History MiraculousLadybug / TropesAToD

** Confirmation (in Season Five) consists of [[spoiler: Marinette having to fight Monarch all alone with both the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous while Adrien and Kagami are held in cells in London]].

** In the special ''Miraculous World: New York'', Marinette tries to convince Adrien, who is compelled to leave for Paris, to stay. She wants to call him, but her battery is empty.

** When Marinette expresses interest in trying out for in a video tournament to spend time with Adrien in "The Gamer," she gets called out on it by Alya, who stresses how the tryouts are meant to select the two best students to represent the school in the tournament. Marinette then proves she ''is'' the best video game player by getting the highest score of everyone who tried out and thus securing one of the two tournament spots. However, she then gets called out for this as well, this time for being selfish and not thinking about how her friend Max cares about the tournament so much more than she does. Her later offering to drop out and let Max take her place in the tournament is portrayed as her doing the right thing, even though it goes against the earlier emphasis of how the tryouts are meant to select the ''best'' students to represent the school since Max only came in third behind both Marinette ''and'' Adrien.

* AntagonistTitle: Every episode aside from "Ladybug and Cat Noir: Origins, Part 1," "Mayura: Heroes' Day, Part 2," and "Félix," are named after the week's Akuma or Sentimonster, and even Mayura and Félix ''are'' important antagonists of their respective episodes, [[OneSceneWonder if briefly in the former case]].
** However, In season five, the episode titles tend to spell out each of the Kwami’s perspective powers that [[spoiler:Monarch]]gave out to his Akumatized victims [[spoiler:through the use of the Alliance rings]]or described the feelings that the characters were going through during the plot of the episode than do this.

* ClimacticBattle: In the 2-part "Heroes Day" finale of Season 2, Hawk Moth transforms into Scarlet Moth; Ladybug and Cat Noir enlist the help of Alya, Nino and Chloé, who help to fight Scarlet Moth as Rena Rouge, Carapace, and Queen Bee to save Paris.
** Confirmation (in Season Five) shows another example as [[spoiler: Marinette is all alone and now has to fight Monarch with both the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous with Adrien being in London being held in a cell along with Kagami in a separate one.]]

* CharacterTitle: Besides [[ProtagonistTitle the show's actual title]], in the French and English versions each episode (save the first OriginsEpisode) is named after [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming the villain fought in that episode]].

* AllThereInTheManual: Several kwamis' {{Trademark Favorite Food}}s were revealed in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210822030936/https://www.zag-store.com/collections/accessories/products/fridge-magnet-tikki a set of fridge magnets]] before they appeared in the show proper. Wayzz likes lettuce, Duusu likes seeds, Longg likes dragonfruit, Mullo likes cheese, Nooroo likes either nectar or the whole flower, Pollen likes honeycomb, Sass likes gummi worms, and Xuppu likes bananas.

** Odd given that the show is made in France, but in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E08Rogercop Rogercop]] it's overlooked that (at least at the time the episode came out) the Mayor of Paris has absolutely no authority over the police (including, quite obviously, no power to fire them)... and as a Paris cop himself, Roger should be well aware of this. While most cities in France ''do'' have Municipal Police who answer to the city's mayor, Paris does not. The Paris Police Prefecture, due to the city's importance as the nation's capital, are part of the National Police and answer to the Minister of the Interior.

* ColorMotif: The Miraculous; shown by the colors of seven main kwami and the season 2 opening -- Tikki/Ladybug and Scarabella are red, Plagg/Cat Noir is black, Trixx/Rena Rouge is orange, Pollen/Queen Bee and Vesperia are yellow, Wayzz/Carapace is green, and Duusu/Mayura and Argos are blue. While Nooroo/Hawk Moth is purple, Shadow Moth is indigo (due to using the Peacock Miraclous) and Monarch is purple with black (Reflecting the various Miraclouses in his possession).

* ColorMotif: The Miraculous; shown by the colors of seven main kwami and the season 2 opening -- Tikki/Ladybug and Scarabella are red, Plagg/Cat Noir is black, Trixx/Rena Rouge is orange, Pollen/Queen Bee and Vesperia are yellow, Wayzz/Carapace is green, and Duusu/Mayura and Argos are blue. While Nooroo/Hawk Moth is purple, ShadowMoth is indigo (due to using the Peacock Miraclous) and Monarch is purple with black (Reflecting the various Miraclouses in his possession).

** Expecting a "perfect solution" to your problems can hurt others. Gabriel wants the happy family he had back, but believes that the only solution is to bring his wife back from the dead with what is essentially a human sacrifice. This mentality is reflected in all his akuma victims, who become villains when they get caught up in a problem and think accepting superpowers in a deal with Hawk Moth is the only solution. However, Ladybug and Cat Noir usually help the villain come up with a more grounded solution after the fight is done, teaching viewers that what you ''can'' do is work with others to find a solution that, while not always perfect, is much more realistic and benefits everyone.

* CerebusSyndrome: Each subsequent season is darker in tone and more plot-focused than the last. Season 1 is almost entirely episodic and focuses on the main characters and their schoolmates' everyday troubles, with very little in the way of an ongoing MythArc. By season 5, [[spoiler:villain plots trend much more towards the [[TookALevelInJerkass genuinely manipulative and violent]], themes of familial abuse and dysfunction are depicted much more explicitly, and even [[BreatherEpisode Breather Episodes]] tie into a much more tightly-written storyline]].

* ColorMotif: The seven main Miraculous; shown by the colors of their kwami and the season 2 opening -- Tikki/Ladybug is red, Plagg/Cat Noir is black, Trixx/Rena Rouge is orange, Pollen/Queen Bee is yellow, Wayzz/Carapace is green, Duusu/Mayura is blue, and Nooroo/Hawk Moth is violet.
* CoolAirship: In the PV, Hawk Moth goes around Paris in a giant blimp (with the butterfly motif, of course). No sign of it in the final product, where Hawk Moth is a NonActionBigBad who seldom shows up in person.

* DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction: While it is possible to wear and use more than one miraculous at once, it is seldom done because the sheer power of more than one miraculous can strain the wielder, eventually driving them mad. If more than one miraculous is wielded, it's usually only with one other in a procedure known as fusion. [[spoiler:The fact that Marinette could wear as many as 7 at once and withstand any ill effects is noted by Master Fu to be remarkable.]]
* DarkIsEvil: Hawk Moth spends his time standing in a dark room, is decked out in a dark purple suit, and imbues his white butterflies with black and purple energy to corrupt them.

** Lila is a worse case even not a villian as she responds to Marinette refusing her offer of friendship by turning her friends against her at times with her scheme of keeping her expelled by faking an injury being among the highlights.

* DominoMask: Marinette and Adrien's costumes both include one. In "Lady Wifi," Ladybug's is shown to be bonded to her face, making unmasking her more difficult than it might appear. In fact, every Miraculous user has one except for Hawk Moth, whose mask covers everything but his mouth.

** Season 5 is arguably the darkest season yet, with Monarch being NighInvulnerable, the Akumas of the day being stronger as a result of having Miraculous powers transfered into them. The character focused episodes tend to be more dramatic, Chlo&eacute and Lila being at their worst with the former's history with Marinette revealed and the latter starting to act against Monarch for her own agenda.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The akumatizations serve as this for the minor characters; before they get akumatized the audience generally learns something about their family lives, personalities, or motivations. "Antibug" is this for Chloé in particular [[spoiler:in that she first gets tormented by the episode's ''first'' akumatised person (who does not become Antibug), and in the second act becomes the title villain herself]].

** Season 5 is arguably the darkest season yet, with Monarch being NighInvulnerable, the Akumas of the day being stronger as a result of their new ability to receive Miraculous powers and the character focused episodes tend to be more dramatic.

** Chloé sabotages Master Cheng's soup in a competition because his niece insulted her (and she really doesn't like soup). When Cheng is turned into an akuma, he goes after Chloé in revenge and tries to cook her, returning the favor.
** Chloé often creates akumas via this. In one episode she demands that Alya be suspended for taking a picture of her open locker, while in another she convinces her father to shut down Clara Nightingale's music video shoot simply because she wasn't selected for the part she wanted.
* DomesticAbuse: Audrey Bourgeois' treatment of her family borders on this. The reason Chloé tries to emulate her in her own life is that she hopes that it will finally get her mother to treat her with some kind of love or affection.

* DubNameChange:
** Likely to avoid FluffyTheTerrible, Hawk Moth's name was changed from "le Papillon", which literally translates to "the butterfly".
** Cat Noir's name is often changed in dubs, see the GratuitousForeignLanguage entry.
** The Mandarin Chinese dub does translations and transliterations with character names. With Ladybug and Cat Noir, they mix both which causes some [[RepetitiveName Repetitive Naming]], as Ladybug's dub name translates back to "Ladybug Lady" in English, and Cat Noir's translates to "Cat Noir Noir" in French. Hawk Moth's dub name (加百利, ''jiābǎilì'') doesn't reference a butterfly or any other dub name, but is instead a loose transliteration of "Gabriel" (加百列, ''jiābǎiliè'').
* DubPronunciationChange: Lila's name is pronounced "lie-lah" instead of "lee-lah" in the English, Chinese, Korean, and Russian dubs.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: This applies to all the Miraculous wielders to one degree or another. The powers granted by a Miraculous ''mostly'' have little to do with the actual abilities of the animal in question, and are more related to the symbolic meanings assigned to those animals.
** Ladybugs are seen as symbols of good luck and thus Ladybug's primary ability is good luck in the form of her Lucky Charm. It's later specified that Ladybug's actual power is the PowerOfCreation.
** Black cats are symbolic of bad luck so Cat Noir's main power is bad luck in the form of his [[MakeThemRot Cataclysm]]. Later episodes specify that his actual power is destruction.
*** Cat Noir does have InnateNightVision for an actual cat ability.
** Butterflies are symbolic of transformation and metamorphosis and thus Hawk Moth's main ability is SuperEmpowering which also links with the fact that Nooroo is the kwami of generosity.
** Foxes, in almost every culture in the world, are seen as tricksters. Fittingly Rena Rouge's superpower is [[MasterOfIllusion illusions]].
** Peacocks are seen as symbolic of vibrancy and [[spoiler:Mayura can create allies for Hawk Moth's akumas. In essence, she can enhance his powers, increasing the ''vibrancy''. When we get to see her powers firsthand, they're quite similar to Hawk Moth's and she describes her monsters as being emotion given form, so it's emotion that she makes more vibrant.]]
** Turtles are symbolic of protection. The Turtle's powers create a giant bubble force field that protects everyone inside.
** Bees are symbolic of hard work and productivity. [[spoiler:So for now, Chloé being Queen Bee is aversion. But if she can pull off some serious CharacterDevelopment, then it'll describe her perfectly.]] Moreover, the term 'queen bee' as applied to humans [[spoiler: describes her as the eventual wielder of the Bee Miraculous perfectly]].
** The Miraculous of the Chinese Zodiac all follow the same theme regarding the symbolic aspects of their powers, although it might not be as clear at a first glance:
*** It makes sense that the Horse Miraculous would grant the power of {{Teleportation}} since horses are one of the oldest forms of human transportation
*** The Monkey Miraculous having the power to induce chaos and malfunction on the enemy's powers is based on the stereotypical playfulness of monkeys.
*** The most obscure one is perhaps the Snake Miraculous bestowing the user with a ResetButton, referencing the imagery of the {{Ouroboros}} (which symbolizes an endless cycle).
*** The Mouse Miraculous is probably the most straightforward. It grants [[MesACrowd multiplication]], alluding to the mouse's infamy as an ExplosiveBreeder.
*** The Dragon Miraculous can [[{{ElementalShapeshifter}} embody]] aspects of the weather: [[BlowYouAway wind]], [[MakingASplash water]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]. Chinese dragons do have the ability to manipulate storms according to mythology.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Odd given that the show is made in France, but in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E08Rogercop Rogercop]] it's overlooked that the Mayor of Paris has absolutely no authority over the police (including, quite obviously, no power to fire them)... and as a Paris cop himself, Roger should be well aware of this. While most cities in France ''do'' have Municipal Police who answer to the city's mayor, Paris does not. The Paris Police Prefecture, due to the city's importance as the nation's capital, are part of the National Police and answer to the Minister of the Interior.

** The episode "Rogercop" is supposed to be conveying the message "don't be quick to point fingers", but the way it does it is flawed. When Chloé accuses Marinette of stealing her bracelet, Marinette starts listing motives that her classmates might have had for stealing it. Marinette's father tells her she shouldn't be making accusations like Chloé is doing, but that's not what Marinette was doing. Rather, Marinette was pointing out that in the absence of solid evidence, EveryoneIsASuspect, and thus she deserves to be treated the same as everyone else instead of singled out. Even her agreeing to having her bag searched along with everyone else's and innocuously stating that the thief must be someone in the room is treated as her making kneejerk accusations that are no different than Chloé's. Then, when the titular MonsterOfTheWeek tries to arrest the mayor for abuse of power, Ladybug gives a MeaningfulEcho by saying Rogercop shouldn't be making accusations, [[DesignatedVillain except he wasn't doing that, either]]; the mayor was clearly abusing his powers (and some that he doesn't even have) by having Roger fired for not arresting Marinette without sufficient evidence, something that took place in full view of a classroom filled with students, their parents, and the teacher.

* DominoMask: Marinette and Adrien's costumes both include one. In "Lady Wifi", Ladybug's is shown to be bonded to her face, making unmasking her more difficult than it might appear.
** Every Miraculous user has one, except for Hawk Moth, whose mask covers everything but his mouth.

** Alya is Cat Noir and Ladybug's biggest fan, chronicles their adventures for her blog, theorizes about their civilian identities... and [[UnwittingMuggleFriend has no idea]] that they're her friends Marinette and Adrien. [[spoiler:Until Marinette tells her she's Ladybug in season four's "Gang of Secrets".]]
** Chloé idolizes Ladybug, and is none the wiser that she's actually Marinette, the girl she's been tormenting for years.
** In season two, the audience learns that [[spoiler:Hawk Moth is Gabriel Agreste, Adrien's father and one of Marinette's fashion idols]], while the heroes remain unaware.

* DubPronunciationChange: Lila's name is pronounced "lie-lah" instead of "lee-lah" in the English, Chinese, Korean and Russian dubs.

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Cat Noir. Beyond his cat-themed abilities, his power set revolves around bad luck, destruction and decay. Definitely not the typical powers for a hero. His [[SpecialAttack Cataclysm]] attack literally ''[[MakeThemRot rots away]]'' the first thing he touches after triggering it. In "Dark Cupid", a brainwashed Cat Noir tries to touch a person, saying he always wondered what would happen if it is used on a living being.

* DisappointedByTheMotive: Played with. The motives of many villainous Akuma for going on a rampage may be a huge example of "EvilIsPetty", but 1) barring a very small number of examples most of them [[VillainPossessedBystander did not had a choice about the matter]] and 2) they are all [[PersonOfMassDestruction living weapons of mass destruction]] so it doesn't matters why they are doing it, they are all going to [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery make Paris burn]] unless they're defeated. Understandably, this also makes many people do their damnedest to not make anybody angry and others like Chloe are borderline literal villain factories [[HateSink from how much they go out of their way to piss people off]].

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The 2021 manga adaptation [[AdaptationalExpansion expands upon Adrien's loss of his mother]]. At the start of Chapter 4, Adrien wakes up from a dream about her and bursts into tears, and is then so distracted by it that he accidentally insults Nathaniel's comic in class and becomes one of Evillustrator's targets. This contrasts with the show, where Adrien's specific grief about Emilie is rarely touched upon.