History Trivia / MiraculousLadybug

* IKnewIt:
** Gabriel Agreste is Hawk Moth and is able to Akumatize himself, as revealed in the season 2 premiere. Also that Nathalie is an accomplice.
** That Chloé's mom used to be a major figure in her life, but [[ParentalAbandonment left]], as heavily implied in "Despair Bear".
** Many headcanoned Bee Chloé's heroine name as Queen Bee.
** Similarly, Fox Alya had been named Rena Rouge by fan artist [[https://portentous-offerings.tumblr.com/post/142162831008/ portentous-offerings]], and fic writer [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/9334055 imthepunchlord]]. Both fans came up with the name separately before "Sapotis" made it official.
** Turtle Nino was a popular headcanon that became canon in Season 2.
** The top two theories as to Mayura's identity were Nathalie Sancoeur and Emilie Agreste. "Mayura" not only has Nathalie take up the role temporarily, but also implies that Emilie took up the role in the past.
** A popular theory was that the majority of Marinette and Adrien's class would become Miraculous users. "Timetagger" supported this theory with a future version of Alix using the Rabbit Miraculous, and "Party Crasher" further implied this would be true with the debut of Kim as King Monkey and Max as Pegasus [[OutOfOrder (though the latter's actual debut would happen in an episode that would air later).]] Season Four confirmed this; by the end of the season, Lila and present-day Alix are the only members of the class to have not used a Miraculous. [[spoiler:This changes in the season 5 episode "Evolution", where young Alix gets her Miraculous.]]
** After it was revealed that Luka would use the Snake Miraculous, the theory that Kagami would use the Dragon Miraculous became popular. Then Zag revealed through a picture on Instagram that showed she would.
** Many called early on that Chloé would become a villain. Many also called that she would prove unworthy of using the Bee Miraculous.
*** Similarly, people called that her place as the Bee hero would be taken by her sister.
** Many people correctly guessed that "Reflekdoll" would be the episode where the two main heroes swap Miraculous after the updated description said they would have trouble with them. They were also right about this episode involving Mayura [[OutOfOrder and explaining her appearance in "Miraculer", which aired earlier in the season]].
** A long-standing fan theory held that the Miraculouses' powers included a {{Glamour}} preventing people from recognizing their holders while in costume. "Miraculous New York" confirmed this and used it as a plot point.
** After "Desperada" implied that Jagged Stone and Anarka Couffaine used to be a couple, many fans theorized that Jagged is Luka and Juleka's father, which is confirmed in "Truth."
** Many guesses for the remaining Zodiac Miraculous users that were revealed in Season 4 were correct. These were Mylène, Rose, Juleka, Sabrina, and Ivan becoming the Mouse, Pig, Tiger, Dog, and Ox heroes respectively. People also guessed that Nathaniel and Marc would use the Rooster and Goat Miraculous, although that turned out to be the other way round.
*** The reason why the guesses for Mylène, Rose and Juleka are correct is because of a FreezeFrameBonus in the intro were the girls were pictured next to stickers representing their Miraculous' animal. The rest were just [[AchievementsInIgnorance lucky guesses]].
** [[StoryBreakerPower It couldn't reasonably have gone any other way]], but many people did manage to guess even before the episode names were revealed that the first episode of season 5 would be about [[spoiler:Gabriel trying to use the Rabbit Miraculous to save Emilie through time, only to be thwarted and lose it for good]]. Some also guessed the particular detail that it would involve [[spoiler:the Burrow, being a PlaceBeyondTime, having only one instance no matter who is using it or when]].
** As stated above, Adrien and Félix have been all but confirmed to be sentimonsters, echoing an infamous yet popular fan theory.

** The [[https://utopia-shangrila.tumblr.com/post/164977416001 initial season 2 synopsis]][[note]][[https://web.archive.org/web/20170906082532/https://www.tf1pro.com/programmes/miraculous-les-aventures-de-ladybug-et-chat-noir-saison-2-118983 original here]][[/note]] claimed that [[ConsummateLiar Lila]] would use her lies to try and become popular and steal Adrien's heart, while Alya and Chloé would become suspicious of her alongside Marinette (with the implication that this might result in them getting their Miraculouses). In reality, Lila wouldn't show up until the season 2 finale, with Alya and Chloé never interacting with her (outside of Alya mentioning her akumatized form upon getting the Fox Miraculous). Season 3 ''would'' see Lila make a major return and do exactly what the summary said; however, the extent to which Alya and Chloé showed suspicion towards her ultimately depended on how suspicious the plot needed them to be in order for it to work.

** As stated above, Adrien and Félix have been all but confirmed to be sentimonsters, echoing an infamous yet popular fan theory. Given [[AssPull its execution]], it may count as an instance of AscendedFanon.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Based on misinterpreted comments from show staff (see GodNeverSaidThat above), fans had assumed that three characters were secretly sentimonsters, with the most popular culprits being Félix, Adrien, and Kagami. Come Season 5, Félix has been confirmed to be a sentimonster, while Adrien and Kagami are heavily implied to be sentis too (though the evidence is somewhat weaker for the latter)

** As of "Ephemeral", only four major recurring characters have lasted this long without being successfully Akumatized: Marinette, Su-Han, Felix, and Adrien[[note]]if you don't count "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral" since these two timelines have been undone[[/note]]. If you count minor recurring characters, you get up to eight: Mireille, Marlena Césaire (Alya's mother), XY, and Amelie Graham de Vanilly. If you count the kwamis, this count goes up significantly, as there are 20 known kwamis and none of them have ever been directly akumatized.

*** In a shocking twist of fate, the Season 5 episode “Representation” outright confirms Félix is a sentimonster, while Adrien and Kagami have been heavily implied to be sentis too (although the evidence is somewhat weaker for the latter), making this a case of RightForTheWrongReasons.

** Zoé's English voice actor [[https://twitter.com/FAlRYBUG/status/1409001213496942592 thinks]] that Zoé has a crush on Marinette, something that many fans had already suspected.

** Gabriel's assistant, Nathalie Sancoeur, is voiced in French by actress Nathalie Homs.

!Trivia Tropes For ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''

** Brazilian dub: Luisa Palomanes playing a character that gets romantically involved with another character voiced by Gustavo Pereira. Alya or [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Astrid Hofferson]]?

** Lila has officially beaten Chloé's record, getting a total of twenty-two people akumatized directly or indirectly[[note]]The re-akumatization of Prime Queen, Guitar Villain, Frightningale, Horrificator, Stoneheart, Gamer, Princess Fragrance, Gorizilla, Dark Cupid, the Mime, Timebreaker, Vanisher, Gigantitan, Glaciator, Animan, Riposte, the Pharaoh, Rogercop, and Stormy Weather in "Catalyst", Oni-Chan, Ryukomuri, Riposte Prime[[/note]]; twenty-six if you count the (temporary) re-akumatizations of Princess Fragrance, Reflekta, Dark Owl, and Zombizou in "Ladybug", twenty-seven if you count her indirectly causing Sabrina's akumatization in "Miraculer" (by partly contributing to an attempt to akumatize Chloé which ultimately didn't work), twenty-eight if you count her getting akumatized on purpose in "Chameleon", and thirty counting both times she became Volpina. Until "Félix", she was also the only person to trigger multiple akumatizations in a single episode (assuming you don't count Antibug as one of Chloé's).

* Chloé is more or less directly responsible for the Akumatization of eighteen villains[[note]]Reflekta, Vanisher, Princess Fragrance, Kung Food, Dark Cupid, Lady Wifi, Timebreaker, Horrificator, Evillustrator, Despair Bear, Zombizou, Frightningale, Malediktator, Stormy Weather 2, Animaestro (along with Marinette), Miraculer, Sole Crusher, and Manipula[[/note]], nineteen if you count Ivan's retransformation into Stoneheart, twenty if you count her contribution to Rogercop (the decision to fire Roger came entirely from her father, but Chloé did set off the conflict with her accusation of Marinette), and twenty-six counting herself as Antibug, Queen Wasp twice (In both the debut and in "Heroes' Day"), Miracle Queen, Queen Banana, and Penalteam.

** As of "Ephemeral", only two major recurring characters have lasted this long without being successfully Akumatized: Marinette and Adrien[[note]]if you don't count "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral" since these two timelines have been undone[[/note]]. If you count minor recurring characters, you get up to five: Mireille, Marlena Césaire (Alya's mother), and XY. If you count the kwamis, this count goes up significantly, as there are 20 known kwamis and none of them have ever been directly akumatized.

** But then, all these parallels start to seem like [[ShoutOut less of a coincidence]] when you look at RelationshipVoiceActor above -- most notably Creator/BrycePapenbrook, who voices three teenaged male main characters [[note]](a PlayerCharacter, his EvilCounterpart who is also a DecoyProtagonist, and of course our boy {{Deuteragonist}} Adrien)[[/note]]with luck-themed powers across the two series.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** [[Creator/CristinaVee Marinette]], [[Creator/MarieveHerington Sabrina]], [[Creator/KiraBuckland Alix]] and [[Creator/FayeMata Kagami]] appeared together as [[Anime/LoveLive μ's girl idols Kotori Minami, Honoka Kosaka, Umi Sonoda and Rin Hoshizora respectively.]] [[Creator/MelaLee Tikki/Aurore/Penny]], [[Creator/CarrieKeranen Alya]] and [[Creator/StephanieSheh Manon]] played minor roles as Hideko, and respectively Nico Yazawa's mother and little sister Cocoro.
** Rather appropriately, [[Creator/CristinaVee Marinette]], [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Adrien]], and [[Creator/MelaLee Tikki]] are also [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Sakura, Shirou, and Rin respectively]] in ''Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks'' and ''Anime/FateStayNightHeavensFeel''.
** Several of the Miraculous Ladybug cast appeared in the ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'' franchise. [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Adrien]] was [[TheHero Makoto]] and his EvilCounterpart Nagito, his father [[Creator/KeithSilverstein Gabriel]][[ArchnemesisDad /Hawk Moth]] was Mondo, [[Creator/MarieveHerington Sabrina]] was Celestia, [[Creator/CarrieKeranen Alya]] was Mahiru, [[Creator/KiraBuckland Alix]] was Hiyoko and Kirumi, [[Creator/DorothyEliasFahn Sabine and Madame Bustier]] were Sayaka, Chihiro and Tsumugi, [[Creator/BrianBeacock Théo]] was the mascot Monokuma as well as Monosuke, [[Creator/ToddHaberkorn Xavier Ramier and Wang Cheng]] were Teruteru and Korekiyo, [[Creator/GrantGeorge Kim]] was Leon and Shuichi, and [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher Ondine]] was Kyoko and Kaede (with the latter coincidentally having a romantic relationship with Shuichi like Ondine and Kim). Surprisingly, the kinder characters have also starred as villains, with [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Rose and Juleka]] as [[BigBad Junko Enoshima]] and [[SplitPersonality Genocide Jack]] and ''[[Creator/CristinaVee Marinette]] of all people'' being the antagonist of ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'', Monaca. With Season 2, Sabrina was [[TheOtherDarrin recast]] as [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi Asahina]] along with [[Creator/CheramiLeigh Komaru Naegi]] and [[Creator/StephanieSheh Mikan Tsumiki]] joining the cast as the Fox kwami Trixx and Manon.
** As of Season 2, we also have [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura, Mami, Kyubey and Kyoko]] as [[Creator/CristinaVee Marinette]], [[Creator/CarrieKeranen Alya]] [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Sabrina]], and [[Creator/LaurenLanda Stompp]].
** Also as of Season 2, we have [[VideoGame/NierAutomata 2B, 9S, 6O and A2]] as [[Creator/KiraBuckland Alix]], [[Creator/KyleMcCarley Marc]], [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Sabrina]] and [[Creator/CheramiLeigh Trixx]] respectively.
** Additionally as of Season 2, we now have half of the [[Anime/OsomatsuSan Matsuno Sextuplets]] with [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Jyushimatsu]] (Nathaniel), [[Creator/KyleMcCarley Ichimatsu]] (Marc), and [[Creator/MaxMittelman Todomatsu]] (Plagg and Season 2 Ivan). And [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Pollen and S2 Sabrina]] are Totoko.
** Quite a few of the main protagonists from ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' and ''[[VideoGame/BravelySecond Second]]'' are involved. Of the main cast [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Adrien]], [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Rose]], [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Pollen and Sabrina]], [[Creator/StephanieSheh Manon]], and [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Nathaniel]] are Tiz, Agnes, Edea, Airy, and Yew. Meanwhile, [[Creator/KiraBuckland Alix]], [[Creator/GrantGeorge Kim]], [[Creator/MelaLee Tikki and Aurore]], [[Creator/MaxMittelman Plagg and Ivan]], and [[Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith Tom and Wayzz]] also had minor roles as bosses in the games.
** [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Pollen/S2 Sabrina]], [[Creator/MaxMittelman Plagg/S2 Ivan]], [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher Ondine]], [[Creator/MatthewMercer S1 Ivan/Vincent]], [[Creator/CheramiLeigh Trixx]], and [[Creator/XantheHuynh Fei]] have all worked together as the [[VideoGame/Persona5 Phantom Thieves of Hearts]], and in the process have butted heads with [[Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith Tom]] and [[Creator/KeithSilverstein Hawk Moth]].
** There are quite a few [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Scouts]] being [[Creator/StephanieSheh Manon]] (Moon), [[Creator/LaurenLanda Stompp]] (Neptune), [[Creator/CristinaVee Marinette]] (Mars), and [[Creator/CheramiLeigh Trixx]] (Venus).
** [[Creator/MelaLee Tikki/Aurore]] and [[Creator/GrantGeorge Kim]] teamed up and [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry fight to break an Endless June]] as Rena Ryuguu and Keiichi Maebara.
** [[Creator/StephanieSheh Manon]], [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Pollen/S2 Sabrina]], and [[Creator/CristinaVee Marinette]] were in an After School Band as Yui, Ritsu, and Mio in ''Manga/KOn''.
** [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher Ondine]], [[Creator/CristinaVee Marinette]], [[Creator/KiraBuckland Alix]] were [[Manga/{{Kakegurui}} Compulsive Gamblers]] as Yumeko, Student Council Member Yuriko, and Mary.

* ChannelHop: In the United States, the series originally premiered new episodes on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} for only a single season in 2015. The series moved new episodes over to Creator/{{Netflix}} for seasons 2 and 3 from 2016 to 2018, with those seasons also getting their first television airings on the syndicated Creator/KidsClick block beginning in 2017. When [=KidsClick=] ended its run on March 31st, 2019, the series immediately moved reruns to Creator/DisneyChannel, who has always been the primary home to the series internationally, and new episodes of the series were also moved over there the following year.
** Season 4 (the first season to premiere in the United States on Disney Channel) was added to Creator/DisneyPlus instead of Netflix when it was ready to be added to a streaming service. Disney+ also will begin streaming seasons 1-3 when Zag's contract with Netflix expires in 2022.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Season 5 is addressing some concerns about characterization (mostly in regards to the Love Square):
** Marinette and Adrien finally realize that their respective crushes were unsustainable and toxic. While Marinette keeps her pictures of Adrien, she no longer obsessively tracks his schedule, and her interactions with him focus on offering support for his relationship with his father, joining Nino's "resistance" together for its own sake rather than as an excuse to spend time with him, and, ironically, dealing with [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo his newfound crush on her]]; and Adrien internalizes Ladybug's constant rejections and starts respecting her boundaries (the extent to which his crush is still present is more downplayed).
** Meanwhile, Ladybug has come to treat Cat Noir as more of an equal partner rather than a sidekick; she's sharing more information with him rather than insisting that he blindly follow her orders, and when [[spoiler:they recover a stolen miraculous]] she lets him be the one to use it. There's even a case where ''Ladybug'' is the one taken out by a villain, twisting the precedent of "Dark Cupid" and "Puppeteer" where Ladybug handles things without him, showing the narrative is starting to view him better too.
** "Elation" has André (and Alya) getting called out for dictating who Marinette is and isn't allowed to have feelings for, after his former appearances have been used to push the Ladybug/Cat Noir relationship with no regard to Marinette's feelings on the matter (highlighting the DoubleStandard of prioritizing Cat Noir's feelings over hers). For Ayla in particular, the narrative is forcing her to realize that people can grow and change, and that their feelings changing with them isn't a bad thing, and considering the lack of character development over previous seasons (especially Chloé's abandoned HeelFaceTurn), it's refreshing to recognize that the interpersonal status quo may no longer be God.

* AllStarCast: The English cast is practically a checklist of who's who in anime dubbing. The main two leads are comprised of Creator/CristinaValenzuela and Creator/BrycePapenbrook, with their kwami are Creator/MelaLee and Creator/MaxMittelman, Hawk Moth is Creator/KeithSilverstein, their classmates have such notable actors as Creator/CarrieKeranen, Creator/BenDiskin, Creator/KiraBuckland, Creator/GrantGeorge, Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, Creator/CassandraLeeMorris, Creator/RebaBuhr and Creator/KyleMcCarley. The same can be said with minor reoccurring characters such as Creator/ToddHaberkorn, Creator/VicMignogna, Creator/StephanieSheh and Creator/CheramiLeigh.

* NamesTheSame:
** It's spelled slightly different, but this isn't the first time Creator/MelaLee [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening played a character named Tiki]].
** The name of Marinette's mother is Sabine Cheng, sharing her first name with another Asian character in a kids action show, Sabine Wren of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fame. Given the uncommonness of the name, it might as well be said.
** After translating to English, a few of the heroes and villains share codenames with [[Franchise/MarvelComics existing comic characters.]] Unlike them, Vanisher isn't a teleporting mutant, Animan isn't a member of a minor team of animal-shaped villains, The Collector isn't an alien obsessed with gathering rare items, Dark Owl isn't a flying criminal mastermind and Cat Noir isn't a [[ComicBook/BlackCat black leather wearing superhero with a criminal father and bad luck-themed powers, who usually works with (and flirts with) ]] [[Franchise/SpiderMan a red-garbed hero named after an arthropod, who has a hard time balancing their personal life and heroics and who swings across blocks]]..[[OnSecondThought well,]] [[{{Expy}} there is a reason his name wasn't fully translated.]]
** There's [[WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries another]], more heroic best-friend duo named Chloé and Sabrina.

* PlayingGertrude: Creator/RebaBuhr, who voices Marinette's grandmother Gina, is actually 25 years younger than her son Tom's voice actor Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith and ''34 years younger'' than her daughter-in-law Sabine's voice actress Creator/PhileceSampler. Even better, Buhr is only ''months younger than Creator/CristinaVee, Marinette's voice actress!''

** While Season 5 mostly respected the airing order up until "Elation", Gloob aired "Perfection" (the twelfth episode) and "Emotion" (the eighteenth episode) simultaneously on November 21st, 2022.

** Creator/EzraWeisz has voiced several characters like Adrien's unnamed bodyguard, Simon, André, Fred, Albert, the unnamed doorman, and Théo since season 2.

* TalkingToHimself:
** Sabrina Weisz voices Sarah, Nadja, Nathalie, and Xiong Xiong
** Creator/ErinFitzgerald voices both Rose and Juleka in the English dub.
*** It happens again with them in the ''Tales from Paris'' webisodes and season 2 onwards, as both girls are now voiced by Creator/RebaBuhr.
** In addition to voicing Tikki, Creator/MelaLee is the voice actress for Penny, Aurore (Stormy Weather) and Mireille.
** Creator/EzraWeisz has voiced several characters like Adrien's unnamed bodyguard, Simon, André, Fred, Albert, the unnamed doorman, and Théo since season 2.
** The Russian dub has a very limited cast: Marinette and Adrien's [=VAs=] are the only ones who do not have any additional characters to voice.
** Lila and Kagami are both voiced by Clara Soares in the French dub.
** The Norwegian dub have most of the supporting female characters either voiced by Agnes Fasting, Tiril Heide-Steen or Suzanne Paalgard.
** Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith is Tom, Roger, Wayzz, and Long Long.
** Creator/MaxMittelman is Plagg and since season 2, Ivan.

** As of "Ladybug", Lila has officially beaten Chloé's record, getting a total of twenty-one people akumatized directly or indirectly[[note]]The re-akumatization of Prime Queen, Guitar Villain, Frightningale, Horrificator, Stoneheart, Gamer, Princess Fragrance, Gorizilla, Dark Cupid, the Mime, Timebreaker, Vanisher, Gigantitan, Glaciator, Animan, Riposte, the Pharaoh, Rogercop, and Stormy Weather in "Catalyst", Oni-Chan, Riposte Prime[[/note]]; twenty-five if you count the (temporary) re-akumatizations of Princess Fragrance, Reflekta, Dark Owl, and Zombizou in "Ladybug", twenty-six if you count her indirectly causing Sabrina's akumatization in "Miraculer" (by partly contributing to an attempt to akumatize Chloé which ultimately didn't work), twenty-seven if you count her getting akumatized on purpose in "Chameleon", and twenty-nine counting both times she became Volpina. Until "Félix", she was also the only person to trigger multiple akumatizations in a single episode (assuming you don't count Antibug as one of Chloé's).