Timetagger

"" is an episode of Season 3 of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. Its world premiere was on May 18, 2019 in Switzerland for French viewers on RTS Un.

First
Ladybug and Cat Noir confront Timetagger, a supervillain coming from the future to seize their Miraculouses. Paris' fate is in their hands!

Second
Ladybug and Cat Noir have to defeat Timetagger in the present so that Hawk Moth will not use him in the future.

Plot
Alya and Marinette are playing a mobile rap game where Alya suceeds and Marinette doesn't. Suddenly, Chat Noir is seen fighting Mr. Pigeon, much to Marinette's despair. Marinette excuses herself from Alya's company stating that she has to help her father taste his new recipe which Alya offers to help with. Marinette declines, saying that her father's a shy one when it comes to new recipes and goes behind a pillar to transform. Tikki states that her reason this time is not the best one that she has given to which Marinette replies saying that soon, she'll run out of excuses to use.

At the Louvre, Chat Noir is seen confronting Mr. Pigeon with a horde of people witnessing the event go on with what seems to not even be a glimpse of fear present on their faces. Ladybug and Chat Noir then easily beats Mr. Pigeon, releasing the Akuma. Mr. Ramier apologises for the trouble that he caused them, offering them ice cream as a thank you for what they had done.

Hawk Moth, frustrated, rambles about the many times he has failed to use Mr. Ramier to take Ladybug and Chat Noir's miraculouses. Turning back, he suddenly feels a strong surge of power, one he has never felt before. Back at the superhero duo's location, a portal suddenly appears behind them with a seemingly akumatised man coming out of it. The man raps about how he's going to defeat the duo by shooting a beam at them which will send them back into the past, revealing himself as a villain named Timetagger. He then shoots Mr. Ramier causing him to go back in time. Suddenly, a giant statue commemorating Mr. Ramier who appears to have become a knight in the past appears behind Ladybug and Chat Noir.

The adversary then goes to other various spots shooting beams on the ground causing some graffiti to appear acting as a marker or site to which he can teleport. The miraculouses of the duo then beep leaving them with only one minute to beat the villain. They frantically charge at him  which he easily dodges by teleporting to said sites that he made earlier. Hawk Moth is amazed by the villain's fighting style to which the villain responds by saying how the future Hawk Moth sent him back in time to retrieve the miraculouses and give it to him. Hawk Moth is astonished by this and praises his future self. The two heroes then go run to the louvre to detransfrom. They got into the lavatory right before transforming.

In the female lavatory, Marinette feeds Tikki to restore her strength and gets worried about how they may not be able to beat the villain as he had came back from the future meaning that even their stronger future selves can't beat him. Tikki reassures her, stating that there is always a solution to a problem. Marinette then transforms back into Ladybug. In the male lavatory, Plagg talks about how, despite them being in peril, on the bright side, Adrien still gets to be with Ladybug in the future. Adrien responds by saying that to experience that future, they must win against Timetagger now. He too then transforms back into his superhero self.

Out in the hallway, the two superheroes run back to the villain's position when suddenly, Alix bumps into them. Alix marvels at them and at how the message she received was actually real. Confused, Ladybug questions her about the said message. Alix then takes out her watch which has been passed down in her family lineage for a very long time, stating that it has never shined until today which she says means it contains a message for Ladybug. Ladybug opens the watch where a hologram appears. An audio message is then played, congratulating the superhero duo for finding it and telling them to "dig into the past" to which Chat Noir jokingliy asks Alix if her watch comes with a shovel so they can do the "digging" much to her annoyance. Ladybug then comes up with what the message may mean, asking Alix about the oldest exhibit present in the museum to which she tells her about the Egyptian Collection where some items date back to thousands of years ago. They then rush their way towards the Ancient Egyptian section.

At the Egyptian exhibit, Ladybug knocks on all of the items there and stops at one, stating that it's hollow. She then orders Chat Noir to use his cataclysm on it. After doing as told, a sleeping person which seems to have superpowers is revealed to be behind that ancient artefact. The sleeping person wakes up. Realising that the Ladybug and Chat Noir has solved her riddle, she congratulates them. She then says that she has something very important to do. They all go to the lavatory.

The person introduces himself from inside the toilet revealing herself to be a superhero from the future named Bunnix who is a part of a team formed by the Ladybug and Chat Noir of the future. She then continues stating that she is called upon once every superhero, including the two famous heroes she is talking to, have failed. Chat Noir, baffled, talks about how he and Ladybug freed her from the ancient artefact meaning that she must've failed somewhere too to which she responds saying technically it's true but it will be his fault as somewhere in the future, one of his cataclysms damages her miraculous. She says that that is how Timetagger will be able to send her back into the past to Ancient Egypt.

Ladybug asks her about how they'll be able to defeat the villain without the Rabbit Miraculous. The superheroine then asks Alix if he has "the watch" which she explains is their watch. Alix hesitantly gives it to her. Suddenly, the watch changes its form and is revealed to have been the rabbit miraculous all day long revealing the heroine's identity as Alix but from the future. Bewildered by this, Ladybug asks her how is she in possesion of a miraculous when she has never given Alix a miraculous before. Future Alix reassures her that she will give it to her once the has come. This excites present Alix.

Wondering about why she doesn't use her powers that often as it's obviously very powerful, Chat Noir asks her what's the rationale behind her doing so to which she responds saying that messing with time can lead to serious consequences. Suddenly, Chat Noir's miraculous starts beeping prompting him to go back into the lavatory to transform. Still confused, Ladybug states that she, Bunnix, must know how to defeat Timetagger as she's from the future. Unfortunately, Bunnix states that due to her long being in the ancient artefact, she barely remembers anything from the past that she had experienced. However, she states that the way she'll be able to logically defeat Timetagger is by sending him back to the future where he can be beaten up by heroes his own size.

Back in the main hall of the louvre, the group realises that many people from the present have been sent back in time into the past as many ancient artifacts such as the old and ancient artefacts and paintings are now changing due to the Timetagger's interference to time. This causes Ladybug to conclude that since her future self wasn't able to stop Timetagger, she must be a not so powerful superheroine in the future. Bunnix, stunned at what Ladybug said, reassured her stating that in the future, she is a stunning leader and has defeated the likes of so many evil ones including one particular weirdly named villain called Monsieur Rat. Interested in his future love life, Chat Noir asks Bunnix about her relationship with Ladybug in the future, much to Ladybug's annoyance.

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Major Characters

 * Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug
 * Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir
 * Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth
 * Tikki
 * Plagg
 * Future Fluff
 * Nooroo
 * Akuma
 * Future Chris Lahiffe/Timetagger
 * Future Alix Kubdel/Bunnix
 * Alix Kubdel

Minor Characters

 * Alya Césaire
 * Nino Lahiffe
 * Chris Lahiffe
 * Ella and Etta Césaire
 * Xavier Ramier/Mr. Pigeon
 * Future Ladybug
 * Future Cat Noir
 * Nathalie Sancoeur
 * André Glacier (background/pictured)
 * Jagged Stone (mentioned/pictured)
 * Nadja Chamack (mentioned/pictured)
 * André Bourgeois (mentioned/pictured)
 * Mr. Damocles (pictured)
 * Caline Bustier (pictured)
 * Lila Rossi
 * Future Butterfly Miraculous holder (mentioned)
 * Dr. Sadness (mentioned/pictured)
 * The Apkli invaders (mentioned/pictured)
 * Pains and Tears, the Twin Queens of the Inner Dimension (mentioned/pictured)
 * Ignoblia (mentioned/pictured)
 * Majestia (mentioned)
 * Monsieur Rat (mentioned)
 * Civilians
 * Pigeons

Trivia

 * It is revealed that Marinette and Adrien are still Ladybug and Cat Noir in the future but Gabriel Agreste has been succeeded by someone else as Hawk Moth.
 * However, it's unknown if that means Gabriel had failed or will be successful in his mission to make his wish come true.
 * It is revealed that the Ladybug and Cat Noir from the future has assembled a team of superheroes, with Alix being a part of that team with the Rabbit Miraculous which allows her to turn into Bunnix.
 * It is revealed that Ladybug and Cat Noir already fought against Mr. Pigeon 23 times, and they defeat him twice in this episode.
 * Although it is hinted that in the future he'll start going by the Akumatized name of Mr Rat.
 * This is the second time (as far as we know) that Chris Lahiffe is akumatized following "Christmaster".
 * However, unlike his previous akumatization, Chris doesn't get akumatized into Christmaster, but instead into a new villain- Timetagger.
 * Timetagger is also the first akumatized villain to appear that has not been akumatized by Gabriel Agreste, but by a future Butterfly Miraculous holder.
 * In this episode, it's revealed that Alix's watch is actually the future Rabbit Miraculous.
 * As revealed by the future Alix, Cat Noir will be responsible, years later, for the present Rabbit Miraculous (the one in the Miracle Box) being damaged.
 * This is the third episode which involves a time-related villain, the first two being "Timebreaker" and "Backwarder".
 * This is one of the few episodes that involve the heroes fighting more than one akumatized villain.
 * This is the fourth time the akumatization of the victim is not shown, following "Sandboy", "Oblivio", and "Christmaster".
 * It is revealed that the transformation phrase for the Rabbit Miracuous is "Fluff Clockwise", the detransformation phrase is "Fluff Counter Clockwise" and the special power is "Burrow".
 * It is possible that this episode hints at the famous tale, "Alice in Wonderland", where there is a white rabbit with a pocketwatch that worries about being late.  Also, there is no proper time in Wonderland.
 * One of the many episodes where the heroes use their powers multiple times.

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