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Roland Dupain[6] is a recurring character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is the ex-husband of Gina Bianchi, the father of Tom Dupain, and the paternal grandfather of Marinette Dupain-Cheng
In "Bakerix", when Roland refused to eat Marinette's bread after finding out she was his granddaughter, he was akumatized by Hawk Moth and became Bakerix, a Gaulic bread-themed supervillain.[7]
In "Simpleman", after becoming overwhelmed with the complexity of the modern world, Roland was akumatized by Shadow Moth into Simpleman, a supervillain with the power to simplify people's minds, causing them to find simple solutions to complicated problems/situations. He also received a Magical Charm from Ladybug that prevented him from being reakumatized.
In "Dearest Family", when Roland, Tom, Sabine and Gina started arguing about what each one thought was best for Marinette, they were reakumatized by Shadow Moth into Bakerix, Weredad, Qilin and Befana respectively and formed the villainous group Dearest Family, who competed with each other to prove that they knew what is best for Marinette. He also received a new Magical Charm from Ladybug after his first one got destroyed.
Appearance[]
Physical appearance[]
Roland is a short man with a large build. He has grey hair, a balding head, bushy grey eyebrows and green eyes.
Civilian attire[]
Roland wears a brilliant cerulean and white striped shirt with five white buttons, light arctic blue shorts, thick black glasses and brown soled dark blue dress shoes.
As Bakerix[]
Bakerix looked like a Gaul made out of different varieties of bread and his eyes resembled chocolate chips. He had a Gaul helmet with two croissants on top almost resembling horns similar to Viking helmets, and a belt made out of slices of bread and pretzels.
As Simpleman[]
Simpleman looked like Roland Dupain with pale, light grayish violet skin. He wore a red white and blue mask on his face, right brilliant amaranth eye and left brilliant azure eye, a red and blue cape, red gloves, white sleeveless jumpsuit with a letter S logo on it and he was armed with a red, blue and white baker's peel for combat.
Personality[]
Roland is a highly traditional man who enjoys doing things the old-fashioned way. He is very proud of his Gallic heritage and fond of reminiscing over the old days; though, in turn, he is not fond of modern technology or anything he considers non-traditional, being quick to point out when something is not being done the way he thinks it should be done. His fixation with sticking to tradition extends to the point where he isolates himself from the rest of the modern world and even cuts ties with his son Tom over him and his wife changing his bread recipe with rice flour. Because of his attachment to the old-fashioned way, Roland has a great difficulty to understand the complexity of the modern world.
Marinette describes him as grumpy and very stubborn but knows it's a facade because he's afraid of change in "Family".
However, despite this, he can be nice and polite towards others, showing kindness to his flour delivery man and later his granddaughter Marinette when she pretends to be a flour delivery intern named Germaine to get into his house. She had a baking contest with him. Later Roland revealed that he had yeast that has been in his family for over 2,000 years. Regardless of his aversion to non-traditional things, he is willing to rely on them under certain circumstances, allowing Cat Noir to rush him back home when he fears his bread or granddaughter could be in danger. Furthermore, after realizing that his son's way of baking bread is just as good as his own, he quickly becomes more accepting of going against tradition and decides to reconnect with his family afterwards.
As Bakerix, he was obsessed with making Paris the way it was when he was young, destroying anything that he considers modern.
During his second akumatization as Bakerix, he was determined to raise Marinette with the rules and discipline he believed she needed. Because of this, Bakerix got very competitive with the rest of her akumatized family, fighting with them to prevent them from imposing their way of raising Marinette or trying to beat them into getting Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses.
As Simpleman, he retained most of his normal personality. He wanted everything to get simple and get rid of any complicated situation/problem. Despite this, he appeared to not have any malicious trait, as he didn't use his powers on Manon, Ella, Etta or Chris, only deciding to do it when they started to help the heroes defeat him.
Abilities[]
As a civilian[]
Like his family, Roland is an excellent baker.
As Bakerix[]
Bakerix wielded an elixir that, when he drank it, enabled him to grow bigger and stronger for a short period of time.
As Simpleman[]
Simpleman wielded a staff that, when he hit it on the ground, released a wave of energy that caused any people who get caught up in it to always find simple solutions to their problems, even if those simple solutions were not the best way to deal with it or were even harmful to them in the end. The more times a person was hit by his power, the simpler their mind became, causing them to act more like children, even talking like them. His power could even affect Shadow Moth himself, resulting in him not wanting to take Simpleman's powers away (despite how careless the akumatized villain is with them) because he wanted him to get the Miraculouses.
Because of the simplicity of his powers, his own akumatization didn't give any other subsequent powers, like with the other akumatized villains, as he lacked any enhanced physical abilities and was still affected by his back pains.
Relationships[]
Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug[]
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Charlotte, Marie-Louise, and Marguerite[]
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Cat Noir[]
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Gina Bianchi[]
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Tom Dupain[]
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Sabine Cheng[]
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Ella and Etta Césaire[]
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Chris Lahiffe[]
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Manon Chamack[]
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Family[]
 Loafamix the Gaul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 Missing Generations | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Roland Dupain |  Gina Bianchi |  Mei Cheng |  Yan Cheng |  Wang Cheng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tom Dupain |  Sabine Cheng |  Shu Yin Cheng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Marinette Dupain-Cheng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loafamix the Gaul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 Missing Generations | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roland Dupain | Gina Bianchi | Mei Cheng | Yan Cheng | Wang Cheng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Dupain | Sabine Cheng | Shu Yin Cheng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marinette Dupain-Cheng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
= Male
= Female
= Gender Unknown
Notes[]
- In China, wives do not usually take on their husband's surname, keeping their own. Children usually take the father's surname.
- In "Miraculous Shanghai", it's mentioned that Wang raised Sabine. However, the reason for this is unknown.
Sightings[]
Episodes[]
Others[]
Trivia[]
- Roland was revealed during a Miraculous panel at Ludicomix on April 21, 2018. And according to Thomas Astruc, the story of this character will have some elements of his family's story.[8]
- During a Q & A on January 15 2019, Jeremy Zag confirmed we would see Marinette's grandfather and more of her family members.[9]
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Roland's Simpleman Magical Charm.
- In "Bakerix", Roland is the third akumatized character to be related to Marinette, after Wang Cheng in "Kung Food", and Gina Bianchi in "Befana".
- Bakerix's ability to increase his strength and muscle mass with his serum is an homage to Bane from DC comics Batman.
- Bakerix might be inspired by Asterix who is the main protagonist from the french comic series by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.
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Roland's Bakerix Magical Charm.
- In "Simpleman", he becomes the first akumatized person to reject the name Shadow Moth gave him initially. Before settling with the titular name, Shadow Moth tries to call him Unravelder and Doctor Obsolete.
- Roland is the first in his family to receive a Magical Charm.
- Roland, alongside Sabine, were the first people to receive more than one Magical Charm, as Shadow Moth managed to destroy both of their previous ones.
- He is also the only one to have two different Magical Charms for both akumatized forms.
Gallery
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References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/RealPaulStPeter/status/1498372708073021440
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4QTyBTs4uh
- ↑ In "Dearest Family" by Gina.
- ↑ In "Simpleman" by Shadow Moth
- ↑ In "Simpleman" by Shadow Moth
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mtyU2-T6jI8
- ↑ When he was having a baking competition with his granddaughter he was talking about yeats that has been in his family for over 2,000 years.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MiraculousINTL/status/987736701954068481
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MiraculousINTL/status/1085274464630247424