 |
Non-Canon Information This page is for a concept/character/etc. that didn't become, isn't considered, or hasn't been confirmed canon in the Miraculous Ladybug Quantic Universe continuity. |
| “ | Ladybug initially had other allies besides [Cat Noir]. Just as the villains in the initial setting formed a group with each [kwami]'s abilities, it was designed to give each hero a [kwami] and a story so that various stories could be told. But the possibility disappeared. | ” |
—Rough translation of a page from The Art of Miraculous | ||
The Quantic Kids[1] was an old, unused concept of Ladybug and Cat Noir (Félix) being members of a superhero team, as requested by a producer. It failed to help sell the concept of Ladybug to broadcasters, which resulted in Ladybug and Cat Noir remaining as a duo.[2]
Sparrow exists in the Quantic Universe with Ladybug and Cat Noir, as seen in "The Dark Owl". Mercury also exists in it as seen in "Miraculous New York". However, the fate of the other characters that made up the rest of the team is unknown. They may still exist in the Quantic Universe, but they may have been discarded in the same manner as Félix, with some of their attributes being incorporated into other characters.
Members
Drawing of the early version of the superhero team by Thomas Astruc.
Early development members
- Marinette Cheng/Ladybug — a teenage girl with the secret identity of a ladybug-themed superhero. She has the power of good luck.
- Félix Agreste/Cat Noir — a teenage boy with the secret identity of a black cat-themed superhero. He has the power of bad luck. It wasn't until sometime after the concept was scrapped that the crew replaced Félix with Adrien.
- Melodie — a female superhero who wields a flute.
- Mercury — a male superhero who appears to have super speed.
- Sparrow — a sparrow-themed superhero who appears to use darts. In later development, producers replaced him with Kid Mime.
Members added in later development
- Gavroche — a male superhero.
- Kid Mime — a male superhero with miming abilities. Producers replaced Sparrow with him.
Trivia
The three superhero members in the early version by Thomas Astruc.
- According to The Art of Miraculous, there were plans for each member of the Quantic Kids to have a kwami who would give them their superpowers so that "various stories could be told". Because the artbook only featured Melodie, Sparrow, Gavroche, and Kid Mime, it's unknown if Mercury was also planned to have a kwami who would give him his super speed.
- The idea of a Quantic Kids member having a kwami is eventually reused for Sparrow whose existence in the Quantic Universe is revealed in "Miraculous New York". However, Sparrow changes her super identity to Eagle after she rescued Liiri the eagle kwami from Miraclonizer near the end of the TV movie.
- Mercury is the only member of the Quantic Kids who isn't featured in The Art of Miraculous.
- Despite the Quantic Kids were planned to have a kwami who gives them their superpowers, the Miraculouses did not exist in this concept. The idea for them came to be after it was discarded.[3]
- Sparrow was originally a member of the superhero team, but producers replaced him with Kid Mime later on because "Mime was such [a] great character that they didn't want to keep him as [an] adult baddie only."[4]
- On Twitter, Thomas Astruc posted that he hopes he will be able to bring these characters back in comics someday.[5]
- He also mentioned that he doesn't believe that the Quantic Kids concept would've been as successful as the final version of Miraculous.[6]
- Sparrow exists in the universe, making an appearance in "Miraculous New York". However, the current Sparrow is a girl and gives up her identity at the end of the TV movie. It's currently unknown whether the Quantic Kids Sparrow was supposed to be a boy or a girl.
- Mercury was confirmed to exist in "Miraculous New York", although he is an adult, instead of a teenager.
- In the first version of the Super Lady Luck slot game, images of Melodie, Kid Mime, and Mercury appeared. In the latest version before the game's removal on Isoftbet, different images of Melodie and Kid Mime were shown, but Mercury no longer appeared.[7]
- Some of the unused characters have similarities to other canon characters:
- Melodie wielded a flute like Volpina and Rena Rouge.
- Melodie's civilian design has elements that were used in Chloé Bourgeois' earlier designs.
- The design of Gavroche is similar to Nino Lahiffe's appearances as a civilian, and to Carapace as a superhero.
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/648580045406109696
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXav4p8zJ4&lc=z124w3x4lnyvxzdrw04chzywfoqvjxsqohw
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/664048530869370880
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/648970732551176197
- ↑ https://twitter.com/icandrawthings_/status/653052827883962368
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/857984633375531013
- ↑ http://demo.isoftbet.com/flashgames/launcher/?module=start_game&identifier=lady_bug_pmvc&casino=9&forfun=1&loginc=testuser35&passc=testuser35