Marinette Dupain-Cheng

                    

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Marinette Dupain-Cheng(a.k.a. Ladybug)
Production Information
First appearance:	"Stormy Weather"
Latest appearance:	"Action"
Voiced by:	Cristina Vee (English) Click "expand" for full list Anouck Hautbois (French) Aya Hamza (آية حمزة) (Modern standard Arabic) Aya Hamza (آية حمزة) (Egyptian Arabic) Nadežhda Panayotova (Надежда Панайотова) (Bulgarian) Cheng Ka Wai (鄭家蕙) (Cantonese) Guiomar Alburquerque (Castilian Spanish; Season 1) Laura Pastor (Castilian Spanish; Season 2 onwards) Elisabeth Bargalló (Catalan) Zrinka Antičević (Croatian) Rozita Erbanová (Czech; Season 1) Anežka Saicová (Czech; Season 2 onwards) Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg (Danish) Randy Fokke (Dutch) Emma Louhivuori (Finnish) Lydia Morgenstern (German) Theodora Papaioannou (Θεοδώρα Παπαϊωάννου) (Greek) Sapir Darmon (ספיר דרמון) (Hebrew) Renu Sharda (Hindi) Adrienn Pekár (Hungarian) Lis Kurniasih (Indonesian) Gráinne Bleasdale (Irish) Letizia Scifoni (Italian) Karin Nanami (Japanese) Yeo Min-jeong (여 민정) (Korean) Jessica Ángeles (Latin American Spanish) Denisse Aragón (Latin American Spanish, singing The Boy That I Secretly Love in Santa Claws only) Benita Vasauskaitė (Lithuanian; voice-over) Zetgi Izzati (Malay) Charlotte Hellebostad (Norwegian; Seasons 1-2) Charlotte Brænna (Norwegian; Season 3 onwards) Marta Dobecka (Polish) Jessica Vieira (Brazilian Portuguese) Carla Garcia (European Portuguese) Valeria Stoianu (Romanian) Darya Frolova (Дарья Фролова) (Russian, dubbing) Olga Verbitskaja (Ольга Вербицкая) (Russian, voice-over) Marija Stokić (Serbian) Dinithi Nimnavi Jayasekara (Sinhala, Hiru TV dub) Poornima Videshika (Sinhala, Sirasa TV dub) Anna Isbäck (Swedish) Mu Xuanming (穆宣名) (Taiwanese Mandarin) Nopphawan Hemabut (นพวรรณ เหมะบุตร) (Thai; Disney version) Damla Babacan (Turkish) Yuliya Perenchuk (Юлія Перенчук) (Ukrainian, dubbing, Season 1-3) Anastasiya Zharnikova-Zinovenko (Анастасія Жарнікова-Зіновенко) (Ukrainian, dubbing, Season 4) Kateryna Buts'ka (Катерина Буцька) (Ukrainian, dubbing, several phrases in Santa Claws) Hanna Sobolyeva (Ганна Соболєва) (Ukrainian, voice-over) Hanna Jarman (Welsh)
Character Information
Gender:	Female ♀
Other names:	Clumsy girl Super-RedBug Wonderbug Miss Bug Lady Bug and LB Bugaboo My Lady Little Lady Bug eyes The Chosen One Lassie Bug face and Lady brat Lady Claus Baker Girl Marinetta My Fairy Lotus M Master Marinette Dupain-Cheng My Ladybug Ladyklutz Beetle and Baguette Maria and Martha Lady Super Marinette Dudette Germaine Loserbug Your Girlfriend Icebug Aquabug Lady Ice Cosmo Bug Minibug Babybug My Lady Noire She-Cat Noir Little Bug The Girl Who Can Fix Everything Miss Walking Disaster Lady-Nothing-at-all Dear Guardian My Little Girl and My Baby My Little Sweetie Little Ladybug Mademoiselle Ladybug Pest Lady-lame The girl I love Zoé Red Cockroach Ladygag
Species:	Human
Age:	13 (season 1) 14 ("Befana" onwards)
Height:	135 cm
Occupation:	Student at Collège Françoise Dupont (class representative) (formerly, later graduated) Superhero Babysitter Fashion Designer Graphic Designer Baker of Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie Leader of the French Miraculous superhero team Great Guardian of the Miraculous (chosen by Wang Fu)
Likes:	Fashion Arts and crafts Video games Hamsters Music (especially Jagged Stone's and Clara Nightingale's) Listening to music when sketching a new design Stargazing Console games Pizza Galettes Trying new powers Writing Luka Couffaine Her friends and family Helping others Adrien Agreste Cat Noir
Dislikes:	Failing Liars Bob Roth XY and his music Romantic comedies Being compared to Chloé Cat Noir/Mister Bug flirting at inconvenient times (formerly) Being called Bugaboo (formerly) Any girls flirting with Adrien The idea of going to jail Cat Noir talking nonsense or doing nonsense during a serious situation (formerly) Her clumsiness Horror and thriller movies Ghouls Ghosts Dangers to the citizens of her city Getting tickled Getting lost in the Metro when she was younger Her family/friends being akumatized or in danger Befana candies Adrien telling her he's in love with Chloé (her nightmare) Being bullied by Lila and Chloé Being forced to kiss Making mistakes Her father intruding on her relationships Cat Noir (formely) Tarantulas Gabriel's pancakes Being separated from Adrien Gabriel's objection to her relationship with Adrien
Alignment(s):	Good
Social Information
Birth date:	2001
Affiliations:	Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie Miraculous holders French Miraculous superhero team (leader) Kitty Section Order of the Guardians The Resistance
Residence:	The Bakery in Paris, France
Relatives:	Sabine Cheng (mother) Tom Dupain (father) Gina Bianchi (paternal grandmother) Roland Dupain (paternal grandfather) Mei Cheng (maternal grandmother) Yan Cheng (maternal grandfather) Shu Yin Cheng (maternal aunt) Wang Cheng (maternal granduncle) Loafamix the Gaul (paternal ancestor)
Friends:	Tikki Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge/Rena Furtive/Scarabella (best friend) Adrien Agreste/Aspik Cat Noir Cat Walker Wang Fu Plagg Wayzz Mullo Trixx Longg Pollen Kaalki Sass Barkk Fluff Other Kwamis Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko (best friend) Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee (formerly) Alix Kubdel/Bunnyx Luka Couffaine/Viperion Nino Lahiffe/Carapace Max Kanté/Pegasus Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey Manon Chamack Ella and Etta Césaire Chris Lahiffe Myléne Hapréle/Polymouse Juleka Couffaine/Purple Tigress Rose Lavillant/Pigella Ivan Bruel/Minotaurox Marc Anciel/Rooster Bold Nathaniel Kurtzberg/Caprikid Jagged Stone Penny Rolling Bob Roth (formerly) Clara Nightingale André Sabrina Raincomprix/Miss Hound Marianne Lenoir Aurore Beauréal Jessica Keynes/ Sparrow/Eagle Aeon/Uncanny Valley Majestia Barbara Keynes/Knightowl Dean Gate/Doorman Fei Wu/Ladydragon Mei Shi Lian Kang Jiao Harry Clown Zoé Lee/Vesperia Didier Roustan Félix Fathom/Flairmidable/Argos Socqueline Wang Jeanne d'Arc (memory) LadyLion (future) Fury (future) Myst (future) Krush (future) LadyBlue (future) Betterfly Shadybug/Ladybug Claw Noir/Paw Noir
Enemies:	Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch/Monarch Bug † Akumatized villains Mayura (formerly) Sentimonsters (formerly) Lila Rossi/Cerise Bianca (arch-rival) Chloé Bourgeois (rival, exiled to New York/London) Félix Fathom/Flairmidable/Argos (formerly) Shadybug (formerly) Claw Noir (formerly)
Love interests:	Adrien Agreste (boyfriend) Cat Noir (formerly) Cat Walker (formerly) Luka Couffaine (ex-boyfriend) Lê Chiến Kim (formerly)
Pets:	Hamster (dream pet when proposed to Adrien)
Miraculous Information
Primary WieldedMiraculous:	Ladybug Miraculous
Secondary or Temporary Miraculous:	Cat Miraculous (occasionally) Mouse Miraculous (temporarily) Fox Miraculous (temporarily) Dragon Miraculous (temporarily) Bee Miraculous (temporarily) Horse Miraculous (temporarily) Rabbit Miraculous (temporarily) Butterfly Miraculous (temporarily)
KeptMiraculous:	Fox Miraculous (formerly) Click "expand" for full list Bee Miraculous (formerly) Turtle Miraculous (formerly) Mouse Miraculous (formerly) Ox Miraculous (formerly) Tiger Miraculous (formerly) Rabbit Miraculous (formerly) Dragon Miraculous (formerly) Snake Miraculous (formerly) Horse Miraculous (formerly) Goat Miraculous (formerly) Monkey Miraculous (formerly) Rooster Miraculous (formerly) Dog Miraculous (formerly) Pig Miraculous (formerly) Cat Miraculous (occasionally) Eagle Miraculous (temporarily)
PowerSource:	Tikki Plagg (occasionally) Mullo (temporarily) Trixx (temporarily) Longg (temporarily) Pollen (temporarily) Kaalki (occasionally) Fluff (temporarily) Nooroo (temporarily)
Superhero identity:	Ladybug Lady Noire (occasionally) Multimouse (temporarily) Multifox (temporarily) Multinoir (temporarily) Multibug (temporarily) Dragonbug (temporarily) Ladybee (temporarily) Pegabug (temporarily) Pennybug (temporarily) Ladyfly (temporarily) Bug Noire (temporarily)
Akumatized identity:	Princess Justice Unmasker Panic (all temporarily; akumatization interrupted)
Kamikotized identity:	Ladybiquity (temporarily)
Powers and abilities:	Fashion design Sewing Graphic design Gaming Baking Dancing Fencing Levitation (briefly) Ladybug's Lucky Charm, Miraculous Ladybug (superpower), De-evilization and Magical Charms Lady Noire/Multinoir/Bug Noire's Cataclysm and Night Vision (occasionally) Multimouse/Multifox/ Multinoir/Multibug's Multitude (temporarily) Multifox's Mirage (temporarily) Dragonbug's Dragon Miraculous Superpower (temporarily) Ladybee's Venom (temporarily) Pegabug/Pennybug's Voyage (occasionally) Ladyfly's Kamikotization (temporarily) Pennybug's Burrow (temporarily)
Weapons:	Ladybug/Multibug/ Dragonbug/Ladybee/ Pegabug/Pennybug's/ Bug Noire's yo-yo Lady Noire/Bug Noire's staff (occasionally) Multimouse/Multifox/ Multinoir/Multibug's skip rope (temporarily) Multifox's flute (temporarily) Dragonbug's sword (temporarily) Ladybee's spinning top (temporarily) Pegabug/Pennybug's horseshoe (occasionally) Ladyfly's cane (temporarily)
Alignment:	Good

“	You're gonna PAY FOR THAT, PSYCOMEDIAN!!!!!!!!	”
—Ladybug to Psycomedian, "Psycomedian"

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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is one of the two titular main protagonists (alongside Adrien Agreste) of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir and Miraculous World. She is a former student in Miss Bustier's class at Collège Françoise Dupont in Paris, France, and a budding fashion designer who wants to have her own brand one day.

With the Ladybug Miraculous, when inhabited by Tikki, Marinette transforms into the superheroine Ladybug, who gains the power of creation in order to stop Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch and his akumatized villains. She is also the leader of the French Miraculous superhero team.

In "Syren", after Wang Fu translated the Grimoire in order to find a way to give Ladybug and Cat Noir the ability to transform into different powered up forms, he was able to make the potion that grants the aqua form. Marinette is able to use it to become Aquabug, which happens to give her a specially modified aqua suit with fins on her feet, granting her the enhanced swimming capabilities, as well as allowing her to breathe and speak underwater.

In "Frozer" when the titular akumatized supervillain froze over Paris to turn the city into his domain, Marinette used Master Fu's Magicaroons to transform into Lady Ice, which gives her a specially modified ice suit with skates on her feet, granting her enhanced skating capabilities as well as allowing her to stand subzero temperatures.

In "Reflekdoll", Marinette temporarily obtained the Cat Miraculous, which, when inhabited by Plagg, was able to transform her into the black cat-themed superheroine named Lady Noire, thus granting her the power of destruction.

In "Kwamibuster", after Tikki was captured by the titular akumatized supervillain, Marinette wore multiple Miraculouses, but only activated the Mouse Miraculous in order to become Multimouse, a mouse-themed superhero. In the same episode, Multimouse's various copies were able to transform when the Mouse Miraculous was combined with the Ladybug, Cat, and Fox Miraculous in order to become Multibug, Multinoir, and Multifox respectively.

In "Feast", after successfully defeating the sentimonster that was controlled by both Hawk Moth and Mayura, Wang Fu began to train Marinette in order to pass off his title as "Master" onto her, and appoint her as the New Guardian of the Miraculouses.

In "Ladybug", after being expelled from school due to being falsely framed by Lila Rossi, she was nearly akumatized by Scarlet Moth into Princess Justice. However, her akumatization was interrupted, partially because of Catalyst's illness from the damaged Peacock Miraculous, thus leaving it half-completed.

In "Miracle Queen", after Miracle Queen brainwashed the temporary Miraculous holders to be her slaves, Marinette unified the Dragon Miraculous with the Ladybug Miraculous, becoming Dragonbug. Since then, Marinette officially became the new Guardian of the Miraculouses after Master Fu relinquished his role as Guardian.

In "Miraculous World: New York - United Heroez", after Mr. Ramier was re-akumatized into Mr. Pigeon for the 51st time, Ladybug became Cosmobug to stop Mr. Pigeon from taking over the moon for him and his pigeons. Cosmobug has the power to travel long distances swiftly via flight, including in space.

In "Gang of Secrets", after defeating the titular akumatized supervillain group with help from Rena Rouge, who rejected her akumatization into Lady Wifi, Marinette was finally able to confide in her friends and apologize for not telling them what was wrong with her. But when Alya knew that there was something more to Marinette's story, she stayed behind, learning through Marinette's confession that she's Ladybug.

In "Mr. Pigeon 72", after defeating Mr. Pigeon for the 72nd time with the help from Plagg and Rena Rouge, the latter helped Ladybug expand the limits of her power, thus gaining a new costume and the ability to create Magical Charms that are able to protect people from reakumatizations.

In "Optigami", in order to immobilize Style Queen, Marinette unified the Bee Miraculous with the Ladybug Miraculous in order to become Lady Bee. It is also revealed that Alya is Marinette's heir presumptive to becoming the next guardian of the Miracle Box.

In "Sentibubbler", in order to free herself from the bubble that the titular sentimonster put her in and to take the amokized coffee cup Shadow Moth is using to control Sentibubbler, Marinette unified the Horse Miraculous with the Ladybug Miraculous to become Pegabug.

In "Strikeback", after mistakenly believing Félix to be Adrien, Marinette unified the Ladybug, Horse, and Rabbit Miraculouses, becoming Pennybug, to reach him in the train and travel in time to figure out Risk's akumatized item. However, the mistake of giving a Miraculous to Félix resulted in him betraying her, stealing her yo-yo and giving it to his uncle, Gabriel Agreste, for the Peacock Miraculous, causing him to obtain all the Miraculous in the Chinese Miracle Box, except for Cat Noir's and hers.

In "Miraculous Paris", in order to counter Monarch's trap, Ladybug formulated a plan that involved the creation of two kamikotized heroes, so, after Betterfly kamikotized Alya into Ubiquity, he lent his Miraculous to her, who fused it with her Ladybug Miraculous to become Ladyfly. Later on, when Monarch threatened to invade other universes to get the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses, Ladybug allowed Betterfly to kamikotize her into Ladybiquity, getting similar powers to Ubiquity to stop Monarch from going into other worlds.

In "Passion", to avoid Safari's venom bolts, Marinette temporarily used the Cat Miraculous and once again became Lady Noire.

In "Reunion", when in need of advice regarding the possibility of having a romantic relationship with Cat Noir, Marinette learned the true purpose of the kwagatama she received from Tikki, being it to come in contact with the memories of the past holders of the Ladybug Miraculous. Using it on a sigil of the Order of the Guardians left on a statue of a past Ladybug Miraculous holder, Marinette came in contact with Jeanne d'Arc, a past holder of the Ladybug Miraculous holder that had a romance with a past Cat Miraculous holder.

In "Elation", after Cat Noir didn't return her love for him, fearing he would hurt her feelings as she didn't know who he is, she was nearly akumatized by Monarch into Unmasker. However, her akumatization was interrupted by a kiss from Cat Noir, causing her desire to override her anger and heartbreak and releasing the akuma.

In "Derision", when Marinette returned to the spot of her first heartbreak during her first real date with Adrien, it caused her traumatized memories of Chloé's bullying the previous school year to return as well, leading her to have a big panic attack and once again nearly be akumatized by Monarch, now into Panic. However, her akumatization was rejected when she fully understood what happened in her past and made peace with it.

In "Revolution", after seeing all the Parisians willingly stand up and fight injustice with their own hands and refuse to turn their backs on Ladybug and Cat Noir, Marinette evolved her powers, and now, she doesn't de-transform after using her powers, and is able to cast as many Lucky Charms as she pleases without the need to recharge. After Adrien finally told Marinette he had to leave Paris, despite being devastated over it, she refused to break her promise to him and raced to the airport, where both finally shared their first kiss before being forcibly separated and watching his plane take off. When Chloé called her to taunt her about it, Marinette slapped some hard truths on her about being powerless now, making the former cry after the latter hung up on her.

In "Representation", when following Félix, believing him to be Adrien, to the school's art room, she discovered through Félix and Kagami's play the backstories of the Graham de Vanily, Fathom, and Agreste families and that Adrien and his cousin Félix are sentimonsters.

In "Conformation", Ladybug went to the Agreste mansion to talk to Nathalie, but encountered Monarch. She then finally discovered that Gabriel Agreste was Monarch, came face to face in battle with him, and unified the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses to become Bug Noire.

In "Re-creation", she finally defeated Monarch, but was later paralyzed by him when she de-transformed to persuade him to give up, and he took the two Miraculouses. He later used them to summon Gimmi and make his wish, sacrificing himself in order to be reunited with his wife and heal his assistant, Nathalie. She later recovered all of the Miraculouses, restored them to their previous forms, and permanently gave them to her allies, ensuring that a supervillain won't steal them all again. However, Marinette was unable to find the Butterfly Miraculous as unbeknownst to her, Cerise Bianca somehow managed to get her hands on it and plans to use it for revenge.

Appearance

Physical appearance

Marinette is an attractive teenage girl with a slim and shapely body. She stands at average height, and is noted to be a quarter French and a quarter Italian (both by her father's side) and half Chinese (by her mother's side).

She has a fair skin tone followed by shoulder-length black hair with blue reflections that are always seen tied back in pigtails, light pink lips, bright bluebell eyes, and light freckles on both sides and the bridge of her nose.

In "Cat Blanc", "Heart Hunter", "Determination" and "Derision", when Marinette has her hair down, the full length of her hair reaches down to her shoulders.

In "Reflekta" (pictured), "Animaestro", "Kwamibuster", "Derision", "Emotion", "Revolution" and "Representation", Marinette has her hair in a bun. According to the "Miraculous Secrets card game", she "wears her 2 pigtails in memory of a very good friend from school who is sadly no longer at her school" and Derision confirms that this very good friend is Socqueline Wang.

Civilian attire

Marinette wears a very dark gray blazer with rolled-up sleeves; the inside of the blazer is lined in white with light fuchsia polka dots, and it has black trimming. Underneath, she wears a white t-shirt with black stitching and a flower design below the collar. The design itself has pink flowers and black leaves. She wears pink rolled-up loose jeans and light pink ballet flats with reddish brown soles. She also sports black earrings that also serve as her Miraculous when Tikki inhabits them. She often wears a light pink purse with a thin black strap over her right shoulder. She also wears her Kwagatama necklace under her t-shirt.

In the flashback in "Derision", Marinette wore light blue jeans instead of her current pink one. The change is because Chloé Bourgeois made her favorite blue jeans covered in green paint as part of a prank in the school year prior to the show's events.

As Ladybug

Marinette transforming into Ladybug.

She wears a red superhero jumpsuit covered in black spots and a black collar/turtleneck. According to Marinette in "Marinette's Double Life", her suit is made out of indestructible fabric. When not in use, she keeps her yo-yo around her hips with a red string. On her face is a red mask with five black spots that are in a symmetrical design, and the waterlines of her eyes are colored black. Her earrings are red with five black spots in a quincunx pattern, and the bands holding her hair back become red ribbons, resembling a ladybug's antennas or a ladybug flying when she's moving.

Modified suit

Ladybug's modified suit.

As of "Mr. Pigeon 72", when Ladybug uses her Lucky Charm most of her costume remains the same and bears some resemblance to Mister Bug's costume except she has solid black coloring on her hands, the bottom of her feet, her waist to upper thighs, and arms where the spots are inverted. Her collar switches from completely black to swan-necked and red with a black lining and a small ladybug-shaped zipper connected to the front of her costume similar to Cat Noir's bell. Her pigtails and hair ribbons become longer and gains a pair of blue ribbons, but after using her Miraculous Ladybug, she reverts back to her normal appearance.

As Lady Noire

The costume of Lady Noire was very similar to Cat Noir; she wore a dark gray catsuit with fluorescent green accents on her knees, forearms, waist, and neck. She had black gloves on her forearms with claws and a fluorescent green band that went down a bit and a black ball, and her black collar was a little open at the neck and had a fluorescent green band that went down to the poitrine and a black ball in the lower part of the neck. Around the waist, there was a black belt with a fluorescent green band in the middle at the right leg, a black button with a fluo-green cat, and a fluorescent green son with a black ball hanging. Her black fluo-green boots went all the way up to the knee, with a small flowing green band in the heel, and ended with small black triangular platform shoes. She had floor-length black hair that was styled in a single braid, which made it look like a tail (similar to Cat Noir's belt). She also had cat ears on her head with fluorescent green accents and a black mask. Lady Noire had the same green eyes as Cat Noir, with the green sclera and slitted pupils. Like her yo-yo, Lady Noire kept her staff attached to her hip when not in use.

As Multimouse

Multimouse wore a gray, pink, and black bodysuit. She wore her hair in Odango-style twin buns, which resembled mouse ears. She also wore her Miraculous, a necklace, around her neck. Her mask was gray at the top and pink with a black border at the bottom. She wore black gloves that were a little above her elbows and had a thick pink horizontal stripe at the end. She also wore black boots that were above knee-level with a thick pink horizontal stripe.

As Multifox

Multifox essentially looked the same as Multimouse, but all the pink accents on Multimouse became orange, and she had a white section on her chest similar to Rena Rouge as a result of the Fox Miraculous influence. Her head bands also became orange as well.

As Multibug

Multibug essentially looked the same as Multimouse, but her suit gained black spots on the grey part, and all the pink accents on Multimouse became red as a result of the Ladybug Miraculous influence. Her mask also got five black spots that were in a symmetrical design, and the pink section became red. Her head bands turned red as well.

As Multinoir

Multinoir essentially looked the same as Multimouse, but all the pink accents on Multimouse became black as a result of the Cat Miraculous influence. The pink section of her mask also became black. Her head bands became black as well.

As Dragon Bug

Dragon Bug wore a suit with traits from both Ladybug and Ryuko's design, with the right side being red with black spots with a yellow outline with a black line with a yellow outline wrapping around the leg and the forearm and ending on the foot and the hand, respectively. The left side was black with red spots with a yellow outline, but with the leg and the forearm being red with the same line, but ending on the ankle and wrist, respectively. She had a black collar/turtleneck with a yellow edge (where she had the Dragon Miraculous), and on her chest, over a black spot, she had the images that represented the three elements she controlled: lightning, air, and water. On the back of her head, she had four red dragon-like horns (two pairs of conjoined horns on each side) with black tips with a thick yellow outlining and, on her back, she had a holder for her sword. On her face, she wore a red mask around her eyes with three spots and a yellow and black outline at the base of the sides.

As Lady Bee

She wore a suit that possessed traits from both the Ladybug and Bee Miraculouses. Most of her suit was red with black spots that had a yellow outline and a black line at the front of her body. The area of the hips, the upper arm, half of the forearm, and the collar were black with yellow stripes at the edges. The upper half of her mask was red with black spots with a yellow outline and the lower half is yellow and black. She wore her hair back in a ponytail which was curled to resemble a bee's stinger at the ends, tied with a black hairband, with two black antennae-like ribbons sticking out from the hairband, and a streak of yellow hair curled into the end of her ponytail, along with a small streak of red. She wore both the yo-yo and the spinning top around the hips when not using them.

As Pegabug

Pegabug wore a suit that possessed traits from both the Ladybug and Horse Miraculouses. Most of her suit was red with black spots, but the front was completely white, with a white horseshoe over her chest. Most of her upper arms and the upper side of her forearms were dark brown, while the rest of her forearm and hands were white with dark brown fingers. Her legs were white with a gradient effect, with black spots with the soles of her feet being dark brown and her face mask remains the same, except for a white middle spot on top of the black one. Her hair was tied in a ponytail with a red hairband with two red antennae-like ribbons sticking out from the hairband and the ends of her ponytail hair were white. She possessed as well two pairs of gold wing-like ornaments with white edges with one pair located on each side of her head and the other on each outer ankle. Her horseshoe was located on her back, while her yo-yo was around her waist.

As Pennybug

Pennybug wore a suit that possessed traits from the Ladybug, Horse, and Rabbit Miraculouses. Most of her suit was red with black spots, but the front was white still covered by black spots, with a white horseshoe over her chest and a white cotton ball attached to the front of her neck. The hands, forearms, lower part of the arm, feet, legs, and thighs were black with white spots, with her having a light blue wing-like ornament with white edges on each outer ankle and big shoulder pads with black spots that has one big white spot at each end. Her hair was tied in two ponytails, each with a bun, along with a rabbit ear-like ornament in the shape of a wing with a light-blue, black and white interior. Her horseshoe was located on her back, while her yo-yo was around her waist.

As Ladyfly

Ladyfly wore a suit with traits from the Ladybug and the Butterfly Miraculouses. The torso, hips and thighs kept the Ladybug suit of red, but with dark magenta spots, and the same went for the face mask, however with those parts also possessing hues of purple shining on them. The thighs had dark magenta around them above the knee and ascending until halfway on the outer side with a red spot. Her shoulders were purple, but possessed a dark magenta cover connected to the costume with V-neck collar (with the Butterfly Miraculous beneath it), with two lines descending from it through the costume around the torso, and then connecting with thicker dark magenta lines originating from the back and ending below the abdomen, having two red spots (one on each side, aligned) at the front, with two thinner lines coming out from it at the back ascending until below the shoulder cover. She wore magenta gloves up until below the shoulders, each with a red spot at the top, and purple knee-high boots with a red spot at the top of each of them. She had her hair tied with pigtails with red ribbons with dark magenta edges at the shape of butterfly wings, each side representing one half set and having one purple spot on each end (both top and under) of the bigger "wings". Her cane, when not in use, was located at her back.

As Bug Noire

Bug Noire wore a suit with traits from the Ladybug and the Cat Miraculouses, a true fusion of her Ladybug and Lady Noire forms. Most of her suit was red with black spots, but with solid black coloring from the neck to her arms, and from her upper thighs down to her feet, with a small gradient of fluorescent green spots going from bigger to smaller on both of her shoulders and from the middle of her thighs down to her knees, as well as thick fluorescent green lines surrounding the edges of the black parts. Both the insides of her hands were red, and the soles of her feet were fluorescent green with black cat-paw prints. Her mask retained the same color and pattern as her mask as Ladybug, but was shaped like her mask as Lady Noire. She also wore black triangular platform shoes. Atop of her head, she had black cat ears with green and red details. She had green eyes, with four small black dots on her irises in a quincunx pattern. Her hair became black and was divided into 3 braids: a longer, floor-length one, and two shorter ones that ended around her hips, all 3 being tied at the end with red ribbons. Her yo-yo became black with fluorescent green spots, and her staff became black with the cat claw turning red.

As Ladybiquity

Ladybiquity wore a suit with traits from the Ladybug Miraculous and Ubiquity's. Her suit conjugates a contrast between magenta and purple with white dots. While her front and the back of her waist are magenta, the rest of her costume (her lower forearms, shoulders, lower legs and back) is purple. Her magenta mask covers her eyes with three white spots shrinking in size further down her face. Her hair is styled with two long twin tails with white hair ties protruding outwards, resembling a ladybug's antennas or a ladybug flying when she's moving. She wears purple headphones with the ears covered by large round objects with white spots arranged in a quincunx pattern.She also has a clear purple cape attached to her arms and back.

For more of Marinette's outfits and designs, see Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Designs.

Personality

Marinette is a sweet, outgoing, young, and joyful girl who loves fashion, her friends, family, and Adrien Agreste (her crush), who describes her as honest, kind, fair, and the type not to cheat. She is very helpful towards those who have insecurities, such as; Juleka Couffaine, who thought she had a "class photo curse", and Marc Anciel, who was too afraid to share his creative writing. According to Clara Nightingale, Marinette has a pure heart. She cares deeply for other people, usually putting their feelings and interests even before her own, in some cases at a personal cost. Despite being genuinely kind, she has her limits, such as when she gets irritated with Chloé Bourgeois to the point that she refuses to continue guarding her against the Evillustrator as Ladybug.

Marinette frustrated at her situation.

Despite her outgoing and sympathetic personality, Marinette struggles with self-confidence and self-esteem. Before being Ladybug, she was more nervous and didn't oppose others, but her confidence grew considerably since then such as talking with Adrien and standing up for others. In urgent situations, she becomes very nervous, clumsy, a bit awkward, and quick to panic which includes approaching her crush, trouble-choosing between her love interests, when in contact with major celebrities if she thinks others do a better job compared to herself or losing something that will expose her secret identity. She once had an unhealthy obsession with Adrien, a male model who is in her class. In "Perfection", with Kagami's help Marinette starts to figure out that her lack of confidence and self-esteem come from a fear of being not good enough. From "Derision", it also comes from out of the fear of being hurt and humiliated again as Marinette was the year before.

Marinette unintentionally accuses her classmates of theft.

Marinette can act impulsively and irrationally at times, as shown when she deflected the false accusation of "stealing" Chloé's bracelet onto others who are also innocent. She is willing to do several risky tasks in order to protect her image, like erasing an embarrassing message on Adrien's phone by stealing it. More so when she expresses jealousy whenever other girls such as Chloé or Lila Rossi flirt with Adrien, even abusing her powers as Ladybug to keep them away or forgetting to detransform in the first place. However, Marinette learns from her mistakes and becomes a more open-minded, understanding person. She also takes advice from others very well, whether it is family or friends, as seen throughout the series. According to Marinette in "Family", as her civilian self-personality wise, she takes after her father, having her great uncle's creative side and her grandfather's fear of change.

Ladybug preparing to jump and attack.

As Ladybug, Marinette retains many of her alter ego's characteristics, but she is much stronger. Her confidence and bravery come out more prominently. According to Cat Noir, she can be stubborn at times, especially when she isn't easily convinced. While almost all of Ladybug's plans are effective, they tend to be complex and rather bizarre. She is more cautious and careful than Cat Noir, sometimes needing to restrain or stop him from doing hasty acts seen in several episodes. Only on rare occasions, she can act hasty, especially if she is in a rush to do something or multiple things at once or being quick to assume like in "Kuro Neko", when she mistook the titular sentimonster for an akumatized Cat Noir. She believes that a great superhero always listens to their head, meaning that she isn't easily fooled or swayed by deceptions and lies.

Ladybug strives to rescue everyone, including those akumatized by Hawk Moth. She usually tries to persuade the supervillains to calm down and stop their rampage when she can. She is aware that there is a line between justice and revenge believing that honesty and justice don't mean anything if you're pressured into doing it, like as she did with Bob in "Silencer". She acknowledges that good things come by doing good actions and that not all problems can be solved by wishing them away like Hawk Moth hopes, especially at the expense of hurting the innocent. She also values the lives of others more than material possessions. Similar to her partner, through her lifestyle, she isn't tempted by power because Marinette understands that her life can be great without it. However, for a long time, her obsession for Adrien got in the way of saving people.

Marinette takes her image, Miraculous powers, and those of others very seriously as Ladybug. Such as when fighting against Hawk Moth's villains, compared to Cat Noir's laid-back and goofy personality, and more so at Chloé for using her powers to create a fake accident, that could have led to a serious one. It took the most critical point in "Revolution", when one of her moral codes as a hero was used against her but also realized even if it is that the person must still stand and do what is right. Given these traits, Adrien claims that her civilian form is funnier than Ladybug. But she is also sensitive about her image, such as getting annoyed at Chloé playing her alter ego in Clara Nightingale's music video, a little angry when Nora doubted her abilities, and even attacking Miraculer impulsively after the latter tauntingly mimicked her. Although she can get exasperated with Cat Noir if he jokes too much, she handles it calmly at times and enjoys teasing him or others. Similar to Cat Noir, she is clever with her words and occasionally enjoys making puns. According to Marinette in "Family", as her alter ego personality-wise, she takes after her mother and her grandmother Gina's adventurous spirit.

Marinette refuses to let Alya discover her secret identity.

As her alter ego, Marinette strives to keep her personal and superhero lives separate to protect herself and her loved ones. Still, she aims to be honest with others in other ways, like with Cat Noir about not having romantic feelings for him and seeking advice from others. No matter her difficult tasks, Marinette does everything she can to set things right as Ladybug while keeping up with her everyday responsibilities, like studying, designing things, and more. There are exceptions to the rule such as when she mixed up her duties to her former master and her personal plans, like her letter to Adrien. She also has occasional problems inventing excuses for her absences to her friends, teachers, and parents. When off duty like Cat Noir, Ladybug has learned to relax and have fun.

As a duo, she is cool, calm, and level-headed, but does let personal matters take over sometimes as she voiced her frustrations at Cat Noir during a fight leading to her doubts about trusting him during the "New York Special", and then an accident. As time went on Ladybug realized that she and Cat Noir would have to include others in their work with them following her as the leader and adopting a caring protective mother figure role. Doing so Ladybug doesn't see them as sidekicks but as friends and extremely values their support. She is also great at giving advice to others when they need it and shows great care for them and their loved ones when in danger such as when Chloé and Kagami, were suspended from their team roles as the cost of revealing their identities to Hawk Moth. According to Cat Walker in "Kuro Neko", as team leader, Ladybug doesn't play favorites and cares for everyone equally. Also, she learned to take suggestions, and ideas and to follow the lead of others when the situation calls for it such as in "Stormy Weather" and "Psycomedian", following Cat Noir's lead when she became more aggressive and irrational than normal, fierce boarding reckless.

After taking on guardian duties, Ladybug still continued to accept the help of her allies both old and new understanding that the rules are slowly changing. And yet, she became overprotective of and bordering afraid for Cat Noir, herself, and others as well as affecting her friendship and partnership with him unknowingly acting like her archenemy by keeping him out of the loop, taking him for granted, calling the other heroes excessively or not trusting him to retrieve the Miraculous from the holders whose identities he knows unaware that he wanted to protect her to but in the opposite direction. To the point of be very controlling in "Penalteam", trying to keep the ball, which caused her team to lose for the first part of the match. She fully realizes her and other mistakes, after Hawk Moth stole all the Miraculous in the Miracle Box (except for hers and Cat Noir's), feeling immense guilt believing what she deserved until Cat Noir reminds her that she still has him, the faith of all Parisians and ensured her they will retrieve all of the Miraculous, and make sure they are not stolen again inspiring her with the hope to keep fighting.

With the loss of the Miraculous, her confidence as Ladybug has shaken to where she occasionally hesitates and becomes sensitive at the mention of it especially missing the kwamis and the rest of the team.

Despite the fact that being Ladybug had allowed her to meet Tikki and save people, Marinette started to grow tired and stressed about keeping her two lives separate and having to lie to everyone she loves, eventually causing her to break down and cry to Luka about her problems. While on occasion, she rarely breaks down as Ladybug, often voicing her doubts and mistakes to Cat Noir during their hardest times. She felt more of the strain in her civilian life as she took the mantle of the guardian, causing her to break down, even more, realizing she can't have a love life or be honest with anyone; effectively condemning herself to a cage of lies until Shadow Moth is no longer a threat.

Speaking of her tasks as the Guardian, Marinette worked relentlessly to decode the grimoire and was very determined to stop Hawk Moth from re-akumatizing people. However, she is also stressed out more and struggled to balance everything to the point where she constantly lies to her parents and friends. Because of this, Marinette started to act out like Gabriel such as when she resorted to using drastic measures such as not telling Luka the truth and calling off her friendships with her friends, both instances lead to them being akumatized. It was there that Marinette, after breaking off with Luka and making up to her friends, she decided to let Alya in on her secret of being Ladybug. After gaining help from Alya in "Mr. Pigeon 72", she has a deeper understanding of her powers and when using them she was happy about protecting people even further. Through it, she calmed down and started to see the flaws in others. Unlike Hawk Moth, Marinette has let go of past mistakes as she wasn't angry at Master Fu for losing the two Miraculouses leading to now, and in "Furious Fu" not blaming herself for Fu's condition knowing that he wouldn't want her to do that as others still needed her. However, because of the big burden, she has as the guardian, similar to Master Fu, Ladybug becomes very protective of the Miraculous under her care.

And yet, the burden of being the guardian wasn't the only thing that made her behave the way she did it was Hawk Moth's relentless hunting of her and Cat Noir. Over time she had grown more aware of Hawk Moth's deceptive and super sneaky nature to the point where she had nightmares and was afraid of what he was going to do if he found out when she let others in on her secrets and has the power to back it up. Despite burdening herself to keep everyone else safe she had forgotten it works both ways as no one else wants to see her suffer for them. Because of her archenemy, she understood what the other guardians, Miraculous holders, and kwamis felt knowing what it's like to be hunted.

Unknowingly because of her archenemy, she learned what happens when one obsesses over their own desires and that you not only hurt yourself but others too. Such as earlier in the series, Marinette would have been all over Adrien but in "Mr. Pigeon 72", she forces Kagami to see him, but in "Crocoduel", she goes to great lengths to avoid seeing Luka. Her love obsession caused many problems, such as in "Desperada", where her emotional preference caused her to give Adrien the Snake Miraculous, even though Luka was a much better fit. And causing the kwamis' capture and with that being the last straw Marinette gives up her love for Adrien for the sake of her people. However, in trying to shut off her love affections she goes denial crazy again from running away from her feelings to desperately wanting a guy to love her back even to almost foolishly accepting Monarch's offer aware that everything would end in disaster if not for Cat Noir. As well as because of her archenemy's influence in "Derision", as both sought easier ways out of their problems but were short-sided and yet Marinette accepted the outcome and followed her friend's example.

As Lady Noire, Marinette retained most of her personality as Ladybug, like her cautiousness and creativity. She took after her partner's sense of humor, cunning, and charm, with Mister Bug believing that she was the one wearing the clown suit. Returning as Lady Noire again, she adopted more of her partner's persona, becoming flirty.

Like Adrien when he was Aspik, as Multimouse, while trying to protect her identity as Ladybug, Marinette was trustworthy, faithful, and clever. However, she pretended to be a klutz and "revealed" her identity in front of Cat Noir so he wouldn't think that Marinette is Ladybug.

As her adult alter ego, according to Bunnyx, Marinette will grow into a wise, calm, strong, and confident leader, meaning that she isn't impulsive and irrational. Such as when she comforted Bunnyx, telling her that their fight wasn't over, easily figuring out she had a message from her younger self, and after Timetagger's defeat, she confidently told her younger self that they'll always be able to save the day.

Abilities

As a civilian

For a list of things made by Marinette, see List of Marinette's creations.

Marinette working on a derby hat.

Marinette has exceptional talent in fashion design, able to sketch ideas in a notebook after getting inspired by her surroundings and sewing by hand or with a machine. She usually wears her own creations and makes clothing for others. She also can create graphic designs using a computer, such as album covers. Her skills in this field are exceptional for an amateur, such as when her pigeon-styled derby hat was good enough to be recognized by the famous professional designer, Gabriel Agreste, despite the fact that she had never made one before. According to Audrey Bourgeois, the harshest fashion critic, she didn't see other talents as great as Gabriel Agreste until she met Marinette. She also wants to become a fashion designer when she grows up. Since "Reflekdoll", Marinette is working on a website to show off her designs.

Although she is absent-minded, Marinette is clever and quick-thinking, as shown when she hid her signature in her hat when Chloé stole her design, which exposed her. Many of her friends describe "she is always able to come up with the right plan at the right time". Despite being amnesiac from the effects of Oblivio's powers, she outsmarted the villain while they were looking for her and Adrien. Ladybug's resourcefulness is more obvious when she is figuring out how to utilize her Lucky Charm, most of her plans being outside the box yet risky and complicated. She also has good instincts, as she told Cat Noir, that revealing their identities would have to wait until Hawk Moth was defeated, meaning she understood what her archenemy is capable of if he found out. By putting the clues together, she figured out, despite being deceived, Hawk Moth's identity and also managed to trick Cat Noir into believing she isn't Ladybug. To the point where her instincts and intuition have developed so much that even Su-Han had praised it with marks calling it an essential quality for being a guardian. According to her in "Hawk Moth and the Akumatized Villains", due to not knowing what villain will come their way, the type of powers they have, or how strong said villain is, forces her and the team to adapt shown in "Ephemeral" and countless other episodes. According to Alya, Marinette always gets a high score on school tests. Ms. Bustier said that she had answered each question on the last test correctly.

Even in her civilian form, Marinette has high stamina, endurance, and agility, running long distances without stopping in several episodes. She is naturally flexible, being even more flexible as Ladybug because of her enhanced physical abilities. She is also quite stealthy, frequently sneaking up on Adrien and other people without being noticed. Marinette is very good at sports, being quite good at ice skating and dancing. She has good reflexes, being on par with Adrien despite fencing for the first time. With practicing from Kagami, Marinette has the potential to be a good fencer. In "Kwamibuster", due to her high stamina, endurance, and mental resistance, Marinette was able to handle the strain and/or use of multiple Miraculous at one time with minor fatigue. To the point where she even induced with the power of the nightmare plague, she was able to have the mentally to keep the power of the Black Cat in check far better than her partner.

From Master Fu, Marinette learned the history of the kwamis and their Miraculouses. Her knowledge extends to the spells such as the incantation needed for the wish-granting power of the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses. However, as Fu's understanding is limited, Marinette's training might be incomplete. But Master Fu knew that Marinette would figure out everything she needed to know about the Miraculous and grow stronger as a hero, she became the new Guardian of the Miraculous.

Marinette is very skilled at video games, easily beating Max at Ultimate Mecha Strike III and getting the highest score in the entire school. While playing with Adrien, she quickly wins the round they were playing. When playing with both boys, while the boys seem to be tense, and concentrating really hard, Marinette is the complete opposite. Unlike them, her expression is calm and collected, showing how easy and effortless it is for her to win.

As complimented by Adrien, Marinette is an excellent baker. She knows both approaches, modern and traditional, to baking, as well as how to handle cooking facilities. She makes "magicaroons" for Tikki, containing all the power-ups from the Miraculous spellbook. According to Marinette herself in "Pretension", she has been working in her parents' bakery for so long that she knows how good something is without eating it. Despite her being terrified afterwards, she had the courage to stand up to Gabriel. In "The Puppeteer", it is revealed that Marinette can whistle. Not as good as Lila, she is adequate at acting or deceiving people, especially akumatized villains, as a part of her plans to defeat and save them.

In "Determination", Marinette knows how to speak Spanish, she is also working on learning Mandarin Chinese with her mother's help and Adrien's. She is learning how to play the guitar with Luka's help.

Marinette is an exceptional driver for her age, despite not having much experience in "Reverser", she is good at flying a kite. In "Gorizilla" and "Lies", she knows how to drive a remote-controlled helicopter and a drone. Due to her spending time with her grandmother, she learned how to ride a scooter bike in "Queen Banana". In "Dearest Family", Marinette gets a pink scooter bike from her grandmother, since she thought it was her birthday even though it was three months ago. "Jubilation" is the first time she's seen riding it.

As Ladybug

Ladybug is ready for action.

Ladybug has much more enhanced physical abilities, such as speed and agility. These abilities allow her to react to and evade light-based attacks, as well as jump and leap several times her height and length. Similar to a real ladybug, she can climb up and walk on surfaces without her yo-yo. Her increased strength allows her to do things such as using her yo-yo to pull a large robot onto the ground, as well as break Cat Noir's nearly unbreakable staff and an oyster's pearl using only her fingers. Her near-invulnerability and great durability to physical damage allow her to jump off of 2 story buildings and land without issue and survive a fall off of one, as well as seemingly survive a fall at the height of at least several stories. She can even handle temperatures as severe as absolute 0. Ladybug is skilled in hand-to-hand combat when fighting villains or Cat Noir when he ends up being controlled by one. Her combat skills have improved so much that she can fight blindfolded with ease in "Psycomedian". Even out of "Aqua Mode", she is a good swimmer.

Ladybug throwing her yo-yo.

Ladybug has remarkable talent with wielding her yo-yo, like using it as a grappling hook, a rope to restrain others, a projectile, a slicer even against solid materials, and a shield if she spins it fast enough. Her yo-yo also can work as a breathing apparatus for those who can't breathe underwater like herself. After an akuma or amok is released from its corrupted object, Ladybug can open her yo-yo to catch it and remove the energy charged with it, releasing it into its original form. In other episodes, she can fight exceptionally well with other weapons besides her yo-yo and is good at dual wielding despite having little to no training.

Ladybug calls upon her Lucky Charm.

Her special power, Lucky Charm, creates an object that helps her to achieve her goal, often being to stop a villain. Though usually confused at first, her creativity and cleverness help enable her to perceive where the object can be used to help her achieve her goal. However, from "Origins" to "Collusion", Lucky Charm drained her power and reverted her back to Marinette shortly afterwards, so she had to use it wisely. But, after the events of "Revolution", that is not the case anymore, and she can cast as many Lucky Charms as she wants without transforming back. Once the villain is dealt with, Ladybug can throw her Lucky Charm object into the air and use the Miraculous Ladybug, which will make it revert to an enormous swarm of ladybugs and fix all of the damage done since the villain appeared.

Because she has the power of creation, Ladybug is the one that sets the limits of her power. This is shown when Ladybug, determined to stop other people from being akumatized, is able to expand her powers, gaining a new costume and the ability to create magical charms that are able to prevent re-akumatizations to those who receive them.

As Aquabug

Aquabug has enhanced swimming capabilities due to the fins on her feet as well as the ability to breathe and speak underwater.

As Lady Ice

Lady Ice has enhanced skating capabilities as well as the ability to handle extremely low temperatures.

As Cosmobug

Cosmobug has the ability to survive at high altitudes and in space as well as the ability move freely and quickly while up in the air due to her jetpack.

As Lady Noire

Marinette transforming into Lady Noire while as Reflekta.

Lady Noire had the same abilities as her partner, such as more enhanced skills, like speed, agility, and strength, that she was almost invulnerable to physical damage. She had enhanced senses such as hearing, smell, night vision, and super stealth like a cat.

Like Cat Noir, Lady Noire could use her staff efficiently, wielding it as a sword, being able to spin it at high speeds to form a shield, and taking advantage of its length-changing features. To travel long distances, she used her staff and its variety in length to vault over obstacles.

Her special power, Cataclysm, allowed her to negatively affect anything that she touched with her ring hand. While it was usually used to destroy objects, it could be used for a variety of different effects. However, from "Reflekdoll" to "Collusion", Cataclysm drained her power and reverted her back to Marinette shortly afterwards, so she had to use it wisely. But, after the events of "Revolution", that was not the case anymore, and she could cast as many Cataclysms as she wanted without transforming back.

As Multimouse

Marinette transforms into Multimouse in Kwamibuster.

Multimouse had much more enhanced skills, such as speed, agility, and strength, and she is almost invulnerable to physical damage.

Her special power, Multitude, allowed her to turn into a number of tiny clones of herself. The clones were small, a lot smaller compared to the Kwamis. In order to activate her power, Multimouse took several jumps using her skip rope, which made the bottom section of her legs shine and her tiny clones were created and started to appear. As the original size started to shrink and decrease, Multimouse had the ability to divide herself into smaller clones. All of them had the same costume, including the Miraculous, but the original one wore all of the Miraculouses, creating a difference between the rest of them.

As Multifox

Besides the powers she had as Multimouse, Multifox possessed the power Mirage. She divided herself into tiny clones and gave the Fox Miraculous to one of the clones. By playing her flute, she produced an orange ball of energy at the far end of it and then threw it to create a hyper-realistic illusion. This illusion could disappear when touched or when Multifox undid it by shouting out "Reality".

As Multinoir

Besides the powers she had as Multimouse, Multinoir possessed the power Cataclysm. As Cat Noir gave her the Miraculous, she wore it around her waist. It allowed her to negatively affect anything that she touched with her ring hand. While it was usually used to destroy objects, it could be used for a variety of different effects. She also gained the staff as an additional tool.

As Multibug

Besides the powers she had as Multimouse, Multibug possessed the power of Lucky Charm. Still wearing her earrings after being set free, she used her powers to trap the Akuma and purify it. She gained the yo-yo as an additional tool.

As Dragon Bug

Besides the powers she had as Ladybug, Dragon Bug possessed the powers of the Dragon Miraculous Superpower. It allowed her to use the power of the Water, Wind, and Lightning elements and even combine them with her yo-yo to make a shield. She also gained the sword as an additional tool.

As Lady Bee

In addition to the powers she had as Ladybug, in her fusion form with the Bee Miraculous, she possessed the power of Venom. It allowed her to use her spinning top to paralyze her adversaries.

As Pegabug

In addition to the powers she had as Ladybug, Pegabug possessed the power of Voyage. It allowed her to open a portal that she could travel through and exit at any location that she desired. She also gained the horseshoe as an additional tool.

As Pennybug

In addition to the powers she had as Ladybug, Pennybug possessed the power of Voyage and Burrow. It allowed her to open a portal that she could travel through and exit at any location that she desired, similarly to Pegabug, but being Pennybug allowed her to create portals that could traverse through time. By advancing in time a few seconds, she could simulate teleportation. She also gained the horseshoe and the umbrella as additional tools.

As Bug Noire

In addition to the powers she had as Ladybug, Bug Noire possessed the power of Cataclysm. It allowed her to negatively affect anything she touched with her ring hand. While it was usually used to destroy objects, it could be used for a variety of different effects. She also gained the staff as an additional tool.

As Ladyfly

In addition to the powers she had as Ladybug, Ladyfly possessed the power of Kamikotization. It allowed her to create a kamiko that, once entering in a object belonging to a person, was capable of turning them into an empowered champion, with whom she could communicate telepathically. She also gained the cane as an additional tool.

As Ladybiquity

Ladybiquity could travel to other universes. She was also noted to have enhanced abilities seeing how she kicked and beat up Monarch even when he unified the Butterfly, Horse, and Rooster Miraculous and was supposed to also have enhanced abilities. She could also plan in advance Monarch's plans and where in which universe he was heading too.

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28 Missing Generations

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Roland Dupain

Gina Bianchi

Mei Cheng

Yan Cheng

Wang Cheng

Tom Dupain

Sabine Cheng

Shu Yin Cheng

Marinette Dupain-Cheng

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28 Missing Generations

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Roland Dupain

Gina Bianchi

Mei Cheng

Yan Cheng

Wang Cheng

Tom Dupain

Sabine Cheng

Shu Yin Cheng

Marinette Dupain-Cheng

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Notes

• In China, wives do not usually take on their husband's surname, keeping their own. Children usually take the father's surname.
• In "Miraculous Shanghai", it's mentioned that Wang raised Sabine. However, the reason for this is unknown.

Relationships

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History

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Sightings

Episodes

Season 1

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Theme Song:

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1. "Stormy Weather":

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2. "The Evillustrator":

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3. "Lady Wifi":

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4. "Princess Fragrance":

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5. "Dark Cupid":

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6. "Mr. Pigeon":

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7. "Pixelator":

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8. "Copycat":

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9. "The Bubbler":

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10. "Simon Says":

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11. "Rogercop":

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12. "Gamer":

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13. "Animan":

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14. "Darkblade":

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15. "The Pharaoh":

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16. "Timebreaker":

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17. "Horrificator":

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18. "The Puppeteer":

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19. "The Mime":

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20. "Guitar Villain":

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21. "Reflekta":

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22. "Ladybug & Cat Noir":

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23. "Stoneheart":

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24. "Antibug":

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25. "Kung Food":

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26. "Volpina":

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Season 2

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Theme Song:

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1. "The Collector":

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2. "Prime Queen":

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3. "Glaciator":

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4. "Despair Bear":

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5. "Troublemaker":

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6. "Gigantitan":

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7. "Riposte":

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8. "Befana":

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9. "Frightningale":

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10. "Gorizilla":

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11. "Robostus":

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12. "Sapotis":

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13. "The Dark Owl":

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14. "Syren":

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15. "Zombizou":

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16. "Captain Hardrock":

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17. "Frozer":

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18. "Style Queen":

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19. "Queen Wasp":

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20. "Reverser":

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21. "Anansi":

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22. "Malediktator":

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23. "Sandboy":

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24. "Catalyst":

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25. "Mayura":

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26. "Santa Claws":

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Season 3

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1. "Chameleon":

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2. "Animaestro":

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3. "Bakerix":

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4. "Backwarder":

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5. "Reflekdoll":

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6. "Weredad":

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7. "Silencer":

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8. "Oni-Chan":

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9. "Miraculer":

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10. "Oblivio":

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11. "Desperada":

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12. "Christmaster":

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13. "Startrain":

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14. "Kwamibuster":

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15. "Feast":

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16. "Gamer 2.0":

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17. "Stormy Weather 2":

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18. "Ikari Gozen":

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19. "Timetagger":

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20. "Party Crasher":

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21. "The Puppeteer 2":

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22. "Cat Blanc":

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23. "Félix":

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24. "Ladybug":

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25. "Heart Hunter":

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26. "Miracle Queen":

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Season 4

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1. "Truth":

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2. "Lies":

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3. "Gang of Secrets":

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4. "Mr. Pigeon 72":

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5. "Psycomedian":

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6. "Furious Fu":

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7. "Sole Crusher":

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8. "Queen Banana":

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9. "Gabriel Agreste":

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10. "Mega Leech":

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11. "Guiltrip":

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12. "Crocoduel":

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13. "Optigami":

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14. "Sentibubbler":

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15. "Glaciator 2":

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16. "Hack-San":

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17. "Rocketear":

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18. "Wishmaker":

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19. "Simpleman":

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20. "Qilin":

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21. "Dearest Family":

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22. "Ephemeral":

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23. "Kuro Neko":

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24. "Penalteam":

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25. "Risk":

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26. "Strikeback":

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Season 5

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Theme Song:

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1. "Evolution":

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2. "Multiplication":

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3. "Destruction":

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4. "Jubilation":

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5. "Illusion":

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6. "Determination":

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7. "Passion":

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8. "Reunion":

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9. "Elation":

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10. "Transmission":

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11. "Deflagration":

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12. "Perfection":

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13. "Migration":

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14. "Derision":

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15. "Intuition":

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16. "Protection":

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17. "Adoration":

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18. "Emotion":

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19. "Pretension":

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20. "Revelation":

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21. "Confrontation":

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22. "Collusion":

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23. "Revolution":

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24. "Representation":

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25. "Conformation":

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26. "Re-creation":

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27. "Action"

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Specials

Miraculous World: Intro:

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"Miraculous New York":

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"Miraculous Shanghai":

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"Miraculous Paris":

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"Miraculous Special: The End of Ladybug":

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"Miraculous: One Night Mission":

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"Miraculous & Ghostforce crossover":

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"Miraculous Rio":

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"Miraculous Dakar":

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"Miraculous London":

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"Miraculous Tokyo":

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Miraculous Secrets

1. "Marinette in Paris":

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2. "Marinette and Fashion":

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3. "Ladybug as seen by Adrien":

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4. "Ladyblog":

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5. "Adrien's Double Life":

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6. "Marinette and Alya":

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7. "Marinette's Double Life":

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8. "Cat Noir as seen by Marinette":

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9. "My Birthday Party":

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10. "Marinette and Adrien":

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11. "Master Fu":

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12. "Tikki":

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13. "Plagg":

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14. "Friends":

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15. "Nino":

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16. "Max":

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17. "Mylène":

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18. "Rose":

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19. "Alix":

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20. "Sabrina":

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21. "Ivan":

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22. "Gabriel":

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23. "Nathaniel & Marc":

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24. "Marinette as seen by Chloé":

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25. "Lila":

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26. "Hawk Moth and the Akumatized Villains":

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27. "Family":

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28. "Kagami as seen by Marinette":

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29. "Kagami as seen by Adrien":

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30. "Luka as seen by Marinette":

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31. "New Powers":

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32. "New Heroes":

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33. "Mayura and the Sentimonsters":

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34. "Chloé as seen by Marinette":

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35. "Nathalie as seen by Gabriel":

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36. "Feelings":

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Tales from Paris

Opening

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1. "The Notebook":

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2. "Inspiration":

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3. "Repetition":

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4. "Busy Day":

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5. "Homework Essay"

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Miraculous Chibi

1. "Rooftop Dinner":

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2. "Catnip Fragrance":

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3. "The Chase":

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4. "Curiosity Kicked the Cat":

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5. "Cutest Cat Fight":

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6. "Fatal Posy":

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7. "Scarybug":

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8. "Panic at the Park":

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9. "The Cake Race":

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?. "NeckRace":

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Action Shorts

1. "Plastic - The Story So Far":

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2. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle":

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3. "Innovation & Creativity":

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4. "Youth Empowerment and Leadership":

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5. "Become an Advocate Against Plastic":

Background

Other Media

"Happy Birthday to You!":

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Miraculous Ladybug OVA:

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Books and comics

Miraculous Adventures

"Issue 1":

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"Issue 2":

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"Issue 3":

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"Issue 4":

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"Issue 5":

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"Issue 6":

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"Issue 7":

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"Issue 8":

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Other Comics & Books

The Art of Miraculous:

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Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (manga):

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Aventures sur mesure:

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Other

Games

Super Lady Luck:

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Miraculous Mission Ladybug:

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Throwdown!:

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Ladybug Contra os Vilões:

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Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir:

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Miraculous Crush:

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Miraculous: Color by Numbers

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Miraculous RP: Ladybug & Cat Noir:

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ZAG World

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Miraculous: Rise of the Sphinx:

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Non-Canon Media

The Mini Menace Ladybug:

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Ladybug PV:

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First CGI promotional videos:

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Korean musical:

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Brazilian musical:

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French musical:

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COVID-19 Special:

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Miraculous Penpals:

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Ladybug Saves Christmas:

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COVID-19 Special 2:

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Etymology

• The name "Marinette" is a diminutive of the name "Marine" which means "of the sea" in French, recalls the meaning "little sailor girl" and Sailor Moon's title, which Miraculous heavily inspired.
  • In the English version, the pronunciation of the name Marinette with "mar" as in "marry" is used, and in French, the pronunciation is pronounced as in "Maximum", and in other countries, the pronunciation with "mar" as in "margin" is used.
    • In The Mini Menace Ladybug, her original name was Marietta.
      • In Befana, Gina Bianchi (Marinette's paternal grandmother) calls Marinette Marinetta.
• Marinette's surnames Dupain & Cheng each have meanings to them.
  • The French surname Dupain means "of the bread" or "bread" (a reference to her father's job as a baker).
  • The Chinese surname Cheng means "completed, finished, succeeded" (成) or "sincere, honest, true" (诚).
    • However, Cheng is usually written as "程" when used as a surname in Chinese.
• For her superhero alteregos:
  • Lady Noire's name translates to "Black Lady" referring to the black of her costume.
    • Lady Noire's nickname "She-Cat Noir" given by Reflekta is a reference to She-Hulk from Marvel Comics.
  • Multimouse comes from a mouse's high reproductive rate.
    • Her name was originally meant to be called Polymouse, but due to a mistake during the production, she became Multimouse, and Mylène later took the name Polymouse.
  • Ladybee comes from the term Queen Bee which was Chloe's hero name before she lost her powers permanently and emphasizes Ladybug's position as the leader of Team Miraculous.
  • Bug Noire's name translates to "Black Bug".

Trivia

• Thomas Astruc created Ladybug around 2005 when he was exchanging drawings on post-it notes with another worker and made one with the superheroine.
• Marinette's design has changed over time from the original Ladybug PV version.
  • Her anime design included jean shorts,
  • As Ladybug, she had a red face mask without black spots and two long red ribbons attached to each pigtail. She also lacked freckles.
  • In the PV, Marinette's earrings were always red with five spots, no matter if she was Ladybug or Marinette. She only wore them as a civilian when needing to transform, not having them in public.
    • PV Ladybug's costume differs from the CGI Ladybug as well, with PV Ladybug's spots being found only on her torso (her legs and feet were completely red, as well as the mask) and wearing a ladybug-themed bag instead of having the yo-yo. PV Ladybug's hair and hair ribbons are also significantly longer than the current version of Ladybug, and she has an ahoge, which means "foolish hair" in Japanese.
    • The yo-yo didn't exist; PV Ladybug fought using hand-to-hand combat.
    • PV Ladybug was less shy around her crush, as she's able to be very close to Félix Agreste without panicking or being nervous. She even asks him out while slightly blushing and looking right at him, although Félix coldly refuses.
    • Although her name in the PV was Marinette, many fans of the early version call her "Bridgette" to differentiate the two.

Marinette's older CGI design model.

• Marinette's CGI design seems to have gone through a change as well. Earlier footage and images of Marinette included dark bluish-black hair, red tips of hair at the end of her pigtails, and gray eyes.
  • In a placeholder animation, Ladybug was seen wielding a sword. Whether or not this was to be used as a new weapon or a Lucky Charm object is unknown.
• During the earlier stages of development, Ladybug wasn't allowed to abuse her powers of good luck, or else something bad would happen to her. As of now, it is unknown if Ladybug still has this issue since, as seen in "The Bubbler", all that happens when she selfishly uses Lucky Charm is that she runs out of power and loses her transformation.
• Both prototype versions of Marinette have her mask be the last piece of her costume to materialize during her transformation. In the final cartoon, her mask is instead the first piece to materialize.
• A fan asked Thomas why he gave Marinette ballet shoes, to which he jokingly responded with: "Because ski boots scratch the floor."
• Thomas confirmed that at some point in the future, Marinette would be seen with her hair down. It first appeared in "Cat Blanc" and later again in "Heart Hunter", "Determination" and "Derision".
• Marinette's hair color is a homage to old comic books that would use blue highlights on black hair.
• In "Stormy Weather", Marinette's infatuation with Adrien is revealed to even include plans for a family. The names of their supposed children are Hugo, Emma, and Louis—all traditional French names. Aside from these, she also appears fond of dogs and especially hamsters.
  • She briefly considers a black cat as well, but she rejects the idea.
• Although not having any romantic feelings towards Cat Noir, in the webisode "Cat Noir as seen by Marinette", Marinette reveals that she's aware he may have a crush on her, and she admits she might have given him a chance if Adrien hadn't been around.
• Marinette and her alter-ego Ladybug haven't made an appearance in a single episode so far:
  • Marinette doesn't appear in "Evolution", with Marinette remaining transformed as Ladybug for the entire episode,
  • Ladybug doesn't appear outside of a flashback in "Transmission".
    • The only episodes where she is a minor character in the permanent timeline are "Lies", "Gabriel Agreste", "Hack-San", "Rocketear", "Ephemeral", "Kuro Neko", "Intuition", "Pretension", and "Representation".
• More of Marinette's Chinese heritage will be seen in the future. As seen in "Miraculous Shanghai" and "Qilin".
• Marinette has stolen both Adrien's, Alya's, and Chloé's phones during the series. Ironically, however, all thefts were unintentional and involved her trying to hide a fact from the respective owners.
• Thomas revealed on Twitter that Marinette and Adrien would be seen as a "real couple" at some point in the show.
  • In "Gorizilla", she was referred to as Adrien's girlfriend, though in that case, it was due to public misconception.
  • During "Oblivio", through their amnesic state Marinette and Adrien briefly become a couple until their memories were restored.
  • In "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral", they were in a romantic relationship in an alternative future.
  • In "Jubilation", they were in a romantic relationship and couple but it was a dream.
  • Prior to "Emotion", they officially become a couple.
• Marinette was nearly akumatized on 6 separate occasions. However all failed due to either negative emotions ceasing or getting interrupted by it. Thomas noted that Marinette would be hard to akumatize, as she is an optimistic person.
  • Marinette almost akumatized in the bathroom.
  • Marinette being akumatized.
  • Marinette akumatized again.
  • Marinette akumatized once more.

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  • She was almost akumatized in "Zombizou", but her negative emotions faded away before the Akuma could infect an object of hers. This is seen again in "Chameleon".
  • In "Mayura", she, as Ladybug, and Cat Noir were almost akumatized by Scarlet Moth. When the duo were distracted by an illusion of Scarlet Moth created by Volpina, Dark Cupid was about to shoot his arrows at them, enabling the real Scarlet Moth to take advantage of their negative emotions and akumatize them, allowing him to steal their Miraculous. Fortunately, Ladybug was able to see through the plan with her Lucky Charm, and she and Cat Noir evaded it.
  • However, in "Ladybug", she was infected with a Scarlet Akuma, but the akumatization stopped due to Catalyst's (Nathalie's) sickness from the Peacock Miraculous.
  • Marinette was almost akumatized in the alternate future in Bunnyx's burrow as seen in "Cat Blanc", but Cat Noir used Cataclysm on the Akuma.
    • If including alternate and erased timelines, Marinette was the only member of the French Miraculous Superhero team who hasn't officially been akumatized as her akumatization in "Ladybug" was stopped mid-way. It was stopped because Catalyst became sick, so Scarlet/Hawk Moth detransformed to try to help Nathalie. That eventually changed in "Miraculous Paris", when she was kamikotized into Ladybiquity.
  • In "Miraculous Paris", she is kamikotized by Betterfly into Ladybiquity to stop Monarch from stealing the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses from another universe.
  • In "Elation", she is later infected once again, this time with a Megakuma, but the akumatization was interrupted and cancelled by Cat Noir who kissed her.
  • In "Derision", she is infected again with a Megakuma, but the akumatization was interrupted and cancelled when she came to terms with her trauma.
• During a Q&A on January 15, 2019, Jeremy Zag confirmed Ladybug and Cat Noir would reveal their identities and that it is already written.
  • This is done in "Oblivio"; however, they were under the case of amnesia from the villain and had forgotten about the reveal once Ladybug restored everything with Miraculous Ladybug.
  • In an alternative future in Bunnyx's burrow as seen in "Cat Blanc", Adrien discovered her identity and revealed his to her later. However, Marinette and all of Earth's inhabitants are cataclysmed and killed by the titular villain's Cataclysm Sphere.
    • This fact is erased from reality after Ladybug goes back in time to stop her past self from writing her name on the letter that led Adrien to discover her secret identity.
  • In "Ephemeral", after being forced by Su-Han Marinette discover Cat Noir's identity, she eventually has the courage to reveal herself to him but the event was erased by Sass' Second Chance.
• Following Kagami, Marinette is the only other person that knows that Adrien has a crush on another girl. But like Kagami, she is unaware that Adrien is in love with Ladybug, who is her alter ego.
• Her responsibilities as a superhero not only include fighting akumatized villains but also patrolling and many other things.
• Due to her Sino-French origins and other circumstances, Marinette has succeeded many of her Miraculous predecessors.
  • She is the third known person of French origins to wield the Ladybug Miraculous, succeeding her predecessors Jeanne d'Arc and Aramis.
  • She is tied with Adrien as the fifth person of French origins to wield a Miraculous following Jeanne d'Arc, Aramis, Gilbert, and Gabriel.
  • She is the third known person of Chinese origins to wield the Dragon Miraculous, succeeding her predecessors Lóng and Hua Mulan in "Miracle Queen".
    • But is the fourth of Asian origins and the first person of French origins to wield the Dragon Miraculous, briefly succeeding her predecessors Lóng, Hua Mulan and Ryuko in "Miracle Queen".
  • She is also the second person of Chinese origins to wield the Ladybug, Cat, Horse, Bee, and Fox Miraculouses succeeding her predecessors Piáo Chóng, Hēi Māo in "Reflekdoll", Húlí as of "Kwamibuster", Mìfēng in "Optigami" and Mǎ holder in "Sentibubbler".
  • Overall, she is the seventeenth person of Chinese origins to wield a miraculous.
    • Overall, continent-wise, she is the 23rd person of Asian origins to wield a Miraculous.
      • As well as the fifth person of Asian origins to wield the Ladybug Miraculous succeeding Piáo Chóng, Tentomushi, Mudangbeolle, and Bọ rùa.
  • She is also the second person of French origins to wield the Cat Miraculous, temporarily succeeding her partner.
    • Despite that, she is the first known female character to wield the Cat Miraculous.
    • Marinette's role as the future holder of the Cat Miraculous was foreshadowed in the second opening, in which she was shown with cat ears, snout, whiskers, and tail.
      • It's also a homage to a deleted inktober drawing of a female Cat Miraculous holder.
      • In "New Powers", Marinette mentions out of all the new abilities she has tried so far, her favorite time was when she tried Cat Noir's powers as Lady Noire.
    • Continent wise she is the fourth person of Europe to wield the Cat Miraculous following the Ancient European Cat Miraculous Holder, Dark Grimalkin and Adrien.
  • Curiously, much like La Mariquita, Marinette is also a mestiza, with her father having Gallic origins and her mother having Chinese origins.
  • Also, because her paternal grandmother is Italian, Marinette is the first known Miraculous holder of Italian origins.
  • As of "Kwamibuster", and "Sentibubbler", Marinette is also the second person of French origins to use the Fox and Horse Miraculouses briefly, succeeding her team members, Alya and Max.
  • As of "Optigami", she is the second person of French origins to wield the Bee Miraculous after Chloé, but she is the third female overall to wield it, following both Chloé and Zoé.
  • She is the first person of French origins to use the Rabbit Miraculous in "Strikeback".
• She also has the most successors that use a miraculous with a total of five.
• As of Season 3, 4 and "Miraculous Paris", Marinette holds the record for the most Miraculous used on one person being the Ladybug, Cat, Dragon, Mouse, Fox, Bee, Horse, Rabbit and Butterfly (Despite this last being from another universe) Miraculouses.
• She holds the record for the most fusion forms with Dragon Bug, Multifox, Multinoir, Multibug, Ladybee, Pegabug, Pennybug, Ladyfly and Bug Noire.
  • As well as the record for the most Miraculous transformations including fusion forms with a total of twelve.
  • As of Season 3, 4 and 5, her current Ladybug form, her Lady Noire form in "Reflekdoll", her Multimouse and fusion forms in "Kwamibuster", her Dragon Bug form, her Ladybee form in "Optigami", her Pegabug form in "Sentibubbler", her Pennybug form in "Strikeback", her Ladyfly form in "Miraculous Paris" and Bug Noire form in "Conformation", all of Marinette's future forms are revealed.
• Lady Noire, Multimouse, Multifox, and Dragon Bug were first revealed in concept art shown at the 2018 Comic-Con Experience panel on December 6, 2018.
• There have been many inconsistencies with Marinette's alternate superhero names and their spellings:
  • Depending on the official sources, the name of her Ladybug-Dragon fusion form can be spelled as either "Dragon Bug" or "Dragonbug".
  • On the official YouTube channel, Multimouse's name is spelled "Multi Mouse".
  • Despite the name of Marinette's superhero identity when wielding the Cat Miraculous being Lady Noire, both the official Instagram and the Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir running app spelled it as "Lady Noir".
  • Despite the official name of her ice form being "Ladyice", she is mistakenly called "Icebug" by Clara Contard in "Stormy Weather 2" and is seen being misspelled from "Lady Ice" by Philippe in a flashback to "Destruction".
    • She is known as "Snowbug" in Bandai merchandise, but it's unknown if it was an early name before being changed later in production, and the name was accidentally left in the toyline.
• In one of the first concept art of the Lady Bee fusion, her name was originally BeeBug.
• In "Sentibubbler" Pegabug has a small horseshoe on the front of her costume facing up, which may symbolize luck. Interestingly, Pegasus also has a small horseshoe on the front of his costume but facing down, which can symbolize bad luck.
• Pennybug's costume has references to Alice in Wonderland and Sailor Moon.
  • The white part covered in black spots on the front of her costume is a reference to Alice's dress.
  • Her hairstyle is a reference to the one worn by Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon.
• According to Master Fu, Marinette is the first person in history to be able to mentally and physically handle wearing sixteen Miraculouses at once, something that even makes Wayzz recognizes her as special.
  • Followed by Gabriel in "Evolution".
• She, as Ladybug, has told Cat Noir numerous times that she is in love with another boy, but she refuses to tell his name to him, claiming that their identities must remain secret.
  • She probably fears that Cat Noir will discover her secret identity if she tells him the boy's name and by extension, her lover will be a likely target for Hawk Moth if the villain discovers that she is in love with someone.
    • Unknown to her as of "Truth", through her friends, Hawk Moth already knows that she is in love with Adrien but is unaware that she gave up her romantic pursuit of him.
    • As of "Glaciator 2", Adrien as Cat Noir, knows that Marinette's lover goes under the codename "Buttercup" unaware it's him.
    • It's the same reason why she never told Cat Noir the identities of the other heroes as doing so would clue him in on her identity.
    • Cat Blanc appears in Marinette's nightmare in the episode "Sentibubbler", possibly a demonstration that she is traumatized by the fact that Cat Noir has been akumatized.
      • Also, Marinette claims that not even Cat Noir can know her secret identity, implying that she believes Cat Noir was akumatized upon discovering she was Ladybug.
• In Season 2, as seen in "Queen Wasp" and "Malediktator", Ladybug would still give a chance to heroes who revealed their secret identity, as seen with Chloé in "Queen Wasp" when she tells her that everyone makes mistakes, and gives her the Bee Miraculous in "Malediktator" to fight against the titular villain. The jewel is also given to her in "Catalyst" and "Mayura".
  • However, in Season 3, as seen in "Kwamibuster", if a superhero reveals his/her identity, Ladybug could no longer give them the Miraculous again. As in a mirage, she, as Ladybug, told that to Marinette, who revealed her identity as Multimouse to Cat Noir, and refused to give Chloé the Bee Miraculous again.
  • This is probably because Mayura also aids Hawk Moth starting from Season 3, and they usually target Chloé and others if they become their alter egos, so Ladybug has to be very cautious while giving a Miraculous to a person.
  • The same rule also applies to Marinette; if anyone discovered her identity, then she has to give up Tikki and the Ladybug Miraculous.
    • However with her being the guardian as of "Miracle Queen" to Season 4, she technically can't give up her Miraculous because as of "Catalyst" and their other allies there is no time to pick another Ladybug.

Q&A w/ Thomas Astruc.

• Marinette is right-handed, but this changes depending on animation errors. During "Guitar Villain", for example:
  • She is seen designing Jagged Stone's new album with her right hand.
  • Near the end of the episode, when Adrien asks Marinette to sign Jagged Stone's new album, she is seen writing with her left hand.
• Marinette is naturally flexible, being even more flexible as Ladybug because of her enhanced physical abilities.
• In "Mr. Pigeon", Marinette's secret place of inspiration is the Trocadéro.
  • In the webisode "Marinette in Paris", she says that her favorite monument is the Eiffel Tower.
• In the Korean and French dubs of "The Pharaoh", Alya says that Ladybug might be a 9th grader, while in the English dub of the episode, she says she might be a 10th grader.
• Marinette sleeps with her pigtails on, as seen in the opening of "The Bubbler" and the ending of "The Pharaoh".
• In "Reverser", Marinette attends art club along with Rose Lavillant, Alix Kubdel, Juleka Couffaine, Nathaniel Kurtzberg and Marc Anciel.
• In "Sandboy", it is Marinette's greatest fear is Adrien being in love with Chloé and losing her powers as Ladybug, rendering her a useless superhero, thus being unable to save the day.

  

• According to Santa Claus in "Christmaster", as her alter ego Ladybug, Marinette is the most well-behaved kid in the world.
• In "Backwarder", Marinette was chosen by Master Fu to become the next guardian of the Miracle Box if something happens to him.
• As of "Miracle Queen", Marinette is the first person to become a guardian in almost 200 years.
  • She is the second known person to become a Miraculous holder and a Guardian following Master Fu.
  • She is also the first guardian to be an active Miraculous holder.
• In "Oblivio", Marinette's ID number is revealed to be 01234567890.
• As mentioned in "Ikari Gozen", Marinette's Chinese Zodiac sign is a Snake.
• Marinette has her own official Instagram account. You can find her under the username @marinettedesigned.
  • In one of her Instagram pictures, according to Marinette, she drew her first fashion design ever when she was 5 or 6 years old.
  • In another one, she mentions that she used to have a fear of getting lost in the Metro when she was younger.
  • She used to do dance lessons with her father.
  • In another picture, Marinette mentions that she occasionally takes part in taste testing her father's recipes.
  • She sometimes meditates in the morning with her mother.
  • She also created her signature flower design years ago.
  • She always keeps a sewing kit in her school bag.
• Since September 2020, Marinette has her own Facebook account.
• Also, out of everyone on the team, Ladybug had her powers used against her the most with a total of 6 times. ("Antibug", "Sandboy", "Christmaster", "Miraculer", "Ladybug" and "Determination").
• In "Miraculous Shanghai", Wang Cheng mentions that Marinette's great-great-great-grandfather designed clothes for Beijing opera performances, probably Marinette may have inherited her design skills from him.
• According to Thomas Astruc, the reason for the simplicity of Ladybug's suit is that she wasn't ready to become a hero.
  • That's also the reason why it was upgraded after getting her new power.
• The new costume Ladybug receives in "Mr. Pigeon 72" is identical to one of Thomas Astruc's designs for an adult Ladybug costume and her new transformation is actually a reference to the old, 3D Ladybug back in 2014.
• In "Gang of Secrets", it is revealed that Marinette created a secret compartment in a fashion supply box to hide the Miracle Box, opened by pressing different colored thread spools. This is similar to the buttons on Fu's gramophone.
  • Also, we can see Marinette counting with her fingers with the Chinese method, instead of the French one.
    • However, in "Sole Crusher", she counts using the French method.
• Marinette's phone number is 33653257.
• Currently, eight characters know that Marinette is Ladybug: Alya, Su-Han, Bunnyx, Luka, her parallel self, Kagami, Félix, and Gabriel.
  • Alya found out in "Gang of Secrets", after Marinette felt overwhelmed by her secrets and revealed them to her.
  • Su-Han found out in "Furious Fu", after he tracked the Miracle Box to Marinette's house and confronted it.
  • Luka found out in "Wishmaker", after Ladybug was hit by the villain revealing her childhood secret and consequently transforming into her civilian form.
  • Bunnyx casually found out in "Cat Blanc", after looking back in the past.
  • Her parallel self found out in "Miraculous Paris" when she read her diary.
  • Kagami found out in "Perfection", after she overheard Marinette and Alya's conversation.
  • Félix found out through Kagami in "Representation".
  • Gabriel found out just before Marinette fused the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses to become Bug Noire in "Conformation".
    • Ten if counting both Adrien and Master Fu before the knowledge was erased from their memories.
    • It is possible that Cerise could know, as she could have heard Monarch refer to Ladybug as Marinette from the surface, and/or she said "I look forward to seeing you again, Marinette Dupain-Cheng." in the post-end card scene, which could hint that she knows who Ladybug is.
• Throughout the show, she is shown to be ticklish.
  • Alya tickles Marinette after playing a game.
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  • In "The Dark Owl", Alya tickles her after they are playing a game and Marinette wins with Alya distracted.
  • In "Simpleman", Manon and Alya's younger twin sisters, Etta and Ella, tickle her in order to know what's in the sewing box.
• In "Hack-San", Marinette has a full list of "pro tips" (at least 675) on her phone for her superhero life.
• Marinette Dupain-Cheng is the first and so far only known person to wield both the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses at the same time in the current universe.
  • In "Kwamibuster" she used the real Miraculouses, but due to being split, the Miraculouses were not used by the same individual.
  • In "Gamer 2.0" she used a digital replica of the Cat Miraculous, and it is unknown if it possesses all of the real Miraculous powers.
  • During the "Miraculous New York" special, Marinette was briefly given the Cat Miraculous, however she did not use or even wear it.
  • She briefly has the jewel in "Kuro Neko", when Cat Noir gives it up, and as before she doesn't use or wear it.
  • After being retrieved from Monarch in the events of "Deflagration", she again temporarily obtains the gem until she asks Plagg to return it to Cat Noir.
  • She used both jewels as Bug Noire in her final battle against Monarch in "The Last Day".
• Throughout the events of the show, Marinette has been seen wearing two different pairs of pajamas.
  • In "The Bubbler", "Ladybug & Cat Noir", "The Dark Owl", "Kwamibuster", and throughout seasons 4 and 5, she wears a white short-sleeved T-shirt with a black bow.
  • In "Gorizilla", "Sapotis", "Sandboy", "Feast", "Sole Crusher", "Mega Leech", "Sentibubbler", and "Qilin", she wears a white tank top with pink polka dots.
• Marinette is the focus of multiple secrets from the Miraculous Secrets card game:
  • As a child, Marinette dreamed of tailoring a hat for the Eiffel Tower to protect it from snow. And from then on, all she wanted to do was be a fashion designer!
  • Marinette wears her pigtails as a memory of a great school friend who sadly left her school. This is later implied to be Socqueline in "Derision".
• Not counting episodes which don't have end cards, Marinette has so far not appeared in final card of six episodes. ("The Collector", "Malediktator", "Félix", "Multiplication", "Migration" and "Intuition").
• In "Miraculous Paris", Marinette becomes the first known Miraculous holder to fuse two Miraculous from different worlds, with her fusing her own Ladybug Miraculous with Betterfly's Butterfly Miraculous.
• "Plastic - The Story So Far" is the first time Marinette is absent in any Miraculous media.
• Marinette's zodiac sign is Leo ( see Animan )

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v • e Characters Miraculous holders and related characters French Miraculous superhero team Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug • Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir • Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge • Nino Lahiffe/Carapace • Luka Couffaine/Viperion • Max Kanté/Pegasus • Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko • Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey • Zoé Lee/Vesperia • Myléne Hapréle/Polymouse • Rose Lavillant/Pigella • Juleka Couffaine/Purple Tigress • Sabrina Raincomprix/Miss Hound • Marc Anciel/Rooster Bold • Nathaniel Kurtzberg/Caprikid • Ivan Bruel/Minotaurox • Alix Kubdel/Bunnyx • Félix Fathom/Argos Other Miraculous holders Jessica Keynes/Eagle Miraculous holders with other Miraculouses Ladybug Miraculous Adrien Agreste/Mister Bug • Alya Césaire/Scarabella Cat Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Lady Noire • Adrien Agreste/Cat Walker • Zoé Lee/Kitty Noire Snake Miraculous Adrien Agreste/Aspik Mouse Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Multimouse Dog Miraculous Félix Fathom/Flairmidable • Alix Kubdel/Canigirl Unified Miraculous holders Mouse and Fox Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Multifox Mouse and Ladybug Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Multibug Mouse and Cat Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Multinoir Ladybug and Dragon Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Dragon Bug Cat and Snake Miraculous Adrien Agreste/Snake Noir Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous Gabriel Agreste/Shadow Moth Ladybug and Bee Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Lady Bee Ladybug and Horse Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Pegabug Butterfly, Peacock and Cat Miraculous Gabriel Agreste/Shadow Noir Ladybug, Horse and Rabbit Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Pennybug Cat and Rabbit Miraculous Adrien Agreste/Rabbit Noir Dog and Rabbit Miraculous Alix Kubdel/Bunny Dog Butterfly and Ladybug Miraculous Gabriel Agreste/Monarbug Ladybug and Cat Miraculous Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Bug Noire Villains Cerise Bianca/Butterfly Miraculous holder Kwamis Barkk • Daizzi • Duusu • Fluff • Kaalki • Liiri • Longg • Mullo • Nooroo • Orikko • Plagg • Pollen • Roaar • Sass • Stompp • Tikki • Trixx • Wayzz • Xuppu • Ziggy Former Miraculous holders Ancient European Butterfly Miraculous holder • Ancient European Ladybug Miraculous holder • Ancient Egyptian Miraculous holder • Ancient European Cat Miraculous holder • Ancient European Rabbit Miraculous holder • Aramis/La Coccinelle • Bọ rùa • Cernunnos • Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee • Dark Grimalkin • Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch • Gilbert du Motier • Gōngjī • Gǒu • Guī • Hēi Māo • Heracles • Hippolyta • Hóu Zi • Hua Mulan • Húdié • Húlí • Jeanne d'Arc • Kǒngquè • Khepri • La Mariquita • Lǎohǔ • Lóng • Mǎ • Micazoyolin • Mìfēng • Mudangbeolle • Mudekudeku • Nathalie Sancoeur/Mayura • Niú • Piáo Chóng • Pied Piper of Hamelin • Sasuke Sarutobi • Shānyáng • Shé • Shǔ Biāo • Sun Wukong • Tentomushi • Tomoe Gozen • Tùzi • Wang Fu/Jade Turtle • Yi Sun-sin • Ying • Zhū Future Miraculous holders Brazilian Miraculous holder • Future Butterfly Miraculous holder • LadyLion • LadyBlue Order of the Guardians Su-Han • Monk Sentimonsters Once Upon a Time Others Mage Other teams of superheroes United Heroez Aeon/Uncanny Valley • Agent Blue • Agent Red • Agent Yellow • Barbara Keynes/Knightowl • Camilla Hombee/Victory • Dean Gate/Doorman • Hurricane • Jessica Keynes/Sparrow/Eagle • Mercury • Olympia Hill/Majestia • Snowflake • Sting • Thorn Future characters Ghostforce Andy Baker/Fury • Liv Baker/Myst • Mike Collins/Krush Villains Main villains Akuma • Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch • Amok • Nathalie Sancoeur/Mayura • Cerise Bianca/Butterfly Miraculous holder Akumatized villains Anansi • Animaestro • Animan • Antibug • Backwarder • Bakerix • Befana • Bubbler • Bugfighter • Captain Hardrock • Cat Blanc • Catalyst • Chameleon • Christmaster • The Collector • Copycat • Darkblade • Dark Cupid • Dark Humor • Dark Owl • Darker Owl • Despair Bear • Desperada • Ephemeral • Evillustrator • Feast • Frightningale • Frozer • Furious Fu • Gamer • Gigantitan • Glaciator • Gold Record • Gorizilla • Guitar Villain • Heart Hunter • Hoaxer • Horrificator • Ikari Gozen • Kiku • King Cash • King of Plastic • Kung Food • Kwamibuster • Lady Wifi • Lies • Magician of Misfortune • Malediktator • Manipula • Matagi Gozen • Mime • Miracle Queen • Miraclonizer • Miraculer • Miss Sans-Culotte • Moolak • Nightormentor • Oblivio • Oni-Chan • Panic • Party Crasher • Penalty (Penalteam) • Pharaoh • Mr. Pigeon • Pixelator • Prime Queen • Princess Fragrance • Princess Justice • Psycomedian • Puppeteer • Qilin • Queen Banana • Queen Mayor • Queen Wasp • Reflekta • Rena Rage • Reverser • Riposte • Riposte Prime • Risk • Robostus • Rocketear • Rogercop • Ryukomori • Safari • Sandboy • Santa Claws • Sapotis • Shell Shock • Silencer • Simon Says • Simpleman • Sole Crusher • Sole Destroyer • Startrain • Stoneheart • Stormy Weather • Style Queen • Syren • Techlonizer • Timebreaker • Timetagger • Troublemaker • Truth • Unmasker • Vanisher • Verity Queen • Volpina • Weredad • Wishmaker • YanLuoShi • Zombizou Sentimonsters Banana Boom-Boom • Butterfly Sentimonster • Dormant Sentimonster • Gabriel Agreste/The Collector • Guiltrip • Hack-San • Kuro Neko • Ladybug • Lollipop Boy • Lighteye • Mega Leech • Optigami • Red Moon • Reflekdoll • Robostus Sentimonster • Sentialec • Sentibubbler • Sentinino/Senticarapace • Sphinx • Strikeback Other villains Cash • Chloé Bourgeois • Mike Rochip/Techno-Pirate • Nathalie Sancoeur • Lila Rossi • Tomoe Tsurugi • Bob Roth • Solitude Future villains Apkli • Dr. Sadness • Future Hawk Moth • Ignoblia • Pain and Tears • Mr. Rat Parisians Teenagers Miss Bustier's class (Adrien Agreste • Chloé Bourgeois • Ivan Bruel • Alya Césaire • Juleka Couffaine • Marinette Dupain-Cheng • Lê Chiến Kim • Mylène Haprèle • Max Kanté • Alix Kubdel • Nathaniel Kurtzberg • Nino Lahiffe • Rose Lavillant • Sabrina Raincomprix • Lila Rossi) • Ms. Mendeleiev's class (Marc Anciel • Aurore Beauréal • Mireille Caquet • Jean Duparc • Zoé Lee) • Kagami Tsurugi • Luka Couffaine • Ondine • Socqueline Wang • Théo Barbot • Vivica • Wayhem Children August • Boy • Chris Lahiffe • Ella Césaire • Etta Césaire • Froggy • Harmonie • Manon Chamack • Mrs. Michelle's son • Quentin • Rythm Adults Emilie Agreste • Anne-Jeanne Théoxanne du Bocquale • Arlette • Thomas Astruc • August's mother • Vincent Aza • Mr. Banana • André • Gina Bianchi • André Bourgeois • Audrey Bourgeois • Armand • Caline Bustier • Alec Cataldi • Marlena Césaire • Nora Césaire • Otis Césaire • Nadja Chamack • Sabine Cheng • Chris • Harry Clown • Clara Contard • Anarka Couffaine • Denis Damocles • Armand D'Argencourt • Doorman • Roland Dupain • Tom Dupain • Simon Grimault • Fred Haprèle • Gisèle • Fire captain • Claudie Kanté • Alim Kubdel • Jalil Kubdel • Marianne Lenoir • Olga Mendeleiev • Mrs. Michelle • Jean-Pierre Monlataing • Bertrand King • Clara Nightingale • Philippe • Placide I.T. • Roger Raincomprix • Xavier Ramier • Penny Rolling • Mrs. Rossi • Bob Roth • Didier Roustan • Santa Claus • Sarah • Sarah (waitress) • Sophie • Jagged Stone • Jean Tretiens • Tomoe Tsurugi • Véronique • Vincent • XY • Dino Huggie Animals Edgar • Fang • Minor animals • Whiskers Groups Kitty Section Characters from the past Darkblade (ancestor) Miscellaneous A.D.A. • Albert • Markov Other characters Teenagers Ali • Chung • Delmar • Jiao • Kang Adults Amelie Graham de Vanily • Cash • Chun Cheng • Colt Fathom • Miss Soraya Khan • Shu Yin Cheng • Wang Cheng • Yen Cheng Animals Bastille Prodigious Related Fei Wu/Ladydragon • Wu Shifu • Renlings (Hou Hou • Ma Ma • Long Long • Hu Hu • She She • Tang Tang • Xiong Xiong • Ying Ying) • Mei Shi Others Akumatized person with helmet • Iron Armor Akumatized Person Non-canon characters Adam/Replay • Breaker • Dany Boon/Gagotor • Ellie/Invisigence • Fisherman/Silurus • Ghetto Blaster • Howard • Charlotte Basquet/Sculptia • Jørgen• Kenya • Kenya's father/Trash Krakken • Killabee • Librarian • Metal Face D • Public Enemy • Lindalee Rose • Shaolin Soul • Unnamed superheroes • Unused Quantic Kids members (Gavroche • Kid Mime • Melodie) • Wealthy woman