The French Miraculous superhero team is the titular main protagonistic faction of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. They are a French superhero team of Miraculous owners in Paris, France. They seek to find and recover the Butterfly Miraculous.
From "Evolution" to "Re-creation", all members were temporarily inactive, with the exception of Bunnyx who as Canigirl, retrieved the Rabbit Miraculous using Fetch, along with the help from Ladybug and Cat Noir, who are trying to rescue the kwamis and their Miraculouses, which were stolen by Monarch. But after Gabriel Agreste surrendered the rings and sacrificed his life to heal his assistant Nathalie, and to join his wife Émilie in the afterlife, Marinette managed to reforge the Miraculous back to their original forms, and the inactive members became permanent heroes, with Argos redeeming himself as well as joining the team.
With the absence of Gabriel Agreste as the main villain, Cerise/Lila takes upon that position after acquiring the lost Butterfly Miraculous during the final battle between Bug Noire and Monarch.
History
In "Ladybug & Cat Noir" when Master Wang Fu and Wayzz figured out that the Butterfly Miraculous was being used for evil, he decided that he would need help in stopping its user. To find suitable users, he went into the streets and tested people by pretending to be feeble and needing help. Marinette pulled him across the street and out of the way of a rushing vehicle, while Adrien handed him his cane and helped him stand up. Afterward, Wang sneaked the Ladybug Miraculous and Cat Miraculous in tiny chests into their respective rooms.
Adrien and Marinette opened the chests, unleashing the Miraculouses' kwamis. Tikki and Plagg explained their powers, Hawk Moth's akumatization, and the need to save Paris to Marinette and Adrien respectively. Adrien eagerly accepted the responsibility to become Cat Noir, while Marinette reluctantly transformed into Ladybug. The heroes met up while testing their new abilities, and both figured out how to stop Stoneheart but not without some mistakes and complications along the way. Ladybug gained confidence in herself, while Cat Noir became smitten with her. However, Ladybug forgot to purify the akuma, leading to it multiplying and transforming many people into frozen copies of Stoneheart. Crestfallen, Marinette decided she wasn't meant to be a superhero, taking off the Ladybug earrings.
Marinette attempted to give the Ladybug Miraculous to Alya at school by sneaking it into her bag in "Stoneheart", but she didn't discover it before rushing off to see the re-akumatized Stoneheart. Trying to get Alya's bag to her, Marinette witnessed Cat Noir being overtaken by the Stoneheart copies and Alya being pinned to a building by a thrown car. Desperate to save them, Marinette put the Ladybug Miraculous on again and transformed into Ladybug. She saved both Alya and Cat Noir and took responsibility for failing to stop Stoneheart when she was called out by Roger Raincomprix. Cat Noir cheered her up by reminding her that she had saved lives, but before more could be accomplished, an image of Hawk Moth appeared, comprised of akumas. He demanded Ladybug and Cat Noir give up, but she argued back about his villainous deeds and the heroes' intention to stop him. With Cat Noir's help, Ladybug purified all of the akumas, saved Ivan and Mylène, and returned Paris back to normal with Miraculous Ladybug. Ladybug and Cat Noir split ways, with the latter admitting he can't wait to see her again soon.
After their origins, the duo continued to fight any civilians that Hawk Moth akumatized into villains by exploiting the negative emotions caused by specific individuals such as Chloé and even themselves accidentally, along with doing heroic acts outside of fighting like protecting the mayor's daughter. While Cat Noir developed romantic feelings for Ladybug, she only saw him as a friend and a partner, due to her having a crush in her civilian life. Some notable events include the temporary death of Cat Noir in "Timebreaker", Marinette almost having conflicts with Cat Noir and finding out about past Ladybug Miraculous holders in "The Pharaoh" indirectly with Alya's help, and meeting Wang Fu as a healer for Tikki without finding out his role with the Miraculouses in "Princess Fragrance". In "Lady Wifi" and "Simon Says" there were heavy suspicions about their secret identities along with almost losing their Miraculouses, but the team managed to conquer these events.
Things began to change for the team in "Volpina" when Adrien unknowingly found the Miraculous spellbook in a safe in his father's atelier with Plagg's help. He took the book from the safe, and it was eventually stolen by Marinette and Tikki for the latter's concern. Taking the book to Wang Fu's massage shop, Marinette officially met Master Wang Fu, the last guardian of the Miraculouses.
In "The Collector", Marinette and Fu concluded that whoever had the book had to be Hawk Moth as it was lost, along with the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculouses, during the destruction of the temple of the Order of the Guardians.
After wondering if it was Adrien, Marinette suspected Gabriel was the true culprit because he's an eccentric artist who never leaves his home who owned the book. However, Gabriel threw them off by akumatizing himself, which the heroes and Wang didn't know was possible. Once she and Cat Noir defeated Gabriel's akumatized form, Marinette returned the book to Gabriel after Wang took pictures of it with his phone to lift Adrien's grounding. Like previous holders, Marinette received a kwagatama from Tikki on her birthday in "Befana", symbolizing their friendship. Some time afterward, as mentioned in "Sapotis", Wang Fu teaches Marinette about the other Miraculouses and everything he learned from the spellbook.
In "Robostus", Ladybug and Cat Noir heard Robostus declare that he wanted their Miraculouses to grant his wish of being human, and they later realized that the ability to make a wish is also what Hawk Moth wants. Later, Marinette asked Wang Fu about it, who explained that the Ladybug Miraculous and Cat Miraculous together (along with a using a special invocation) can grant a person's wish and alter reality. However, to keep the universe in balance, there is a price to pay for each wish; for example, if Robostus had wished to be human, someone else would've lost their humanity in turn. With the new knowledge, Marinette determinedly vowed to keep her Miraculous and Cat Noir's Miraculous from ending up in anyone else's hands, including Hawk Moth's.
During "The Dark Owl", both heroes continued their duties outside of combat, such as helping the hero fan, Denis Damoclès, from falling from a tree. However, in an attempt to make his dream come true, Denis Damoclès was eventually akumatized into Dark Owl after he got humiliated. As Dark Owl, he trapped Ladybug and Cat Noir to force them to hand over their Miraculouses. Ladybug tricked him by apparently giving him their jewels, and as part of this plan, they de-transformed while keeping their eyes closed. Tikki and Plagg discovered each other's partner's secret identities, but they kept quiet on their new knowledge.
Sometime later, during "Glaciator", both Marinette and Cat Noir both admit to each other about their relationship problems. When the duo meet again, this time with Marinette as Ladybug, he treated her coldly but later forgave her afterward. Once the mission was over, Ladybug said that she was in love with someone else, but considered Cat Noir a close friend and a partner. As for Marinette, she discovers that the hero's feelings for her alter ego are very real, but they remain hopeful of each others' love.
When Ladybug and Cat Noir faced Sapotis, duplicating akumatized villains which caused chaos throughout Paris, there were too many for the duo to defeat alone. Ladybug gets the idea from her Lucky Charm object, a teapot, to seek Wang Fu for help. When Wang realizes that she and Cat Noir need the help of another Miraculous holder to succeed, despite being reluctant about any Miraculouses being taken out in fear of them falling into the wrong hands, he gives Marinette permission to choose one, giving it to a trustworthy person, and have the person return it to her after the villain's defeat. After careful consideration, Marinette takes the Fox Miraculous and, as Ladybug, gives it to Alya, making her promise to give it back afterward. She transforms into Rena Rouge, and with Mirage, the heroes stop Sapotis. Although she is initially reluctant to give up the Fox Miraculous, she returns it to Ladybug. Then Marinette returns the Miraculous to Wang, who congratulates her for making a wise choice. Meanwhile, Hawk Moth figures out that a guardian has to be in Paris like he predicted because of the Fox Miraculous appearance.
Unbeknownst to Adrien by studying Cat Noir's picture and by noticing his ring in "Simon Says", Gabriel believes that his son is Cat Noir in "Gorizilla" and even akumatizes Placide I.T. to investigate. By having Wayhem, a fan, act as his double, Adrien was able to fool him and keep his identity safe.
In "Frightningale", Marinette faced a similar problem when she accepted Clara's offer to play to her alter ego in Clara's video, almost revealing herself until Chloé canceled the shoot, and in "Troublemaker", the titular villain took one of Ladybug's earrings, almost revealing herself to Cat Noir until she retrieved her earring.
During the events of "Syren", Ladybug and Cat Noir were able to use the potions from the Miraculous spellbook to access Aqua Mode for the first time. He also struggled with Ladybug hiding secrets from him, but after Adrien and Wang Fu officially meet, he thanked her for keeping her promise. Gabriel also became more determined to find the guardian.
In "Anansi" as the duo fought against the titular villain who kidnapped Alya, they found out that she was too strong for them to handle alone. With help from Ladybug's Lucky Charm object, a candle, she sought out Master Fu's help while Nino held off Anansi. Arriving at his shop, Marinette explained the situation. He allowed her to pick a Miraculous along with a trusted ally. Knowing they needed extra protection, she chose Master Fu's Turtle Miraculous. As Ladybug, she gave it to Nino under the condition that it must be returned after Anansi's defeat. After he transforms into Carapace, the trio was able to save Alya and defeat Anansi with Shell-ter. After the mission, Nino returned the Turtle Miraculous to Ladybug, and she returned it to Master Fu. Hawk Moth also notices that the heroes are increasing in allies but has something more sinister planned for them.
In "Sandboy", the kwamis in the Miracle Box attempt to contact Nooroo on his birthday but contact Hawk Moth instead. Now he knows of the existence of the other kwamis and seeks to enslave them all. More information about the kwamis is revealed. For example, the active kwamis bring gifts of all kinds from their owners' homes to share with the inactive kwamis, and all kwamis are under a magic spell that prevents them from saying their wielder's real names to other kwamis.
During Fashion Week in "Style Queen", Chloé's mother, Audrey, makes an appearance for the show. Meanwhile, Gabriel is shown below his mansion talking to someone who is revealed to be his wife who has an unspecified condition and is the reason he wants the Miraculouses. As the show started, Audrey was akumatized into Style Queen, Hawk Moth's masterpiece. To make matters worse, Adrien becomes the villainess's first victim, leaving Ladybug to fight alone. When she tells Master Fu what happened, Marinette is greeted by Plagg, who already told him.
Plagg offered to help her, but Wang said it was out of the question and allowed Marinette to pick a Miraculous along with a trusted ally. Returning to the Eiffel Tower, Ladybug finds Alya and offers her the Bee Miraculous, but Alya was attacked before she could use it. She was on her own and cornered until Plagg arrived and saved her with Cataclysm (which reveals that kwamis can use their abilities without their Miraculouses), leading to Style Queen's defeat and Hawk Moth losing hope. Meanwhile back at the fashion show, Tikki reminded Marinette of the Bee Miraculous and realized it's missing, but unbeknownst to her, it was found by Chloé who opened it and was greeted by Pollen.
During the events of "Queen Wasp", Gabriel loses hope to the point where he relinquishes Nooroo and appears at the fashion show to embrace his son. As the show closed, he and Adrien commended Marinette for her derby hat design which impressed Audrey so much that she allowed Marinette to come to New York. However, Chloé was so angry and desperate for her mother's approval that she unveiled the Bee Miraculous and transformed into Queen Bee in front of everyone. Chloé then creates a fake emergency by using her powers to cause a metro train to speed out of control. After being saved by the duo, Ladybug demanded that she return the jewel, but things get worse when Hawk Moth is renewed with hope and akumatizes her. The duo was able to deakumatize Chloé, now calm, they told her that the Bee Miraculous must be returned, but she begged them for another chance. That's when they explained that everyone makes mistakes and it's important to fix them. With that in mind, Chloé returned the Miraculous and apologized to the heroes. Meanwhile, Marinette turns down Audrey's offer, deciding to stay with her friends and family, and helps Chloé make up with her mother.
In "Malediktator" after everyone tells Chloé off for not being a hero, she gets angry and leaves for New York. When André becomes akumatized into Malediktator, a commanding supervillain, Chloé begins to realize her mistake, and to make matters worse, Cat Noir falls under the villain's control. Knowing she needed help Ladybug sought out Master Fu and chose the Bee Miraculous again, this time knowing how to use it. After finding Chloé, the heroine helped her come clean with her mistake and encouraged her to fix it. Now accepting full responsibility, Chloé was given the Bee Miraculous. As Queen Bee, she followed Ladybug's lead with her Venom power, and with Cat Noir's help, they were able to stop Malediktator and save the city. This time, not disobeying the heroes, Chloé returned the Bee Miraculous willingly, earning her teammates' recognition.
Ladybug and Cat Noir continued their duties outside of combat in "Frozer". However, they began to question their relationship, thinking they can only be just friends and nothing more and seeking help from Luka and Kagami. When dealing with Frozer in their new Ice Mode, they went their separate ways but realized they work best as a team, bringing their ideas together.
In "Heroes' Day", Hawk Moth commences his biggest plan yet. With the help of Volpina, he makes everyone vulnerable to akumatization, and by turning Nathalie into Catalyst to amplify his powers, he becomes Scarlet Moth. Using his increased powers, he akumatized almost all the villains the heroes had ever faced, creating an army. Meanwhile, Ladybug and Cat Noir summoned their allies to fight him.
Despite Rena Rouge's, Carapace's, and Queen Bee's best efforts, they were akumatized into scarlet versions of themselves and turned against Ladybug and Cat Noir. With help from the people of Paris, the duo was able to hold them off and square off against Scarlet Moth. By destroying his cane, they were able to deakumatize everyone, including their allies. Backing their archenemy into a corner, they were about to take his Miraculous, until a new Miraculous wielder named Mayura entered the scene, leading to Hawk Moth escaping and the heroes suspecting he has the Peacock Miraculous wielder by his side. Nonetheless, the team revels in their victory but knows the fight isn't over.
The duo continues their fight against Hawk Moth. However, Lila makes her return and tries to win Adrien's affections while warring with Marinette.
Little by little, Hawk Moth gains more clues to finding the guardian in "Backwarder" when he akumatizes Master Fu's friend, Marianne Lenoir. He learns that the guardian has been hiding under a false name, though he doesn't know what it is.
"Reflekdoll" and the remaining episodes held many surprises for the heroes, starting with the fact that they not only had to fight against Hawk Moth's akumatized villain Reflekta, but also a sentimonster created by his ally, Mayura. Also the destruction caused by Reflekdoll led to the duo's Miraculouses becoming swapped. Despite walking a mile in each other's shoes as Lady Noir and Mister Bug, they defeated the villains (not knowing that the Peacock Miraculous was damaged). Thanks to the experience, Ladybug and Cat Noir have a better understanding of each other.
In "Weredad", when Marinette believes that Cat Noir was going to discover her identity as Ladybug, she tells the hero she loves him. However, during a brunch date, he tells Marinette that he has feelings for Ladybug. With that, Marinette was very happy, but her convincing act lead to her father, Tom Dupain's, akumatization, and after a sky-high battle, Cat Noir explains that he thought Marinette was one of his fans. When she accepts the hero's feelings for Ladybug, they continue being friends.
During "Silencer", Marinette discovers that Luka has developed feelings for her, and like him, Kagami has developed feelings for Adrien in "Oni-Chan". After that, Adrien warns Lila that they would no longer be friends if she harms his loved ones, but unknown to Ladybug and Cat Noir, while seeing Lila's actions, Gabriel strikes an alliance with her, seeing her as a good ally.
Rena Rouge, Carapace, and Queen Bee continue to help Ladybug and Cat Noir fight against Hawk Moth and Mayura in "Miraculer". Aware that their enemies know Chloé's identity, Ladybug was hesitant about giving the Bee Miraculous to her out of fear of her and her loved ones being in danger. However, Hawk Moth and Mayura know this and use this to their advantage, utilizing Lila Rossi's manipulation. After Miraculer's defeat, Ladybug finally explains to Chloé why she's been inactive recently. Chloé, albeit slowly, comes to an understanding and returns the Miraculous but remains hopeful they'll call on her again. However, she stops worshiping Ladybug and views her as any other person. Hawk Moth also remains hopeful that they will get Chloé on their side someday.
In a few episodes, like "Animaestro", "Oblivio", and others, things take an interesting turn in the ways of love for the heroes. Chloé figures out that Marinette has a crush on Adrien.
Against Oblivio, the duo had their memories erased, and since they used their powers earlier, the pair discover each others' identities. Despite their amnesiac states, Marinette, Adrien, and Tikki (albeit he and Tikki meet for the first time) manage to keep out of the villain's sight and restore their powers. In doing so, they believe that they are more than just a team and consider each other a couple, starting to develop feelings for the other. However, with Oblivio's defeat, they discover that Ladybug's other superpower will put everything back to the way it was, including their memories. Realizing that they'll forget being in love, they share a kiss, but the moment doesn't go unnoticed by Alya, who took a picture after being deakumatized with Nino.
With their memories restored and upon seeing the picture, Marinette becomes shocked that she kissed Cat Noir, while Adrien remains hopeful of his love with Ladybug. Hawk Moth has also discovered their love for each other believing their secret romance will be their downfall.
In "Desperada", two heroes come to the rescue for the price of one, as after seeing the titular villain as a formidable opponent, the Snake Miraculous's power of Second Chance was needed. However, due to Marinette's "troubled heart", as Ladybug, she picked Adrien to wield the Miraculous, and due to him wanting to impress his crush as Aspik, it led to the heroine being captured several times over, until he informed her of what happened. When Ladybug had no idea who else could use the Snake Miraculous, that's when Adrien recommended Luka, with him becoming the cool, calm, and focused Viperion. By observing Desperada and using the power of Second Chance to save his allies, the duo followed his lead in defeating her. Even though Adrien didn't make a good impression as Aspik, he decided to stick with what he's good at, being Ladybug's partner as Cat Noir. As for Marinette, one day she'd have to choose between which boy she truly loved.
In "Startrain" due to battling constant villains by Hawk Moth, Adrien and Marinette were exhausted and ready for a vacation (but took the Horse Miraculous along in case trouble came). And trouble came when Max Kanté's Mother was accidentally akumatized by a rogue akuma into Startrain, taking everyone on board the train to space. Knowing they'd need extra help, Ladybug gave the Horse Miraculous to Max, who became their new ally Pegasus, and with Voyage, his powers of teleportation, the trio was able to get the train back down to earth.
Plagg's obsession with cheese causes one of the biggest problems for the duo yet in "Kwamibuster". He and Tikki are spotted by Ms. Mendeleiev, who wishes to prove their existence to the world, but it leads to her akumatization as the titular villain. This leads to Ladybug and Cat Noir believing that they may know each other in regular life. During the confrontation, the heroes lose their kwamis. To save them, Marinette pulls off her greatest feat yet, becoming Multimouse with the Mouse Miraculous and the powers of Unification. She was able to save Tikki and Plagg, and the heroes were able to protect their identities. However, upon seeing the power of the kwamis, Hawk Moth's lust and desire for power continued to grow.
In "Feast", Master Fu's mistake is fully revealed when he comes across a sentimonster he created long ago that he thought was gone. When Fu was very young, he was chosen to join the order but had no interest in being a guardian and was angry that he'd had to give up his normal life. During one of his training sessions, he had to watch a miracle box for twenty-four hours with no food. He grew hungry and used the Peacock Miraculous to create a companion to get him a snack, but the creature Wang created wasn't only fueled by his hunger, but his anger at the Miraculous, which resulted in him losing control of the creature and it destroying the temple, swallowing the guardians and the remaining Miraculouses. Wang managed to escape his creation, but in doing so, lost the Peacock and Butterfly Miraculouses and the spellbook.
Knowing that Hawk Moth and his partner, Mayura, would bring his creation back to life and hunt him or anyone with a Miraculous down and refusing to let Marinette and Adrien suffer the same fate, he took their Miraculouseses and tried to leave Paris, but seeing his disciples stand up to the creature even without their powers showed Wang why he chose them. Seeing their bravery, he followed their example and stood up to his creation at the cost of revealing his identity to Hawk Moth. Knowing what needed to be done, he returned the heroes' Miraculouses, and by diving into the belly of the beast, they destroyed the creature. With Feast destroyed, the Order of the Guardians was restored, with Wang being eternally grateful towards Ladybug and Cat Noir for freeing him from his burden of the past.
After seeing her actions, Wang calls Marinette a full-fledged Ladybug and begins her training to become the new guardian. With his shop no longer safe, Wang decided to keep a low profile but refused to leave Paris until Hawk Moth was stopped, assuring Marinette and Adrien that he'd always be there for them when they need him. However, now that Gabriel knew the identity of the Guardian, he started to find a way to put it to use.
During "Stormy Weather 2", everyone laments on how much they've changed through the powers of the Miraculouses and their feelings too.
During the fight against the titular villain in "Ikari Gozen", Ladybug temporarily lends the Dragon Miraculous to Kagami Tsurugi when she is taken prisoner by her akumatized mother. With it, Kagami becomes Ryuko and uses her power over wind, water, and lightning to help Ladybug and Cat Noir defeat Ikari Gozen. However, because Hawk Moth knew her civilian identity when she was freed, Ladybug, after having the Dragon Miraculous return from Kagami, tells her she won't be able to give the Miraculous back to her because of the risk of putting her loved ones in danger. As Marinette and Kagami spend Friendship Day together, Marinette starts to see another side to her. Due to her mother's strict upbringing, Kagami doesn't have any friends but has a strong desire to make them. Despite losing the contest, they have a better understanding of each other.
In "Timetagger", Ladybug and Cat Noir come across a villain from the future named Timetagger but soon received some futuristic help of their own. With Alix's help and by destroying an obelisk in the museum, they discovered a future Miraculous holder who holds the Rabbit Miraculous, using it to turn into Bunnyx. Even more surprising, the future heroine was actually Alix's future self, making the current Alix ecstatic that she was going to get a Miraculous one day. From here, the duo learned that in the future, they will continue to fight akumatized villains, who are controlled by a new Butterfly Miraculous holder and will assemble a superhero team with Bunnyx as one of its members and Ladybug's future self as team leader.
By the time of "Party Crasher", even Ladybug and Cat Noir's team of five wasn't enough to stop the titular villain, and all were captured. Kim is then chosen by Master Fu to become the holder of the Monkey Miraculous, known as King Monkey, and rescues his teammates using Uproar.
During Adrien's trip to the Musée Grévin wax museum with his friends in "The Puppeteer 2", he received a mixed-up message from Nino, thinking that Marinette hated him. Meanwhile, Marinette had trouble keeping her cool when Alya left her alone with him. Not wanting to lose her friendship, Adrien tried to find a way to make her more comfortable. So he decided to pretend to be a statue. When he heard her say all those things about him, Adrien unfroze. When he saw that he had upset Marinette, he apologized. He then asked if she was for real about what she said, but she responded saying she wasn't. Afterward, having a moment alone, they apologized for what happened and continued to be friends, but Marinette was downhearted when Adrien admitted that he had a crush on another girl. Marinette was encouraged by Tikki not to give up on him.
"Félix", "Cat Blanc" and the season finale involves both loves and losses for everyone. As Adrien and his father remember the anniversary of Émilie's "departure", they are greeted by family, Adrien's aunt Amélie and his cousin Félix. However, due to Félix's mischief, tension is caused between Marinette's friends, who had sent a video package. He pretended to be Adrien and answered their video with a nasty note. The duo managed to save Félix and make up with Adrien, with him thanking his friends for their support.
The duo and Hawk Moth make their greatest mistakes, for Ladybug, due to not leaving Adrien's room quick enough, she unknowingly led to him figuring out her identity, leading to an alternate future. With Bunnyx's help, Ladybug was led to said future, where she was surprised to find her partner akumatized into Cat Blanc wanting her earrings to activate the ultimate wishing power and also surprised that he knew her identity. With Bunnyx viewing the past, she sees that, despite them ending up together, Gabriel threatened to break them up so he could have another villain. Refusing to let Marinette go and seeing an akuma head towards her, Adrien transformed, revealing himself to his love and unknowingly his greatest enemy.
Wanting to use this to his advantage, Hawk Moth unveiled his identity and purpose to the heroes, causing his own son's greatest breakdown. So close to his goal, Gabriel akumatized him, but with Adrien so hurt and confused, he caused Hawk Moth's demise as well as everyone else on the planet. Meanwhile, in the future, Ladybug manages to save her partner, and by fixing her mistake, she changes the future. Before Bunnyx leaves, she reveals that her leader picked her because she knew how to keep secrets. After facing everything she experienced, Ladybug went off to enjoy a peaceful moment with Cat Noir.
"Ladybug" turns into one of the critical points for the team. Through Lila's deception and lies, Marinette ends up getting expelled from school, as well as almost being akumatized into giving Hawk Moth her earrings which could've led to serious consequences (but was unknowingly saved by Nathalie). However, knowing that Lila was behind this, Adrien told her of his earlier warning and convinced her to tell another lie that would prove Marinette's innocence, letting her be reinstated in school. Meanwhile, Ladybug and Cat Noir begin to learn more about the Peacock Miraculous, understanding that sentimonsters are more than just simple creatures but that they also have their own wills and feelings, especially elaborate ones like the heroine's sentimonster clone and noticing something wrong with Mayura. They also learn how cruel the powers of the Miraculouses can be when used for evil, fearing that Mayura's power is more dangerous than Hawk Moth's. However, the continued use of the damaged Peacock Miraculous causes Nathalie to get sick, ending her time as Mayura for now.
In "Battle of the Miraculous" upon seeing Adrien and Kagami getting along so well, Marinette decides to give up her romantic pursuit of him. Due to her being tricked by Mayura, she accidentally goes to Master Fu as Ladybug, unknowingly leading Hawk Moth right to him. In her heartbreak, she takes the Dragon Miraculous to give to Kagami. After the mission, seeing that she put Master Fu in danger, Marinette breaks down in front of Luka about the stress of being her alter-ego.
Seeing that Ladybug chose Ryuko over her and thanks to Hawk Moth's manipulation, Chloé betrayed the team by turning into Miracle Queen, putting their teammates in danger. Thankfully, due to their aqua powers, Ladybug and Cat Noir managed to avoid the wasps. Upon reuniting, the duo learned about the situation up top, seeing that their enemies had, not only their allies, but Master Fu and the miracle box. Ladybug breaks down again in front of Cat Noir about this being her fault, but the hero comforts her, knowing that everyone makes mistakes and that it's important to fix them, making her extremely grateful to have him by her side. With her confidence restored, the duo enacts a plan to save everyone, and with the powers of Dragon and Snake, they manage to save their allies and deakumatize Chloé.
Shocked by her actions, Ladybug tried to remind Chloé that Hawk Moth was their enemy, but Chloé retorted that she was fed up with being overlooked by the heroine, despite her attempts to help. Wanting her revenge, Chloé dared to use the remaining Miraculouses against her former idol, but the kwamis refused to help. Still, under the power of protection, Wang Fu encouraged his disciples to continue on and passes his role as Guardian to Ladybug, with her now owning the Miracle Box. With the knowledge he planned to take from the former guardian, as well as the box, lost, Hawk Moth and Mayura make their escape. After Chloé's failed escape attempt, she told Ladybug off and stated that they are no longer friends. Due to her terrible actions, the heroine takes the Bee Miraculous from Chloé, banishing her from the team.
What the duo also discovers is that, due to Master Fu passing his role to Ladybug, the Guardian's code erased his memories of the Miraculouses and couldn't be restored. However, it wasn't a total loss for the villains either. Due to obtaining Master Fu's tablet of the decoded spellbook, Gabriel was able to fix the Peacock Miraculous. Marinette then takes Master Fu to Marianne at the train station. Even with his memory erased, he felt like he had known her forever, and they leave Paris together. Meanwhile, she finds a note from her former master about her understanding of experiencing loss in life and moving on with more to come.
During "Truth" and "Lies", the duo discovers that Hawk Moth is hitting them even harder than Shadow Moth. Soon, Marinette and Adrien begin to feel the pressure of increased responsibilities in their civilian lives that results in putting their love relationships on hold.
Especially for Marinette with her duties as the Guardian, she begins to feel lonelier than ever. And the pressure causes her to even push her friends away resulting in turning them into the titular villains in "Gang of Secrets", finding Lady Wifi; Ladybug talks to her about blind trust, and Alya was able to do the one thing most villains couldn't do: Break free from Shadow Moth's hold. After rejecting his influence, she receives the Fox Miraculous back and became Rena Rouge to help Ladybug and Cat Noir stop the rest of the Gang of Secrets. Then, Marinette makes up with her friends but when alone with Alya she unveils the real reason for her behavior and even her identity as the superheroine that Alya idols.
In "Mr. Pigeon 72", Marinette continues to receive Alya's support with her guardian duties while the heroine tries to figure how to stop Shadow Moth from reakumatizing people. On the other side, she was still trying to get over her feelings about Adrien but heard that he and Kagami had broken up. She desperately tried to get them back together but it caused Mr. Ramier's 72nd akumatization. After he was deakumatized through Rena's help Ladybug had gained a new perspective of her powers. In doing so, she created the Magical Charms that she uses to protect people from future amokizations and akumatizations. Afterward, Kagami helps Marinette realize her feelings for Adrien believing they were a perfect match.
In "Furious Fu", the kwamis were excited that Master Fu was back in Paris expressing a dear desire to see him despite minor hiccups the kwamis and Marinette were happy that he and Marianne were doing well. However, they were surprised by the appearance of Su-Han, who was the Celestial Guardian, the real caretaker of the Miracle Box, and Master Fu's former teacher. But he reprimanded the teens for using the jewels as well as demanding them back. With Cat Noir's encouragement, Ladybug remained confident in their abilities and defied Su-Han's demands. However, after that, the duo discovered that Master Fu had been akumatized by his former master and sent by Shadow Moth to retrieve the Miracle Box but upon seeing the young heroes save Master Fu, Su-Han admits he was wrong about them seeing Marinette as a worthy guardian and yet would keep an eye on her.
In "Queen Banana", Chloé was still resentful against Ladybug for the "Miracle Queen" incident and continues to take her rage out on everyone, especially her family including her half-sister Zoé. Her anger and jealously reaches a boiling point where she gets re-akumatized, this time into Queen Banana wanting revenge on her. Aware of Zoé's potential, Ladybug lends her the Bee Miraculous but Zoé hesitated knowing Chloé would be furious as she was the former Queen Bee until Ladybug assures her that her identity will remain a secret. With Zoé as Vesperia, she helps Ladybug and Cat Noir save Chloé.
In "Mega Leech", when Malediktator had returned with a titular sentimonster by his side, Ladybug and Cat Noir realized they would need the team back together. Aided by their newest addition Mylène Haprèle with the Mouse Miraculous as Polymouse, the Malediktator clones were defeated.
In "Guiltrip", the duo attempted to fight Reflekta, but couldn't find her due to all of Guiltrip's negativity bubbles. However, seeing that Rose's optimism is what they needed. Ladybug gave her the Pig Miraculous, allowing her to transform into Pigella. With Gift, the trio was able to defeat Reflekta, her sentimonster, and save the entire class. After the mission, Rose slipped the Pig Miraculous back to Ladybug.
In "Crocoduel", it wasn't only Marinette who was having relationship problems so was the whole Couffaine family. Luka felt sad about Marinette continuously avoiding him, Juleka felt unloved by her father, and the parents arguing over who broke up their family. During the Couffaine twin's birthday, their parents were reakumatized into Crocoduel. Needing the help of someone the two villains would listen to Ladybug gives the Tiger Miraculous to Juleka and as the Purple Tigress, the trio ended the fighting and Marinette made up with Luka.
In "Optigami", Shadow Moth and Nathalie still continue on their quest to discover Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities, even using the sentimonster Optigami to spy on them and using Audrey's fashion event to lure the team into a trap. Meanwhile, Marinette's trust in Alya continues to grow. When Shadow Moth's deception led to Style Queen's return and most of the Miraculous team removed, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Rena are left while Marinette was stuck in the elevator with Adrien, aware of previous encounters she tried to slow her relationship with him.
Inside the elevator, they noticed a pair of eyes spying on them and aware that they needed help, Marinette discreetly texted Alya the plan and the number of the emergency phone located in the Miracle Box. Alya calls the number and alerts the kwamis of the current situation, then Kaalki opens a portal allowing her to enter Marinette's room and grab the Fox and Bee Miraculouses but without consent took the Turtle Miraculous too. Transforming into Rena Rouge and returning to the studio, Alya, unknowingly, gave the Turtle Miraculous to a sentimonster who looked like Nino. With Kaalki's help, she allows Marinette to transform into Ladybug and got Adrien to safety. Marinette then unifies the Ladybug and Bee Miraculous together becoming Lady Bee. Once she summoned her Lucky Charm, a compact mirror, she didn't know how to use it at first but after Style Queen's deakumatization, Ladybug discovered Shadow Moth's real plan and exposed the deception to Alya. Returning home Alya felt guilty about the consequences of her actions and yet was comforted by Marinette believing one must learn from their mistakes. Aware of Shadow Moth's damage, Alya receives the Fox Miraculous permanently, becoming a full-fledged member of the team and possible successor to the Miracle Box.
However, from this escapade, Gabriel and Nathalie discover that Rena Rouge and Ladybug have a special connection and they're not done with the fox heroine yet.
In "Sentibubbler", Marinette starts to have doubts about giving the Fox Miraculous to Alya, fearing Shadow Moth could take advantage of that to make her friend betray her. Meanwhile, in a plan to both capture the Ladybug, the Cat, and the Fox Miraculouses, Shadow Moth creates a sentimonster in the image of the Bubbler to capture Alya's loved ones and blackmails her into betraying Ladybug, otherwise he will send her loved ones to space. Fortunately, Alya came up with a plan to help free Marinette from her bubble, effectively using her power of illusion and, at the same time, convince Shadow Moth Ladybug would never give the Fox Miraculous to her again. This ensures Marinette she made the right call in giving the Fox Miraculous to Alya, who will act behind the scenes to keep the illusion that she won't ever become Rena Rouge again, at least until Shadow Moth is defeated.
However, just like Ladybug in "Volpina", Cat Noir acted a little jealous or left out that Ladybug didn't completely include him in the plan with Rena until being told by Marinette otherwise. Soon, he learns why the hard way when he ends up trapped again to the point of nearly exposing his identity. Despite it, they manage to save Alya's family but seeing Shadow Moth flee, they are aware they'll get another chance to get him.
In "Glaciator 2", both heroes take another trip into the love department. Despite being nominated as Couple of the Year, Ladybug reprimanded Cat Noir about his flirty behavior. Even though, he promised to dial down, Adrien found it complicated to the point where he was nearly akumatized. Then, consumed by anger as Cat Noir, he tried to destroy traces of his love for the heroine. However, his problem didn't go unnoticed by Kagami who called for Marinette and seeing her lack of confidence, advised that she practice with a partner. Noticing Cat Noir nearby, she asked him for help and through the practice session, the hero learned that Marinette is in love with someone too (unaware that it's his civilian self).
While at the movie theaters, they discuss their love problems; for Marinette, when it comes to important guys, she worries about everything leading her into spiraling fantasies so that no one can see the real her. As for Cat Noir, still amazed with Ladybug, he found it impossible to choose someone else to the point where he feared disappointing her and in turn lead to her hating him which she proves otherwise. Seeing Glaciator return, they meet once again and noticing Cat Noir keeping to his promise, she praised him for his efforts. Afterwards, resuming the practice session, Cat Noir heard Marinette speak from the heart, finding it beautiful and wished her luck in her endeavors. As for Adrien, he followed Marinette's advice and decided to keep his photographs of Ladybug, believing that if he showed his true self, she'll fall for him.
In "Hack-San", Alya learns what it's like to be Ladybug for the weekend when Marinette gives her the Ladybug Miraculous while she was in London. Under the alias Scarabella, she had a hard time adjusting, starting with Cat Noir believing she was an akumatized villain or a sentimonster that harmed his partner until she convinced him otherwise. Then, the duo realized that Markov was akumatized into Robostus again with a swarm of minions after them as Scarabella fell for obvious traps. While inside the Wax Museum, Cat Noir figured out that due to the trust between Scarabella and Ladybug, he believed they were friends but soon they were surrounded. Then, Alya realized that she was no Ladybug but was encouraged by Cat Noir to find her own way and she did, leading to Robostus' defeat. Reuniting with his Ladybug, she apologized for her actions but despite the hero's understanding, Cat Noir explained his greatest fear, since he doesn't know her identity, he was afraid he'd lose Ladybug forever until she assured him she'd always be by his side.
In "Rocketear", with Alya's new status of working behind the scenes she adopted a new persona Rena Furtive. But because of her new role she had a hard time staying hidden especially from her boyfriend. Things became crazy when Nino doubts his relationship with Alya when he believed she was in "love" with Cat Noir leading him to tell Adrien; unknowingly telling Cat Noir his and Alya's identities as Carapace and Rena Rouge. Hurt Nino saw revenge against the hero as the titular villain until Rena and Ladybug showed him what really happened the night he found them. Remorseful Nino relinquished his powers and made up with Cat Noir. To avoid further misunderstandings, Alya told Nino that she was helping Ladybug; however, Adrien was shocked that Ladybug allowed Rena Rouge and Carapace to know their respective identities but not them.
In "Wishmaker", Ladybug and Cat Noir were hit by Wishmaker, causing Shadow Moth and Viperion to know their secret identities. Due to Viperion's Second Chance, Shadow Moth's memories of them were erased. However, when returning the Snake Miraculous, Ladybug thanked Luka and made sure that he too didn't know her and Cat Noir's secret identities. He lied to her, saying that he didn't know since Wishmaker never hit the two heroes and decided to keep the new knowledge to himself.
In "Dearest Family", double trouble happens during Galette Day, when Tikki's monstrous appetite returns making it difficult for Marinette to control her. Upon transforming, she fell under her kwami's influence, devouring every galette in sight. Soon, things get worse when Marinette's whole family is reakumatized despite her giving them Magical Charms. Needing Tikki, she finds that her kwami's hunger had gotten so ravenous that she used powers to create a giant galette in the sky but was thankfully destroyed by Astro Cat. Before Tikki could make another, she admitted to Marinette that she was ashamed of her flaws and believed Marinette would fear her until she was told otherwise. Calming down, they met up with Cat Noir and knowing the situation, they went to Marinette's house upon finding that the group's akuma was inside the galette. They realized that Shadow Moth had created a Megakuma to overpower Ladybug's magical charms. Despite that, she gave her family a set of new ones, believing they could still be useful. Meanwhile, Gabriel's desire for the miraculouses had grown darker where he wishes to use them to destroy this reality and create a new one where he and his beloved would never be separated again.
In "Ephemeral", under Su-Han's watchful eye, he was furious that Ladybug called on so many allies to defeat one villain which was due to Cat Noir's absence. Consumed by fear, Su-Han believed the hero was like Shadow Moth until Ladybug told him otherwise. Refusing to let the powers of the Black Cat be on the loose with a stranger, the heroine was forced by the guardian to discover her partner's identity or else he'd be replaced. With Viperion's help, she planned to meet with Cat Noir at the Eiffel Tower. He apologized for his absence and after hearing his partner's reasoning of knowing their identities, he revealed to Ladybug that he is Adrien. At first, she laughed but upon discovering it was true she was so shocked that she abandoned the plan and relayed the information to Su-Han herself.
Afterwards, Marinette found it difficult to accept that Adrien and Cat Noir are the same until she gained advice from Luka. Starting to see her partner in a new light, she finally had the courage to reveal herself to Adrien. They started dating but because they weren't careful, Adrien discovered the horrible truth about his parents once again. This time, he was akumatized by Shadow Moth and surrendered his ring, letting his father turn into Shadow Noir. With his son's help, Shadow Noir obtained the Ladybug Miraculous, unified them and gained the absolute power.
Fortunately, with one chance to fix everything through the power of her Lucky Charm, Ladybug summoned Luka to call for Sass and use Second Chance. Rewinding time back to the night that caused it all, Ladybug and Cat Noir noticed time anomalies happening everywhere. Aware that this was Sass' doing, the kwami explained his actions, being told he received a message from her Lucky Charm telling him to use his power. Once Paris' time was right, Marinette confronted Su-Han about his actions being consumed by fear and the guardian admitted she was right as well as her being different than any other guardian.
"Kuro Neko" is parallel to "Hack-San", with Cat Noir leaving Ladybug, believing that she doesn't need him anymore. After claiming his ring, Marinette gets earful from Plagg about how badly she has been treating her partner. With no choice, Marinette hastily tried to pick a new owner for Plagg to no avail. Seeing that their owners belonged together, Plagg, with the help of Tikki, playfully tricked Marinette into returning the ring to his owner. Reuniting with Adrien, the kwami saw that his owner was still depressed, refusing the ring if things didn't change. So under Plagg's guidance, Adrien changed himself into the prestigious Cat Walker.
However, despite returning to Ladybug in a "new mask" they weren't doing so well. Due to leaving things on a sour note with her ex-partner and trying not to repeat the same mistakes, the heroine acted hesitant and remorseful and hearing how Ladybug felt about his former alter-ego, Adrien understood his own feelings and actions. After many failed attempts to subdue the sentimonster, the duo came to the conclusion that they needed to separate, this time Cat Walker handles exclusion with maturity leading to the creature's defeat. Returning home, Plagg explained to Adrien that his plan worked better than ever giving his owner much needed clarity but is happy to be reunited. Returning to Ladybug in his original persona, Cat Noir apologized for his actions and is firmly reminded that he is irreplaceable.
In "Penalteam", after Chloé gets akumatized once again into Penalty, she creates a team of clones she calls Penalteam. When challenged to play, Ladybug summons everyone (expect Bunnyx and Rena Rouge/Furtive who are trapped inside a bubble leaving only the Rabbit Miraculous unused) including four new holders; Miss Hound, Minotaurox, Rooster Bold and Caprikid with the powers of Adoration (Fetch), Determination (Resistance), Pretension (Sublimation), and Passion (Genesis). Despite the team putting up a good fight, their numbers dwindle. Regrouping, Ladybug realizes that she isn't doing well as team captain. So, she learns that being part of a team means working together to win and plans a new strategy to defeat Penalty by involving everyone. The Miraculous team manages to tie the game but with Penalty constantly changing the rules and capturing Cat Noir after using Cataclysm, the team had to act fast. They use Penalty's desire for cheating against her to end the game, with Chloé releasing the Megakuma herself and returning to normal.
In "Risk", feeling that he is out of time, Gabriel concocted a devastating plan believing that Ladybug's caution is reason for Team Miraculous' constant victories. He turned them into the opposite, having everyone become reckless through Risk. Aware of the many things that could wrong, Gabriel wanted Adrien sent away under the disguise of a several month trip to promote his company along with Lila. Unknowingly, he set the duo off just like him to be consumed by their own desires (his son's desire for freedom and Marinette's love for Adrien.) As for their alter egos, despite them still working together, Cat Noir was still angry that Ladybug didn't trust him enough out of fear to help with her guardian duties but was still happy that he was her favorite. And yet, the one risk Ladybug, Adrien nor Shadow Moth didn't count on was Félix's arrival in Paris and when Adrien agreed to switch places with him it put the nail in the coffin. Félix used the opportunity to discover what his uncle was hiding. Going inside his safe, he discovered what he believed to be true; that his uncle is Shadow Moth. He took the pair of fake jewels for himself and finds out that his aunt's portrait has one more secret. Activating the hidden the passageway, he shockingly discovers that his aunt is still alive. With Adrien out of the way, Shadow Moth creates his deadliest sentimonster ever, Strikeback, and lets it loose in the city.
In "Strikeback", during the scuffle against Strikeback, problems keep arising when Cat Noir lashes out at Ladybug for not trusting him with anything. She angrily admitted that she was trying to protect him from being akumatized which he retorted back that it would never happen. More-so, from Rena, the team learned that Risk had marked them and that's what's been causing everyone to act risky. Needing to find someone who wasn't under Risk's power, Ladybug pulls off a triple fusion into Pennybug. Still obsessing over Adrien, she goes to "him" and entrusts "him" with the Dog Miraculous, turning into Flairaimable. Going back in time, they found Risk's akumatized object and return to the present to find the city in a wreck by Strikeback. Seeing no choice left, the team banishes the sentimonster to sun.
However, it ends in the heroes defeat when Ladybug returns asking for the Dog Miraculous from Adrien but he points out that she didn't give the jewel to him and her yo-yo disappears. The French Duo learned the hard way what happens when they give into one's desires selfishly by accidentally giving the jewel to Félix. He had used its power to steal Ladybug's yo-yo, and worst of all, traded all the Miraculous in the Chinese Miracle Box to his uncle, rendering the whole team inactive except for Ladybug and Cat Noir. Finally having a victory, Shadow Moth decided to make his announcement public to all of Paris and Ladybug looks on as well feeling broken and defeated until Cat Noir appears. Shocked to find him, she battered herself about her behavior towards him, for not trusting and lying to him, believing she didn't deserve a partner like him. Instead of abandoning her, he assures her that as long as they are still free, they'll get the Miraculouses back, one by one if necessary. And looking below, seeing that the duo still has the people's support and with Cat Noir by her side, Ladybug rises up once more knowing the war has just begun.
In "Evolution", the kwamis finally discover who Shadow Moth is and his actions despite that Gabriel merges the Miraculouses, turning into Monarch. Upon running into later versions of themselves and Monarch, future Bunnyx arrives and Ladybug and Cat Noir easily found out that he couldn't wait to use the other Miraculous. First, was the Rabbit Miraculous, the most powerful and dangerous Miraculous as their arch-enemy wanted to use it to steal the duo's jewels in the Past which could change events in the Present. They follow Monarch and stopped him from changing the events in "Lady Wifi", but Monarch immobilized Future Bunnyx. To follow him through time and not wanting to make the same mistake Ladybug allows Cat Noir use Future Bunnyx's Miraculous becoming Rabbit Noir. Through multiple time jumps through “Ripsote”, “Catalyst” and “Animan” The Heroes along with Monarch ending up in 1940's France in “Backwarder”, the duo saw Monarch suffer the consequences when he unified 7 miraculouses at once but knowing they can't track him forever calling upon her Lucky Charm and seeing Master Fu they knew the help of another holder was needed. Since preying on younger heroes didn't work Gabriel decided to rewrite the past by giving information on how to fix the Peacock Miraculous to his past self to prevent his wife from falling into an endless sleep in the present.
Later Ladybug and Rabbit Noir reunite with their former master asking for the past Dog Miraculous. Knowing that the time is now, they return to the present to get Alix, but receiving a jewel she didn't expect; Ladybug explained that they needed her help in recovering the Rabbit Miraculous from Monarch and was more surprised that her father knew of her destiny. Then upon entering the Burrow as Canigirl, she then tagged the Present Rabbit Miraculous with the ball. And playing on Monarch's weakness they managed to retrieve both Rabbit Miraculous. To ensure the Rabbit miraculous' safety, Ladybug allows Alix to keep it, Allowing her to become Bunnyx, but have remain in burrow until Monarch is defeated. Present Bunnyx returns the past Dog Miraculous to Master Fu in 1940s to make sure that the past isn't changed in the present. Meanwhile, Monarch is stuck in the past of "Heroes' Day", but makes a plan that he'll defeat Ladybug and Cat Noir by reliving the events in the past, ultimately changing the future, but Adult Bunnyx arrives and takes him back to the present, Ladybug and Cat Noir were about to recover the other Miraculouses but Monarch escapes using wind dragon leaving her distraught but was comforted by Cat Noir to take solace in the victory they have today of recovering the Rabbit Miraculous.
Unknown to them, thanks their trick the heroes caused Mayura to finally split her ties with Gabriel because he chose his own desires over everyone else long enough.
In "Multiplication", Ladybug told Cat Noir that Flairmidable isn't Adrien, but rather his cousin: Félix, when she gave him the Dog Miraculous which lead him of stealing the Chinese Zodiac Miraculous to Monarch. They decided to head to London to hunt him down, but Su-Han came to scold Ladybug and Cat Noir for the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses being in Monarch's hands, the Kwamis capture, and Fluff's power of Time Travel which could lead to unnatural consequences, but was informed that Fluff and the Rabbit miraculous were already recovered from Monarch by the heroes back in their previous adventure and given to an exceptional holder, before Su-Han could scold them anymore, Ladybug and Cat Noir scolded him back about the progress they made and finding a clue that will lead them straight to Monarch. Much more about him doing nothing to help them since he arrived. Su-Han bowed in shame as he sorrowfully admitted they were right, and that he failed to watch and protect them properly due to distractions of the modern world. But he was forgiven, and following Ladybug and Cat Noir's advice to help set things right, Su-Han left to go back to the Guardian's temple to bring back reinforcements to help the duo stop Monarch, recover the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses and rescue the Kwamis. Ladybug and Cat Noir heads to London to confront Félix at home, but Amélie told them he wasn't home, unbeknownst to them, she actually lied to keep Félix safe.
Back in Paris, the heroes laminated about their actions with Ladybug putting a stop to her love obsession permanently and Cat Noir realizing he should fight for what he desires himself instead of relying on others to do it for him. They waited for Monarch to appear so they can reclaim the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses but no had intel. A few days later, they're waiting came to an end when Ikari Gozen appeared, despite their best efforts to fight her she was too quick more so Ladybug and Cat Noir were shocked that Ikari Gozen used the power of Multitude to clone herself making Ladybug believe that Monarch must have given her the Mouse Miraculous. Despite deakumatizing Tomoe, they became shocked that Monarch somehow gave her Multitude without giving her the actual Miraculous. Leaving Ladybug and Cat Noir ashamed that they couldn't recovered Mullo and the Mouse Miraculous, but she gave Tomoe a magical charm before leaving.
Unbeknownst to them, Tomoe became an ally of Monarch and her akumatization was set up as they developed technological rings called Alliance that would allow Monarch to transfer and give the Miraculous superpowers to his akumatized villains without giving them the actual Miraculouses. After the success of the experiment, Tomoe and Gabriel make the rings go public.
Then, "Destruction", gives a flip side to "Multiplication", before Gabriel melted the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses and reforged them into rings this as well as "Evolution" shows how little he knows about the kwamis or understands their powers. Worst of all, he forced them to reveal the their guardian's location, arriving at Marinette's house where the kwamis explain that she devised her location into a treasure hunt. Following the clues Monarch ends up at the Wax Museum only to discover that Ladybug planned it in advance to trap him, despite the heroes small reunion with the kwamis. Monarch didn't get away scot free either, as he forced Cat Noir to do the one thing he never would: use Cataclysm on someone, with their enemy being their first victim and with no way to cure him, the damage was permanent. After Marinette explained everything to Alya, she was praised by her best friend for coming up with the greatest plan ever and showing self control as well as holding onto hope that the kwamis will be freed.
The heroes begin to discover the dark side of jewels, as they fight to save the kwamis first learning that the powers of the Pig can be just as cruel as the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculouses in "Jubilation". As the Dark Owl returns with the power of Gift, the heroes discover their greatest desires, only to have them be ripped away and something even more disturbing that Monarch was using the alliance rings to hunt them down.
Even though the rest of the inactive members lost their powers, they still want to help their leaders in "Illusion", Nino saw to set up the Resistance, but unknown to him like Alya in "Optigami" and in "The Collector", still proves as heroes they have a lot to learn, as Nino's impulviseness made him unintentionally take on Monarch too soon. As the heroes were fooled once again into believing that Gabriel wasn't the mastermind and the real purpose of the alliance rings are unknown to them, they let their own enemy into their midst.
Emotions run high and all over the place for many in various episodes, starting with "Determination". First, Adrien begins to develop feelings for Marinette but for her, in the terms of love, she really is confused distinguishing what is real and what is fake, so they return to the Wax Museum with Luka and Kagami as moral support, and soon they were left alone to sort things out. With Marinette partially admitting to Adrien that when she is in love, everything falls apart. Things go from bad to worse when Chloé's grudge, jealously and denial of the past caused Veronique's akumatization into Manipula, as their hero alter egos, Ladybug and Cat Noir are still traumatized by past events. With the loss of the inactive teammates, the heroine saw her partner in a new light regardless. After Veronique is deakumatized, the duo reaffirms the return of the other heroes. Meanwhile, they become aware that they are falling into a reversed love square.
In "Passion", it's not only the heroes love square that was reversed after Gabriel's failure in "Evolution"; Nathalie's relationship becomes strained only being with him to protect Adrien. Knowing that her condition was reminding him of his mother, Adrien was upset that there was nothing he could do for her. Then, he sought out advice from Marinette, being reminded that even in some situations if you can't do something for someone physically, being there emotionally is good enough. Desperate to obtain the Miraculous so Adrien wouldn't be alone, Nathalie was akumatized into the powerful hunter Safari, and when Ladybug becomes distracted she's the villainess' first target. After losing the magic bolts, the duo realizes they are only after Ladybug and Cat Noir, but not their civilian selves, leading to the return of Mister Bug and Lady Noire. With having both Miraculouses after unfreezing his partner, Cat Noir asks Ladybug about using their combined power to free their world from miseries, only to hear her recite the words of their former master about the powers consequences.
After Safari's deakumatization and the jewels were returned, Marinette realized that she was more comfortable around Cat Noir, but Alya begins to suspect that she is using her feelings of love towards him to hide from Adrien, and remembering what Marinette said earlier, Adrien talks to Nathalie about always being there for her and tells her about the girl he loves.
Wondering if a love relationship between the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous holders is possible in "Reunion", Marinette learns the true power of the kwagatama: allowing current holders to talk to their predecessors. So she summons Jeanne d'Arc known as Scarlet Fate but they had a bit of a rough start, as the spirit refused to answer her question. It wasn't only Ladybug that had questions or a desire for their love ones, as Jalil desperately missed his sister and through the lies of social media and Monarch, he was akumatized into Pharoah again, but this time armed with the Goddess of Truth's power to unveil Ladybug's true motive. Then the fight turned into a battle of brains throughout the Lourve Museum. Upon reaching Pharoah in the main chamber, realizing they couldn't reach his book and knowing all he wanted was answers, Ladybug convinced him to seek them. When Jalil discovered that he'd been lied too, he broke his connection with Monarch, receiving the duo's praise in thinking for himself.
Receiving praise from Jeanne, Marinette was finally told of her predecessor's love story of how she met her Black Cat Dark Grimalkin on opposite sides of the Hundreds Years War. They constantly fought until the holders discovered that they were deceived by their kings' greed for power. Refusing to take anymore lives, Jeanne and Grimalkin laid down their weapons, wishing to live peacefully together, but were branded as traitors in their kings' eyes. Despite escaping their fates, realizing that there was only one way they could be together was by surrendering their powers, and then they disappeared but the answer was bittersweet, as the reunion allows current holders to talk their predecessors with only their memories as holders, leaving Marinette to wonder if she and her Cat Noir will have to do the same as them. Just Ladybug like with Tikki, Cat Noir is gifted his own Kwagatama by Plagg and Alix by Fluff.
In "Elation", soon both Marinette and Cat Noir are lovesick for each other but the moment is ruined for them when they head to André's ice cream only for the hero to learn of Marinette's crush on his alterego. However it made the moment akward between them with both admitting that their love pursuits brought the worse in them but when Marinette mentioned that Cat Noir still had his fans he believed they wouldn't stick around if they knew who he really was. But Marinette said she would and they share a kiss however realizing that their relationship is wrong Cat Noir decide to end it which left the girl very distraught at her constant failures in love. Which don't go unnoticed by Shadow Moth when he attempted to akumatize to her and worse she nearly gives in until Cat Noir makes her anger vanish with a kiss making it more akward but the experience finally made her realize a relatioship with a hero wouldn't work.
Determined to see Ladybug and Cat Noir together, André is akumatized into Glaciator for the fifth time but added with the power of Clout causing major damage in his path. Then during said rampage Glaciator convinced that their miraculouses are in the way if they surrender them they could be together and yet when they ask each other about their feelings the heroes both agree that it's complicated but remain friends. Once André is deakumatized and Marinette is returned home, she and Cat Noir apologize to each other for the misunderstanding Marinette wonders if she'll ever solve the mysteries of love while Adrien discovered that her feelings towards him dimished he remained hopeful he would gain it back however Cat Noir and Marinette's love bout still didn't go unnoticed by Monarch as he hopes to find a way to make use of it in the end.
In "Transmission", believing that she was a failure in everything especially love a very despressed Marinette was hold up in her room. And yet, with Adrien's feelings being true and real for her he goes to confess his love but when she rejects him leaving him depressed as well; going unnoticed by their kwamis, Tikki and Plagg did the most daring thing ever with caring yet heavy hearts they set Marinette and Adrien free so they could be together. With Monarch still on the loose the kwamis of Creation and Destruction set out to find to new owners leading to the return of Scarabella and a new heroine Kitty Noire. With Ladybug and Cat Noir free, renewed with hope and not to waste the chance their friends gave them, Adrien returns to Marinette's home and this time they accept each other feelings starting their path to becoming a couple. However through the alliances rings Monarch finds the identities of the kwamis new charges and begins the hunt.
In "Deflagration", Plagg had chosen Zoé to become his new charge being the second female to wield the Cat Miraculous however he was quick to discover that she and Chloé are sisters and how similar she is to Adrien advising her to be more confident. Believing that he has the advantage, Monarch begins to prey on Scarabella and Kitty Noire meanwhile Adrien and Marinette begin to work on their relationship gaining everyone's support except for Chloé. Making his move, Monarch sets his trap and easily obtains the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses but his overconfidence cost him dearly as he didn't expect the kwamis to use their powers in self-defense. First, Tikki summoned a lucky charm to call for their owners and then Plagg's daring sacrifice using his cataclysm destroy his Miraculous returning to his former form. Once again repeating what happened before in their self-defense the kwamis powers caused a continous wave of creation and destruction, knowing that Tikki and Plagg were danger, Ladybug in disguise mounts a daring rescue at first convincing Monarch Bug to return her earrings so the damage can be fixed but aware he wouldn't agree she tricked him with a fake lucky charm. During their scuffle she was backed into a corner and yet was saved by the Resistance together with their help she managed not only to retrieve her Miraculous, but Cat Noir's and discover that Monarch reforged the Chinese Zodiac Miraculoues into rings.
With the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses out of Monarch's hands the kwamis were baffled how their enemy found them so easily unaware that they had the same answer back in "Jubilation. Regardless Tikki and Plagg decide to look for new charges but were halted by Marinette who had come to a realization for the duo resume their mantles. But before that Plagg wished to say goodbye to a remorseful Zoé who believed she was a failure until the kwami told her otherwise reminding her to be brave and call her own shots in life. Redonning their mantles, Ladybug and Cat Noir found out what pair had truly worked and was willing to put their love relationship under wraps until Monarch is defeated while admiring the view they also thanked their kwamis and the Resistance for the bravery they showed in the hands of their enemy.
The three-way triangle between Kagami, Marinette and Adrien becomes even crazier in "Perfection". While Adrien tries to find ways to express his love to Marinette, Kagami learns more about the trials of friendship, finding it strange that Marinette kept avoiding her so much that she followed Lila's advice on doing a friendship test with her. Disappointed with the results she falls into loneliness, believing she can't have any friends and drowned herself in searching for perfection in her akumatized form Ryukomiri. But through the heroes and their friends, Kagami's reminded that she isn't alone and surrounded by loved ones touched; she breaks free of Monarch's hold and was given a Magical Charm as a sign of her friendships. Afterwards, the two girls discover that they are bound by the same thing striving for perfection to be good enough for someone else.
In "Migration", so many depend on Luka for his wise advice to their problems from family to friends and similar to his ally Bunnyx as the Snake Miraculous holder Viperion he too as become the keeper of secrets. Matched by his sage advice is his love for music but trouble comes when the greedy Bob Roth wants to make money off of the young musician's talent so much that Luka and the others were tricked into signing his contract of a solo career so much that Luka was nearly akumatized again. But this time knowing of Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities and his strong desire to protect them he fought it off smashing his belovent guitar in the process but not before the mastermind became aware that the young snake has the knowledge he seeks. And the hunt for him wasn't over yet now the duo had to protect Luka from an akumatized Bob armed with the power of Voyage by using him as bait the heroes deakumatized Bob. However Ladybug, Cat Noir and everyone discovered what Monarch had suspected was true Luka really did know the identities of the heroes because of that knowledge Luka decides to leave Paris with Jagged to further protect them.
Luka's sage advice for Marinette and Adrien from before comes to fruition when they have their first official date in "Derision".
Going to the pool, but seeing her having panic attacks, Adrien learned what her life was like before he came to her school from Kim. Meanwhile, Marinette becomes Monarch's target; by re-examing her past, it's revealed that Marinette was constantly bullied by Chloé and suffered from her pranks needing Socqueline to watch over her. And that Adrien wasn't her first crush back then she had one on Kim, but thanks to not keeping her guard up towards him, she suffered her first heartbreak leading to her journey of cautioness. By fully understanding her past, her actions now and making peace with it, she rejected the megakuma, but for Adrien after Kim finished the story, he was very angry at him and Chloé as they were the ones responsible for Marinette's trauma, Kim gets akumatized into Dark Humor, an upgraded version of Dark Cupid, but with the power of Uproar.
During the battle against him, Ladybug found it strange about Cat Noir's aggression (unaware that he was avenging her alterego) even nearly attempting to Cataclysm him, but was stopped by the heroine, but by fighting a mean prank with one of her own, Kim was deakumatized.
Back at the pool, Kim expresses remorse for the actions he committed as Dark Humor, and yet, Ondine replies he still does bad actions as himself. Despite trying to defend himself, pleading ignorance, Ondine retorts that just because he didn’t know, doesn’t mean the pain he caused Marinette was any less real. Kim realizes Ondine is right and vows to change. He apologizes to Marinette for his actions, to which she accepts. Ondine rejoices at her love’s growth. Outside the pool, Marinette shared with Adrien why she gets so nervous around him: she’s afraid of getting hurt again like she was by Chloé’s manipulation of Kim. Adrien shares with her that he’s scared too: of doing something wrong, hurting her, someone else hurting her, and scared of losing her. But he believes that together, they will help each other, no matter what. He reaches his hand out for Marinette to grab, she holds it, but lets go and apologies, as she’s not ready for that yet. Adrien tells her they have time and they go their separate ways for the time being.
Later that day, Adrien goes to Chloé’s place and confronts her for her heinous deeds and demands that she apologize to Marinette for everything, being sure she would forgive Chloé. But she couldn't care less about the harm she caused by doing what she did and goes on about how she views most people as beneath her. Sabrina reluctantly continues to paint her nails, despite being hurt by her best friend's comment. Adrien is disgusted and angered by what she did to Marinette and Socqueline, as well as her egoistical selfishness, despite the multiple chances everyone including him gave her to become a better person. He finally declares to Chloé that they are no longer friends anymore, permanently ending their friendship he leaves only for her to hypocritically call him a traitor behind his back.
In "Intuition", Monarch found out the hard way that even with the Miraculouses he stole the French Duo remained undefeated. Especially when it came to the power of Snake Miraculous and Second Chance by using it selfishly it caused Gabriel more harm than good by having him relive constant failure and his Catacylsm injury to spread shortening what time he had left. Alone on a rooftop, Ladybug and Cat Noir pondered that it was strange that Monarch didn't use the power but happy that he didn't forgetting that the effects of Second Chance erases everyone's memories except user's but even with their memories gone their adaptability and unpredictably guided them through.
Then in "Protection", due to Kagami's background and her mother's restrictions, she becomes conflicted as Marinette and Adrien come closer; still having feelings for him but still wanting to keep Marinette's friendship. However, due to her unable to express herself properly leading to her instability, being taken advantage of by Lila convincing Kagami that Marinette is a manipulator, which led to her akumatization into Riposte Prime wanting vengeance against her "former" friend. She tells Adrien that Marinette is a liar and tries to hunt Marinette down, trapping her in a Shell-ter, Cat Noir tries to convince Riposte Prime but fails but he free Marinette allowing her to transform into Ladybug and come up with a plan. After succeeding, Kagami is deakumatized, and apologized for her actions and behavior towards Marinette. Upon explaining that Lila told her about Marinette's "true colors", she and Adrien explained to Kagami that she was deceived by Lila and hearing Adrien describe Marinette on the first day they met and his true feelings towards her. Kagami broke down in tears, knowing that they were both right, and experienced another trial that showing her true feelings and trying to understand them isn't a sign of weakness but strength, leading to her finally expressing the sorrow she felt being embraced by friends despite being happy for them.
Afterwards, Marinette and Adrien return to the Agreste mansion and they reflect over what happened leaving them both upset, but Gabriel was contended to know that their relationship was falling apart and so was Lila. Kagami goes to confront Lila, speaking her mind about even though she didn't get why Lila said those things about Marinette but doesn't believe it, and yet wants them both to be her friends under the conditions that their friendship is genuine, and she isn't used against Marinette, to which Lila begrudgingly complies too.
In "Adoration", Chloé orders Sabrina to steal for her and Lila comes up with a plan to expel Marinette from school, but due to Sabrina refusing to take part in this as it goes against everything she stands for regarding her father's work, Chloé demoted her to her subordinate instead of a friend, leaving her very sad and vulnerable for another akumatization, into Vanisher again wanting to serve and help Chloé and Lila with their plans so as not to lose Chloé's friendship. Shortly after her deakumatization, she is scolded by Chloé, but later realizes thanks to her Magical Charm that Ladybug had given her that she could choose the right side between good and evil. Furthermore, after Zoé confesses her feelings to Marinette it inspires her to follow her own advice and also to finally say them to Adrien for the first time.
During "Emotion", despite Marinette and Adrien's happiness at finally becoming a couple, they still have trouble, as Gabriel continued to drive a wedge between them, as he didn't approve of Marinette being so close to his son. Things go from bad to worse when it was time for Gabriel's Diamond Dance celebration for the richest people in Paris, Marinette crashes the event, but to only admit that she was proud of "Adrien" and that he didn't have to be secretive with her, and intended to leave. But "Adrien" danced with her instead, and saw how much she didn't fit in, however she wasn't the only one to crash the party, Félix did so too and to Ladybug, Adrien and Kagami's horror, he was acting no different than those before him, being called Argos. Wanting the Peacock as well as the duo's Miraculouses to wish for a world that was free from oppressors, however Ladybug didn't approve of his methods. As the fight continued the heroine gained a better understanding of him, then received no Lucky Charm and hearing the rogue holder claim victory, she also understood why realizing what he needs, she calmly admitted defeat and he made her disappear.
Walking through Paris' streets empty, coming across Kagami and bringing back Adrien, Argos sadly discovered that like the heroine they didn't approve of his actions either. With their views of freedom being totally different, as Adrien and Kagami couldn't be free not without their loved ones, and wanting to prove he wasn't completely cruel, Argos brought them to where he hid Marinette, only to find her gone. Then, he found out the hard way why Miraculouses can't just be given to anybody, as he tried to bring her back but couldn't. In fear, he believed she was gone forever, and Félix was scolded harshly by his cousin and Kagami about his lack of control, and demanded that he brings everyone to which Félix does. Afterwards, he flees the scene in shame of his actions and griefully destroys his sentimonster.
In "Pretension", knowing that Gabriel didn't approve of Marinette and Adrien's relationship, she opted to talk with him but despite not being well received she still refused to abdonded Adrien. When Félix returns to Paris, he took Kagami away from her mother only to tell Kagami that he is reformed as well as wanted to talk to and had an interest in her. While protecting her from an akumatized Tomoe and the heroes, he vowed to never use his powers again and if he had to, only create sentimonsters with pure intentions and good reasons. After he and Kagami were found by the French Duo, she explained Felix's intentions to them, but soon they were cornered by the titular villain and aware that Duusu was the only other kwami besides the duo's and Fluff were freed they let Felix escape with his miraculous and by the villainess' defeat Ladybug and Cat Noir hoped they didn't make a mistake in trusting him.
But to Adrien's shock he heard that his father was sending him to London by the school year's end and didn't have the heart to tell Marinette but hoped he could figure out something before then meanwhile Kagami and Felix begin their relationship.
In "Revelation", Marinette, Adrien and Lila collide again, when her and Chloe vie for Marinette's position as class president and from Lila's trickery he learns the difference between those who do mean harm and who don't when it leads to Lila's akumatization and revenge against his girlfriend. After defeating Hoaxer, Adrien apologized to Marinette for giving her terrible advice but she replied his kind heart what she loved about him and nonetheless promised they would expose her with the first step being letting Lila and Chloe take her position as class president. Unknown everyone even Gabriel that Lila also stole his secrets and began to plot her revenge against him.
In "Confrontation", Lila and Chloé are eventually exposed for their vile actions thanks to Marinette and Sabrina. However, Denis Damoclès was unable to expel them due to the former using André against him, almost leading to his akumatization. But, the Resistance and Cat Noir all work together to motivate him not to give up, which leads to his Magical Charm to evolve into a shield and purify the megakuma. Cat Noir explains what happened with the megakuma to Ladybug. Miss Bustier confronts Chloé about what she done, afterwards, Chloé gets a call from Lila (who reveals her true identity as Cerise) to be ready for next time.
In "Collusion", Miss Bustier is almost akumatized by Monarch because Chloe led about her being a negative influence to school and getting her fired, leaving Miss Bustier upset. However, she calms herself down before the akumatization is finished. Gabriel and Tomoe Tsurugi have a meeting with the mayor about the new security, unknowingly that it was a part of their plan to capture Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses, leaving Andre hesitant until Chloé comes in saying that he's weak and pathetic and declaring that she would do a better job as mayor. Gabriel comes to speak to Andre and cheer him up but he was really recording Andre's past about the bad things he had done and Gabriel posts the video. Caline Bustier watches this and is mortified by his confession thus leading to her akumatization. Ladybug and Cat Noir fight her directly until they were both captured by Miss Sans-Culotte's singing balloons. She almost came in to destroy the mayor but was later interrupted by Zoé and tried to convince that her stepfather isn't a bad person. Miss Sans-Culotte denies this and almost transforms her into a singing balloon, but was soon protected by Ladybug and she convinces Miss Sans-Culotte to use reason instead of force. She confronts Andre and tells his to step down as Mayor of Paris in the name of the people, he agrees, reinstates Miss Bustier's position, and fires himself from City Hall, thus allowing her to break free of her akumatization. Ladybug repairs the damage with her Lucky Charm, but she soon realizes that her Lucky Charm wasn't for Miss Sans-Culotte but for Chloé instead. She tries to capture Chloé, but her attack was deflected by the security bots and almost capturing them until Cat Noir summons his Cataclysm to break free and they retreat. Chloé, alongside Cerise, declares that miraculous holders are outlawed.
In "Revolution", Ladybug and Cat Noir fall into a trap set up by Chloé, akumatized into Queen Mayor, by being imprisoned in Shell-ter barriers mixed with Resistance. Doomed of transforming back and having their secret identities exposed, they manage to slow down their transform and encourage the Parisians and the Resistance to keep on fighting and standing up to Monarch's threats. This motivates everyone to revolt against Queen Mayor and her robots, and allows for Ladybug and Cat Noir to unlock their adult powers, now being able to use their powers indefinitely without transforming back. With Chloé deakumatized and having lost all power, she is exiled to London with her mother. However, Gabriel commands Adrien to pack up for London leaving Adrien depressed, he tries to tell his father that he´s happy in Paris with Marinette and his friends. But his father didn´t listen so he angrily tires to run away but fails, he soon calls Marinette about the truth leaving them both upset. But Marinette goes to see Adrien one more time and they share a kiss goodbye. Marinette drives to the party and gets a call from Chloé that Adrien is leaving Paris but Marinette told her that she already knows and she could never break their love. Marinette also tells Chloé that she is now utterly ridiculous, and has lost all the power over the Parisians, especially her before she hangs up, leaving Chloé crying. Meanwhile, Cerise is hacking into the Tsurugi laptop to layout her plan.
In "Representation", the group worries about Marinette not being okay after being forcibly separated from Adrien and wonders why he never told them about his departure to London; Adrien, as Cat Noir, hears this and has just missed Marinette as she was actually chasing Félix (whom Kagami told Marinette's idenity as Ladybug) disguised as Adrien. Soon, Gabriel, as Nightormentor, appears and demands to know where Marinette and Adrien are after the latter escape from London. The gang refuses to tell him anything. Rose and Juleka are hit with his magic dust and mentally experience their worst nightmare. Nino figures the Resistance should get involved, with Alya and everyone else agreeing. Later, Cat Noir gets hit and is ready to hand his Miraculous to the villain when he is attacked by the Resistance. They give him the hope to finish him, and they do, even capturing the Akuma for Ladybug. Meanwhile, from Félix and Kagami, Marinette learns the history of the Graham de Vanily, Agreste, and Fathom families, Monarch's true identity, and why Félix had to betray her. Adrien stills suffers from the nightmare and realizes he can't tell Marinette his identity, thus returns to London, missing her again as she is left with a note about what happened the previous night for her to perform her Miraculous Ladybug. Adrien and Kagami are locked up in white rooms by their parents to prevent another escape.
In "The Final Day", due to the nightmares caused by Nightormentor as Gabriel's last plan with Tomoe to retreive the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses, the group becomes into the Perfect Alliance app, even Ivan, Mylène, and Adrien. Knowing he's not in the right mind, let alone locked up with no chance of escaping again from his prison, Adrien has Plagg give his Miraculous to Ladybug. Soon, Gabriel appears on the rings and tricks everyone into believing the duo French heroes, had kidnapped Adrien and Kagami and playing a fake video. Ivan is turned into a miraculized minion, and everyone is ready to do the same until Alya urges them to resist, knowing that Ladybug and Cat Noir would never do that to anyone as they saved innocent people countless times, even getting rid of their rings, thinking Monarch hacked into them. Meanwhile, still reeling from the previous night, Marinette, as Ladybug, decides to talk to Gabriel about Adrien but instead encounters Nathalie and finds evidence of her involvement. Soon, she witnesses Gabriel detransform as Monarch and is ready to send Cat Noir a text about it but doesn't. Nathalie told her to save Adrien and do whatever it takes to stop Monarch, even giving her Émilie's cell with all her videos. Soon, she is surrounded by miraculized, but manages to get away from them and detransforms into the kitchen and soon Plagg manages to find the pair and tells them they are on their own and why she's here. Marinette says it's Monarch's house leaving Plagg is shocked and frightened. Monarch finds her and is surprised to see Marinette, and she unifies the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous in the last stand against him. The Resistance fight against the miraculized along with Ladydragon, United Heroes, Wang Cheng, Order of the Guardians (Su-Han with its newest members, Luka, Jagged Stone, Penny, and Fang) and presumably other citizens.
Whilst Marinette, now as Bug Noire, and Monarch have their final battle, she comes up with a plan to strip Gabriel of the Butterfly Miraculous and succeeds. Following the victory, she makes a deal with him to protect Adrien, but he backstabs her into making his wish, and he wished to heal Nathalie and redeem himself at the cost of his own life, saving Paris. Following his redemption and sacrifice, the team is back, Luka returns to Paris, and Alix is allowed to return to the present as Monarch has been defeated, Argos is the newest member of the team, and Ladybug has succeeded in retrieving most of the Miraculouses and turning them back into their original forms except for the Butterfly, which the team seeks to find, unknown to them that Cerise Bianca has the Butterfly Miraculous to be the next future Hawk Moth.
"Miraculous Shanghai"
Ladybug and Cat Noir's heroic world expands when Shanghai needs protecting from Hawk Moth too, as it holds a secret magical object that is about old as the Miraculouses themselves: the Prodigious. Due to unknown events, its power was deemed too dangerous and sealed away. Just like the Miraculouses that were protected by the Order of the Guardians, this jewel was protected by the Renren Guardians, those who were taught ancient human values. However, as time went on, most had forgotten them, leaving a man named Wu Shifu as the sole guardian until one day when he heard the cries of a baby girl. Happy to have an heir, Wu Shifu named her Fei and taught her of his legacy, making her the next guardian. However, their days weren't always full of happiness as a greedy man, named Cash, used dirty tactics to get them off the land which ended in the school's destruction, her adoptive father's disappearance, and most importantly, the Sacred Cave Key being stolen, leaving Fei alone.
As for the French duo, Spring Break is here, but Marinette, upon realizing that Adrien is in Shanghai, followed him while wanting to visit her granduncle, Wang Cheng, to celebrate his 60th birthday. Upon visiting him, she learns more about her family and wishes to explore the city. However, just as she started to, her things get stolen, and with a language barrier, she was lost and alone in the city. Meanwhile, Adrien goes off to explore, reacquaints with Wang Cheng, and is surprised that Marinette is also in Shanghai. Noticing that she was gone for too long, he transformed into Cat Noir to find her. While wandering the streets, Marinette gets cornered by people she believed was going to hurt her trying to escape, she runs into Fei. Relieved that someone can understand her, she explains to her "new friend" her situation and the importance of her things sympathizing, Fei helps her look for them. At the time aware that the city was so big, Cat Noir contacts Ladybug to help in his efforts. After that, the girls manage to find the earrings, but Cash wants a lot of money in return. However, Fei easily swaps them for fake ones which resulted in trouble, but they gained help in unexpected places.
Briefly losing Cash's goons, Marinette was brought to Fei's home where she explained her own hardships, but just before she could explain the real reason for her friend's "misfortune", Cash beat her to it telling her truth of her earrings getting stolen, leaving Marinette devastated because Fei was desperate for information about her father. During their discussion, Fei discovered that Cash was the one responsible for what happened to her father and refused to let him touch her friend. Unknown to them all, Hawk Moth was there aware of Cash's greed, he akumatized him. Marinette, not completely sure of Fei's intentions but refusing to leave her at an akumatized villain's mercy, transforms into Ladybug. Happy that Cat Noir was already in Shanghai, she explained the situation. Helping Fei, Ladybug discovered that Hawk Moth attempted to steal the Prodigious. Despite not knowing what it is, she couldn't let her enemy have it. Refusing to let the heroine fight alone, Fei uses the jewel's power, becoming the new Renren guided by the Renlings. During the fight, she was observed by the guardian, Mei Shi, matching almost all the values except the dragon because she was clouded by vengeful thoughts. With Cat Noir's timely arrival, the trio deakumatizes Cash, but Hawk Moth refuses to admit defeat and turns his akuma to Mei Shi, changing the guardian into one of his most dangerous villains yet that even he couldn't stop. Heartbroken and distraught by her actions, Fei believed she wasn't worthy of the Prodigious and left the French Duo. With no choice, Cat Noir decided to use his powers on him, but it left the hero eradicated and Ladybug distraught.
Finding Fei below her, Marinette accepts her forgiveness, but Fei wasn't so sure she deserves it as she turned away from her father's teachings, aware he wouldn't do this but turn it into something good. With that in mind, she finally understands what Mei Shi meant. With that insight, Fei was able to access the power of the dragon, using it to save Marinette, and by helping Ladybug dive into the belly of the beast, the duo managed to calm the guardian and save the city. With her anger gone, Mei Shi found Fei worthy of the Prodigious but one test remained: facing Cash. Again, she reprimanded him because of his uncontrollable greed, she has no family and was left homeless but chose to let justice take its course by taking cash to the police, reclaiming the Sacred Cave Key. The group was surprised to discover that Mei Shi had another purpose: watching over the Renren. With Marinette safe and sound, they all celebrate Wang Cheng's birthday. It turns out the group of boys weren't trying to hurt her but return her necklace, whom she graciously thanks and accepts Fei as a friend and ally.
"Miraculous New York"
It's French-American Friendship Week, a week when students from both countries come together. The heroes come together too, causing them to learn from each other on both sides of the mask. Marinette is trying to give up her romantic pursuit of Adrien and work on being his friend. Not wanting him to be alone, she convinced Gabriel to let him come to New York with them. Adrien was eternally grateful towards her, describing her as "the girl willing to take a chance". However, as their trip continued, Marinette's romantic feelings continued to grow to the point of her trying to convince a disheartened Adrien to stay in New York, admitting that she loved him.
As their alter egos, the bond between Ladybug and Cat Noir continues to grow, and they begin to use new powers, like the Space form. The ultimate test of trust between them began as she trusted Cat Noir to watch over Paris while she was gone. Not wanting to disappoint her or lose her trust, Cat Noir hid the truth from her and was in New York too (although Marinette unknowingly took her partner with her). Along the way, they meet Majestia, Knightowl, Sparrow, and Uncanny Valley and discover that the American heroes are different from them. Unlike the Miraculous heroes, who were more secretive and independent, American ones were more open and protective of the younger heroes. As the four young heroes came together during a fight against Technolizer, Ladybug was angry at Cat Noir that he left Paris unguarded to the point she expressed her disappointment in him. A terrible mistake led to them learning a big lesson: with great power comes great responsibility and the consequences if said power is used recklessly. The terrible mistake was Cat Noir accidentally destroying Uncanny Valley with his Cataclysm. Despite Ladybug fixing her and the city, the duo was harshly scolded by Knightowl, warning them that if the conditions had been different, then the outcome would have been worse. Then, things escalated when Ladybug and Cat Noir had discovered the state Paris was in. Aware that the damage had been there for too long and with the villain gone, Ladybug couldn't use her powers to fix anything.
Cat Noir felt unworthy of his powers and renounced his ring, leaving Ladybug alone and heartbroken because she had become so close to him, believing that she couldn't be herself without him. Meanwhile, the American heroes learned for the younger generation of heroes to grow, one needs to take chances and make their own way as Jessica, aka Sparrow, fiercely wanted her independence and admired the Miraculous duo for it. However, it caused her and Aeon, aka Uncanny Valley, to be disobedient towards their superiors and were temporarily grounded from the team. However, Jessica and Aeon soon discover that Hawk Moth was responsible for everything that's happening in New York, and by using the Eagle Miraculous along with Techno-Pirate turning into Miraclonizer, they both misused Liiri's powers to cause the adult heroes to run wild.
Understanding that they would need their help, Uncanny left to find the french duo; due to her being a robot she figured out the heroes' identities. She tried to convince Cat Noir to return to New York, but it wasn't until he heard his partner's message that he did so, returning to a grateful Ladybug. As they hugged, he apologized for his mistake of not being honest with her. Together with Sparrow and Uncanny, along with some creative thinking, they managed to retrieve the Eagle Miraculous from the titular villain, and with Sparrow, now known as Eagle, returned the adult heroes to normal, defeated Miraclonizer, and saved the city. With the mission over, Jessica tried to return the Miraculous, but Ladybug allowed her to keep it, knowing she would use it well. Being reunited with their mothers, Jess expected a scolding but received praise from Knightowl and Majestia about proving they are meddling, turning from fledglings to full-grown eagles. They also thanked Ladybug and Cat Noir for inspiring their daughters, understanding that the French duo was secretive about their identities, Uncanny saw it necessary to erase their identity data from her memory but not before Ladybug thanked her for bringing them back together.
Meanwhile, Hawk Moth didn't see this escapade as a defeat but relished in the fact that there were other lost Miraculouses and that he'd find them all no matter how long it took. Back in Paris, people were working hard to clean up the damage. They missed their local heroes, but they didn't take it too hard because they heard of the duo's adventure in New York. Ladybug and Cat Noir were thanked by the American heroes with an ice statue of the four young heroes to honor their bravery and courage. With their trip nearing the end, Marinette would have another day to sort out her feelings and, along with her friends, gave Adrien one final surprise making him smile.
Then, sometime after Ladybug and Cat Noir had returned home, Eagle and Uncanny during a nightly patrol were approached by an unnamed guardian who demanded the Eagle Miraculous. Eagle proposed a better idea: convincing the guardian to stay in New York and create a new generation of heroes.
"Miraculous Paris"
After their plan failed the French Duo started to lose hope they would defeat Monarch but just as someone loses hope others are seeking it. As the Miraculous world expands again this time they learn that Miraculouses and wearers exist across the multiverse when a mysterious Butterfly holder named Betterfly appears seeking their aid but they realize he didn't come alone as a mysterious pair of villains named Shadybug and Claw Noir chased after him. But seeing how much the dark duo's powers differ from theirs, Ladybug and Cat Noir learn why because of security system that protects them but their dark counterparts broke it by using their jewels for evil thereby hurting themselves. After their battle drew a draw, the Duo and Betterfly hide in the sewers where they hear him crying in joy at how beautiful their world is compared to his which is a nightmare ruled by an entity named the Supreme and that he controls the Miraculouses under a corrupt system. To which Betterfly used to be apart of until one day he learned the hard way that with great power comes great responsibility. With that he intended to use his power the right way for good and set up the Resistance but the Supreme retaliated with holders of his own to hunt him down. During the conversation Ladybug and Cat Noir discovered that Shadybug and Claw Noir were also the duo's dark counterparts.
Returning to the surface, from Alya the hero trio learned that the dark duo team up with Monarch as per part of the plan Ladybug used the alternate Butterfly Miraculous to unify into Ladyfly and pretended to fall for Monarch's scheme so they could deal with their counterparts personally. By talking with them Ladybug and Cat Noir discovered how dark their lives would be if they were consumed by despair and anger, as well as encouraged the dark duo to believe in themselves to seek better lives. With that insight in mind, Shadybug and Claw Noir used it to change their costumes, heal their affliction, were renamed Ladybug and Paw Noir and join the resistance. However their joy was short lived when Monarch still refused to give up since couldn't have the Miraculous of his world, he tried to steal them from across the multiverse but the heroes managed to stop him. With the other worlds safe; both pairs thank each other for giving something they both needed - the hope to keep fighting.
"Miraculous London"
After Gabriel made his wish to be with Emile Marinette reclaimed her miraculous and with the help of Nathalie found out where Adrien and Kagami were hiding And after telling the half truth about Gabriel, Bugnoire returned to the mansion and destroyed the lair and crypt After reuniting with Kagami & Adrien and getting the Miraculous back and wrote in her diary on reparing the Miraculous she went to bed elsewhere Cerise Bianca akumatized herself into Spectre Looter and stolen all the Miraculous except Felix's and made a wish that resulted in the end of time. Bunnyx aka Alix Recruited Marinette who was about to be due from the Ultimate Absolute Power but was saved Marinette got tikki from Origins part 1 and became Chronobug to find the ghost girl and the new butterfly holder after a battle Cerise had a breakdown that Gabe was Ladybug and Silences Nooroo with a snap Time was restored and our heroes won Cat Noir met with Ladybug on the usual spot and promised to get the butterfly Miraculous back from the new holder. Cerise puts on the miraculous and transforms vowing Revenge on Ladybug and her new team of Superheroes.
"Miraculous Tokyo"
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Miraculous Adventures
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System
Whenever they realize a villain is attacking, Marinette and Adrien with the help of their respective kwamis, use their Miraculouses to transform into their superhero personas, Ladybug and Cat Noir. Both have enhanced physical abilities, such as strength and agility, and they are nearly invulnerable. They also each have a special weapon, Ladybug's Yo-yo and Cat Noir's Staff, both with a unique superpower, Ladybug able to create a helpful object with her Lucky Charm and Cat Noir being able to destroy anything he touches with his Cataclysm.
While both are selfless and committed heroes in their own rights, they have unique knowledge and skills outside of their powers and tools. Ladybug is exceptionally tenacious, creative, kind, and skillful at thinking up plans, able to figure out how to use her Lucky Charm to benefit her situation, usually with various items around her in conjunction with the Lucky Charm to help Ladybug achieve her goal, making her a resourceful and powerful leader. For his part, Cat Noir is a versatile warrior, he speaks various languages, he's wise, funny, compassionate in times of despair, along with having calm observations, keen cleverness, and passionate reactions during serious situations, he's one of the greatest partners any hero could ever have.
Ladybug is the only hero able to purify akumas and undo damage caused during the mission, but outside of occasions where Ladybug or Cat Noir have to battle villains on their own, they usually work best as a team by utilizing their strengths together.
After Wang Fu translates some of the spellbook, Ladybug and Cat Noir gain new superpowers related to particular situations, like floods, extreme cold, and space modes.
As of "Revolution", Ladybug and Cat Noir have grown as precocious heroes with evolved powers. They no longer de-transform after they used their powers once, they can use their powers multiple times and stronger than they were before.
But sometimes, Ladybug and Cat Noir are unable to handle the crisis on their own and need help from the power of another miraculous. When they need more support and assistance, they've built a team of allies with transcendent potential to aid them:
- Rena Rouge, who proves to have remarkable resourcefulness and cunning, becomes the first member of the team to know Ladybug's secret identity, and ready to help her anytime she is unable to fulfill her superhero duties.
- As Rena Furtive, she acted as the team's secret protector against Shadow Moth's traps.
- Carapace, who proves to have considerable combat skills, exceptional courage, and willingness to defend those who need it.
- Queen Bee (formerly), who isn't impressed by people in power and despite her obnoxious personality she had proven that she could be a very good teammate.
- Viperion, who is wise beyond his years, gives his teammates another chance, able to perceive the best way to defeat relentless villains, all while preventing himself, and his teammates from repeating any mistake that may compromise the mission or their identities.
- Pegasus, who's mind is advanced, quick, and astute alongside his power (Voyage), helps the heroes expect the unexpected.
- Ryuko, who has control over the elements with a high sense of honor and discipline.
- King Monkey, who is confident, caring, and cunning to outwit any villain.
- Their New York addition, Eagle, who was trained by Knightowl and understands that freedom comes with a price.
After becoming a Guardian, Ladybug kept increasing her superhero team.
- Vesperia, Queen Bee's replacement as the Bee Miraculous holder, who possesses a much more heroic demeanor than her predecessor.
- Polymouse, is a great ally when dealing with multiple problems in multiple locations, she has great ideas, and knows that to deal with a big problem you need many little solutions dealing with it at the same time, not one big miraculous solution.
- Pigella, who knows how to spread her optimism, gift it to others, and sees light in darkness.
- Purple Tigress, whose inner confidence, allied to her power (Clout), can put an end to any conflict between two parties or defeat any maniacal foe(s).
- Miss Hound, who is loyal, intuitive, and bold, can retrieve any object.
- Rooster Bold, who is a tough hero and with his ability to give himself any superpower he wants, makes him an assertive ally.
- Caprikid, who has impressive teamwork but strong instinct and can create any object he desires.
- Minotaurox, who is a gentle giant but fearsome when needed, who resists any enemy attack.
After Félix stole the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses, he gave them to Shadow Moth in exchange for the Peacock Miraculous, allowing Hawk Moth to become Monarch. Soon after Monarch's debut, the heroes manage to recover Fluff and the Rabbit Miraculous, allowing Alix to become:
- Bunnyx, who understands that there's a time for everything.
In "Re-creation", as Gabriel was making his wish, he relinquished his remaining Miraculouses to Ladybug and she reforged the jewels to their original forms. Then, they were returned to all of the inactive members making them like herself and Cat Noir full time members along with their newest addition to the team:
- Argos, who has the power to manifest emotions of himself or others into a physical form to create living beings and treats them as equals, not tools.
Secret Identities
The two main members of the team, Ladybug and Cat Noir, aka Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste, agreed from the outset to keep their respective civilian identities secret, even from each other, since if one of them were to discover the other's secret identity, they should give up their own Miraculous to avoid endangering their partner.
Even the temporary Miraculous heroes they call for help try to respect this rule, and within the team, Ladybug, who is usually the one who recruits new heroes, knows all their civilian identities. Instead, while Cat Noir unquestionably knows the civilian identities of Viperion, Pegasus, Ryuko, Bunnyx, Pigella, Rena Rouge and Carapace, and even though several important pieces of information have been revealed to him after having officially met Master Wang Fu, he doesn't know the secret identities of King Monkey, Vesperia, Polymouse and Purple Tigress, since Ladybug prefers that there are as few people as possible to know their civilian identities, and therefore, whenever possible, she tends to leave Cat Noir in the dark about such information, much to his chagrin.
However, there have been a few exceptions:
- Since "Queen Wasp", Queen Bee, aka Chloé Bourgeois, is the only hero whose civilian identity is in the public domain, having transformed in front of the cameras to show everyone (but specifically her mother) her value. Despite the recklessness of her actions, Ladybug, who was in a desperate moment and despite understandable doubts, chose to give her a second chance, and since then Queen Bee has helped the team for some important missions, only to be suspended by Ladybug due to her public civilian identity.
- In "Catalyst", Rena Rouge and Carapace, aka Alya Césaire and Nino Lahiffe, get to know each others' secret identities. While at first Alya had suspicions about Nino, the latter had no suspicion about the former. During Heroes' Day, Ladybug, who was in an emergency situation and didn't have time to separate the couple, was forced to ask both temporary heroes on the spot for help, revealing to each other the other's secret identity. Since then, she has made the two heroes swear not to reveal each others' civilian identities to anyone.
- In "Oblivio", both Ladybug and Cat Noir discovered each other's civilian identities after getting struck by Oblivio's powers which led to them becoming a couple until the magic ladybugs restored their memories.
- In "Desperada", after a failed attempt to woo Ladybug with the Snake Miraculous, Adrien suggests that Luka Couffaine wields it. Since nobody besides Wang was aware that Cat Noir and Adrien are the same person, from Ladybug and Luka's points of view, Adrien is just another temporary Miraculous holder, but who is aware that Luka is the new holder of the Snake Miraculous.
- In "Startrain", when Ladybug chose to give the Horse Miraculous to Max Kanté, besides her and Cat Noir, even Markov, Max's robot, was present at that time. As revealed in "Miraculous New York", robots are immune to the magical nature of the Miraculouses which hides the identity of the holders, although Markov can't recognize Miraculous holders' identities because he's not as advanced as Uncanny.
- In "Ikari Gozen", Hawk Moth learned that Kagami Tsurugi is Ryuko after she was able to free herself from her akumatized mother's prison. Because of that, Ladybug told her she may not give her back the Miraculous as it may put Kagami's loved ones in danger. Despite that, in "Heart Hunter", Ladybug asked again for her help to secretly prevent her from dating Adrien at that time.
- In "Timetagger", Ladybug and Cat Noir met a Rabbit Miraculous holder from the future, Bunnyx, aka Alix Kubdel as an adult. Being a time traveler and a connoisseur of many key moments in the course of history, Bunnyx knows the secret identities of the two heroes, although she cannot reveal neither this nor other information in order to protect the time continuum.
Outside the team, Master Wang Fu used to know the secret identities of all the Miraculous heroes of the team, as he was the Guardian of the Miraculouses, and the chooser of some of its members (Ladybug, Cat Noir and King Monkey).
The situation, however, changed drastically in "Miracle Queen"; the titular villain, aka Chloé, who allied herself with Hawk Moth and Mayura, took mind control of all of Paris and commanded all the Miraculous holders to come to her, allowing Hawk Moth, Mayura and Chloé to learn the secret identities of Rena Rouge, Pegasus, Viperion, King Monkey, Carapace and Ryuko (Ladybug and Cat Noir escaped being affected by her powers, while Alix Kubdel, future Rabbit Miraculous holder, has not used yet her Miraculous in the present).
In order to save the other Miraculouses and prevent Hawk Moth from extracting valuable information from him, Master Fu definitively renounced his position as Guardian and a Miraculous holder and officially made Ladybug the new Guardian, at the expense, however, of his own memories of everything concerning the Miraculouses, including the secret identities of the heroes being erased.
Later, because of Chloé's despicable actions, Ladybug seized the Bee Miraculous from her and definitively banished her from the team.
An unusual case was that which occurred in "Miraculous New York": Uncanny Valley, being a very advanced robot, was immune to the magical nature of Ladybug and Cat Noir's suits that made their civilian identities unrecognizable from human observers allowing her to find them in civilian form. After defeating an akumatized Techno-Pirate and understanding the French Duo's need for secrecy after their encounter, she deleted the knowledge from her memory to protect them, making herself in the dark again.
Some time later after the aforementioned incident, Ladybug, now the new Guardian, to face the even more dangerous attacks of Shadow Moth (aka, Hawk Moth's new and more powerful supervillain identity), has recruited other new temporary heroes, such as Pigella and Vesperia.
Also, despite their enemies being privy to the secret identities of many of the temporary members of the team, Ladybug has decided to keep calling them back for help, due to the increasingly difficult battles, and there were further exceptions regarding secret identities, as well as new management changes within the team:
- In "Gang of Secrets" due to pressures of being the new Guardian, being unable to confess her feelings to Adrien, and breaking up with Luka, Marinette revealed her superhero persona to Alya for comfort, making the latter the first person, post-Master Fu's amnesia, to know Ladybug's true identity. Furthermore, in "Optigami", due to the increasing risks caused by Shadow Moth's constant attacks, Marinette definitively gave the Fox Miraculous to Alya, thus making her a full-time holder like Ladybug and Cat Noir.
- In "Furious Fu", the celestial guardian Su-Han learned that Marinette is, not only the new Guardian, but also the current Ladybug Miraculous holder, much to his chagrin, as this broke several rules of the Order. However, after seeing how Marinette's unorthodox methods work, Su-Han decided that she is a good fit for her role, while continuing to keep an eye on her.
- In "Sentibubbler", Rena Rouge was able to make Shadow Moth (as well as heroes such as Cat Noir and Carapace) believe, thanks to her illusions, that Ladybug will never give her the Fox Miraculous again, so as not to endanger her and her loved ones. In reality, Alya will still continue to use the Fox Miraculous, but with a new secret identity, Rena Furtive, helping her teammates in the shadows, with only Ladybug aware of Alya's new superhero persona. However, in "Rocketear", to avoid further misunderstandings with Nino, Alya decided to reveal to him her new secret identity.
- In "Rocketear", having misunderstood the relationship between Alya and Cat Noir as romantic, in a burst of emotion and to make Adrien to believe him, Nino revealed to him his own and Alya's secret identities, thus unknowingly making Cat Noir aware, for the first time, of Rena Rouge and Carapace's civilian identities. At the moment, Alya and Ladybug are unaware that Adrien (aka Cat Noir) is privy to such information.
- In "Wishmaker", while fighting the titular villain, both Ladybug and Cat Noir have fallen victim to his powers, which caused their civilian identities to be revealed to both Viperion and Shadow Moth. However, thanks to Viperion's special power, Second Chance, he was able to revert both situations, preventing the main villain from uncovering such important information; but because he still retains the knowledge of the erased timelines, Luka is still privy to Marinette and Adrien's secret identities, unbeknownst to the two main heroes.
- In regard to Ladybug's situation, she only replaced Chloé and not the others because Chloé was the only one to break the secret identity rule so she gave the others a second chance and with Hawk Moth becoming stronger and more deadly ever as Marinette said in "Catalyst", she would need those who already have experience with the jewels.
In "Ephemeral", it was shown more insight about the rules regarding the secret identities: according to Ladybug, the reason why all the other Miraculous heroes don't know who she and Cat Noir really are, is to protect them from Shadow Moth, so that he leaves them alone, since he knows their civilian identities and could threaten and blackmail them (as he tried to do with Alya in "Sentibubbler"). However, in an emergency situation, Ladybug allowed Viperion (unaware that he is already aware of the civilian identities of the two heroes) to know Cat Noir's identity, but not both; in that way, at least one of them is still out of danger. Regarding instead Ladybug and Cat Noir themselves, if at least one of them knew the other's civilian identity, and he or she get akumatized, Shadow Moth would make them betray their partner, and would get a hold of both of them (as happened in the aforementioned episode, and it was only thanks to Sass's Second Chance this timeline was erased).
After Monarch had stolen the other Miraculouses through Félix, he devised a deadly plan by creating the Alliance Rings, which would transmit information back to him if anyone achieved the physical standards of a Miraculous holder allowing him to discover said holder's identities as long as they wear it. Unfortunately to him, both Marinette and Adrien, for their own reasons, refused to wear the rings, in this way rending this tactic pointless.
However, when Marinette and Adrien gave up their Miraculous in "Transmission", Gabriel used this tactic to discover Alya and Zoé's identities as Scarabella and Kitty Noire, causing Ladybug and Cat Noir to resume their mantles.
And even though Monarch was still privy to the identities of the heroes, there were occasions where the knowledge still got out, directly or indirectly:
- In "Perfection", Kagami accidentally eavesdrops a conversation between Marinette and Alya where the former vents about being afraid of losing her Miraculous. Due to have heard only a part of the conversation and being herself in a stressful state at that moment, Kagami was not able to immediately realize the truth and took some time to process the information and realize Marinette was Ladybug, something that happened between "Protection" and "Representation".
- In "Migration", while trying to re-akumatize Luka into Silencer, Monarch was able to realize that the boy knew Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities. After failing to force him to tell the truth, Monarch didn't waste time to send a villain after him. With the danger of becoming Monarch's main target and not wanting Ladybug and Cat Noir to neglect their duties to the city just to protect him, Luka decides to leave Paris with his father, Jagged Stone, and Penny.
- In "Representation", it's revealed that, after solidifying their relationship as a couple, Kagami told Félix that Marinette was Ladybug and Félix told Kagami that Gabriel was Monarch. Realizing they would need her help in order to be together, the two of them then put together a play for Marinette, helped by the sentimonster Once Upon a Time, so, in that way, they could not only tell Félix's side of the story, but also reveal to her who her greatest enemy really is.
- In "Conformation", after entering the Agreste mansion to talk with Nathalie about Adrien, Marinette has the confirmation that Gabriel is Monarch after seeing him de-transform. Not just that, but she also learns that Nathalie was Mayura after the latter admits that her illness was caused by the use of the damaged Peacock Miraculous. After she is cornered and forced to de-transform, Marinette is found by Monarch who is able to discover her identity.
- In "Re-creation", it is shown that Grand Master Su-Han is aware of Alya's role as Marinette's confidant and, most likely, as the holder of the Fox Miraculous.
- In "Miraculous London", after being healed from her illness, Nathalie goes to the Crypt after the wish is made, especting to find Gabriel, only to find Marinette with Tikki and Plagg, in this way discovering she has been Ladybug all along.
Members
In chronological order of when they were recruited:
Original members
After the group was founded by Master Fu, Ladybug and Cat Noir became the very first members of the hero team.
Hero | Name | Miraculous | Kwami | Concept | Superpower | Civilian |
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Ladybug | Creation | Lucky Charm | ||||
Cat Noir | Destruction | Cataclysm |
Active members
List of Miraculous holders who are currently active thanks to Marinette leaving their Miraculouses with them permanently.
Hero | Name | Miraculous | Kwami | Concept | Superpower | Civilian |
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Rena Rouge | Illusion | Mirage | ||||
Carapace | Protection | Shell-ter | ||||
Viperion | Intuition | Second Chance | ||||
Pegasus | Migration | Voyage | ||||
Ryuko | Perfection | Wind, Water, and Lightning Dragon | ||||
King Monkey | Derision | Uproar | ||||
Vesperia | Action | Venom | ||||
Polymouse | Multiplication | Multitude | ||||
Pigella | Jubilation | Gift | ||||
Purple Tigress | Elation | Clout | ||||
Miss Hound | Adoration | Fetch | ||||
Rooster Bold | Pretension | Sublimation | ||||
Caprikid | Passion | Genesis | ||||
Minotaurox | Determination | Resistance | ||||
Bunnyx | Evolution | Burrow | ||||
Argos | Emotion | Amokization |
Occasional members
These members of the French Miraculous superhero team have used a miraculous more than once, making that hero persona an occasional member, that becomes active, when necessary.
Hero | Name | Miraculous | Kwami | Concept | Superpower | Civilian |
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Lady Noire | Destruction | Cataclysm | ||||
Mister Bug | Creation | Lucky Charm | ||||
Scarabella |
Temporary members
Certain members of the French Miraculous superhero team only used another miraculous once, making that hero persona a temporary member.
Hero | Name | Episode | Miraculous | Kwami | Concept | Superpower | Civilian |
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Aspik | "Desperada" | Intuition | Second Chance | ||||
Multimouse | "Kwamibuster" | Multiplication | Multitude | ||||
Rena Furtive | "Rocketear" and "Shadow Moth's Final Attack" | Illusion | Mirage | ||||
Cat Walker | "Kuro Neko" | Destruction | Cataclysm | ||||
Flairmidable | "Strikeback" | Adoration | Fetch | ||||
Canigirl | "Evolution" | ||||||
Kitty Noire | "The Kwamis' Choice" | Destruction | Cataclysm | ||||
Chronobug | Miraculous London | Creation | Lucky Charm |
Unified heroes
For certain missions, the members of the team unified multiple miraculouses, allowing them to become an entirely new hero.
More detailed list: Unification uses
Hero | Name | Episode | Unified Kwamis | Civilian | ||
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Multifox | "Kwamibuster" | Mullo & Trixx | ||||
Multinoir | Mullo & Plagg | |||||
Multibug | Mullo & Tikki | |||||
Dragonbug | "Miracle Queen" | Tikki & Longg | ||||
Snake Noir | Plagg & Sass | |||||
Lady Bee | "Optigami" | Tikki & Pollen | ||||
Pegabug | "Sentibubbler" and "Strikeback" | Tikki & Kaalki | ||||
Pennybug | "Strikeback" | Tikki, Kaalki & Fluff | ||||
Rabbit Noir | "Evolution" | Plagg & Fluff | ||||
Bunny Dog | Barkk & Fluff | |||||
Ladyfly | "Miraculous Paris" | Tikki & Nooroo (parallel universe) | ||||
Bug Noire | "The Final Day" and "Miraculous London" | Tikki & Plagg |
Former members
The Miraculous holders of the team who are no longer members.
Hero | Name | Miraculous | Kwami | Concept | Superpower | Civilian |
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Jade Turtle | Protection | Shell-ter | ||||
Queen Bee | Action | Venom |
Allies
Superheroes
- United Heroez — A team of American superheroes, operating in mainly New York City. Two iterations of the team are shown: one in the "Miraculous Adventures" comic series, and the other in the "Miraculous New York" special.
- Majestia — In the special, she first met Ladybug and Cat Noir after the battle against Techlonizer. While grateful for Ladybug fixing the damage from the fight, she was heartbroken due the the condition of her 'daughter', and sided with Knightowl regarding them using their Miraculouses while in the city. After defeating Techlonizer, she, along with Knightowl, recognized the French heroes as their equals and admit that times are changing and they should as well. In the comic, she explained to the duo that she and the other superheroes in New York need their help in order to defeat the Trash Krakken.
- Doorman — In the special, he acts as a support during the battle against Techlonizer, guiding the civilians away to safety. His powers were later used by Ladybug and Cat Noir to reach Miraclonizer and free the rest of the United Heroez from the villain's spell. In the comic, he creates a portal in order to bring Ladybug and Cat Noir over from Paris to New York and back.
- Knightowl — In both the special and the comic, Knightowl is initially judgmental and critical towards Ladybug and Cat Noir, but after seeing their work, grows to respect their heroism. In the special, due to the damages and their reckless behavior during the battle against Techlonizer, she demands Ladybug and Cat Noir hand over their Miraculouses. After the United Heroez were released from Miraclonizer's spell, she helped detain Techlonizer long enough for Cat Noir to break his akumatized cuffs. In the comic, she and Sparrow follow Ladybug and Cat Noir to battle the Trash Kraken directly.
- Sparrow/Eagle — Sparrow gets along very well with Ladybug and Cat Noir. In the Special, she is inspired by the French teens to try and fight Techlonizer without the adults. She is later granted the Eagle Miraculous, showing the trust Ladybug has in her, and starts going by the name "Eagle". In the comic, the character's gender is unknown, but they supported Ladybug and Cat Noir's suggestion of how to defeat the Trash Krakken since the beginning.
- Liiri — Only appears in the special. The kwami of Freedom. Liiri was retrieved from Miraclonizer and helped Jessica Keynes transform into Eagle.
- Uncanny Valley — In the special, she is an AI robot created by Majestia with whom she has a mother/daughter relationship and is close friends with Sparrow. She has a key role in reuniting the heroes during the climactic battle against Miraclonizer and has proven herself to be a trusting ally by protecting Ladybug and Cat Noir's secret identities to the point where Marinette trusted her with delivering the Cat Miraculous to Cat Noir. In the comic, she is a background character, and her connection and relationship with Majestia is either not mentioned or non-existent.
- Camilla Hombee/Victory — The President of the United States of America and a superheroine. In the comic, she wants Ladybug to use Lucky Charm to clean up a huge catastrophic attack against the Trash Krakken, which Ladybug isn't keen on. After the monster was defeated, Victory agreed to send information about the research of the strange substance.
- Fei Wu/Ladydragon — The holder and protector of the Prodigious and a superhero in Shanghai.
- Betterfly - A superhero from an alternative universe who is the holder of the Butterfly Miraculous. At his home universe, he uses his power to fight against the tyrany of the Supreme, all while fighting two supervillains who wield both the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses, Shadybug and Claw Noir, sent by the latter to recover the two Miraculous he had stolen. He finds a way to come to Ladybug's universe to ask for her help and Cat Noir's to fight against those two supervillains.
- Ladybug (alternative) - A Ladybug Miraculous superhero from an alternative universe who used to be a supervillain called Shadybug. While fighting her counterpart, she was inspired by the latter to become a better person, giving up her evil ways and joining Betterfly in the fight against the Supreme.
- Paw Noir - A Cat Miraculous superhero from an alternative universe who used to be a supervillain called Claw Noir. While fighting his counterpart, he was inspired by the latter to become a better person, giving up his evil ways and joining Betterfly in the fight against the Supreme.
Civilians
- Miss Bustier's class — Students taught by Miss Bustier in the same class as Marinette and Adrien at Collège Françoise Dupont. Some of the students have helped the heroes in a few instances, like singing "Smelly Wolf" to defeat the titular villain of "Horrificator" and joining up with Cat Noir to save Ladybug and fight the titular villain of "Reflekta". Some even faced against a villain head on to show their support, like the majority of the girls against the titular villain in "Gigantitan" or when Max Kanté turned against his then akumatized friend Markov. When Ladybug and Cat Noir were unable to fight the titular villain of "Reverser", Alix Kubdel and Nathaniel Kurtzberg assisted them in defeating him. Almost all students of the class are members of Ladybug's superhero team.
- Caline Bustier: A former teacher at Collège Françoise Dupont and current mayor of Paris who used to teach Marinette and her friends. During the events of "Revolution", she helped the duo by breaking Queen Mayor's akumatized object.
- Alya Césaire — A teenage girl and the creator of Ladyblog, often following akuma incidents across the city throughout the series. Being a huge fan of Ladybug and Cat Noir, she helps the heroes whenever they need, like help defeat Stoneheart in "Ladybug & Cat Noir". One of her greatest dreams is to someday find out their secret identities. This eventually becomes a reality when, in "Gang of Secrets", Marinette tells her she is Ladybug. In "Optigami", Marinette gives Alya the Fox Miraculous permanently, with her becoming a hero in the shadoes that ensured the safety of every mission. After having to give up the Miraculous after being exposed to Shadow Moth and the latter steal all the Miraculous in the Miracle Box, Alya returned to help Marinette as herself, being her emotional support and confident.
- Nino Lahiffe — A teenager who, in "Anansi", is determined to fight against Anansi to free Alya, and when he sees that Ladybug needs help, he offers his. Ladybug gives him the Staff of Cat Noir, and he fights against Anansi to prevent her from taking the Cat Miraculous.
- Nadja Chamack and Alec Cataldi — Employees at TVi and KIDZ+, the former being a news reporter and the latter usually being a television show host. Ladybug and Cat Noir contact them if they need to inform them of danger, like when Ladybug calls them to warn them about Guitar Villain's quest to get revenge on XY in "Guitar Villain".
- Markov — A sentient robot created by Max. He helped the team to open the highly technological gates of Startrain in order to capture the villain in the episode of the same name.
- Wayhem — A fan of Adrien. When Adrien was targeted by titular villain of "Gorizilla", Wayhem stood in his way multiple times and, unknowingly, allowed Adrien to become Cat Noir without revealing his identity, which also resulted in Hawk Moth to deviate his suspicions on his son.
- Paris Rebellion — A large group of civilians gathered to fight Scarlet Moth and his akumatized army during "Mayura". The group assistance varied from building a road block to fighting the villains directly. They consist, among others, of Nora Césaire, Marlena Césaire, Anarka Couffaine, Luka Couffaine, Gina Bianchi, Manon Chamack, Marc Anciel, Tom Dupain, Sabine Cheng, and August's mother.
- Tom Dupain and Sabine Cheng — The owners of Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie and Marinette's parents. They believe that the heroes will protect them from harm, allowing them and Kim to hide from Animan in their bakery during the episode of the same name.
- Philippe — An ice skating competitor and teacher at Paris's ice rink. As a former akumatized villain, he was a foe for the superheroes, but while in control, he is their enthusiastic supporter, providing them a safe place to hide Santa Claus when he was pursued by Christmaster and fighting against the villain toy army during "Christmaster".
- Santa Claus — A manifestation of the folklore figure, brought to life by the magic of Christmaster, in the episode of the same name, and targeted by the villain for his toys. Unwilling to break his holiday rules, he sought the help and protection of the superheroes and helped them fight their toy counterparts.
- Su-Han — A monk from the Order of the Guardians and Wang Fu's master. He came to Paris to retrieve the Chinese Miracle Box, but after seeing the team in action, he decided to stay and assist them. However in "Multiplication" instead of helping he was distracted and criticized the heroes for the Kwamis capture but upon being scolded back he accepted that he was blame too and to make up for it Su-Han left for the temple to find help. In "Re-creation", it's revealed that he has been training Luka, Jagged Stone and Penny Rolling in mirakung fu and they went back to Paris to help fighting the Miraculizeds.
- Manon Chamack, Chris Lahiffe, and Ella and Etta Césaire — Four kids Marinette often babysit, with the last three being siblings to Nino and Alya respectively. During "Simpleman", when the heroes and the majority of Paris were under the effect of the titular villain, the four help Ladybug and Cat Noir figure out how to use the Lucky Charm and defeat the villain.
- The Resistance — After Monarch managed to get all the Miraculous in the Miracle Box except for Ladybug and Cat Noir's, Nino decided to help the heroes despite not being Carapace anymore, and so he founded the Resistence. All members of the Resistence have codenames named after sauces. Their first mission was to discover how Monarch is giving Miraculous superpowers to his akumatized villains by recording an akumatization caused by them, but, because they chose Gabriel Agreste, who is Monarch himself, who was aware of their plan thanks to Lila Rossi, the supervillain was able to give them false information to deviate their attention from the Alliance rings. After that, they came to help heroes in dire situations, like help Ladybug against Monarch, saving her and recovering her Miraculous in "Deflagration"; they also saved Cat Noir from Nightormentor and helped him defeat him and capture his akuma in "Representation"; they also fought against the Miraculizeds, during "The Final Day".
- Nino Lahiffe: known as Comrade Ketchup, is the founder and leader of the Resistance. He was the mind behind the group's first plan to figure out how Monarch was giving Miraculous superpowers to his akumatized villains, ending up collecting misleading information because he chose Gabriel Agreste (Monarch himself) as a test subject and the latest was warned by Lila about the plan.
- Adrien Agreste: known as Comrade Mayo, is the second member of the Resistance. He participated on the group's first plan, being the one to record his father's "akumatization", without realizing it was just an illusion created by Monarch to mislead them. Secretly, he is Cat Noir. After giving up his Miraculous during the "Kwamis' Choice" two-parter special, he helped the Resistance in subduing Sole Destroyer and recover the Ladybug Miraculous from Monarch.
- Alya Césaire: known as Comrade Beurre Maître d'Hôtel, is the third member of the Resistance. She particpated on the group's first plan (despite having big reservations about it).
- Marinette Dupain-Cheng: known as Comrade Bechamel, is the fourth member of the Resistance. She participated on the group's first plan. Secretly, she is Ladybug.
- Gabriel Agreste: known as Comrade Tartar Sauce, an honorary member. However, unknown to Nino and the rest of the Resistance, Gabriel is Monarch himself, the very enemy they are trying to defeat.
- Max Kanté: known as Comrade Bearnaise.
- Lê Chiến Kim: known as Comrade Burgundy.
- Rose Lavillant: known as Comrade Cocktail.
- Juleka Couffaine: known as Comrade Grand Veneur.
- Ivan Bruel: known as Comrade Aioli.
- Mylène Haprèle: known as Comrade Gribiche.
- Lila Rossi: known as Comrade Sweet and Sour. Unknown to the rest of the Resistance, she is a spy for Gabriel Agreste (and by extension to Monarch), so he gets to know exactly what the group is planning by infiltrating their inner circle. She leaves the group after her true nature is exposed by Marinette and Sabrina.
- Nathaniel Kurtzberg
- Zoé Lee
- Denis Damoclès
- Marc Anciel
- Sabrina Raincomprix
Kwamis
- Aside from the kwamis of the superheroes, and Nooroo and Duusu who are captured by Hawk Moth, the kwamis in the Miracle Box are trying to help the team and save Nooroo, as shown in "Sandboy". The same team-up happened at Marinette's side to save Tikki and Plagg in Kwamibuster. As of the "The Battle of the Miraculous", Marinette became the new guardian of the Chinese Miracle Box, and the kwamis are in her care. Until "Strikeback", she lost them through betrayal and trickery to Monarch but vows to rescues them. But as of "Evolution", the duo and both Bunnyx-es managed to rescue Fluff. In "Destruction", the kwamis were almost freed if Monarch hadn't forced Cat Noir to cataclysm and escape taking the kwamis with him. After Ladybug recovered all the kwamis from Monarch (except for Nooroo) in order to prevent the same thing from happening again, she gave each kwami to a permanent holder. Through Argos, Duusu also joins the team.
Former allies
- Master Wang Fu/Jade Turtle — The former Turtle Miraculous holder and the Great Guardian of the Miraculouses. He founds the duo team when he realizes he can't defeat Hawk Moth on his own. Tikki officially introduces him to Marinette when she takes the Miraculous spellbook to him in Volpina, helping the team through information about their powers and whereabouts of their enemies. In "Heart Hunter", Hawk Moth and Mayura locate his whereabouts. He transforms into Jade Turtle to fight them but ends up being captured by them. In "Miracle Queen", Master Fu relinquishes his role as Guardian to Marinette, causing him to lose all of his memories about the Miraculouses. Through the many time hops in "Evolution", Ladybug and Rabbit Noir seek their former master's help in retrieving the current Fluff from Monarch.
- Chloé Bourgeois — The teenage daughter of Parisian Mayor André Bourgeois. She usually gets saved by the heroes because of the multiple akumatizations she causes, but she has helped them on occasion, such as informing them about Vanisher's akumatized object in "Antibug" and assisting Ladybug in stopping the titular villain of "Despair Bear". After the events of "The Battle of the Miraculous", she is no longer a fan of Ladybug.
- Ladybug Sentimonster - In "Ladybug", she initially worked with Mayura to trap Cat Noir and briefly fought against the duo until her real counterpart set her free. Grateful, she agreed to help them retrieve the Peacock Miraculous, but Mayura destroyed her.
- Sentibubbler - In "Sentibubbler", he initially worked with Shadow Moth by taking Alya's family hostage to capture Ladybug and Cat Noir until Pegabug got a hold of Sentibubbler's Amoktized coffee cup, Sentibubbler sides with Pegabug and agrees to free Alya's family, but Shadow Moth destroyed him.
Temporary allies
- Volpina — An akumatized villain who tricked Ladybug and Cat Noir into thinking she was the real Fox Miraculous holder and a superhero. With the use of her illusions, she made it look like she saved Paris from a meteorite and requested their help in stopping Hawk Moth, who appeared to be teleporting across Paris's rooftops. Cat Noir accepts her warmly, but Ladybug is suspicious and jealous of her. Once Volpina revealed herself to be an enemy, Ladybug and Cat Noir turned against her to revert her back into Lila.
- Sentinino/Senticarapace - A Sentimonster of Nino Lahiffe, originally created to lure Alya Césaire into a trap, but when he was trusted with the Turtle Miraculous, he was used in an attempt to place surveillance on Ladybug to learn her identity. He helped Ladybee and Rena Rouge defeat Style Queen, before he was asked to give the Turtle Miraculous back, and having the ruse reveled by Ladybug, causing both the sentimonsters to be defeated.
- Félix Fathom/Flairmidable - Adrien's cousin who poses as him when Ladybug gave him the Dog Miraculous. He helped the hero defeat Risk, but during the the fight against Strikeback, he used his power on Ladybug's Yo-yo, stole the Dog Miraculous, and traded Gabriel Agreste all the Miraculouses from the Miracle Box (sans the Ladybug and Cat) and his ring in exchange for the Peacock Miraculous.
Enemies
Supervillains
- Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch — A mysterious supervillain and the Butterfly Miraculous holder bent on acquiring the Ladybug Miraculous and Cat Miraculous, with the aid of his akumatized villains, in order to get absolute power to make his dearest wish come true. While having mutual suspicions about each other, the team rarely meets him in person. After repairing the damaged Peacock Miraculous, he unified it with the Butterfly Miraculous to become Shadow Moth. After Flairmidable traded all of the Miraculouses from the Miracle Box for the Peacock Miraculous, Hawk Moth renames himself to become Monarch. In "Re-creation", he succeeds in getting the Ladybug & Cat Miraculouses, but chooses to save his assistant Nathalie and join his wife in the afterlife.
- Nooroo — Nooroo is not willingly an enemy but is forced to help transform Gabriel into Hawk Moth. Nooroo is the kwami of Transmission.
- Akumatized villains — Ordinary civilians who are transformed into supervillains by Hawk Moth's akumas when they have negative emotions. With different desires and different powers, each villain does whatever they desire and pays Hawk Moth back by working to retrieve Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses, with the exception of Robustus who betrayed him by wanting a reality-bending wish for himself. Some villains have personal goals related to the team, including Copycat, Antibug, Volpina, and Prime Queen. After the villains' defeats, though, the team doesn't hold anything against the victims, even calming them down from the stress of being a victim.
- Mayura — Hawk Moth's ally, who physically encountered the team in "Miraculer" for first time. Her actions not only prevented them from bringing Hawk Moth to justice, but caused some of the team's most powerful opponents.
- Duusu — Duusu is not willingly an enemy but was forced to help transform Nathalie Sancoeur into Mayura, Gabriel Agreste into Shadow Moth, now Félix into Argos. Duusu is the kwami of Emotion.
- Sentimonsters — Living beings/Monstrous creatures manifested from people's emotions by Mayura's, Shadow Moth's, now Argos' amoks. With different powers, each sentimonster is created/born and is under the command of the one who holds the object containing their amok, usually helping Shadow Moth, Mayura, and the akumatized villains to fight the superheroes, Currently, they're in league with Argos for his own intentions. While most Sentimonsters are beings with no sentient behavior, some are in fact sentient beings that can be free if they get ahold of the Amokized object, although the Peacock Miraculous Holders are able to release them from existence.
- Trash Krakken — A monster that causes chaos in New York City. Ladybug and Cat Noir team up with other superheroes to stop him, eventually discovering that he actually is an ordinary man mysteriously transformed by a black goo in a similar fashion to akumatization which is still unknown.
- Félix Fathom/Argos - Despite not being exactly a super-villain (as his actions, despite villainous, were made with good intentions), he is sort of an enemy to Ladybug and her team since he is the one who stole Ladybug's yoyo with Fetch and gave it to Gabriel, allowing him to get the Chinese Zodiac Miraculous in the Miracle Box, in exchange for the Peacock Miraculous. Using it to transform into Argos, he intended to seize Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses for personal use. After backing off on his plan, in "Pretension" onwards, he changed his ways as in "Representation", Argos created Once Upon a Time to show Ladybug the truth about his and Adrien's origins, his betrayal in "Strikeback", and Monarch's true identity, in “Re-Creation”, he joins the French Miraculous superhero team.
- Red Moon - A sentimonster created by Argos himself using his feelings of anger and hate. Argos created it so he cound have the power to make anyone under its light disappear and/or reappear by snapping his fingers. After seeing the error of his ways and realizing how dangerous the sentimonster's power was, having created it just to satisfy his need for vengeance, Argos released it from existence in tears.
- Shadybug - A supervillain from the Re-Verse who is the holder of the Ladybug Miraculous. At her home universe, she uses her power to fight against Betterfly, the holder of the Butterfly Miraculous, along with Claw Noir (the holder of the Cat Miraculous), in order to obtain his Miraculous and return it to the Supreme.
- Claw Noir - A supervillain from the Re-Verse who is the holder of the Cat Miraculous. At his home universe, he use his power to fight against Betterfly, the holder of the Butterfly Miraculous, along with Shadybug (the holder of the Ladybug Miraculous), in order to obtain his Miraculous and return it to the Supreme.
- New Butterfly Miraculous holder - Monarch's successor as the new holder of the Butterfly Miraculous and enemy of Ladybug and Cat Noir and their team. On her first move as the new holder, she tried to find Ladybug's identity by going back in time and then with that information steal the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses from her. However, her plan was thwarted by the joined forces of Chronobug and Bunnyx.
Civilians
- Lila Rossi/Cerise Bianca — A teenage girl, originally from Italy. She despises Ladybug after she exposed her lies to people she tried to impress. After she is de-akumatized from being Volpina, Lila refuses to accept Ladybug's apology and declares that they will never be friends. She later willingly allows Hawk Moth to akumatize her in order to get her revenge and indirectly helps him to get many people akumatized through her actions in her class. After being rejected by Gabriel (and by extension Monarch), Lila becomes determined to also get revenge on him as well. She is forced to drop her Lila Rossi identity after she is exposed by Marinette and Sabrina revealing her lying nature to everyone and, under her other identity, Cerise Bianca, she works in the shadows, manipulating Chloé Bourgeois to better inact her vengence on both Marinette, Ladybug and Monarch. Despite she failed to get her vengence on Marinette and Ladybug, she was able to get hold on the Butterfly Miraculous after Gabriel lost it and become its current holder.
- Chloé Bourgeois - A French teenage girl and a former admirer and ally of Ladybug. After Ladybug refused to give her the Bee Miraculous over and over again, Chloé betrays her and joins Hawk Moth, who gives her the Bee Miraculous, along with the Miracle Box he had taken from Wang Fu, all while akumatizing her into Miracle Queen. When she is deakumatized, Chloé tries to use all the other Miraculouses, but her lack of knowledge prevents her from doing it. When Ladybug becomes the new Guardian of the Miracle Box, she is able to recover it and the Miraculouses from Chloé, who then declares to Ladybug that she's no longer her fan. In “Determination”, Chloé still blames Ladybug for losing the Chinese Zodiac Miraculous, believing none of that would ever happened if she was still Queen Bee. In "Collusion", with the help of Cerise ("Lila"), through Gabriel's manipulation, and after her father resigns as mayor, she took over Andre's position becoming the interim mayor of Paris, effectively banning Ladybug and Cat Noir as outlaws. In "Revolution", she allies herself with Monarch and gets akumatized into Queen Mayor, receiving control over an army of robots empowered with Miraculous superpowers which she used to slowly take away all the obstacles to her permanent election and set a trap to Ladybug and Cat Noir with Shell-ters empowered with Resistance, leaving them powerless and forcing them to detransform into their civilian forms in front of all of Paris. But what she didn't count on was Ladybug taking this time to give a speech to rally everyone, thanking them for their support and encouraging them to remain resilient in the fight against Monarch as well as empower everyone to stand up to her. The crowd's decision to turn against Queen Mayor allowed inspired the two superheroes not to give up, leading them to boost their powers and overcome their time limit. With the help of the Resistance, the heroes were free and then Ladybug purifies the Megakuma. From her former idol, Chloé was going to receive a new Magical Charm, but is stopped by André Bourgeois, who promises to correct his own errors.
- Tomoe Tsurugi - Kagami's mother, a tech business CEO and world champion in fencing. She made an alliance with Gabriel which was first believed to be a business deal, but she was later revealed to be aware of his secret motives and was a major part in his plan by creating and distributing the Alliance rings. After Gabriel's sacrifice, she became the new owner of the Gabriel brand.
Trivia
- In early development, Ladybug and Cat Noir were going to be in a team with other types of superheroes called the Quantic Kids. However, the concept was scrapped, and Ladybug and Cat Noir were kept as a duo.[8]
- However, Ladybug and Cat Noir work with the canon version of a character from the Quantic Kids, Sparrow, alongside other heroes in Miraculous Adventures
- The Ladybug Miraculous and Cat Miraculous are the most powerful Miraculouses while being opposites of each other, the former having the power of creation and the latter having the power of destruction. They also compliment each other though, forming something much more powerful.
- According to Victory, Ladybug and Cat Noir are the first superheroes that Paris has had in a long time.
- Various people have done things to show recognition and appreciation towards Ladybug and Cat Noir:
- A statue of Ladybug and Cat Noir, designed by Théo Barbot, is placed in the Place des Vosges and revealed in a ceremony in "Copycat".
- Nathaniel draws a comic book in his sketchbook about Ladybug in "The Evillustrator".
- In "Pixelator" at his concert, Jagged Stone dedicates a song to Ladybug, noting her as the girl who saved his life.
- In "Lady Wifi" and "Antibug", Chloé cosplays as Ladybug with Sabrina as Cat Noir.
- Life-sized cardboard stand-ups of Ladybug and Cat Noir are used with a donation box in the Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie in "Santa Claws".
- In "Prime Queen", Nadja notes on Face to Face that many people believe that Ladybug and Cat Noir are a romantic couple. In a later episode of Nadja's series, Alya clarifies for everyone that they aren't together "yet".
- Denis Damoclès is inspired by Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Knightowl to become a superhero himself, The Owl, in "The Dark Owl".
- Alya keeps action figures of Ladybug and Cat Noir in her room, as shown in "The Dark Owl".
- Clara Nightingale is inspired by Ladybug and Cat Noir to make her hit song, "Miraculous", in "Frightningale".
- Adrien also keeps a pair of Ladybug and Cat Noir action figures in "Syren".
- In "Reverser", Marc writes stories about Ladybug.
- During the season 2 finale "Heroes' Day", the people of Paris include parade floats of the heroes.
- In "Miraculous Shanghai", figurines of Ladybug and Cat Noir could be seen.
- In "Animaestro", Thomas Astruc creates a movie about Ladybug and Cat Noir.
- In "Gamer 2.0", Manon has Ladybug and Cat Noir toy dolls, and Max Kanté creates a video game called Miraculous All Star Brawl using the Akumatized Villains.
- In "The Puppeteer 2", the Musée Grévin wax museum has wax statues of Ladybug and Cat Noir.
- In "Miraculous New York", the adult heroes dedicate an ice statue of them along with Uncanny Valley and Eagle.
- In "Gabriel Agreste", Marc and Nathaniel were working on a love arc for their story of Ladybug and Cat Noir.
- In "Rocketear", a sequel to Thomas' moving is in the making.
- In "Simpleman", Manon and her friends have Ladybug, Cat Noir and Rena Rouge themed backpacks.
- In "Determination", statues of the whole team were made.
- In "Passion", statues of Ladybug and Cat Noir are seen outside of the movie theater.
- Ladybug in "Chameleon" and Queen Bee in "Miraculer" were the first two team members to resist being akumatized.
- Unlike Chloé, Marinette drove the akuma off before it affected an object of hers while Chloé did it after.
- As of "Gang of Secrets", Alya is the first member of the team to resist Shadow Moth's akumatization while akumatized.
- Cat Noir holds the record for being affected by an akumatized villain the most with a total of twenty-four times.
- Meanwhile, Ladybug holds the record where her powers had been used against her the least amount of times, with a total of six.
- As of "Ladybug", Adrien is the only member of the French Miraculous superhero team that hasn't been akumatized yet (both completely or partially) in the permanent timeline.
- Adrien is the first person to only be akumatized in an alternate reality.
- According to Thomas's tweet on "Cat Blanc", Adrien also broke the record for the longest time a person has been akumatized with it being over the course of a few months.
- As of "Cat Blanc", Marinette is the only member of the team who hasn't been seen in her akumatized form. If including alternate and erased timelines, Marinette is the only member of the French Miraculous Superhero team who hasn't officially been akumatized as her akumatization in "Ladybug" was stopped mid-way and by Cat Noir in "Elation".
- In "Guiltrip", Rose is the only team member to use a Miraculous while under an illness.
- Out of all the team members, Ladybug, Carapace, King Monkey, and Ryuko are the only heroes related to their Miraculous predecessors origin wise.
- Cat Noir, Vesperia, Viperion and Purple Tigress are the only members of the team as well as in history who are biologically related to another Miraculous holder.
- Ryuko, Eagle, Vesperia, Ladydragon and Argos are the only members who aren't native to France.
- Ryuko is the second member to have her identity revealed to Hawk Moth following Chloé.
- Pigella, King Monkey, Caprikid, Rooster Bold, Minotaurox are the only heroes not to have any members of their family appear onscreen.
- Cat Noir, Lady Noire, Aspik, Viperion, Ryuko, Polymouse, Purple Tigress, Cat Walker, Rooster Bold, Kitty Noire and Argos are the only heroes whose eyes change upon transforming.
- Alix and Juleka were the only heroes to get a Miraculous let alone become a Miraculous holder on their birthdays.
- As of "Miracle Queen" and "Miraculous New York", Hawk Moth, Mayura, and Chloé learn the identities of all of Ladybug and Cat Noir's allies except for Eagle, Vesperia, Pigella, Purple Tigress, Polymouse, Miss Hound, Rooster Bold, Caprikid and Minotaurox.
- Chloé was akumatized, so it is unknown if she remembers their identities.
- Also, as of this episode and "Rocketear", Cat Noir knows the identities of all his teammates except for Ladybug, Vesperia, King Monkey, Polymouse, Purple Tigress, Scarabella, Miss Hound, Rooster Bold, Caprikid, Minotaurox and partially knowing Sparrow's identity as Eagle.
- This leaves Multimouse (Marinette) and Aspik as the only team member whose identities (and in Aspik's case, existence) unknown to Hawk Moth until Marinette mentioned herself as the Mouse heroine to Monarch in "Destruction".
- Chloé was akumatized, so it is unknown if she remembers their identities.
- Due to Alix not receiving the Rabbit Miraculous until "Evolution", she is the only member of the team that didn't transform as her current self.
- Because of her future alter ego, she is technically the oldest member of the team.
- She set the record for the longest time a Miraculous holder can be transformed for a total of 5,000 years, because of being trapped in stone by Timetagger.
- But as of the current timeline she is the second or tied with Luka and Juleka as being the oldest of the team.
- Because of her future alter ego, she is technically the oldest member of the team.
- Due to the time based powers of the Snake and Rabbit Miraculouses, Viperion and Bunnyx were the only members of the team that could use their powers multiple times before detransforming until "Revolution", when Ladybug and Cat Noir unlocked their adult powers.
- Max and Jessica are the only members of the team that don't give themselves a superhero name. Instead, Max was called Pegasus by Ladybug, and Eagle was called that by her mother.
- Pegasus is the only member of the French Miraculous Superhero Team that doesn't wear a mask when he transforms, considering that the Horse Miraculous takes the form of glasses.
- King Monkey and Argos are the only other hero who wasn't chosen by Ladybug.
- Third and Fourth if counting Chloé and Luka as Ladybug intended not to give Chloé the Bee Miraculous but to Alya in "Style Queen" and Luka who was given the Snake Miraculous under Adrien's suggestion.
- So far, Ladybug and Cat Noir are the only members of the team to use power-up potions and fusion forms which is succeed by Alix in "Evolution", fuses the Dog and Rabbit Miraculouses.
- Eagle is the only Miraculous holder to be a part of both teams.
- She is only member to have any type of hero training before using a Miraculous.
- According to Su-Han in "Furious Fu", the miraculouses were never meant to be used by children or teenagers, making Ladybug and Cat Noir (also by extension their team while excluding Bunnyx) the youngest owners in Miraculous history.
- As seen in "Optigami", similar to Rena Rouge, the rest of the team has been given their Miraculous back after the events of "Miracle Queen".
- However, in order to protect her family, Rena Rouge stops fighting Shadow Moth at the front lines to start acting in the shadows to better protect her team from any traps from the villain or to follow him in case he appears in person at the battle.
- Purple Tigress has the longest superhero name of the French Miraculous Superhero Team.
- Ryuko and Argos are tied with the shortest superhero name of the French Miraculous Superhero Team.
- Cat Noir, Rena Rouge/Rena Furtive, Lady Noire, Pegasus and Rooster Bold are the only heroes whose hair grows longer upon transformation.
- To go along with this, Queen Bee, Rena Rouge/Rena Furtive, Viperion, Pegasus, King Monkey, Vesperia, Polymouse, Lady Bee, Purple Tigress, Pegabug, Scarabella, Cat Walker and Rooster Bold are the only heroes whose hair changes color upon transformation.
- Carapace, Ladybug, Cat Noir, Viperion, Ryuko, Vesperia, Polymouse, Scarabella, Flairmidable, Canigirl and Kitty Noire are the only heroes (even temporarily) to have Miraculous predecessors that are alive.
- As of "Deflagration", Ladybug and Cat Noir are tied with the most successors: four.
- From "Strikeback" to "Re-creation", all members of the team were temporarily inactive, except for Ladybug and Cat Noir, as Hawk Moth managed to obtain all the Miraculous in the Chinese Miracle Box.
- In "Evolution", the Rabbit Miraculous was retrieved back and given to present Alix, who remained inside the Burrow until Monarch was defeated.
- The former members formed the Resistance to support the heroes.
- When Ladybug needs help from another Miraculous, she chooses someone whose important person or place to them (family member, best friend, love interest, etc.) is in danger.
- Alya was given the Fox Miraculous to become Rena Rouge when her little sisters, Etta and Ella, were akumatized.
- Nino was given the Turtle Miraculous to become Carapace when Alya, his girlfriend, was captured by Anansi.
- Chloé was given the Bee Miraculous to become Queen Bee when her father, Mayor Bourgeois, was akumatized.
- Luka was given the Snake Miraculous to become Vipereon when Desperada attacked his friends and family.
- Max was given the Horse Miraculous to become Pegasus when his mother, Claudie Kanté, was akumatized.
- Kagami was given the Dragon Miraculous to become Ryuko when her mother, Tomoe Tsurugi, was akumatized.
- Zoé was given the Bee Miraculous to become Vesperia when her half-sister, Chloé, was akumatized and amokized.
- Mylène was given the Mouse Miraculous to become Polymouse to stop Malediktator from destroying the park, a place she really loves and goes to often.
- Rose was given the Pig Miraculous to become Pigella when her love interest, Juleka Couffaine, was akumatized and amokized.
- Juleka was given the Tiger Miraculous to become Purple Tigress when her parents, Anarka Couffaine and Jagged Stone, were akumatized.
- Sabrina, Marc, Nathaniel, and Ivan were given the Dog, Rooster, Goat, and Ox Miraculouses to become Miss Hound, Rooster Bold, Caprikid, and Minotaurox espectively when Chloé Bourgeois was akumatized once more and attacked their friends.
- The exceptions to this rule are when Kim became King Monkey, as it was Master Fu and not Ladybug who gave him the Monkey Miraculous; and Alix becoming Bunnyx, in "Evolution", it's revealed that she was exception to the rule as she didn't get her jewel not only to protect her friends but the jewel itself.
- Except Ladybug, Cat Noir and Eagle, all of the other team members began as akumatized victims before they became heroes.
- Scarabella made the most appearances out of all the temporary holders being followed by Lady Noire, Mister Bug and Kitty Noire.
- It's implied in "Revelation" that Scarabella had made a few more off-screen appearances, as Alya said that sometimes her Ladybug superhero persona helps Ladybug. That, as showed by the episode, comes from the necessity of Marinette sometimes needing to be in two places at the same time, both as Ladybug and herself, or when she is unable to participate in the battles.
- Marinette, Adrien, Félix, Mylène, Ivan, Alix and Luka, are the only heroes who don't wear alliances rings.
- Kagami, Félix, Alix and Luka aren the only memebers who weren't part of the Resistance.
- There are at least three sentimonsters on the team who are Adrien, Felix and (possibly) Kagami, due to the implications in "Perfection", "Protection", and "Pretension".
References
- ↑ Said by Cat Noir in "The Mime"
- ↑ Ladybug orders it this way in "The Mime"
- ↑ By Cat Noir in "Ladybug"
- ↑ By Ladybug in "Ladybug"
- ↑ By Didier Roustan in "Penalteam"
- ↑ By Ladybug in "Strikeback"
- ↑ https://youtu.be/lAGNrlz9dgA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXav4p8zJ4&lc=z124w3x4lnyvxzdrw04chzywfoqvjxsqohw