“ | Just think of the illusion you wanna create. Stay focused! | ” |
—Cat Noir to Rena Rouge, "Sapotis" |
Mirage is the special superpower granted by the Fox Miraculous to its owner.
Description[]
This superpower allows the user to cast a hyper-realistic illusion. It is activated by the user speaking its name.
Miraculous owner[]
When the Fox Miraculous owner plays the flute, in generates a ball of white-orange energy at the far end of it. When they swing the flute, the ball of energy will be sent off to cast the illusion of whatever or whomever the user is thinking of. In "Sentibubbler", it is shown that the user can cast an illusion without having to play or swing the flute, but it seems the user would still need to be holding it.
The illusion can be used over a massive scale, such as to create the image of an entire amusement park, or used on a small scale, such as to create an illusion of only a single person. Furthermore, it is stated in "Intuition" that the illusion can reach as far as all the way in outer space, but this has never actually been seen done.
As seen in "Miraculer", "Gang of Secrets", and "Sentibubbler", Mirage can conceal the true appearance of something and make it look like someone/something else, or make it appear invisible to anyone outside of the area the illusion is covering, and make it so an opponent only sees the illusion they are meant to see. Notably, someone inside the area of the illusion would not appear invisible to themselves, but would still see the visual aspect of the illusion.
The user can also modify the illusion and add on to it after the initial casting. In "Illusion", Monarch created an illusion of Gabriel Agreste being reakumatized into the Collector. While fighting Ladybug and Cat Noir, the illusion made anything "hit" by "the Collector's tablet" turn invisible, making it appear as if the Collector had trapped the objects. Monarch also created numerous illusionary portals that the Collector jumped through to make it appear as if he had been given the power of the Horse Miraculous, showing that the illusion can be made to appear and disappear in various locations.
As shown in "Rocketear", not only can the owner of the Fox Miraculous make visual illusions of people or objects, but also "sound illusions". Illusions of people are even able to be made to speak, even having the same voice as the real person. The user of Mirage can control their illusions and speak through them. It's also been revealed that the user can hear and see through their illusions, even from far distances, similar to how the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous holders can hear and see through their creations.
As seen in "Syren", "Miraculer", "Miracle Queen", and "Evolution", though the illusion disappears if touched, if the illusion is made up of multiple separate entities, multiple illusory clones of the user for example, touching one of the entities would cause only that one to disappear. The rest of the illusion would continue to exist and function.
Just like Cataclysm, Mirage can work underwater, as seen in "Mr. Pigeon 72". In "Intuition", it is suggested that the illusion can also work in outer space, though this has yet to actually be seen.
This power is extremely useful, when used correctly it may even perhaps be considered the most useful of all the powers of the Miraculouses of the Chinese Miracle Box. It can be used to trick and deceive an opponent, as seen in "Sentibubbler" when Rena Rouge used it to escape the villains and make them think that their plan was still on track without them ever realizing that she was plotting against them. It can also be used to manipulate an opponent or lure them to a certain place, as seen in "Sapotis", when Rena Rouge used an illusion of an amusement park to lure all the Sapotis into one place, or in "Miraculer", when Rena made Ladybug look like and sound like Chloé Bourgeois so the villain would unknowingly return the powers she stole from her.
As seen in "Kwamibuster", "Optigami", "Sentibubbler", and "Rocketear", the Fox Miraculous owner can dispel the illusion and make it disappear by speaking the cancellation phrase: "Reality". As seen in "Gang of Secrets", there is an alternate cancellation phrase that would also work to dispel the illusion: "Mirage Vanish".
Trixx[]
As shown in "Gang of Secrets", when Mirage is used directly by Trixx, in addition to casting the intended illusion, it also casts a massive, unpredictable illusion that can cover gigantic structures, even if they are a ways away. As an example, after creating an illusion of Marinette to lure away the Gang of Secrets, it also created an illusion of the Eiffel Tower, a gigantic metal tower more than 300 meters tall, located in a completely different part of the city, dancing as if it were in a j-pop music video. In "Sentibubbler", it's implied that Trixx's illusions can last longer than his holders.
According to Trixx himself, since his power only creates illusion, any catastrophe caused by his power would just be imaginary and would probably not be able to cause any actual harm.
Weaknesses[]
There are four known weaknesses with this power:
- Probably the most significant and obvious weakness of this power, the illusions aren't solid. This means that Mirage is useless for direct physical combat, additionally the illusion will vanish if a real person or object touches it.
- However that's not always the case as seen in "Sentibubbler", even though nothing or no one solid can interact with an illusion they can interact with each other as long as the user thinks of multiple people while casting the illusion.
- Since illusions aren't solid they don't react to light which may also imply that don't have a reflection either as shown in "Volpina" or "Mayura". But it should be noted that the illusions can be seen through technology as seen in "Intuition".
- The user must have a clear and focused mind or it messes with their illusions.
- The user can't make an accurate illusion of something or someone if they don't know what the person, animal or thing is suppose to look like.
- The illusions mostly revolve around sight and sound, so if someone has an acute sense of smell, they might be able to tell the illusion apart (although, a group of panthers that escaped from the zoo could not tell illusion steak apart from the real thing, so it's possible the illusions can mimic smell as well).
In "Miraculous Paris", it is revealed that using the special superpower uses vital energy from the Kwami, but also from the miraculous holder. It's one thing for an adult holder, but for an underage holder, who is less physically and mentally capable of handling the strain, there is a security system in place that limits them to only using their special power once and causes them to detransform before it becomes dangerous. However, using the Miraculous for evil overrides the limiter, allowing an underage holder to use their powers to their full potential. As previously stated, a younger holder cannot handle the strain; dark veins of corruption will gradually spread across their body, and they will inevitably be destroyed.
Uses[]
Season | Episode | Summoner | Illusion | Reason | Image |
Season 2 | "Sapotis" | Rena Rouge | Amusement Park | Luring the Sapotis into a narrow alley so the heroes would have an easier time getting all their hats. | |
"Syren" | Trails of panthers' favorite steak chops | Luring the panthers into a van. | |||
Season 3 | "Miraculer" | Ladybug disguised as Chloé Bourgeois | Tricking Miraculer into returning Ladybug's power. | ||
"Kwamibuster" | Multifox | A scene in which Ladybug captures the akuma, repairs the damage and receives the Mouse Miraculous from Marinette. | To make Cat Noir believe that Marinette was just Multimouse and that she and Ladybug are separate people. | ||
"Miracle Queen" | Rena Rouge | Rena Rouge, Pegasus, and King Monkey directly fighting; King Monkey disguised as Rena Rouge. | Tricking Dragon Bug and Snake Noir into believing that they're fighting the real enemies; allowing King Monkey to use Uproar on Dragon Bug's yo-yo. |
Episode | Summoner | Illusion | Reason | Image |
"Gang of Secrets" | Rena Rouge | Marinette shouting for Cat Noir and then running away. The illusion also disguises the pool to be drained and includes a thick wooden board so the Marinette illusion would run on it. | To prevent the akumatized villains from getting Cat Noir's Miraculous and make them go after the Marinette illusion instead, as well as directing Timebreaker into their trap. | |
"Mr. Pigeon 72" | Ladybug and Cat Noir with counterfeit civilian forms. | To prevent Shadow Moth from discovering Ladybug and Cat Noir's true identities, and to lure Mr. Pigeon into their trap so Plagg could get his Bird Call. | ||
"Optigami" | Ladybug | To distract Style Queen so Rena Rouge can free Marinette from the elevator. | ||
"Sentibubbler" | Alya Césaire going to the bathroom. | To make Sentibubbler believe that Alya was in the bathroom so the real Alya could hide and operate more freely. | ||
Ladybug and Alya Césaire | To make Shadow Moth believe that Ladybug won't give Alya the Fox Miraculous anymore after her identity was revealed in "Miracle Queen". | |||
Marinette stuck in one of Sentibubbler's bubbles. | To conceal the real Marinette, allowing her to transform into Ladybug and unify the Ladybug and Horse Miraculouses to become Pegabug and escape the bubble. | |||
"Rocketear" | Rena Furtive | The conversation that Cat Noir and Alya had at her balcony the previous evening. | To make Nino realize that he misunderstood what he saw the previous evening and help him break free from his Akumatization. | |
"Strikeback" | Monarch | A ring of the symbols of all the Miraculous in his possession around his Message Transmission. | To show all Parisians that he has defeated Ladybug and taken nearly all the Miraculouses that were under her care. |
Episode | Summoner | Illusion | Reason | Image |
"Evolution" | Monarch | A ring of the symbols of all the Miraculous in his possession around his Message Transmission. | To show all Parisians that he has defeated Ladybug and taken nearly all the Miraculouses that were under her care. | |
Clones of himself | To confuse Ladybug, Cat Noir and future Bunnyx, taking the chance to paralyze Bunnyx while they are distracted. | |||
"Illusion" | Gabriel Agreste being akumatized into The Collector. The illusion also covered everything that the Collector "captured", making them invisible, all while making it appear that he had the power of Voyage, finishing later at the sewers where the Collector pretended to fight off the akumatization and release himself from it and then "accidentally" fell into the water. | To prevent Nino, Alya, Adrien and Marinette (and by extension Ladybug and Cat Noir) from finding out that he is using the Alliance to give the Miraculous superpowers to his villains. | ||
"Passion" | Safari | Timetagger attacking Paris twice | To lure and distract Ladybug and Cat Noir so she can lock them with her tracker and then immobilize them with Venom. | |
"Intuition" | Monarch | Message Transmission | To trick Cosmobug and Astrocat into splitting up so they wouldn't be able to help each other. | |
"Revelation" | Hoaxer | Marinette transforming into Monarch. | To turn all of Paris against Marinette. | |
Ladybug and Cat Noir as aliens from Saturn who release bubbles that destroy the ozone layer. | To turn all of Paris against Ladybug and Cat Noir. | |||
Gabriel as an alien that hid his flying saucer under the Louvre pyramid. | To convince Nathalie to send her all of Gabriel’s secrets through the smartphone and erase all traces of it. |
Episode | Summoner | Illusion | Reason | Image |
"Miraculous Paris" | Monarch | Giant Shadybug and Claw Noir walking around Paris and calling out for Betterfly. | Used to lure the heroes out and split them up, so that the villains could execute a sneak attack on them. |
Episode | Summoner | Illusion | Reason | Image |
"Volpina" | Volpina | A billboard of Volpina and Adrien Agreste being together. | To test her new powers and to spite Ladybug. | |
A meteor hurtling towards earth and herself stopping it. | To make everyone believe she is a hero and earn Ladybug and Cat Noir's trust. | |||
Hawk Moth traveling across the rooftops. | To separate Ladybug from Cat Noir. | |||
Various missiles and a target that follows Ladybugs feet. | To threaten Ladybug. | |||
A building collapsing. | To persuade Ladybug to surrender her Miraculous. | |||
Multiple copies of Volpina. | To confuse the heroes. | |||
Adrien Agreste | To use fake Adrien as a hostage so the heroes would surrender. | |||
Multiple copies of Volpina. | To confuse the heroes. | |||
"Catalyst" | An akumatized Ladybug destroying Cat Noir. | To convince all of Paris that no one will protect them anymore, allowing Scarlet Moth to akumatize them. | ||
"Mayura" | Scarlet Moth | To try and distract Ladybug and Cat Noir long enough for Scarlet Moth to akumatize them, though this ultimately failed. | ||
"Miraculer" | Miraculer | Clones of Miraculer | To confuse her enemies. | |
"Gamer 2.0" | Gamer 2.0 in the form of Volpina | Multiple copies of Volpina | To try and trick Ladybug, though this ultimatley failed. | |
Ladybug with Volpina's flute. | Multiple copies of Ladybug on Sandboy's pillow. | To not let Gamer 2.0 win their match, and trick him into touching the ground to make him disappear. | ||
"Determination" | Rena Rouge wax statue | Heroes wax statues | To try to distract Ladybug and Cat Noir and attack them from behind. | |
"Conformation" and "Re-creation" | Miraculized | Unknown | The Miraculized were able to use the powers channeled by Monarch after detecting Ladybug and Cat Noir's quantum aura, but they didn't use Mirage. |
Season | Episode | Illusion | Reason | Image |
Before Season 1 | — | The Loch Ness Monster | In "Sentibubbler", Xuppu mentions that Trixx was in Scotland and once created an illusion in of the Loch Ness Monster, possibly starting the legend of the creature. | |
Season 4 | "Gang of Secrets" | Marinette escaping from the akumatized villains and running to the school. | To get Lady Wifi away from Marinette, keeping her role as the Guardian a secret and allowing her to transform into Ladybug. |
Trixx's unintended Illusions | ||||
Episode | Illusion | Cause | Image | |
"Gang of Secrets" | The Eiffel Tower doing a crazy dance. | Trixx using an illusion of Marinette to lure the Gang of Secrets away from the real Marinette. |
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Trivia[]
- The illusions created by Volpina are notoriously superior to those of Rena Rouge as she doesn't have the limitation to use only one illusion per transformation, being able to make as many as she wants without transforming back to normal.
- However, that is an ability used by an adult Fox Miraculous holder meaning that Hawk Moth is capable of amplifying said powers of his akumatized villains.
- In the Korean dub, it's called Magical Mirage.
- This power was used by Trixx at least twice: the first time, he used it a long time ago, causing an unknown catastrophe; the second time, he used it to protect Marinette from Lady Wifi and allow the former to transform into Ladybug.
- In "Sentibubbler", it's revealed that Trixx has used his power to possibly create the myth of the Loch Ness monster. It's possible that was the unknown catastrophe mentioned by Wayzz and Barkk in "Gang of Secrets".
- Because the myth of the Loch Ness monster is still persisting to the present days and with people claiming having seen it, it's quite possible that Trixx's illusion still remains, proving that his illusions can last for a very long time.
- In "Sentibubbler", it's revealed that Trixx has used his power to possibly create the myth of the Loch Ness monster. It's possible that was the unknown catastrophe mentioned by Wayzz and Barkk in "Gang of Secrets".
- When a Mirage disappears the reed flute sound can be heard as in "Sapotis" and "Miracle Queen" etc.
- However, in "Miraculer" the sound effect is missing when the titular villain gave Ladybug (as Chloé due to the effects of Mirage) her powers back.
- Or it might simply be background music to provide texture and aural interest that will engage the audience and capture their attention.
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