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Placide I.T. has been akumatized. Placide I.T. has been akumatized into a scarlet akumatized villain.
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This article is about Placide I.T. from the TV series and any information in it exclusively follows the main series' continuity.
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I call him "The Gorilla" because he's huge and he never speaks, just like a gorilla!

Adrien Agreste, "Adrien's Double Life"

Placide I.T., commonly nicknamed The Gorilla, is a recurring character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is Adrien Agreste's bodyguard and chauffeur.

In "Gorizilla", after Placide failed to get Adrien back when he snuck out to watch a movie he didn't think his father would let him watch and was harshly insulted by Gabriel for it, he was akumatized by Hawk Moth into Gorizilla, a giant gorilla-like supervillain.[2]

It is revealed in "Representation" that he used to work for Colt Fathom, but his employment was traded to Gabriel Agreste in exchange for being lent the Peacock Miraculous to create a child for himself.

Appearance

Physical appearance

Placide is a large, tall man with black hair that has light gray sideburns on the sides of his head and dark blue eyes. Unlike the other people, he doesn't have eyebrows.

Civilian attire

He wears a dark grayish Persian blue dress suit with a pale, light grayish blue sweater underneath. He also sports dark sapphire blue dress shoes.

As Gorizilla

Gorizilla was entirely a blue shade with a lighter blue on his chest and face surrounded by thick black lines. He had light gold sclera with moderate amaranth irises with two upper canines that stuck out of his mouth. He only wore dark blue, tattered pants.

For more of Placide I.T.'s outfits and designs, see Placide I.T./Designs.

Personality

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Placide seeing Simon Grimault as a threat to Adrien.

Placide is a serious, grim, and stoic man who never talks or expresses any emotions. He takes his job very seriously and is quite protective of Adrien, threatening Simon Grimault when the latter just wanted to shake hands with Adrien. His suspicious nature also thrives outside of his job as he glances at Marinette from a distance because she is talking back to her purse, where Tikki is, in "Guitar Villain". He isn't afraid to stand up to what he considers dangerous to himself or others, like Simon Says and Darkblade, but he becomes fearful in particular cases when he is endangered. While not openly genial, Placide obeyed his boss Gabriel and Nathalie. He followed through on requests on others, such as delivering Marinette's Christmas gift to Adrien in "Santa Claws".

Underneath Placide's intimidating exterior, he is shown to be gentle and kind as he briefly played with action figure dolls and secretly allowed Adrien's friends into the Agreste mansion in "Party Crasher". He can also be easily moved as seen in "Reflekdoll", when he sees the girls sincerely beg him to allow Adrien to have fun with them. He also sincerely cares for Adrien to the extent that the mere sight of the boy was enough to completely banish all of the negative emotions that were about to get him akumatized, showing that he doesn't consider his devotion to protecting Adrien a merely paid job. When Marinette is forced to break up with Adrien in "Cat Blanc", he doesn't let Adrien go but seeing his supplication and tears, he allowed Adrien to go after her.

As of Season 5 onwards, Placide showed himself to be very supportive and kind to Adrien for his relationship with Marinette. He was willing to do anything to make them feel happy and even tried to protect them after they were attacked by Riposte Prime. In “Revolution”, Placide was very sad to see Adrien devastated that he will leave Paris and upon seeing Marinette rushing to the airplane on her scooter, Placide unbuckles Adrien and silently signals him to see his girlfriend one last time and smiled, showing his selfless side. When a disgusted and presumably jealous Gabriel furiously orders Placide and the airport technician to separate Adrien and Marinette, Placide had no choice but to comply his orders, albeit begrudgingly. When Adrien starts crying, devastated that he lost the love of his life, Placide was not above crying to see someone so sad and reluctantly buckled Adrien.

As Gorizilla, he was more aggressively relentless in finding Adrien and keeping him safe. He was more than willing to attack bystanders who got in his way and cause mayhem to find him. However, he was also careless and oblivious as he didn't realize keeping Adrien with him he was unknowingly almost getting him hurt when attacking Ladybug, and had a hard time getting her Miraculous as he got both her and Adrien in his hands.

Abilities

As a civilian

Placide is a very strong man as he can use his height and build to intimidate others if necessary. When Simon Says hypnotizes him to act like a gorilla, he is powerful enough to attack and restraint Cat Noir.

As Gorizilla

Gorizilla possessed extraordinary strength and an acute sense of smell, as well as a strong jump. Because of his enhanced senses and physical abilities, he was an excellent tracker, being able to follow Adrien just about anywhere after getting his scent from his bracelet. However, if his sense of smell was overpowered by a stronger scent, like Wayhem's bottle of Adrien: The Fragrance, he lost the ability to sniff out whoever he was trying to track.

Relationships

Adrien Agreste

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Placide attempts to protect Adrien from Gigantitian.

As his bodyguard, Placide is very protective of Adrien, leaving his side only when forced to, like when he is chased off by spiders summoned by Santa Claws. In general, he seems to be very fond of Adrien, showing signs of genuine care towards him. In "Gigantitan", when he is about to be akumatized from his frustration with parking the limousine, the mere sight of Adrien being safe is enough to calm him down and repel the akuma. He is also willing to put himself between Adrien and dangerous threats like Simon Says and Gigantitan without hesitation, further showing his protective instincts towards the boy.

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Placide upset seeing Adrien heartbroken.

In "Protection", he is shown to support Marinette and Adrien's relationship, where he secretly helps them set a date at the Agreste mansion, and when they both are attacked Riposte Prime, he defends them both from the supervillain, allowing them to escape. In "Revolution", when he and Adrien hear Marinette calling to him on the plane, he allows Adrien to go see Marinette. Gabriel ordered Placide to separate the couple and he pulled Adrien apart from Marinette with a genuinely sorry look on his face look as the two shared their first kiss. Back on the plane, a tearful Placide is visibly sad to see Adrien lose the love of his life and allows a tear to fall.

Gabriel Agreste

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Placide gets upset when Gabriel yells at him in a voicemail.

Placide did his best to follow Gabriel’s orders of protecting Adrien, though in situations when Gabriel got angry at him for some reason, he can get nervous or frustrated.

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Per Gabriel's orders, Placide reluctantly breaks up Adrien and Marinette's first kiss.

Unlike Gabriel, he supports Adrien's relationship with Marinette, and on occasion, he disobeyed Gabriel's orders to prevent Adrien and Marinette from becoming a couple. On Gabriel's orders, he was forced to break up Adrien and Marinette's first kiss.

Nathalie Sancoeur

Nathalie and Placide have a healthy professional relationship while working for Gabriel and they are both shown to be equally scared of him in "Gorizilla".

Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Placide was neutral towards Marinette as he tries to not let her interfere with Gabriel's orders in "Reflekdoll" and the alternate timeline in "Cat Blanc", before giving in during both cases. However, once Marinette has a date with Adrien in "Protection", he warms up to her and starts to support their relationship while also trying to hide it from Gabriel. In "Revolution", Placide allows Adrien to see Marinette when she calls for him on the plane. On Gabriel's orders, much to his regret, has to break up their first kiss.

Colt Fathom

Though a play in "Representation", Placide I.T. was Colt's best man before his employment was traded to Gabriel Agreste in exchange for being lent the Peacock Miraculous to create a child for himself.

Amelie Graham de Vanily

Not much is known about his relationship with Lady Amelie other than he used to work for her husband until his services were traded to Gabriel. In "Re-creation", he serves her and Nathalie drinks at the pool party being held at the Agreste mansion.

Adrien's friends

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Trivia

  • Thomas Astruc and the crew call him "the Gorilla."[3]
    • As revealed in "Adrien's Double Life", Adrien calls him "the Gorilla" because he has a large build and he doesn't talk at all.
    • In "Simon Says", the title character hypnotizes Placide to think he is a gorilla.
    • In the French version of "The Puppeteer", Plagg also refers to him as "The Gorilla," while he simply refers to him as Adrien's bodyguard in the English version.
    • In some languages (including French), "Gorilla" is a slang word used to describe a particularly muscular bodyguard.
  • In "The Bubbler", Placide can be spotted in the sky to the right of Tom Dupain and Sabine Cheng when they are trapped in bubbles.
  • He really likes Christmas.[4]
  • In "Stormy Weather", Placide is helping out Vincent by holding up a reflector during Adrien's photo shoot in the park.
  • Although the car he usually drives appears in "Kung Food", he himself does not.
  • An image showing part of Placide's akumatized form was teased in a sneak peek collage at the Miraculous San Diego Comic-Con 2017 panel.[5]
  • The akuma in "Gigantitan" was intended to akumatize Placide, but it ended up akumatizing August instead.
  • The name of his akumatized form, Gorizilla, is a pun on his nickname and Godzilla. Coincidently, both have Gorilla in their names, representing their strength and power.[6]
    • In the Korean version of "Gorizilla", his name is simply Gorilla.
  • Gorizilla reappears for the two-part special event "Heroes' Day".
  • In "Oblivio" he is listed as "G." in Adrien's cellphone, though this is likely short for "Gorilla".
  • Gorizilla reappears in "Gamer 2.0" because of Gamer's powers.
  • In "Miraculous New York," it is revealed that he is afraid of flying.
  • It's currently unknown if he knew that Gabriel was Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch.
    • It is also unknown whether he knew that Nathalie was Mayura and the ultimate price of her using a damaged Miraculous.
  • In "Miraculous Paris" when Gabriel goes through his contacts, Placide I.T. is the only contact to not be labelled with a name.
  • Ezra Weisz stated in an interview with Lindalee Rose that he believes the bodyguard's name would be either "Maurice" or "Michelle".[7]
    • However, in the Miraculous Secrets card game, his name is revealed to be Placide I.T.
      • When pronounced in French, "Placide I.T." sounds like placidité, which means "placidity" or "peacefulness". This is a reference to how he does not speak.

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References


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French Miraculous superhero team
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/LadybugAdrien Agreste/Cat NoirAlya Césaire/Rena RougeNino Lahiffe/CarapaceLuka Couffaine/ViperionMax Kanté/PegasusKagami Tsurugi/RyukoLê Chiến Kim/King MonkeyZoé Lee/VesperiaMyléne Hapréle/PolymouseRose Lavillant/PigellaJuleka Couffaine/Purple TigressSabrina Raincomprix/Miss HoundMarc Anciel/Rooster BoldNathaniel Kurtzberg/CaprikidIvan Bruel/MinotauroxAlix Kubdel/BunnyxFélix Fathom/Argos
Other Miraculous holders
Jessica Keynes/Eagle
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Ladybug Miraculous
Adrien Agreste/Mister BugAlya Césaire/Scarabella
Cat Miraculous
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Lady NoireAdrien Agreste/Cat WalkerZoé Lee/Kitty Noire
Snake Miraculous
Adrien Agreste/Aspik
Mouse Miraculous
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Multimouse
Dog Miraculous
Félix Fathom/FlairmidableAlix Kubdel/Canigirl
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Multifox
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Multibug
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Ladybug and Dragon Miraculous
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Dragon Bug
Cat and Snake Miraculous
Adrien Agreste/Snake Noir
Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous
Gabriel Agreste/Shadow Moth
Ladybug and Bee Miraculous
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Lady Bee
Ladybug and Horse Miraculous
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Pegabug
Butterfly, Peacock and Cat Miraculous
Gabriel Agreste/Shadow Noir
Ladybug, Horse and Rabbit Miraculous
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Pennybug
Cat and Rabbit Miraculous
Adrien Agreste/Rabbit Noir
Dog and Rabbit Miraculous
Alix Kubdel/Bunny Dog
Butterfly and Ladybug Miraculous
Gabriel Agreste/Monarbug
Ladybug and Cat Miraculous
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Bug Noire
Villains
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Kwamis
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Akumatized villains
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Other villains
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Future villains
Apkli • Dr. Sadness • Future Hawk MothIgnoblia • Pain and Tears • Mr. Rat
Parisians
Teenagers
Miss Bustier's class (Adrien AgresteChloé BourgeoisIvan BruelAlya CésaireJuleka CouffaineMarinette Dupain-ChengLê Chiến KimMylène HaprèleMax KantéAlix KubdelNathaniel KurtzbergNino LahiffeRose LavillantSabrina RaincomprixLila Rossi) • Ms. Mendeleiev's class (Marc AncielAurore BeauréalMireille CaquetJean DuparcZoé Lee) • Kagami TsurugiLuka CouffaineOndineSocqueline WangThéo BarbotVivicaWayhem
Children
AugustBoyChris LahiffeElla CésaireEtta CésaireFroggyHarmonieManon ChamackMrs. Michelle's sonQuentinRythm
Adults
Emilie AgresteAnne-Jeanne Théoxanne du BocqualeArletteThomas AstrucAugust's motherVincent AzaMr. BananaAndréAndré BourgeoisAudrey BourgeoisArmandCaline BustierAlec CataldiMarlena CésaireNora CésaireOtis CésaireNadja ChamackSabine ChengChrisHarry ClownClara ContardAnarka CouffaineDenis DamoclesArmand D'ArgencourtDoormanGina DupainRoland DupainTom DupainSimon GrimaultFred HaprèleGisèleFire captainClaudie KantéAlim KubdelJalil KubdelMarianne LenoirOlga MendeleievMrs. MichelleJean-Pierre MonlataingBertrand KingClara NightingalePhilippePlacide I.T.Roger RaincomprixXavier RamierPenny RollingMrs. RossiBob RothDidier RoustanSanta ClausSarahSarah (waitress)SophieJagged StoneJean TretiensTomoe TsurugiVéroniqueVincentXYDino Huggie
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