History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS04E14Sentibubbler

* CatapultNightmare: Marinette has one such nightmare, detailing a potential chain of events that leads Alya to betray her and give Shadow Moth the Miraculous Box. The nightmare includes Alya telling her family she is Rena Rouge, including Nino and Chloé, as well as having Trixx eat at the table, then Alya opens the balcony to let Shadow Moth enter the dining room, Miracle Box in hand. As Ladybug goes to transform, Tikki tells her it is pointless, which is echoed by '''Cat Blanc''' who leads the entire room in a zombie walk towards a now defenseless Marinette.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: At one point, Marinette considers publicly transforming into Ladybug and later undoing the whole thing using Miraculous of the Rabbit before deciding that "time travel is never a good idea".

* DidntSeeThatComing: Shadow Moth is totally blindsided by Pegabug portaling right on top of him, unaware that she's had a bird's-eye view the entire time.

** Next, she creates a dual illusion of both herself and Ladybug. This version of Ladybug tells "Alya" that she can no longer be Rena Rouge -- a ''completely believable'' deceit, given Chloé received the exact same treatment -- guaranteeing that Shadow Moth will leave her alone for a while, while Ladybug will enlist the aid of someone else using a more powerful Miraculous. The false Ladybug then heads out and is followed by Shadow Moth, only for her to disappear after ducking into an alley.
** After Sentibubbler traps Cat Noir in a bubble and makes him waste his Cataclysm, Alya creates a third illusion of Marinette in her bubble, to hide the real Marinette as she transforms and summons Kaalki to become Pegabug and save the day.

* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Shadow Moth recreates the Bubbler, complete with all his superpowers, not from an annoyed Nino but using a common cup of coffee. It makes one wonder why he bothers with akumas anymore.

* TheStinger: Gabriel has a scene following the end card. This time, he expresses [[VillainousBreakdown frustration and rage]] at Ladybug foiling his plans, going so far as to crack his tablet in anger. The fury in his face at being outplayed again leads him to state Ladybug doesn't make a single mistake. Natalie comforts him, assuring Gabriel that no one is flawless and Ladybug will eventually and inevitably misstep.

* BreakingOldTrends: While it initially looks like The Bubbler has been recreated, instead it's just a sentimonster copy of him with the same powers. No one gets akumatized this episode, and Shadow Moth chooses to dispel his amok instead of having it defeated.

** First, she creates a distraction to momentarily hide herself so she can transform. She then quickly conjures a Mirage of herself to lead Sentibubbler astray, in order to get to her room for a private chat with Chat Noir, making sure he doesn't interfere with her illusions and knows that the villain is a sentimonster.

** After Sentibubbler traps Chat Noir in a bubble and makes him waste his Cataclysm, Alya creates a third illusion of Marinette in her bubble, to hide the real Marinette as she transforms and summons Kaalki to become Pegabug and save the day.

* TheReveal: We learn that Trixx's favorite food is grapes.

** Later, she creates a dual illusion of both herself and Ladybug. This version of Ladybug tells "Alya" that she can no longer be Rena Rouge -- a ''completely believable'' deceit, given Chloé received the exact same treatment -- guaranteeing that Shadow Moth will leave her alone for a while. The false Ladybug then heads out and is followed by Shadow Moth, only for her to disappear after ducking into an alley.
** After Sentibubbler traps Chat Noir in a bubble and makes him waste his Cataclysm, Alya is forced to improvise by creating a third illusion of Marinette in her bubble, to hide the real Marinette as she transforms and summons Kaalki to become Pegabug and save the day.

** This does confirm that under normal conditions, the Sentimonsters are designed to be heroic familiars to heroes and champions, as when Shadow Moth loses his coffee cup containing the amok, Sentibubbler immediately stops in his tracks.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Alya decides that Rena Rouge will no longer be able to be seen in public after tricking Shadow Moth into believing that Ladybug "retired" her. That said, she still plans to be Rena and help Ladybug, just from behind the scenes.
* OpeningShoutOut: In Marinette's nightmare at the start of the episode, when dream!Alya calls her "Ladybug", dream!Marinette tries to deny this by saying "I'm not Ladybug. I'm Marinette. Just a normal girl with a normal life."

* TheReveal: We learn that Trixx's favorite food are grapes.
* SadisticChoice: Shadow Moth gives Alya a difficult ultimatum over the phone: surrender the Fox Miraculous to him and betray Ladybug, or refuse and allow her family to be sent into space by Sentibubbler. Alya [[TakeAThirdOption goes for choice C:]] convince Shadow Moth that she is never getting the Fox Miraculous again, depriving him of his leverage.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Nino spends the whole episode being afraid of the Césaire family's pet tarantula.

* SadisticChoice: Shadow Moth gives Alya a difficult ultimatum over the phone: surrender the Fox Miraculous to him and betray Ladybug, or refuse and allow her family to be sent into space by Sentibubbler.

* AmbiguousSituation: Sentibubbler is a Sentimonster who also has all the powers of his Akumatized Villain counterpart. Whether this is the result of the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous being fused together or if it's entirely the latter's doing is never made clear.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Nino spends the whole episode being afraid of the Cesaire family's pet tarantula.

* TheStinger: Gabriel has a scene following the end card. This time, he expresses [[VillaniousBreakdown frustration and rage]] at Ladybug foiling his plans, going so far as to crack his tablet in anger. The fury in his face at being outplayed again leads him to state Ladybug doesn't make a single mistake. Natalie comforts him, assuring Gabriel that no one is flawless and Ladybug will eventually and inevitably misstep.

* TheStinger: Gabriel has a scene following the end card. This time, he expresses frustration and rage at Ladybug foiling his plans, going so far as to crack his tablet in anger. The fury in his face at being outplayed again leads him to state Ladybug doesn't make a single mistake. Natalie comforts him, assuring Gabriel that no one is flawless and Ladybug will eventually and inevitably misstep.

* ShoutOut: The food Trixx eats to replenish himself is grapes, referencing the Aesop fable "The Fox and the Grapes". This is an apt reference since that story involves being unable to acquire something you can see, which perfectly applies to a misdirecting illusionist.

* BreakingOldTrends: While it initially looks like The Bubbler has been recreated, instead it's just a sentimonster looking like him with his powers. No one gets akumatized this episode, Shadow Moth chooses to dispel his amok instead of having it defeated, and only Cat Noir has his TransformationSequence shown.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Shadow Moth it totally blindsided by Pegabug portaling right on top of him, unaware that she's had a bird's-eye view the entire time.

* AGlitchInTheMatrix: Why does the illusionary Alya appear from behind the table with a bowl which she places on the counter? It has to be an illusion since real objects can't be touched by an illusion, so it has to disappear when Rena Rouge calls "Reality." Shadow Moth or Sentibubbler could have noticed and it would have spoiled everything. It seems intentional on the part of the animators, because the bowl isn't there in a later glimpse of the counter.

%%* BreakingOldTrends: Aside from Chat Blanc's appearance in Marinette's nightmare, this is the first episode where someone isn't akumatized, instead focusing solely on a sentimonster (who isn't akumatized like in "Feast").

* CatapultNightmare: Marinette has one such nightmare, detailing a potential chain of events that leads Alya to betray her and give Shadow Moth the Miraculous Box. The nightmare includes Alya telling her family she is Rena Rouge, including Nino and Chloé, as well as having Trixx eat at the table, then Alya opens the balcony to let Shadow Moth enter the dining room, Miracle Box in hand. As Ladybug goes to transform, Tikki tells her it is pointless, which is echoed by '''Cat Blanc''' who leads the entire room in a zombie walk towards a now defenceless Marinette.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Shadow Moth it totally blindsided by Pegabug portalling right on top of him, unaware that she's had a bird's-eye view the entire time.

* AGlitchInTheMatrix: Why does the illusionary Alya appear from behind the table with a bowl which she places on the counter? It has to be an illusion since real objects can't be touched by an illusion, so it has to disappear when Rena Rouge calls "Reality." Shadow Moth could have noticed and it would have spoiled everything. It seems intentional on the part of the animators, because the bowl isn't there in a later glimpse of the counter.

** Later, she creates a dual illusion of both herself and Ladybug. This version of Ladybug tells "Alya" that she can no longer be Rena Rouge -- a ''completely believable'' deceit, given Chloe received the exact same treatment -- guaranteeing that Shadow Moth will leave her alone for a while. The false Ladybug then heads out and is followed by Shadow Moth, only for her to disappear after ducking into an alley.

* PottyEmergency: Alya fakes this to go back inside the house and "accidentally" trip into the table, giving her an opportunity to transform and send out an illusion of herself to distract Sentibubbler.

* ShoutOut: The food Trixx eats to replenish himself is grapes, referencing the aesop fable "The Fox and the Grapes". This is an apt reference since that story involves being unable to acquire something you can see, which perfectly applies to a misdirecting illusionist.
* TheStinger: For the second episode in a row, Gabriel has a scene following the end card. This time, he expresses frustration and rage at Ladybug foiling his plans, going so far as to snap his tablet in anger. The fury in his face at being outplayed again leads him to state Ladybug doesn't make a single mistake. Natalie comforts him, assuring Gabriel that no one is flawless and Ladybug will eventually and inevitably misstep.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In universe. Alya's family and Nino are rescued from a deadly fall, but nobody appears concerned about bubbled Marinette. She would have gone splat if it wasn't an illusion, and nobody knew that. The family may have assumed that she died and then she was restored to life by the Miraculous Cure.

* RevealingContinuityLapse: Why does the illusionary Alya appear from behind the table with a bowl which she places on the counter? It has to be an illusion since real objects can't be touched by an illusion, so it has to disappear when Rena Rouge calls "Reality." Shadow Moth could have noticed and it would have spoiled everything. It seems intentional on the part of the animators, because the bowl isn't there in a later glimpse of the counter.