Marinette Dupain-Cheng/History

wMarinette Dupain-Cheng is a teenage girl who was chosen by Master Fu to wield the Ladybug Miraculous and become the superhero Ladybug. At first, she was reluctant to do the job, even going as far as to try to give her new friend the miraculous, but she gradually grew into the role.

Before Season 1
Marinette attended Collège Françoise Dupont for two years previously and attended an unnamed elementary school a year before that, all while sharing classes with Chloé Bourgeois.

Season 1
In "Ladybug & Cat Noir (Origins - Part 1)", on Marinette's first day of school in her last year of middle school, she woke up late. Worried about Chloé being in her class again for the fourth year in a row, Marinette did not want to go to school. Her mother reassured her that no one can be that unlucky and she would be fine. Marinette then lost what luck she had, spilling her breakfast and making a mess in the kitchen. When Marinette then left for school, she brought with her a box of macarons. As she waited at the crosswalk outside her home, she saw a man crossing the street and pulled him to safety, losing some of her macarons in the process and making her late to school.

Unsurprisingly, she was in the same class as Chloé once more, immediately being bullied by her to move seats. Alya saw this and helped Marinette, pulling her to sit next to her in class. Before Marinette could make it to her new seat, she tripped, spilling all but one macaron and splits it with Alya, the two becoming friends.

After the first class, Marinette and Alya were in the library when they saw the rock monster Stoneheart shouting for Kim. Alya rushed off, leaving Marinette behind. Marinette returned to her home, finding a small box in front of her computer. When she opened it, a flash of light entered the room and she met Tikki, a talking kwami. Tikki convinced Marinette to put on the Ladybug Miraculous and to transform into a superhero. Afraid, Marinette didn't want to be a hero, but with no way to remove the costume, she left her room, swinging her yo-yo and flew across Paris.

Still learning how to control the yo-yo, Marinette landed on Cat Noir while falling out of the sky. She followed him to fight Stoneheart, still afraid and nervous. In the Parc des Princes, Marinette hesitated before joining the fight, but accepted her role as Ladybug and helped Cat Noir take down Stoneheart with her Lucky Charm wet suit and turned him back into Ivan. She returned to her room before she detransformed however, she forgot to capture the akuma. This failure on her end resulted in the akuma multiplying and infecting innocent Parisian citizens. Her confidence plummeted and she rejected the Ladybug Miraculous out of guilt. She took them off, hiding them in her vanity until she could give them away.

In "Stoneheart (Origins - Part 2)", the next day, Marinette watched the news report about the Stonehearts, with her confidence gone. She took the Ladybug Miraculous to school to give to Alya, believing that she would make a better hero. At the same time, she kept Ivan from being akumatized at first by helping him build his confidence toward Mylène Haprèle. When she went to class, she saw Adrien poking at the gum on her seat and accused him of putting it there. She decided not to trust him, believing him to be the same as Chloé.

When Stoneheart busted down Miss Bustier's classroom's door and took Mylène and Chloé captive, Marinette tried giving Alya her bag with the Ladybug Miraculous so that she could run and hide, but Alya left behind it. Marinette chased after Alya and saw her nearly die when a car was thrown at her. With Cat Noir captured and Alya trapped, Marinette decided that she had to be Ladybug. She transformed, freed Alya, grabbed Cat Noir's staff, and chased after him. Freeing Cat Noir, they went after the original Stoneheart who was on the Eiffel Tower.

Ladybug caught Chloé when she was thrown off the Tower. She tried to stop the police from firing on Stoneheart, but Agent Roger reminded her that she failed, Ladybug agreed with him that it was her fault, but Cat Noir encouraged her to try again. When Hawk Moth told her to give up her Miraculous, she reminded him that he was the villain and that they would take him down she swung her yo-yo at his akuma-face and captured all of them. Then promised Paris that Ladybug and Cat Noir would keep them safe and ran up the side of the Eiffel Tower, deciding the only way to free Mylène was to bring her and Ivan closer together. She summoned her Lucky Charm and received a parachute. Using her yo-yo Ladybug made Mylène kiss Ivan, causing him to drop his akumatized object. She broke the object and changed Ivan back to normal. To save Mylène, she doved off the Tower, grabbed her, captured the akuma and set her on the ground with help from the parachute. Using Miraculous Ladybug, she freed the other Stonehearts and returned the city to normal.

The next day, she and Alya sat behind Nino and Adrien, until Chloé demanded her to move. After battling Stoneheart Marinette gains the confidence to stand up to Chloé until she moved. By the end of the day she ignored Adrien but accepted his apology for the gum incident after class. It was then that she fell in love with his kindness. Marinette finds herself stammering to say goodbye and Tikki playful teases her about her crush. After that using the umbrella he gave her, she went home.

In "The Bubbler", Marinette woke up excited for Adrien's birthday. She brought a present to school for him, but she couldn't give it to him. Instead, she and Alya dropped it off at Adrien's house. Marinette forgot to sign the gift. Afterwards at lunch, Marinette's parents were captured in bubbles and sent skyward. She transformed into Ladybug and ran off to find Bubbler at the Agreste mansion. She used a Lucky Charm to break up the slow dance, but because she misused her Lucky Charm, she detransformed and had to find cookies for Tikki.

She snuck into the party and grabbed cookies, fully intent on transforming back, but Alya found her first, leading her to the present she left for Adrien. Marinette signed it and rushed to transform as soon as she was away from Alya then engaged Bubbler, giving the students time to scatter. Ladybug and Cat Noir fought against him, but they end up trapped in his bubble despite Ladybug defending the adults, the angry Bubbler sent them into the sky. After freed Cat Noir's Cataclysm she brought them down to safety. They returned to the Agreste mansion, but it was too late; the students were sent skyward.

Ladybug and Cat Noir chased Bubbler up to the Eiffel Tower. After summoning her Lucky Charm and receiving a wrench, after loosing an air vent, and grabbing Bubbler's bubble wand, breaking it. She captured the akuma and put the city back to normal. The next day, Marinette saw Adrien wearing the scarf she made him. She didn't correct him when he believed it to be from his father.

In "Mr. Pigeon", Marinette entered a fashion design competition to create a derby hat. Adrien saw her designs and was excited with her work. She went to the Trocadéro for inspiration, which she gained from the pigeons there. She returned home to make the hat, but forgot the feather, forcing her to return to the Trocadéro. When she tried to go back home, the street was blocked by hundreds of pigeons. She transformed after she saw Mr. Pigeon and found Cat Noir. He acted like bait to get Mr. Pigeon's attention and was carried away. When Ladybug followed, they were trapped in a cage until Cat Noir freed them with Cataclysm.

They ran inside the Le Grand Paris hotel. Ladybug noticed pigeons flocking in the same direction to the Grand Palais where she and Cat Noir found the abducted park keepers trapped inside. Ladybug planned on Cat Noir grabbing the bird call, but his allergies kicked in, leading to them to a brawl against Mr. Pigeon and his pigeon fists. Ladybug summoned her Lucky Charm using a coin she turned the pigeons against Mr. Pigeon. They smashed the bird call, Ladybug captured the akuma, and the city returned to normal. With less than an hour left till the end of the competition, Marinette completed her derby hat and proved it to be her own design, beating Chloé and winning the competition.

In "Stormy Weather", Marinette babysat Manon Chamack for Nadja Chamack. Alya convinced her to take Manon to the park so that she could watch Adrien's photoshoot. She tried to get Adrien's attention and somewhat succeeded but watched the photoshoot from the sidelines. Marinette bought Manon a balloon when she shouted at her and interrupted the shoot. When Manon led her away to the carousel, Alya stepped in and made Marinette join Adrien's photoshoot. Before she could join, Stormy Weather attacked and trapped Alya and Manon in ice. Marinette transformed into Ladybug regretting she shouldn't have left and tried to free them, but was unsuccessful. Ladybug ran off to find the akumatizied, helped Cat Noir to his feet (after he was blown away and landed on his face) they fought against Stormy Weather but the duo was blown away twice and had a bus thrown at them.

When Ladybug and Cat Noir freed themselves, they ran to the KIDZ+ studio. They broke down the door, but she wasn't there; it was a trap. Stormy Weather turned off the lights and ran to the rooftop. Due to the darkness Ladybug was led by Cat Noir to the rooftops. Once there, Ladybug summoned her Lucky Charm receiving a bath towel while Cat Noir defended them from the falling hail. She had him take down a billboard with his Cataclysm. As apart of the chain reaction Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around Stormy Weather's ankle, preventing her from escaping. Then pulled her back to the ground and causing her to lose her umbrella. With a toss from Cat Noir she broke it, purified the akuma and returned the city to normal. Marinette returned to the park, intent on joining the photoshoot, but the photographer liked Manon better.

In "Timebreaker", Marinette helped her parents prepare for their 20th wedding anniversary. She was left in charge of the bakery but went to the Trocadéro to watch Alix's and Kim's race. Alya gave her Alix's watch to hold on to, but since she was holding the banner, she wasn't paying enough attention and dropped it. Adrien caught the watch, but Chloé took it from him and dropped it, leading to it rolling onto the track, breaking, and Alix's akumatization. Marinette tried calming Alix down but she stopped when her father called, wondering where she was.

Marinette transformed into Ladybug and tried stopping Timebreaker, but the villain almost made her disappear forever until Cat Noir stepped in and protected her, taking the hit. When Timebreaker went to the past, Ladybug followed. She startled Past Chloé causing her to drop the watch and was blamed by Past Alix for it. Future Ladybug explained to Past Marinette what was going on and sent Past Marinette on her way back to the bakery to give Nadja Chamack her cake.

Past Marinette transformed into Ladybug and joined the fight with her future self and Cat Noir. The Ladybugs summoned their Lucky Charms and came up with a plan to stop the Timebreakers while Cat Noir distracted them by using Cataclysm. Future Ladybug wrapped the Timebreakers' ankles together while Past Ladybug created a ramp that flung them in the air. The Ladybugs broke the rollerskates, releasing the akumas, cleanse the city, merging the two Ladybugs and Timebreakers. Marinette returned to the bakery and welcomed her parents home.

In "Copycat", Marinette brainstormed ideas with Tikki on how to ask out Adrien, but Marinette couldn't speak with him without stuttering. Tikki suggested calling him; she called Alya over to her house to help her. Alya gave her a script to read and then called Adrien's phone. She improvised the message on Adrien's voicemail and then threw the phone on her chaise, not realizing she didn't hang up. She tried deleting the message but failed. Realizing he was still in fencing practice, Marinette went over to the school and stole his phone. Tikki discouraged this since she felt that Marinette should've gone to the statue ceremony first. They missed all of the ceremony and went to Marinette's room, trying to break into Adrien's phone.

Alya called Marinette, asking for an update on the message and letting her know that Cat Noir stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Marinette transformed into Ladybug and hurried to the Louvre, but was stopped by police. From Cat Noir she discovers that the other Cat Noir was an impostor and tracked him to Théo's studio. She saw through Copycat's ruse and freed Cat Noir with Copycat's Cataclysm. Using a spoon, she and Cat Noir defeated Copycat and returned the city (and the Mona Lisa) to normal. Later that evening, Alya came over and helped her delete the message on Adrien's phone. The next day, Nino invited Adrien to go see a movie later that night and Alya invited herself and Marinette along.

In "The Pharaoh", the previous week, Ladybug was hanging from a helicopter and dropped a Histoire textbook which was Marinette's own textbook. In order to get it back, she and Tikki convinced Alya to go to the Louvre and look at the King Tut exhibit under the guise that there was something about Ladybug there. Marinette tried convincing Alya that she wasn't Ladybug, but Alya wouldn't believe her until she brought her textbook with her to class. When they got to the King Tut exhibit, Jalil Kubdel bumped into Alya and Marinette who was in a hurry to present his findings to his father. Tikki pointed Marinette to an ancient papyrus to distract Alya. In fact, the papyrus was a scroll depicting a ritual to bring the dead back to life.

Marinette was having difficulty distracting Alya when the Pharaoh suddenly appeared. She escaped the Pharaoh's time-shifting bubbles, transformed into Ladybug and went to fight the Pharaoh but was immediately thrown to the side. Despite Cat Noir's help, he was thrown into a sarcophagus until she freed him, but they were still trapped in the exhibit. Until Cat Noir used his Cataclysm, but they had to part ways so he could charge up again. Watching Alya's livestream, Ladybug left to help her but ran into a time-shifting bubble. Was freed by Cat Noir and went to save Alya from being sacrificed while he distracted the mummies. She freed Alya, but that didn't last long since the Pharaoh could fly then she was taken and put onto the beam of light up to the sky. After saving Cat Noir from the mummies, Ladybug sacrificed herself to keep Alya safe. Then, threw a fake pair of earrings at the Pharaoh and stole his necklace. After, Ladybug caught the akuma and returned the Louvre to normal. She went back inside the museum, took her textbook away from Alya, and lied about where she was, saying she was turned into a mummy.

Back in her room, Marinette asked Tikki about the Ancient Egyptian Ladybug. Where Tikki explained that kwamis and superheroes have always existed and that she has watched over every Ladybug. She then reassured Marinette, she was an excellent Ladybug. Marinette went to sleep, prepared for her history test the next day.

In "Lady Wifi", Marinette and Tikki transformed into Ladybug and missed half of her classes due to an akuma attack. Afterwards they went home where Marinette spent the rest of the night working on her homework. When she receives a note from Alya about Ladybug's identity she wanted to speak with her, but never got the chance because the WiFi was out in the neighborhood. The next day, Marinette was an hour late to school because she fell asleep doing her homework. When she got there, she found out Alya was suspended for a week because believed Alya thought that Chloé was Ladybug. Her outbursts made Miss Bustier to send her to Mr. Damocles but when she got to his office, she found him frozen from Lady Wifi's powers. Determined to save her best friend, Marinette transformed into Ladybug and went to Le Grand Paris to stakeout Chloé's home and waited for Lady Wifi with Cat Noir.

When Lady Wifi appeared, they entered Chloé's room after Chloé was freed, the duo led Lady Wifi down to the basement to trap her. However, she caught on to what they were doing and set up a trap of her own in Le Grand Paris' restaurant. When Ladybug was separated from Cat Noir; Lady Wifi caught her. Cat Noir tried to come to her rescue, but Lady Wifi trapped him in the freezer. When she tried taking off Ladybug's mask, it wouldn't budge. So Lady Wifi then left her to free Cat Noir, but she was broadcasting the event to the entire city. Ladybug used her Lucky Charm to set him free, came up with a plan to defeat Lady Wifi, and then waited, hoping Cat Noir would be fast enough to stop Lady Wifi before she detransformed. When Cat Noir destroyed the WiFi antenna, she rushed to the roof to help him, defeating Lady Wifi and returning the city to normal. With only a minute left, Ladybug ran downstairs and detransformed in a closet. In her heart, she wanted to tell Cat Noir her identity, but in her mind, she knew it wasn't the right choice. The next day, Alya came over to Marinette's house to show her her new phone and some pictures of Adrien. Marinette teased her about Adrien's pictures and the two girls chased each other around Marinette's balcony.

In "The Evillustrator", Marinette found out about Nathaniel's crush on her when Nathaniel was embarrassed by Chloé. Marinette was partnered with Chloé and Sabrina for their particle physics project. They first met up by Chloé's locker. There, Marinette told Chloé and Sabrina that the relationship they had wasn't friendship and that the project was a group project, meaning Chloé had to put in an equal share of the work. They went to the library to work on the project, but that only led to Chloé bribing Sabrina with a beret. Before Sabrina could accept the bribe, Chloé was attacked by several berets and a hairdryer. Marinette ran away from the crowd and transformed into Ladybug with Cat Noir's help, the hairdryer was destroyed and the duo tried going after the villain, but he got away. Instead, they went to Le Grand Paris to investigate why the Evillustrator was after Chloé.

Annoyed with Chloé's delusions and her defacing Nathaniel's drawing, she left in an angry huff, leaving Cat Noir to guard her back at her house, Marinette detransformed. Tikki calmed her down and accidentally reminded her about the physics project and Sabrina. She was about to call her and started to get to work on the project until the Evillustrator entered her room. Instead of attacking her, he invited her to his birthday party on La Seine. That's when Marinette figured out the Evillustrator was Nathaniel she accepted his invitation afterwards she was leaving her house when Sabrina arrived. When she completed Marinette's geography homework in a show of friendship, much to her surprise. Marinette begrudgingly accepted, but told her that she couldn't work on the project that night, Sabrina became mad and compared her to Chloé. Then, Cat Noir arrived, introducing himself to her and tells her to not worry about her date that night; all she had to do was take the Evillustrator's stylus. She managed to get the stylus away from the Evillustrator, but he got it back, then trapped her and Cat Noir in a cube on the sinking boat and left to attack Chloé.

Marinette helped Cat Noir free themselves, once she was set down safely on the streets by La Seine she transformed into Ladybug again and went back to Le Grand Paris to protect Chloé. With Cat Noir's help and her Lucky Charm a bouncy ball, they defeated the Evillustrator. The next day, she was asked by Adrien of what she thought of Cat Noir and being protected by him. She stumbled over her words, but she called Adrien, "awesome," several times. But was chastised by Tikki, telling her she needed better control over her emotions.

In "Rogercop", Marinette attended Career Day at school with her father Tom and everything goes well until Chloe accuses her of stealing her bracelet. In an effort to prove her innocence Marinette accidentally accuses everyone else. Until, Rogercop comes in the classroom demanding to know where the mayor is and she quickly leaves. Before they transform into Ladybug, knowing that she nor anyone else stole Chloe's bracelet Tikki assures her that she'll find a way to make things right.

Upon confronting Rogercop Ladybug tried to remind him of the true purpose of being an officer but he doesn't listen and sends her flying. Then, met up with Cat Noir on top of Rogercop's car they tried to confront him but Ladybug gets knocked off and continues to fall. But safely lands on the ground, catches Cat Noir with her yo-yo and they followed Rogercop to City Hall. Ladybug snuck inside to deal with Rogercop and is soon joined by Cat Noir using Chloe's bracelet and oven mitts they defeated Rogercop and return everything to normal. Ladybug puts Chloe's bracelet in Chloe's bag and convinces the mayor to give Roger's job back and the mayor agrees. Ladybug leaves as the transformation is about to wear off but learned a valuable lesson and returned home.

In "Dark Cupid", after Marinette finished class she and Tikki found a love poem written by Adrien. Upon reading it, being assured by Tikki; Marinette discovers that the letter is for her which leaves her jumping for joy. Sometime later, Marinette returned home to write her own love poem but had no luck, until Alya informs her about the Ladyblog and that ladybugs are a sign of good luck. Once Marinette was done she was hesitant to mail it but finally does, after that she gets an embarrassing photo of her classmate Kim. Feeling bad for him then begins to fear that Adrien will do the same thing to her and desperately tried to get her letter back. Then, she notices that Kim has been akumatized into Dark Cupid and transformed into Ladybug. She quickly finds Dark Cupid and tried to dissuade the villain from his quest of hate; the two get into a fight but manages to hide.

Until she met up with Cat Noir who tried in vain to confess his love for her but gets hit by Dark Cupid's arrows. Understanding that Dark Cupid is going after Chloe; Ladybug races to get to her first. She tries to follow them but is cornered by the cat. While trying to avoid him she realizes that love can save him Ladybug goes to kiss Cat Noir which causes him to run in fear. Once she manages to catch and tie him down to try again not looking forward to it either but he gets away. With a candy apple and freeing Cat Noir from the spell they were able to defeat Dark Cupid; she tries to tell him what happened but their transformations were about to wear off and she leaves. Marinette returns to the mailbox but with everything that happened she lets the letter get delivered to Adrien. But back at home Marinette wasn't completely sure if she signed the card or not stating that everything was a blur.

In "Horrificator", as everyone was working on a monster movie Marinette had the job of producer but when Mylene gets scared and leaves. She offers to find her but upon needing another actor Chloe volunteers leaving Marinette horrified and left to find her friend, Marinette looks for Mylene in the bathroom but finds slime instead. However, the investigation is put on hold when Alya calls and says that the kissing scene is about to start and stops the movie, using Chloe's desire to change the script as a diversion Marinette takes the acting role of Agent Smith. Chloe caught onto her trick until they heard scream from outside only to find more slime along with Kim and Mr. Damocles missing understanding that there's an akumatized villain she drops her phone and transforms into Ladybug. Quickly meeting the students she tries to have them evacuate but that was easier said than done since the school was closed off. With Cat Noir and the students the duo went in search of their missing friends during their fight against Horrificator they discover that the monster feeds off fear and due to it's attraction to Ivan she discovers that it's Mylene.

Ladybug and Cat Noir followed Horrificator to the maintenance room and found the missing students but can't set them free. With exit closed off, they try to fight the monster off but it's too strong, summoning her Lucky Charm Ladybug received a pair of guitar, trapping Horrificator with Cat Noir's Cataclysm and everyone playing along using Mylene's favorite song they calmed her down. With the akuma purified and returned everything to normal but their movie didn't make the cut because of the monster not being realistic.

In "Darkblade", after dealing with an akuma attack Marinette ran home and detransformed to work on her magic box. Curious, Tikki asks what it's for, she said it's for her diary then Tikki becomes worried about her secrets being exposed but Marinette assured her that won't happen after a test the box works. Then, she watched from the news that Chloe's father got reelected as mayor. Which reminds her that class representative elections are happening at school, Marinette is convinced by Tikki to run but with her other responsibilities she doesn't think it will work out. Noticing the time she rushed off to school once there Marinette apologized for being late. Later in the courtyard Marinette sees that no one else will run because of Chloe's threats and decides to run herself.

But she didn't think of a campaign despite Marinette's friends giving her ideas and having Adrien's support. Marinette makes her way home but still has trouble making her campaign until she gets a call from Alya saying Chloe brought Jagged Stone to City Hall and rushed over. Once there Marinette sees that Chloe is using Jagged to bribe everyone into voting for her as Marinette tries to dissuade them she gets pulled away by Chloe. Who blackmails her into dropping out by reading her diary. Soon Darkblade and his knights attack, from a window Marinette sees Cat Noir fighting the knights and is having trouble. She confides in Tikki that everyone needs her help but Tikki advises Marinette to trust her instincts once her friends were safe she quickly transformed into Ladybug and saved Cat Noir.

They did their best to defend City Hall to discover that the knights are after the flag, despite that Darkblade's victory was almost complete but thanks to a windup toy, he lost his sword and Ladybug captures the akuma returning everything to normal. Marinette heads back inside detransforms, is praised by Tikki for doing a good job and reunites with everyone saying she got turned into a knight. With the incident over Marinette demanded her diary back leaving everyone surprised and frees Sabrina's hand. However, she wishes to be elected by fair means and the next day Marinette gets elected as class representative with Alya as her deputy.

In "The Mime", after another akuma attack Ladybug rushed home, detransforms and Marinette is praised by Tikki for what she did for Alya. Then, she soon hears that Alya has arrived, explains what happened and leaves her phone with Marinette and Tikki pops out asking to see the video but she accidentally deletes it. Afterwards Marinette panics and thinks Alya will be mad, so she has a plan to fix it but resulted in her stealing Alya's phone and Tikki advised her to come clean now before transforming into Ladybug.

While trying to redo the video Ladybug sees a police car flying and caught it with her yo-yo then discovered that The Mime is Mylene's father. She offered to talk with him but was soon under fire and quickly protects herself until she comes across Adrien's car telling everyone to get to safety. But got caught until a quick assist from Cat Noir however The Mime puts them in a cage but after he gets away the bars disappear. They followed The Mime to discover that he's after the theater troupe bus while Cat Noir worked as a distraction Ladybug got everyone to safety. Seeing Cat Noir in trouble she rushes to his aid using a shoe box and The Mime's powers against him, Ladybug caught the akuma and cleansed the city. Once she retrieves Alya's phone she heads to the Tower and watched the performance then after the show Marinette explained what happened but Alya wasn't mad and said she had a surprise for her. Marinette quickly transformed into Ladybug giving Alya a quick interview and detransforms, then playfully teases her best friend about wanting to see the video.

In "Princess Fragrance", after dealing with the Magician of Misfortune Marinette discovered that Tikki had a cold. The kwami spoke of a healer but she was hesitant to go because of Tikki's existence and was already late for school but agreed on taking Tikki after school. Afterwards, she heads off to the healer but was pushed off by Alya to talk to Adrien and trips over a backpack until Adrien caught her but she realized Tikki was missing and ended up with Chloe. Marinette wanted Chloe to give Tikki back but she refused leaving Marinette concerned for her, then went to the Le Grand Paris but was denied entry until she disguised herself as a pizza delivery person. She snuck into the hotel to find Tikki but when Princess Fragrance attacked Prince Ali's event using a confetti blaster as a distraction she escaped.

Looking through the Paris streets Marinette found Prince Ali's car with Tikki inside relieved that her kwami was okay. Not making the same mistake twice she rushed Tikki to the healer (who is Master Wang Fu) with Princess Fragrance on the loose she was impatient and yet relieved that Tikki was well again. Outside Marinette explained to Tikki that she is more than just her kwami but a friend before transforming. She went to the Pont des Arts to find everyone including Cat Noir under the villain's control by using a close pin she wasn't affected by the perfume. When Princess Fragrance unleashed a huge perfume cloud above the city, remembering what Ladybug learned in Chemistry Class and with a little help from Cat Noir the cloud disappears. Then, left from the Grand Le Paris with a balloon she stopped Princess Fragrance, cleansed the city and left Rose with Prince Ali.

In "Animan", Marinette was reading a modeling magazine with Alya until they were approached by Nino and Adrien; she was hesitantly asked by Nino if she would like to go to the zoo with him but being awestrucked with Adrien she said yes. Marinette was snapped back to reality by Alya but, freaked out over what happened and begged Alya for help. Once at the zoo Marinette tried to psych herself up but when it comes down to it she accidentally sets Nino on a date with Alya. When the animals led by Animan cause a stampede Marinette hid and was asked by Tikki why she didn't listen to Alya and after Marinette explains Tikki says we'll deal with it later and transforms into Ladybug. Meeting up with Cat Noir, Ladybug rushes to Kim's defense and restrains Animan but before they could get the charm the duo had to retreat because of Animan's army.

Before rejoining her partner Ladybug carried Alya and Nino to safety seeing that they can't put the animals in their cages the duo moved back to Plan A but discovered that Animan had escaped. Knowing who Animan is after Ladybug and Cat Noir spotted Kim on the bridge and the heroine restrained him for a second time but got away again. Following the tracer they tracked Kim to Marinette's parent's bakery once there Ladybug stuttered and almost revealed herself to her parents. Seeing the animals rampaging the heroes thought of their next move using Kim's wristband and air freshener to cover their scent Animan was lured inside where they caught him until he transformed into a panther causing them to run using a nearby bus they noticed that each transformation tired Animan out.

They decided to wait which worked until Animan transformed into a T-Rex, summoning her Lucky Charm Ladybug received a carjack. With Cat Noir as the distraction she easily floored the dinosaur and was unsure why they didn't need the item but after saving Cat Noir with the carjack she leaped into the creature's mouth and pried it open with the item. Finally, Ladybug purified the akuma, returned the animals to zoo and was embraced by Cat Noir before he left. Returning home Marinette was exhausted and realized she forgot about Alya and went outside to apologize but found her with Nino who explained everything. She began to wonder what happened by between them while they were in that cage. In "Simon Says", Marinette was grounded by her parents for not being in class on time. Then, went up to her room to console with Tikki who deemed Marinette's situation as unfair but understood. But Marinette not only became bummed about missing Nino's performance and most of all missing Adrien, soon she sees the show being attacked by Simon Says. Having no choice Tikki and Marinette uses the pillows and sheets to appear that Marinette was asleep with that they transform and head to the tv studio.

Once there the heroine quickly found Nino, then went searching for Adrien but came across Cat Noir who informed them that Simon Says was looking for Gabriel Agreste after finding Adrien they went to the Agreste mansion. As Ladybug was waited for Cat Noir to arrive she was talking with Gabriel about Adrien which caused her to stutter until she got a call from her partner saying Simon's army is closing in. Looking for Adrien she's informed that he's in the shower and told him they have to leave. While waiting she saw a picture of a woman and Adrien told her it's his mother both commenting they had the same eyes but Simon's army breaks in; she puts Adrien in the bathroom. Following the army back to the studio, along with Cat Noir they confronted Simon Says using her Lucky Charm Ladybug receives a regulator yo-yo while her partner distracted him Ladybug attempted to find the akuma.

But in the process her first yo-yo got disabled however, thanks to her second yo-yo they were able to capture the akuma and save Gabriel Agreste. The next day, Marinette is no longer grounded and stayed home to watch the Challenge with her parents but upon hearing Nino's request to have Ladybug and Cat Noir appear, Marinette quickly heads upstairs, transforms and heads to the studio. In "Pixelator", during job experience day at the Le Grand Paris Hotel Marinette was assigned the task of gopher and her first job is find a special pair of glasses for Jagged Stone. Wanting to spend as much time as possible with Adrien, Marinette simply bought a pair of glasses at the Eiffel Tower but Tikki called her out for taking a shortcut and advised her to do it right the first time. Back the hotel Marinette's first pair of glasses got rejected seeing that Tikki was right, and having an idea she ran home deciding to make the pair of glasses Jagged Stone wants.

When the glasses are finished she heads back to the hotel but saw no one there and delivers the glasses. But soon, she saw Pixelator and quickly transformed into Ladybug saving Jagged but not before her hand gets pixelated. Hiding the rock star at the school, she looks up more information about Vincent and heads towards his camera studio and Ladybug sees a handful people trapped in Pixelator's photos. Quickly finding Pixelator, Ladybug proposes a deal if him releases the people he's caught she'll bring Jagged when Pixelator frees half of his prisoners including Cat Noir. She directed her partner to Pixelator's akuma but he gets pixelated again along with her leg making it difficult for her to fight. Using a compact mirror and with an assist from Cat Noir, she freed the trapped people, healed herself and captured the akuma. As a reward, Marinette and her classmates attended a concert performed by Jagged Stone happy that he's dedicating his first song to her alter ego. In "Guitar Villain", Marinette was assigned the task of designing Jagged Stone's new album cover but due to the musician's manager she was stuck designing a cover and developed a distaste for XY's music. Knowing that Jagged's style is different that's when Tikki advised Marinette to follow her instincts and starts to complain about being under pressure. That's when Tikki reminded her that they work under pressure on a daily basis saving the world and she got back to designing however, after Marinette showed Jagged the cover she explained that it was his manager's idea. But is told by the rock star to follow her own style and gets further encouragement from Adrien who liked Jagged Stone and this time Marinette decides to follow Tikki's advice. Soon Adrien's bodyguard, eyed her to talking to Tikki and she tried to pass her bag off as a talking bag from Japan.

But designing the new cover was put on hold when Jagged Stone was akumatized into Guitar Villain. After transforming into Ladybug and meeting up with Cat Noir they discovered that the villain was after XY and went to the television studio. However, it was too late and Guitar Villain kidnapped the musician heading for the Eiffel Tower, once there they tried to save XY as the duo climbed up the tower but was stopped by Fang. After using her yo-yo as a pair of reins Ladybug temporarily rode Fang and rescued Cat Noir by using a can of hair fixing spray the heroes were able to stop Guitar Villain's concert and save XY. Afterwards, Marinette returned home and finished Jagged Stone's album one that she and the rock star approved of.

The next day while Marinette was at school and she was approached by Adrien who nervously asked her if he could have an autograph. Marinette signed the cover and Adrien expressed his thanks; once he was gone she started to swoon over the fact that she had the best day ever. In "Kung Food", Marinette was trying to learn Chinese so she could speak with her great uncle who's coming to Paris for a cooking contest at the Le Grand Paris and Tikki praises her for doing a good job. Then, when he arrives she tried giving her uncle the flowers she had for him but when things don't go well Marinette called Alya having an idea and heard a knock on the door seeing Adrien. She slightly got flustered at his presence and asked why was he here Adrien explained that Alya called him saying that she needed a translator. On there way to the contest Adrien speaks to Marinette's uncle in Chinese but to her surprise Wang Cheng could speak English.

At the hotel, Marinette apologized to Adrien for the inconvenience but he didn't mind it as he saw it as a great experience to practice with a master. When Marinette doubts that her uncle evens likes her and mentioned the flowers Wang Cheng ripped apart but Adrien clarified that he liked Marinette and being an artist he was going to use the flowers in his dish in her honor making her happy. As the contest got underway Marinette was shocked to see that her uncle lost and suspected Chloe sabotaged the dish. She tried to informed Wang Cheng about the sabotage but was disappointed he that solely took the blame. Shortly after being comfort by Adrien the hotel became in cased in caramel and then saw that her uncle got akumatized into Kung Food as well as admitting she shouldn't have rattled up Chloe. But Tikki comforts her knowing she'll find a way to fix things before transforming Ladybug. With Cat Noir, they battle Kung Food's minions while heading to top the way of the hotel. Together with a check they manage to save Chloe, Marinette's uncle and return everything to normal.

After being informed of Chloe's trick Wang Cheng got another chance to compete. Marinette asked her uncle if he could teach her how to make Celestial Soup and he agreed. This time Wang Cheng won the contest and also named his soup after Marinette with her thanking him.

In "Gamer", Marinette was writing in her diary until she was reminded by Tikki that she was working on her term paper with Alya they immediately rushed to the school. Once there they discovered that the courtyard was empty, hearing music Marinette headed to the library. It turns out that the students are trying out for spots in a video game tournament, seeing that the top player will compete with Adrien; love struck Marinette eagerly wanted to tryout. When she beats Max out of his spot, Tikki told Marinette if she wanted to be with Adrien there are other ways to do it.

Reminding her that Max has been practicing for a long time, then Marinette felt bad about what she did. At home the kwami also reminds her that Adrien will be coming over seeing the state of her room she freaked out upon hearing the doorbell and the two quickly hid all the pictures. She tried to hurry Adrien upstairs to her room so parents don't embarrass her and as they began to practice when Adrien admitted that his gaming skills aren't as good as her. Marinette gives him her lucky charm bracelet, having enough of her parent's interruptions the two take a break at the Place des Vosges but soon the two get attacked by Gamer and end up separated. Marinette discovers that Max got akumatized due to her taking his place and was quickly saved by Cat Noir.

At the top of the hotel Marinette and Tikki transform into Ladybug. Seeing that the Gamer's robot is from Turbo Mecha Strike III and seeing the damage along with the cat they headed to the stadium. After using Cat Noir's cataclym on the robot Ladybug discovered that the akuma is in Max's glasses and with a robot of their own and spray paint they were able to beat Gamer in a showdown and return Max to normal. To make up for what happened earlier she gave back Max is spot his in the tourament back seeing her kindness Adrien gives up his spot so Marinette could compete with Max as her partner.

In "Reflekta", Marinette was excited for class picture day but when she heard that Juleka had the photo jinx and became determined to break it. As everyone was set in place Marinette noticed that Juleka wasn't here and pointed her absence to the photographer. She started to tell her friend that her jinx was broken as she was in the middle next to Adrien which left Chloe irritated but when Juleka didn't return Marinette along with Rose found her in the bathroom because of Chloe's tricks. Then, broke into the principal's office to replace the photo but Tikki told her this was a bad idea and got caught by Chloe and Sabrina despite giving them an ultimatum. Marinette fled the office to discover that Juleka got akumatized into Reflekta because of Chloe, afterwards she transforms into Ladybug. And had a face off with the villain but doesn't find it easy which almost ended in her Miraculous being taken but was prevented by Cat Noir.

Ladybug was asked by the students if she was going to help them and says she will and was separated by her partner who already got face lift but she thanked him for the save. When Ladybug noticed that Cat Noir's powers were gone she only believed he'd slow her down however the cat reminds her just because someone can't use their powers doesn't mean they're not helpful. Taking Cat Noir's advice they headed to the tv studio and advised everyone to where a disguise to lure Reflekta to the studio but caught the mayor instead. When Reflekta appeared behind them Ladybug was almost turned into a Reflekta copy but was shielded by Cat Noir. Using a camera Ladybug was able to blind the villain and catch and purify the akuma, returning to school Marinette agreed with Tikki that taking the memory card was a bad idea and comes up with a better way. After gathering in the park everyone took another class picture in the park where Juleka thanked her for breaking her photo curse.

In "The Puppeteer", after Manon goes home Tikki points out that the Ladybug doll needs fixing and when she sees Marinette give Manon one of the other dolls. The kwami points out if ever villain they faced had baby doll eyes, then Ladybug would be powerless, then their trip to the movies is put on hold when Alya turns into Lady Wifi. After leaving the train and Marinette disliking the idea of her partner in her room, they transform into Ladybug, once Lady Wifi is defeated the duo discovers Puppeteer has the real akuma. They head off to the news studio to confront her; despite being outnumbered by mind controlled villains including Cat Noir. Ladybug manage to defeat them all and reunite Manon with her mother.

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In "A Christmas Special", Marinette babysat Manon and helped her parents in their bakery by giving out Christmas logs to the customers who donated to Ladybug's and Cat Noir's charity fund. When Adrien's chauffeur walked in to take a Christmas log, Marinette ran to her room, grabbed the present she made for Adrien, and gave it to the driver to give to Adrien.

Around midnight, she received a phone call from Nathalie, informing Marinette and her family that Adrien was missing. Marinette's family went to search for Adrien while Marinette transformed into Ladybug. She found the results of Cat Noir's cataclysm and the note she left in Adrien's present. She then concluded an akumatized villain was after Adrien and that Cat Noir was protecting him. She followed the footprints she found in the snow and was eventually led to the Agreste mansion, where Adrien was outside the gates with a Santa Claus.

Assuming the Santa Claus was an akumatized villain, she attacked the Santa Claus. However, her attack on him resulted in him becoming an actual akumatized villain known as Santa Claws. Santa Claws dumped a present full of bats on Ladybug before running off, forcing her to chase him. She and Cat Noir chase him across Paris before they are flung into Alya's house. Ladybug summons her Lucky Charm (a box), takes some supplies from the Césaires, and sets up a trap at the Eiffel Tower, tricking Santa Claws and removing his akuma. After the damage caused by Santa Claws is fixed, Marinette and her family eat Christmas dinner at the Agreste mansion.

Season 2
In "The Collector", Marinette meets the guardian of the Miraculouses, Master Fu, and showed him the Miraculous Spellbook. When Master Fu told her that he believes that whoever owned the Spellbook must also have the Peacock and Butterfly Miraculous, Marinette feared that this meant Adrien was Hawk Moth. So she lied and told Master Fu that she didn't know who it belonged to. However, after learning that Adrien had been banned from school after losing an important book belonging to his father, Marinette realizes that the important book is the Miraculous Spellbook and concludes that Gabriel is likely Hawk Moth. She, as Ladybug, sends Cat Noir a message saying that she knows who Hawk Moth is and after he meets her, the two of them go to Gabriel's house to investigate. However, they instead find Gabriel akumatized into The Collector. After an intense battle in the Agreste mansion, Ladybug and Cat Noir manage to defeat The Collector by filling up his book with CDs. Afterwards, Marinette goes to Master Fu and tells him the truth about the Miraculous Spellbook, but also voices disappointment over Adrien never being allowed back in school. Master Fu, however, offers a solution. He takes pictures of the book's pages with his smartphone and then Marinette returns the book to Gabriel. Happy that Adrien was allowed to return to school.

In "Prime Queen", Marinette was approached by a worried Tikki that her secret identity would get revealed on Nadja's tv show. However, Marinette assured her that she only agreed to ensure the citizens safety but Tikki warned her to be careful tonight. Surprised she thought it wasn't till tomorrow but the video claimed the show was tonight the same time Marinette had to babysit Manon leaving her awestrucked. Shortly after Manon was dropped off Marinette called Alya and once she arrived Marinette told them she had to talk with her parents and be back soon. But actually she was talking to Tikki about deciding to go the show or not but with the kwami being supportive of her choice. She transformed into Ladybug and went to the television studio.

The show goes off well until they saw a picture of themselves in love but Ladybug explained she and Cat Noir weren't a couple. When Nadja pried too much about the heroes' personal lives Ladybug left with Cat Noir under the excuse that there was an akuma attack that led to the show's cancellation. On the roof of the building the heroine was asked by the cat who needed saving. She answered they were ones who needed it being superheroes not stars and are suppose to be a mystery. Due to the show being cancelled Nadja was akumatized into Prime Queen.

Afterwards the duo found saw that Prime Queen had captured and trapped Chloe on a speeding train. However the heroine was hesitant to jump through the screen but was reminded they didn't have a choice. The heroes followed suit once there Prime Queen demanded that the heroes admit their love but Ladybug refused. Temporarily giving into her demands Ladybug only admits it to stop the train and when Cat Noir tried kiss her Ladybug denied it and Chloe was saved. But they discovered that she trapped Alya in a sarcophagus in the museum and left to save her but ended trapped in a freezer instead.

Cat Noir offered to use his Cataclysm but Ladybug denied it after summoning her Lucky Charm she received masking tape by covering the tv screen they lured Prime Queen to them. Ladybug and Cat Noir were able to capture the akuma and used the Miraculous Ladybug to return Chloe and Alya home. Afterwards Marinette returned home was relieved that she was fine and shared a hug, by morning she watched a video of Alya with her and Manon about the Ladyblog congratulating her for the success and asked for an autograph.

In "Despair Bear", during a cooking class given by Marinette's father Tom; Marinette commented that her father loves it when he comes over to her school to Alya. While she was took the bowl to the kitchen Tikki smelled it and asked for a taste but Marinette told the kwami to wait and control her sweet tooth. But after hearing the fire alarm she told Tikki to hide and saw her classmates leaving the classroom where her father hoped it was fire drill.

During Mr.Damocles' interrogation, Marinette informed Alya that this was Chloe's doing and yet she didn't have any proof. Then, Chloe tried to pin the blame on her but was vouched for by Alya and Adrien when Chloe tried to avoid the blame Marinette wanted to step up but was halt by her friends and swooned over Adrien tapping her ear. Nonetheless, she and everyone else were stuck cleaning the courtyard as punishment once done Marinette along with Alya, Rose, Juleka and Mylene head to Marinette's house for a photoshoot for Alya's blog. Until everyone got invited to a party hosted by Chloe however Marinette was skeptical because of her rival's nature but changes her mind when Adrien gets invited.

As everyone came together for a slow dance and Marinette was pushed by Alya to dance with Adrien until he asked her nervously accepting. During the party the akumatized villain Despair Bear attacked after their quick escape Tikki reminded Marinette of the task at hand before transforming. Despite with Cat Noir's help, the villain's constant hopping around didn't make him easy to catch and soon Ladybug fought against a controlled Cat Noir but thanks to Chloe's help they were able to free the cat and stop the villain. Afterwards, Marinette and Adrien both agreed that Chloe would never fully change when Adrien commented that her baking was has good as her dancing she blushed.

In "Riposte", Marinette was in the locker room looking for helmet and was complimented by Tikki that she looked good in fencing gear and yet was hesitant on not being able to make the team but Tikki assured her she'll do great. During the tryouts she was looking for Adrien who approached her while thanking her for the compliment. While being taught the rules of fencing by him a mysterious fencer walks in demanding to be enrolled seeing the mystery fencer's skills Marinette thought she was going to lose the spot on the team. As the duel between Adrien and the mysterious fencer was underway the battle was so fierce that Marinette was the only one to witness it.

When they turned to her to see who the victor was Marinette became so flustered and picked Adrien but wasn't completely sure herself on who won. She felt bad about making the decision but Tikki told her know that she had a chance to get on the team. Afterwards, Marinette notice an akuma and quickly transform into Ladybug to catch it but it already akumatized the mysterious fencer into Riposte who was after Adrien. Upon confronting the villain Ladybug discovered that the weapon was merged with her hand and got into a duel with Riposte but was completely outmatched and almost skewered until she saved by Adrien. Briefly escaping Riposte, Ladybug easily knew it was hard for her to protect him and fight at the same time, she made a call to Cat Noir but received no answer.

When the villain found them Ladybug and Adrien tried to reason with her but it didn't work out and battles her again on the rooftops. After trapping Riposte the two made their way to Louvre Museum and warned the people of an incoming akuma. Needing a safe place to hide Adrien she put him in the sarcophagus in the History Exhibit, and with Cat Noir they fought Riposte once more but during the duel she discovered something wrong with her partner and ended up separated. Ending up back in the History exhibit, Ladybug looked on in horror as Adrien was finished but saw that he wasn't there and using a radiator along with Cat Noir they defeated Riposte. She led the mysterious fencer out of the museum and easily found Adrien who hid somewhere else in the midst of talking about Cat Noir Ladybug admits that he was better than her at fencing.

Just as her time was almost up Ladybug encouraged Adrien to amends with the mysterious fencer whose name was Kagami. After detransforming as she secretly watched the two when Marinette heard Adrien consider her a great friend which was not what she wanted. When Tikki said that Marinette may need to work on her fencing she engaged the kwami in a playful fencing match.

In "Befana", some time prior Marinette noticed her friends were acting strange. Marinette was happy that today was her birthday she eagerly waited for a call from Alya. While she was distracted Tikki spoke of a gift for her and received a kwagatama. Marinette heard her kwami that she didn't like the gift but wanted to spare her feelings but Marinette apologized and told Tikki that she was waiting for Alya who was planning her surprise birthday party. Marinette explained all the clues to Tikki and walked in to find her parents surprised at her arrival but when she heard a knock at the door Marinette was surprised to see her grandmother Gina Dupain.

Throughout the whole day she spent time with grandmother doing the things when Marinette was little, looking sadly at the candy her grandmother gave her Tikki asked why she didn't tell her liked it. Marinette says she wanted to spare her grandmother's feelings and soon received a call from Alya and informed her grandmother about where she was going. At the party everyone wished Marinette a happy birthday but things go from bad to worse when her grandmother got akumatizied into Befana and attacked the celebration. Under fire Marinette tried to run but was cornered and saw Alya and Kim get turned into coal statues, she tried to transform but was interrupted by Cat Noir and they escaped. On their way to the Eiffel Tower, she was commented by the cat that she must be lucky girl to have her friends protect her and was asked why her grandmother was freaking out Marinette says she wanted to spend more time with her. Arriving at the tower she was assured by the cat he would get her grandmother back safe and wished a happy birthday using their time alone Marinette transform into Ladybug.

Met up with Cat Noir finishing his song as they fought against Befana's angels Ladybug was informed by him that they had to prevent her from heading to the tower. When she knew why the heroine almost reveal the truth but stopped herself as the fight continued they noticed that Befana couldn't touch her own candies realizing where the akuma was. Ladybug summoned her Lucky Charm and received a tuba but soon they were surrounded by the villain needing to separate Befana from her minions Ladybug pretended to surrender once separated she quickly took care of the angels. Using a tuba and a Cataclysm on a fire hydrant the duo saved Marinette's grandmother. Back at the party Marinette loved the gift Adrien gave her, although Tikki found it strange when Marinette said the same thing about hers causing Tikki to become irritated. But revealed to Tikki as a necklace she cherished her gift too explaining what matters was not the gift but the person who gave it.

In "Robostus", Marinette was at school and forgot her bag going to the Locker Room to retrieve it. Then, with Tikki noticed Max who was talking to his best friend in his bag which was strange. When the computer system crashed she was amazed that Max's friend was actually a robot named Markov. Upon hearing Max's concern about Markov and seeing the robot's akumatization, they both quickly understood why he was worried and transform into Ladybug. Meeting up with Cat Noir the duo tried to reason with Robostus, but they get tossed out of the school and fight Robostus's army throughout the city leading to the stadium. During their fight Ladybug and Cat Noir got captured and almost had their miraculous taken by Robosus who wants to make a wish to become human. Which they found strange because it was always Hawk Moth wanted their jewels. But thanks to Max's intervention, a Cataclysm on Robostus's robot and a harp the heroes were able to stop the villain.

Afterwards, Tikki and Marinette went to Master Fu's shop, from him Marinette learned with the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses are combined the wearer can invoke the ultimate power. Amazed she wondered why they couldn't use that power using it to do many good things and yet was warned by Master Fu of the consequences of that power if Ladybug and Cat Noir ever lost their magic jewels. She vowed Master Fu that they won't.

In "Dark Owl", during most of the week as Ladybug Marinette had to save The Owl who is actually Mr. Damocles trying to be his own hero. As Marinette was going home from school she was invited to a sleepover at Alya's but had to cancel to help her parents at the bakery. After saving The Owl for the fifth time Ladybug and Cat Noir tried to dissuade him from these danger acts but fell on deaf ears. After dealing with the news reporters Ladybug and Cat Noir talked on the rooftops understanding Mr. Damocles had a good heart but new it would end badly. Rather than shattering the principal's Ladybug thought of making his dream come true.Throughout the night Marinette prepared the costume and a pair of fake Miraculous and yet got no sleep.

After Marinette finished school the next day she told Alya she was still busy but was free tomorrow and transformed into Ladybug she went with Cat Noir to Alya's house to ask a favor. Once they staged everything for The Owl, things took a disastrous turn which caused The Owl's identity to be revealed. By nightfall, Marinette was sewing until she becomes shocked that their little plan caused Mr. Damocles' akumatization and that Dark Owl planned to harm innocent animals. After transforming into Ladybug again; the heroes arrived the stadium needing time to find the akuma she had Cat Noir distract him while they stayed in contact. In an effort to take the detonator Ladybug and Dark Owl had a brief fight and was tossed into the stadium. Ready for another fight and needing to hurry using her Lucky Charm Ladybug received a fountain pen but were tricked into a trap.

After falling into the crate they both discovered that the plot was all fake but use the ink in the pen to cover the screen. To fool Dark Owl, Ladybug pretended that she and Cat Noir would surrender telling her partner that they were going to detransform but have their eyes closed. Inside the crate Marinette felt around for Cat Noir's ring but instead of taking it she closed his hand and gave the villains fake Miraculous and once their kwami's recharged the heroes retransformed. After another fight with Dark Owl and summoning another Lucky Charm from a comic book the heroes discovered that the akumatized object wasn't on Dark Owl but back at the school. Once there Ladybug was restrained by the villain but not before setting off the chain reaction with a comic book and yet had one of her earrings forced off and slowly transformed back. Thanks to the chain reaction she was able to retrieve it and purified the akuma.

Seeing The Owl become a hero on a smaller scale, Ladybug and Cat Noir had more free time after politely turning down the Cat's offer for a movie. She detransformed and went to Alya's house playing videogames while Alya told Marinette about her adventure with her favorite heroes. When Marinette won the game Alya claimed she cheated and got tickled by her as they laughed.

In "Gigantitan", during an attempt to plan a date with Adrien a baby named August was akumatized into Gigantitan knowing that the romantic outing was on hold Tikki and Marinette transformed into Ladybug. Meeting up with Cat Noir Ladybug figured out that the akuma was in Gigantitan's bracelet but found it hard to get to with the villain's constant distractions and complicated plans. After using gift wrapping disguised as a treat the duo was finally able to get the bracelet, returned August back to normal and reunite August with his mother. Afterwards, they detransformed and Tikki took a rickshaw ride home with Marinette and her friends.

In "Glaciator", Marinette transformed into Ladybug along with Cat Noir they saved people from a runaway bus as they let people off she was asked by Cat Noir about having a dinner date with him but even though she was touch Ladybug spoke of other plans. Returning home Marinette was having dinner with her parents afterwards she spoke of going Andre's for ice cream with her friends. When they easily figured that out they asked her who lucky the lucky guy which left Marinette to leave in a huff. Then, met up with Alya and her friends at Andre's ice cream stand when but was disappointed that Adrien wasn't coming. But Marinette was encouraged by Tikki that she could still have fun and was asked if she could have some ice cream too.

She was called out by Andre about being in love with someone and was offered a cone but denied it. After Marinette dropped her cone after confusing Adrien with someone else she became so depressed that she believed that Andre's ice cream wasn't special and walked away. Later that night, Marinette was disappointed in herself for her attitude towards Andre Tikki was comforted by Tikki telling her that she just had a bad night and will have another chance. Wanting some time alone, Marinette went up to her balcony and was approached by Cat Noir surprised to see him, she asked if he had hero stuff to do but he didn't. Seeing he didn't want to be alone she welcomed his company through their conversation the two had common ground about love problems. That was when Marinette discovered that Cat Noir's feelings for her alter ego were real and was curious on what the cat's surprise was; once there Marinette was amazed at the surprise but seeing Cat Noir sad she tried to cheer him up but was soon attacked by Glaciator. She discovered that the villain was Andre and escorted back home before Cat Noir left she thanked him for cheering her up.

After she returned, seeing a new side of Cat Noir; Marinette thought she was wrong about him before transforming into Ladybug. Meeting with an angry Cat Noir, Ladybug received a cold shoulder from him about missing their date, while fighting the villain they discovered that Glaciator did not attack couples. After apologizing the heroes pretended to be a couple to get close enough to him to see that Andre was inside the monster. Using her Lucky Charm she received a helmet and with a motorcycle and a makeshift propeller they were able to save Paris from being buried in a mountain of ice cream. Arriving at the date spot, Ladybug was amazed but not wanting to lie to her best friend, she admitted she was in love with another guy but refused to say anything else knowing their personal lives must be kept secret. She expected Cat Noir to be angry but he respected her honesty and was given a kiss and rose by him which left her blushing. The next day, Marinette arrived at Andre's ice cream stand and fed some ice cream to Tikki before telling Andre to have a good day.

In "Sapotis", Marinette went over to Alya's house for a sleepover where she was talking to Alya's mother about how the twins were almost ready for bed. After placing them in bed she commented on Alya's ability to deal with them. And yet when Marinette heard that Alya was getting closer to searching for Ladybug's identity she tried to dissuade her by reminding Alya the importance of why a hero's identity must be secret. After Etta and Ella got grounded the girls discovered they got akumatized into the Sapotis causing a ruckus in the house where Marinette mentioned that Alya might have been too strict with them. Observing them she discovered they multiply every time they eat; noticing an opened window Marinette failed in catching them and the little monsters escaped into the city.

Seeing the Sapotis' destruction Tikki and Marinette transform into Ladybug, meeting Cat Noir they managed to find one of the clones and destroy the hat. Curious Cat Noir asked how did she know and answered it was through trial and error but due that one being a clone there wasn't an akuma. Realizing what they had to do the heroes went through many clones but didn't find the right one. Going through many more they discovered that there are too many Sapotis' for them to handle, surrounded Ladybug summoned her Lucky Charm and received a teapot. But didn't see how to use it until Cat Noir reminded her of someone that was when she understood that the team needs help. After getting Cat Noir to trust her she destransformed and went to Master Fu's shop explaining the situation. Understanding the Guardian allowed Wang Fu temporarily allowed Marinette to take another Miraculous and an ally to help them; Marinette took the Fox Miraculous and knew of the perfect person for the job.

Transform back she found Alya trying to reason with some of them to no avail and destroyed the clones. With the help of their new ally Rena Rouge the trio were able to stop the Sapotis and after returning the Fox Miraculous; Tikki and Marinette enjoyed the rest of the sleepover.

In "Gorizilla", Marinette was swooning over Adrien's new ad while eating and continued to swoon until she was alerted by a cellphone call from Alya asking were she was. In her haste Marinette was still in her pajamas until it was pointed out by Tikki and rushed back home to change but bumped into Adrien instead. Who asked if he could hide at her place and surprised she asked why but got an answer when Marinette saw Adrien's fan mob. Hiding in the park fountain Marinette was thanked for the save and informed Adrien she found out about his ad but he retorted by saying that it was embarrassing just as she was still in her pajamas. Seeing that Adrien was safe Marinette tried to leave but was pulled back into hiding upon seeing Adrien's bodyguard where he explained he snuck out of his house without permission.

After being spotted again they made it to the train station and she heard Adrien's apology where Marinette had mixed feelings of being Adrien's girlfriend but switched the subject by asking him if everything was going to be okay between him and his father. He told her everything would be fine with his lucky charm (the bracelet she gave him) but their moment was ruined by another fan mob they tried to run but ended up surrounded until Marinette was pushed into a subway car by Adrien heading towards another station. Wearing disguises she commented Adrien for the idea of hiding in the movie theater until she was informed this was where he was going. Where she also found out that the theater was showing a movie where Adrien's mother starred the leading role. But just as Adrien took off his helmet the two friends were swarmed by Adrien's fan mob again

Until Gorizilla bursts through the ceiling and kidnapped Adrien seeing her friend in danger Marinette transformed into Ladybug. But with the villain's brute size, strength and Cat Noir nowhere to be found Ladybug found it difficult to fight alone but used a toy helicopter to get out of the villain's grip. When she saw Adrien falling Ladybug called for her partner but after Gorizilla let her go the heroine caught him and the two safely landed on the ground. Caught in the moment Ladybug was almost shocked when Adrien called her his lady. With her time running out Ladybug had to hurry with "Adrien" acting as bait and Cat Noir finally arriving they were able to stop Gorizilla.

After an exhausting day they detransformed and went home, Marinette was ecstatic that she had the best day ever with Adrien but seeing her condition Marinette switched it to the worst the day of her life. Until she received another call from Alya and their friends begging for more details and heard they're still at the pool.

In "Captain Hardrock", Tikki came with Marinette to Juleka's mother's houseboat to help Juleka's mother Anarka Couffaine prepare for the musical festival. But that was put on hold when Anarka was akumatized in Captain Hardrock. Then, after Marinette and everyone became prisoners below the ship once the coast was clear Tikki phased through the chain setting Marinette and Luka free. Quickly finding a place to hide Tikki and Marinette transformed into Ladybug and upon meeting Cat Noir the heroes tried their best to control or anchor the ship with no success. After using a chain and tying it around the compass the ship ran a ground leading to Captain Hardrock's defeat and everyone having fun at the music festival.