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Gabriel: Emilie, everything I've done, I've done for you. And if I had to, I would do it again a hundred times.
(His phone vibrates from his pocket and answers it.)
Nathalie: (on the phone) It's time, sir.
(Gabriel ends the call and walks away.)
Bob: Don't touch my penny! It's mine!! (The coin falls in the sewer.) No, Where did it go!? (cries)
Gabriel: Adrien, I'm not just feeling well enough. You will have to represent me.
Adrien: But Father, you're launching your hundredth collection tonight! You're the one the journalists want to interview, not me.
Gabriel: (fidgets with his ring) Adrien, I am your father, and I am giving you the responsibility to attend this press conference. Under no circumstances will you leave that room until it's finished. All I'm asking is that you honor my work and the memory of your mother. Do we have an agreement?
Adrien: Yes, Father.
Clara: The one-hundredth collection of the brand Gabriel is dedicated to your recently departed mother. How do you feel about this dedication?
Adrien: Since I can remember, everything my father has done, he's done for her.
Moolak: (laughs) My money-making lasers are gonna make me even richer!!!
Shadow Moth: (from his lair) Bring me Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous, Moolak!!!
Moolak: Depends on how much these trinkets are worth…
Shadow Moth: (from his lair) How much is your power which I can take back from you in an instant worth to you?
Moolak: (groans) A guy can't even strike a bargain these days!
(Ryuko's whirlwind strikes from outside of Moolak's vault and electrifies it. The superhero team chases after Moolak on the rooftops.)
Moolak: (laughs evilly) You'll never get your hands on my lucky coin!
Ladybug: We have to get to Moolak if we're gonna defeat him! Pegasus, use your power now!
Pegasus: Voyage!! (He attempts to enter the portal he's made, only to be blocked by a pile of coins. He coughs out the coins inside his mouth.) I can't teleport! The safe is so filled up with coins, there's no room!
Vesperia: It'd be simpler just to cataclysm the whole safe!
Ladybug: I know! I already left I don't know how many messages for Cat Noir!
Moolak: (laughs) I'm getting so rich!!
Nathalie: (from the earpiece) Adrien, your father is counting on you!
Adrien: Next question!
Cat Noir's voicemail: You can purr your message after the "meow"! Meow!
(Ladybug puts down her bug phone and activates her power.)
Ladybug: Lucky Charm!
(A firetruck drops in front of Ladybug. She comes up with a plan to use her Lucky Charm. Her Lucky vision highlights Moolak, the firetruck's ladder, Vesperia, Polymouse, Purple Tigress, Viperion, and Carapace.)
Ladybug: Got it!
(Ladybug hurls her yo-yo around Moolak.)
Ladybug: Gear up, guys!
Polymouse: Multitude!
(Polymouse multiplies and Moolak fires at her clones, while Purple Tigress and Pigella throw Vesperia towards Moolak.)
Vesperia: Venom!
Moolak: Nice try! (fires at Vesperia)
Carapace: Shell-ter! (shields Vesperia, protecting her from Moolak's shots)
Moolak: Blasted super nerds!
Carapace: Unshield!
(Vesperia immpobilizes the safe and bounces off.)
Ladybug: Viperion, try every possible combination!
Viperion: Second Chance!
(Viperion tries the codes from 0000 to 0003 but fails, reverting time with each try.)
Ladybug: Viperion, try every possible combination!
Viperion: Second Chance!
(Viperion tries the code 0099, which grants access to open the safe.)
Viperion: Jackpot! And it only took me a hundred tries!
(Viperion opens the safe and coins fall out, along with Moolak. Ladybug catches the coin.)
Moolak: Noooo!
(Ladybug cracks the coin and frees the Akuma.)
Clara: About your new commercial...
Everyone: Pound it!
Shadow Moth: I'll start over a hundred times if I have to, Ladybug! All I have to do is win once!
(The lair window closes shut.)
Viperion: Scales rest. (de-transforms into Luka)
Ladybug: Thanks, Luka—
(Ladybug reaches for Luka's hand, but Su-Han grabs her arm.)
Su-Han: This really takes the cake!
Ladybug: Grand Master Su-Han?
Su-Han: Nine! You used nine Miraculous to defeat a single villain, when Cat Noir could have just used his Cataclysm!
Ladybug: I had to. Cat Noir was missing!
Su-Han: What do you mean "missing"? You can't just let the holder of the one of the most powerful Miraculous go about as he pleases! What if he started making his own decisions, or act it out? Like Shadow Moth?!
Ladybug: Cat Noir? Act like Shadow Moth? Wow. Are you blowing this out of proportion just a little?
Su-Han: Not at all. In fact, you should find out who Cat Noir really is, so you can have better control over him.
Ladybug: What?!? No way! We can't know our true identities! It would be too dangerous if Shadow Moth got a hold of one of us!
Su-Han: I. Don't. Care!! Deal with this problem quickly, otherwise I will take back his Miraculous as soon as he shows a whisker! And I'll choose the new Cat Noir myself!
Ladybug: Okay, okay, alright. What if you knew who he was, would that work?
Su-Han: I... I suppose so. But I'm warning you; if you don't succeed,—
Ladybug: I get it. Cat Noir will be replaced.
(Su-Han grunts while hopping away.)
Luka: Are you really going to do as he asks?
Ladybug: Do I really have a choice in the matter? I can't fight the Celestial Guardian, and I don't want to take the risk of losing our Cat Noir. I'm gonna need both of you.
Adrien: I hope Ladybug didn't need me. Plagg, claws out! (transforms into Cat Noir)
(He opens his cat phone.)
Cat Noir: Fourteen messages? She must be furious. (calls Ladybug)
Ladybug: (on the phone) Finally!
Cat Noir: I know what you're about to say, Ladybug, but—
Ladybug: (on the phone) Never mind! We got through it. That's all that matters. But we do need to talk. Meet me at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
Cat Noir: (puts down the phone) I get the feeling I'll have my whiskers yanked.
Luka: I'm wondering, Ladybug. How do you plan to reveal Cat Noir's identity to Su-Han if you don't know who he is?
Marinette: Remember why you must all ignore who Cat Noir and I really are?
Luka: So Shadow Moth leaves us alone when we're not superheroes? If we don't know who you are, we're no interest to him.
Marinette: Yes. But in fact, if worse comes to worst, a Miraculous holder could know Cat Noir's identity or mine, but not both.
Luka: That way, there'd always be one of you to fight Shadow Moth!
Marinette: Exactly! But for Cat Noir and me, it's different. If we knew each other's identities, all would take is just for one of us to be akumatized to betray the other.
Luka: And Shadow Moth would win.
Marinette: Tikki, spots on! (transforms into Ladybug)
Luka: Sass, scales slither! (transforms into Viperion)
Ladybug: This is the plan: you stay here hidden. I ask Cat Noir his identity. He tells me...
Viperion: Since I'll hear everything, I'll also know his name.
Ladybug: That's when you'll use your power of Second Chance to go back in time. I'll forget everything but you won't.
Viperion: Or I could just ask him myself if you want. It'd be less dangerous that way, wouldn't it?
Ladybug: (grabbing her earpiece from her yo-yo) Cat Noir will only tell if I'm the one asking.
Viperion: Alright, and then I'll tell the Celestial Guardian Cat Noir's identity.
Ladybug: And then he'll finally cut me some slack.
Viperion: Are you sure the fact that I know who Cat Noir is won't be a problem?
Ladybug: Like I said, as long as I don't know who he is, everything will be fine.
(Viperion smiles.)
Viperion: (through the earpiece) Do you think Cat Noir would agree to this?
Ladybug: (groans) He's been dying to tell me who he is for the longest time. (looks over the fence and sees Cat Noir leaping on the rooftops towards the Eiffel Tower) There he is! Get ready!
(Ladybug and Viperion's timers reach at one in the morning.)
Ladybug: Now! We're in sync!
Viperion: Second Chance!
(Ladybug and Viperion start their timers at five minutes.)
Ladybug: The countdown has begun. It's 1 am, and we've got just five minutes before you transform back. So we've got to be done by 1:05. You'll rewind on my signal.
Cat Noir: (upon landing on top of the Eiffel Tower) I'm sorry, but I really couldn't make it earlier.
Ladybug: (waves) Hey, no big deal! That's the good thing about a team. It's not the two of us anymore!
Cat Noir: Oh, yeah! So then, why did you need me exactly?
Ladybug: Well... actually, it's kind of linked to what happened today. I've given it a lot of thought ever since I became guardian, you know? (leans on the fence) And, I've realized that... you were right after all. (turns to Cat Noir) We should tell each other our secret identities.
Cat Noir: But, aren't the secrets supposed to protect us?
Ladybug: I thought so. But when you didn't show up today, I didn't know how to locate you because we can't communicate when we're not transformed. If something bad happened to one of us when we're not heroes, we could know about it. It would make us stronger. We'd be able to defeat Shadow Moth quicker!
Cat Noir: (walks towards Ladybug's side) So, we're doing this, for real?
Ladybug: Yes.
Cat Noir: Wow. Okay. You go ahead, m'lady. Guardians first!
Ladybug: No, you first.
Cat Noir: Let's do it together.
(Viperion listens to their conversation while he's in the sewers.)
Ladybug: No, I mean it. You go first. I'm... feeling kind of... awkward.
(The timer on Viperion's lyre indicate almost a minute left.)
Cat Noir: Fine. I'm... I'm... Adrien Agreste.
Ladybug: (bursts into laughter) And I'm Audrey Bourgeois! (continues laughing) You? Adrien Agreste? There's no way! You two aren't alike at all!
Cat Noir: Claws in. (de-transforms into Adrien)
(Ladybug's eyes widened.)
Adrien: See? It's really me, Adrien Agreste. What about you?
(Ladybug remains to be dumbfounded.)
Viperion: (through the communicator) Ladybug! I heard his name! Shall I rewind?
Ladybug: No— Wait— Not— Not yet.
Adrien: (frowns) I understand. It's never easy to show your true self to someone. You'd wonder what the other person would think of you if they'll like you. It's hard for me, too, you know? My heart's beating so fast, I've waited for this moment for so long! Imagine the stories that I have come up with when you saved my life as Adrien, or when you wanted to give me another Miraculous! It was awful having to hide Cat Noir from you. I'm so glad I don't have to do that anymore! I hope you're not too disappointed. But whoever you are behind that mask, you'll always be the most amazing person in the world.
Viperion: (from the earpiece) Ladybug! We're almost out of time!
Viperion: Oh no, there's no going back now.
(He de-transforms into Luka, and catches Sass on his hands.)
Luka: I hope she knows what she's doing.
Ladybug: (hesitantly) I am... Ma— Ma— Mari— madly awkward!
Adrien: Take all the time you need. I'll wait 'til you're ready. Besides, now that you know who I am, you know where to find me!
Ladybug: Uhh, right! I'll take my think to time— er— uh— see you sooner! (swings away)
Luka: What made you change your mind?
Ladybug: I... guess I'm just curious to see what's going to happen... after that.
Luka: But you said it was too dangerous to know his identity.
Ladybug: As long as Cat Noir doesn't know who I am, it'll be okay. And I'm gonna make sure of that, starting with Grand Master Su-Han.
Tikki: This is wonderful! Since Cat Noir's in love with Ladybug, that means he's in love with you! You and Adrien can finally be together!
Marinette: (grabs the picture of Adrien from her board) It's not that simple, Tikki. I'm in love with Adrien, but I've never been in love with Cat Noir. (lies down on her bed) It's as if they are two completely different people! Is the Adrien I'm in love with the fake Adrien? Is Cat Noir the "real" Adrien? Who's the real Adrien behind Adrien?
Tikki: I don't know. Why don't you ask Alya?
Marinette: I can't. She already knows I'm Ladybug. She can never know that Adrien is Cat Noir. It'd be too dangerous.
Adrien: When she's ready, she will tell me who she is! In the meantime, she'll get to know me! (slides down the stairs) And then, who knows? (rides his swivel chair across his room) I'm so char-meow-ing after all!
Plagg: I usually like smelly cheese, but I get the feeling that this is going to turn into some really, really stinky cheese. (eats a piece of camembert)
Adrien: (continues to ride around with his swivel chair) Woo-hoo-hooo!
Ms. Bustier: Who can tell me who wrote "I am a Cat"?
Adrien: Meow-meow?
(The whole class laughs, except for Marinette.)
Adrien: Or in human language, Natsume Sōseki.
(Adrien turns to Cat Noir in Marinette's point of view.)
Adrien: He wrote the book "I am a Cat". Sorry for the joke, Ms. Bustier!
Marinette: Sorry, (picks up her books) I'm so madly awkward. Uh— I mean clumsy. I'm madly clumsy—
Adrien: Don't worry about cat— Uh, I mean, that! It happens to everyone.
(Like earlier, Adrien turns to Cat Noir in Marinette's point of view, and she runs away.)
| Rose: ♫ | I only want them to be mine, mine, mine. Dreaming about them in the nights! You know I love unicorns And nothing makes me feel better! ♫ |
Luka: I feel like you're not hearing the same tune anymore when you look at Adrien.
Adrien: (at a distance, to Kitty Section) I think that song sounded great!
Marinette: Luka, have you ever thought you knew a person really well only to find out that they have a secret side to them that you couldn't possibly imagine?
Luka: Yes.
Marinette: And, did it... completely change your way of seeing them? Like all of a sudden, everything feels strange 'cause you don't really know them anymore?
Luka: Quite the opposite, actually. Once I got over the shock, it helped me to get to know them better, and liked them even more. (stands from his seat)
(As Luka walks away, in Marinette's point of view, she still sees Adrien as Cat Noir. But as Luka walks across her sight of Adrien, he is seen as his normal self. Marinette smiles at the view.)
Adrien: Sorry, I... I think I'm thirsty! (runs to the locker room)
Ladybug: Adrien, the lollipop monster is back. Meet me at the Arc de Triomphe!
Adrien: Right away! Plagg, claws out! (transforms into Cat Noir)
Cat Noir: The usual maneuvers, m'lady?
(Ladybug flies in the air, wrapping her yo-yo around the sentimonster to bring it down and trips it with Cat Noir's staff.)
Cat Noir and Ladybug: Pound it.
Cat Noir: Claws in!
(He de-transforms into Adrien.)
Adrien: Well, see you next time, m'lady!
(Ladybug smiles once he walks away, but she stops him from doing so as Ladybug grabbed his arm.)
Ladybug: Wait! I'm... I'm ready now.
(Adrien starts to blush as his heart beats faster and faster.)
Ladybug: Spots off.
(She de-transforms into Marinette, leaving an awestruck and blushing Adrien in front of her.)
Marinette: (flustered) Please, say something!
(Adrien remains dazed.)
Marinette: (flustered) I guess, now that you know it's me, you don't like me anymore.
Adrien: No! (holds Marinette's hands) It's that, I just found out that one of my closest friends is the person I love and admire most in the world.
(He immediately hugs Marinette, with Tikki and Plagg looking each other with uncertainty.)
Ms. Bustier: Come, my fine cat, against my loving heart; sheathe your sharp claws, and settle. And let my eyes into your pupils dart, where agate sparks with metal.
Marinette: (on the phone) I can't wait to see you.
Adrien: Me too.
Marinette: (on the phone) See you at the movies tomorrow, then!
Adrien: (softly) Are you hanging up?
Marinette: (on the phone) No, you hang up!
Adrien: Sweet dreams, m'lady. (ends the call)
(Gabriel gasps, realizing that Adrien is Cat Noir, as Cat Noir calls Ladybug "m'lady".)
Gabriel: Adrien, get up.
Adrien: (yawns) Yes, Father.
Gabriel: Follow me. (walks into his atelier)
Adrien: Yes, Father. (follows Gabriel)
Gabriel: This way. (enters the repository)
(Adrien walks up to the painting of his mother and enters the repository.)
Plagg: Did you know this was in your house?
Adrien: I'm not even sure we're still in my house. Stay hidden, Plagg. (leaves the elevator and walks up and sees Emilie in the casket) Mom?!
Gabriel: One hundred weeks since she disappeared. One hundred times have I wanted to tell you. (removes scarf) Nooroo, Duusu, dual metamorphosis! (transforms into Shadow Moth in front of Adrien, frightening him)
Shadow Moth: One hundred times have I tried to seize Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous to bring her back! To think that the solution was right here right under my roof! (releases an akuma from his cane, which enters Adrien's phone) Ephemeral, I am your father, Shadow Moth. I'm giving you the power to speed up time and help me bring your mother back! All I ask in return are Ladybug's Miraculous... and yours.
Adrien: (tries to resist) No! You can't ask me to do that!! No! No!!!
Shadow Moth: Do you understand me, son?
Adrien: (succumbs) Yes, Father. (takes off his ring and gives it to Shadow Moth, who puts it on)
Plagg: Cataclys—!!
Shadow Moth: Enough, Kwami! I am your master now! (Adrien transforms into Ephemeral)
Marinette: Adrien?
(Marinette sits in the front row. Shadow Noir enters in the back. Thinking that it was Adrien who entered, Marinette looks back in delight, before realizing it was Shadow Noir.)
Shadow Noir: Hello, Ladybug.
Marinette: Tikki, spots on! (transforms into Ladybug)
Ladybug: Lucky Charm! (receives a watch with the time at 1:00)
Shadow Noir: (laughs) Could this be the hour of your defeat!?
Ephemeral: (touches Ladybug) I'm sorry, I promise this won't take long. (inserts the energy into his chest, speeding up Ladybug's de-transformation)
Shadow Noir: Time flies when we're having fun!!! (Ladybug runs away) Running is pointless!! In just a few seconds you'll be a simple young girl without powers again!!!
(Ladybug takes a picture of the watch and sends it to Luka right before she de-transforms.)
Luka: "Sass is in my sewing box"? (gasps) Marinette! (runs)
Shadow Noir: Those earrings are MINE!!!
Marinette: WAH!! NO!!! NO!!!! ADRIEN! HEEEEEEEEEELLPPP!!!!!!!
(Shadow Noir gets ahold of her earrings.)
Shadow Noir: Ah! (throws Marinette away) YES!!! My greatest wish will finally come TRUE!!!
Luka: Sorry! Marinette sent me!
Luka: Sass!
Sass: Don't worry, he knows.
Luka: Sass, Marinette sent me this. I think she wants me to go back to this exact moment. But she knows I can no longer do that.
Sass: You can't, but I can. I can go back to any temporal marker that has been placed in the past.
Barkk: But when a Kwami uses their power without a holder it always has disastrous consequences!
Wayzz: The situation must really be desperate for the guardian to suggest that!
(A harsh red light flashes from outside, along with a loud bang.)
Kwamis: Oh no! Not that, not again!! It's the end of the world!!!
Luka: What's going on?
Sass: Shadow Moth must have taken control of Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous, and he made a wish!
Luka: But what has that got to do with the end of the world?
Sass: Imagine the world as your school note. Everything inside is written in blue, but now you want it to be red instead. Before you can rewrite anything in the color you'd like, you have to erase everything that's already been written in blue!
Barkk: That's what happens when someone makes a wish! The universe is destroyed, and then entirely rebuilt! But who knows how?
(The light from outside flashes more intensely, along with another loud bang.)
Luka: Sass, hurry!
Sass: Second Chance! (reverts time)
Ladybug: The countdown has begun. It's 1 am, and we've got just five minutes before you transform back. So we've got to be done by 1:05. You'll rewind on my signal.
Cat Noir: (upon landing on top of the Eiffel Tower) I'm sorry, but I really couldn't make it—
(But then, the lights are flashing alternately, while the malfunctioning cars are making a lot of noise.)
Ladybug: What on earth is happening?
(Multiple time anomalies are showing up.)
Ladybug: It's like history's all jumbled up!
(Jeanne d'Arc appears behind them.)
Jeanne d'Arc: Hark, what are those voices I hear? Bertrand? Gilles? Fie, what sorcery is this? (groans)
(Jeanne d'Arc tries to tackle them, but disappears in time.)
Cat Noir: Time has gone crazy! Or maybe I have...
Ladybug: I have a bad feeling about this. Viperion! Viperion, can you hear me? Follow me!
Viperion: Ladybug, can you hear me?
Ladybug: Viperion! I've gotta talk to Sass!
Viperion: Scales rest! (de-transforms into Luka)
Sass: I'm so sorry, Ladybug, I had no choice!
Ladybug: What happened?
Sass: I'm not really sure. I just saw a photo of a Lucky Charm, a watch showing 1 am.
Cat Noir: Do you understand any of this?
Ladybug: When kwamis use their power without a holder, it always has magical and disastrous consequences. And Sass' power is to turn back time!
Cat Noir: So time has gotten all mixed up!
Ladybug: Stay here, Luka!
Captain Hardrock: Liberty! Next stop, city hall!
(Near the Eiffel Tower, Gamer appears. On the Montparnasse Tower, Gorizilla appears to be surrounded by helicopters.)
Ladybug: Woah, I'm getting major Déjà vu right now!
Cat Noir: It's time to have a genius idea, m'lady!
Ladybug: Lucky Charm!
(Ladybug uses her power to summon a Lucky Charm, and a scale weight appears.)
Cat Noir: Do you think this will be enough to tip the balance of time?
Ladybug: Oh, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures! This organization coordinates the hours of the whole world with its satellite! It's right near Paris!
Cat Noir: Which means the satellite is just above our heads! We fix it, we fix all the connected devices that depend on time to function! How are we going to know the exact time to program into the satellite?
Ladybug: Thanks to this countdown, I still have a way to know what time it is for real. When it gets to the end, that'll mean that it's exactly 1:05 am. That's what we'll program into the satellite. Time to suit up!
Cat Noir: Mmm. But, what's the plan with all the apparitions?
Ladybug: Leave them to my magical ladybugs.
Cat Noir: Power up!
(Cat Noir transforms into Astrocat)
Ladybug: Let's sync up our stopwatches.
(Ladybug and Astrocat sync up their stopwatches.)
Astrocat: Now I have exactly the same countdown as you.
Ladybug: Power up!
(Ladybug transforms into Cosmobug)
Cosmobug: Ready, Astrocat?
Astrocat: Ready, Cosmobug!
Cosmobug: Okay, take off!
(Cosmobug and Astrocat fly up to outer space.)
Cosmobug: Miraculous Ladybug!
(Cosmobug uses her power, and everything returns back to normal.)
Cosmobug and Astrocat: Pound it!
Astrocat: ♪ Meow, meow, meow... Meow-meow! ♪
Cosmobug: That's a pretty tune, what is it?
Astrocat: A classical piece. Thus spoke Catathustra. By the way, what did you wanna talk about earlier, up on the Eiffel Tower?
Cosmobug: Oh, nothing important. Forget about it.
Astrocat: Hmm. Atta blast!
Cosmobug: Spots off!
(She de-transforms into Ladybug.)
Su-Han: So, do you know who Cat Noir is yet?
Ladybug: No.
Su-Han: What? I thought I had warned you—
Ladybug: I don't want to know. I've proven to you a hundred times that I'm a good guardian, and Cat Noir and I have proven to you a hundred times that we were exceptional superheroes, and you! How many times have you told us that we were messing up, when that was totally untrue? You're judging us based on your own fears, and not on our actions!
Su-Han: (groans) You're right, little Ladybug. Perhaps I'm worrying over nothing. What's for sure is that one doesn't come across a guardian like you every century. (reaches out his fist) How do you say again?
Ladybug and Su-Han: Pound it.