| “ | The kid has a point! What if an akumatized villain or a sentimonster shows up? I have a bad feeling about this. You go, I'll keep watch. | ” |
—Barkk, "Furious Fu" | ||
Barkk[4] is a supporting character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. She is the kwami of Adoration who is connected to the Dog Miraculous.[5] With her power, Barkk's wearer can use the collar necklace to transform into a dog-themed superhero.
Barkk and her Miraculous are currently owned by Sabrina Raincomprix, who uses it to transform into the superheroine Miss Hound.
Appearance[]
Barkk is 10 centimeters (or 4 inches) tall[3] and is light brown with a white mark around her mouth, between her eyes, and on her chest. She has dark grayish cyan eyes, drop ears, a whisker on her forehead, and a pink tongue. She also has a tail that curves upwards.
Personality[]
Barkk is protective, dutiful and obedient, as seen in "Furious Fu" when she agreed with Marinette's reasoning of someone needing to stay behind and guard the Miracle Box and volunteering to stay and keep a lookout for trouble.
She also has very good instincts, as she sensed something terrible was going to happen in "Furious Fu", and was proven right when Su-Han arrived to take back the Miracle Box.
On occasion, Barkk is known to be playful, as she joined in playing with one of Marinette's designer hats with her fellow kwamis. She also gets very excited as the prospect of something new, getting a new holder for example.
Abilities[]
Barkk can fly, levitate, and phase through solid objects. She can also carry objects that are larger and/or heavier than herself.
As a kwami, Barkk is able to transform the holder of the Dog Miraculous into a dog-themed superhero, giving them the ability Fetch. This ability allows them to teleport any object they hit with their Ball into their possession.
Relationships[]
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug[]
Barkk is very understanding with Marinette, as shown in "Furious Fu".
She also deeply likes Marinette and wishes to be with her, as she screamed for her help as she was unwillingly pulled through Monarch's Voyage portal in "Destruction".
In Re-creation, her guardian defeated Monarch and Barkk and his companions were freed and Marinette was able to restore her miraculous to its original form and sent Barkk to live permanently with Sabrina.
Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge[]
Alya meets Barkk and her fellow kwamis after Marinette tells her that she is Ladybug.
Sabrina Raincomprix/Miss Hound[]
Barkk and Sabrina meet in "Penalteam", when Chloé is akumatized and turned into a team of supervillains. Although there is little information about her relationship, Sabrina is excited to meet her kwami and Barkk is equally happy to meet her new possessor.
However, in Strikeback, Sabrina learns that Monarch captured Barkk and is now under his service. Although she does not remember it, Sabrina was briefly reunited with Barkk through akumatization in "Adoration".
In "Recreation", after Monarch's death, Sabrina permanently receives the Dog Miraculous and is happily reunited with Barkk.
Félix Fathom/Flairmidable[]
Barkk's relationship with Félix is not shown. But it is presumed it was soured when Félix gave the yo-yo to Gabriel Agreste who then proceeded to steal all the Miraculouses. Shortly after Félix renounced Barkk and also gave her to Gabriel, which might have soured their relationship even more.
Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch[]
At first Barkk did not know Hawk Moth's identity, but he knew that Nooroo was under his service and like all his other kwami companions he wanted to rescue him.
In "Strikeback", Barkk discovers his identity when it was mistakenly given to Félix under the impression that it was Adrien and later betrays his guardian and using Barkk's power to steal all the miraculous in the Chinese Miracle Box leaving Barkk and his companions under the service of Monarch.
In "Evolution", Gabriel treats Barkk and his companions as slaves, demanding complete obedience from him, later he uses Barkk's power to prevent Ladybug and Cat Noir from taking away the Rabbit Miraculous but ultimately ends up failing.
In "Destruction", Barkk and his companions are forced to reveal to Gabriel the location of their guardian but they end up leading him into a trap organized by Ladybug to recover Barkk and his companions but ultimately ends up failing, later Gabriel melts Barkk's miraculous and turns him into a Alliance ring to transfer Barkk's Adoration power to any akumatized villain he desires and imprisoned Barkk and the rest of his companions in cages.
In "Adoration", Monarch transfers Barkk's power to Vanisher.
In "Re-creation", his guardian managed to defeat Monarch, freeing Barkk and his companions from his control.
History
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Sightings[]
Episodes[]
Trivia[]
- Barkk was first revealed from a second season trailer on August 31, 2017.[5]
- Barkk's name was confirmed in the credits of the Latin American Spanish dub of "Sandboy".[4]
- Dogs are symbols of loyalty, assistance, protection, communication, and more.
- The dog is the eleventh animal of the Chinese zodiac.
- It's fitting that Barkk's power is fetch because it's a common game for people to play with dogs.
- That Barkk's concept is adoration because most people adore dogs especially puppies as pets.
- Starting in season 4, Barkk is voiced by a girl named Sabrina in the English version. Coincidentally, the holder she gains in said season is also named Sabrina.
- Barkk is the eighth kwami to be used for evil, though briefly, following Nooroo, Duusu, Plagg (in an alternative timeline in "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral"), Pollen (briefly in "Miracle Queen"), Liiri (briefly in "Miraculous New York"), Wayzz (briefly in "Optigami" and later in "Strikeback") and Tikki (in an alternative timeline in "Ephemeral"). Barkk and her Miraculous were used for evil in "Strikeback" by Flairmidable, who used them to get all the Miraculouses of the Chinese Miracle Box to trade them with Gabriel Agreste for the Peacock Miraculous.
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References[]
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CQYt-XdgtSR/
- ↑ Confirmed in this episode clip.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Confirmed to User:BelieveInMagic814 by the official Miraculous Ladybug Tumblr blog.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://twitter.com/Kyoi_Tekina/status/1061763079581634562 and https://twitter.com/MiraculousMX/status/1061767042565455872
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://pandasuite.com/viewer/2.0.2/59a6c26e48abe6f53a002dc9?t=1 (direct video source here)