History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS05E04Jubilation

* AmbiguousSituation: How much of the dream was based on Ladybug's wishes and how much on Cat Noir's? Cat Noir is the one who wishes for the two of them to go on a date, but the final kiss before they broke out of the dream was initiated by Ladybug, and both of them were equally devastated when they woke up.

* GivenNameReveal: Mr. Damocles' real name is stated by Alliance to be "Denis".

* OpeningShoutOut: Marinette [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E14Sentibubbler again]] uses the phrase "normal girl with a normal life" to from the intro to describe herself.

* CallBack:
** Anne-Jeanne Théoxanne du Bocquale from "[[{{Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E17Rocketear}} Rocketear]]" returns, having created flying Tyrannosauruses.
** Similar to "Risk", Monarch comes up with his plan first and then searches out someone to akumatize, though in this case he doesn't have a specific power in mind.
** Marinette uses the motorbike she received at the end of "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E21DearestFamily Dearest Family]]".

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Marinette and Scoqueline were school friends the previous year, yet Scoqueline didn't know about Adrien and Marinette being classmates. This means that the previous year must have been before Adrien started attending Marinette's school in the "Origins" two-parter, which would mean that the events of the entire series plus both Miraculous World specials (which are referenced in this episode) have all taken place over a matter of months.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Marinette went to school with Socqueline the previous year, but Socqueline had no idea that Marinette and Adrien were classmates, which implies that they stopped being classmates before the events of the Origins two-parter, when Adrien first started attending Marinette's school. This, in turn, implies that events of the entire series ''and'' the two "Miraculous World" specials (which are both referenced in this episode) all happened in a matter of months.

* HostageSituation: Darker Owl takes Socqueline hostage to draw out the heroes so he can shoot them with Gift. When Cat Noir saves Socqueline, Darker Owl fires his grapple at him so Ladybug will intervene, then hits both with Gift.

Believing he has found Ladybug, Monarch akumatizes Mr. Damocles into Dark Owl once more, but this time grants him the power of Jubliation to trap his foes in their greatest desire.

* CaughtOnTape: Just before Dark Owl can capture her, Socqueline sets her Alliance Ring to record their conversation along with getting the big bird to admit to where his akuma is. She does this knowing the real Ladybug would find her ring and use this information.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: Monarch grants Dark Owl the power of Jubilation in order to trap the heroes in their heart's desires. And earlier, both Socqueline and Principal Damocles express obtaining jubilation in becoming superheroes in their own right.

* LethalHarmlessPowers: Gift, when used by Dark Owl. While Pigella used Gift to make Juleka experience a moment of pure joy, Dark Owl forces Ladybug and Cat Noir to live out an entire fantasy, placing them inside a LotusEaterMachine that can only be broken out of by waking up. Furthermore, those struck by this are not only left completely vulnerable in the waking world, but once they manage to break free from it, they're left in a depressed state, which could potentially make them a target for akumatization.

* LotusEaterMachine: When used by Dark Owl, the power of Jubilation traps Ladybug and Cat Noir in a happy dream where everything goes right for them. Meanwhile, they're paralyzed in the real world and Dark Owl can take their Miraculous with impunity. The only reason it fails is because Ladybug's Lucky Charm summons an alarm clock that rings incessantly, waking her up.

* MundaneSolution: Subverted with the alarm clock that Ladybug gets as a Lucky Charm. She simply throws it at Darker Owl's face to break his mask and it works perfectly...except that the whole scene is just part of the dream caused by Gift.

** Cat Noir is so furious at being snapped out of a perfect life that he comes within a hair's breadth of Cataclysming Dark Owl, before catching himself and breaking his mask.

* ShoutOut: The climax involving a superhero having to break out of the LotusEaterMachine and leave behind the illusion of a happy life in which they have kids and then delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the villain responsible for this is heavily similar to ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything''.
* SwissArmyGun: Instead of using a tambourine, Darker Owl has an alternative setting on his grappling hook that allows him to shoot Gift from it.

* TimePassageBeard: The one real attempt to age the characters up in their fantasy is giving Cat Noir a moustache in one scene.

* UnstoppableRage: Cat Noir is devastated to find out that the perfect happy life he shared with Ladybug was just [[LotusEaterMachine a dream created by Dark Owl so he could steal their Miraculous]]. He takes his anger out on the villain, beating him into submission and nearly Cataclysming him before Ladybug snaps him out of it.

** Marinette uses motorbike she received at the end of "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E21DearestFamily Dearest Family]]".

* AesopAmnesia: In [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E8TheDarkOwl The Owl's first appearance]], Mr Damocles learned how to be a hero without needlessly putting himself in danger. In this episode, he's back to trying to save kittens himself instead of calling for the fire department and nearly suffers a serious injury, only narrowly avoided by a CapeSnag and Socqueline pulling him to safety.

** Marinette uses motorbike she received at the end of Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E21DearestFamily.

* * {{Understatement}}: Alliance ring reveals that Marinette covered135 kilometers in 15 minutes thanks to her powers. Andrien AI still gives a stock comment that she covered "more than an average person her age".

* GivenNameReveal: Mr. Damocles’ real name is stated by Alliance to be “Dennis”.