Adrien Agreste/Relationships

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug
Adrien and Marinette first meet in "Ladybug and Cat Noir (Origins - Part 1)" as their superhero alter-egos. Cat Noir is incredibly impressed by her wits and skill in combat, and he's even more pleasantly surprised in the next episode, when she gives a speech to the whole of Paris after defeating Hawk Moth's akumas and when she manages to defeat Stoneheart, save Mylène from falling, and capture the akuma all at once.

In "Stoneheart", he also meets Marinette in her civilian form at school, but he doesn't make a good first impression: Marinette thinks he was trying to stick a piece of chewing gum on her seat when he was trying to remove it, Chloé being the true culprit. Marinette is deeply offended, but he makes up with her the next day at the end of the episode when Adrien gently explains the truth and kindly offers his umbrella to her while it was raining, smiling at her warmly. In response to this, Plagg jokingly teases him, saying that he has a crush on her. Adrien brushes it off, responding that she's "just a friend", but was very happy, as he has made a new friend by himself for the first time.

Adrien likes Marinette as a friend, and seems to be totally oblivious to her feelings for him, nor does he seem to have any romantic feelings for her, which is shown when he tries to set her up with Nino in "Animan" without a second thought. He thinks she is a fantastic artist, occasionally shows signs of affection towards her. If she needs help or encouragement, he gives it to her, and despite noticing how awkward she acts around him sometimes, he can tell that she is a good person. In later episodes, such as "Kung Food" and "Gamer", they have more interactions, and Adrien treats her like a good friend, being very supportive and friendly to her. Adrien sees Marinette as a very sweet person due to making him a Christmas hat gift in "A Christmas Special". In "Despair Bear", he defends Marinette when Chloé accused her of calling the fire department, knowing she'd never do something like that, especially during her father's lesson. He later asks Marinette to slow dance while at Chloé's party. When the party is over he compliments that her baking is as good as her dancing. In "Riposte", he partners up with Marinette in fencing and accepts her compliment that he is handsome. He patiently shows her the correct fencing position and explains the rules of fencing. He later notes to Kagami that he likes Marinette, calling her a very good friend, and though she is clumsy sometimes, she's also nice, honest, and fair, trusting she would never cheat. Also in "Gorizilla" he thanks Marinette for helping him hide from fans on his way to the movie theater, and tells her about his mother starring in the film.

In the episode "Troublemaker", he is curious as to why Marinette has pictures of him in her bedroom after the live footage of her room from Fill My Shoes was erroneously leaked. By the end of the episode, after Marinette clarifies that the reason she has images of him in her room is that she is into fashion so much, he teases her about it and invites her to one of his photo shoots. He admits to Marinette that he's glad to have her as a fan (though in the French dub he calls her a friend instead of a fan). It has been somewhat implied that Adrien is now aware of Marinette's feelings for him, which has been confirmed by Jeremy Zag.

As Cat Noir, he teams up with Marinette to stop the Evillustrator in the episode of the same name and promises to protect her. He introduces himself in a playful, flirty manner by kissing her hand and trying to show off his muscles. Afterwards, as Adrien, he asks her what she thinks of Cat Noir, and he assumes from her jumbled response (which is her trying to say he, Adrien, is cooler) that she thinks he is cool, to his satisfaction. During "Glaciator", disappointed that Ladybug didn't show up to a date which he himself planned, he decides to stop by at Marinette's balcony. He confides in her when they both are having love problems, and cheers her up by showing him his surprise for Ladybug, happy that someone liked it.

However, he has a huge crush on Ladybug. He gets lost in Ladybug's beauty every time when she's nearby, when he isn't being Cat Noir and even blushing at her on occasion, like during "The Mime" and "Simon Says". In "Gorizilla", he says that he will always trust Ladybug when he jumped off the building and yet didn't transform, having faith in her. However, once on the ground Adrien almost calls Ladybug "My Lady" in front of everyone before catching himself.

He constantly flirts with her (as Cat Noir) and refers to her by a number of pet names, including "My Lady" and "Bugaboo". He often puts her on the spot with his romantic advances, but he does respect her wishes and never takes it too far. To his constant exasperation, she doesn't seem to reciprocate his feelings. Occasionally, he loses his bravado around her, like during Valentines' Day after defeating Dark Cupid in the episode of the same name. He longs to know who she is behind the mask, but he respects her desire to keep it secret as seen in "Lady Wifi", when he doesn't open the door with Ladybug detransforming behind it.

As a team, they work well together, although Cat Noir sometimes feels like he has to do more of the dirty work because he cannot capture akumas. Despite his crush on her, he doesn't agree with everything she says and questions her if she becomes irrational. Sometimes, they have disagreements, but they know how to work them out and defeat any villain. Cat Noir is fully willing to risk his life to protect her, having shielded her from lethal attacks. He is very dedicated to Ladybug and hopes she will one day return his affections. Sensitive about his feelings for her, he struggles briefly in "Glaciator" when he thinks Ladybug is playing with his emotions. He apologizes later for his bitterness after she explains she never meant to hurt him. When Ladybug kindly tells him that she honestly doesn't see him romantically, he respectfully accepts her honesty and tells her she is his best friend, yet he doesn't lose hope in her reciprocating his feelings someday.

Plagg
Plagg helps Adrien transform into Cat Noir. However, Adrien must frequently bribe him with Camembert just to get him to come out and help him transform. Adrien dislikes the smell of Camembert, Plagg's love for the cheese not pleasing him, and he doesn't always trust Plagg with items like his cellphone or the Miraculous spellbook. The kwami's antics also exasperate Adrien at times, like when Plagg causes a major argument in the classroom because he gets Chloé's expensive bracelet stuck on his head in "Rogercop".

Even though he is often frustrated with Plagg, Adrien never lets Plagg's teasing or skepticism bring him down, and he confides in him, appreciating what support he receives from him. During "A Christmas Special", Adrien shows a great amount of concern for Plagg after he transforms back from a warm place and Plagg is getting cold and hungry in the snow.

Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth
While loving his father and doing what he can to please him, like modeling for him, Adrien is disappointed in how little time his father spends with him. This makes him very pleased on the rare occasions in which he does something nice for him, being grateful for the scarf from Gabriel (unaware that it's actually from Marinette) that he got for his birthday. He doesn't have a good relationship with his father, but as his response to the Bubbler's complaint about parents, he knows not all parents are like Gabriel. Adrien acknowledges in "Adrien's Double Life" that his father changed ever since his mother disappeared (implying that Gabriel may have not always been cold and distant towards Adrien) and tries to be there for him, even if it's difficult with his aloof behavior. Sometimes, he disobeys his father's orders, like in "The Puppeteer", when he gets out to go to the cinema without the Gorilla knowing, and in the Origins episodes, when he goes to public school despite Gabriel forbidding it.

In another case of rebellion, he takes the Miraculous spellbook from his father in "Volpina", which he gets punished for in "The Collector" by being banned from public school. His reaction to his father revoking the ban, thanks to Marinette returning it (unbeknownst to him), is giving him a hug out of gratefulness. In "Gorizilla", where he snuck out of the house without his permission.

Also mentioned in "Adrien's Double Life", he is aware of his father's fear of the outside world. However, he is often frustrated with his father for him not listening to him in "Simon Says". However there were occasions that Adrien did get to spend time with his father seen in "Gorizilla" and "Captain Hardrock".

Unknown to Adrien, his father actually has a secret identity as his greatest enemy Hawk Moth. In "Stoneheart (Origins - Part 2)", Cat Noir and Ladybug are introduced to Hawk Moth when akumas form a large version of his head while the two heroes are fighting Stoneheart at the Eiffel Tower. He is fully aware that he is behind the akumas and super villains. Adrien always works hard to stop him from winning and taking his and Ladybug's Miraculous.

Ladybug's theory that Gabriel is Hawk Moth devastates Adrien in "The Collector". Although skeptical at first, he recognizes the strength in Ladybug's evidence. He is fooled by his father's trick by transforming into the Collector, feeling relieved that his father isn't his greatest enemy as Cat Noir.

Nathalie Sancoeur
Nathalie takes care of Adrien's needs, but her mostly serious nature towards him, not unlike his father, doesn't help him connect with her on any personal level. He openly acknowledges and appreciates her kindness and assistance but her professional tone when she addresses him bars Adrien from confiding in her.

Nino Lahiffe
Adrien meets Nino in "Stoneheart", and after kindly introducing himself, Adrien is surprised that his new acquaintance is not pleased with him being friends with Chloé. After watching Adrien try to take gum off of Marinette's chair and taking the blame for Chloé, Nino opens up to him, and he offers to be Adrien's new friend. Adrien is happy about it, and the next day, he listens to Nino's advice to explain himself to and befriend Marinette.

Nino is Adrien's best friend. Adrien appreciates Nino's compassion and caring attitude. When Gabriel denies Nino's request for Adrien to have a birthday party, Adrien apologizes to Nino about his father. While shocked when he discovers Nino has become a supervillain, the Bubbler, Adrien is thankful to Nino for wanting to make him happy and doesn't hold anything against him after he's changed back to normal. In the webisode "Adrien's Double Life", Adrien reveals that he talks with Nino about everything (except, of course, his double life as Cat Noir). In "Simon Says", he shows Nino his support when he enters a TV contest and trying to help Nino setup a date with Marinette in "Animan".

As Cat Noir, Adrien is aware of Nino's admiration of him seen in "Horrificator" when he appears with Ladybug and in "Reflekta" where he calls him (albeit revealing himself to the villain.) He sees that Nino cares much for his alter ego voicing his concern for him in  "Simon Says", refusing to leave the studio without him.

Chloé Bourgeois
Adrien's only friend before attending collège was Chloé, and he has always been aware that she isn't perfect. However, he doesn't realize the extent of her cruelty until he sees her put a wad of gum on Marinette's chair to teach her "respect" in "Stoneheart (Origins - Part 2)". Despite knowing it was Chloé, Adrien doesn't reveal it to Marinette at first, despite her mistakenly believing he is the culprit until he explains what really happened to her the next day.

Although having known Chloé since they were little kids, Adrien is not very interested in her affection towards him. When he learns from Nino that Alya thinks Chloé is Ladybug, Adrien is shocked, later being relieved after Ladybug appears while he is spying on Chloé cosplaying as Ladybug. He is one of the very few people who is on friendly terms with Chloé, despite her spoiled attitude, although he has no problem calling her out on her rude treatment of other people. And while in "Origins" everyone hates Chloé, he sticks by her side instead of abandoning her.

In "Despair Bear", after Adrien sees Chloé's cruelness to others, he says that he has seen enough and threatens to renounce her as a friend unless she learns to be nicer to others. Once he attends the party Chloé throws for all her classmates, and Ladybug tells him, while he is Cat Noir, that Chloé helped defeat Despair Bear, he believes that she is making an effort to change. Adrien rekindles his friendship with Chloé at the end of the party, but he acknowledges to Marinette that Chloé will never fully change, as she goes back to criticizing her peers again.

As Cat Noir, Adrien keeps a more calmer head around her as he shows much more patience with Chloé than Ladybug does, still guarding her in "The Evillustrator" after she leaves angrily. Even when fighting against Chloé in "Antibug", he does not use his full strength on her because he doesn't want to hurt her.

Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge
Adrien seems to trust Alya's judgment; an example of this is when he suspected Chloé was Ladybug since Alya believed it. Though there is not much interaction between them, Adrien and Alya are friendly to one another when an encounter arises. Such as when they got pair together for a project with Nino in "The Evillustrator" and when they were talking to each other about Marinette's birthday in "Befana".

As Cat Noir, he also describes her as a "brave chick" to Ladybug when she is kidnapped by the titular character in "The Pharaoh". After Ladybug left he asked Alya if she wanted to know his age but by looking at his ring he ran away in fear. In "Dark Owl", Adrien comes to Alya as Cat Noir with Ladybug to ask her for a favor in helping the Owl live out his dream. She gladly accepts, and he praises her for her good acting performance.

Cat Noir meets Rena Rouge, Alya's alter ego, in "Sapotis", welcoming her to his and Ladybug's team with open arms. After she responds to his teasing with her own teasing, he notes that he has a feeling he'll like working with her. Cat Noir and Rena Rouge working well as a team, Cat Noir helps her by giving her advice when she needs it, and he is impressed by how fast she learns. When she leaves to de-transform, he bids her farewell by saying it was a pleasure to work with her.

Emilie Agreste
Not much is known about her, but it's clear that Adrien intensely loves his mother and misses her very much. He has many pictures of her on his phone and as his computer background. His father has said that Adrien and his mother were very much alike. During Christmas in "A Christmas Special", Adrien misses her due to it being his first Christmas without her and becomes depressed. His memory of her is the only thing that stops him from using his Cataclysm on an outdoor Christmas tree. He sneaks out of the house in "Gorizilla" to see a rare film she starred in, taking off his disguise in awe at seeing her onscreen.

Lila Rossi
Adrien is friendly with Lila, but he is flustered and wary by her upfront passion towards him. While Adrien is upset when he learns the truth about her lies of being a superhero, he somewhat feels bad for her being harshly exposed by Ladybug. At first he believes Volpina is a real new hero, being supportive of her and suggesting that Ladybug should treat her nicely. Once he figures out Volpina is Lila, he tries to reason with her as his regular self, albeit awkwardly having to note that they weren't necessarily going on a date earlier before her akumatization. His response as Cat Noir to Lila's rejection of Ladybug's apology is "Ouch..."

Santa Claus
Adrien meets Santa after running away from home, and the two become friends when Santa gives Adrien Camembert for Plagg and gives him advice on his situation with his father. Grateful for Santa's friendliness, Adrien gives him the Christmas hat Marinette made for him and invites him to celebrate Christmas with him and his family. When Santa is falsely accused of being akumatized by Ladybug, Adrien defends him by telling Ladybug that she's wrong (though she doesn't listen). After the events of Santa's real akumatization, Adrien is happy to see him and his other friends checking on his return.

Kagami Tsurugi
Adrien treats Kagami respectfully as an opponent during their match in "Riposte", and he feels guilty for his uncertain win against her, a win that makes her depressed. Though he isn't initially aware that Kagami is a girl or that her family is famous in fencing, he treats her kindly, and he encourages her to try again at battling him in a rematch with a definitive winner.

{{HideSpoiler| In "Frozer", Adrien asks her about his romances on Ladybug she advises him to change to targets and the two spend some time at the ice rink together. When Adrien tells her he won't give up on his love for Ladybug, Kagami accepts his choice but says she'll be waiting when he quits.

Master Wang Fu
At first, he came across Wang Fu in "Ladybug & Cat Noir (Origins - Part 1)" helping him up. Adrien officially meets Wang in "Syren", where he was shocked as the man knew his identity as Cat Noir. When he comes to the mansion Plagg introduces Wang as the Guardian of the Miraculous.}}