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Gabriel Agreste is the main antagonist of "Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie". He is the father of Adrien Agreste and the widower of the late Émilie Agreste.
Formerly, with the Butterfly Miraculous, when inhabited by Nooroo, Gabriel transformed into Hawk Moth (Le Papillon in the French version, which translates to "The Butterfly"), a butterfly-themed supervillain. He wanted Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses to restore Emilie and his family. To achieve his goal, he used the Butterfly Miraculous' power: akumatization. This allowed him to create and control akumas, regular butterflies, imbued with the power of the Butterfly Miraculous that can transform normal people with negative emotions into akumatized supervillains. Later, after akumatizing himself, supercharging his powers, and battling the two heroes, he surrendered the Butterfly Miraculous after finding out his son is Cat Noir.
Appearance[]
Physical Appearance[]
Gabriel is a very tall, middle-aged man whose skin tone is fair with a rosy tint. He has pale, light grayish cerulean eyes and combed-back light blonde hair. When he was younger he used to have long hair since he was a child then same as an adult before he change it to combed back light blonde.
Civilian Attire[]
As Gabriel Agreste, he dons a light grey collared shirt with red buttons, a multicolored tie, and a white overcoat. He also wears bright red pants and white cap toe shoes with neatly tied laces. His hair is a light grey, and his eyes are a light blue. He also wears glasses. On the middle finger of his right hand, he wears a gold ring.
As Hawk Moth[]
As Hawk Moth, he wore an extravagantly purple suit with a large V-shaped collar. His pants were an identical shade of purple, and he wore a grey cowl to obscure his face, with only his eyes and a small area around his mouth uncovered. The Butterfly Miraculous resided below his neck, being worn as a brooch. He was often seen wielding a dark purple cane.
Both of his designs were rather similar to his original counterpart, but they still had slight differences. His clothing is less bright than it was in the show, his glasses are grey instead of black, his ring is gold instead of silver, his eyebrows are light blonde instead of gray, the area of his suit where the Butterfly Miraculous is is a lighter shade of purple than the rest of his suit. Hawk Moth's mask have a more metallic finish compared to the show, and the jewel on top of his cane has a more vibrant glow. Due to the movie's art style being more realistic, his head is less elliptical, and his hair has greater detail.
Personality[]
With or without the Butterfly Miraculous, Gabriel is a cold, broken man capable of great cruelty in times of desperation. He is wrathful, practically losing his mind over Ladybug and Cat Noir repeatedly thwarting his attempts at getting their Miraculous, and perfectly willing to put civilians in harm's way to achieve his goals. This eventually culminates in him akumatizing himself to defeat Ladybug and Cat Noir, putting the entire city of Paris at risk as a result.
Despite this, Gabriel is not without humanity. A key motivation for his turn to villainy is the unfortunate death of his beloved wife, Emilie, and his ultimate goal was to make a wish using the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous to resurrect her. While he is estranged and quite apathetic of his feelings, he genuinely loves his son, Adrien, being upset over his sorrow over the loss of his mother and feeling heartbroken when the latter tells him that he was a poor father for him. When he finds out that Cat Noir is his son, Gabriel is mortified, breaking down in tears over how his actions have endangered his son. This leads to him forgoing his days as Hawk Moth, turning himself in to repent for his crimes.
At the end of the day, Gabriel Agreste is a tragic man who let his grief fester to the point where it warped his morals entirely. Once he learned that love can overcome any tragedy, he was able to see the error of his ways, redeeming himself in the process.
Abilities[]
As a Civilian[]
Gabriel was an expert at fashion design and was well-versed in owning a business.
As Hawk Moth[]
Hawk Moth was granted superhuman physical abilities such as speed, agility, strength, and near-invulnerability, and wielded a cane as his Miraculous tool. He could turn people with potent negative emotions into supervillains by infecting them with Akumas, capable of creating an army of them. He could also psychically sense negative feelings across Paris, telepathically connect with akumatized victims, and project holograms of himself using Akumas to communicate with others from far away.
When he akumatized himself, he gave himself fully to the dark power of the Butterfly Miraculous, granting him immense magical power, able to control dark energy, telekinetically manipulate objects and matter, summon storm clouds, unleash a massive swarm of Akumas to attack and destroy the city, and could materialize a pair of wings made of Akumas that levitated him.
Relationships[]
Émilie Agreste[]
At first, shown in the flashbacks, Gabriel and Émilie had met when they were kids and throughout the years together they were in love with him describing it as "two halves made whole". Then, they both shared great joy that they were going to be parents and have a family but it was short lived when Émilie died of an unknown condition. Much like his canon counterpart, Gabriel is shown to mourn and miss her a lot, believing he couldn't raise Adrien without her finding Émilie; the superior parent. So much so that he is willing to use the Butterfly Miraculous to cause chaos and get the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous to bring her back to life even if it means putting everyone (including the people he loves) in danger. Unknown to everyone except Nathalie, he kept her in a secret area in their house.
Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir[]
In the past, Gabriel used to have a good relationship with his son during the time Émilie was alive showing that they loved each other very much. Unfortunately, after Émilie died, both were greatly devastated by her death. Unlike Adrien, who was able to at least came to terms with it, Gabriel was so heartbroken that he became a supervillain to bring her back. Because of her death, they grew cold and distant, which greatly upset Adrien. Despite this, he does care for his son and asked where he had been telling his son that he as his father he worried for him. Embittered with Ladybug for rejecting him and resentful towards his father for his negligence, Adrien furiously claimed that he lost his father "a long time ago" and stormed off to his room in rage, leaving Gabriel genuinely hurt.
As Hawk Moth, he deeply dislikes Cat Noir and Ladybug for ruining his plans. When his final showdown with them starts, Hawk Moth grabs him and attempts to take away his Miraculous. But Cat responds by scarring him across his eye, enraging him so much that he savagely tears parts of his suit and later takes off the part of his mask off and upon giving himself a closer look at the hero, he, much to his horror, realized that Cat Noir is his son.
After he transforms back, Gabriel breaks down in tears to him, who was shocked and heartbroken to learn that his own father was Hawk Moth. When Adrien asked why would he do this, Gabriel tearfully said that he did it out of love for his mother, apologizes to Adrien and after kneeling, he wept bitterly to himself believing that his son would never forgive him for being a supervillain he despises. But to his surprise, Cat Noir comforted and forgave him saying that he had to let Émilie go. Gabriel, shocked, stood up and Cat Noir gave him a comforting and reconciling hug reconnecting, at long last. Unfortunately, Gabriel would be separated from his son for his time in jail for the damage he caused to the Paris.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug[]
Gabriel, as Hawk Moth, was aware that Ladybug and Cat Noir are the current holders of Ladybug and Cat Miraculous, the very Miraculous that he sought to use to bring back his wife. He was extremely frustrated and enraged that she and Cat Noir continuously foiling all of his plans. When he attacked Paris one last time, Hawk Moth, now akumatized, telepathically grabs Ladybug and took away her Miraculous. Before throwing her away, he comments that Ladybug was just a scared, little girl.
Nathalie Sancoeur[]
Much like his canon counterpart, they share a healthy professional working relationship. However, Nathalie wishes for Gabriel to at least spend more time with his son, but he refuses. Unknown to everyone except Nathalie, he kept Émilie's body in a secret area in their house.
Nooroo[]
Despite receiving the information he needed to find the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses from her and using her Miraculous for evil; Gabriel was less demanding with her. At first, even through a vision he ignored Nooroo's stern and serious warning that if he didn't surrender his dark path he would lose everything. Upon seeing the identity of Cat Noir, as his son, Gabriel fearfully realized that she was right and surrendered her to Ladybug then Master Fu.
History[]
Past[]
Once Gabriel was a kid happily living in Paris until one day, he met a girl named Émilie and fell in love. As they grew up they eventually married and had a son named Adrien. They lived a happy life together until when Émilie died from an unknown condition. Afterwards Gabriel blamed himself for her death, believing that he should have died instead of her, which left him helpless to face Adrien's sadness.
Regardless as the years went by, he grew distant from his son Adrien allthewhile became a famous fashion designer and the head of his own company. Yet away from prying eyes, he searched for a way to bring her back until through unknown circumstances Gabriel obtained a book called the Miraculous spellbook that led to his discovery of the Miraculous. Then, he visited a museum where the curator gave him a compass to the Butterfly Miraculous, admitting that he had never seen such a strange artifact before. He purchased it, which led him to an ancient underground cavern or catacomb. There, he found the Butterfly Miraculous, met Nooroo as well as asked for the power to restore his wife. But the kwami explained that she didn't have such power, only the Ladybug and Cat Noir Miraculouses did, and they could only be summoned in times of chaos. Gabriel then decided to use the Butterfly Miraculous to do so.
Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie[]
On the the day of Émilie's birthday, Gabriel arrived at his company's building being informed by Nathalie Sancoeur that the teams were ready for him in the showroom and that the show was a success then asked for the reviews before telling some designers to fix a few things on a dress. Then in another room, he toured through a barrage of dresses stopping at a particular one remembering when Émilie asked him for that dress and he would do everything to see her in it and remembered when he discovered the Butterfly Miraculous and saw a vision of Paris in chaos and destruction.
He later arrives home and Nathalie informs him of his world-fashion interview the next day. Nathalie then suggests having dinner with his son but he refuses and unknown to him, Adrien sadly overheard. In his office, Gabriel is still very saddened by Émilie's death. Deciding that he can no longer keep the dark secret, he puts the Butterfly Miraculous on and becomes Hawk Moth to get the wielders of the Ladybug and Cat Noir Miraculouses to appear.
Sensing that Raymond's heart was broken, he akumatizes him into the Gargoyle. However, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, as Ladybug, and Adrien, as Cat Noir, manage to defeat the Gargoyle, leading to Gabriel being knocked out. When he wakes up, he sees the news featuring Ladybug and Cat Noir, and he realizes that his plan to create chaos has succeeded. Nooroo reminds him of his previous warnings and pleads with him to stop, or he risks losing everything. However, believing he has nothing left to lose, Hawk Moth refuses and akumatizes two criminals into the Magician and the Mime to rob a bank and attack the fair. Knowing the fair wasn't safe, Hawk Moth called his son to come home. However, after Ladybug and Cat Noir defeated his villains, Hawk Moth creates a giant hologram of himself and swears to the two heroes that there will be no mercy next time. Ladybug and Cat Noir become Paris' heroes and Hawk Moth continued to send akumatized villains after them, but were defeated by the heroes every time, causing Gabriel's frustration to overcome his sanity.
Months later, after Ladybug rejects Cat Noir's feelings, he returns home. Gabriel asks where he has been since he did not come home the other night. Adrien angrily snaps at him for never being there for him since Émilie died and that he lost his father a long time ago. Hurt by this, Gabriel decides to acquire the Miraculouses himself.
Becoming Hawk Moth again, he instead akumatizes himself into becoming more powerful and unleashes dark clouds to cause countless explosions and a swarm of akumas to destroy the city and attack people. Ladybug and Cat Noir arrive but the latter, still hurt by Ladybug's rejection, climbs up the Eiffel Tower to confront Hawk Moth alone. He tries to attack Hawk Moth with his Cataclysm, but Hawk Moth knocks him down, causing Cat Noir to accidentally destroy the Eiffel Tower with his power, which falls apart into the river. Ladybug saves Cat Noir from drowning and Hawk Moth confronts them while turning the river into lava. Ladybug attempts to attack Hawk Moth, but he easily defeats her and steals the Ladybug Miraculous from her in the process. Hawk Moth proceeds to try and steal Cat Noir's Miraculous, but the hero uses Cataclysm again and slashes Hawk Moth, scarring the villain's face. This causes Hawk Moth to get enraged and use his akumas to slit Cat Noir's costume and mask. He is about to destroy Cat Noir with a blast but Marinette takes the hit instead to save Cat Noir. Hawk Moth lifts Cat Noir up but the hero's slit mask causes him to realize that Cat Noir is his son, much to his shock and horror. He ceases the chaos and renounces the Butterfly Miraculous in the process, thus revealing himself much to Adrien and Marinette's shock.
Gabriel breaks down as he realizes the chaos he caused, and that he almost murdered his own son. Adrien sadly asks him why he committed all these crimes. Gabriel explains why he tried to bring Émilie back with the Miraculous but now realizes that he lost himself and that love is stronger than death. Adrien forgives his father and they both share a loving hug which also releases the Ladybug Miraculous back to Marinette, who uses her power to restore Paris back, leaving Gabriel to be arrested offscreen.
However, unknown to everyone, Nathalie opens a secret room in the Agreste mansion where it is revealed that Émilie's body is hidden, and she is revealed to be wearing the Peacock Miraculous.
Sightings[]
Episodes[]
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Trivia[]
Differences[]
- There are some notable differences between Gabriel's canon counterpart and his movie counterpart:
- In the movie, this Gabriel does not homeschool his son Adrien, nor does he force him to learn Chinese, fence, model, or restrict him from social interactions.
- Unlike his canon counterpart, whose voice noticeably deepens when he transforms with a Miraculous, the movie Gabriel retains his civilian voice without any change.
- Gabriel discovers that his son is Cat Noir, which leads him to feel remorse and guilt. This causes him to relinquish the Butterfly Miraculous and turn himself in. This contrasts with his original self in the canon, whose two erased timeline versions had no qualms about akumatizing their sons.
- The entire city of Paris learns that Gabriel was Hawk Moth, while his original self remained hidden as Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch and was revered as a "hero."
- Gabriel was possibly arrested for his crimes off-screen, which diverges from his original self, who was never arrested because he perished after sacrificing himself to heal his assistant Nathalie and join his wife in the afterlife.
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