“ | Well, happy day, happy day. Splendid is the afternoon day. Ah, Edgar, you fancy one. Fantastic, dazzling performance. | ” |
—Xavier, "Mr. Pigeon" |
Xavier Ramier[2] is a recurring character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is a man who loves pigeons.
In "Mr. Pigeon", after being kicked out of the Jardins du Trocadéro by Officer Roger for feeding the pigeons, he was akumatized by Hawk Moth and became Mr. Pigeon, a pigeon-controlling supervillain.
In "Timetagger", after pigeons were not able to have the right to experience culture in Paris, he was reakumatized into Mr. Pigeon for the 24th and 25th time. In the same episode, it was revealed by Bunnyx that he would be akumatized into Monsieur Rat, a rat-themed supervillain with unknown powers.
In "Miraculous New York", after he decided that pigeons have it hard in Paris, he is reakumatized into Mr. Pigeon for the 51st time, and tried to take all pigeons to the moon.
In "Mr. Pigeon 72", after his pigeons accidentally ruined Adrien's photoshoot at the swimming pool, causing him to be fired by Bob Roth, Xavier was reakumatized by Shadow Moth into Mr. Pigeon for the 72nd time, but this time, he could turn his victims into villainous pigeons. He also received a Magical Charm from Ladybug that prevented him from being reakumatized.
In "Perfection", he was reakumatized into Mr. Pigeon for at least the 73rd time and bound Paris with chains of pigeons.
Appearance
Physical appearance
Xavier is tall and muscular, with moderate orange hair and strong gold eyes and olive skin. He has very thin lips.
Civilian attire
He wears a gray elegant suit complete with a gray hat, a dark gray waistcoat decorated with a square pattern, a white shirt, a big teal bow tie, dark green vest and brown sandals worn with white socks. He also has a bird call whistle on a string hanging from his neck.
As Mr. Pigeon
Mr. Pigeon was more muscular and fairly white skinned supervillain and wore a full body skin-tight jumpsuit with black forearms, waist and thighs, dark gray belly, light gray chest, shoulder and biceps, and pale, light grayish amaranth shins and head. The suit also had black stripes on his triceps and around his upper hips, along with two lozenge light blue diamonds where his bow tie was. He seemed to still carry a bird call whistle around his neck.
- For more of Xavier’s outfits and designs, see Xavier Ramier/Designs.
Personality
Xavier is a kind and cheerful man who loves to take care of pigeons. He often goes to the park to feed them, even though it is not allowed, because he worries about them not getting fed if he doesn't do it. Also quirky, he walks to a bench as if he is a bird and talks to the pigeons.
He can also be very friendly and caring towards others, most notably with Marianne Lenoir, whom he shows respect to and tries to comfort after she feels that her love has forgotten about her.
In "Timetagger", it's showed that he feels very guilty over the fact he is constantly akumatized by Hawk Moth because of how he can't bear seeing his pigeons being mistreated or discriminated in any way possible. After being deakumatized, he likes to treat Ladybug and Cat Noir to ice cream in order to apologize for being akumatized again. In the same episode, on Cat Noir's advice, he also seemingly develops an affection for rats over pigeons, feeling that the former are even cuter than they are.
In "Mr. Pigeon 72", he finally shows his anger at Bob Roth for blaming him and his best friend Edgar, he was also very grateful that he wouldn't be reakumatized by Shadow Moth after Ladybug gave him a Magical Charm.
As Mr. Pigeon, his love for pigeons was taken to an extreme, his desire being them taking over Paris. He still acted very pigeon-like, cooing and flapping his arms like wings. Proving to also be clever, he planned to trick Ladybug and Cat Noir into thinking that he abandoned the park guards, just to ambush them with his birds. It would be assumed that he, in the future, as Monsieur Rat, would show this same affection to rats.
Abilities
As Xavier
Xavier Ramier is excellent at swimming and training pigeons. Even when not akumatized, he can make them fly in formation or retrieve certain items at a blow of his whistle. He is also capable of identifying specific pigeons by name, and can perform CPR on pigeons.
As Mr. Pigeon
Mr. Pigeon's control over pigeons was taken to an extreme. With his bird call, he could not only communicate with them, but also make their flocks form into any shape he wanted, like a plane or throne, or he could gather pigeons around his fists and throw them to attack. If he fell, the pigeons are able to catch him. He could also get them to capture and carry large objects, including a metal cage or other people. His control over them even allowed him to command them to cause diarrhea.
However, the pigeons were entirely disobedient to him if there is food around such as bread crumbs.
When reakumatized for the 68th time in the game "Rise of the Sphinx", he turned the pigeons he commanded into pigeon robots.
When reakumatized for the 72nd time, Mr. Pigeon had the ability to turn people into villainous pigeons. Once he whistled on his bird call, all the existing colors of the pigeons in Paris turned medium gray to very dark gray. Any object and anyone the villainous pigeons touched would be transformed into copies of themselves in a puff of pink smoke. He was able to control and communicate with the villainous pigeons using his pigeon whistle.
Relationships
List of minor characters/Humans#Edgar
Edgar is Xavier Ramier's favorite pigeon. In "Mr. Pigeon 72", Xavier consults with him that if he and the others accomplish the ad with Adrien, the mayor will allow all the Pigeons of Paris to roam free. However, Marinette interferes and causes him to almost drown. Xavier, who cares very deeply for him, swims to get him back to land and ditches Bob Roth's ad for Edgar's safety.
Marianne Lenoir
Marianne and Mr. Ramier are good friends. In "Backwarder", it's showed that, because Marianne would come to the same place at the same time to wait for her love, they would meet every day and developed a good friendship as a result, with them sitting on a bench and talking. Mr. Ramier has such respect for Marianne that he even comments that the one she is waiting for doesn't deserve her.
Ladybug
Like most Parisians, Mr. Ramier is very grateful of her work and Cat Noir's as the protectors of Paris. Because he is constantly being akumatized into Mr. Pigeon, Mr. Ramier feels rather guilty that he has to waste the heroes' time because he can't help but feel bad for his pigeons. In "Mr. Pigeon 72", Mr. Ramier becomes very grateful to Ladybug after she is able to evolve her powers and create the Magical Charms that would protect him from future akumatizations. In "Illusion", Mr. Ramier is showed as being one of the Parisians that have faith that Ladybug and Cat Noir will recover all the Miraculous stolen by Monarch.
Cat Noir
Like most Parisians, Mr. Ramier is very grateful of his work and Ladybug's as the protectors of Paris. Because he is constantly being akumatized into Mr. Pigeon, Mr. Ramier feels rather guilty that he has to waste the heroes' time because he can't help but feel bad for his pigeons. In "Illusion", Mr. Ramier is showed as being one of the Parisians that have faith that Ladybug and Cat Noir will recover all the Miraculous stolen by Monarch.
Bob Roth
Although not much is known about their relationship, it seems that Bob Roth uses him for his pigeons's help, as seen in "Mr. Pigeon 72". When one of his pigeons almost drown and the ad is ruined, Bob Roth gets angry over Xavier saying it's all his fault that the ad is ruined, causing Xavier to get re-akumatized into Mr. Pigeon.
Sightings
Episodes
Specials
Other Media
Comics and books
Other
Trivia
- Mr. Pigeon is one of the first known villains in the world of Ladybug, being one of the only three villains featured in the Ladybug PV with Hawk Moth and the Mime.
- Unlike most Akumatized victims, Hawk Moth refers to him by his actual name, calling him Mr. Ramier before sending out an akuma.
- In "Guitar Villain", he appears briefly, being forced to dance (alongside several pigeons) by the title character.
- Surprisingly, even though he has had the most amount of akumatizations, Mr. Pigeon doesn't appear in the "Heroes' Day" special.
- Mr. Pigeon appears another time in "Gamer 2.0" from Gamer 2.0's powers.
- In "Timetagger", while facing Mr. Pigeon again at the Louvre, Ladybug mentions that he has been Akumatized twenty-three times beforehand. He later appears as Mr. Pigeon again towards the end of the episode.
- Cat Noir mentions at the end of the episode that pigeons have it hard in Paris. In real life, it is illegal to feed pigeons in Paris as they are considered pests, which would explain Mr. Ramier's recurring Akumatization due to his over-protectiveness for pigeons.
- Though all but his 1st, 24th, 25th, 51st, 52nd, 72nd and 73rd Akumatizations took place off-screen, Mr. Ramier has technically been akumatized more than any other character in the series, having been transformed back into Mr. Pigeon 73 times in total.
- Additionally, in the same episode, it is implied that Mr. Ramier will be again akumatized into the villain "Monsieur Rat" at some point in the future.
- There is a statue of Mr. Pigeon in the Musée Grévin.
- In "Mr. Pigeon 72", he's the first akumatized villain to receive a Magical Charm, as he has been akumatized 72 times.
- Eventually, his Magical Charm (the very first to be created by Ladybug) ends up being destroyed by Monarch's megakuma, as in "Perfection" Mr. Ramier is seen akumatized in Mr. Pigeon again for at least a 73rd time.
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