Nino Lahiffe/Relationships

This page contains the relationships of Nino Lahiffe, including family, friends, enemies, and others.

Family

Chris Lahiffe

Nino loves his little brother, Chris, deeply, and affectionately calls him "little dude". When Chris goes missing in "Christmaster", Nino desperately searches for him and is thankful when Ladybug and Cat Noir bring him back safe.

Romances

Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge

Talking with Alya about script changes

Nino and Alya appear to be friends and later they are confirmed to be an official couple in "Glaciator". During school in "Copycat", he happily agrees to Alya's request if she and Marinette can join him and Adrien to go to the movies. When Marinette isn't around to help Alya find out if Chloé is Ladybug in "Lady Wifi", she gets Nino to help, who, despite doubting Chloé would be Ladybug, assists her. The two don't always get along, however, Nino falling under Alya's fire when he admits to adding a kissing scene to her script without telling her in "Horrificator".

Nino and Alya after visiting the bakery.

In "Animan", when Nino tries to confess to Marinette the fact that he has a crush on her, he panics and says that he has a crush on Alya instead. After Ladybug put him in a locked cage, where he is stuck with Alya all afternoon, Nino reveals that, after spending time with Alya, he doesn't have a crush on Marinette anymore, finding that he has a lot in common with Alya. He continues being with Alya afterward, as seen when he dances with her in "Despair Bear" or putting his arm around her as they get ice cream from André as a couple in "Glaciator." He will often hold onto Alya when they are scared by akumatized villains, shown in episodes like "Reflekta" and "Captain Hardrock".

He also holds Alya and voluntarily chooses to stay with her when she was kissed (infected) in "Zombizou", not wanting to leave her side. He is also seen hanging out with her on occasion seen in "Syren" and "Anansi".

Carapace protects Alya.

When Alya's sister Nora is doubtful of him, Nino vows to do anything to protect her when she is captured by Nora in her akumatized form in "Anansi", he did everything in his power as Carapace to save her. After her sister Nora has been saved, Alya is amazed that a new hero entered the scene and asks for his name, and he answered by calling himself Carapace. Once Nino returns as his normal civilian appearance, Alya admitted she saw what he did for her despite him nervously said he wasn't a hero in an effort trying to keep his identity a secret.

Carapace holds back an infected Rena Rouge.

In "Catalyst", when Nino finds out that Alya is Rena Rouge, he is in complete awe, even complimenting her as classy. When he wonders why Alya doesn't find it strange that he's Carapace, she answers that she always knew he had the potential to be a hero. After they both transform and meet up with Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Queen Bee, they argue on whether they'd cover each other. In "Mayura", during the fight against Hawk Moth's army, he saw Rena Rouge take a hit for him from Dark Cupid. Nino's loyalty to her was so strong he refused to fight her but instead to restrain her and encourage her to fight against the arrow. She refuses and pushes Nino aside, and is then akumatized into Rena Rage. Carapace's distraught left him vulnerable to Scarlet Moth's scarlet akumas and he was akumatized into Shell Shock.

In "Chameleon", Nino and Alya sit next to each other during class. When Chameleon disguised as Adrien stole his cap and said he didn't deserve the real Adrien's friendship or Alya, he was comforted by her believing he looked better without his cap. While their at field trip in "Oblivio", they were both so embarrassed about being caught by their class that they were akumatized together into Oblivio. After they were deakumatized the two apologized to their classmates for the trouble they caused. In later episodes like in "Miraculer" and "The Puppeteer 2", the two continue to still hang out and work together as their alter ego.

In "Stormy Weather 2", they talked about how much their lives have changed because of Ladybug. In "Felix", he even tried to convince Alya that the video "Adrien" sent was fake and even tried to talk her out of attacking Adrien after she was akumatized.

In "Rocketear", Alya, under orders from Marinette, lies to Nino that she is no longer Rena Rouge as it is too dangerous for her to receive her Miraculous now that Shadow Moth knows her identity. Nino ends up getting akumatized into Rocketear because he thought Alya and Cat Noir were a secret couple. Alya becomes Rena Furtive and helps defeat him by playing the video that he took of Alya and Cat Noir on her balcony via Ladybug's Lucky Charm, a projector, and Alya adding a sonar illusion to the video. Rocketear then realizes it was all a misunderstanding as Alya runs up to him. He ends up rejecting Shadow Moth's power and Alya tells him she's still Rena Rouge/Furtive but in hiding.

Again after the Resistance's meeting was over in "Kwami's Choice", upon noticing the new heroes. Alya still didn't enjoy hiding her identity as Scarabella from him despite him complimenting that she'd make an excellent Ladybug.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug

Nino trying to express his feelings to Marinette.

Whenever they interact, Nino and Marinette seem to be friends. He answers Marinette's questions about what happened to Alya (who got suspended) during class in "Lady Wifi", and he tells her "good luck" while recording her at parent show and tell in class in "Rogercop". He even invites her to watch him on the set for The Challenge in "Simon Says". In "Animan", it is revealed that Nino likes Marinette and thinks she is cute. Nino has had a crush on Marinette ever since "Rogercop". However, after Nino spends a whole afternoon with Alya locked in a cage, he affirms that he doesn't have a crush on her anymore. Additionally, while they were in the zoo cage, Alya confesses to Nino that Marinette has a crush on a boy in their class; thus, Nino offers Marinette his help by saying that he will talk to whoever the boy is. The two are seen hanging out with each other in "Syren" and in "Anansi".

In "Party Crasher", Nino apologizes to Marinette for the lies he told her and friends but was forgiven by her admitting that they both wanted to do something nice for Adrien.

In "Illusion", Nino brought Marinette and Adrien along with Alya down to the Boiler Room revealing to them that he set up a resistance group asking her to join as well in an effort to stop Monarch. Then, to discover how Monarch kept transferring the miraculous powers to his villains. When Nino suggested causing an akumatization Marinette was hesitant at first with it being Adrien's father then agrees to go with the plan hoping his plan bears fruit unaware that they are being spied on. Then, in "Deflagration", like his other classmates Nino supported Marinette's relationship with his best friend.

Most of the time, Nino appreciates Ladybug's heroism, believing in her and Cat Noir as people he can trust in. Ladybug's arrival in "Horrificator" brings Nino a lot of joy, and he asks Ladybug in concern to help him find Adrien at the TVi Tower in "Simon Says".

Carapace pounds-it with Ladybug.

In "Anansi", he gets encouraged by the heroine understanding that it's not always strength that saves the day but courage and determination. When Alya is in danger he is approached by Ladybug with the Turtle Miraculous and as Carapace helps the heroes defeat the titular villain. While working with Ladybug he becomes slightly doubtful of his capabilities but quickly takes to them but has a bit of trouble calling the heroine by her proper name. After the mission is over he thanks Ladybug for trusting him.

In "Hawk Moth's Last Stand", he fights with Ladybug as Carapace for the final time as their victory results in Nino being stripped of his powers and Monarch obtaining them regardless he like everyone else still continues to show support for her. He further supports the heroine by creating a resistance group with the other depowered members in "Illusion".

In the next resistance meeting in "Deflagration", Nino noticed that there were new heroes in Paris, aware that Scarbella and Kitty Noire are Ladybug's and Cat Nor's successors. Regardless he knew that just like the original French Duo, this new duo would need their support showing his loyalty to the heroes and it came when Nino saw Monarch on the news with Ladybug's earrings he rallied the resistance members and came to the defense of a disguised and depowered taking the sting of a venom for her and during the scuffle retrieved the heroes jewels back.

In "The Final Day", He and the rest of the Resistance fought in honor of the French duo against the Miraculized army and after Monarch's defeat, he is permanently given back the Turtle Miraculous by Ladybug.

But when he is Bubbler, he dislikes her ruining his party and messing with his plans.

The Miraculers

Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir

Adrien reassuring Nino about talking to Marinette.

At first, when Adrien introduces himself to Nino in "Stoneheart", he is not fond of him, aware that Adrien is Chloé's friend. But after seeing Adrien try to thwart Chloé's revenge on Marinette, only to come off as the culprit to Marinette, Nino's saw him in a different light. Nino asks Adrien why he didn't reveal that Chloé was the guilty one. Adrien reveals that Chloé is his only friend; Nino warms up to him by introducing himself as a gesture of friendship, realizing Adrien needs some actual friends.

Nino relieved to see Adrien is safe.

Adrien is Nino's best friend. They enjoy hanging out with each other, and they sit together in class. Aware of Adrien's issues with his father, Nino tries to console and help him.

In order to get Adrien a birthday party, he is willing to talk to Gabriel about allowing him to have one, a request which Gabriel coldly refuses. Nino notices that sometimes it's hard for him to get in contact with Adrien, but he doesn't hold it against him or anything else, not blaming him for his father's unkindness towards him. Nino cares for his friend's safety, worried about his disappearance and pleading for Ladybug and Cat Noir to find him in "Simon Says". Whenever Nino is stressed about something, Adrien encourages him and is always willing to help him, like, for example, when he plans to invite Marinette out in "Animan". He becomes disappointed when Adrien is banned from coming from to school in "The Collector", but embraces him with a hug upon his return.

Nino also receives notices from Adrien when he can't hang out with him and his friends seen in "Glaciator". As well as "Captain Hardrock" but is glad that his father let him come.

In "Chameleon", when Nino was approached by Lila disguised as Adrien, his feelings was hurt when "Adrien" said that he didn't deserve "his", Alya's friendship, or even his cap. After his cap was returned, Nino went back to sitting beside his best friend the next day understanding it was an akumatized villain who said all those things, not him. In "Oni-Chan", he was informed by Adrien that he wasn't in love with Lila. During "Party Crasher", Nino worked together with his friends to plan a party for Adrien.

Wanting to cheer up his best friend in "Felix", Nino agreed on the idea of wanting to send a video care package but when it was returned with a nasty message. He believed that Adrien would never say that at all and that the video was fake upon hearing Adrien send a thank you video. Nino was happy that he was right.

Nino fighting his best friend again.

When Nino believes that Alya is in love with Cat Noir, in "Rocketear", he voiced his frustrations to Adrien who knew that wasn't true and that Alya only had feelings for him. Still doubtful, he decided to go undercover and get proof he finds the pair that night and records them. Then, shows it to Adrien the next day, but hearing him still dismiss it hurt and desperate to have his best friend beliver him. Nino reveals his and Alya's hero identifies to him and that they already knew of each other's identities. When the breakdown results in Nino being akumatized, despite Adrien encouraging him to fight Shadow Moth's influence, as the Rocketear he refuses to harm Adrien.

In "Hawk Moth's Last Stand", upon hearing that Adrien was going on a big trip to promote his father's company Nino gave him a great big hug happy that he gets to see the world but unknown to him was that Adrien didn't want to do this but put on a brave face not wanting to disappoint him.

In "Illusion", Nino brought Adrien and Marinette along with Alya down to the Boiler Room revealing to them that he set up a resistance group asking him to join as well in an effort to stop Monarch. Then, to discover how Monarch kept transferring the miraculous powers to his villains. When Nino suggested causing an akumatization Adrien was hesitant at first with it being his father then agrees to go with the plan hoping his plan bears fruit unaware that they are being spied on. Then, in "Deflagration", like his other classmates Nino supported his best friend's relationship with Marinette.

Nino ecstatically records Cat Noir, along with Ladybug.

The feelings Nino has for Cat Noir are that of a fanboy, finding him awesome and admiring him. He is thrilled when Cat Noir shows up shortly after Ladybug to rescue the class in "Horrificator". He mentions that he hopes that the knights haven't gone too medieval on Cat Noir in "Darkblade", and he excitedly calls out that Cat Noir has arrived to save the class in "Reflekta". He considers Cat Noir and Ladybug as pals he and any civilian can count on in any situation.

Carapace works with Cat Noir.

In "Anansi", he helps him by distracting the villain until Ladybug arrives and helps save Cat Noir as his alter ego Carapace. In "Mayura", Cat Noir and Carapace help each other to defeat Riposte and The Mime while Ladybug captures two akumas showing that the two work together really well. Later episodes he continues to help him and Ladybug in their fight against Hawk Moth.

As the Rocketear, Nino had a strong desire for revenge against the hero attacking him relentlessly despite Cat Noir, trying to explain what really happened even putting his weapon down. By Rena and Ladybug, through a movie projected showed what transpired, leading to Nino's deakumatization and apologized to him.

In "Hawk Moth's Last Stand", he fights with Cat Noir as Carapace for the final time as their victory results in Nino being stripped of his powers and Monarch obtaining them regardless he like everyone else still continues to show support for him. He further supports the hero by creating a resistance group with the other depowered members in "Illusion".

In the next resistance meeting in "Deflagration", Nino noticed that there were new heroes in Paris, aware that Kitty Noire and Scarbella are Cat Noir's and Ladybug's successors. Regardless he knew that just like the original French Duo, this new duo would need their support showing his loyalty to the heroes and it came when Nino saw Monarch on the news with Ladybug's earrings he rallied the resistance members and during the scuffle retrieved the heroes jewels back.

In "The Final Day", He and the rest of the Resistance fought in honor of the French duo against the Miraculized army.

As Bubbler, he prepares a birthday party for Adrien and forces some of his schoolmates to attend and have fun. However, he is not pleased with Cat Noir interfering with his plans.

Max Kanté/Pegasus

Nino fascinated by Max's passion for technology.

Nino and Max appear to be friends that work well together An example of these qualities being exhibitied is in the making of Nino's film in during "Horrificator" and putting together a boys-only party for Adrien in "Party Crasher". He was also impressed when he learned that Max managed to create Markov; a robot with the mind and emotion of a human.

As their alter egos, Carapace and Pegasus fight beside each other as a team, with Ladybug, Cat Noir and the rest of their Miraculous holding allies.

Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey

Nino seems to be on good terms with Kim. From "Deflagration", they continue to work as resistance members.

As their alter-egos, Carapace and King Monkey fight beside each other as a team, with Ladybug, Cat Noir and the rest of their Miraculous holder allies.

Ivan Bruel/Minotaurox

Nino seems to be on good terms with Ivan. From "Deflagration", they continue to work as resistance members.

As their alter-egos, Carapace and Minotaurox fight beside each other as a team, with Ladybug, Cat Noir and the rest of their Miraculous holder allies.

Rose Lavillant/Pigella

While they do not have many one-on-one interactions, Nino does get along well with Rose. In "Guiltrip", Nino, like most of his classmates, were worried about Rose when they learned of her illness. When Nino was imprisoned by the titular sentimonster, he and his friends were saved by Pigella, who used Gift on Reflekta.

As Carapace, he works well with Pigella on his side. In "Kuro Neko", they stopped Gigantitan together, Carapace imprisoning him in Shellter and Pigella using Gift on him to induce positive emotions and drive out the akuma.

Juleka Couffaine/Purple Tigress

While they do not have many one-on-one interactions, Nino does get along well with Juleka. In "Reflekta", Nino showed support for Juleka when she went to the park with her friends to shoot another class photo.

As their alter-egos, Carapace and Purple Tigress fight beside each other as a team, with Ladybug, Cat Noir and the rest of their Miraculous holder allies.

Nathaniel Kurtzberg/Caprikid

Nino and Nathaniel working on the class movie, Kreatika.

Nino has been a close friend of Nathaniel's, and they support each other's passions. In "Queen Banana," Nathaniel helps Nino with the visual style for the class movie, Kreatika. In "The Ruler," Nino joins the rest of his friends in supporting Nathaniel and Marc with their new comic.

As their alter-egos, Carapace and Caprikid fight beside each other as a team, with Ladybug, Cat Noir and the rest of their Miraculous holder allies.

Luka Couffaine/Viperion

Nino knows about Luka, but does not communicate closely with him. Nino, like the rest of his classmates, often spend time in Liberty, where Luka lives.

As Carapace, he works on a team with Viperion. In "Party Crasher", Viperion nervously tries to save Carapace from the titular villain, but accidentally ends up captured along with him. In "Ephemeral", they were together when they fought alongside other heroes with Moolak. In "Revelator", Carapace, to celebrate his upgraded powers, puts his hand on a joyful Viperion's shoulder, symbolizing their close friendship.

Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko

Nino may have been aware that Adrien had been dating Kagami for some time, and also saw that they were both avatars for the alliance rings. To some extent, Nino and Kagami are in the same group of friends, even though they had little personal contact.

As Carapace, he fought against Riposte on Heroes' Day, breaking her sword and banishing the scarlet akuma, and then, when she became Kagami again, tried to bring her back to her senses.

Carapace is an ally of Ryuko as they work on the same superhero team. In "Mega Leech", they both took part in the battle against the titular sentimonster and the Malediktator.

As Shell Shock, he fought alongside Riposte and the other akumatized on Heroes' Day against Ladybug and Cat Noir, as well as the civilians of Paris who decided to fight back. They were able to knock Anarka Couffaine to the ground, but luckily for her, they were de-akumatized before they could do anything bad to her.

Marc Anciel/Rooster Bold

Nino doesn't know Marc too well, but they seem to get along well together. Along with the rest of his friends, Nino enjoys reading Marc and Nathaniel's new comic in "The Ruler".

As their alter-egos, Carapace and Rooster Bold fight beside each other as a team, with Ladybug, Cat Noir and the rest of their Miraculous holder allies.

Félix Fathom/Flairmidable/Argos

While Nino and Félix have yet to interact directly, in "Strikeback", Carapace meets him as Flairmidable, and in "Re-creation", he once again meets him as Argos.

Friends/Allies

Wayzz

Nino meets Wayzz.

Nino meets Wayzz in "Anansi", after Ladybug brought him the turtle miraculous, which was needed to defeat the akumatized villain. When Nino first met the kwami, he was surprised and amused, but not at all intimidated. After being activated, Wayzz explains to Nino the instructions to tranform into a superhero, sure of Ladybug's choice, working together to defeat the titular villain.

In "Catalyst", when Nino and Wayzz meet each other again, they are shown to be closer than when the first met when they performed a special handshake before Nino transformed.

In "Strikeback", Monarch was able to steal the miraculouses including the turtle ones so Nino realizes that Wayzz was captured by him and is worried about him so he creates a group called The Resistance to fight The Monarch even without the miraculouses and super powers.

In "Re-creation", after Ladybug recovers the stolen Miraculous and reforges them following Monarch's defeat, Nino is given back the Turtle Miraculous permanently and reunites with Wayzz.

Nino and Wayzz are informed that a new Butterfly Miraculous holder has appeared in Paris, who continues to use it for evil purposes. Along with the other members of Team Miraculers, Carapace and Wayzz contribute to defeating them. As shown in "Revelator", Nino has learned to control his adult powers, allowing him to not detransform back and use Shellter as much as he wishes. Overjoyed at his success, Nino feeds Wayzz a cookie.

Trixx

Trixx was the second kwami Nino met, which happened during "Catalyst" when Ladybug gave him and Alya miraculouses. Given that Carapace and Rena Rouge know each other's civilian identities, Nino can often cross paths with Trixx.

When Monarch captured all the miraculouses in "Strikeback", Nino was made aware that Trixx had also been captured and his powers were being used by Monarch for evil purposes.

In "Re-Creation", all the miraculouses were returned and also permanently entrusted to their holders, so Nino can often cross paths with Trixx because he is Alya's boyfriend.

Nora Césaire

When Nino meets Nora in "Anansi", he tries to prove his capability to protect Alya to her by saving her from an akumatized Nora (then Anansi). He fights against Anansi trying to save her and buying Ladybug time to get back. Once Nora was deakumatized she gained respect for him.

Sublime Varlette

Since Nino is Adrien's best friend, he may be aware that he is very close to Sublime and runs with her in the mornings. In "Daddycope", Nino was in Sublime's company, so they are friends to some extent. He also knows her mother, as he tried to interrogate her to get her to tell him any known information about Chrysalis.

Enemies

Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee

Nino distracting Chloé.

Although aware of Chloé's feelings for Adrien and, as Bubbler, even helping her by playing slow dance music at the birthday party, Nino dislikes her and her rude, bossy personality. When Alya suspects that Chloé is Ladybug, Nino laughs it off, pointing out that no one as awful as Chloé could be Ladybug. He is also displeased by Chloé for blaming Sabrina for attempting to steal Marinette's diary instead of sharing responsibility for the crime during class president elections. In "Antibug" he, alongside the rest of the class found it hillarious when Chloé was pestered by Vanisher and that she claimed it was some sort of fantasy creature who was behind it. In "Zombizou", he doesn't hesitate giving up Chloé to the villain's demands because of her cruel nature. In "Malediktator", he shares the pleasure of Chloé leaving for New York.

After the events of "Miracle Queen", Nino, like everyone else notices that Chloé's behavior had gotten worse. In "Queen Banana" he was extremely frustrated and annoyed with Chloé's constant demands over having the class's film her way.

As his alter ego Carapace, he and Queen Bee work well together as seen in the "Heroes' Day" finale and "Miraculer".

Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch/Monarchbug

Nino asking Gabriel to allow Adrien to have a birthday party.

Nino acts kind and respectful towards Gabriel whenever they meet. He is always a bit nervous when interacting with him, because Gabriel is so cold and serious, but he is also exasperated at Gabriel's strict approach to parenting Adrien. Nino can tell how much Gabriel's emotional and at times literal distance hurts Adrien, and questions if the "old man" is a robot or has always been so depressing.

In "The Bubbler", he met with Gabriel to ask him to allow Adrien to have a birthday party. Gabriel rejected the request, called Nino a "bad influence" for Adrien, and banned him from his house. Adrien ended up apologizing for Gabriel's behavior, but Nino still ended up leaving the Agreste residence filled with frustration (frustration which eventually led to his akumatization). Despite all this, when it Adrien recieved a scarf appearantly from his father for his birthday (which unbeknowest to both Nino and Adrien was actually Marinette's birthday gift for Adrien), Nino admits that perhaps Gabriel can be good when least expected. Nino being aware of his strictness in "Lady Wifi", Nino isn't too concerned that Adrien must be sneaky to get away from him.

Nino is aware that Hawk Moth is responsible for the akumatized villains, but he has no idea that he is Adrien’s father. After receiving the Turtle Miraculous and becoming Carapace, he works with Ladybug and Cat Noir to stop him.

In "Rocketear", under the belief that Alya was cheating on him for Cat Noir, a heartbroken Nino accepted Shadow Moth's offer to get revenge on Cat Noir, transforming into the titular villain. However, when he learned that it had all been a big misunderstanding and he and Alya makes attempts, Rocketear calls Shadow Moth, telling him that he "can have his lame powers back", rejecting the akuma. After receiving a Magical Charm from Ladybug, Nino vows he'll never let Shadow Moth use his emotions again.

He and the rest of the Resistance fought in honor of the French duo against his Miraculized army.

Lila Rossi/Chrysalis

Nino with Lila.

Before she was exposed, Nino treated Lila kindly. In "Oni-Chan", he's seen caring about her, and it bothers him that she's upset. She is shown to be quite fond of him by holding his arm as they cross the street, which causes him to become quite shy and flustered. In "Illusion", he allows her to join the resistance against the Monarch, unaware that she is secretly a spy sent by Gabriel Agreste and that she is aware of his possession of the Butterfly Miraculous.

However, after Marinette and Sabrina tricked Lila into revealing her true self in front of the entire school, Nino's "friendship" with Lila quickly came to an end.

Nino is unaware that Lila is actually a fake identity used by Cerise Bianca, and that she is the current owner of the Butterfly Miraculous. In "The Illustrhater", he and Alya interrogate Caline and Caroline as the ones who were akuma-affected and try to learn more about the new villain, but only learn that they are using a double voice to prevent anyone from knowing their true gender.

As Carapace, he fights against those akumatized by Chrysalis to protect Paris and also to prevent her from taking possession of the rest of the Miraculouses.