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Kamikotization[1] is the special superpower granted by the Butterfly Miraculous to its owner.[2]
Description
Hawk Moth establishing communication with Alya Césaire.
The Butterfly Miraculous owner first uses the Miraculous to detect strong emotions, presumably to detect when someone is in need of help. They then infuse energy into a butterfly, transforming it into an Akuma.
The Akuma is then sent on its way to find the person it is supposed to bond with. Once the Akuma reaches the person, it possesses an important object belonging to them and creates a telepathic link between the person and the Butterfly Miraculous owner. Once the person agrees to work with the Miraculous owner, the person is enveloped in a magical dark-purple ether. When the ether dissipates, the person is transformed into a super-powered being. The powers granted correspond with the recipient's personality traits and/or circumstances. It works by transforming the recipients emotions into superpowers; the stronger the emotions the person was feeling at the time of the Akumatization, the stronger their powers will be. The transformation seems to come with all of the knowledge and muscle memory needed for the champion to use their new powers effectively.
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Dark-purple ether surrounding Audrey Bourgeois, turning her into Akumatized super villain Style Queen.
This power can also completely cure the Akumatized champion of physical impairments, such as poor vision, seen in "Lady Wifi", but the impairments will return when the champion is deakumatized.
The Butterfly Miraculous owner can remove the Akumatized champion's powers by revoking the Akuma.
The Butterfly Miraculous owner is limited to only one Akuma at a time, however, more than one person can share the Akuma and be Akumatized at the same time, if they are both holding the object when the Akuma inhabits it. The Butterfly Miraculous owner can create multiple Akuma's at once if they first create a champion with the power to boost other people’s powers.
Akumatized super villain Stormy Weather using her powers.
The Butterfly Miraculous owner can telepathically talk to their Akumatized champion from a distance, and whenever they do, a butterfly-shaped light mask appears over both of their faces. As part of the power, the Akumatized champion becomes the loyal follower of the Butterfly Miraculous owner, and thus follow the desires of the Butterfly Miraculous owner, with a few exceptions. The Miraculous owner can also see and hear through the eyes and ears of the champion. While the champion becomes the users follower, the user cannot control the champion's mind.[3]
If necessary, the Miraculous owner has the power to inflict pain on their champion, either for disobeying orders or using their powers for the wrong reasons.[4] In "Félix", it is revealed that the Butterfly Miraculous owner can also talk through their Akumatized champions, much like how a Fox Miraculous owner can talk through their illusions and a Peacock Miraculous owner can talk through their Sentimonsters.
The Akumatization remains even when the Butterfly Miraculous owner detransforms, or even if the Butterfly Miraculous and/or its owner are no longer of this world, as seen in "Simon Says" and "Cat Blanc".
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Mr. Pigeon deakumatized back into Xavier Ramier.
If the object containing the Akuma is broken, it will be released and the transformation will be undone. If the Akuma is allowed to fly away, it will multiply into thousands and possess any random people they come across. These people are transformed into physical duplicates of the original Akuma champion; however, these duplicates will be frozen stiff like statues. If the original Akuma champion is re-Akumatized, the duplicates will come to life and serve as the originals personal army. The only way to prevent this is to capture and purify the Akuma before it can fly away. Currently, the only known way to do so is by using the Yo-yo granted by the Ladybug Miraculous.
Like the Miraculous Ladybug power, there are limitations to the power of Akumatization:
- After the powers of the Akumatized champions are removed, the user can't do anything to fix the damage their champion has left behind.
- If the Akumatized champion was created from strong negative emotions or are too young to think rationally, the user will have a difficult time controlling them.
- The Akuma/Akumatized champion must be within a certain range of the Butterfly Miraculous owner for the mental connection to be established; if they are too far away from each other, the Butterfly Miraculous user will lose control of the champion who will then act of their own accord. The maximum telepathic distance seems to be around 150 miles (241.402 kilometers).
- The victim's body must be strong enough to hold the transformation. If not, the transformation will drop and the champion will lose their powers.
Uses
For a complete list of Akumatization uses, see Akumatized villains.
Sightings
Episodes
Specials
Comics and books
Other
Trivia
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Nooroo explaining Akumatization with the Miraculous book.
- Akumatization is one of two superpowers that requires an external factor not provided by the transformation to work; the butterflies. The other is Amokization, with feathers from the hand fan.
- They are also the only two superpowers which the user does not need to say the superpower's name to activate it.
- Season 2 had responded to the question that Akumatization works on more than just humans, such as robots, animals, and kwamis.[5]
- "Robostus" reveals that Akumas can affect machines like Max's robot as long as they have emotions.
- In “Queen Wasp”, Pollen is indirectly Akumatized because of the Akumatization of the Bee Miraculous.
- Sometimes, animals or objects are indirectly transformed with the Akumatized person, including Roger Raincomprix's car in "Rogercop", Jagged Stone's alligator Fang in "Guitar Villain", and Santa Claus's reindeer in "Santa Claws".
- People can be Akumatized more than once, and it can be either with the same or different identity.
- People feeling insufficient emotion can decline to become Akumatized, such as those targeted by Hawk Moth if they don't despair enough.[6]
- In "Despair Bear", "Gigantitan", "Zombizou", and "Chameleon", it was shown that the Akuma would stop if its target has overcome his or her emotions.
- In "Catalyst", Hawk Moth's powers were increased, and he no longer needed the consent of his target, though the Akuma still needed intense emotions to take hold of its target.
- Like Cataclysm, Akumatization doesn't need the Butterfly Miraculous tool to activate it.
- However in "Backwarder", since Hawk Moth was not in his lair and instead hiding in a train bathroom, he used an Akuma that was contained within his cane.
- In "Heart Hunter" and "Miracle Queen" he also uses akumas that were contained in his cane, though only one reached its target.
- The Akumatized beings are meant to be superheroes, but the Butterfly Miraculous holder can also make them supervillains, Hawk Moth creating the latter for evil intentions.
- Akumatized villains are chosen by Hawk Moth because of their negative emotions, like sadness or anger, but it's unknown if Akumatized heroes have to feel the same type of emotions to be sensed and/or transformed by the Butterfly Miraculous holder. Hawk Moth specifically goes after people who are in despair and are not happy because it is easier for him to manipulate people into doing bad things.[7]
- If the person isn't despaired enough, they can refuse the Akuma.[8]
- In "Zombizou," Caline Bustier almost manages to resist her Akumatization.
- In "Miraculer", Chloé successfully resists her Akumatization, making her the only known being to have ever done so.
- Sentimonsters can be Akumatized as they are the embodiment of one's emotions, as seen in "Feast" with the Dormant Sentimonster.
- With the exception of the Butterfly Miraculous, Miraculouses don't protect their holders from being Akumatized unless the user removes before they are Akumatized.
- According to an official book of ambiguous canon, the Butterfly's superpower is Evilize.
- This is likely not true, as the book is known to be full of mistakes, and the Butterfly Miraculous' intended purpose is to create superheroes.
- According to Marinette in "Hawk Moth and the Akumatized Villains", the stronger negative emotions a person feels the stronger they are as Akumatized villains.
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References
- ↑ In "Malediktator", Tikki states "And less Akumatizations" on behalf of Chloé's departure from Paris.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/994137034037002240
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/872000705967554560
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/872020337164251139 and https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/872021350373896196
- ↑ https://youtu.be/vtO8bbvmU0g?t=3012
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/872023423832162305
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/872023906080755713
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/872023423832162305
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