History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS04E24Penalteam

Chloé ''hates'' soccer. So when her excuses don't work and she's forced to partake in a game between her classmates, she deliberately gets akumatized in order to ruin the game for everyone. In order to stop her, Ladybug rounds up her own team to face off against Chloé's akumatized form: [[SelfDuplication Penalteam]].

** Alya, Ladybug's best ally and wielder of the Fox Miraculous, is instantly imprisoned by Penalteam before either her or Marinette can transform.

* DwindlingParty: Ladybug starts off with 14 Miraculous heroes including herself but the number starts to deteriorate thanks to Penalteam using their cleats to take them out of the game. Unlike in previous situations like this, however, Penalteam only gets Viperion, Ryuko, Pigella and Cat Noir so the majority of the team manages to stay in the game.

* GirlsVsBoysPlot: Subverted. During soccer practice, Alix eagerly suggests doing a boys versus girls match. Kim quickly shoots down the idea admitting that the boys will get slaughtered so easily.
* GuileHero: Once Penalty sends the game into overtime, knowing Cat Noir's timer is counting down, Ladybug tells everyone to convince the villain that she will lose and end the game herself. Caprikid's power of Genesis allows him to create any object, but there is no magical power associated with it, not that Penalteam knows that. Rooster Bold's power of Sublimation allows him to do anything he chooses to do, such as score every time he gets the ball, making him an invincible striker; and Minotaurox's power of Resistance blocks the villain's powers from affecting him, allowing him unfettered access to the ball as a perfect midfielder. Miss Hound's ability, Fetch, likewise makes her an incredible defender, letting her magically retrieve the ball from wherever it is in play.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: After losing the first half of the game, Chloé just makes it so the game will last forever so she will inevitably outlast their Miraculous' durations...except Chloé ''hates'' playing soccer, which Ladybug has the heroes use this fact against her so Chloé proceeds to angrily end the game herself in less than five minutes.
* HumiliationConga: Happens to Penalteam when Ladybug decides to convince her hero team to use their powers to make her RageQuit. First, Caprikid tricks her into thinking he made a magic wand that'll let them use their powers indefinitely. Then, Rooster Bold begins to shoot perfect shots while Miss Hound steals the ball away from Penalteam making them gain more points while the other heroes use their powers to keep Penalteam from scoring. The cherry on top is when King Monkey uses Uproar to mess up Penalteam's powers which makes her whole team look ''utterly'' ridiculous while having them bicker among each other like chickens.

* TheJuggernaut: As Minotaurox, Ivan's power is Resistance, which makes him immune to anything thrown at him, including Penalteam's cleats.

* TheMillstone: Adrien/Cat Noir doesn't know how to play soccer and is not exactly useful to his teammates. In the casual class game, he commits a handball foul and gives the other team a free kick; in the match against Penalteam, he scores an own goal due to not knowing he has to specifically target Penalteam's goal.

** Pegasus while never gets captured doesn't get any lines. Ironically, he's the only hero to use his powers twice.

* VerbalBackspace: When Marinette is figuring out how to include Chloé in the game while keeping it fair, she calls having her on the team "playing with handicap". She quickly changes her wording but it's obviously too late.

* PregnantHostage: Miss Bustier is the first to be captured by Penalty; was revealed that she is pregnant in the New York special (chronologically located before season 4).

* TheBusCameBack: After making several non-speaking cameos throughout the season, Lila returns in this episode with a speaking role.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Manga/MyHeroAcademia}} My Miraculous Academia!]]'']]

** Alya couldn't play because no one can know that she still gets to use Fox Miraculous. Alix's superhero persona was already introduced but only as the future adult version. Both of them get caught by Penalty at the start of the episode.

* InvincibleHero: Invoked by Ladybug with her plan to convince Penalty that Caprikid gave removed everyone's time limits allowing them to play and use their powers indefinitely. Frustrated by their advantage, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Penalty quits the game and breaks her own akumatized object.]]

** Since the team can only have eleven players on the field, Viperion, Ryuko, Pigella, and Cat Noir are captured early on leaving the exact number of heroes needed [[note]] Ladybug, Carapace, Pegasus, King Monkey, Vesperia, Polymouse, Purple Tigress, Miss Hound, Minotaurox, Caprikid, and Rooster Bold. [[/note]] The former two don't even get any lines. Downplayed with Cat Noir who gets some focus before being captured. The former three are also the only ones who don't get to use their powers.

Chloé ''hates'' soccer. So when her excuses don't work and she's forced to partake in a game between her classmates, she's willing to deliberately get akumatized in order to ruin the game for everyone. In order to stop her, Ladybug rounds up her own team to face off against Chloé's akumatized form: [[SelfDuplication Penalteam]].

* RecurringBoss: This is the eighth time Chloé gets Akumatized. The synopsis even describes her as one of Shadow Moth's favorite victims.
* SecurityCling: Juleka and Rose embrace each other in fear when they see Chloé get Akumatized.

* PowerOfCreation: Nathaniel's power as Caprikid is Genesis, the ability to use his paint brush to conjure any object he can imagine. His only apparent limit is that it can't be anything with magical powers.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Manga/MyHeroAcademia}} A smiling dependable, cool hero… That’s what I wanna be! That’s why I’m giving it everything. For everyone!!]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Manga/MyHeroAcademia}} No regrets holdin' us back! Can't stop, can't stop. Never gonna give up the fate of this world. Gotta step up, keep fighting!]]'']]

Chloé deliberately gets akumatized to ruin a soccer game between her classmates, which she was forced to partake in. Ladybug rounds up her own team to face off against her akumatized form: [[SelfDuplication Penalteam]].

Chloé deliberately get akumatized to ruin a soccer game between her classmates, which she was forced to partake in. Ladybug rounds up her own team to face off against her akumatized form: [[SelfDuplication Penalteam]].

Chloé deliberately get akumatized to ruin a soccer game between her classmates, which she was forced to partake in. Ladybug rounds up her own team to face off against her akumatized form: [[MesACrowd Penalteam]].

** So far, all villain teams were made out of a few old villains returning. This time, not only Penalty is a new villain, she's the only member (or more accurately, [[MesACrowd all of the members]]) of Penalteam.

* OpposingSportsTeam: Penalteam in a nutshell, with the catch being that ''[[MesACrowd she's the entire team]]''.