Volpina

"Volpina" is an upcoming episode of the first season of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. Its air date in the U.S is unknown.

Synopsis
Lila, a new student, arrives at the collège, and Ladybug makes herself a mortal enemy by humiliating her. Akumatized, Lila becomes Volpina, master of illusions. Will Volpina manage to deceive Ladybug and Cat Noir?

Plot
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The episode begins with Adrien finding his father on the phone as he spies him closing a safe that happens to behind the painting of his mother. Adrien sneaks into the room after his father's departure and opens the safe to find the Peacock Miraculous and a mysterious book among other objects.

Meanwhile, Marinette and Alya arrive at school and overhear Rose, Chloé, and Nino discussing various rumors about Lila, a new student from Italy, who Marinette then sees flirting with Adrien. A jealous Marinette watches the two before following them into the Library. As Marinette watches from hiding, Lila tells Adrien that Ladybug once saved her life and that they are now close friends. Adrien soon takes the miraculous book paging through it before Tikki recognizes it in shock and goes in for a closer look. Adrien then packs up the book and Lila kicks his bag over before sliding the book toward her and helping Adrien repack his stuff. When he leaves, Lila looks at the book and takes an interest in the page about the holder of the Fox Miraculous.

After class, Marinette follows Lila and Adrien to the park, and sees Lila throw the Miraculous book she swiped into a nearby garbage bin. Tikki retrieves it and gives it to Marinette, who then sees Lila telling Adrien that she and Ladybug are best friends and that she is a descendent of a fox miraculous holder, Volpina. Lila also claims that Ladybug isn't even in the top ten superheroes. An enraged Marinette transforms into Ladybug and confronts Lila, calling out all of her lies and causing her to run away in humiliation. Adrien chastises Ladybug, who claims she doesn't like lies, especially if they are about her. Meanwhile, Lila expresses her anger towards Ladybug for humiliating her and ruining her chance with Adrien and is akumatized into the master of illusions, Volpina.

Volpina casts an illusion of a meteor heading toward Paris, and another illusion of herself stopping it. She then addresses assembled citizens and describes herself as "the only superhero Paris needs," prompting cheers and chanting. She then spots Cat Noir and Ladybug, and sends an illusion of herself over to meet them. Cat Noir believes that they have a new ally, but Ladybug is not so sure, questioning Volpina on her miraculous and its power. Volpina answers both questions and then creates an illusion of Hawk Moth on multiple rooftops to trick Ladybug and Cat Noir into falling into a trap she set up. She succeeds, as they both pursue the Hawk Moth illusion. Then, Ladybug finds herself faced with several rockets pointed directly at her, and does not realize they are an illusion. Volpina appears, reveals herself as a villain, and demands Ladybug's Miraculous. Ladybug realizes that Volpina is actually Lila and that she is akumatized. Volpina supposedly destroys a building in the distance to pressure Ladybug to hand over her miraculous. Ladybug almost does so, but then a pigeon flies into the "explosion," causing it to vanish. Ladybug realizes that everything that has happened was just an illusion, and that this was Volpina's power.

Volpina heads over to Adrien's house and Ladybug tells Cat Noir to meet her there. Cat Noir changes back to Adrien so that he can try to reason with her and Volpina frets over Adrien. Ladybug enters the scene, angering Volpina. Adrien hides someplace and then transforms back to Cat Noir. He arrives back at the scene and makes up an excuse that he had trouble finding the address. It is not long before Ladybug and Cat Noir catch sight of Volpina again holding an illusion of Adrien by the hand and then threatening to drop him from the Eiffel Tower if they don't hand over their miraculouses. Ladybug is terrified and complies while Cat Noir knows it is another illusion and throws his staff at it, destroying it. Ladybug summons her Lucky Charm, an ice cream bar which emits light that she uses to destroy the illusions of Volpina. Cat Noir then uses his Cataclysm to make the original Volpina fall so Ladybug can snag her necklace. She crushes it and frees the akuma. Ladybug then purifies it and everything has reverted to normal.

Ladybug sees Lila kneeling on the ground and apologizes for her mean comments back at the park. Lila, still angry at Ladybug for ruining her chance with Adrien, rejects her apology and storms off. Hawk Moth is angry he has not won but announces that Volpina will return someday soon since Lila is still angry. Ladybug then goes into panic about Adrien's well-being and rushes off to find him. Cat Noir makes his way to Agreste Mansion, turns on the shower, and speaks to Ladybug through a door, as Adrien rather than as Cat Noir. Ladybug then retreats, leaving both her and Cat Noir sighing.

Marinette then remembers the Miraculous book. She wants to give the book back to Adrien, but Tikki states that the information in it is too valuable. She tells Marinette that the book belongs to the Great Guardian, that they must give it to him, and that he has been looking for the book for a long time.

Meanwhile, Adrien is stressed out trying to find the Miraculous book. He asks Plagg if he touched it, which Plagg denies. Adrien then states that if he doesn't find it and his dad finds out it's gone, his anger will be greater than Hawk Moth's.

Marinette and Tikki head to Master Fu's massage shop. When Marinette enters, Master Fu immediately identifies her as Ladybug, and the door closes behind her.

Major characters

 * Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug
 * Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir
 * Hawk Moth
 * Tikki
 * Plagg
 * Akuma
 * Lila Rossi/Volpina

Minor characters

 * Gabriel Agreste
 * Nathalie Sancoeur
 * Adrien's chauffeur (background)
 * Alya Césaire
 * Rose Lavillant
 * Juleka Couffaine (background)
 * Chloé Bourgeois
 * Sabrina Raincomprix (background)
 * Nino Lahiffe
 * Max Kanté (background)
 * Lê Chiến Kim (background)
 * Master Fu
 * Mrs. Agreste (picture)
 * Prince Ali (mentioned)
 * Jagged Stone (mentioned)
 * Jean Duparc
 * Civilians
 * Pigeons

Trivia

 * This is the 26th episode (and the first season finale) to air on Télé-Québec and Australia's ABC3
 * Creator Thomas Astruc and storyboard artist Wilfried Pain consider this episode to be the season finale.
 * According to Thomas Astruc, the real question this episode implies is how "he" will react when he realizes "something" is missing, likely referring to Gabriel Agreste and the Miraculous book.
 * This is the only episode so far where Ladybug is willing to take off her Miraculous earrings—once in order to save civilians, and once in order to save Adrien.
 * This is the third episode where an akumatized villain looks like a superhero, as Volpina looks like the holder of the Fox Miraculous. The other two were Copycat, who looked identical to Cat Noir, and Antibug, whose costume was a variation on that of Ladybug.
 * This episode reveals that the Peacock Miraculous is kept by Gabriel Agreste inside a safe box behind a painting of Mrs. Agreste.
 * It is also revealed that Gabriel owned a book containing information about the Miraculouses, which Adrien finds.
 * Ladybug abuses her powers because of Adrien, similar to what she does in "The Bubbler".
 * This episode doesn't have an end card.

Errors

 * Lila's hair ties constantly change colors, going from orange to black to white to orange again.
 * When Lila is waiting for Adrien at the park, her hair clips through the bench.
 * Before Adrien arrives at the park, Lila puts on her necklace, but after his arrival, it is no longer around her neck.
 * When Volpina threatens to drop "Adrien" from the Eiffel Tower, her grip on his wrist is reversed in the close-up.

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