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| “ | Look at yourself. You used to create unique clothing to help people's dreams become a reality. Today you design police robots and connected rings. You know what? Maybe there's still hope. Maybe we can still change, give up our privileges, go back to the way it was before! | ” |
—André Bourgeois to Gabriel Agreste, "Collusion" | ||
André Bourgeois[9][10] (born Anaximandre Bourgeois) is a recurring character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is the former mayor of Paris and the owner of Le Grand Paris. He is also the ex-husband of Audrey Bourgeois, the father of Chloé Bourgeois, and the ex-stepfather of Zoé Lee.[11]
In "Malediktator", after his wife and daughter tried to leave Paris and called him powerless despite his position, André was akumatized by Hawk Moth into Malediktator, a dictator supervillain.
In "Heart Hunter", when André and his wife argued with each other during their 20th wedding anniversary, they were akumatized into Heart Hunter, a love-devouring supervillain.
In "Mega Leech", after people stopped him from cutting trees for a city project, he was reakumatized into Malediktator by Shadow Moth, and his stress and anger formed Mega Leech, a worm-like sentimonster. He also received a Magical Charm from Ladybug that prevented him from being reakumatized.
In "Collusion", as a result of the proposal of the idea of robocops replacing the Parisian police force and a lot of pressure on him by Gabriel and Chloé, as well as the video that was broadcast on TVi that made him seem corrupt, André resigned as mayor and returned to the world of the film industry, which is his true passion.
In "Revolution", after he was captured by Chloé as revenge for not giving her everything she wanted, he was sent to her inhumane detention facility but was broken out. After Ladybug and Cat Noir boosted their powers, unlocking Master Control, André stopped Ladybug from giving Chloé a Magical Charm and promised to correct his own errors, splitting from his wife who left for London with their daughter.
Appearance
Physical appearance
André is a fairly tall and pudgy man with slicked back gray hair and light brilliant cobalt blue eyes.
Civilian attire
He wears a dark gray dress jacket with three large black buttons over a white dress shirt. He has a strong red tie, and there is a matching red folded handkerchief in the jacket's upper left pocket. He also has dark gray slacks and black shoes. He usually wears a blue, white, and red striped sash over his right shoulder, and the ends of the sash are tied together next to his hips with thick golden tassels.
As Malediktator
Malediktator was a fairly tall and muscular light brilliant sapphire blue skinned supervillain with strong sapphire blue eyes. On his head, he wore a dark blue bicorne. He wore a deep blue-violet jacket with a cowl going over most of his head except the bottom of his nose and his mouth, and the jacket had black and deep indigo markings on the shoulders. Malediktator's right arm had a yellow armor-like shoulder with black stripes, and the rest of the arm was dark blue with a bent white and red stripe below the elbow. Across his chest and around his body, he wore a blue, white, and red sash with a large blue, white, and red circle attached at the center of his chest above it. Also, he wore white trousers that started from the upper body, and he had blue boots that start above the knees.
As Heart Hunter
As Heart Hunter, André's body did not exist, and he had pale, light grayish crimson face skin, big nose, vivid raspberry colored-upside down heart shaped-earrings, vivid amaranth eyes, and brilliant amaranth eyebrows and afro styled hair.
- For more of André's outfits and designs, see André Bourgeois/Designs.
Personality
André is an approachable and regal man, though he is very willing to be manipulative, deceptive, and degrading when it comes to his political or personal goals. Rather prideful, André tends to care more about his wealth, prestige and Chloé Bourgeois (André's daughter) than the welfare of the people of Paris. He enjoys being rich and making more money as he notably allows Jagged Stone and his crocodile to occupy a room at Le Grand Paris upon learning that he is rich, but he doesn't like losing money. While capable of acting like a proud leader, he can also be quite cowardly and gullible. If he is facing a villain or his daughter is in danger, André can easily become terrified and unsure what to do, but he will act professionally despite his fear under some circumstances. When serious, he knows when to listen to advice and commands from others, most notably from Ladybug and Cat Noir. He is easily persuaded by his family when they urgently need something, and scrambles to do their bidding, not caring if it is unfair. While André is typically more calm than passionate, he'll get angry when he feels like someone is harming or disrespecting him or something he cares deeply about. Specifically, his love for his daughter leads him to become furious if she is wronged in some way or in peril.
But if the request crosses the line, André puts his foot down and refuses to comply, for example in "Queen Banana", André refuses to hurt Zoé when Chloé calls for backup.
André apologizes to Roger
Although open and prone to questionable choices and responses, André figures out his wrongdoings every once in a while. He sometimes unprofessionally jumps to conclusions about situations and demands action that goes against the law, but when he realizes his mistakes, he does try to learn from them and make things right with anyone he wronged, such as Roger Raincomprix in "Rogercop". In another instance of this, in "Reflekta" he initially agrees to help the title villainess trick Ladybug and Cat Noir for Reflekta's promise to turn him back to normal in return, but later regrets his actions and agrees to Ladybug's request to drive Juleka back to school from the TVi Tower. Albeit an egocentric leader, André can be genuinely kind and patient. He is grateful for good, hardworking, and brave civilians and heroes that thrive in Paris.
André is revealed in "Sole Crusher", to have given up some of his dreams as a perceived necessity for achieving his other goals.
Andre realized and lamented on how he abused his power and spoiled his family.
But as time went on André began to realize that a life of power and high status isn't what he wanted nor was working out as well as see how this status affected other people and when being consulted by Gabriel, as the close friends they were, Andre wanted to change for the better and wanted Gabriel to come with him believing it wasn't too late for them. And yet, he can be hasty with decisions as he gave up his position as mayor too quickly without thinking what was going to happen if he did.
By "Revolution", he finally saw the consequences of his actions seeing how it turned his family into monsters, especially his daughter and wife. With that, it finally gave him the courage to set things right as he finally disciplined Chloe and split up with Audrey who left for London with Chloé.
As Malediktator, he was a completely tyrannical supervillain who used his powers to make others do what he wanted. He still cared for his daughter, though, as he attempted to make her dreams come true so that she'd stay in Paris with him.
When he was akumatized again in "Mega Leech", his ultimate goal was to gain power over the town's inhabitants to do what the supervillain wanted. He didn't allow anyone to protest against the project he desperately wanted to implement, so he cloned himself and took control of his victims. As a villain, he still carried out his plans - he destroyed trees in the park.
As Heart Hunter, his and Audrey's goal was to destroy all the love found in Paris, no matter what kind. They transformed into hearts and devoured any type of love, Heart Hunter showed no mercy towards anyone, turning them into a "delicacy" that they then devoured. They also had no qualms about attacking Chloé.
Abilities
As a civilian
As a leader and politician, André is good at presenting himself to the public, issuing orders and speaking to reporters on current issues. Also, as being a hotel manager, he helms a large staff and he expertly deals with the hotel's visitors and occupants.
In his youth, he was a professional film director and made several movies like Solitude in which starred Émilie Agreste.
As Malediktator
As Malediktator, he could make energy bubbles that, when they hit a person, could cause them to do what Malediktator wanted. He did so by holding up two fingers and starting each command with "By the power vested in me, I declare...", then gave his order. It was also shown that Malediktator was able to control his bubbles at will.
In "Mega Leech", Malediktator had control over his flying sentimonster that, by having entered his mouth, allowed him to proliferate into countless Minimalediktors who could get into anyone's mind to control him. He was also quite small, allowing him to squeeze in tight spaces, had enhanced abilities such as running quite fast and could jump quite high as he could jump from the ground and into someone's ear.
As Heart Hunter
Heart Hunter manifested as a giant flying head. They could sense love and shoot magic beams at a person(s)/object that turned them into a heart, which embodied said love, which they then ate.
Family
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Relationships
Audrey Bourgeois
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André opens the door for Audrey.
In "Frightningale", André is afraid of his wife as it is shown when he complies with Chloé's demands after she threatens to call her mother. He complies with every command she gives him, such as firing the chauffeur in "Style Queen" or hurrying to the Bourgeois helicopter in "Mayura".
In "Adoration", it's revealed he changed his name and dreams to impress Audrey.
However, in "Confrontation", she forces him to prevent principal Damocles from rightfully expelling Chloé and Lila from the school, much to his regret and he told Gabriel he wasn't happy with Audrey, as she didn't respect him anymore. In "Revolution", after Chloé was deakumatized, they split as Audrey and Chloé leave Paris for London.
Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee
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André standing up for Chloé.
André loves his daughter, but he spoils her more than he should. He doesn't like to see her upset or in danger as he cares immensely for her happiness and safety that he acts rashly because of it every now and then. For her, he buys expensive designer clothes, threatens school staff with being fired if they fail to recover her bracelet and introducing her to Prince Ali at a press conference. If Chloé is being mistreated or humiliated, André takes it as a personal offense, even telling Parisians once that a strike on Chloé is a strike on Paris. Occasionally, however, he does remind her about being better, making sure she learned to not unfairly accuse others in "Rogercop" and punishes her like kicking her off of the jury of the World's Greatest Chef contest in "Kung Food" for sabotaging Wang Cheng's soup.
In "Malediktator", when Chloé threatens to leave Paris after he can't give her what she wants, he falls into sadness, which leads to his akumatization.
In "Queen Banana", he let out his anger to Chloé by reprimanding her for wanting to get rid of Zoé again, refusing to indulge his daughter because Zoé stood up for herself.
However in "Collusion", after Chloé became mad at her father for not giving her what she wants, André confided in Gabriel that his daughter had became "a heartless girl", saying it in sadness and most likely guilt, making him realize that it was partially his fault for Chloe's behavior and by resigning his position, he unknowingly allowed her to become the next mayoress.
André drags his deakumatized daughter to finally discipline her for her actions
In "Revolution", André was one of the civilians locked up by his akumatized daughter, who willingly allied herself with Monarch. However, after she was defeated, he stopped Ladybug from giving Chloé a Magical Charm, stating it's time for him to correct his own mistakes and atoning for his sins and redeeming himself as he dragged his angry daughter away, exiling her and her mother away from Paris.
André was one of the people who witnessed his daughter's first transformation into Queen Bee.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug
André asking Ladybug and Cat Noir about dealing with Mr. Pigeon's pigeons.
André doesn't know Marinette well, but he immediately believes Chloé's accusations about her stealing Chloé's bracelet in "Rogercop". Also, while Hôtel de Ville is under siege in "Darkblade", he follows her lead. He is aware Chloé doesn't like Marinette, but on Christmas, he wants Chloé to be nice to her in "Santa Claws".
With Ladybug, André is extremely grateful for her work and he relies heavily on her to keep Paris safe — and in some cases, to keep him and his daughter safe. He also openly listens to her suggestions, agreeing with her to rehire Roger after unfairly firing him earlier in "Rogercop". In "Sole Crusher", he brings Ladybug to the place where Zoé's akumatized object was kept.
In "Collusion", he like everyone else was grateful and adored Ladybug so much that he refused Tomoe and Gabriel's idea about having her replaced by their robot police force.
André politely stopped Ladybug from giving his daughter a Magical Charm to discipline her himself.
In "Revolution", he was inspired by the heroine's speech after his daughter's deakumatization seeing Ladybug attempt to give her another Magical Charm he politely pushed her yoyo away knowing that he must atone for his mistake.
Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir
Not much is known about André relationship with Adrien, but he knows that he used to be friends with Chloé when they were kids.
In the same fashion as his feelings towards Ladybug, André is appreciative of Cat Noir for his duty to protecting Paris. When Cat Noir explains that he has an "urgent need" in "Mr. Pigeon", André happily complies by allowing him into a suite and even having a chef get Camembert for him per request. In "Sole Crusher", he brings Cat Noir to the place where Zoe's akumatized object was kept.
In "Collusion", he like everyone else was grateful and adored Cat Noir so much that he refused Tomoe and Gabriel's idea about having him replaced by their Police robots force.
Zoé Lee/Vesperia
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André helps Zoé when she has a problem with her half-sister
Despite not being related by blood, André seems to have a very good relationship with his stepdaughter as he, much like her, has to hide his true self from his family, fearing to not be liked or accepted. When Zoé seems conflicted on what to do, he tries to help her, by sharing his secret with her and helping her to hide her shoes. When he saw Zoé get akumatized into Sole Crusher, he showed great concern for her, and even helped Ladybug and Cat Noir de-akumatize her. When Chloé demands her father to send Zoé back to New York, André is able to convince her to allow Zoé to stay, but in another room away from Chloé's, something that Zoé appreciates. He stands up for Zoé in "Queen Banana", saying that he will oblige Chloé if she asks him to have a new cellphone or the limo painted in pink, but she can't ask to hurt her sister.
He continued to get along well with Zoé especially in "Adoration", where he and the hotel staff worked together to defend his stepdaughter from Chloé.
In "Collusion", André was defended by his stepdaughter from an akumatized Miss Bustier, stating that while her stepfather did make some mistakes in the past, he wasn't a bad person, which convinced the supervillain to confront him peacefully.
And after Chloé and Audrey left for Paris in "Revolution", Zoé stayed with her stepfather in Paris, which also likely implies that André got her custody.
Despite not knowing that Zoé is Vesperia, he knows that she's the succeeder of Chloé as the holder of the Bee Miraculous. Unlike Chloé though, he appreciates Vesperia, and is grateful for her helping Ladybug and Cat Noir.
Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch
Andre and Gabriel were in good terms with each other during their younger years as they worked together to make their movie Solitude. However as time moved on they both went through big changes in their lives and became powerful men of the elite but they still continued to be friends with each other.
André renounces his friendship with Gabriel via a voicemail after the latter betrayed and discredited him.
As of Season 5 unlike Gabriel, Andre slowly realized and gained the emotional wisdom he sought coming to a full one in "Collusion", seeing how a life of politics and power corrupted his family despite being consulted by Gabriel, Andre knew he needed to make a change for the greater good if things were to get better. So much so as a friend, he wanted the latter to come with him believing it wasn't too late for them but the fashion designer refused. Upon returning to his office, Andre was horrified to learn that Gabriel recorded everything he said, reedited it and sent the video to internet, making him sound like a corrupt politician and also leading to Miss Bustier's akumatization, outraged by this, he confronted him through the Alliance ring but only received a voicemail, still undeterred he renounced their friendship but took solace that because of his former friend that he was on the right path to fix things and told Gabriel he felt pity for him before saying goodbye and hanged up.
But unaware that his closest friend has a secret: Andre didn't know that Gabriel Agreste was the dreaded Hawk Moth now turned Monarch and that he used him like everyone else as his pawn in his relentless plans to get the heroes' Miraculouses. That the mastermind was also partially the reason why his daughter had turned out to be so rotten because he used her to hate Ladybug & Cat Noir.
However, André like everyone in Paris, was led to believe that his former friend died helping to defeat Monarch in "Re-creation".
Émilie Agreste
They were good friends in their younger years and she even starred in his film, "Solitude".
Bob Roth
"TBA"
Tomoe Tsurugi
"TBA"
Mylène Haprèle/Polymouse
"TBA"
Véronique
"TBA"
Roger Raincomprix
"TBA"
Wang Cheng
"TBA"
Sightings
Episodes
Others
Trivia
- The name André means "man, warrior" and/or "Masculine; manly; brave" in French.
- This is ironic since André is cowardly.
- André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world, particularly in the United States. It is a variation of the Greek name Andreas, a short form of any of various compound names derived from andr-
- André's surname Bourgeois is a French term that is used to describe a member of the middle class within France.
André's Magical Charm.
- In "Darkblade", it is mentioned that André has been re-elected as mayor of Paris four consecutive times.
- A mayor's term in France is six years, so he has been mayor for about eighteen years. Thus at the end of his current term that starts in "Darkblade", he will have been mayor for twenty-four years.
- As "Darkblade" happens in 2015, it would mean that he's been mayor since 1997.
- As he and Audrey celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in "Heart Hunter", which is set in 2015, it would mean that they got married before he became the mayor.
- A mayor's term in France is six years, so he has been mayor for about eighteen years. Thus at the end of his current term that starts in "Darkblade", he will have been mayor for twenty-four years.
- As André states at the beginning of "Simon Says", he dislikes dancing.
- He says the last time he danced was when Madonna was in kindergarten.
- If this claim is true, he would be aged somewhere in his seventies considering that Madonna would have attended kindergarten in approximately 1963. If André was a teenager the last time he danced, he would have been born in the mid-1940s, and would thus be approximately 70 years old at the time of the series, give or take a few years.
- He says the last time he danced was when Madonna was in kindergarten.
- Malediktator was first revealed on August 31, 2017, at a TFou press conference.[12]
- A scarlet version of Malediktator reappeared in the two-part special event "Heroes' Day".[13]
- The name Malediktator stems from two words. Mal is a prefix for the word “bad” or “unwell”. Diktator is an alteration of the word “dictator”, meaning a leader who possesses absolute power.
- In "Heart Hunter", it's revealed that André and his wife were married for twenty years.
- In "Sole Crusher", it is revealed André used to be a movie director, enjoys filmmaking and produced the film "Solitude".
- In "Adoration", it is revealed that André's name at birth was Anaximandre Bourgeois, but he changed his name and gave up filmmaking because of his love for Audrey, and he created "Solitude" to show his love for Audrey.
- In "Collusion", it is revealed that his father was in politics as well, and that he only followed in his father's footsteps as a way to impress Audrey.
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References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MLBFansWorld/status/1507935245466746889
- ↑ https://www.synchronkartei.de/serie/33761
- ↑ https://twitter.com/kenta_sasa/status/1007514378424291330
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/notes/dubbers-incmalaysia/senarai-pengalih-suara-miraculous-tales-of-ladybug-cat-noir-bahasa-malaysia/10158174682148307/
- ↑ In "Style Queen" by Audrey.
- ↑ In "Malediktator" by Audrey.
- ↑ In "Party Crasher" by Chloé.
- ↑ In "Sole Crusher" by Ladybug.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/660946813432823808
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/660946813432823808
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Qry0SBvmdNZjBrckwxb1Y4TU0/view?pli=1
- ↑ https://pandasuite.com/viewer/2.0.2/59a6c26e48abe6f53a002dc9?t=1 (direct video source here and English subtitles here)
- ↑ https://pandasuite.com/viewer/2.0.2/59a6c26e48abe6f53a002dc9?t=1 (direct video source here and English subtitles here)