| “ | The first time I saw you in that ad, I told myself, "Wayhem, I got to meet this guy. He's so cool!". What if I was, like, your biggest fan? | ” |
Wayhem[2] is a teenager who is a fan of Adrien Agreste.
In "Party Crasher", when Wayhem feels left out for not being allowed to get in the party being held in Adrien's room, he is akumatized by Hawk Moth into Party Crasher, a disco-themed supervillain.
Appearance
Physical appearance
Wayhem stands at a medium height. He has light tan skin, dark brown eyes, and wavy hair. His hair was originally dark brown, but he later dyed it blond to imitate Adrien.
Civilian attire
He wears a white button-down shirt with an upturned collar and sleeves rolled up above his elbow, which he keeps unbuttoned. On the upper left side of the shirt, there is a green chameleon logo. Underneath, he wears a black shirt with five horizontal stripes around the chest which are colored, from top to bottom, yellow, olive green, bright green, dark green, and periwinkle (though in "Gorizilla", these stripes are not seen). He wears blue jeans, a brown belt, and red sneakers with white laces and soles.
As Party Crasher
Party Crasher wears a stereotypical 70's disco dancer's outfit, with an unbuttoned disco ball patterned shoulder pad jacket and matching pants. He also has a black v-necked dress shirt with a popped collar and a smaller silver disco ball pendant necklace. He wears a pair of sunglasses of the same style as the jacket and pants. At the end of each hand he wields a disco ball shaped gauntlet which he uses to activate his powers. He has blue skin and pink hair styled into an afro, alongside a pink mustache.
Personality
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Wayhem carrying a cardboard cutout of Adrien.
Wayhem is overly enthusiastic, courageous, passionate, and sometimes obnoxious. He often reacts melodramatically to situations, from panicking for Adrien's safety when he falls from a building to gushing in delight when Adrien gives him his email address.
Wayhem dedicates himself to anything that he wants, like Adrien's autograph, although sometimes going too far in his obsessions with his energy and forwardness. However, when he realizes his mistakes, he feels quite guilty about it. Bold, Wayhem takes on any challenge to protect what he cares about, as seen when he tries to defend Adrien from the Gorizilla.
Abilities
As a civilian
Wayhem shows quick thinking by spraying Gorizilla with perfume to undermine his enhanced sense of smell.
As Party Crasher
Party Crasher has a large selection of disco-themed powers. Primarily, he can trap people and objects inside the tiny mirrors of his disco ball gauntlets whenever he touches them, causing them to disappear and appear frozen on the mirror. It is not known whether this ability is voluntary or not, as everything touched by the gauntlets disappears, even if Party Crasher did not mean to touch it. The people trapped inside the gauntlets appear to be frozen in time to an extent, as they are not seen moving or emoting in any way until they are released, which can be accomplished by breaking the gauntlets. Party Crasher displayed the ability to shoot a sparkling beam of refracted light from his gauntlets, which has the same effect as touching something with the gauntlets. There are no stated limitations on the mirror beams but given that Party Crasher only uses them occasionally, it can be inferred that there is some period of cool down before he can use it again.
Furthermore, Party Crasher is able to predict the future movements of his opponents, visualizing the area as a disco-tiled floor with his opponents movements projected as static silhouettes on each tile. This ability can be used against multiple people at once, although the user is liable to be overwhelmed by the amount of movement.
Relationships
Adrien Agreste
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Wayhem apologizes to Adrien.
Wayhem is a huge fan of Adrien, dressing like him and admiring him. When he meets Adrien in "Gorizilla", he is very ecstatic and chases Adrien around town with other fans. However, his admiration of Adrien leads him to confront Gorizilla with a bottle of perfume, and he willingly pretends to be Adrien to confuse Gorizilla and — unknowingly — help Adrien run off to transform into Cat Noir. Although giddy around Adrien, he apologizes for posting an image of Adrien that caught people's attention. Excitedly, Wayhem accepts Adrien's friendship while promising not to endanger his obscurity in public again.
In “Party Crasher”, it is shown that the two chat online often, with Adrien confiding that his father never lets him go out or have friends over. He later learns of Adrien’s party and believes that he'd lied to him, causing his akumatization. However, once deakumatized, Wayhem accepts Adrien's apology and explanation that he hadn't known his friends would surprise him, even expresses excitement over getting to clean his room with him.
Sightings
Episodes
Trivia
- His name is a play on the word "mayhem", and in fact his over-enthusiasm did cause some mayhem to Adrien.
- In "Gorizilla", on his social media post, his name is spelled as Wayem.
- Wayhem's outfit is very similar to Adrien's outfit.
- Marinette briefly mistakes Wayhem for Adrien because of the similarity when she is at André's ice cream stand in "Glaciator".
- He was the first akumatized villain to successfully get hold of both Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses. However, he failed to deliver them to Hawk Moth because of King Monkey's intervention.
- Being a big fan of Adrien, Wayhem dyes his hair blonde to mimic his idol.
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References