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“ | We're good, Adrien, don't sweat it. We're buds. Always and forever. | ” |
—Nino, "The Bubbler" |
Nino Lahiffe[15] is one of the four deuteragonists (alongside Tikki, Plagg and Alya Césaire) of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is a former student in Miss Bustier's class at Collège Françoise Dupont and Adrien Agreste's best friend. He is also a DJ and the head of the school radio.
In "The Bubbler", when Nino became frustrated with adults after failing to convince Gabriel Agreste to allow Adrien to have a birthday party, Hawk Moth akumatized him into the Bubbler, a bubble-wielding supervillain.
In "Anansi", after Alya Césaire and Cat Noir were captured by the titular villain, Nino received the Turtle Miraculous from Ladybug. When the Miraculous is inhabited by Wayzz, Nino becomes Carapace, a turtle-themed superhero with the power of Protection who helps Ladybug and Cat Noir "during particularly difficult missions" in the second season and beyond.[16][17]
In "Mayura", during the fight with Scarlet Moth, due to grief caused by watching Rena Rouge falling victim to an akuma, Carapace was then akumatized into Shell Shock, a turtle-themed supervillain.
In "Oblivio", due to his and Alya's embarrassment at being caught playing the Super Penguino video game together, they were both akumatized into Oblivio, a memory-erasing supervillain.
In "Rocketear", after coming to believe that Alya and Cat Noir were secretly a couple behind his back and thinking that Alya was cheating on him, Nino was akumatized into Rocketear, a supervillain with the power to cry exploding tears. And from this episode, Nino revealed to Adrien that he is Carapace, and later, he also received a Magical Charm from Ladybug that prevented him from being reakumatized.
After the events of "Strikeback", Nino was temporarily unable to become Carapace after Monarch managed to steal the Turtle Miraculous along with all the others contained in the Chinese Miracle Box from Ladybug's yo-yo.
In "Illusion", in order to keep helping Ladybug and Cat Noir fighting Monarch, even without superpowers, Nino formed the Resistance, a group formed of inactive Miraculous holders with the mission to support the main heroes in whatever way they could.
In "Re-creation", after Ladybug recovered the stolen Miraculous and reforged them following Monarch's defeat, Nino was given back the Turtle Miraculous permanently and reunited with Wayzz.
Appearance
Physical appearance
Nino is a tall slender teenage boy, with short dark brown hair, light brown/tan skin, and moderate orange eyes.
Civilian attire
He wears a plain red cap, uses black-rimmed glasses, and often has a pair of dark gray, blue, and orange headphones hung around his neck. He typically wears a vivid azure t-shirt with an eye design on the front (a design involving a black pupil, white sclera, a dark gray upper eyelid with lashes, and a light blue lower lid). Around his jeans is a brown belt, and while most of it is hidden by his shirt, one tip sticks out a little bit below the hem. Additionally, he wears lime green, pink, red, blue, and yellow wristbands around his right wrist, moderate azure jeans, and red and white high collar shoes with a white knight design on the tongues.
As Carapace
Carapace has a deep green jumpsuit with a hood over his head, the suit itself made with tiny hexagonal patterns resembling those on the Turtle Miraculous. The hoodie has a silver semicircle on the front, curved red-eye designs on the sides with black and golden details, and two small light green ovals below the bottom of the hood's opening. Over his eyes, Carapace wears black goggles with yellow-green lenses, and underneath the suit, he has a black collar. On his suit, he has six hexagon-shaped light green circles on his chest, and he has dark gray hexagon-shaped protective pads on his shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees. The Turtle Miraculous bracelet is on his right wrist. Also, Carapace wears deep green boots with an indent between his big toe and other toes, dark gray outsoles, and two indents on two sides of each boot. On his back, he carries a shield that is dark green on one side and light green on the other.
As Shell Shock
Shell Shock had the same appearance as his superhero counterpart except for being red all over, and the lenses of his goggles and shield were all red, owing to him having been taken over by a Scarlet Akuma. His appearance resulting from a normal akuma is unknown.
As the Bubbler
The Bubbler had light brilliant arctic blue skin, dark amaranth eyes, and black circles around his eyes, along with a black spot above his left eye and a black spot below his right eye. He wore a luminous vivid red, arctic blue, and yellow elbow-length sleeved tunic with many parts of the suit being rounded like attached bubbles. Around his head, he had a red hood-like thing that featured a red antenna on top with a red sphere. Also, he wore black boots, black elbow-length gloves with brilliant amaranth knuckles, and black pants. On his chest, he had an eye-like black and white circle with two dark gray tubes attached. The tubes connected to the Bubbler's red, yellow, and blue bubble container, where he put his bubble wand when he wasn't using it. The bubble wand had a blue handle and a yellow head with a long, oval hole.
As Oblivio
Oblivio was a purple silhouette that had a laser cannon in their left hand and wore a gray glove in their right hand.
As Rocketear
As Rocketear, Nino's entire skin tone became a light cornflower blue tint. His head (which may also have been a helmet) was shaped like a teardrop, with a pale, light grayish azure front and black back, with the black part curling over his cheek onto the front of his face. On the pale, light grayish cerulean part of his helmet was a teardrop. Over his eyes, replacing his glasses, were blue visors, and his eyes were brilliant cerulean. He seemed to be wearing what looked like a light cerulean supervillain jumpsuit with pale, light grayish cerulean gloves. On his shoulders, waist/thighs, and elbows were black teardrops with a light blue outline. There was a black square on each of his gloves. He also had pale, light grayish cerulean boots with black teardrops on them. He had another teardrop insignia on his chest.
- For more of Nino's outfits and designs, see Nino Lahiffe/Designs.
Personality
Nino is fun-loving, enthusiastic, friendly, and compassionate. He enjoys being a DJ at parties and hanging out with friends. He is described as "a caring friend with a strong sense of right and wrong."[18] Noticing when someone, like Adrien, is upset, he does what he can to comfort them or cheer them up. If he has a vision for something, he stays dedicated to it, sometimes rather stubbornly. But if things don't go in the fashion he wants them to, it exasperates and upsets him. He is more than willing to argue his point, though he is able to change his opinions on situations or particular people. Nino becomes frustrated if he sees something that he considers unfair, like when Adrien's father won't allow Adrien to have a birthday party. However, he doesn't hold grudges for long, and whether by choice or not, he will help others when they ask for it.
However, he tends to act nervous in certain situations, as seen in "Animan" when he tried to ask Marinette on a date and when he stuttered at the sight of being posted on Alya's Ladyblog. He also has some knowledge of how things work in certain situations like in "Horrificator" or "Anansi".
Like Alya, he can be caught up in the moment or excitement of things. However, unlike Alya, he can calm himself down enough to realize reality as he doesn't hesitate on returning the Turtle Miraculous.
When it comes to those he cares about he is brave and loyal, refusing to leave them behind, as seen in "Simon Says", where he didn't want to leave without Adrien, and in "Anansi", when he was even willing to fight against the titular villain to save Alya or staying with her when she's infected in "Zombizou". He is also protective of his brother Chris, running all over the city to find him in "Christmaster". He can become doubtful of his abilities at times but takes advice from others very well.
Also, he seems to be very attached to his signature red cap, as seen in "Chameleon", when it is taken from him by the titular villain and is later reassured by Alya that he looks fine without it.
However, during part of season 4 (starting from "Rocketear") and season 5 as a whole, the negative aspects of Nino are manifested, which is shown in "Rocketear" where he can sometimes be very insecure, especially when it comes to his relationship with Alya. After noticing that Alya was evasive and kept secrets, not to mention her apparent attention to Cat Noir, combined with a scene from a film where Rena Rouge tells Cat Noir, Nino comes to suspect that there may be something between them and follows Alya to confirm his suspicions. This insecurity on his part leads him to misunderstand the situation and to believe that they are together. This is also shown in "Risk (Shadow Moth's Final Attack - Part 1)" where he decides not to listen to Marinette when she tells them that Adrien no longer wants to be a model.
He can be insensitive and act without thinking, as seen in "Illusion", where he chooses to humiliate Gabriel in the middle of a parent-teacher meeting, and he did not think about his actions and at the end of the episode, he invites Lila into the Resistance.
It can sometimes be involved in plans created by Nathaniel and Marc, which is shown in "Transmission", "Perfection" and "Protection".
He is sometimes mocking, which is shown in "Emotion", where he makes fun of Marinette by saying that she should be aware of Adrien. This is also shown in "Revelation" where he believes Lila and despises Marinette and Adrien.
In spite of his flaws, Nino can be regretful for his actions. It was seen in "Confrontation", when Nino found out that Lila was a liar all along, Nino, in the deleted scenes, apologized to Marinette, showing that he is not above apologizing whenever he's wrong. In "Revolution", "Representation", "Conformation" and "Re-creation", he showed that even though he doesn't powers, Nino can be very brave, when facing Chloé Bourgeois and her tyranny, Nightormentor and Miraculized army during Monarch's final days. In "Representation", when Marinette is heartbroken by Adrien's departure from Paris, Nino compassionately comforts her and assures her that they'll find a way to visit him.
As Carapace, most of Nino's personality remains the same, like his willingness to help others and bravery, although he forgets to speak in a formal manner, calling Ladybug "dude" or "dudette" instead of Ladybug. According to one of Alya's Instagram photos, he is also a bit camera shy. With and without his powers Nino retains his loyalty and willingness to help his leader such as creating the resistance in "Illusion".
But in being around Alya, he did get a taste of her impulsiveness falling for the same trick she did back in "Optigami".
As the Bubbler, he became less caring and more aggressive, being much wilder and louder than normal. Although one of his intentions was to let Adrien have the birthday party that he never got, he also despised adults and used his powers to get rid of them. His hatred could extend to his peers if they defied his orders. If anyone didn't listen to him, they got trapped in a bubble. His rage even proved to be an issue for Hawk Moth when he trapped Ladybug and Cat Noir and sent them into the sky instead of taking their Miraculouses.
As Shell Shock, his personality as Carapace seemed to inverse, making him cruel and aggressive.
As Oblivio, he and Alya became incredibly arrogant and conceited in their own abilities, erasing people's memories on a whim and taunting Ladybug and Cat Noir constantly after doing the same thing to them. However, they were easily frustrated as well, growing angrier and angrier while trying and failing to track down Ladybug and Cat Noir after they detransformed.
As Rocketear, he was vengeful towards Cat Noir for what he believed was Alya cheating on him with Cat Noir. He also cared about others who cared about him such as Adrien and Alya, who weren't considered his enemies. He tried to destroy Cat Noir mainly, rather than get the Miraculouses or destroy Ladybug. However, when Ladybug stopped him from causing any more harm to Cat Noir, he then aimed to destroy her as well until he saw the video he recorded being projected with the audio being added by Rena Furtive without him knowing. This caused him to give up his vengeance and reject Shadow Moth's akumatization.
Abilities
As a civilian
Nino is a skilled DJ, competing with his abilities and making it to the second round of The Challenge. With his cellphone, he likes to record videos, and, in "Horrificator", he films a movie with it. He is also knowledgeable in film tropes and film crew, noting how cell phones don't usually work in horror movies in "Horrificator" and mentioning Hollywood director Steven Basielberg in Volpina.
He also has powerful teamwork by bring his friends together to join the resistance against Monarch and the plastic problem, he´s shown to have strong leadership.
In "Anansi", Nino is shown to have decent fighting abilities.
As Carapace
Carapace has much more enhanced skills, such as speed, agility, and strength, and he is almost invulnerable to physical damage.[19] However, he doesn't seem to be able to reach great heights like other Miraculouses allow (such as Ladybug with her yo-yo, or Rena Rouge with her superior agility), having to rely on his allies for being transported long distances. He possesses a shield as a weapon that can easily be thrown and used to fight and is strong enough to endure hits from powerful villains like Anansi.
His special power, Shell-ter, is executed through his shield, and allows him to create a giant green shell-like spherical barrier/force field to protect himself and his allies, and is also able to damage particular surfaces (such as Anansi's webs). Despite the usefulness of this power, it must be used wisely, as Carapace can only use it once before reverting to his civilian form five minutes after using it.
As Shell Shock
Shell Shock still had enhanced skills and wielded the same weapon as Carapace. However, any further abilities as Shell Shock are currently unknown.
As the Bubbler
With his bubble wand weapon, the Bubbler could create giant impenetrable bubbles with various powers and colors.
- Purple bubbles could be used to chase and capture people, turning green. Additionally, the Bubbler could use them to project his face and give a message, and he could stand on them to levitate.
- Red bubbles were his offensive attack: he could throw them at his enemies, causing a fiery explosion on impact. Additionally, the Bubbler could turn existing red bubbles into swarming green ones that attached to people and morphed into a giant green bubble. This was used to catch both Ladybug and Cat Noir in one go.
He was unable to levitate in mid-air without standing on a bubble, but he could jump very high and can fly from one place to another leaving a trail of purple bubbles.
His bubbles couldn't be penetrated by limbs or by Ladybug's yo-yo. However, the shields Ladybug and Cat Noir created by rotating their weapons did offer some protection. Additionally, the bubbles could be blown away by air currents and could be burst by Cataclysm and the Miraculous Ladybug.
As Oblivio
Oblivio had super strength and wielded a laser cannon that could fire a blast of purple energy that caused whoever it hit to lose their memories. Oblivio was invulnerable to physical attacks, which phased right through them.
As Rocketear
Rocketear was able to create tears from his visors and shoot them at his opponent. Once the person aimed for was touched by the tears, they will immediately be pushed to a far-off distance. However, if his tears touched an object, they would cause a massive explosion around its area. He was also able to charge a short beam of energy, which had the same affect as his tears.
Family
Tree
= Male
= Female
= Gender Unknown
Notes
- The official Miraculous Ladybug Tumblr blog revealed that Nino's family was originally supposed to be revealed in season 2.[20] However, the only member who has been seen in the show is Chris, his younger brother, who was introduced in "Christmaster".
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Sightings
Episodes
Other Media
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Trivia
- Nino's name is a wordplay on "No life" - or rather, Nolife -[21] a French TV network about pop culture, self-described as "for geeks, nerds and otakus". This refers to his geeky personality.
- Nino aspires to be a film director, as hinted in "Horrificator", as well as "Volpina" when he says "Lila knows all of the Hollywood directors, she promised she'd mention me to Steven Basielberg himself!". He also directs the Creatica film in "Queen Banana". It is also mentioned as his future career in "Confrontation".
- Nino is a DJ during his spare time, and he manages the school radio station.[16][22]
- An earlier concept design for Nino involved a white shirt with red color included in the eye logo and dark gray headphones.[23]
- In "The Bubbler", Nino has black hair but in all episodes afterward, he has brown hair.
- Nino and his family comes from the country, Morocco.[24] It was previously assumed his family came from Réunion based on a series of tweets.[25]
- But it's unknown if the African side off his family comes from his mother's or father's side.
- Nino is actually that second person of African origins to wield a Miraculous succeeding his Miraculous predecessor Mudekudeku who wielded the Ladybug Miraculous.
- But unlike Khepri, Mudekudeku and LadyLion, Nino doesn't live in Africa.
- Carapace means a "protective shell", which is an apt description of his special power when using the Turtle Miraculous.[26]
- It is also the technical name for a turtle's backshell.
- In the Serbian dub, his superhero name Carapace is changed to Karapaks.
- Both Carapace and his civilian identity were revealed on August 31, 2017, in a press release video from French Miraculous distributor TFOU.[16]
- Following Alya Césaire and Chloé Bourgeois, Nino is the third person to become a Miraculous holder and an Akumatized villain, excluding Gabriel, who Akumatized himself.
- When Nino and Alya become Oblivio, their supervillain name is a pun on the word oblivious.
- Alternatively, it might come from the word 'oblivion' in reference of their power of erasing memories.
- The Bubbler appears another time in "Gamer 2.0" for Gamer 2.0's powers.
- A statue of the Bubbler appears in the Musée Grévin in "The Puppeteer 2".
- At Comic-Con 2019, Marinette, Adrien, Alya and Chloé were announced to have real-world Instagram accounts that fans could follow. In the video showing the accounts, Nino was shown to be tagged in a picture with a supposed account of his own, under the account name "@djnino" – currently, however, there exists an inactive account under that same nickname. While it is currently unknown if Nino will get an Instagram account in the future, Alya started the trending hashtag #ninoneedsaninstagram, which the accounts use to "tag" him in posts.
- In a post where Chloé mentions her distaste for being paired up with Nino for an art assignment (one that also saw Adrien with Alya and Marinette with Nathaniel), she commented, "#ninodoesntneedaninstagram".
- In "Sentibubbler", it is revealed that Nino is afraid of tarantulas. However when he is near Alya, he tries to pretend to not be scared of tarantulas.
- The word "tear" from "Rocketear" may be a reference to Nino using his explosive powers through his tears.
- Alongside Chloé Bourgeois and Alya Césaire, he is the third person to break free from an Akuma's control, and is the first male person to do so. Coincidentally, the three of them are Miraculous holders.
- However, given that Chloé wasn't akumatized when she broke free, he is technically the second person to break free from an Akuma's control while akumatized.
- As seen in "Mayura", Carapace is the third person to break an akumatized object, instead of Ladybug and Cat Noir, following Queen Bee and Rena Rouge in "Mayura".
- In "Rocketear", Nino is the first hero to be given a Magical Charm after becoming a Miraculous holder, excluding Wang Fu and Chloé Bourgeois, who are former holders.
- Nino is also the first male student from Miss Bustier's class and the third one, following Chloe Bourgeois and Juleka Couffaine, to receive a Magical Charm.
- In "Rocketear", it is revealed that Nino always wanted a mustache.
- Rocketear is the third villain that doesn't abandon their civilian identity, after Truth and Sole Crusher as he doesn't correct Ladybug when she calls him by his civilian name, and Sole Crusher, who also doesn't correct Marinette or Chloé, when the both of them call her by her civilian name.
- Nino is currently in the third position of having the most akumatized identities, having four (the Bubbler, Shell Shock, Oblivio and Rocketear), with Chloé being the first with her having seven akumatized identities (Antibug, Queen Wasp, Miracle Queen, Queen Banana, Penalty , Sole Destroyer and Queen Mayor) and Kagami being the second with her having five akumatized identities (Riposte, Oni-Chan, Lies, Ryukomuri and Riposte Prime).
- In the cardboard game Miraculous Secrets, it's revealed that Nino's headphones are a special gift from his favourite DJ after a concert and starts carrying with him before Season 1.
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References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Ladybug_Cartoon/status/673576008151375872
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BenjaminDiskin/status/1309634544102862850
- ↑ https://twitter.com/childishgamzeno/status/1309638415420334080
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/654304169524862976
- ↑ http://www.dubbningshemsidan.se/credits/miraculous/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/notes/dubbers-incmalaysia/senarai-pengalih-suara-miraculous-tales-of-ladybug-cat-noir-bahasa-malaysia/10158174682148307/
- ↑ https://albaniandubs.weebly.com/magjiket-aventurat-e-nusepashkes-dhe-macokut-te-zi.html
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 In "Anansi" by Nora Césaire/Anansi.
- ↑ By Rena Rouge in "Mayura".
- ↑ In "Anansi" by Ladybug.
- ↑ By Rena Rouge in "Mayura".
- ↑ By Ladybug In "Horrificator".
- ↑ By Miracle Queen in "Miracle Queen".
- ↑ File:Miraculous Character Heights.png, File:Miraculous Character Heights - Superheroes.png
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/752942731304075264
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 https://pandasuite.com/viewer/2.0.2/59a6c26e48abe6f53a002dc9?t=1 (direct video source here) Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ http://www.miraculousladybug.com/
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- ↑ https://officialmiraculousladybug.tumblr.com/post/159164542707/hi-i-wanted-to-ask-if-we-would-get-to-see-ninos
- ↑ Thomas Astruc on Twitter 8 April 2018
"Un dernier #MonSouvenirNolife sous forme d'easter egg qui ne sera plus compris que par une poignée d'anciens désormais: Dans Miraculous, le nom de Famille de Nino, le pote geek d'Adrien, c'est Lahiffe. #TheEndofNolife"
(Translation: One last #MyNolifeMemory in the form of easter egg that won't be understood more than by a handful of elders from now on: In Miraculous, the family name of Nino, Adrien's geek buddy, is Lahiffe. #TheEndofNolife) - ↑ http://miraculeusecoccinelle.tumblr.com/post/129733355946/miraculous-les-aventures-de-ladybug-et-chat-noir
- ↑ Image from the 2014 Licensing Show Video.
- ↑ http://princessofharte.tumblr.com/post/141454553764/i-felt-like-i-had-to-share-this-with-someone-nino Submitted to admin Princess of Harte from a private ask on Tumblr.
- ↑ Here Thomas Astruc said that either Alya or Nino's family comes from Réunion and here he revealed that Alya's comes from Martinique.
- ↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carapace