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| “ | You always do everything your father tells you to do? | ” |
—Félix Graham de Vanily, "Félix" | ||
Félix Fathom[2] is a character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is first introduced in Season 3 in the titular episode.[3] He is the maternal cousin of Adrien Agreste.
Appearance
Physical appearance
Félix is tall with blonde, combed-down hair and green eyes. He is borderline identical to his cousin Adrien. The only noticeable differences are their clothes and the different ways they style their hair.
Civilian attire
He wears a light gray long-sleeved dress shirt underneath a dark gray vest. He also sports a black neck tie, dark gray dress pants, and black dress shoes.
- For more of Félix's outfits and designs, see Félix Graham de Vanily/Designs.
Personality
Similar to Gabriel, Félix changed when his father passed away, meaning he wasn't always mischievous. Unlike Adrien who is kind and gentle, Félix is rude, sneaky, and according to Ladybug, very pushy, especially when it comes to getting what he desires, even being willing to negotiate with Hawk Moth and put others in danger. Adrien, as Cat Noir, says to him, "I bet you don't have a lot of friends, acting the way you do", implying that, like Chloé, Félix doesn't get along well with others because of his mischievous attitude and personality.
Felix might harbor some kind of jealousy towards Adrien as he was surrounded by friends while Felix was alone.
Abilities
As a civilian
Félix is a master of magic tricks and a skilled pickpocket. He is also good at basketball, being able to score a basket while facing away from the hoop.
According to Adrien, he is also skilled in martial arts. This was seen when he was able to fight with three akumatized supervillains (Lady Wifi, Princess Fragrance and Reflekta) simultaneously, as well as when he easily kicked Lady Wifi's tablet right out of her hand.
Furthermore, he is a fast thinker and manipulative.
Relationships
Adrien Agreste
Félix and Adrien were very close. In the episode "Félix", Félix takes Adrien's phone, dresses like a doppelganger of Adrien, and impersonates him while insulting his friends. This is what leads to Alya, Juleka, and Rose's Akumatizations. Félix then falsely claims to feel remorseful and apologizes to Adrien and calls him "his favorite cousin".
Gabriel Agreste
Félix always fools his uncle and aunt, since he and Adrien were kids. Two are noticeably similar, like Gabriel, Félix also loses the person he loves and cares about, his father. After arriving to the Agreste mansion with his mother, he attempts to greet his uncle with handshake, but Gabriel doesn't move his hands. After the day, Félix reveals that he sent the video to his friends, he apologizes to Adrien. After Félix wants another handshake, Gabriel does so, but he is unaware that he stole his ring. Right before Félix returns to London with his mother, he smiles deviously at the window, because he fooled his uncle twice.
Amelie Graham de Vanily
Félix has a strong bond with his mother and cares for her a lot. He would do anything to make her happy; in "Félix" he even goes as far as to team up with Hawk Moth or steal to get her one of the Graham de Vanily Twin Rings that she wanted. It is later revealed at the end of the episode that she only wanted the ring to give it to Félix, which indicates her deep love for him, too.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug
Félix and Marinette have never met each other personally, but Félix dislikes Marinette, discarding her declaration of love to Adrien and deleting it along with everyone else’s video messages to Adrien.
As Ladybug, they are both on bad terms with each other. While Félix was pretending to be Adrien with Ladybug, she quickly noticed and attacked him out of self-defense. He is not afraid of her, however, as he was confident in winning the battle against her and Cat Noir.
Chloé Bourgeois
While they have yet to appear together on screen, Félix knows Chloé as friend of his cousin, he expresses his annoyance and displeasure to her because she's just as annoying as usual. Félix always thinks of her as a "brat".
Family
Tree
 Mr. Graham de Vanily | Mrs. Graham de Vanily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Gabriel Agreste † |  Emilie Agreste † |  Amelie Graham de Vanily |  Colt Fathom † | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Adrien Agreste |  Félix Fathom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Graham de Vanily | Mrs. Graham de Vanily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gabriel Agreste † | Emilie Agreste † | Amélie Graham de Vanily | Colt Fathom † | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrien Agreste | Félix Fathom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
= Male
= Female
= Gender Unknown
Notes
- Emilie Agreste mysteriously disappeared before the events of Season 1. She's later revealed to have fallen in a coma from using the broken Peacock Miraculous, and that she's kept in a glass coffin in a garden under the Agreste mansion.
Sightings
Episodes
Comics and books
Other
Trivia
- During his past conceptualizations, Félix was originally Cat Noir, had the last name of Agreste, and was Marinette's love interest.[4]
- However, his character was temporarily discarded as Thomas Astruc believed Félix was not purposeful to the series, as he came off as an anime cliché, and no one, including Thomas, was convinced by his dynamic with Ladybug as a couple of heroes to be appropriate.[5] Subsequently, Félix as a character was then replaced by an entirely new character, Adrien Agreste, as Cat Noir.[6]
- For a while, Thomas considered bringing Félix back at some point, but since then, he did not have intentions to use him, eventually outright stating that Félix will never appear.[7][8][9]
- Despite the fact that Félix was stated to never appear, he did eventually appear in the show's final concept, but heavy modifications were made to his character, such as the addition of him being Adrien's cousin, along with his surname being changed from Agreste to Graham de Vanily.[10][2]
- Félix's name was inspired by the Latin meaning of the word, which is happy/lucky.[11]
- As opposed to the show's current conceptualization of the how the Miraculouses work, when Félix was Cat Noir, his ring could not come off unless he got a kiss from Ladybug. In addition, while wearing the ring, Félix was cursed to have bad luck.[12]
- Félix's original Cat Noir form was re-used as Adrien's in-universe appearance as Cat Noir, as featured in Thomas Astruc's animated movie featuring Ladybug and Cat Noir, as seen in "Animaestro".[13]
- Félix's English voice actor Bryce Papenbrook lost his father as well.
- Félix will return in Season 4.
Gallery
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References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BrycePapenbrook/status/1195085876562255872
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1194724082140495877 & https://twitter.com/MiraculousMX/status/1194659837247770624
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG8hGVZijbM
- ↑ Tweet and its archieve.
- ↑ Thomas has a few Twitter posts explaining this (the first and the second). Also, he posted a link to a Tumblr post by fan marblegreensreviews that expresses the reasons why he and the crew dropped Félix.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/646657309360455680
- ↑ https://twitter.com/OrangeRux/status/647421010296238080
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/698923032044269568
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/752991955148242944
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190411164450/https://miraculeusecoccinelle.tumblr.com/post/125225098626/on-chat-noir-needing-a-kiss-from-ladybug
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xetni744MJ4