History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS04E23KuroNeko

* BadLiar: When Plagg asks for Tikki's help to convince Marinette, the kwami of creation tells him she can't lie to her holder. Plagg ropes her to his ruse anyway and the most Tikki can do to help is give a lame smile and not talk.

** Under his Cat Walker persona, Adrien acts much more effective than he ever was as Cat Noir, which means he was always able to strategize and rationalize the situations in field.

* TheDogBitesBack: Involuntarily. After being kept in the dark of Ladybug's many secrets for so much time, Adrien manages to trick her for once, all thanks to Plagg's plan. Marinette is LockedOutOfTheLoop for a change, but Tikki was aware about their plan by actually "helping" Plagg to convince the guardian.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Marinette instructs Plagg to select a holder that isn't in love with her, assuming that the pain of his unrequited love is the reason Cat quit. When, in fact, the catalyst was her apparently no longer wanting or needing him as a partner, which is itself the last in a long line of stressors to their platonic relationship that Marinette has been largely unaware of.

* HandicappedBadass: Despite still be weakened, Nathalie returns to her activities at the mansion, but using some sort of exoskeleton.
* HasAType: All the boys for who Marinette was smitten with have some points in common - they are kind, loving boys, dependable and "perfect". Cat Walker (aka Adrien aka Cat Noir) fills the bill so much that she can't even work well in the mission.
* HiddenDepths: As lazy as he can be, Plagg is surprisingly a very proficient artist, while illustrating their plan to Adrien, then helping to create Cat Walker's design.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Ladybug not confiding in Cat Noir about her Guardian duties or even her thought process regarding them leads him to conclude that talking to her about his grievances would be pointless. Inevitably, resulting in Adrien's rash decision and Marinette's incomprehension of the situation.

* SanitySlippage: Trying to find a new holder for the Cat Miraculous is not very good for Marinette's mental health. After a while she is looking noticeably dishevelled and tired and her plans make even less sense than usual.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Marinette reaffirms involuntary how Adrien-sexual she is (so much that [[LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman she is even insensitive to his disguised self]] usually). She have no idea who Cat Walker is, and yet she is instaneously smitten with him, saying he's perfect or [[CrushBlush blushing]] often in his presence. Justified as he ''is'' Adrien, and act as his civilian self -the one Marinette likes.

* WhamEpisode: Adrien gives up his Cat Ring Miraculous and a new Cat Miraculous holder named Cat Walker is introduced. The irony is that Adrien is also Cat Walker, coming up with the alternate suit in order to become Ladybug's "ideal partner". Which proves to be unideal as Ladybug reaffirms her preference for Cat Noir.

** Adrien's "serious" superhero persona is called "Cat Walker" -- as in "catwalk". Kinda fitting for a someone whose side-job involves [[FashionModel modeling]], no?

** When Ladybug tells Plagg she though Cat Noir would be happy that she's been calling other superheroes more and him less because she thought he'd have a break, Plagg tells her that she knows Cat Noir is in love with her, so her running with other superheroes breaks his heart. It sounds like Plagg is accusing her of "cheating on him" by going out with other superheroes.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Cat Walker's version of the [[JustForPun cat-suit]] is a very regal-themed suit with gold trim, while his hair is a green-blonde color.

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Ladybug manages to assemble an amazing team of superheroes now that she is Guardian of the Miraculous, but Cat Noir is feeling left out and decides to give up his Miraculous. Ladybug now needs to deliver the Cat Miraculous to someone else.

Ladybug manages to assemble an amazing team of superheroes now that she is Guardian of the Miraculous, but Cat Noir is feeling left out and decides to give up his miraculous. Ladybug now needs to deliver the Cat Miraculous to someone else.

** When she allows Plagg to searches for another miraculous holder, Marinette demands some conditions, specially that he isn't in love with her. The {{Irony}} is that Ladybug swoons ''hard'' for Cat Walker, who acts like Cat Noir's polar opposite. To supply even more irony, Cat Walker is simply Cat Noir, who's still in love with Ladybug...[[ObliviousToLove and he can't even notice she's all over him during the battle]].

* NowLetMeCarryYou: Cat Walker eventually acknowledges that him giving up the Cat Ring only added to the enormous amount of pressure Ladybug is under, and offers to help her carry that burden:

* {{Pun}}: Ladybug attempts a cat pun ("Pleased to meowt you" in one English subtitle). Cat Walker, portraying NoSenseOfHumor, doesn't laugh. He calls it an "intelligent pun" and says he will laugh next time if she wants. This is worse than a LamePunReaction to her.

* AnotherSideAnotherStory: It's only briefly touched on, but when Plagg chews Ladybug out for neglecting her partner by calling on other superheroes, she innocently responds that she thought he'd be ''happy'' about it since it'd give him a break. Given how much she's been ''drowning'' under the responsibilities of being Ladybug and Guardian, she assumed she was giving Cat Noir the break she wishes she could take. She was wrong.

-->'''Ladybug:''' I'm the worst Guardian ever!//

* NowLetMeCarryYou: Cat Walker eventually acknowledges that him giving up the Cat Ring only added to the enormous amount of pressure Ladybug is under:

* PoorCommunicationKills: Ladybug not confiding in Chat Noir about her Guardian duties or even her thought process regarding them leads him to conclude that talking to her about his grievances would be pointless. Inevitably, resulting in Adrien's rash decision and Marinette's incomprehension of the situation.

* WhamEpisode: Adrien gives up his Cat Ring Miraculous and a new Cat Miraculous holder named Cat Walker is introduced. The irony is that Adrien is also Cat Walker, coming up with the alternate suit in order to become Ladybug's "ideal partner". Which proves to be unideal as Ladybug reaffirms her preference for Chat Noir.

* NeverMyFault:
** Ladybug says that she didn't do anything to make Cat Noir want to give up his Miraculous. Plagg, who's watched Adrien slowly sink into despair, isn't having any of it and chews her out for neglecting her partner.
** Adrien himself doesn't acknowledge how him being late or not showing up to missions results in her relying on him less and less. He admits that he's been too inconsiderate while in the battle against Kuro Neko, and apologizes properly to her in the finale.

* NoSympathy:
** Plagg and Adrien (internally) chew Ladybug out on not sympathizing with Cat Noir's feelings of being neglected as a partner enough.
** Ladybug herself gets no sympathy for how much she is burdened by [[TheChainsOfCommanding the responsibilities of being both Ladybug and Guardian]], but is instead criticized for not being considerate enough of Cat Noir's feelings on top of all her other worries and considerations.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Rather than tell Ladybug that he feels increasingly neglected and irrelevant since she's been relying more and more on other superheroes and that he would like her to lean on him more, Adrien instead opts to not join missions and then gets upset with her for not taking time out of crime-fighting to call him. Ladybug, conversely, assumed the times Cat Noir didn't show up was because he had his own stuff going on, and assumed that relying on other superheroes more (rather than calling him and chewing him out when he doesn't show up) was giving him a break. From his part, Cat Noir tried to talk with her a number of times this season, just to not be notified of her decisions or be flat out ignored.

* PsychologicalProjection: Downplayed, but Ladybug is completely floored when Plagg reveals that Cat Noir RageQuit because he felt he was neglecting him, and explains that she thought relying on other superheroes more was giving him a break. Since we know that Marinette has been ''drowning'' under the pressures of being Ladybug ''and'' the Guardian, and laments several times over the season that she can't quit or take a break since those roles are essential, it's likely she assumed she was doing him a favor by giving him the break she wishes she could have.

** Adrien is okay with Ladybug recruiting new heroes, particularly when he cannot leave to help due to his father. He is okay with not being called on all the time because of the extra help. But when Ladybug insinuates on live TV that he, her oldest ally, is just another partner like the other holders, and then yells at him when he asks to help retrieve the Miraculous for her after a mission, he reaches his limit. It's not enough that he breaks down, but is just completely ''done'' with it all.

* WhamEpisode: Adrien gives up his Cat Ring Miraculous and a new Cat Miraculous holder named Cat Walker is introduced. The irony is that Adrien is also Cat Walker, coming up with the alternate suit in order to fool Ladybug and see just what she thinks of Cat Noir. As it turns out, she isn't so much into the goofy Cat Noir as she is into the formal and regal Cat Walker, blushing and being overall distracted by him.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After neglecting and sidelining Cat Noir all season, and the start of the episode, Ladybug loses him as a partner when he quits being the Black Cat Miraculous holder.