteer won't be able to mind-control her using her doll.
• Adaptational Jerkass:
  • Gabriel changing his mind to allow Adrien to attend the concert on the Liberty seemed to be a genuine Pet the Dog moment in the show. Here, he only did it to hide the fact that he's forgotten how to play piano due to not having done so in ten years.
  • As stated in Abusive Parents, he has no qualms about putting Adrien in danger and is concerned for Adrien's physical well-being only insofar as it would affect him. This is in sharp contrast to canon, in which he was always genuinely concerned about Adrien's safety whenever his son was in danger.
• All for Nothing:
  • At the end of "Robostus," after discussing the wish-granting powers of the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous, Chat Noir and Marigold both conclude that "Hawkmoth can never win." One interpretation of this is the heroes have realized that Hawkmoth would never be able to truly win even if he did get to make his wish: the Equivalent Exchange nature of how it gets granted means the villain would essentially end up right back where he started.
  • He spends months working on how to bring Audrey Bourgeois to Paris so he could turn her into a powerful akuma... only for Marigold to pretty much solo Style Queen, Audrey's akumatized form, in short order.
• Archnemesis Dad: On both sides of both of their masks, Gabriel and Adrien are constantly butting heads, whether as father and son or villain and hero.
• Bait the Dog: A few times, he seems to show genuine concern for Adrien, only for it to be revealed he was acting for purely selfish reasons.
• Big Bad Ensemble: Slightly pushed to the sidelines with Chloé being more active as a Villain Protagonist. However, it's still him creating the akumas.
• Butt-Monkey: Winds up suffering indignities as Hawkmoth and Gabriel quite a bit.
• The Comically Serious: For a Big Bad who turns people into magically corrupted monsters, he winds up in humorous situations a lot.
• Didn't Think This Through: In the tags for Part 8 of "Gorizilla," the fic's author wonders why Hawkmoth isn't concerned that, if Adrien really is Chat Noir and has his identity exposed to the whole world, whoever gave him his Miraculous might get it back before Hawkmoth has a chance to take it for himself.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Several times, he's quite miffed and/or concerned about the Skewed Priorities of his akumatized victims.
  • Being a fashion mogul, he outright agrees with Aurore that Mireille's pajama ensemble is unprofessional.
  • He is just as concerned with Théo, who looks like a young adult, being attracted to the clearly teenage Scarlet Lady.
  • Hawkmoth finds Jalil's ramblings and obsession with proving his (gravely misinformed) theories regarding Egyptology grating, just like Jalil's family does, and he's quick to complain about having to deal with teenage hormones.
  • While he was already planning on "akumatizing the s**t out of someone" for Adrien's rebellious streak, even he is disgusted by the mayor's abuse of power in "Rogercop," disliking how the mayor fired Roger on the whims of a spoiled child.
  • Despite his supervillainy, Gabriel finds plagiarism distasteful, as shown by his unimpressed expression when he notices that Chloé and Marinette have entered the same hat into the design contest. When Marinette proves that it was Chloé who copied her, Gabriel and Nathalie waste no time disqualifying Chloé and banning her from all future contests, with "Ikari Gozen" showing that he fully intends on enforcing the ban. Adrien even attempts to exploit this in "Silencer" by informing his father of Bob Roth stealing from Kitty Section to try and help his friends.
  • He's not sexist, pointing out in "The Gamer" to a disgruntled Max that the teen was also beaten by Adrien, not just Marinette.
  • In "Simon Says," he comes to lose a great deal of respect in Scarlet Lady, whom he once thought as a Worthy Opponent, for her bossy attitude, Skewed Priorities, and sense of entitlement towards his son. While Gabriel briefly considers taking advantage of Scarlet Lady's interest in Adrien, when he brings up the subject with him, he readily accepts his son's rejection of the idea. It is also Played for Laughs in the fact that Gabriel is relieved that Adrien also doesn't like her at all.
  • He agrees with Lila that Scarlet Lady is a terrible hero and very quickly finds her akumatized form, Volpina, one of his favorites to date.
  • Whenever he akumatizes someone from outside of Paris, he at least takes the time to explain himself instead of just taking control of them.
  • Because Chloé is such an awful person, he usually allows anyone with a personal grudge against her some slack by letting them torment her first before prioritizing the Miraculous.
  • While he's still an asshole, he seems to treat Nooroo and Nathalie much better than Chloé treats Tikki and Sabrina. He actually shares meals with the two, lets Nathalie Dope Slap him without consequences for attacking her as the Collector, and doesn't blame them for things going wrong.
  • Even he's incredulous that Alya's dad is angry enough to be akumatized over a dumb teen making a factually incorrect remark about his panther.
  • During Puppeteer's akumatization, he's actually gentler since it's a little girl he's working with. For her sake, he goes along with her mentality and makes a small effort to comfort her when she inevitably gets overwhelmed (more like using a broom to brush a cat's back, but the thought is there). While he's not going to be winning any Father of the Year trophies, it's better than being the absent and controlling Archnemesis Dad he's been in both canon and this AU.
  • He finds Vincent Asa, the man whom he akumatizes into Pixelator, to be a creep due to the latter's Jagged Stone obsession. Hawkmoth even mentions how glad he is to have kept Adrien home for so long.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good:
  • He concludes in "Gorizilla" that Adrien can't be Chat Noir when his son doesn't transform even while falling to his death. It doesn't seem to occur to the villain that Adrien might have chosen not to transform because he trusted Marigold to save him or wanted to protect his secret identity even at the cost of his own safety.
  • A recurring problem he has is that he can't understand anyone's worth outside of an Akuma. This bites him hard during Heroes Day as Lila is too happy to be turned into Volpina, forcing him to improvise and he has no defenses for someone's loved one or friends breaking his hold on them outside of Dark Cupid, who similarly gets turned back to normal once Ondine is back to normal.
• Evil Is Petty:
  • It's implied that The Bubbler's garish getup was because Nino called him a geriatric.
  • In "Rogercop," after Gabriel fails to show up for Career Day, Adrien snarkily implies that he'll ruin his diet by helping himself to the free croissants. Gabriel's reaction?
    Hawkmoth: Oh, I'm akumatizing the s**t out of someone now.
  • He makes Horrificator a mute monster because Mylène sassed him.
• Fatal Flaw: He can only see people (apart from his wife and maybe Nathalie) in terms of what he can get out of them. His son Adrien is only useful for the sake of his company, all of Paris is either a target for his akumas or customers to sell things to, and anyone who is useless to his plans is ignored.
• Freudian Excuse: He implies during "Pixelator" that he keeps such a short leash on Adrien in part to keep him safe from obsessive stalkers like Vincent.
  Hawkmoth: And people wonder why I kept my son home for so long.
• Hypocritical Humor: In "Sapotis," he comments that children ought to be able to do whatever they want, whenever they want. Cue Adrien (who has lived under Gabriel's Control Freak parenting for years) violently sneezing.
• I Reject Your Reality: He genuinely believes that Scarlet Lady is the biggest threat of the active heroes he's been fighting against, dismissing any of the considerable evidence to the contrary. Nathalie notes that he does this because if he acknowledged that Scarlet Lady was an idiot, then he would be someone losing to said idiot.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: The few instances where it might look like he cares for his son are quickly shown to be pure theater.
  • Despite ordering Adrien in "Captain Hardrock" to stay at home and practice piano, he later decides to allow Adrien to attend the concert on the Liberty after all. However, it's only to avoid revealing that he hasn't touched a piano in ten years after Adrien suggests the two of them play something together.
  • At the beginning of "Queen Wasp," he hugs Adrien while crying, with everyone thinking he was afraid for his son... but it's actually because all the work he put in creating Style Queen was wasted.
• Kick the Dog: Whenever he has to force an akumatization himself (Nino and Simon), he WILL weaponize his sharp tongue and Jerkass personality.
• Laser-Guided Karma: If he has any misfortune hit him in his civilian life, it's usually because of Adrien getting back at him for his Control Freak parenting.
• No Badass to His Valet: He may be a supervillain, but that certainly doesn't matter to his assistant Nathalie, who regularly sasses him and Dope Slaps him whenever his plans put her or Adrien in harm's way.
• Not So Above It All:
  • "Evillustrator" shows that he actually gets a kick out of akumas caused by Chloé, seeing them as fun.
  • He fires a Precision F-Strike when Marigold makes her first appearance.
  • He even makes a pouty face once he sees that the heroes have a power up that allows them to breathe underwater.
  • In "Anansi," he decides to send the akuma even though it would put Adrien in danger because the earrings and the ring "would look sick on [him]."
• Pragmatic Villainy:
  • He eventually starts ordering his akumas to not target Marinette during their attacks. He couldn't care less about the girl, but he's been Taught by Experience that attacking her leads to things going wrong because it's Chat Noir's Berserk Button.
  • Gabriel reasons that giving his son more freedom has its benefits; the alternative is keeping Adrien inside the house, where he'll be more likely to discover Gabriel and Nathalie's plans.
• Properly Paranoid: It's a Loony Fan like Vincent (for Jagged Stone) and a Stalker with a Crush like Scarlet Lady that actually make Gabriel seem REASONABLE for trying to keep Adrien away from the public. Granted, he's still an asshole, but since creeps like the duo exist in real life, Gabriel is just being an overzealous Papa Wolf.
• Surrounded by Idiots: Not outright said, but you can hear the exasperation in his voice when his akumas do something especially dumb. He's so used to being this trope that he's genuinely thrown off guard that a literal small child has a better grasp of what she's supposed to do as an akuma than the ADULTS he akumatizes.
• Taught by Experience: He starts ordering his akumas not to attack Marinette because in his own words, every time they do, "It never goes well."
• Worthy Opponent: Initially treats Scarlet Lady as some kind of master tactician, but ends up finding her underwhelming when they meet in-person. He now mainly treats Chat Noir like this towards the back half of season 2. He still insists that Scarlet Lady is his true foe, though, because admitting otherwise means he's losing to an idiot.
• You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: He responds with a "...Really?!" after Animan says that he'll get revenge on some kids for daring to insult his panther.

Nathalie Sancoeur

Nathalie Sancoeur

The long-suffering assistant of Gabriel Agreste/Hawkmoth.

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• Actually Pretty Funny: Struggles to hold in her laughter when Simon Says hypnotizes Gabriel into believing he's a butterfly.
• Adaptation Personality Change: There's nary a Subordinate Excuse to be seen, and she's far more prone to sassing Gabe than she is in canon.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Nathalie is here a Hypercompetent Sidekick and Servile Snarker to Gabriel, with her Subordinate Excuse from canon completely absent.
• Badass Normal: Manages to intimidate Scarlet Lady and take down a number of brainwashed civilians singlehandedly in "Simon Says."
• Composite Character: Because Lila received a heavy dose of Adaptational Heroism and is in too good a mood to be akumatized, Nathalie (as the akuma Jackal) takes over Volpina's role in the Heroes' Day plan.
• Deadpan Snarker: Probably one of the snarkiest characters in the cast. Given who her employer is, it's understandable.
• Dope Slap:
  • Gives one to Gabriel after The Collector is defeated for him attacking her while akumatized.
  • Discussed in "Style Queen": Hawkmoth declares that Nathalie will definitely hit him later for indirectly causing Adrien to get turned into a statue by the titular akuma.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • Like Gabriel, she's unimpressed by Chloé's attempt to copy Marinette in the design contest and even more so when Chloé tries to scapegoat Sabrina for it. She and Gabriel together both promptly disqualify Chloé and ban her from future contests.
  • She immediately scolds Hawkmoth for swearing while psychically linked to Vanisher, who is only a teenager.
  • Even she's exasperated by her boss's dramatics.
• Evil Counterpart: To Adrien/Chat Noir; both are the more competent partners of an egotistical bug-themed Miraculous wielder, though on opposite sides of the law.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: Far more level-headed than Gabriel.
• Letting Her Hair Down: Ditches her typical bun and wears her hair down in "Style Queen," which Marinette notices and describes as a transformation.
• Mama Bear: "Style Queen" suggests that she's this to Adrien: when the latter gets turned into a statue, Hawkmoth grumbles that she'll definitely hit him for that later.
• Second Super-Identity: In "Catalyst," before being turned into the titular akuma, she is first akumatized into Jackal, who, much like Volpina, has a fox-like theme and the power of illusions. Hawkmoth originally intended to re-akumatize Lila and have her create an illusion that would destroy the city's hope, but she was in such a good mood over Scarlet Lady's recent downfall that he had to get Nathalie to do it instead.
• Servile Snarker: She rarely passes up a chance to sass Gabriel over his plans but goes along with them anyways.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: Marinette is left awestruck upon seeing Nathalie with her hair down.

Master Fu

Fu

The Guardian of the Miraculous Box... by default since he's the only one. Made a serious goof-up in the placement of the Ladybug Miraculous and is now desperately trying to retrieve the earrings and give them to a heroine who would actually do her job.

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• Adaptational Skill: Fu can summon Miraculouses through his Miraculous tool the same way Marinette can in season 4 and beyond, a skill he never showed in canon (though it was partly due to never being in a situation that would demand it).
• Big Good: Like in canon, he is supposed to be this. However, due to Chloé stealing the Ladybug Miraculous, he's stretched thin by his many responsibilities and has a somewhat more strained relationship with Adrien compared his relationship with Marinettte in canon.
• The Chooser of the One: This is his job description, but unfortunately, Chloé interfered with his choice for the Ladybug hero.
• Heroic RRoD: An expansion on his bad back in canon is that transforming at Fu's age puts a huge strain on his body, so he only ventures out as Jade Turtle as a last resort.
• Hypocritical Humor:
  • When he catches Chloé spying on Marinette and Adrien, he tells her to step off his "spying tree."
  • Master Fu tells Adrien the Horse Miraculous is "very important" and must be "treated with the utmost care"... right before admitting he uses it to get his hometown's specialty tea anytime he wants.
• Mundane Utility: He regularly uses the Horse Miraculous so he can get his hometown specialty tea on a regular basis despite being on the other side of Eurasia from it.
• Never My Fault: His initial reaction to Scarlet Lady is "This isn't my fault, Wayzz!" He does later cop to his mistake when Adrien confronts him.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He kicks off the series by bungling his attempt to give Marinette a Miraculous, which gets stolen by Chloé.
• No Sympathy: Does not care that Scarlet Lady's upset about him hiding his existence from her.
• Reasonable Authority Figure:
  • He's willing to work with Adrien and generally tries to give the Miraculous to people who will use them well. He's also willing to give Marinette a second chance after her unknowingly losing the earrings to Chloé gave Paris Scarlet Lady, having heard and somewhat witnessed Marinette's constant bravery and quick wit despite not having a Miraculous.
  • In "Syren," he berates Chat Noir for bringing Marigold to him without permission. However, Chat's only punishment is having to clean and reorganize Fu's pantry, and he's still willing to train both heroes.
  • At the end of "Queen Wasp," after Marinette gets the Ladybug earrings back from Chloé, Master Fu initially insists that she give back the Bee comb and wield only the Ladybug Miraculous, telling her that using two Miraculous simultaneously is draining and that she shouldn't get greedy. However, after Marinette makes it clear she doesn't care about power and simply refuses to be separated from Pollen after everything the two of them have been through together, he agrees to a compromise: Marinette will use the Ladybug earrings from now on but can still hang on to the Bee comb and lend it out as she sees fit, similar to how Fu lends out Wayzz.
• Shipper on Deck: He openly ships Marinette with Chat Noir, agrees to let Adrien return the Grimoire to his father so he can attend Marinette's birthday party, and comforts Marinette after Chat Noir makes her promise to stop involving herself in akuma fights.
• Taught by Experience: When he decides to give another Miraculous to Marinette, he's absolutely not going to make the same mistake of putting it in her purse again. Wayzz even asks him and gets an emphatic "NO!" In "Vanisher," he checks that Marinette is working in the bakery and slips the Miraculous box into her room.

Nora Césaire

Nora "Anansi" Césaire

Alya's kickboxing older sister.

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• Big Sister Instinct: She's overprotective of Alya, forbidding her to go out to the park because of akumas, even though their parents gave Alya permission to go.
• Cain and Abel: After being corrupted into Anansi, she's stopped by her sister Alya as the superhero Koki Marina.
• Do Not Call Me "Paul": She insists that Alya call her by her fighter name, "Anansi," in front of other people.
• Double Standard: Claims that it's too dangerous for Alya to go out and that her friends are too weak to protect her... while claiming it's alright for them to go.
• Fatal Flaw: Her pride in her strength. This leads to her defeat as Anansi when Marigold and Koki Marina trick her into hitting the Arc de Triomphe in such a way that it falls on her head.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: When she issues her challenge to Alya and her friends, they take advantage of the wording of the challenge to take on her together and win.
• Irony: Gets akumatized for trying and failing to keep her sister Alya indoors to protect her from akumas.
• The Nicknamer: She calls Nino, Marinette, and Adrien by "Cappy," "Baguette," and "Billboard Boy," respectively. (The last is new to this AU since in canon, Adrien was only present by video call and was nicknamed "Cellphone Boy" instead.)
• Self-Applied Nickname: She calls herself "Anansi" despite not being tricky but instead "like a tank" in the ring. Alya and her friends snark about this.
• Sore Loser: Doesn't take being defeated in a pulse by Adrien, Alya, Marinette, and Nino teaming up well.

Chris Lahiffe

Chris Lahiffe

Nino's little brother.

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• Adaptational Early Appearance: In canon, he doesn't show up until "Chris Master," a season 3 episode. Here, he appears in "Sapotis," being babysat along with the Césaire twins. This is primarily to facilitate Nino's ascension to superheroism several episodes early.
• Dramatic Irony: Quickly becomes a huge Fox Trot fan while reassuring his older brother Nino that the latter is still the coolest. Unbeknownst to him, Nino is Fox Trot.
• Smug Snake: He seems pleased at being allowed to stay up an hour later than Ella and Etta.
• The Stool Pigeon: The Sapotis accuse him of being this for unwittingly pointing out (rather obvious) signs of Ella and Etta's mischief, such as how all the juice is gone and that the TV is acting strange, and he's kidnapped by them in revenge. Chris didn't mean to get them in trouble, though, and even cries about them not being allowed to go to the amusement park while blaming himself for it.
• Thicker Than Water: Chris is very much a fan of Fox Trot, to the point where he would rather help Alya write him up on her blog than go to the amusement park, but he says to his brother Nino, "It's okay Nino, you're still the coolest."

Anarka Couffaine

Anarka Couffaine

Juleka and Luka's carefree mother.

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• Adaptational Heroism: She leads the rescue of Marinette's classmates from a flood in "Syren."
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Because her rock concert is halted before it can begin by a false accusation from Chloé, it's left undetermined if her music would have been as loud and harmful as in canon, or if she would've been as unconcerned about the damage as she was in the show.
• Adaptational Sympathy: Unlike in canon, the noise complaint against her comes before she's even played a single note, with Roger even refusing to listen when she tries to explain herself. Moreover, said complaint was filed by Chloé, who did it out of revenge simply for getting kicked off the Liberty (which she wasn't even invited on in the first place).
• Anime Hair: As Captain Hardrock, she has bright red hair that sticks straight up like she was a Saiyan.
• Big Damn Heroes: Shows up with Luka and the Liberty to rescue the class from the flood in "Syren."
• The Captain: Styles herself captain of her houseboat, the Liberty.
• Excessive Evil Eyeshadow: Part of her Captain Hardrock costume.
• Hate at First Sight: Upon meeting Chloé, she agrees that everything goes on the Liberty except her.
• Mama Bear: When Desperada arrives on her ship, she wastes no time telling her to leave the kids alone.
• Only Sane by Comparison: She isn't big on rules or authority figures, even refusing to participate in Career Day due to Roger, a cop, also being there. However, next to Jagged, she's still deemed the responsible parent by Juleka.
• Open-Minded Parent: She's a very anti-authoritarian individual and applies her beliefs in personal freedom to her kids.
• A Pirate 400 Years Too Late: Her akuma persona, Captain Hardrock, is a musical pirate determined to attack other concerts and force them to play her own music instead.
• Poor Communication Kills: Had she and Jagged sat down and properly talked about their breakup, they likely would've realized it was a huge misunderstanding that Bob Roth orchestrated and resolved their feud much earlier.
• Shipper on Deck: When she's Captain Hardrock, she has her ship capture the kids... as specific couples (Luka and Marinette, Nino and Alya, Juleka and Rose, and Ivan and Mylène). Make of that what you will.

Caline Bustier

Mme. Bustier

The homeroom teacher of Marinette, Adrien, and Chloé, as well as one of Chloé's biggest enablers.

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• Abilene Paradox: Is at the center of one. While she initially appears to be a universally beloved Cool Teacher like she is in canon, most of the class actually resents her for being an ineffective authority figure and enabling Chloé's bullying; however, since none of them wanted to be the first to criticize the "nice" teacher, they kept quiet about their grievances, only voicing them after learning Marinette finally stood up to Bustier.
• Accomplice by Inaction: Marinette accuses her of being this in "Zombizou" due to her teacher's refusal to do anything about Chloé. The end of the episode reveals that most of the class arrived at the same conclusion a while ago.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In canon, her students all genuinely consider her to be a Cool Teacher and all love her. Here, there's a lot of resentment towards her for her enabling Chloé, though nobody feels comfortable expressing it because of her reputation as the "nice" teacher, at least until Marinette finally calls Bustier out on it.
• Adaptational Intelligence: Zigzagged. Canonically, Mme. Bustier was oblivious to the fact that Chloé had been making Sabrina do all her schoolwork since grade school despite apparently having had the two as her students the entire time and Chloé having even openly bragged about her plagiarism. When she did find out, though, she at least had enough sense to tell Sabrina to never do it again. Here, Mme. Bustier is aware of Chloé's plagiarism and has known for years but still chose not to do anything. In fact, Word of God hints that Mme. Bustier outright encouraged Sabrina to do Chloé's homework for her, insisting that it'll help Chloé learn the material.
  #'if sabrina shows chloe how to do it then she'll know exactly what to do!' #'the perfect little educational role model!' ~bustier probably
• Adaptational Jerkass: Downplayed. Here, Mme. Bustier's presented as having latent Control Freak tendencies, which she often vents out by getting her students (other than Chloé) to behave how she wants them to via Passive-Aggressive Kombat. In addition, she gets akumatized because she couldn't handle Marinette calling her out on her ineffective teaching methods rather than for trying to protect Marinette from akumatization.
• Adaptational Sympathy: Inverted. Mme. Bustier is portrayed as a Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher and Chloé's biggest enabler instead of the passionate and universally beloved Cool Teacher she is in canon. In "Zombizou," Marinette gives her a scathing "The Reason You Suck" Speech when the latter tries to convince her to forgive Chloé for ruining her gift, and Marigold later tells Mme. Bustier how misguided the latter's belief that negative emotions must be avoided is. Afterwards, most of the class is revealed to consider Mme. Bustier a prime example of how Adults Are Useless, and it's revealed that she knew about Sabrina being Chloé's Homework Slave for years and didn't do anything about it.
• Adaptational Villainy: Downplayed, but she doesn't attempt to protect Marinette from being akumatized here.
• Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed, but she somehow has even less of a backbone when it comes to disciplining Chloé than she does canonically. In the show, though she refused to properly punish Chloé when she finally learns about Sabrina being Chloé's Homework Slave, Bustier still told Sabrina to never do Chloé's homework for her again and Chloé that she will have to make up all the assignments she never actually did. The webcomic, however, reveals that Bustier found out years ago that Sabrina was doing all of Chloé's schoolwork but refused to intervene at all.
• Adults Are Useless:
  • Does absolutely nothing about Chloé's bullying other than telling her victims that they "need to set a good example and learn to love."
  • In "Rogercop," aside from asking Mayor Bourgeois and Tom to stop arguing in front of children and later remarking how wrong it is for the mayor to try to confiscate Nino's phone, she doesn't really do anything to fix the situation. One panel even shows her just standing there, trying to ignore everything happening around her (not that the other adults present were much better).
  • When Chloé vandalizes Marinette's gift for Mme. Bustier, Caline declares that she'll treasure it as though both of them worked on it equally and pressures Marinette to forgive the unrepentant Chloé. Marinette gives her teacher a scathing What the Hell, Hero? in response.
  • Juleka notes that Mme. Bustier didn't do anything to prevent the class's picture from being taken despite knowing that Juleka was in the bathroom at the time.
  • It's revealed that Mme. Bustier found out years ago that Sabrina has been doing all of Chloé's work for her yet refused to step in.
  • After finding out Chloé is still refusing to go to school after she'd been stripped of her position as Scarlet Lady, Mme. Bustier advises Zoé to throw her a party with her former victims to help support her, disregarding the fact that they would probably be the last people who want to help her. Thankfully, Zoe refuses, pointing out all it will do is further the already bad blood between them.
• Birthday Party Goes Wrong: The class celebration of Mme. Bustier's birthday goes off the rails when Chloé sabotages Marinette's gift, leading to Caline getting called out on her Double Standards, becoming an akuma, and losing her reputation or being the "nice" teacher.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Downplayed. Some of the tactics she uses to control her class (other than Chloé) fall under Passive-Aggressive Kombat, and it's shown that Mme. Bustier's akumatization into Zombizou simply amplified existing Control Freak tendencies of hers that she hid under her "nice" persona. When Marinette finally calls her out on her damaging and ineffective policies, Bustier doesn't handle it well at all, raising her voice, snapping at her student, and getting so upset over it that she becomes an akuma with the goal of making everyone "feel the love" whether they want to or not, particularly Marinette, the one who called her out in the first place. Ivan later also notes that Mme. Bustier is more than happy to send anyone who "messes up a little" to the principal's office so that he can handle disciplinary problems in her place.
• Blaming the Victim: Repeatedly engages in this. Whenever Chloé causes trouble, it's her victims that Caline expects to try and "make amends." Moreover, despite knowing for years that Chloé was making Sabrina do all her schoolwork for her, Bustier complains to Scarlet Lady that Sabrina "isn't being very nice right now" for daring to assert herself.
• Can't Take Criticism: Marinette calling her out on her refusal to do anything about Chloé leads to Caline getting akumatized.
• Control Freak: For all that she pretends to be a Reasonable Authority Figure, Caline can't handle being called out on how damaging and unhelpful her policies are, raising her voice and snapping at Marinette when the latter finally does so. Getting akumatized amplifies this trait, with Zombizou constantly gloating about how her "sweet hearts" are completely under her control and targeting Marinette specifically because she wants to force her to submit and conform.
• Didn't See That Coming: She's so used to her students going along with her favoritism towards Chloé that she's shocked when Marinette angrily refuses to forgive the class bully in "Zombizou" after Chloé ruins Marinette's gift for Bustier. She's likewise caught off guard in "Catalyst" when Zoé turns down her suggestion of having the class throw Chloé a party to show their appreciation of her "heroics" as Scarlet Lady.
• Dramatically Missing the Point:
  • She gives a lecture about how spells are broken in fairytales through True Love's Kiss, even though most examples involve at best Questionable Consent. When Max points this out to her, she opts to Change the Uncomfortable Subject instead.
  • While she's correct that nobody can be forced to improve, Caline fails to comprehend that there still need to be consequences for bad behavior. Her refusal to punish Chloé or other bullies at all not only enables them, it outright encourages them—there's no reason not to misbehave when they know their teacher won't lift a finger against them and will just lecture their victims instead about how they need to "set a good example" and "be more forgiving." She also fails to comprehend that setting a good example won't work when Chloé doesn't respect or care about anyone other than herself.
  • After she's freed from Hawkmoth's control, she blames herself for giving into her negative emotions. Marigold and Chat Noir point out that by that logic, the majority of her students are also "evil," reassuring her that there's nothing wrong with being frustrated or having a Moment of Weakness. Caline completely ignores the lesson and continues to refuse to acknowledge that her other students' dislike of Chloé is justified.
  • Caline also tells Scarlet Lady that Chloé's "friends" (namely Adrien and Sabrina) aren't being very nice to her right now, showing that she still doesn't understand that Chloé is the one driving everyone away through her toxicity and selfishness and that coddling her doesn't help anybody.
  • On Heroes' Day, she wants her students to forgive Chloé and throw a party for her to thank her for the work she did back when she was Scarlet Lady and get her to come back to class. Zoé points out that Chloé is a proud and unrepentant bully and that it's not fair to force the burden of redeeming her on her victims.
• Dramatic Irony: At the end of "Zombizou," she thanks Scarlet Lady for being there for Chloé and ensuring that the latter isn't completely alone. Of course, Chloé truly is alone because she is Scarlet Lady.
• Everyone Has Standards: Mme. Bustier generally turns a blind eye to most of the bad behavior that occurs in front of her (usually Chloé's), but she does occasionally speak up:
  • Even she declares that Mayor Bourgeois trying to illegally confiscate Nino's phone is unsightly behavior.
  • She disappointingly asks Chloé if she had tried to bribe her classmates for their votes after Chloé makes an Accidental Public Confession.
  • She is willing to put her foot down and scold her class for trying to purposely exclude one of their classmates. Unfortunately, the only time she's done this was to force them to invite Chloé to Marinette's birthday party, which wasn't even being held at school.
• Hippie Teacher: Has shades of this; she practices meditation with her students and preaches the importance of love and tolerance on a daily basis.
• I Reject Your Reality: Her views about Chloé after the latter publicly outs herself and loses the Ladybug Miraculous border on this: in spite of all the evidence that Scarlet Lady was only a Nominal Heroine who never cared about Paris or its people, Bustier believes that her class should throw Chloé a party to show their appreciation of what Chloé did for them as a superheroine. Likewise, the teacher tries to deny that Chloé bullied her entire class, even going so far as to refer to the victims as Chloé's "friends."
• Ignored Aesop: After she is cleansed, Marigold and Chat Noir explain to her that having negative emotions is perfectly normal and doesn't make someone a bad person. Yet almost immediately afterwards, Caline approaches Scarlet Lady and thanks her for being there for Chloé, whose friends Adrien and Sabrina "aren't being very nice right now" (as in, they've broken off their friendships with Chloé due to having grown tired of her taking them for granted), showing she hasn't internalized the lesson and realized that Chloé is the one who's driving people away with her selfish behavior and that the rest of her students are completely justified in their dislike of their bully.
• It's All My Fault: Blames herself for falling under Hawkmoth's sway. Marigold reassures her that it's not a failure on her part and that the only one to blame is Hawkmoth.
• Love Freak: While Zombizou is an obvious example, Caline herself also shows signs of this, giving a lecture on Valentine's Day about the Power of Love while ignoring the Questionable Consent that comes with most instances of True Love's Kiss. Alya also remarks how juvenile her "everyone should love each other" philosophy sounds.
• Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher: Deconstructed. She's been teaching some of the kids in her care since they were six, and a lot of the philosophies she teaches are more suited for children that age than teenagers. Unfortunately, these philosophies also mean she keeps enabling Chloé by not punishing her for her bullying, fueling the girl's sense of entitlement. Meanwhile, the rest of her class has long wised up to the fact that Bustier isn't a great authority figure, but her reputation as a nice teacher means they're worried they'll be seen as the bad guys if they complain about it.
• Parental Substitute: Downplayed, but thanks to Audrey's absence and Parental Neglect, as well as how she's been teaching her class for years, Caline is the closest thing Chloé has had to a mother figure in her life. She also coddles and enables Chloé in much the same way André does, prioritizing Chloé's "precious feelings" over those of everyone else.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: After getting deakumatized, Caline blames herself for what happened. Unfortunately, she only holds herself at fault for succumbing to her negative emotions rather than for creating an unhealthy environment for her students with her misguided philosophies and being unable to accept criticism for it and change.
• Spanner in the Works: Unknowingly foils Hawkmoth's plan to akumatize Marinette in "Zombizou" with her misguided belief that model students like Marinette should Turn the Other Cheek and forgive bullies like Chloé to set a good example for them. This response angers Marinette so much that she goes on a tirade against Bustier for Blaming the Victim and being Chloé's Accomplice by Inaction, allowing the teen enough In-Universe Catharsis to escape akumatization. Unfortunately for her, though, this ends up leaving her teacher open to akumatization instead.
• Stupid Good: Ultimately, Caline cares more about being a "nice teacher" than being an effective one and deals with conflict by pressuring her better-behaved students to "keep leading by example" and Turn the Other Cheek.
• Turn the Other Cheek: Like in canon, Caline believes that her more well-behaved students should do this in response to bullies so as to "lead by example." Marinette, though, brutally deconstructs this after hitting her Rage Breaking Point with her teacher, retorting that this completely invalidates the victims' feelings and that such methods won't work for people like Chloé who don't care about or respect anyone other than themselves. Instead, it just tells them that they'll never face consequences for their selfish actions and will even get rewarded for it.
• Unintentional Backup Plan: Hawkmoth initially planned on akumatizing Marinette in "Zombizou" after the latter had her present for Mme. Bustier ruined by Chloé, but Bustier refusing to punish Chloé and instead telling Marinette to forgive her bully causes Marinette to hit her Rage Breaking Point and deliver a scathing "The Reason You Suck" Speech at her teacher, achieving enough In-Universe Catharsis in the process to avoid the akuma. However, Caline reacting poorly to getting called out for being an ineffective teacher just ends up making her a perfect candidate for akumatization.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: Despite all the evidence that Chloé's an Ungrateful Bitch who only cares about herself, Caline seems to genuinely believe that Chloé is Not Evil, Just Misunderstood and that treating her with kindness will lead to her being a better person. Any attempts to convince her otherwise falls on deaf ears.

Zoé Lee

Zoé Lee

Half-sister of Chloé and the other daughter of Audrey Bourgeois.

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• 11th-Hour Ranger: She doesn't join the main cast until "Malediktator," the episode that kicks off the endgame story arc. Taken even further in "Catalyst", where she becomes Marigold's successor as the new Bee hero.
• Adaptational Early Appearance: She appears at the end of "Frightningale" with her face half hidden. She is then introduced properly in "Malediktator", and becomes Vesperia in "Catalyst".
• Adaptation Expansion: She has her character expanded and fleshed out from the original series, with focus being put on her Naïve Newcomer status and her attempts to reach out to her mother and half-sister.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Subverted. Initially, she seems to have a closer relationship with her mother than in canon. Along with traveling with Audrey to Paris, she appears to fit in well with her mother's personality, talking about firing her bag packer and saying, "I wouldn't dream of bringing shame to the name of Audrey Bourgeois." Her reaction to being called "another Chloé" however, suggests it's just an act, similar to her first appearance in canon, with the writer also clarifying that her talk about her bag packer was a lie to please her mother.
• Awful Truth: Tries to call the school out for celebrating her half-sister's apparent departure, only to learn just how terrible of a person Chloé is.
• Broken Pedestal: Downplayed. She never approved of Audrey's Jerkass behavior to begin with, but by the end of "Queen Wasp," she finally works up the courage to call her mother out on it and declares she's through with copying her mother to try and gain Audrey's approval and attention.
• Calling the Old Woman Out: She gets a chance to do this to her mother at the end of "Queen Wasp," and, lord, what a magnificent calling out it is!
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Zoé's an expert in dealing with her mother's absurdities and soon learns how to use that knowledge to deal with Chloé.
• Foil: She's one to Bustier, particularly in regard to how they deal with Chloé:
  • Bustier has known Chloé for years whereas Zoé has only known her for a couple of weeks.
  • Bustier supports Chloé to the point of enabling her worst actions while Zoé tries to help her sister choose healthier ways to deal with others.
  • Bustier is all about telling her students to Turn the Other Cheek no matter what Chloé does. Zoé, on the other hand, states she knows she can't force the others to forgive Chloé as long as the latter remains unrepentant about her actions.
• Guile Heroine: How she deals with her Jerkass mother and half-sister:
  • She lies about firing her bag packer (which she doesn't actually have) to please her mother when the latter was having a tantrum.
  • After Malediktator is defeated, she gushes about how cool Scarlet Lady was to butter up her sister Chloé, leading to Chloé forgiving her for not knowing who the Ladybug heroine is.
  • She uses her mother's ego to goad her into accepting a gift from Chloé by falsely claiming Audrey doesn't like new things.
  • When Style Queen threatens to turn her into a glitter statue, she quickly suggests that the akuma keep her as an assistant, allowing Zoé to help the heroes stop Style Queen.
  • She willingly lets herself get stung by Queen Wasp's wasps, but not until after making sure she no longer had the Ladybug Miraculous on her person; that way, she could both distract her sister and help deliver the earrings to the heroes.
• Heroic Sacrifice: She eventually lets herself get stung in "Queen Wasp" to both distract the villain from trying to attack Marigold and Chat Noir.
• Hesitation Equals Dishonesty: She visibly stumbles over her words when joining Chloé in insulting Alix, indicating that she doesn't really feel that way.
• It's All My Fault: The reason why she doesn't use the Ladybug Miraculous herself after coming into possession of it is because she feels responsible for Chloé's akumatization into Queen Wasp, and therefore doesn't consider herself worthy of being a hero.
• Locked Out of the Loop: She has no idea who Marigold is, quickly earning something akin to respect from Chloé, though as Chloé later learns, she knows just as little regarding Scarlet Lady; the implication is that since she has been in New York all of her life, she isn't really in the loop about the whole war with Hawkmoth.
• Loss of Identity: She despairs near the end of "Queen Wasp" that due to pretending to be someone else to better fit her mother's tastes for so long, she doesn't know how to actually be herself anymore.
• Morality Pet: After getting settled in Paris and coming to terms with the interpersonal dynamics of the main cast, she makes it her personal goal to coax a functioning human being out of Chloé. It remains to be seen whether this will succeed or not.
• Naïve Newcomer: She's completely new to life in Paris and thus has no knowledge of the battles with Hawkmoth—or of her half-sister's relationship with the rest of her class.
• Only Friend: By the time she enters Chloé's life, Chloé has burned pretty much all of her interpersonal bridges (though she heavily deludes herself about it). Zoé is the only one left who genuinely tries to reach out to her. It's quite telling that when Heroes' Day comes around after Chloé has been outed as Scarlet Lady and stripped of the earrings, Zoé and Mme. Bustier and the only ones wearing ladybug-themed apparel.
• Rage Breaking Point: Still processing her experience with her first akuma, who also happens to be her stepdad, she finally hits hers when Scarlet Lady tells her that André Bourgeois's akumatization into Malediktator is because Zoé didn't defend the Ladybug heroine in class earlier.
  Zoé: I couldn't defend you, I don't even know you!
• Sins of Our Fathers: Or in this case, Sins of Our Sisters. Her being related to Chloé causes most of the class to distrust her on instinct, and her joining her sister in insulting Alix doesn't help her image either.
• We Want Our Jerk Back!: Begs Malediktator to change her mother back to normal after getting creeped out by how doting Audrey acts while brainwashed.
• Wrong Genre Savvy:
  • Seems to initially believe that her half-sister is a Lovable Alpha Bitch who is Not Evil, Just Misunderstood and deep down wants to be loved. She thus scolds her classmates in "Malediktator" for not considering how heartbroken Chloé would be if she knew they were celebrating her departure, only to learn, to her shock, that Chloé really is just a remorseless bully who only cares about herself. This comes up again in "Queen Wasp" when she admits to Marinette that she thought her half-sister's bad attitude was, like her own façade, only an act meant to get their mother's attention and that she was actually a nice person under it all. Chloé does also want Audrey's attention, but her attitude is completely real.
  • Zoé attempts to pull off a standard Heroic Sacrifice by agreeing to go with Malediktator if he leaves the city alone. It nearly ends up being a Senseless Sacrifice, with Marigold telling her that akumas are never satisfied and can't be reasoned with.

Audrey Bourgeois

Audrey Bourgeois

Chloé and Zoé's neglectful mother.

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• Adaptational Nice Guy: Heavily Downplayed. She's still every bit the inattentive, self-absorbed, and altogether obnoxious jerk she is in canon, but she also accepts this when Zoé calls her out on it and seems committed to trying to change. Word of God confirms this is meant to be the case since she considers the canon character completely irredeemable.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Subverted. She initially seems to have a closer relationship with Zoé than in canon, but it's later revealed that she's still every bit as distant and uncaring as ever. She does try to be a better mother to both her daughters after getting called out by Zoé, though.
• Character Catchphrase: Her default response when she doesn't get what she wants is to tell someone nearby (whether they're responsible for it or not), "You're fired." This includes people whom she has no business firing. She retains this trait as Style Queen, yelling the phrase at her victims before transforming them into golden statues.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • Audrey is an Entitled Bitch who habitually attempts to dole out Disproportionate Retribution for even the slightest perceived offense. However, she still respects and admires genuine talent in fashion like Marinette's. Conversely, she's unimpressed by her daughter Chloé claiming to be exceptional without the accomplishments to back that up.
  • She disapproves of Chloé Skipping School after her daughter reveals herself to be Scarlet Lady and loses the Ladybug Miraculous to Marigold, even if Chloé's only missing the last week of classes.
• Foil: To Gabriel Agreste. Both are abusive, neglectful parents, but whereas Gabriel's occasionally show of affection towards Adrien always turns out to just false, Audrey's implied to care more about Chloé and Zoé than she lets on.
• George Jetson Job Security: Tries to fire people left and right (including some who aren't even employed by her) for not meeting her insane demands.
• Greater-Scope Villain: Chloé's desire to earn her attention and love is the biggest reason for her behavior and the problems that stem from it.
• Hypocritical Heartwarming: After Zoé calls her out in "Queen Wasp," Audrey calls her "Ridiculous. Utterly Ridiculous" but takes it to heart anyway and tries to change for the better.
• It's All About Me: Self-centered to the point where she pays virtually no attention to anyone else, including her own husband and daughters.
• Jerkass: If firing her own employees over the tiniest slight didn't clue you in, she can barely remember her own daughters' names.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Hits the nail on the head when she shoots down Chloé's claims of being exceptional, pointing out that her daughter hasn't achieved anything noteworthy on her own and instead got herself banned from all contests featuring the Gabriel brand, lost her class presidency, and got kicked off the judging panel for World's Greatest Chef after being Caught on Tape sabotaging a contestant.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Amazingly, she seems to take Zoé's criticism of her to heart, chooses to stay in Paris for Chloé and Zoé's sakes, and is later seen reading a book on teenage mental health to see how she can help them.
• Misplaced Retribution: Whenever she's inconvenienced, her default response is to blame someone who happens to be near her at the moment and tell them they're fired (even if she has no business firing them).
  • She tries to fire Officer Raincomprix in "Style Queen" due to Gabriel not providing a marble red carpet like she requested. Roger is naturally puzzled by this since, as a police officer, he doesn't work for Gabriel or Audrey, and it certainly isn't his job to make sure Gabriel meets all of Audrey's demands.
  • Zigzagged when Nathalie tells Audrey at Gabriel's fashion show that her seat is in the second row and not the first. Initially, Audrey seems to blame it all on Nathalie and tries (unsuccessfully) 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.
• Pet the Dog:
  • Word of God confirms that Style Queen genuinely did regret making her daughter cry (if only a little bit) when Zoé sheds a Single Tear while begging the akuma not to hurt Adrien or Chloé.
  • After hearing that Gabriel apparently fired the person responsible for the mishap with the seating arrangements, Audrey forgives him and agrees to drop the matter.
  • She genuinely praises Marinette's hat, remarking that it's "exceptional" work, inviting her to New York, and offering to make her an even bigger name in fashion than Gabriel Agreste.
  • When Zoé calls her mother out for not loving her or Chloé, Audrey proclaims that she does love her daughters, even if she shows it differently. It might not seem like much, but given how she tends to treat them, it's rather surprising she'd openly admit she does care about her daughters.
  • She ultimately decides to stay in Paris with her family after Zoé calls her mother out on her Parental Neglect and even begins reading a parental guidebook so she can learn how to help Chloé after the latter outs herself as Scarlet Lady, becomes Hated by All, and loses the Ladybug Miraculous.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Subverted in "Style Queen" when Audrey attempts to fire Nathalie after the latter tells the former to go to her seat in the second row. When Nathalie points out she doesn't work for Audrey, the fashion critic then calls Gabriel to get him to fire Nathalie, but he doesn't answer the phone (and even if he had, it's extremely unlikely he would've dismissed Nathalie from her job).
• Took a Level in Kindness: Seems to be trying to do this, as evidenced by her choosing to stay in Paris with her daughters and later being seen reading a parental guidebook on helping teens with mental health struggles, showing she really is committed to trying to be a better parent.

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