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Cerise Bianca[13] (real name unknown, first introduced as Lila Rossi[14]) is the secondary antagonist of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, serving as the secondary antagonist of the first story arc and the main antagonist of the second story arc.
She is also a minor antagonist in "Miraculous World: New York - United Heroez", a minor character in "Miraculous World: Shanghai - The Legend of Ladydragon" and "Miraculous World: Paris - Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir", and the main antagonist of "Miraculous World: London - At the Edge of Time".
She is a former student in Miss Bustier's class at Collège Françoise Dupont. She is the love rival of Marinette Dupain-Cheng (and Ladybug), competing for Adrien Agreste's affection. Her masterful manipulation tends to cause trouble for Ladybug and Cat Noir, especially after she allied herself with Hawk Moth.[15][16]
In "Volpina", after Ladybug humiliated her in front of Adrien Agreste by exposing her lies about the both of them being close friends and her owning the Fox Miraculous, she was akumatized by Hawk Moth into Volpina, a fox-themed supervillain who was a master of illusions.
In "Catalyst", after Gabriel Agreste called Volpina a false hero in comparison to Ladybug on TV, she was re-akumatized into Volpina. Afterwards, she took part in Scarlet Moth's plan to acquire the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses.
In "Chameleon", in a new attempt to get revenge on Ladybug, she willingly akumatized herself and became Chameleon, a shapeshifting supervillain.
In "Ladybug", Lila made a deal with Gabriel Agreste. She framed Marinette for stealing the Mock Exam answers, cheating on a test, pushing her down the stairs, and stealing her necklace, resulting in her rival getting expelled from school. Though Marinette eventually returned to school, as a reward, Gabriel made her the new female face of his brand.
In "Emotion", Lila is revealed to be aware of Gabriel's supervillain identity as Monarch.
In "Revelation", it is revealed that Lila possesses multiple families and identities. Besides Mrs. Rossi, an Italian ambassador, she has two other mothers: one who believes she is in Africa helping endangered animals and another who is deaf and communicates with sign language. In the same episode, after being replaced by Kagami Tsurugi as the female face of the Gabriel brand and campaigning to replace Marinette as class representative, she was willingly akumatized by Monarch into Hoaxer, a variation of her akumatized identity as Volpina, and received the superpower of the Fox Miraculous through her Alliance ring. Using her ability to control minds, she manipulated Nathalie Sancoeur into sending her pictures of all of Gabriel's secrets, including photos and documents related to his past, his contracts with Tomoe Tsurugi, pages from the Miraculous spellbook, the location of Émilie Agreste's body and one of the Graham de Vanily Twin Rings that Nathalie wears.
In "Confrontation", Lila, along with Chloé, planned to frame Marinette for forging her classmates' study option forms to get them to turn against her. However, her plan backfired when she fell into a trap set up by Marinette and Sabrina and accidentally exposed her true nature in front of her entire class and the school faculty, leading to her expulsion from the school. Following this, she discarded her identity as Lila and took on another as Cerise Bianca, a student at Collège Paul Bert who is also her class representative and claims to be a movie star.
In "Collusion", it is revealed that Cerise and Chloé stayed in contact after the former was expelled. She communicated with Chloé from her lair through an earpiece. She guided Chloé in their plan to take revenge on Marinette and Miss Bustier, arranging a situation that would have resulted in the former's expulsion and the latter's dismissal. She also advised her to accept a proposal made by Gabriel Agreste, leading to Chloé becoming the new mayor of Paris.
In "Revolution", Cerise kept advising Chloé in secret, telling her to accept an alliance with Monarch. After Chloé was removed from power, she grabbed Tomoe Tsurugi's briefcase, brought it to her hideout, and began to work on unlocking it.
At the end of "Re-creation", after Gabriel Agreste's sacrifice, Cerise somehow obtained the Butterfly Miraculous, succeeding him. Not only that, but she enrolled at the same school Marinette and her friends are going to for the upcoming school year.
In "Miraculous London", Cerise (now using a new, unknown identity) akumatized herself into Timestalker, a time-travelling supervillain, so that she could discover Ladybug's identity. Later on, she akumatized herself again, but this time into Spectral Looter, a ghost-themed supervillain, so that she could steal all the Miraculous in Marinette's possession, including the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses. She then used the latter two Miraculous to summon Gimmi and make an unknown wish that would have reconfigured the universe in ways that had never happened before and also would have resulted in the destruction of the timeline. However, her efforts were thwarted by Chronobug and Bunnyx, who prevented her from discovering the former's identity and Spectral Looter was erased in the current timeline.
From Season 6 onwards, Cerise fully assumes her role as the new Butterfly Miraculous villain, using it to transform, whenever Nooroo inhabits the Miraculous, into Chrysalis, a butterfly-themed supervillain using her own improved version of akumas, known as ultrakumas. Unlike her predecessor, Chrysalis doesn't let anyone know anything about herself, including her gender, her age or even her intentions.
In "Yaksi Gozen", it is revealed that, not only is Lila/Cerise an ally to Tomoe Tsurugi, but she had been one even before Gabriel's defeat. When she senses Tomoe's distress after the latter's argument with Kagami, Cerise personally makes an appearance and fully transforms into Chrysalis to help Tomoe with a plan that would allow her to partly regain control over Kagami's life and her trust and, at the same time, capture Félix Fathom to make him a spy to give them intel over the Miraculers.
Appearance[]
Physical Appearance[]
As Lila Rossi[]
As Lila, she was a slender teenage girl of average height with light tan skin. She wore grayish chartreuse green contact lenses, pale vermilion lipstick, and a long, hip-length auburn wig with blunt bangs and two shorter pieces framing her face, all of which was loosely tied near the ends with orange bands.
As Cerise Bianca[]
As shown in "Confrontation", her natural eye color is hazel-brown, while she has short rosy brunette hair styled into a shaggy pixie cut. She also has lighter skin akin to peach colored and medium coral pink lips.
Civilian Attire[]
As Lila, she had multicolored wristbands with triangular patterns and knots on her right arm. She wore a brilliant vermilion jacket over a frilly dark gray romper that had tiny light silver spots and a knot formed at the top at the chest. Additionally, she wore light gray leggings and brown ankle-length high heel boots. In "Chameleon", it was shown that she also had a silver earring, decorated with a pearl in at least her right ear.
As Cerise, she replaced her romper and jacket with identical ones colored moderate purple and brown respectively. The romper had more fainter lighter polka dots. The only thing she wears as both Lila and Cerise, are her wristbands, leggings, and boots.
In "Collusion", she wore a black wig in a bun, and green contact lenses as Lila. Her lips were the same vermillion color as her old persona, and she wore a white long sleeved shirt, a dark blue vest, and a long skirt and heels.
In her disguise in "Re-creation", she wore blue contact lenses, a black bob cut wig, and glasses. She replaced her purple romper with a pink shirt and wore blue pocketless jeans similar to Alya's, a black jacket like Zoé's, and a light vermillion pink lip-gloss.
In "Miraculous London", she wore a blonde wig tied into a low bun with a black hair band and violet contact lenses. She wore a black sleeved sweater with a white-collar shirt beneath, and a matching black pleated skirt with gray tights and gray ankle-length boots. Also her skin had a slight tan.
In Season 6, she regularly changes her outfit, wearing different clothes every time she's seen.
In "Yaksi Gozen", she is fully shown and she still wears her Cerise outfit but doesn't wear gray leggings anymore.
As Chrysalis[]
Mental Image[]
To her victims, Chrysalis presents herself as a purple glowing silhouette with a simplified butterfly-outlined mask and glowing white eyes with no pupils, speaking with a voice that sounds like a mix of different voices. She does this to completely conceal her identity to the heroes, preventing them from knowing her age and gender.
Real Costume[]
Her real costume is similar to that Hawk Moth used to wear, consisting of a pair of dark purple dress pants and a jacket with a black butterfly-shaped lapel and triangular sleeves. Under the jacket, a purple vest is visible, where the Butterfly Miraculous is placed, right in the middle, where it was used as a button of the lapel at the center of her body. Underneath it, a light purple dress shirt with black lines forming butterfly wings at the center and accents of white is worn. Both the jacket and vest feature a butterfly-shaped hem, and the former has a section of the lower back, shaped like a butterfly, which, combined with the purple of the vest, forms the Butterfly Miraculous symbol. She also wears very high dark purple heels (that make her look much taller) with butterfly-shaped shoe clips, and her mask is big and very wide with a butterfly shape, standing out from her face, and being purple in color with black lines around the edges and eyes and white accents, while also being transparent at the edges. Her skin turns light purple, and her eyes are entail bright lilac sclera and emerald green irises. Her hair is white and styled in a bouffant at the front, while at the back is styled in a braid like a cocoon (or a chrysalis), with purple jewels adorning it at the back, similar to butterfly scales. Her lips have a bright purple lipstick and her nails are dark purple and styled with light purple butterfly wins.
Like her predecessor Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch, she is armed with a dark purple cane, except the cane's gemstone is now light purple with a butterfly on the side of it and part of the cane is decorated with a thin purple spiral.
As Volpina[]
Volpina wore an orange mask with black edges, and her hairbands were black. On top of her head, two fake orange ears with white and black insides were attached. The top of her hair was black and then quickly ombréd down to light brown with the tips white. She also had orange lipstick, and her eyes remained green. The necklace with a foxtail hanging off of it was worn around her neck, mimicking the Fox Miraculous. She wore an orange jumpsuit with a white section going down the front. Wrapped around her waist was an orange sash that looked like a foxtail, the borderign between the orange and white sections being pale orange in a zigzag fashion. The edges of her collar and the tops of her upper arms had black lines, and her forearms and lower legs were solid black, with the soles of her feet being white with an orange fox foot printed on each. She had a swan-neck with a black border. Her weapon was a replica of the flute.
As Chameleon[]
After being akumatized into Chameleon, she retained her normal form. However, with her shapeshifting abilities, she could change herself into whoever or whatever she kissed. She took the form of Adrien, a little boy, Cat Noir, and an oyster by accident.
As Hoaxer[]
Hoaxer was mainly an enhanced version of Lila's previous akumatized identity as Volpina. However, the orange highlights in her hair changed to brilliant scarlet, as well as many parts of the costume being recolored shades of scarlet and red as well. The most notable changes were the black cross on her chest that turned red when overlapping on the black front instead of the fake Fox Miraculous pendant. The zigzag lining on the sash also turned black, while the forearms and lower legs remained the same, the insides of the fox ears scarlet. She was also no longer armed with a flute.
As Timestalker[]
Timestalker wore a dark blue jumpsuit that covered her entire body and head with darker-colored gear-shaped patterns on her legs and forearms, with even larger ones at the side of her torso. Her forehead had a black gear-shaped symbol with the hands of a clock. She had black armor-like pieces on the sides of her head, two-layered chest armor on the top of her torso with two single studs on top, pauldrons on her shoulders, long fingerless gloves with dark blue fingers, and long boots with another darker layer on top connecting to pauldrons on the knees resembling hexagons, as well as rectangular pieces around the foot. Her soles had a rectangular part in front of the foot, and there was white angular padding resembling eyes over her covered eyes with black bordering.
As Spectral Looter[]
Spectral Looter wore a navy two-piece suit covering her face and body. The upper portion consisted of a hooded jacket that ended at the waist with a central division featuring black trim, creating a tail. The lower portion consisted of fitted pants that extended to her boots. She had a darker piece of armor on her chest with thick angular linear pieces around the abdomen. Her shoulder pauldrons were light periwinkle, as well as her palms being fluorescent cyan on the inside. Her chest had a glowing cyan logo nearly resembling a skull, while her boots had light periwinkle borders on her knees with downward points in the middle, and short boots with a cyan tab on top of the tongue. Her hood covered her face, which featured a light periwinkle angular section with sharp slit black eye-like sections with cyan dots for pupils. The top of the hood also had a light periwinkle skull-like piece in the middle. When using her powers, she turned translucent.
- For more of Lila's outfits and designs, see Lila Rossi/Designs.
Personality[]
Lila lying about being friends with Ladybug in a video for the Ladyblog.
Lila is proud and loves attention, which she is willing to obtain with her pathological lying. This even means going beyond words to support her lies, like buying a necklace that looks like the Fox Miraculous to convince Adrien that she is a descendant of the fox-themed superhero or cause situations that can discredit whoever can threaten her lies. She gets jealous if someone gets more attention or love than her and doesn't like it when someone reveals that her lies aren't true, showing no remorse for lying in the first place. If anyone attempts to expose her, she won't hesitate to try to make them miserable or break them down just to get them out of her way. She also doesn't take advice from those who try to make peace with her or encourage her to be honest like Ladybug or Adrien. At first glance, it appeared that the reason why she acts like this was probably because her mother is away a lot with her busy job schedule, making Lila feel disheartened and using lies to cover up that loneliness to her mother and others that are around her.
It may also be why another reason she craves attention is because maybe Lila hates the life she has now as opposed to the one she wants: a life of fame and fortune. And whether Lila made a lie she would go to great lengths to keep it even to point of ignoring the danger she put herself disregarding her own safety. As well as maybe getting a little greedy and demanding with it as seen in "Emotion" just because she was female co-model of the alliance she easily thought it earned her a one way ticket into Gabriel's party.
Lila being easily provoked when Gabriel calls Volpina a false hero.
Aside from being adept at lying, Lila possesses a great desire for vengeance, something that only evidences her real wicked nature. Lila doesn't easily forgive people who she feels wronged her, harboring a great deal of resentment against them and wasting no chance to get back at them in any way possible. The biggest example is her resentment against Ladybug, still being furious at her for ratting her out harshly and ruining her chance to woo Adrien, despite the superhero later apologizing to her. When Marinette tried in many ways to expose Lila's lies after the latter returned to the school and refused to submit to her, Lila made the decision to ruin Marinette's life in any way possible. Her drive to hurt the ones that wronged her is so great she is willing make alliances that make that easier, like her formal alliance with Gabriel Agreste that would allow her to both get closer to Adrien and have fame, but also would allow her to convince Gabriel that Marinette was a bad influence, while Gabriel would prey on the girl's hate towards Ladybug to akumatize her or to give him new victims. Chloé also became another ally for her for better torment Marinette in a more active way, while also manipulating the former for her own interests.
She is shown to be an ungrateful person, as shown in "Oni-Chan", where she showed no gratitude to Ladybug when she saves her from the titular villain.
But the one thing Lila hates more than the ones that get in their way is to be betrayed. When that happens, Lila focuses her attention on the person who betrayed her. This is seen when Gabriel Agreste spitefully dismissed her as the female face of his brand, not even warning her about Kagami replacing her. This drove Lila to formulate a plan to get back at him, luring Gabriel to akumatize her by channeling her anger against Marinette and then using his powers as Hoaxer to uncover Gabriel's secrets and planning to take the Butterfly Miraculous from him. Making a big plan of many steps that involved manipulating Chloé and preying on Gabriel's obsession with defeating Ladybug, she (as Cerise) managed to get the tools she needed to infiltrate the Agreste manor during Monarch's fight against Bug Noire and get the Butterfly Miraculous after it was lost during the battle. She has also shown to refuse anyone's help to try and become a better person, preferring to do this her own way and fulfil her selfish desires, as when Ladybug called a truce with their feud in "Chameleon", while Lila seeming accepted the offer, she went back right to intense hatred of the heroine, and whenever Adrien, Marinette and their friends have tried to help Lila being a good person by their good nature, instead of trying to become better, she decides to use people's goodness in their hearts for her personal, selfish desires, not caring who she has to hurt or ruin in the name of her selfish goals.
Lila is also not afraid to get her enemies' friends against them by manipulating and lying to them, portraying her enemy as the villain, and not having any care for the consequences that her lies may have on others, as she doesn't feel any remorse after almost causing some of her classmates and teachers to be akumatized by Scarlet Akumas after blaming Marinette of cheating, hurting her and stealing her necklace to turn everyone against her. Another example of this is shown in "Perfection" and "Protection" when she manipulates Kagami into thinking Marinette is a bad person. Later on, in "Confrontation", she has no problem in ruining her classmates' study paths just to turn them against Marinette.
Due to her talent to create the most convincing lies, Lila is extremely intelligent and observant, being able to notice the most subtle details, especially when she is motivated by her hatred and grudge. Similar to Félix, Lila was able to deduce Gabriel Agreste was Monarch and used that information in her favor, manipulating the supervillain for her gain, like convincing him to akumatize Kagami again to separate Adrien and Marinette in "Protection".
The extension of her lies goes further than her school and social life, as they also extend into her family life. It's revealed that Lila has at least three identities, along with three different mothers, keeping them ignorant of the existence of each other by making them believe she does a lot of travel around the world due to works such as acting and conservation of endangered species. That also proves how vile she is, pretending to travel around the world doing charity work as well as filming a movie. Her different alter egos might hint a personality disorder as she obsessively tries to hide her true name and identity behind her fake ones. Her true identity is still a mystery as well as some of her objectives.
Cerise losing her temper after realizing Ladybug outsmarted her well-thought plan.
After obtaining the Butterfly Miraculous, Cerise wasted no time in using it against Ladybug, demonstrating a much greater proficiency and intelligence than Gabriel in wielding its powers. In her first use, during "Miraculous London," instead of following Gabriel's usual tactics, she chose to akumatize herself. Cerise devised a plan that aimed to discover Ladybug's identity and capture both the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous. She was clever enough to avoid being captured herself; she didn’t wear the Butterfly Miraculous or her akumatized object, ensuring that Ladybug couldn't take the Miraculous back or deakumatize her during their confrontation and even disguised herself with a new civilian identity to avoid being recognized in case that Ladybug somehow managed to deakumatize her. Cerise also took care to transform into supervillain forms that concealed her gender and remained silent while fighting Ladybug.
Additionally, Cerise displayed consistently abusive behavior toward Nooroo, indicating that she sees him merely as a power source for the Miraculous. This is notably illustrated in "The Illustrhater," where Cerise completely immobilizes Nooroo when she isn't transformed. This contrasts sharply with Gabriel, who allowed Nooroo some freedom of movement and speech, albeit sometimes reprimanding him. Cerise disregards Nooroo’s concerns when he urges her to consider the moral implications of her actions and questions why she is causing chaos in Paris. Instead, she silences him without explanation, highlighting the darkness in her heart, which extends even to those who genuinely care for her. This is evident when Nooroo expresses relief that her world-ending plan failed in "Miraculous London." In "Daddycop," when he tries to reason with her, Cerise immediately paralyzes Nooroo simply for speaking to her and refers to him as "kwami" with disgust. This shows that she doesn't consider Nooroo as a person but rather as a power source. In contrast, Gabriel allowed Nooroo to understand his motivations for villainy and briefly considered Nooroo’s moral reflections before returning to his dark path.
Furthermore, while Cerise’s intended wish to Gimmi remains unknown, it is hinted to have the potential to destroy the entire universe, unlike Gabriel's wish, which was simply to heal himself and his loved ones.
Cerise also tends to lose her temper when her carefully crafted plans fail or when others outsmart her. This was evident when Chronobug altered her notebook, specifically the page that revealed her secret identity, which caused Cerise to have a fit of rage.
Chrysalis discouraging an akumatized Maya from revealing information about her.
As Chrysalis, she is extremely secretive. Unlike Gabriel, who openly reveals his identity as Hawk Moth, she has chosen to remain entirely in the shadows. She refuses to disclose her villain name, even to her enemies, and goes so far as to conceal her gender and age from her akumatized minions. This highlights her remarkable ability to hide her true identity and prevent the heroes from uncovering who she really is. By maintaining this secrecy, she can seamlessly blend in with the other Parisians, allowing her to observe her enemies without being detected.
Additionally, Chrysalis is much more manipulative in her interactions with her akumatized minions than Hawk Moth ever was. Upon first contact, she adopts a different approach by pretending to care about their needs. Instead of immediately revealing her minions' villain names, she allows them to choose their own names. This tactic helps her manipulate them more effectively, as it prevents them from rebelling against her. Chrysalis lets her akumatized supervillains act freely and subtly convinces them to target Ladybug and Cat Noir’s Miraculous, whenever the heroes interfere. This strategy makes the heroes appear as the villains in the eyes of the akumatized villains, suggesting that Ladybug and Cat Noir deserve to have their jewels taken from them. However, she is quick to drop that façade the moment the akumatized minions start to stray away from her orders or reveal something about her towards the heroes, threatening to remove their powers, even if they're in a position which would make it dangerous for them, showing her disregard for her villains and that she only sees them as tools to do her bidding. In "El Toro De Piedra", it is shown that she is able to very quickly get a grasp of what her victims want to hear, as demonstrated by her taking on a more forceful demeanor after Raúl Bruel got angry at her during his akumatization.
Also, as shown in "Yaksi Gozen", she's aware of Félix being a sentibeing and willingly conspires with Tomoe Tsurugi to steal Félix's amok to force him to be their spy, showing no remorse at the idea of controlling him. It is also showed that, unlike Hawk Moth, Chrysalis does not improvise and sticks to her plan to the letter, something that lowers the risk of casting suspicion over herself and her allies. This is showed when, at the chance of getting Kagami's ring or even the Peacock Miraculous, Chrysalis opted to abandon the plan after the original objective was compromised, as, if she had done it, the heroes could have suspected of Tomoe Tsurugi and potentially connect both of them.
As Volpina, when she was akumatized for the first time, she proved to be a determined and vengeful character, driven by the desire to settle scores with Ladybug. Deeply humiliated after being exposed as a liar, she channelled her resentment into a meticulously calculated plan to deceive and manipulate, showing a complete lack of scruples. She used sophisticated illusions to create chaos, such as when she threatened to collapse a building on civilians or emotionally manipulated Ladybug by using Adrien, aiming for Ladybug's surrender.
Volpina demonstrated a notable ability to avoid direct physical confrontation. She preferred to use her cleverness and illusions to attack without engaging in combat, like when she created multiple copies of herself to confuse Ladybug and Cat Noir, or when she simulated a missile threat to intimidate Ladybug and force her to comply with her demands.
In her second akumatization, Volpina became more willing to collaborate with Hawk Moth, actively participating in his plan to turn Heroes' Day into chaos. Her ability to create illusions remained, but that time her goal was broader: to become a nightmare for the entire city. Her most impactful illusion was that of an evil Ladybug destroying Cat Noir, aiming to undermine public trust in the heroes.
In her third akumatization, her resentment toward Ladybug remained the driving force behind her actions. Once again, she collaborated with Scarlet Moth and devised an even more elaborate strategy, creating an illusion of him to deceive the heroes, showing how calculating she could be. Although her plan ultimately failed, this only fueled her fury, as Volpina never stopped questioning the justice and power of Ladybug and Cat Noir, challenging them with the idea that they could have used their abilities to improve the world in a more meaningful way.
As Chameleon, because she was akumatized voluntarily, her personality remained the same, using her powers to get even with the ones that she believed wronged her. For example, she took Adrien's form to make him look bad and at the same time to lead Ladybug into a "trap". Her desire to defeat Ladybug was so great that she preferred to advance to battle her than take an unconscious Cat Noir's Miraculous to Hawk Moth.
As Hoaxer, her vengeful personality became much more intense, as she used her power to convince everyone that Marinette was Monarch to turn them against her, as well as convincing them that Ladybug and Cat Noir were aliens that would destroy the ozone layer to defeat them, as the superheroes would not have used their powers against civilians. Not just that, but Hoaxer showed to be very intelligent, keeping herself inside the system of the Alliances to avoid physical confrontation and even using her pursue over the superheroes to keep Monarch distracted and prevent him from realizing the vengeance she was about to enact on him by manipulating Nathalie into delivering her all of his secrets.
Spectral Looter taking pleasure in taunting Chronobug.
As Timestalker, she showed herself to be stealthy and determined to discover and record her enemies' secrets like Gabriel's wish and accomplices and Ladybug's secret identity in her notebook to keep to herself after losing her memory following her deakumatization, also, she wanted to steal the other Miraculouses but refrained from doing so to avoid being discovered, and when confronted by Chronobug, she cleverly hid herself in places where Chronobug couldn't appear without exposing herself and changing the timeline and remained unfazed when Chronobug briefly captured her with her Yo-Yo, knowing the heroine couldn't deakumatize her, albeit she became shocked when Chronobug revealed she was aware of Timestalker being the new Butterfly holder. Also, she refrained from speaking in this akumatized form to prevent Chronobug and Bunnyx from discovering her identity or gender.
As Spectral Looter, she was determined to steal all the Miraculouses in Marinette's room and remained unfazed when confronted by Chronobug, knowing the heroine couldn't stop her or even attack her with her intangibility and took pleasure in taunting Chronobug for her failure before escaping with the stolen Miraculouses.
Abilities[]
As a Civilian[]
Cerise's secret hiding place.
Lila is a highly crafty and cunning liar. She skillfully uses her lies to manipulate people into doing what she wants. When her deceitful tactics fail, she often resorts to making others feel pity for her in an effort to gain emotional leverage. Even Tikki, a being who has existed since the universe's creation, believes that Lila is the best liar she has ever encountered. Lila's mastery of lying and manipulation is so profound that she can maintain three different lives by weaving an intricate web of falsehoods, allowing her to make any of her personas vanish for extended periods and reappear without raising suspicion. The only people who see right through her deception are Marinette (Ladybug), Adrien (Cat Noir), Tikki, and Plagg.
She was shown to be very stealthy, like taking the test answers without anyone noticing and placing them in Marinette's bag. She also managed to return home from the Eiffel Tower unseen during the events of Heroes' Day. Also, she was able to sneak into the Agreste mansion and steal the Butterfly Miraculous unnoticed. Lila possesses a sort of indomitable will due to her undying hatred for Ladybug and will do anything to bring her down. She seems to be able to know the sign language used by the mute and the deaf as we see her communicating with one of her three mothers who is just that.
Lila is also a master of disguise, as she was able to disguise herself as her many personas and also as a Le Grand Paris waitress and infiltrate without being recognized. She is capable of making herself stand out and then be able to blend in with great ease.
As Chrysalis[]
Chrysalis presenting herself as a plain silhouette to hide her identity while akumatizing her victims.
As Chrysalis, she has enhanced skills such as speed, agility, strength, and near-invulnerability. She also has a cane which she can use to fight or to store akumas inside of it.
Her superpower is akumatization, the ability to charge butterflies with dark energy, transforming them into Ultrakumas and then sending them out to possess an object of someone vulnerable and transform them into supervillains, granting them a wide variety of superpowers or special abilities. However, in order to akumatize them, she needs their consent. If they refuse, then she can't akumatize them or the akumatization is reversed (in case they have already been akumatized). She can akumatize herself as well.
Chrysalis partially removing an akuma from Illusthater's object to emphasize her threat of removing the latter's powers.
She can also telepathically communicate with her akumatized supervillains through a purple butterfly-shaped outline that appeared in front of her and the akumatized supervillains' faces. Through the akumatized villain's perception, they communicate in a purple-colored mindscape, where Chrysalis presents herself with a disguised avatar in the form of a purple glowing silhouette with a simplified butterfly mask and speaking with a mix of voices. The conversations between them can happen at the speed of thought.
However, her disguised voices can revert back to her real one if she becomes scared, as shown in "El Toro De Piedra", when she accidentally enrages Raúl Bruel during his akumatization.
Unlike Hawk Moth, Chrysalis has been able to evolve her powers to conjure butterfly-shaped energy beams called antikumas which she is able to cast through the light mask of her akumatized supervillains against other Miraculous holders. When they hit them, the transmission of powers between holder and Miraculous is severed, leaving them powerless and only with their suit. However, she needs her akumatized villain to look directly at the holders and the effects are temporary and can be reversed by detransforming.
As Volpina[]
Like Rena Rouge, Volpina could play a tune on her flute with an idea in mind to create a glowing orange ball of energy. She could throw the orange ball of energy anywhere with her flute and create whatever incredibly lifelike illusion that she wanted. However, the illusions were intangible, and when touched would disappear in an orange cloud.
Volpina's flute was long enough to wield as a staff.
As Chameleon[]
Chameleon could transform into another person after kissing them, causing her victims to fall asleep. As long she remained in their form, her victims remained asleep. Once Chameleon took another form, they woke up. When turned into a Miraculous holder, Lila could use their powers, like when she fought Ladybug in Cat Noir's form and her power allowed her to utilize the Cataclysm.
Even if she couldn't take the form of a Miraculous holder, she was very agile, as shown while pretending to be Adrien she was able to jump up the Eiffel Tower.
As Hoaxer[]
Hoaxer possessed the ability to enter the Alliance rings system and pop in and out of the real world as she pleased. She also possessed the ability to, aided by the power of the Fox Miraculous, create highly elaborated and life-like illusions that appear on the holographic screen of any Alliance, and anyone who looked at them would get mind-controlled and believe whatever she said to be the truth even if it was highly illogical and would do her bidding as she ordered them to, as when she ordered the civilians to go after Marinette after showing them an illusion of her secretly being Monarch. The Alliance tracking system enabled Hoaxer to locate anyone wearing an Alliance and alerted her if someone under her control had their Alliance removed. She could also appear in the real world and the Alliance ring system simultaneously.
However, her control over someone was canceled if the person's Alliance ring was removed or destroyed, such as when both Roger and Alya were freed when the heroes removed their Alliances. Her mind-control powers also did not work on anyone not wearing an Alliance, even if they saw her on someone else's ring, as Ivan, Mylene, and Adrien were not affected despite seeing her on their friends' Alliance rings.
As Timestalker[]
Timestalker teleporting.
Timestalker could travel through time using a smartwatch on her wrist. Thanks to that ability, she was able to spy on past moments. However, because she needed to activate her smartwatch manually to travel, she would become vulnerable in close combat, especially against adversaries who could travel through time as well. To counter this weakness, Timestalker used her smartphone (her akumatized object) to act as a failsafe to bring her back to a moment soon after she left, while also having spare smartwatches in case the one she was wearing was taken, broken, or destroyed. She proved to be very skilled in hand-to-hand combat and was able to best Chronobug on multiple occasions.
As Spectral Looter[]
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Spectral Looter shared the same abilities as Troublemaker, allowing her to phase through solid matter and become intangible to any attack, much like a real ghost. However, unlike Troublemaker, she could float and use her fingertips to make anything she touched intangible as well. This unique ability enabled her to steal anything she desired, even if those objects were being worn by someone else.
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Etymology[]
- The name "Lila" means "beauty", as well as "lilac" in Italian.
- "Lila" is pronounced as "lee-lah" in the French dub, and "lie-lah" in the English dub. The change in pronunciation may have been a nod to "lie" may have been to allude to all the lies that Lila tells. It is possible that the name "Lila" was chosen because it sounds similar to "lie" in English.
- In the Irish dub, her name is changed to Líle De Róiste. This still fits the floral theme of this false identity since "líle" is Irish for "lily".
- In the Welsh dub, her name is changed to Leila.
- The surname "Rossi" means "red" in Italian.
- Lila is sometimes associated with said color.
- Rossi is a popular Italian surname, with famous examples including, among others, classical composer Gioachino Rossi and MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi.
- Cerise is the color of deep, bright red with pink tint, as well as "cherry" in French. But the name also refers to a type of flower known as a "cerise queen".
- The surname "Bianca" means "white" in Italian.
- Volpina is similar to the word volpe, which is Italian for "fox". The suffix "-ina" indicates "small" and is often used in feminine names among friends, as a form of nickname or pet name. Roughly translated, "Volpina" means "Vixen" or "Small Fox" in Italian.
- Chrysalis is the name given to the pulpa state of the butterfly, when caterpillars transit into its adult stage.
- Chrysalis is also the name of one of the main antagonists in My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.
- The name "Chrysalis" remains unknown to the public and has not yet been revealed within the series. However, it is featured in the end credits of season 6 episodes.
- In the Welsh dub, her name is changed to Chwiler.
Trivia[]
Revealed by the Staff[]
Wilfried's drawing of Volpina.
- Lila was first revealed when Wilfried Pain posted a drawing of her as Volpina on his Twitter.[17] When a fan page on Facebook shared the image, Thomas Astruc added a comment where he revealed her akumatized name.[18]
- Later, Thomas posted a picture on Twitter as a sneak peek of Lila (as Volpina) with the caption "Una ragazza italiana in Pariggi," meaning "An Italian girl in Paris."[15]
- When Mélody Cisinski was asked on Tumblr if Volpina would show up eventually before season 1 ended, she replied "Yes and no."[19]
- Thomas noted that he intentionally made Lila to be unlovable.[20]
Miraculous Holder and Akumatized Villain[]
- Volpina's abilities are based on those of the Fox Miraculous and its holders, similar to how Copycat has Cat Noir's powers, Antibug has powers similar to Ladybug's and Queen Wasp is similar to Queen Bee.
- She is the first akumatized villain to have amplified Miraculous superpowers, as it's revealed in "Timetagger" that prolonged and multiple uses of said powers only occur when a holder grows into an adult.
- She is the third akumatized villain who doesn't appear in the theme song or its animatic in season 1. The others are Animan and Kung Food, both of whom appear in the animatic.
- She is one of the few people, alongside Gabriel Agreste, Nathalie Sancoeur (before Season 5), Tomoe Tsurugi, and, after "Miracle Queen", Chloé Bourgeois, that sees Ladybug as her enemy even while not akumatized.
- Following Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe, Chloé Bourgeois, Nathalie Sancoeur, Luka Couffaine, Max Kanté, Kagami Tsurugi, Alix Kubdel, Lê Chiến Kim, Adrien Agreste, Wang Fu, Zoé Lee, Mylène Haprèle, Rose Lavillant, Juleka Couffaine, Sabrina Raincomprix, Marc Anciel, Nathaniel Kurtzberg, and Ivan Bruel, Cerise is the twentieth person to become a Miraculous holder and akumatized villain, excluding Gabriel Agreste, who akumatized himself, Marinette Dupain-Cheng who almost got akumatized, and Félix Fathom, who resisted the akuma.
- She is the second person to akumatize herself. The first was Gabriel.
- In "Catalyst", she becomes the first previously akumatized victim to be re-akumatized with the same supervillain identity but a different akuma.
- The akuma that affected her is the first to be seen de-evilized by Hawk Moth himself and removed on-screen. That happened again to André and Audrey Bourgeois in "Heart Hunter" and Chloé Bourgeois in "Deflagration".
- Her smirk after being de-evilized in "Catalyst" implies she may have been the first person to be willingly akumatized other than Hawk Moth himself and his assistant Nathalie.
- She is the third person to be akumatized voluntarily, but the first to direct the akuma to an object.
- She is also the first akumatized victim to introduce herself to Hawk Moth instead of the other way around.
- Her powers as Volpina, Hoaxer, and Chameleon have to do with lies and deception.
- Despite her third akumatization being caused by Scarlet Moth, she didn't have a red-colored appearance.
- According to Thomas, this was an animation error.[21]
- She is the second person to rival Marinette for Adrien's affections, behind Chloé Bourgeois.
- Volpina appears another time in "Gamer 2.0" for Gamer's powers.
- A statue of Volpina appears in Musée Grévin in "The Puppeteer 2".
- Her akumatization into Chameleon marks the first time a villain doesn't change their appearance upon akumatization; however, this quickly changes after she uses her powers on Adrien.
- "Timetagger" featured hints that she would get the Butterfly Miraculous, as the titular villain said that the Hawk Moth of the future isn't Gabriel, and Chris thought Lila was cool.
- As seen in "Mr. Pigeon 72", she has been akumatized into Volpina five times. ("Volpina", "Catalyst", "Mayura" and two off-screen akumatizations).
- With her akumatizations into Chameleon, Hoaxer, Timestalker and Spectral Looter, she has been akumatized 9 times in total.
- With her 9 akumatizations, she comes in third place for having been akumatized the most number of times, behind Mr. Ramier and Chloé.
- She is also the person with the second most unique akumatized forms at 5, behind Chloé at 7.
- With her akumatizations into Chameleon, Hoaxer, Timestalker and Spectral Looter, she has been akumatized 9 times in total.
- She is the last member of Miss Bustier's class to gain possession of a Miraculous.
- She is the first main antagonist of a "Miraculous World" episode to not to be introduced in, and team up with Hawk Moth/Monarch.
- Timestalker is the fifth akumatized villain to have time-related powers after Timebreaker, Backwarder, Timetagger and Ephemeral.
- In-universe, she is the third, as Timetagger is from the future, making him the fourth, and Ephemeral only happened in an alternate timeline which got erased.
- Based on Timestalker’s smartphone timestamps, she started her plan to find Ladybug's identity at 2:30 PM, meaning Bug Noire and Monarch's fight happened earlier that day, between late morning and early afternoon. By 10:10 PM, Cerise was in her lair, reading her old notes and akumatizing herself into Spectral Looter preparing to steal Marinette’s miraculous.
- Chrysalis' akumatization avatar has an appearance reminiscent of Oblivio and Solitude.
- Similarly to Gabriel in "Ladybug & Cat Noir", her face as a civilian isn't shown throughout Season 6, although unlike Hawk Moth, her identity has been known since the beginning.
- Chrysalis is the third known Miraculous holder to upgrade her powers, creating the ultrakumas that allow her to shoot antikumas. Ladybug was the first with the creation of the magical charms and the second was Shadow Moth with the creation of the megakumas.
- However, she is the second to make a power upgrade that is not an enhancement of a pre-existing power. Shadow Moth's megakumas are just more powerful akumas that are strong enough to break through Ladybug's magical charms.
- Ironically, Chrysalis' antikumas have a reverse effect than her ultrakumas, being able to remove powers.
- In "Yaksi Gozen", it's revealed that Lila/Cerise has always been an ally to Tomoe Tsurugi (even before Gabriel's defeat). If they have been allies since the start, then that would explain a lot about Lila/Cerise:
- Lila trying to become close to Adrien may have been a way for her to also become close to Gabriel.
- Lila becoming friends with Kagami may have served to keep a close watch over the latter.
- Lila figuring out Gabriel Agreste was Monarch could have been information gotten from Tomoe.
- Lila/Cerise having multiple identities each with their own mother may have been possible thanks to Tomoe.
- Cerise being able to hack into Gabriel's security system may have been facilitated by Tomoe.
Miscellaneous[]
- Interestingly, her two known identites follow a naming scheme. The first name is the name of a flower in French, while the surname is a color in Italian.
- Cerise's last name "Bianca" was first revealed in the game Miraculous™ RP: Ladybug & Cat Noir.
- In "Chameleon", Tikki claimed to have never seen anyone as skilled at lying as Lila, which says a lot to say the least, since the Kwami of Creation has existed since the very creation of the universe itself.
- As seen in "Catalyst", her room as Lila is decorated with masks, which symbolize hiding the truth.
- She tells several stories assumed to be lies:
- Her name is Lila Rossi.
- She knows Prince Ali and flew with him in his private jet.
- Jagged Stone wrote a song about Lila.
- She knows all of the Hollywood directors, and promised she'd introduce Nino to Steven Spielberg.
- Ladybug saved Lila's life, and the two of them are best friends.
- She loves superheroes.
- She claims to be a descendant of a Fox Miraculous holder seen in the Miraculous spellbook, calling her Volpina. According to her, Volpina is "one of the most important superheroes, more powerful and celebrated than Ladybug". She also claimed that her grandmother gave her the Fox Miraculous, showing a similar-looking trinket she bought in a gift shop after seeing the Miraculous in the Grimoire.
- As Volpina, most of the things she said were lies. For example, she told Adrien and all of Paris that she was a true superhero.
- She has a close relationship with Prince Ali.
- She saved Jagged Stone's kitten.
- She knows a famous manga artist.
- She had tinnitus.
- She once saw a guy in India have their eye gouged out by a napkin.
- She knows several foreign languages.
- She has a ball-related phobia.
- She once starred in a Hollywood movie.
- Despite her claims of being a descendant of a fox-themed superheroine being false, her identity as Lila physically looks like the holder of the Fox Miraculous illustrated in the Miraculous spellbook.
- In "Style Queen", she appears in the audience, but according to Thomas Astruc, it was an animation mistake and she wasn't supposed to be in the episode or its use as a clip in "Queen Wasp".[22]
- She is one of the few people aware of Gabriel's supervillain identity alongside Nathalie Sancoeur, Félix Fathom, Tomoe and Kagami Tsurugi, Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Alix Kubdel.
- In the "Miraculous Secrets" card game, it is confirmed that Lila Rossi is not her real name.
- She currently knows the secret identities of three of the Miraculers, those being:
- Bunnyx, Ryuko and Argos. She is shown to know Bunnyx's secret identity in "Multiplication", and those of Ryuko and Argos in "Yaksi Gozen".
- She is also suspicious of Ladybug and Caprikid. Cerise suspected Ladybug's secret identity in "Climatiqueen", "Vampigami", and "The Dark Castle", and that of Caprikid in "The Ruler".
- Only three characters are confirmed to be aware of Cerise's supervillain identity as Chrysalis:
- Alix Kubdel/Bunnyx, who found out in the Burrow after the events of "Miraculous London".
- Tomoe Tsurugi, as she was working with Lila since Season 5, which wasn't revealed until "Yaksi Gozen".
- Nooroo is the butterfly kwami, so it would make sense that he knows who Chrysalis is.
- In "The Illustrhater", Cerise mentions in her journal that several people know who she is, and that The Miraculers will know nothing about them.
- As seen in both "Revelation" and "Confrontation", she has created a great web of lies that involve multiple identities and mothers which she appears to juggle with little effort.
- So far, she is known to possess at least three identities, each one having a different mother:
- Lila Rossi is the daughter of an Italian ambassador with supposed friendships with many celebrities and with the dream to achieve world peace and solve the issue of global warming. She used to be a student at Collège Françoise Dupont and the female face of the Gabriel brand.
- Cerise Bianca claims to be a movie star who studies in a different school in Paris, is the class representative of her class and has been away for most of the school year because of a movie shoot.
- Her mother appears to be the second woman that calls her at the beginning of "Revelation", as seen how she calls her without video probably not just to hide her from her other mother and that she is in Paris, but also to hide the fact she uses a wig and green contact lenses.
- She also has a third unknown identity that she uses with a deaf mother.
- In "Re-creation", she uses a new unknown identity to enroll at the same school as Marinette and her friends. That may be the identity she uses with her deaf mother.
- So far, she is known to possess at least three identities, each one having a different mother:
- The disguise she uses in "Re-creation" to break into the Agreste mansion is similar in appearance to Edna Mode from The Incredibles.
- In the European Portuguese dub, Chrysalis' voice during akumatization is a mix of her own VA, Helena Montez, with Gabriel Agreste's, Rui Luís Brás.
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References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/928635513011101697
- ↑ https://twitter.com/sayaka_kitahara/status/1090153609369546752
- ↑ https://ensiklopedia-alih-suara-bahasa-melayu.fandom.com/ms/wiki/Miraculous:_Tales_of_Ladybug_%26_Cat_Noir
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 By Ladybug in "Volpina".
- ↑ By her mother in "Oni-Chan".
- ↑ Codename in the Resistance.
- ↑ By her classmates in "Confrontation".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 By Chronobug in "Miraculous London".
- ↑ By Chloé
- ↑ By Chloé in "Confrontation"
- ↑ By Maya in "The Illustrhater"
- ↑ She told this to Adrien after he tried to convince her to be honest with him in "Chameleon".
- ↑ Her last name is revealed in the game Miraculous RP: Ladybug & Cat Noir.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/755033027823046656
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 http://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/660909430389800967
- ↑ http://roboticrainboots.tumblr.com/post/159689854591/im-not-sure-if-it-was-ever-confirmed-that-lila
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WinnyGZ/status/593092598060965889
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Miraculous.Ladybug/photos/a.296331537138512.58163.290735154364817/705833112855017/?type=1&permPage=1
- ↑ http://itstheartistical.tumblr.com/post/131825676484/okay-if-you-were-wondering-why-i-screeched-lies
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/961249471014334464
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1063203724590542849
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1020919498256338944