History Recap / ScarletLadyS5E13Catalyst

* AdaptationOriginConnection: The fifth season of the show reveals there are three different women who implicitly have all [[spoiler:been conned by Lila into raising her as a daughter]] while being completely unaware of each other's existence. Here, not only do all three of them know each other, but one of the women is Miss Rossi, Lila's biological mother; the second, Miss Bianca, is Miss Rossi's best friend and Lila's godmother; and the third is married to Lila's biological father.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Lila's godmother and stepmother both appear in this episode. The former was seen hugging Lila in the canon season 4 finale while the latter is the same unnamed deaf woman who first appeared in "Revelation" in season 5 of the show, [[spoiler:though in canon, it's strongly implied that neither of them is actually related to Lila and that both have been separately tricked into thinking the teen is her daughter]].

* CallBack: When Pollen gives Marinette a Kwagatama, Marinette looks at the mysterious pendant she got for [[Recap/ScarletLadyS2E8LaBefana her birthday]], finally realizing it was a Kwagatama from Tikki.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Because several of the classmates get turned into Scarlet Akumas, Marinette and Adrien cannot gather up all the temp heroes to help fight against Scarlet Moth, which would almost certainly help turn the tides in their favor and shorten the length of the battle. Lampshaded by the tags.

** Lila quickly returned to school after being [[LiarRevealed outed as a liar]] by Scarlet Lady. Nevertheless, one member of the class, namely Chloé, still decides to [[SkippingSchool skip school]] on Heroes' Day, in part due to their resentment of one of the heroes. Moreover, like Lila in the show, Chloé also gets frustrated by the sight of a giant balloon of Marinette's superheroine alter ego that passes by her window.

* Instantly proven wrong: Some of the classmates try and put a strong front, declaring they won't fall for Hawkmoth's tricks... only for Sabrina to notice that Alix is already transforming.

* NamedInTheAdaptation: The woman who saw Lila off at the train station in the show's season 4 finale ([[spoiler:and whom Lila has seemingly conned into thinking she's her daughter]]) is named Miss Bianca.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: PlayedWith. It's confirmed in the comic that Ms. Rossi is Lila's biological mother, and the woman who hugged Lila in the show's season 4 finale is her godmother and Ms Rossi's best friend while the nameless deaf woman whom Lila was briefly seen with in season 5 of the show is her stepmother. So far, [[spoiler:the show hasn't confirmed whether any of them are actually related to Lila or if Lila's separately fooled each of them into thinking she's their daughter]].

** Scarlet Moth's butterflies are red, matching the highlights of his and Catalyst's designs. Likewise, the akumatized forms of victims of the mass akumatization are a RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver PaletteSwap of their typical forms.

* TookALevelInCheerfulness: Lila's mother notes her daughter's been in a good mood all week, unaware that it's from Scarlet Lady (whom Lila ''despises'' for humiliating her when she first moved to Paris) recently undergoing a HumiliationConga after outing herself as Chloé Bourgeois. This creates problems for Hawkmoth, whose plan initially counted on Lila being in a bad mood on Heroes' Day due to seeing the source of her hatred celebrated by the whole city.

* ComicalOverracting: When the mass akumatization commences and Hawkmoth introduces his new form, Marinette looks on with a horrified expression while screaming, "So lame! 'Scarlet Moth'?!"

* OddReactionOut: Ivan and Max are both horrified when Mylène and Markov, respectively, get akumatized by Scarlet Moth. Juleka initially panics as well when the same happens to Rose, though she quickly realizes that Rose's akumatized form isn't that scary.

Rose shows them what they're all watching: Nadja grimly announcing that Marigold has been defeated and Chat Noir is trapped in Hawkmoth's clutches. As Adrien and Marinette gape in shock, ''Zoé'' shouts about how that's ''clearly'' not true! It's obviously another one of Hawkmoth's schemes! After all, everybody knows Marigold has the Ladybug Earrings now, and the heroes wouldn't turn upon each other like that!

But her explanation is met with doubt: after all, akumas attack their loved ones all the time. And it's entirely possible Chat Noir got the Earrings from her first. Plus, she's only been in Paris a week; she doesn't ''know'' what it's like living there...

Then Alix, Sabrina and Lila step in, declaring that they shouldn't attack Zoé for not letting fear override her better judgment. As Lila points out, Hawkmoth's already made ''one'' akuma that would create illusions; just what's stopping him from making another? Marinette and Adrien follow suit, boldly declaring their belief in Chat Noir and Marigold... only to be interrupted by Rose showing them that Nadja's broadcast has continued, the reporter screaming as she notices several mysterious red lights before being akumatized again. Prime Queen is swiftly joined by Guitar Villain and Frightingale as they all proudly announce that "Scarlet Moth" is coming.

A wave of miniature red butterflies sweeps across the school's courtyard, swarming various victims and alighting upon any objects they can use to forcibly transform them. Ivan, Mylène, Max and Rose are swiftly overwhelmed... although Juleka finds that she's not that terrified by the sight of her newly transformed girlfriend laughing beside her. Alix is the next to fall, apologizing to Lila and Sabrina as she admits just how scared she is, while Ondine frantically calls Kim, informing him that Kagami's already turned before both succumb themselves.

While all of this is going on, Scarlet Moth gripes to an akumatized Nathalie that he "Can't believe I don't get my Vanisher or Volpina. Total rip-off." Nathalie points out that he should be grateful he still snagged Dark Cupid.

* AtrociousAlias: Marinette isn't impressed by Hawkmoth forcing Guitar Villain and Frightningale to announce him as "Scarlet Moth".

** Lila reminds the panicking students that Hawkmoth already created an illusion-making Akuma - her, which happened in "[[Recap/ScarletLadyS2E6Volpina Volpina]]".
* DeadlineNews: Nadja is broadcasting a live report about how an akumatized Chat Noir supposedly murdered Marigold when she's overtaken by a wave of red moths and transformed into Prime Queen.

* MassOhCrap: The reaction when Scarlet Moth sends his empowered Akumas, capable of forcibly Akumatizing people he has affected before without even bothering with doing his usual DealWithTheDevil thing.
* MeaningfulRename: Hawkmoth rebrands himself as "Scarlet Moth" to fit how everyone affected by the mass akumatization is wearing red and black, along with mocking how Scarlet ''Lady'' is no longer around.

* NightmareRetardant: InUniverse, Juleka thinks that Princess Fragrance (her girlfriend Rose's Akumatized form) isn't scary.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: All of the victims of the mass akumatization sport red and black attire. This doubles as {{Palette Swap}}s for all of the former akumas who wind up being recreated by Scarlet Moth's power.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: PlayedWith. It's confirmed that Ms. Rossi is Lila's biological mother, and the woman who hugged Lila in the show's season 4 finale is her godmother and Ms Rossi's best friend, here, while the nameless deaf woman whom Lila was briefly seen with in season 5 of the show is her stepmother. So far, [[spoiler:the show hasn't confirmed whether any of them are actually related to Lila or if Lila's separately fooled each of them into thinking she's their daughter]].

** When people start being Akumatized ''en masse'', Marinette briefly focuses on how the BigBad chose to rename himself "[[AtrociousAlias Scarlet Moth]]".

* SpannerInTheWorks: Scarlet Lady losing the Ladybug earrings has the side effect of [[TookALevelInCheerfulness making Lila much happier]]--meaning Hawkmoth's plan to use the latter in his plan has to be discarded.

* SpottingTheThread: Zoé quickly points out that the scene where Marigold is supposedly Cataclysmed by an Akumatized Chat Noir doesn't make sense, because Marigold already has the Earrings, so she would be using them. Lila also adds that Hawkmoth has already made one Akuma that creates illusions, so it stands to reason that he could do it again.

A wave of miniature red butterflies sweeps across the school's courtyard, swarming various victims and alighting upon any objects they can use to forcibly transform them. Ivan, Mylène, Max and Rose are swiftly overwhelmed... although Juleka finds that she's not that terrified by the sight of her newly transformed girlfriend laughing beside her.

* MeaningfulRename: Hawkmoth rebrands himself as "Scarlet Moth" to fit how everyone affected by the mass akumatization is wearing red and black.

* MoodWhiplash: Adrien's overflowing love for Marinette gets interrupted when Plagg pukes his Kwagatama on him.

** When people start being Akumatized ''en masse'', Marinette briefly concentrates in how the BigBad chose to rename himself "[[AtrociousAlias Scarlet Moth]]".

* SkewedPriorities: Mme. Bustier ''only'' cares about how Chloé has been coping with everything, neglecting the emotional state of the ''rest'' of her students.

Then Alix, Sabrina and Lila step in, declaring that they shouldn't attack Zoé for not letting fear override her better judgment. As Lila points out, Hawkmoth's already made ''one'' akuma that would create illusions; just what's stopping him from making another? Marinette and Adrien follow suit, boldly declaring their belief in Chat Noir and Marigold... only to be interrupted by Rose showing them that Nadja's broadcast has continued, the reporter screaming as she notices several mysterious red lights.

Rose shows them what they're all watching: Nadja grimly announcing that Marigold has been defeated and Chat Noir is trapped in Hawkmoth's clutches. As Adrien and Marinette gape in shock, ''Zoé'' shouts about how that's ''clearly'' not true!

As their lunch period ends, Zoé meets up with Adrien on the front steps, carrying a bag. She confirms that she got what he'd asked for, but wonders whether he really wants ''her'' to be involved with his plan. Marinette calls out to them both, causing them to jolt, something she naturally finds suspicious... but before she can investigate, they notice that their classmates are all bent over their cell phones, murmuring unhappily.

** Lila quickly returned to school after being [[LiarRevealed outed as a liar]] by Scarlet Lady. Nevertheless, one of the classmates, namely Chloé, still decides to [[SkippingSchool skip school]] on Heroes' Day, in part due to their resentment of one of the heroes. Moreover, like Lila in the show, Chloé also gets frustrated by the sight of a giant balloon of Marinette's superheroine alter ego that passes by her window.

** An akuma with a fox-like theme with the power of illusions still creates one of Chat Noir and Marinette's superhero identity fighting. However, instead of Lila, who's in too good of a mood for Hawkmoth to akumatize, Nathalie takes up the role instead. Additionally, her illusion shows Marigold being Cataclysmed by an akumatized Chat Noir in white instead of a color-inverted akumatized Ladybug killing Chat Noir.

** When Nathalie calls Hawkmoth out for being dramatic, he says it's called "having fun".
* LargeHam: Lampshaded by Nathalie when she snarks at how dramatic her boss is. Hawmoth retorts that he's "having fun."
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: As usual, Mme. Bustier is this, referring to Chloé's classmates (and victims) as her "friends" and trying to dismiss the idea that Chloé's cruel behavior towards them counts as bullying. She also thinks that the best way to help Chloé is to throw a party and have all of her victims tell her how much they appreciate everything she did as [[NominalHero Scarlet Lady]].

** Mme. Bustier's plan to have the whole class throw a party for Chloé and praise all the good deeds she accomplished in her superheroine identity (while blithely ignoring all the awful things she's done) mirrors how canon had Marinette do the same for Chloé after Adrien guilt-tripped her for being happy that her long-time bully was seemingly leaving Paris. In this universe, Bustier effectively takes the role of Adrien by both suggesting the idea and downplaying the severity of Chloé's bullying while Zoé points out the flaws and shoots her teacher's plan down.

** Gabriel's original plan to get the Cat and Ladybug Miraculous on Heroes' Day involved using Lila's grudge against the Ladybug heroine.

* NotSoInnocentWhistling: Nathalie's akumatized self Jackal does this as people start to panic after seeing her illusion.

** Sabine steps up to the plate next, reminding her daughter that good deeds don't ''have'' to be big and showy; it's all about being kind and thoughtful towards others, something Marinette does all the time just as a matter of course, such as by bringing her parents lunch while they're working.

* InsistentTerminology: Mme. Bustier refers to Chloé's classmates as her "friends"; when Zoé incredulously asks if she's aware how her half-sister has bullied everyone, Bustier tries to "correct" her by claiming bullying is too strong a term.

Meanwhile, Marinette confides in her mother that she feels like she's just not doing ''enough'' for Heroes' Day. Sabine reassures her that good deeds are more than just grandoise gestures; the little things matter just as much. Such as bringing her parents lunch while they're working, something Marinette had just done without thinking about it. "'''You''' do good deeds very single day, no holiday required."

** Lila's stepmother is also this, given how she spends lunch on Heroes' Day with Lila, Lila's biological parents, and Ms. Rossi's best friend.

** The illusion of an Akumatized Chat Noir takes the form of Chat Blanc.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: PlayedWith. The woman who hugged Lila in the show's season 4 finale is her godmother and Ms Rossi's best friend, here, and the nameless deaf woman whom Lila was briefly seen with in season 5 of the show is her stepmother. So far, the show hasn't confirmed whether either of the two women are actually related to Lila or if they're [[spoiler:just two of many adults whom Lila has fooled into thinking she's their daughter]].

** When Marinette starts second-guessing herself, Adrien reminds her of all the good she does as Marigold.
** Sabine steps up to the plate next, reminding her daughter that good deeds don't ''have'' to be big and showy; it's all about being kind and thoughtful towards others. Something Marinette does all the time just as a matter of course, such as by bringing her parents lunch while they're working.

So, Hawkmoth begins his plot: as the parade begins, Nathalie, akumatized into a Volpina-like form called Jackal, creates an illusion of Marigold fighting a white-clad Chat Noir. As the fake Marigold warns everyone to run, claiming her partner's been akumatized, the fake Chat Noir coldly Cataclysms her, then announces to the horrified crowd that "'''''Hawkmoth has won, people of Paris!'''''"

So, Hawkmoth begins his plot: as the parade begins, Nathalie, akumatized into a Volpina-like form called Jackal, creates an illusion of Marigold fighting a white-clad Chat Noir. As the fake Marigold warns everyone to run, claiming he's been akumatized, the fake Chat Noir coldly Cataclysms her, then announces to the horrified crowd that "'''''Hawkmoth has won, people of Paris!'''''"

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Lila's godmother and stepmother both appear in this episode. The former was seen hugging Lila in the canon season 4 finale while the latter is the same unnamed deaf woman who first appeared in "Revelation" in season 5 of the show, [[spoiler:though the show strongly implies neither of them is actually related to Lila and that both have been separately tricked into thinking the teen is her daughter]].

* BigEntrance: Damocles busts into the classroom in the middle of Bustier's class, continues the lecture as though he'd been the one giving it, and does all of this while dressed as "The Owl". Everyone is staring at him, but not for the reason he thinks...
* BigNo: Delivered by those who fall for Jackal's illusion of an akumatied Chat Noir murdering Marigold.

** Juleka chooses to dress as Maotif, in reference to how she was the one who helped deakumatize her and break her "photo curse".
** M. Damocles's "The Owl" costume returns after being first seen in "[[Recap/ScarletLadyS5E6PartyCrasher Party Crasher]]".

* HonoraryAunt: Lila's "Mère" is actually her mother's best friend.

** A fox-themed akuma with the power of illusions still creates one of Chat Noir and Marinette's superheroine identity fighting. However, instead of Lila, who's in too good of a mood for Hawkmoth to akumatize, the akuma is Nathalie.

** Mme. Bustier's plan to have the whole class throw a party celebrating Chloé and praising all her heroic deeds as Scarlet Lady (while blithely ignoring all the awful things she's done) mirrors how canon had Marinette do the same for Chloé after Adrien guilt-tripped her for being happy that her long-time bully was seemingly leaving Paris. In this verse, Bustier effectively takes the role of Adrien by both suggesting the idea and downplaying the severity of Chloé's bullying, while Zoé points out the flaws and shoots it down.

*** Her full name is "Lila Iris Cerise Rossi", [[spoiler:which includes all three aliases she's used in the show]].

So, Hawkmoth begins his plot: as the parade begins, Nathalie--akumatized with Volpina's powers--creates an illusion of Marigold fighting a white Chat Noir, who uses Cataclysm on her, seemingly killing her.

* BigEntrance: Damocles busts into the classroom in the middle of Bustier's class, continues the lecture as though he'd been the one giving it, and does all of this while dressed as "The Owl." Everyone is staring at him, but not for the reason he thinks...

** Juleka chooses to dress as Maotif, in reference to how she was the one who helped deakumatize her and break her "photo curse."
** M. Damocles's "The Owl" costume returns after being first seen in "[[Recap/ScarletLadyS5E6PartyCrasher Party Crasher]]."
* DidntSeeThatComing: Due to how much Zoé wants to help her half-sister, Mme. Bustier is certain that she'll agree to her plan of throwing Chloé a party and getting the entire class to attend and show their appreciation of everything Chloé did for the city as Scarlet Lady. She's caught quite off guard when Zoé [[NoJustNo refuses]].

*** Her full name is "Lila Iris Cerise Rossi," [[spoiler:which includes all three aliases she's used in the show]].

* NotSoInnocentWhistling: Nathalie's akumatized self does this as people start to panic after seeing her illusion.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Nathalie is akumatized with Volpina's powers to make Hawkmoth's plan work.
-->'''Tags:''' Hey, if Chloé can have six different akumas, so can Nathalie.

So, Hawkmoth begins his plot: as the parade begins, Nathalie - akumatized with Volpina's powers - creates an illusion of Marigold fighting a white Chat Noir, who uses Cataclysm on her, seemingly killing her.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Nathalie is Akumatized with Volpina's powers to make Hawkmoth's plan work.
-->'''Caption:''' Hey, if Chloé can have six different akumas, so can Nathalie.

** Gabriel's original plan to get the Cat and Ladybug Miraculous on Heroes' Day was involved using Lila's grudge against the Ladybug heroine.

** {{Averted|Trope}} when Gabriel agress to Adrien's "special request" for helping out with Marinette's good deed for Heroes' Day without confirming what his son ''wants'' first; he openly admits that he considers this completely irrelevant, stating, "None of it will matter after our victory."

Mme. Bustier then starts going around the classroom, asking everyone to explain what kind of good deeds they'll be doing to mark the holiday. Lila reveals that she'll be teaching sign language at a local youth center with her step-mom, along with donating her hair... though she's only doing the latter since she lost a bet with Alya. Nino's going to visit a retirement home to play songs for the residents, Adrien will be teaching Chinese to his fencing class and fencing to his Chinese class, Alya got the mayor's approval to make their school handicap accessible... while Marinette is starting to sweat, silently questioning whether she's done enough herself.

During lunch, Adrien sends a message to Nathalie, asking her to relay to Gabriel a request to do something for Marinette. Gabriel doesn't care--after he wins, it won't matter. Nathalie prepares to help Hawkmoth in his plans, and the villain apologizes for making her pull double duty: his plans originally revolved around akumatizing ''Lila'', but Scarlet Lady's fall from grace has left her feeling vindicated.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Lila's stepmother is seen in a thought bubble. She's the same unnamed deaf woman who first appeared in "Revelation" in season 5 of the show, [[spoiler:though the show strongly implies she isn't actually related to Lila and has simply been tricked into thinking the teen is her daughter]].
* AmicableExes: Lila's biological parents are seen happily having lunch together with Lila, Lila's stepmother, and Lila's mother's best friend.

* BrutalHonesty: Lila says that, along with teaching sign language with her step mother at the community center, she'll be cutting and donating her hair. When Bustier compliments her on her selflessness, Lila admits she's only doing the hair thing because she lost a bet on when/how Scarlet Lady (aka Chloé) would go down. The teacher doesn't really have a response to that.

* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Chloé, who is still sulking over her stint as Scarlet Lady having recently ended, keeps seeing the current heroes being celebrated on TV and elsewhere in honor of Heroes' Day.

** Audrey isn't happy that Chloé's been refusing to attend school the past couple days, even if she's only missing the last week of classes.

* HonoraryAunt: Lila's "mère" is actually her mother's best friend.

** Lila quickly returned to school after being [[LiarRevealed outed as a liar]] by Scarlet Lady. Nevertheless, one of the classmates, namely Chloé, still decides to [[SkippingSchool skip school]] on Heroes' Day due to their resentment of one of the heroes. Moreover, like Lila in the show, Chloé also gets frustrated by the sight of a giant balloon of Marinette's superheroine alter ego that passes by her window.

** Despite all her CharacterDevelopment, Gabriel's original plan for Heroes' Day still hinged on akumatizing her: he'd presumed that Lila would still be nursing a grudge against Scarlet Lady for the HumiliationConga she'd suffered at the ladybug heroine's hands and would get set off from seeing all of Paris celebrating somebody she despises. But since Chloé fell from grace after revealing her SecretIdentity, Lila's far too happy for him to even ''attempt'' akumatizing.

** Lila knows sign language due to having a deaf stepmother, who happens to be the same deaf woman she was seen living and communicating with in season 5 of the show. The show, however, strongly implies that the unnamed deaf woman is [[spoiler:only one of many adults whom Lila has fooled into thinking she's their daughter]].
** Lila mentions she'll be donating her hair, implying she'll be left with the same pixie cut her canon counterpart was seen sporting near the end of season 5.

** [[SleazyPolitician André Bourgeois]] tries to get his wife and stepdaughter to reconcile and approved of Alya's plan to make the school more handicap accessible.

** {{Averted|Trope}} by Gabriel approving Adrien's "special request" for helping out with Marinette's good deed for Heroes' Day without confirming what his son ''wants'' first; he openly admits that he considers this completely irrelevant as "None of it will matter after our victory."

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: PlayedWith. The woman who hugged Lila in the show's season 4 finale is her godmother and her mother's best friend, here, and the nameless deaf woman whom Lila was briefly seen with in season 5 of the show is her stepmother. So far, the show hasn't confirmed if either of the two women are actually related to Lila or if they're [[spoiler:just two of many adults whom Lila has fooled into thinking she's their daughter]].

* TookALevelInCheerfulness: Lila's mother notes her daughter's been in a good mood all week, unaware that it's because of Scarlet Lady (whom Lila ''despises'' for humiliating her when she first moved to Paris) recently underwent a HumiliationConga after outing herself as Chloé Bourgeois. This creates problems for Hawkmoth, whose plan initially counted on Lila being in a bad mood on Heroes' Day due to seeing the source of her hatred celebrated by the whole city.

During lunch, Adrien sends a message to Nathalie, asking her to relay to Gabriel a request to do something for Marinette. Gabriel doesn't care--after he wins, it won't matter. Nathalie prepares to help Hawkmoth in his plans, and the villain apologizes for making her pull double duty after his intended original target feels vindicated for some reason--said target being Lila, who has been in a good mood ever since Scarlet Lady lost her earrings.

After class, Adrien notes Marinette is downcast, which she explains as her good deeds (making macarons for the class) not being good enough in comparison to what the others are doing. Adrien replies that she's a literal superhero, but Marinette doesn't accept it - those would be '''Marigold''''s good deeds, not hers. Seeing how intent Marinette is in trying to come up with some good deeds to make, Adrien decides to help her.

During lunch, Adrien sends a message to Nathalie so she will rely to Gabriel his desire to do something for Marinette. Gabriel doesn't care - after he wins, it won't matter. Nathalie gets ready to help Hawkmoth in his plans, and the villain apologizes for making her pull double duty, as his intended original target feels vindicated for some reason - said target being Lila, who has been in a good mood all week ever since Scarlet Lady lost her earrings.

* GoodStepfather: André continues to do his best to be this to Zoé and tries to help her reconcile with Audrey.
** Lila's stepmother is also this, given how she spends lunch on Heroes' Day with her, Lila's biological parents and Ms. Rossi's best friend.

* HonoraryUncle: Lila's "mère" is actually her mother's best friend.

* InSpiteOfANail:
** Lila has undergone a HeelFaceTurn, but one of the classmates, namely Chloé, still decides to [[SkippingSchool skip school]] on Heroes' Day, partly out of their hatred of at least one of the heroes. Moreover, like Lila in the show, Chloé also gets frustrated by the sight of a giant balloon of Marinette's superheroine alter ego that passes by her window.

** Despite all her CharacterDevelopment, Gabriel's original plan for Heroes' Day still hinged on akumatizing her; he'd presumed that Lila would still be nursing a grudge against Scarlet Lady for the HumiliationConga she'd suffered at her hands, and that seeing all of Paris celebrating somebody she despised would set her off. But since Chloé revealed herself and fell from grace, Lila's far too happy for him to even ''attempt'' akumatizing.

** Audrey's history of this leaves Zoé unconvinced that her mother is sincerely trying to change her ways, even after choosing to stay in Paris. It hardly helps how Audrey shows NoSympathy for Chloé's misery, dismissing her as "overly dramatic".
** Gabriel doesn't even bother eating a meal with his son during Heroes' Day, as he's too busy preparing to enact his EvilPlan.
* PetTheDog: [[SleazyPolitician André Bourgeois]] approved of Alya's plan to make the school more handicap accessible.
* PlatonicCoParenting: Lila's biological father is an Italian diplomat like her bio-mom; while they never married, they remain on good terms. Lila refers to her biological mother as 'Mamma', her bio-dad as 'Papa', his wife/her step-mother as 'Maman', and her godmother/mother's best friend as 'Mère'.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: PlayedWith. The nameless deaf woman whom Lila was briefly seen with in season 5 of the show is her stepmother here. So far, the show hasn't confirmed whether two are actually related or if the woman is [[spoiler:just one of many whom Lila has fooled into thinking she's their daughter]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: Scarlet Lady losing the Earrings has the knock-off result of making Lila happier - meaning Hawkmoth's plan to use the latter in his plan has to be discarded.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: PlayedWith. The nameless deaf woman whom Lila was briefly seen with in season 5 of the show is her stepmother here. So far, the show hasn't confirmed whether two are actually related or if the woman is [[spoiler: just one of many whom Lila has fooled into thinking she's their daughter]].