| “ | Well, yes, I'm a hypnotist. But, uh, I don't use my skills to get anything. | ” |
—Simon, "Simon Says" | ||
Simon Grimault is a minor character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is a hypnotist.[2][3]
In "Simon Says", after Gabriel Agreste got him disqualified from The Challenge by refusing to accept his challenge, he was akumatized by Hawk Moth and became Simon Says, a supervillain who could hypnotize anyone.[1][4]
Appearance
Physical appearance
Simon is tall, having very wavy brown hair and dark cornflower bluish gray eyes.
Civilian attire
He wears a high-turtleneck collared white dress shirt underneath a dark gray vest with black buttons, along with a black bow around the collar. On top, he wears a dress jacket that's very pale fuchsia with vivid cerise circles with red swirled lines inside as a pattern, along with a black collar, black cuffs, and coattails. He also wears dark black slacks and black shoes.
As Simon Says
Simon Says was bald, his eyes were deep blue-violet, and his skin was purplish white. He wore a vivid green top hat with the bottom of the bill being black and a purple ribbon around the crown. A black mask was over his eyes, and the area close to the eyes was colored indigo. He wore a skin tight turtlenecked, butterfly sleeved jumpsuit below the head with a light gray collar and front, with a large black bow pattern on the front below the collar. The left side of the top of the suit was vivid green with a brilliant purple left glove and a sleeve edge, and the right side and bottom of the suit were brilliant purple with a vivid green right glove, vivid green sleeve edge, a vivid green left leg that started in the middle of the upper leg, and a vivid green right leg that started below the knee.
Personality
Alec's teasing making Simon nervous.
Simon is soft-spoken, nice, and nervous. He likes his work, but he doesn't lie about his skills. However, he is upset if he feels wronged, bothered that he is kicked off The Challenge despite it being Gabriel's fault that he failed his task.
As Simon Says, he was outspoken, eccentric, commanding, and overconfident. He thought fast and used his cards wisely to get people to do what he wanted them to. He was persistent in succeeding to get revenge on Gabriel and get Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses for Hawk Moth.
Abilities
As a civilian
Simon is a skilled hypnotist and magician, using cards to hypnotize people.
As Simon Says
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Simon Says used his cards to control people and make them do his bidding. When he drew a card, he said "Simon Says", and then made a command. A black and white silhouette picture relating to the command appeared on the card. For example, when he made Alec Cataldi act like a duck with one of his cards, an image of a duck appeared on the card. Simon Says then throws the card at the person, and it faded into their body, causing the person to do whatever he commanded them to do. He could give a person more than one command, like making Placide I.T. act like a gorilla with one card and then making him attack Cat Noir with a second one, or he could make multiple cards with the same command at once, like using a handful of cards to transform a group of people into mindless followers. Cards could also affect objects, as Simon Says created a card that broke Ladybug's Yo-yo. He wes also able to throw his cards like knives with incredible accuracy. It didn't matter if the target couldn't hear him; as long as he gave a command, the person was controlled.
Sightings
Episodes
Other Media
Comics and books
Others
Trivia
- His villain form also appears in the theme song animatic.[4]
- Elements of Simon Grimault's design, such as his face, hair, etc, bear resemblance to famous illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini.
- His villain name is based on the game "Simon Says", where a player is Simon and orders people to do something, but the other players must obey only if the orders start with "Simon says...".
- In the French version, his name is Jacques Grimault, which is a reference to the French version of "Simon Says" called "Jacques à dit."[2]
- His villain name in the French version is Jackady.
- His akumatized form's outfit is similar to the Jester from Marvel Comics. Both outfits are half green and half purple.
- A statue of Simon Says appears in the Musée Grévin in "The Puppeteer 2".
- The color scheme of Simon Says is similar to The Riddler from Batman's Rogue gallery.
- He is one of two characters who were akumatized villains in season 1 who did not appear in any way in seasons 4-5, the other being Vincent Aza.
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References