Gabriel Agreste

"No one tells me what to do, not even a superhero."

- Gabriel

Gabriel Agreste is Adrien's father and Mrs. Agreste's husband. He is also a famous fashion designer, creating and owning the brand Gabriel.

Physical appearance
Gabriel is tall with combed-back light blond hair and blue eyes.

Civilian attire
He wears black-framed silver glasses. He has a white dress shirt underneath a silver vest with red buttons and a cream-colored dress jacket, along with a red and white striped tie. He also wears red dress pants and white shoes with red laces. On the middle finger of his left hand, he has a silver band ring.

Personality
Gabriel comes off as cold, harsh, and very strict. He is very protective of his son Adrien, having kept him home for most of his life, although distant. Despite this, he can also be respectful and kind at times, especially when needing to act professional. According to Adrien in "Adrien's Double Life", ever since the disappearance of Mrs. Agreste, he is a changed man. He misses his wife greatly, and he sometimes has to be reminded to not forget that his son is also grieving. While he does seem to genuinely care for Adrien, this is often in a possessive way, Gabriel not wanting anything terrible to happen to him. He also strongly dislikes taking orders from anyone, even if they are from superheroes trying to protect him.

Abilities
Gabriel is an expert at designing clothes and fashion designs, from shirts to accessories to jewelry. Additionally, owning the Gabriel brand, he is well-versed at running a business, including solving solutions on phone about a design issue and presenting himself professionally in front of others.

Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir
Despite being protective of his son, Gabriel's relationship with Adrien is distant. He and Adrien do not spend time together often, which greatly upsets the latter. He is also very controlling of what Adrien does, having his schedule planned from day to day and not allowing him to go to school without his bodyguard to ensure his safety. However, some if not all of his actions towards Adrien are because he is overprotective.To some extent, he does openly seem to care for his son, wanting to get him a birthday present in "The Bubbler" despite not choosing it for him himself. In "Simon Says", he shows that he's proud of him, telling Ladybug that he's perfect and a lot like his mother. After being saved by Ladybug and Cat Noir, he finds Adrien in his room and hugs him. When bringing a present to Adrien, he panics when he thinks that Adrien went missing in "A Christmas Special", demanding that he be found and being relieved once Adrien returns. As he sadly explains to Adrien, he can't handle losing him after losing his wife. He also listens to Adrien about allowing a crowd of people into their mansion to celebrate Christmas with them.

When he meets Cat Noir in the aforementioned episode, he isn't pleased when the superhero starts giving orders to protect him, yet when Cat Noir insists more, Gabriel tells him that he is headstrong and that he reminds him of someone, after which he turns to face a portrait of his wife. He shakes hands with Cat Noir after being saved by him and Ladybug.

He also notices both Cat Noir's and Adrien's ring and appears to become suspicious.

Mrs. Agreste
Not much is known about the relationship between the couple. However, Gabriel did genuinely and strongly care for his wife. According to Adrien in the webisode "Adrien's Double Life", ever since Mrs. Agreste disappeared, Gabriel has not been the same.

Nathalie Sancoeur
Gabriel entrusts his personal assistant, Nathalie, to take care of tasks for him and Adrien. He doesn't appreciate when she messes up, however, like getting impatient with her when she forgets to get a birthday present to give to Adrien on his behalf. When she gives him useful advice, he listens intently and takes it, like agreeing with her to let Adrien attend public school in "Stoneheart" and to be there for Adrien on their first Christmas without Mrs. Agreste in "A Christmas Special".

Nino Lahiffe
Gabriel has a strong distaste of Nino and believes that Nino is a bad influence on Adrien. When Nino objects to him not allowing Adrien to have a birthday party in "The Bubbler," Gabriel, displeased with his authority and decisions being questioned, tells Nino that he is not allowed in the mansion anymore because he is a bad influence on his son. However, in "Simon Says", he appears to have either forgotten about this or gotten over it, as he hardly acknowledges his presence inside the mansion.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug
Despite not actually meeting Marinette in person, he recognizes her as a skilled hat maker and lets her prove that her hat is her own creation in the contest he was judging. When she does, he compliments her on her creation and declares her the winner.

With Ladybug, he seems to respect her, trusting her to protect him and chatting with her about Adrien when she and Cat Noir were guarding him in "Simon Says". He also shows a strange interest towards her earrings.

Trivia

 * Gabriel is named after Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who created the French designer brand, Chanel.
 * Gabriel is Marinette's role model, as she hopes to be a great fashion designer like him.
 * In "The Evillustrator", Chloé bribes Sabrina using a beret that Gabriel designed.
 * He is responsible for Nino's and Simon Grimault's akumatization.Volpina LQ (16).jpg
 * Gabriel has a secret safe behind the painting of Mrs. Agreste in the living room of his mansion. It contains the Peacock Miraculous, a picture of Mrs. Agreste, tickets for Tibet, and a book about the Miraculouses.
 * In "Volpina", Adrien takes the Miraculous book, unbeknownst to Gabriel, and the book eventually ends up in Marinette's hands. Gabriel's reaction and response to his book being stolen has yet to be seen.

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