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| “ | But Master, the Miraculouses are not meant to be used for evil purposes! | ” |
—Nooroo to Gabriel Agreste, "Ladybug & Cat Noir" | ||
Nooroo[7] is a major character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is the kwami of Transmission[8] who is connected to the Butterfly Miraculous.[3] With his power, Nooroo's wearer can use the brooch to transform into a butterfly-themed superhero.
Nooroo and his Miraculous are currently owned by Cerise Bianca, who uses it to transform into the supervillain Chrysalis with the same goal as Gabriel Agreste, to obtain Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous.
Previously, Nooroo and his Miraculous were used by Gabriel Agreste to transform into the supervillain under the alias of Hawk Moth, Shadow Moth, and finally Monarch, in order to take Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses.
In a Re-Verse, Nooroo and his Miraculous are active, being owned by Gabriel Agreste, who uses it to transform into the superhero Betterfly.
Appearance[]
Nooroo is a light purple, butterfly-like creature who is 10 centimeters tall.[5] He has butterfly wings that have a long tail with a tip at the end of each lower wing and dark purple eyes. There is a slightly dark purple spiral mark on his forehead and one on each lower part of the back of his wings.
In season 4 onwards, he gains eyelashes.
From season 6, the purple spiral mark on his forehead becomes a protrusion and he has darker wings and they have a pattern, but this only happens when he is paralyzed, as they are bright white when Nooroo moves.
- For more of Nooroo's designs, see Nooroo/Designs.
Personality[]
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Nooroo tries to tell Gabriel that the Miraculous aren't meant for evil.
Nooroo is a knowledgeable, helpful, and empathetic kwami. He shows a bit of his curious side in "Gorizilla" when Gabriel thought Adrien might be Cat Noir. Like Wayzz, Nooroo has a formal side, calling his holder Master instead of his real name. Despite his intellect, Nooroo apparently can be too trusting for his own good as he apparently provided Gabriel with most of the information he desired without realizing his wicked intentions until it was too late.
Though he reluctantly succumbs to Gabriel's demands to help him get the Ladybug Miraculous and Cat Miraculous, Nooroo was distressed that he is helping someone use the Butterfly Miraculous for evil reasons. When Gabriel later learned that there are more kwamis and tells him that he wants to find them all, Nooroo was scared and concerned for his friends. But despite being afraid and worried deep down he felt great joy when his fellow kwamis were saved in "Battle of the Miraculous". Meaning that he never gave up hope that he'd be saved someday showing that Nooroo is hopeful.
In "Stormy Weather 2", Nooroo demonstrates a remorseful side, being aware of the damage that's been happening with his powers. He has also stated to Gabriel several times that his powers are not meant to be used in the way Gabriel is using them, showing a responsible side.
In addition to this, Nooroo was sometimes scared of Gabriel and was quite meek with him, such as in "Syren", when Gabriel interrogated him on how to obtain more powers. In "Sandboy", when he attempted to sneak away but was caught by Gabriel, he appeared frightened and meekly tried to explain his motives.
Just like Tikki who took on some of Marinette's personality traits in "Hack-San", it seems that Nooroo is taking on Gabriel's habit of using drastic measures to fix problems. Remembering the encounter with Robostus, Nooroo hoped with him akumatized again they'd be free meaning like Gabriel he isn't thinking things through.
After being freed from Gabriel’s control only to be captured by Cerise Bianca, Nooroo is devastated to once again be forced into serving someone evil. However, unlike before, Nooroo shows much greater courage by confronting Cerise directly, trying to persuade her to abandon her dark plans. Cerise, in turn, treats him with disdain, seeing him as nothing more than a power source. She forbids him from addressing her and cruelly immobilizes him every time he tries to speak. Despite the abuse, Nooroo holds onto hope and even rejoices with genuine happiness when one of Cerise’s plans to uncover Ladybug’s secret identity ends in failure.
Abilities[]
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As Nooroo's holders has a telepathic link to an akuma or kamiko, it's likely he has it too as well as have a good memory.
As a Kwami[]
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Nooroo transforms Gabriel into Hawk Moth.
Nooroo is able to fly, levitate, phase through solid objects, and carry things that are larger and/or heavier than him.
As a kwami, Nooroo possesses and grants the wielder the power of Kamikotization, transforming his wielder into a butterfly-themed superhero by entering the Butterfly Miraculous.
Like his fellow kwami, Nooroo can automatically speak any and all languages in the world, as he does not know who his next holder will be; not being able to speak the same language would cause problems for both parties, due to language barriers.
Similar his owners just as they can create akumas or Kamikos as well as give and take away powers from their champions that means it's likely that Nooroo is able to do it too but it's unknown what his version of akumatization or kamikotization, the reverse process even looks like, or if he can create Megakumas.
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Etymology[]
- Nooroo's name is an African variant of the name Nuru meaning "born in daylight" or "light" referencing that butterflies are diurnal. His name also means "the time of night", referencing from his moth based appearance and that most moths are nocturnal.
- The word Nuru also means "to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear; to put up (wallpaper)" in Japanese.
- The word Noro also means "source of life" in Malagasy.
Trivia[]
- Nooroo is also the name of a locality in northern New South Wales, Australia, northwest of the town of Stroud.
- Both the butterfly and the moth symbolize change or personal evolution. This is likely in connection with his ability to corrupt and transform others into his henchmen.
- The swirl on Nooroo's head and the lower part of his wings resembles the proboscis of a moth or butterfly.
- In his new design for season 6 onwards, the swirl on his head had become an appendice.
- As of "Sandboy", Nooroo is the youngest of the known kwamis.
- In Miraculous: Les Aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir, Nooroo states that he grants the power of generosity.
- In "Hawk Moth and the Akumatized Villains", Marinette has plans for Nooroo once he is free, by using his powers for good once Hawk Moth is defeated.
- However this did not happen now that Cerise Bianca has the Butterfly Miraculous with Hawk Moth being defeated.
- Nooroo is the fourth kwami to have his Miraculous destroyed as of "Miraculous Shanghai", following Fluff and Plagg in "Timebreaker" and Pollen in "Queen Wasp".
- Nooroo is one of four known kwamis to grant emotion-related powers, the other three being Duusu, Liiri and Daizzi.
- Nooroo and Duusu are the only two kwamis from the Chinese Miracle Box who never met their current guardian, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, personally.
- However, Nooroo from the Re-Verse met her in "Miraculous Paris".
- Since all kwamis live simultaniously in all the universes of the Multiverse, Nooroo (from the main universe) has knowledge about her Guardian.
- However, Nooroo from the Re-Verse met her in "Miraculous Paris".
- Unlike Orikko, Nooroo can grant powers which already belong to other kwamis, as long they fall into necessities of the kamikotized/akumatized champion.
- Despite gaining eyelashes in "Truth", he keeps appearing without them some episodes as animation errors.
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References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BenjaminDiskin/status/1054121895593832448
- ↑ https://youtu.be/GDUIVwnQyg8?t=4043
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcCyRZMfAuA
- ↑ Tikki in "Sandboy": He's celebrating his thirty-five hundredth cycle today .. A kwami's cycle lasts several hundreds of human years." Even if a cycle was merely 200 human years ("the bare minimum of "hundreds", though "several" implies more) this would make Nooroo at least 700,000 human years old.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Confirmed to the user BelieveInMagic814 by the official Miraculous Ladybug Tumblr blog.
- ↑ https://www.zag-store.com/collections/accessories/products/fridge-magnet-tikki
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Winny_BayDay/status/725555076027265024
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1050451327497752579