History Recap / ScarletLadyS2E6Volpina

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Scarlet Lady refuses to hand her Miraculous over to Volpina when the akuma threatens to collapse a building and again when Volpina holds Adrien hostage. While she made the right call in both cases, (the building was an illusion, as was "Adrien" since the real Adrien had already transformed into Chat Noir), she didn't do it because she saw through the akuma's trick but because she simply didn't care that people would get hurt.

** Volpina's attempt to hide amongst copies of herself fails due Scarlet Lady attempting to work on her tan used a fudge bar wrapper. The Ladybug heroine accidentally reflecting the sunlight toward the akuma forces Volpina to shield her eyes, thus allowing Chat Noir to determine the real one.

* [[YouCanKeepHer You Can Keep Him!]]: Scarlet Lady isn't particularly worried when Volpina tries to hold a building hostage in exchange for the earrings; the Miraculous Cure will just bring everyone back later, after all. When Volpina later attempts the same ploy with Adrien, Scarlet straight up ''tells'' the akuma to drop him, thinking he'll surely understand [[ItsAllAboutMe her "sacrifice."]]

*** Lila steals Gabriel's book from Adrien, hoping to use it to make her story that she's a superhero seem more believable, then throws it away once she's done with it. Her plan is derailed due to Plagg telling Adrien she stole the book. Additionally, Marinette later just happens to find the book while passing through the park and decides to show it to Adrien, making him realize that only did Lila steal from him, she threw his father's book away instead of trying to discretely return it, thus cementing his dislike of her.
*** Adrien tells Lila that even discounting the ContrivedCoincidence of her divulging that she's secretly a superhero right after he noticed Gabriel's book was missing from his bag, he knew right away she was lying about being saved by Scarlet Lady; the Ladybug heroine being a NominalHero and constantly pushing all the work onto Chat Noir was all it took for Lila's claims to fall apart.
*** Volpina's attempt to hide amongst copies of herself fails due Scarlet Lady attempting to work on her tan used a fudge bar wrapper. The Ladybug heroine accidentally reflecting the sunlight toward the akuma forces Volpina to shield her eyes, thus allowing Chat Noir to determine the real one.

Mme. Bustier announces to her pupils that they have a new classmate: Lila Rossi. Introducing herself, Lila declares that she wants to become friends with everyone (while Adrien sleeps through the whole announcement, drooling over the table). After class, Lila starts regaling her new classmates with stories of all the people she's met--Jagged Stone, Prince Ali, Steven Spielberg... why, she's even best friends with Scarlet Lady! However, that claim doesn't quite have the impact she expects. Marinette, Nino and Alix are especially put off, having personally witnessed just how awful the {{Nominal Hero}}ine of Paris is firsthand.

Back home, Adrien is heading to his room when he overhears his father arguing with somebody on the phone. Following Gabriel back to his office, he sees that there's a secret safe hidden behind his mother's portrait! Once Gabriel leaves, Adrien eagerly investigates, curious to see just what's inside... and Plagg points out a book that looks particularly important.

The next day, Chloé learns about Lila's claims from Sabrina, then spots the new girl dragging Adrien into the library. Adrien just wants to check out the book he found, but Lila takes it without permission. Chloé pops in to confront her; while the girls trade barbs, Adrien leaves, agreeing to meet up with Lila later... not realizing that she'd just stolen the book in the confusion.

Storming out of the library, Chloé plans to follow the pair... but is shocked when Tikki actually ''agrees'' with her. Though Tikki's more interested in that book, declaring Chloé needs to retrieve it. Meanwhile, Lila checks out the tome, finding that it details various Miraculouses. Since Adrien is clearly interested in such things, she decides that she'll pass herself off as a Miraculous heroine in order to impress him.

But the gig's already up: Plagg warns Adrien that she stole the book, much to his displeasure. Meanwhile, Mme. Bustier asks Marinette to find Adrien and give him a packet.

When Adrien arrives, Lila spins him a tale of how she met Scarlet Lady when the heroine saved her. They hit it off and became close friends. Oh, and not only that, she's a descendant of a former Fox hero, Volpina! Isn't that all just--

A total crock. Deciding enough is enough, Adrien calls her out, revealing that he already knows about her theft. Not only is it [[ContrivedCoincidence incredibly contrived]] that she just ''happens'' to be connected to a Miraculous hero, Scarlet Lady isn't the sort who goes out of her way to help anyone.

Speak of the devil, and she appears: Scarlet Lady shows up (preventing Tikki from getting the book to safety in the process) and wastes no time in thoroughly humiliating Lila, calling her out on her lies and tossing her into a nearby fountain. Several of her classmates show up just in time to witness this, and Lila runs off, deeply embarrassed. Noticing that some of them seem a little put off by what they just saw, Scarlet Lady claims she only went that far in order to ensure that Hawk Moth wouldn't target Lila. Adrien takes advantage of her distraction to hurry away, while Marinette finds the book.

Naturally, Hawk Moth akumatizes Lila into Volpina, giving her the ability to craft illusions. Soon afterwards, Adrien sees a meteorite descending upon Paris--but have no fear! Volpina shows up and knocks it away, declaring that she's the only superheroine Paris needs! Chat Noir sighs; just what he ''doesn't'' need, another egomaniac.

Meanwhile, Volpina reveals her true colors by flooding the sky with missiles, threatening to collapse a nearby building unless Scarlet Lady hands over her earrings. But Scarlet Lady refuses--after all, her Miraculous Cure can repair and reverse any damage Volpina does, so why should she care about any of it? Even if she ''kills'' others, Scarlet Lady can just bring them back... so why try preventing their deaths in the first place?

Volpina is appalled, realizing that the so-called "protector of Paris" is actually more villainous than her. Taking advantage of her hesitation, Scarlet Lady tries to tie her up with her yo-yo--but both Volpina ''and'' the missiles turn out to be illusions. Scarlet Lady decides to head for the Agreste Manor, unaware that Marinette has gotten there ahead of her, bringing him the book she found... and the news that she found it in the trash.

That's when Volpina arrives, followed by Scarlet Lady. While the two superpowered girls glare each other down, Adrien asks them to leave, ducking into his bathroom so he can secretly transform, circling round the house to enter through the window. Outnumbered, Volpina creates a multitude of illusions to distract the heroes, then seemingly abducts Adrien... much to Chat Noir's annoyance.

Dragging her illusionary Adrien to the Eiffel Tower, Volpina once again demands that the heroes hand over their Miraculouses, or else! But Scarlet Lady once again refuses: even if her beloved Adrien dies, she can just bring him back, and Chat Noir dispels the illusion with his baton.

As Volpina creates another crowd of duplicates, Scarlet Lady summons her Lucky Charm: an ice cream bar. She decides to open it up in order to use the reflective inside of the wrapper to work on her tan. The glinting sunlight winds up distracting and dazzling the real Volpina, enabling Chat Noir to catch her and destroy her akumatized object. Scarlet Lady insults Lila again, but Lila fires back, calling her a weirdo and declaring that she hates her.

After returning home, Adrien finds Scarlet Lady lurking at his window, clearly intent on crafting some kind of "romantic moment". He takes pleasure in slamming down the security curtains his father installed. He then settles down to check the book only to find that he can't understand its contents... but Plagg knows somebody who can read it: a Chinese man that owns a masseur parlor, and that greets him as Chat Noir.

* AccidentalHero: Scarlet Lady manages to disable Volpina by reflecting the sun glare with the wrapper she was trying to use [[SkewedPriorities to tan herself]].
* AdaptationalSympathy: Lila's grudge against the Ladybug heroine is much more understandable here. Ladybug might have outed her as a liar and embarrassed her in front of her crush/target, but Scarlet Lady goes out of her way to completely ''humiliate'' her, dunking her in a fountain in the middle of December.

** The only thing Lila knows about Scarlet Lady when she arrives is that she's popular in Paris. She has no clue what the superheroine is ''actually'' like, or how she might react to somebody falsely claiming to be her bestie. Scarlet Lady also [[JerkassHasAPoint points out]] that making such claims might draw Hawk Moth's attention to her.
** After stealing Adrien's book to learn what he's so interested in, Lila decides to throw it away rather than finding some way to discreetly return it, not considering what would happen if he figured out what she'd done.
** When she spins her tale, Adrien points out how incredibly ''convenient'' it is that she just so ''happens'' to be related to some past Miraculous hero... and decided to reveal this information to him right ''after'' his book about Miraculouses mysteriously went missing.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Since Lila falsely claimed to be best friends with her, Scarlet Lady humiliates her in front of all her classmates by tossing her into a fountain - which is ice-cold, due to it being the middle of December.
* DramaticIrony: Lila taunts Chloé about being Scarlet Lady's friend... not knowing that Chloé ''is'' Scarlet Lady.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Scarlet Lady tells Volpina she doesn't care if the latter destroys a building, as she can bring everyone back from death, Volpina is visibly horrified. Volpina also asks what's wrong with Scarlet Lady when not even a threat to Adrien's life shakes her.
* FailedASpotCheck: Plagg misses the Peacock Miraculous in Gabriel's safe even though he was just next to it.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: When Nathalie asks Marinette where Adrien is, Marinette nonchalantly replies she should ask the Akuma that just abducted him.
* {{Foil}}: Chloé[=/=]Scarlet Lady and Lila[=/=]Volpina. Both of them are entitled egomaniacs who want to be [[AttentionWhore the focus of everyone's attention]]. Both claim to be friends with Scarlet Lady, and both pursue a potential relationship with Adrien while failing to notice that he can barely stand either of them, and that their selfish and self-centered behavior is only driving him further and further away. The main differences between them is that when they transform, Volpina's behavior is influenced by being akumatized, while Scarlet Lady doesn't ''need'' Hawk Moth to bring out the absolute worst in her. And even as Volpina, Lila is horrified by just how little regard the supposed "heroine" shows for others.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When Volpina threatens to throw Adrien (actually an illusion she's crafted) from the top of the Eiffel Tower, Scarlet Lady's reaction is to tell her to do it, believing she can twist it into a romantic moment - and calling Adrien's possible death "[her] sacrifice for the sake of the greater good".
* KickTheDog: Scarlet Lady tosses Lila into a fountain, drenching her in the middle of December.
* MasterOfIllusion: Volpina's power allows her to create incredibly realistic illusions. However, being illusions, they can't actually do anything.

* OhCrap: Lila realizes she may have bitten more than she could chew when not only does Adrien reveal he's seen through her lies, but also Scarlet Lady shows up and entangles her with her yo-yo string.
* PullingTheThread: While Adrien already knew Lila was up to no good, the moment she claims to be a descendant of the heroine Volpina he begins to pull, pointing out how ''[[SarcasmMode interesting]]'' it is that she "revealed" that secret [[ContrivedCoincidence right after]] his book went ''missing''.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Plagg tells Adrien that Lila stole the Grimoire, Adrien states that maybe she ''is'' friends with Scarlet Lady.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: Referenced by Adrien when Scarlet Lady shows up while he's arguing with Lila.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After her deakumatization, Lila's still drenched and decides to walk her way back home instead of asking for help - which weakens her enough that she gets a cold.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: Due to Chloé's interruption, Lila persists in believing that Adrien likes Scarlet Lady.

!![[https://zoe-oneesama.tumblr.com/post/625644629328527360/aurore-owns-this-studio-now-episode-15-part-1 Episode 16 - Volpina - Tales of Lila the Liar[=/=]FOX]]

* PullingTheThread: While Adrien already knew Lila was up to no good, the moment she claims to be a descendant of the heroine Volpina he begins to pull, pointing out how ''[[ContrivedCoincidence interesting]]'' it is that she "revealed" that secret right after his book went ''missing''.

!!Episode 16 - Volpina - Tales of Lila the Liar[=/=]FOX

* CelebrityLie: Lila claims to have met a lot of famous people in her travels around the world - and that she's best friends with Scarlet Lady.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Once again, Chloé/Scarlet Lady causes another person to be Akumatized.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Lila steals Adrien's book and then decides to throw it into the trash instead of finding a way to discreetly return it, not considering what would happen should Adrien realize what she did.
* DisproportionateRetribution: In answer to Lila's claims of being best friends with her, Scarlet Lady humiliates her in front of all her classmates by tossing her into a fountain - in the middle of December.

* {{Foil}}: Chloé[=/=]Scarlet Lady and Lila[=/=]Volpina. Both of them are entitled ego-maniac teen girls interested in Adrien, who claim to be friends with Scarlet Lady, and are completely oblivious to the fact that Adrien can barely stand them. The main differences between them are that Scarlet Lady's behavior is purely her own, while Volpina's is being influenced by her Akuma; and that Volpina retains a degree of standards that Scarlet Lady completely lacks.

* SchmuckBait: Volpina tries to do this by showing an illusion of Hawkmoth. Chat Noir sees through it, although he doesn't realize it might be because Volpina is an Akuma.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Plagg tells Adrien that Lila stole the Grimoire, Adrien states that maybe she is friends with Scarlet Lady.

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Marinette states her hatred of Scarlet Lady, Volpina grabs her hand and sparkles. Marinette is not amused, saying that she hates Hawkmoth more.

Arriving at the park, Chloé hides near Lila... and witnesses her throwing the stolen book into the trash. Tikki tells her to grab it, but the blonde refuses to touch it; it's in the ''garbage'', after all! Tikki has to take it out instead.

Scarlet Lady's claim soon becomes useless, as Hawkmoth Akumatizes Lila as Volpina, giving her the power of illusion. Soon after, Adrien sees a meteorite beginning to fall over Paris, only for Volpina to hit it away, declaring herself the only superheroine Paris needs - much to Chat Noir's chagrin, as he already foresees the trouble of dealing with yet another ego-maniac. Scarlet Lady confronts Volpina, who suddenly points out to Hawkmoth in a nearby roof.

As Volpina tries to order the heroes around, Adrien begins to suspect something's fishy and decides to leave the girls alone, going back home and detransforming. When he finds out he missed a call from Marinette, he calls her back, and she tells him about the homework he missed about about something she found in the park that she thinks he might be interested in.

The moment Chat Noir leaves, Scarlet Lady starts to shout at Volpina - who reveals her true colors by flooding the sky with missiles. When Volpina threatens to collapse a building unless Scarlet Lady gives her the Miraculous, though, Scarlet doesn't even care - if Volpina carries out her threat, then she can bring everyone back, so why should she care? As Volpina realizes that Scarlet Lady is more of a villain than her, Scarlet attempts to catch her with her yo-yo - leading to the reveal that both Volpina and the missiles were just illusions. Scarlet Lady begins to run for Adrien's home.

Marinette arrives to Adrien's home and meets her friend, showing him the book she found - revealing to Adrien that Lila attempted to throw it into the trash. Just then, Volpina arrives to his room, closely followed by Scarlet Lady. While the two superpowered girls glare at each other, Adrien asks everyone to leave and gets into the bathroom, transforming into Chat Noir and going around the house to enter through the window.

Volpina, seeing herself outnumbered, creates a multitude of illusions of herself to distract the heroes before she seemingly kidnaps Adrien, much to Chat Noir's exasperation. The Akuma drags the illusion of Adrien to the Eiffel Tower, where she once again demands the Miraculous in exchange of Adrien's life. Once again, Scarlet Lady demonstrates her lack of care by claiming she'll just revive Adrien if he dies, only for Chat Noir to dispel the illusion with his baton.

Volpina tries to distract the heroes with another crowd of duplicates. Scarlet Lady summons the Lucky Charm, an ice cream bar, and decides to open it so she can use the reflecting side to work on her tan. The reflected sun rays suddenly dazzle the real Volpina, allowing Chat Noir to catch her and destroy the Akumatized object. When Scarlet Lady insults Lila, Lila answers by calling her a weirdo and angrily declare her hatred of the "heroine".

Returning home after the fight, Adrien finds Scarlet clearly intent on something romantic at the other side of the window, but he slams the security curtains in her face, finding himself a bit at peace. Adrien decides to check the book, but he can't understand its contents, so Plagg decides to bring him to someone who can read it: a Chinese man that owns a masseur parlor, and that greets him as Chat Noir.

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Marinette states her hatred of Scarlet Lady, Volpina grabs her hand and sparkles. Marinette is not amused, saying that she hates Hawkmoth more.

Mme. Bustier announces to her pupils that they have a new classmate, Lila Rossi. Lila presents herself (while Adrien drools all over his table in his sleep) and declares her wish to become friends with everyone. After class, some of the classmates approach Lila, who regales them with stories of all the people she's met - Jagged Stone, Prince Ali, Steven Spielberg... she's even best friends with Scarlet Lady! Sadly for her, this does endear her to everyone - particularly Marinette, Alix, and Nino, as all of them have personally witnessed how awful the {{Nominal Hero}}ine is.

Back home, Adrien makes his way to his room, only to hear his father argue with someone else through the phone. Curious, he follows - and discovers his father has a secret safe hidden behind his mother Emilie's portrait: the moment Gabriel leaves, he jumps in to find out what the safe contains, and Plagg gives him a book that looks important.

The next day, Chloé discovers about Lila's claims through Sabrina and finds Lila dragging Adrien into the library. Adrien tries to ignore the new girl and decides to check the book he found, only for Lila to take it from him without permission. Chloé shows up just then, and the two girls exchange barbs before Adrien leaves, agreeing to meet Lila later - and not realizing that Lila stole the book in the confusion.

When Chloé leaves the library, she angrily plans to follow Adrien and Lila, only to become shocked when Tikki agrees with her and says she needs to retrieve the book. Meanwhile, Lila reads the book and decides to pass off as a Miraculous heroine in order to impress Adrien. However, she doesn't know the gig is up: Plagg tells Adrien that she stole the book, and Adrien is ready to make his displeasure obvious. Also, Mme. Bustier asks Marinette to find Adrien and give him a packet.

Chloé arrives to the park and hides near Lila, who throws the book she stole into the trashcan. Tikki tells her she has to pick up the book, but Chloé won't grab it, forcing Tikki to do it instead. Meanwhile, Adrien's also arrived, and Lila regales him with a tale of not only being friends with Scarlet Lady after she saved her, but also that she's the descendant of a fox hero named Volpina. Adrien decides enough is enough and reveals that he knows she's lying: not only because of the ContrivedCoincidence of her "revealing" about Volpina right after she took his book, but also because Scarlet Lady never goes out of her way to help anyone.

Right on time, Scarlet Lady (who has prevented Tikki from getting the book away) shows up and, after making obvious how little he thinks of Lila, tosses her into a nearby fountain. Just then, her classmates show up, and Lila runs away, deeply embarrassed by the humiliation she's just suffered. Scarlet Lady claims she just did that to make sure Hawkmoth wouldn't go after her, and Adrien takes advantage of Scar's distraction to dash away. After everyone leaves, Marinette finds the book.

Mme. Bustier announces to her pupils that they have a new classmate, Lila Rossi. Lila presents herself (while Adrien drools all over his table in his sleep) and declares her wish to become friends with everyone. After class, some of the classmates approach Lila, who regales them with stories of all the people she's met - Jagged Stone, Prince Ali, Steven Spielberg... she's even best friends with Scarlet Lady! Sadly for her, this does endear her to everyone - particularly Marinette, Alix, and Nino, as all of them have personally witnessed how awful the {{Nominal Hero}}ine is.\\

Back home, Adrien makes his way to his room, only to hear his father argue with someone else through the phone. Curious, he follows - and discovers his father has a secret safe hidden behind his mother Emilie's portrait: the moment Gabriel leaves, he jumps in to find out what the safe contains, and Plagg gives him a book that looks important.\\

The next day, Chloé discovers about Lila's claims through Sabrina and finds Lila dragging Adrien into the library. Adrien tries to ignore the new girl and decides to check the book he found, only for Lila to take it from him without permission. Chloé shows up just then, and the two girls exchange barbs before Adrien leaves, agreeing to meet Lila later - and not realizing that Lila stole the book in the confusion.\\

When Chloé leaves the library, she angrily plans to follow Adrien and Lila, only to become shocked when Tikki agrees with her and says she needs to retrieve the book. Meanwhile, Lila reads the book and decides to pass off as a Miraculous heroine in order to impress Adrien. However, she doesn't know the gig is up: Plagg tells Adrien that she stole the book, and Adrien is ready to make his displeasure obvious. Also, Mme. Bustier asks Marinette to find Adrien and give him a packet.\\

Chloé arrives to the park and hides near Lila, who throws the book she stole into the trashcan. Tikki tells her she has to pick up the book, but Chloé won't grab it, forcing Tikki to do it instead. Meanwhile, Adrien's also arrived, and Lila regales him with a tale of not only being friends with Scarlet Lady after she saved her, but also that she's the descendant of a fox hero named Volpina. Adrien decides enough is enough and reveals that he knows she's lying: not only because of the ContrivedCoincidence of her "revealing" about Volpina right after she took his book, but also because Scarlet Lady never goes out of her way to help anyone.\\

Right on time, Scarlet Lady (who has prevented Tikki from getting the book away) shows up and, after making obvious how little he thinks of Lila, tosses her into a nearby fountain. Just then, her classmates show up, and Lila runs away, deeply embarrassed by the humiliation she's just suffered. Scarlet Lady claims she just did that to make sure Hawkmoth wouldn't go after her, and Adrien takes advantage of Scar's distraction by dashing away. After everyone leaves, Marinette finds the book.\\

Scarlet Lady's claim soon becomes useless, as Hawkmoth Akumatizes Lila as Volpina, giving her the power of illusion. Soon after, Adrien sees a meteorite beginning to fall over Paris, only for Volpina to hit it away, declaring herself the only superheroine Paris needs - much to Chat Noir's chagrin, as he already foresees the trouble of dealing with yet another ego-maniac. Scarlet Lady confronts Volpina, who suddenly points out to Hawkmoth in a nearby roof.//

As Volpina tries to order the heroes around, Adrien begins to suspect something's fishy and decides to leave the girls alone, going back home and detransforming. When he finds out he missed a call from Marinette, he calls her back, and she tells him about the homework he missed about about something she found in the park that she thinks he might be interested in.\\

The moment Chat Noir leaves, Scarlet Lady starts to shout at Volpina - who reveals her true colors by flooding the sky with missiles. When Volpina threatens to collapse a building unless Scarlet Lady gives her the Miraculous, though, Scarlet doesn't even care - if Volpina carries out her threat, then she can bring everyone back, so why should she care? As Volpina realizes that Scarlet Lady is more of a villain than her, Scarlet attempts to catch her with her yo-yo - leading to the reveal that both Volpina and the missiles were just illusions. Scarlet Lady begins to run for Adrien's home.\\

Marinette arrives to Adrien's home and meets her friend, showing him the book she found - revealing to Adrien that Lila attempted to throw it into the trash. Just then, Volpina arrives to his room, closely followed by Scarlet Lady. While the two superpowered girls glare at each other, Adrien asks everyone to leave and gets into the bathroom, transforming into Chat Noir and going around the house to enter through the window.\\

Volpina, seeing herself outnumbered, creates a multitude of illusions of herself to distract the heroes before she seemingly kidnaps Adrien, much to Chat Noir's exasperation. The Akuma drags the illusion of Adrien to the Eiffel Tower, where she once again demands the Miraculous in exchange of Adrien's life. Once again, Scarlet Lady demonstrates her lack of care by claiming she'll just revive Adrien if he dies, only for Chat Noir to dispel the illusion with his baton.\\

Volpina tries to distract the heroes with another crowd of duplicates. Scarlet Lady summons the Lucky Charm, an ice cream bar, and decides to open it so she can use the reflecting side to work on her tan. The reflected sun rays suddenly dazzle the real Volpina, allowing Chat Noir to catch her and destroy the Akumatized object. When Scarlet Lady insults Lila, Lila answers by calling her a weirdo and angrily declare her hatred of the "heroine".\\

* {{Foil}}: Chloé[=/=]Scarlet Lady and Lila[=/=]Volpina. Both of them are entitled ego-maniac teen girls interested in Adrien, who claim to be friends with Scarlet Lady, and are completely oblivious to the fact that Adrien can barely stand them. The main differences between them are that Scarlet Lady's behavior is purely her own, while Volpina's being influenced by her Akuma; and that Volpina retains a degree of standards that Scarlet Lady completely lacks.

* OhCrap: Lila realizes she may have bitten more than she could chew when not only does Adrien reveal he's seen through her lies, but also Scarlet Lady shows up and entangles her

* FantasticallyIndiferent: When Nathalie asks Marinette where Adrien is, Marinette nonchalantly replies she should ask the Akuma that just abducted him.