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| “ | The real Cat Noir and Ladybug won't be able to make it to tonight's premiere, but I hope that they'll love my movie as much as we love them. | ” |
—Thomas Astruc, "Animaestro" | ||
Thomas Astruc is a minor character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is a director introduced in the third season. In the French version, he is voiced by and based on the real Thomas Astruc, the creator of Miraculous.[3]
In "Animaestro", when Thomas' special day was ruined at his movie premiere and no one cared about him for creating his animated movie about Ladybug and Cat Noir, he was akumatized by Hawk Moth into Animaestro, an animated supervillain.
Appearance[]
Physical appearance[]
He is a rather corpulent man with dark green eyes, black hair, mustache, eyebrows and a beard.
Civilian attire[]
He is wearing a black shirt, over which he wears a black hooded jacket. He also wears black pants and matching shoes. Around his neck, he wears a badge with blue lace.
As Animaestro[]
After he was akumatized, he appeared as a silhouette of himself but semi-transparent with pencil-scribbles filling out his body. He also wore a Ladybug mask.
- For more of Thomas' designs and outfits, see Thomas Astruc (character)/Designs.
Personality[]
He is a very nice man and usually upbeat and excited about his movie premieres. He just wants to be recognized and appreciated for his work but has a tendency to be ignored by everyone.
As Animaestro, he was determined to show everyone what animation is capable of.
Abilities[]
As a civilian[]
He is the director of an animated film based on Ladybug and Cat Noir.
As Animaestro[]
He was able to shapeshift into whatever animated 2D creature he could imagine, so he had practically unlimited abilities if he could think of it. But he could only move as long as he was watched by at least one person. If no one looked at him, he froze and would be stuck in place until someone looked at him.
He has been seen turning into:
- A dinosaur, a reference to Richard Watterson from The Amazing World of Gumball[4]
- A giant robot, just like a Gundam.
- A black and white sheep-dog hyrbid with a high pitched voice, like Mickey Mouse.
- Majestia, who is a reference to Superwoman.
- A ninja
- A small yellow bird, a reference to the 1968 French animated series Les Shadoks
- A unicorn
- A karate master, a reference to Ryu from Street Fighter, who can use a power blast like Goku's Kamehameha from Dragon Ball Z
- An magical girl, a reference to anime like Sailor Moon and Pretty Cure.
Sightings[]
Episodes[]
Others[]
Trivia[]
- Thomas' akumatization was decided upon when he had to discard a script for Season 2 because it "wasn't satisfying enough".
- Thomas' character is allergic to almonds, although he is not allergic to them in real life.[5]
- His supervillain name is a combination of both "animated" and "maestro".
- As revealed in "Queen Banana", Thomas graduated at Collège Françoise Dupont.
- When impersonating female characters, Animaestro is voiced by unknown female actresses.
Gallery
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References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/JMarnocha/status/1105547758214115328
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1105518845748539392
- ↑ 20 September 2016: https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/778296186528796672 "Had to discard a S2 script because wasn't satisfying enough. So we wrote another. Guess who's gonna be akumatized?"
https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/778299928162529280 "Replying to @Thomas_Astruc #cameo"
(both tweets by Astruc included a close-up photo of his face) - ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1105534973178769408
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1395072934742482952