“ | I'm a genuine rock 'n' roller, not some pop star in diapers. I'm a real artist. Real talent! Even my hair is real. And that's what people love about me. Isn't that right, Fang? | ” |
—Jagged, "Guitar Villain" |
Jagged Stone is a recurring character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is a popular rock star. He is also the father of Luka and Juleka Couffaine.
In "Guitar Villain", after he was insulted on television by XY, he was akumatized by Hawk Moth and became Guitar Villain, a guitar-playing villain.
In "Crocoduel", after arguing with Anarka Couffaine about their separation, he was akumatized by Shadow Moth into Guitar Villain again, and alongside Captain Hardrock, the two villains formed Crocoduel, a duel of two supervillains who wanted to prove one of them was right. He also received a Magical Charm from Ladybug that prevented him from being reakumatized.
In "Migration", Jagged gave up his fame as a rock star after watching his son stood up to Bob Roth, even he tore up the contracts and fed it to Fang. After that, he, Luka, Penny Rolling, and Fang left Paris in order to protect the second from being a target to Monarch who discovered Luka knows Ladybug and Cat Noir's secret identities.
In "Re-creation", after having joined up with Su-Han and the Order of the Guardians, Jagged returns to Paris to help out in the fight against Monarch, along with Luka, Penny, and Fang.
Appearance[]
Physical appearance[]
Jagged Stone is tall with moderate turquoise eyes. He has black hair with dyed purple tips, a black beard, and a mustache which connects with his beard. His eyebrows are black and split in two at the sides.
Civilian attire[]
He wears heavy, dark eyeshadow and eyeliner. His outfit includes a sparkly black jacket with yellow accents and yellow epaulets. Underneath, he wears a black zero collared undershirt. His pants are yellow with black vertical stripes, similar to a bee. He wears lacy, black finger-less gloves on both hands. His shoes are black heeled boots with a design on the soles. Around his neck is a necklace comprised of two golden wings with a pendant of a skull in between the wings.
As Guitar Villain[]
Guitar Villain's hair was in long dreadlocks and was light fuchsia with light cerise at the tips. On his face, he had black shiny face paint around his eyes, and his eyes were brilliant cerulean/turquoise. He wore a dark gray sleeved turtleneck top with pointed edges over the shoulders, a black collar, and a vertical yellow leaf shape on each side of the front. His sleeves underneath the top were purple with a black fishnet pattern. He had a dark gray belt with purple spikes, and his pants were dark gray with yellow flame designs from his upper legs to his knees. His gloves and medium heeled boots were dark gray with two purple spikes attached to each one, the backs of his hands and the front of his feet. His guitar was shiny and purple with two black pointed tips on the soundboard.
- For more of Jagged Stone's outfits and designs, see Jagged Stone/Designs.
Personality[]
Jagged Stone is wild, proud, and expressive. When he isn't on-screen or performing, he is relaxed and natural. But he prefers exciting things, like owning a crocodile for a pet, and he likes getting lots of attention, especially from his fans, as long as they give him enough space. He gets bored if nothing interesting is going on, and he doesn't like losing attention. However, while he likes being noticed, he believes that the most important thing about music is expressing himself, not the fame and fortune that comes with it. He is usually kind toward others, even being quite patient with the people he truly likes, but if he feels like he is being wronged by someone, he stands up for his beliefs and isn't afraid to get into heated disagreements with them.
For years, Jagged let his love for music be bigger than the one for his own family to the point he left Anarka raise their twin children (Luka and Juleka) all by herself, with the latters not even knowing who their father was. After reconnecting with Luka (and later Juleka), he started to spend more time with his children and have his love for them grow even more. By "Migration", Jagged's love for his children became so strong he was able to cut ties with Bob and his company (basically giving up all the fame he spent years to accomplish) after being inspired by Luka's refusal in becoming just another pawn in Bob's plans to become richer.
As Guitar Villain, he was even wilder and crazier, and would express rage towards people he disliked. He wanted to make XY pay for insulting him, and he enjoyed using his powers to make people rock out to his music, or in some cases to make them suffer.
Abilities[]
As a civilian[]
Jagged Stone is an accomplished singer and guitarist. As seen in "Pixelator", he is also skilled at playing the piano. While under the control of Kung Food in the episode of the same name, Jagged is capable of proficiently wielding a large club made of seafood.
In "Re-creation", Jagged learned Mirakung Fu from Su-Han after joining the Order of the Guardians.
As Guitar Villain[]
Guitar Villain used his guitar, which was the akumatized object, as his weapon. He was able to shoot energy waves of weaponized sound from his guitar, which had different powers according to the chord he plays:
- The purple wave, which he called the "Rockin' Riff, Baby!", caused those it hit to begin to dance uncontrollably and shout like they were at a rock and roll concert. This wave even worked on animals and non-living things, such as cars.
- The orange wave, which he called the "Awesome Solo," was a concussive blast, able to destroy things and injure people, and was powerful enough to crack a solid stone.
- The green wave, which he called the "Ultimate Solo," could cause tremendous earthquakes.
He also used it as a melee weapon when fighting with Cat Noir.
A connected aspect to Guitar Villain was that Fang was transformed into a dragon by his akumatization. Fang could fly, and he could shoot blasts of green smoke at enemies. Guitar Villain also used him to transport him anywhere and to protect him from the superheroes.
Discography[]
- Albums:
- Croco Duo (with Anarka Couffaine)
- Rock Giant
- Candy Apple
- Songs:
- Mirockulous
- Trocaderock
- My Guitar is My Only Family
- You Are the Donut of My Life
- I Gave Up Everything But My Dreams
- Under the Moonlight By the Sea Kiss Me (his very first song)
- Live events:
- Alone on the Road live concert
- Eiffel Tower live concert[11]
- Films:
Relationships[]
Fang[]
Jagged Stone loves his pet crocodile dearly, treating him like a dog. He pets and grooms him, and he takes him with him using a leash. Jagged is very knowledgeable about what Fang's needs are. Jagged doesn't appreciate it when people don't understand Fang's needs and requirements, including André Bourgeois. When Fang is pixelated by Pixelator in the episode of the same name, Jagged is horrified, calling out for Fang.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug[]
Jagged Stone is impressed with Marinette's artistic abilities. He loves the glasses that she makes for him in "Pixelator", and he requests for her to make the cover for his new album with faith that she'll create it to reflect his personality and style. When Marinette turns up with a cover based off of Bob Roth's demands, he isn't upset at her, and he gives her another chance to make it. With Marinette's final product, he is very pleased, grateful for her work and dedication to his style.
He even spends time with her during the show Fill My Shoes. When he and Penny stumble into her room in "Troublemaker", he is amazed by Marinette's talent as designer and finds her crush about Adrien cute inspiring him to write a song.
In "Gamer 2.0", Jagged Stone asked Marinette to design his new poster, which she agrees. In Desperada, his trust on her is enough to ask her who would be a great guitarist for him between the people she knows, such as the members of Kitty Section. Although he notices her indecision and several things happened, he still plays with the whole band.
Jagged also highly appreciates Ladybug. In "Pixelator", after Ladybug saves him from the titular character, he dedicates an entire song to her out of gratitude. Despite this, he doesn't like Ladybug enough to appreciate her taking attention away from him during his interview. In Armand's flashback in "Antibug", Jagged Stone is pleasantly surprised when he sees Chloé dressed as Ladybug and mistakes her for the super-heroine. Immediately afterwards, he notices the difference between Ladybug and Chloé's hair. In "Heroes Day", he becomes disheartened when Ladybug was akumatized despite it being one of Volpina's illusions.
Chloé Bourgeois[]
In "Darkblade", Jagged Stone gets hired by André to give signed CDs to Chloé's friends in order to help Chloé become class president at Collège Françoise Dupont. He appears very bored with the event. Also, when he realizes Chloé is dressed up as Ladybug in "Antibug", he is displeased, but when Chloé gets hit by her yo-yo's string, it amuses him.
Penny Rolling[]
Jagged Stone has trust in Penny's judgment. When complicated circumstances arise, they can quickly agree on how to make the best of the situation at hand. Penny always makes sure that Jagged is satisfied and not bothered, and takes care of things for him when he is either busy or unavailable by any means.
In "Troublemaker", Jagged is shown to frequently rely on Penny for schedulings and arrangements and compliments her by calling her "the best" and kisses her on the cheek, leaving Penny to flush. After Penny is de-akumatized, a relieved Jagged rushes up to Penny and hugs her, expressing his admiration and gratitude for his agent.
In "Migration", it became known that Jagged has had feelings for Penny for a long time and they have begun dating.
Bob Roth[]
Jagged Stone is annoyed with Bob's bossy and opinionated attitude and dislikes his ideas of a duet with XY and an album cover based off of XY's style. If Bob does something Jagged doesn't agree with, he confidently fights back by using Fang to threaten him or by reminding him that any other record company would be happy to publish him.
In "Migration", their relationship have become so much worse to the point Jagged, after being inspired by Luka's own actions in refusing to work for Bob, decided to cut ties with the latter and end their contract for good.
Vincent Aza[]
Vincent's obsessive fan nature disturbs and annoys Jagged Stone. Not seeing Vincent as a friend, Jagged doesn't want anything to do with Vincent and wishes for Vincent to leave him alone. When Vincent is akumatized as Pixelator, Jagged is terrified of him but when people's lives are on the line and it gives him an opportunity to make an appearance to his fans, Jagged boldly goes out of hiding and distracts Pixelator by allowing him to take his picture.
XY[]
Jagged Stone has a deep dislike of XY and his music. He doesn't consider him a real musician, even refusing to do a duet with him when Bob suggests it. He is also very deeply offended when XY calls him "uncool" and a "dinosaur" during a live TV interview, so much so that he winds up breaking his tablet and feeding it to Fang. As Guitar Villain, he is very malicious towards XY, wanting to make him suffer for his insults and considering himself better than him.
Anarka Couffaine[]
It's revealed in "Desperada" that Anarka and Jagged used to play music together, but they separated for some reason. It's implied that, while Anarka wanted to settle down and raise their twin children, Jagged wanted to keep pursuing his musical ambitions, leading to the latter to leave her and raise their children alone. It's also implied that the split up came from Anarka, as Jagged clearly missed their partnership, calling Anarka his muse and referring to her affectionately as "Nanarky". He has tried to convince Anarka to play with him again multiple times, the start of "Desparada" being the latest of them, but she refused every time. She also gets mad at him for continuing to return to her because he keeps firing his other guitarists and lying to her about it. The two seem to have finally reached an understanding after Jagged accepts that the past is the past and apologizes to Vivica and hires her back.
In "Truth" when the titular villain forces Anarka to tell him who his father is, she tells her akumatized son that it is Jagged Stone. Revealing that the two were more than just music partners, as Jagged appears to still care about Anarka when he approached her in "Desperada". The reasons that got Anarka to end their partnership is most likely why she kept the identity of Luka and Juleka's father a secret from them.
In "Crocoduel", they argue over who left whom, with Jagged blaming Anarka for breaking up their partnership and Anarka blaming Jagged for choosing music over their children, what leads to their reakumatization. After they are deakumatized, they continue to argue until Juleka tells them to make up. Despite now being in better terms with each other after that episode, Jagged and Anarka were still at odds with one another (more from Anarka), but after Luka comes to a decision to leave Paris to better protect Ladybug and Cat Noir's secret identities from Monarch and Jagged gives up his contract with Bob to support his son, Anarka ends up allowing that, possibly making up with Jagged completely.
Luka Couffaine/Viperion[]
Luka is a fan of Jagged Stone and was surprised to learn that his mother used to play beside him. After he was akumatized into Truth he learns that Jagged is his father. He had trouble believing his mother's claim and went after Jagged to see if it was true because he was akumatized when he confronted his father and learns it's true. Shortly after Truth was reverted back into Luka, Jagged approaches his son to explain why he wasn't part of his or Juleka's lives, as he was worried that he wouldn't be a good father to them. Indicating that he does care about Luka and Juleka, and trusted Anarka to give them the love and care that he himself believed he couldn't give. Jagged being Luka's father could explain where he got his talent and fondness for music from.
In "Crocoduel", it's show that Jagged and Luka, after learning about being father and son, started to connect and eventually developed a very close bond, with Jagged coming to Liberty many times to teach a new guitar chord to Luka. On Luka's birthday, Jagged gave him a LP record of Crocoduo (the duet he had with Anarka).
In "Migration", it's shown that Jagged's relationship with Luka has become so much closer to the point he would ask his son for advice regarding how to be a good father for him and Juleka. Luka was also the one to inspire him to end his contract with Bob to fully dedicate himself to be a good father, even taking the responsability to take care of Luka when the latter comes to need to get away from Paris to escape Monarch, who made him his prime target in order to know Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities.
Juleka Couffaine/Purple Tigress[]
Not much is known about Juleka and Jagged's relationship, shortly after Luka was de-akumatized, Jagged approaches Luka to explain why he wasn't part of Juleka or his lives, as he was worried that he wouldn't be a good father to them. Indicating that he does care about either of them, and trusted Anarka to give them the love and care that he himself believed he couldn't give. Jagged being Juleka's father could explain where she got her talent of playing the guitar from.
In "Crocoduel", it is revealed that Juleka feels neglected by her father, thinking he loves Luka more than he loves her. These feelings almost caused her to be akumatized. That is until Jagged reveals that he wanted to give her his first bass as a birthday gift. At the end of the episode, Juleka and Jagged talk about their problems. Jagged tells his daughter that he will always be there if she wants to tell him something and Juleka tells him that she loves him.
Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir[]
TBA
Alix Kubdel/Bunnyx[]
TBA
Vivica[]
TBA
Su-Han[]
TBA
Family[]
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Jagged Stone's mother | |||||||||||||
Jagged Stone | Anarka Couffaine | ||||||||||||
Luka Couffaine | Juleka Couffaine | ||||||||||||
= Male
= Female
= Gender Unknown
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Trivia[]
- When Jagged was deakumatized, he had a pen on him.
- Jagged Stone is the favorite rock star of both Marinette and Adrien.[12]
- In the Serbian dub, his name is changed to Roki Stoun (Rocky Stone).
- Also in the Serbian dub, Jagged and XY are voiced by the same voice actor, Mateja Vukašinović.
- In the Irish dub, his name is changed to Géaráin Scolb.
- In the Welsh dub, his name is changed to Maen Miniog (Sharp Stone).
- In the French dub, Jagged Stone has an American accent.
- Jagged's voice actor in the French version, Matthew Géczy, is American in real life.[13]
- Lex Lang gives Jagged a Cockney accent in the English dub as a likely reference to Mick Jagger.
- Jagged Stone's name is a pun on the music genre "hard rock."[14]
- Penny and Jagged's last names are a reference to the rock band The Rolling Stones.
- Jagged Stone's villain name, Guitar Villain, is a pun on "Guitar Hero," a title that, in France, is given to expert guitarists.
- It could also reference the video game series Guitar Hero.
- Jagged's ownership of a crocodile while being a rock star might be a reference to the iconic Elton John song Crocodile Rock.
- Jagged likes the smell of leather and sweat.
- As seen on Vincent Aza’s shirt in "Pixelator", is list cities Jagged Stone has toured or will tour in:
- Guitar Villain’s hairstyle is similar to that of Drago Bludvist, the main antagonist of How To Train Your Dragon 2. Coincidentally, both have dragon allies, Fang and Drago’s Bewilderbeast.
- It's revealed in "Troublemaker" that Jagged Stone is allergic to non-organic flour, which causes him to sneeze.
- Guitar Villain reappears in the two-part special event "Heroes' Day".[15]
- A statue of Guitar Villain and Jagged Stone appears in the Musée Grévin in "The Puppeteer 2".
- In "Truth", it is revealed that Jagged is Luka and Juleka Couffaine's father, but he left his family because he felt like he wouldn't be a good father.
- Prior to said episode, there have been hints suggesting this:
- Juleka's hair color has the same shade as his, while Luka's eyes has the same color as his.
- Luka's shirt below his jacket as a drawn with his face.
- They had the same musical style as him.
- In "Desperada", Jagged states that he and Anarka used to be very close and they also performed together.
- Prior to said episode, there have been hints suggesting this:
- In "Lies" it is revealed that Jagged Stone has lied to his fans about his age.
- Although having only one akumatized form throughout the series, Jagged comes in fourth place, alongside Rose, Alya and Philippe, for being akumatized the most times behind Mr. Ramier, Chloé, Kagami, Juleka, Lila and Roger, having become Guitar Villain 6 times. ("Guitar Villain", "Catalyst", "Crocoduel" and three other off-screen akumazations as seen in "Mr. Pigeon 72").
- As seen in "Crocoduel", Jagged is the fourth person to break an akumatized object, instead of a Miraculous holder, following Fang in "Lies", Marianne Lenoir in "Furious Fu" and Anarka Couffaine in "Crocoduel".
- He is also the third human to destroy an akumatized object, following Marianne Lenoir in "Furious Fu" and Anarka Couffaine in "Crocoduel".
- It is revealed in "Wishmaker" that Jagged's childhood dream is to become a crocodile.
- A variant of Jagged Stone appeared in the Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie continuity, but he is only seen in a picture where he's akumatized as Guitar Villain.
- He is the first known member of the guardians to have a pet.
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References[]
- ↑ https://youtu.be/SgOtSlQp5Os
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq7_GGOf68U&lc=z13gvvhbutardz1jp04cdxij1sqct334bxs0k
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/notes/dubbers-incmalaysia/senarai-pengalih-suara-miraculous-tales-of-ladybug-cat-noir-bahasa-malaysia/10158174682148307/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/yuki_arai_va/status/1296774604757716994
- ↑ He is called this by Bob Roth in "Guitar Villain"
- ↑ He is called this by XY in "Guitar Villain"
- ↑ He is called this by Pixelator in "Pixelator" and Cat Noir in "Lies"
- ↑ He is called this by Tikki and Ladybug in "Pixelator"
- ↑ He is called this by XY in "Guitar Villain"
- ↑ By Ladybug after Jagged Stone became a crocodile from Wishmaker in "Wishmaker"
- ↑ In "Captain Hardrock"
- ↑ Episode "Guitar Villain"
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/695233941750571009
- ↑ https://www.twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/673217943719780352
- ↑ https://pandasuite.com/viewer/2.0.2/59a6c26e48abe6f53a002dc9?t=1 (direct video source here and English subtitles here)