Line #156 Trivia/MiraculousLadybug


1	!Trivia for ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''
2	!!Trivia With Their Own Pages
3	[[index]]
4	* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/MiraculousLadybug What Could Have Been]]
5	[[/index]]
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7	* ActorAllusion:
8	** Creator/CarrieKeranen plays a redhead teenager who loves taking pictures. Alya or [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Mahiru Koizumi]]?
9	** Creator/BrycePapenbrook plays a WellIntentionedExtremist seeking to make the world the better place for those he cares for by any means. Félix or [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Eren Yeager]].
10	** Brazilian dub: Luisa Palomanes playing a character that gets romantically involved with another character voiced by Gustavo Pereira. Alya or [[Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon Astrid Hofferson]]?
11	*** With Erick Bougleux replacing Gustavo as the voice of Nino in Season 4, the question now becomes: Alya or [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Katara]]?
12	%%* ActorExistenceLimbo: Creator/PhileceSampler, the English voice of Mrs. Mendeliev and Sabine (Marinette's mother), died unexpectedly of a heart attack on July 1, 2021. Creator/AnneYatco was brought in to voice Sabine, and then Olga starting in the Season 5 episode Passion..
13	* ActingForTwo:
14	** Foreign new girls Lila and Kagami are both voiced by Creator/ClaraSoares in the French version.
15	** Identical cousins Adrien and Félix are both voiced by Creator/BrycePapenbrook.
16	** Nino and Max were both initially voiced by Creator/BenDiskin before Creator/ZenoRobinson took over their roles in the fourth season.
17	** Creator/AnairisQuinones voices both Majestia/Olympia and Barbara (Knightowl's civilian identity).
18	** This was the case for Gabriel Agreste and Hawk Moth both being voiced by Creator/KeithSilverstein in the first season, until they were revealed to be the same person.
19	** Sabrina Weisz voices Sarah, Nadja, Nathalie, and Xiong Xiong
20	** Creator/ErinFitzgerald voices both Rose and Juleka in the English dub.
21	*** It happens again with them in the ''Tales from Paris'' webisodes and season 2 onwards, as both girls are now voiced by Creator/RebaBuhr.
22	** In addition to voicing Tikki, Creator/MelaLee is the voice actress for Penny, Aurore (Stormy Weather) and Mireille.
23	** Ezra Weisz has voiced several characters like Adrien's unnamed bodyguard, Simon, André, Fred, Albert, the unnamed doorman, and Théo since season 2.
24	** 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.
25	** The Norwegian dub have most of the supporting female characters either voiced by Agnes Fasting, Tiril Heide-Steen or Suzanne Paalgard.
26	** Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith is Tom, Roger, Wayzz, and Long Long.
27	** Creator/MaxMittelman is Plagg and since season 2, Ivan.
28	* ActorSharedBackground: Much like his character Luka, Andrew Russell can play guitar very well.
29	* AdoredByTheNetwork: The Japanese feed of Creator/DisneyChannel loves airing this show, playing it for at least three hours a day.
30	* 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/ZenoRobinson, 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.
31	* AscendedFanon:
32	** Fan works have had fans [[SailorEarth creating their own Miraculous heroes & heroines]] with their own animal themed Miraculous (bear, snake, lion, etc). The production staff has confirmed that there are other Miraculous charms in existence and they will be mentioned/revealed in upcoming seasons.
33	** On a more minor note, Cat Noir ''purring'' was a popular joke in fan works for a very long time before it canonically happened in "Prime Queen".
34	** [[https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/669429291806031873 This post]] is a preemptive case. The poster in question is the author of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5386433 Secret Santa]]'', currently one of the most popular Ladybug fics, and probably [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the most popular]] ''Ladybug'' Christmas Fic. In it, Adrien's driver is secretly a big softy for Christmas. So a week before starting to post it, she tweeted the authors if they can make it canon. They said "why not", and now it's on the wiki.
35	** The idea of Alix and Nathanael being best friends has been popular in the fanbase. This has been made canon thanks to the poster of the two in the 2nd Season opening as well as [[Recap/MiraculousLadyBugS02E17Reverser "Reverser"]].
36	** By far, the most popular design idea for an Akumatized Cat Noir in the fandom is a PaletteSwap named Cat Blanc, running as far back as the first season. Come season 3, and Cat Blanc gets to be the focus of an episode.
37	* AwesomeDearBoy: Cristina Valenzuela has said in interviews she finds playing Marinette to be one of the most enjoyable roles she's done. Mainly because she's been a fan of MagicalGirl series since childhood. In her Ladybug persona, she's a LargeHam who gets to use snarky one-liners and catchphrases that are NarmCharm incarnate.
38	* BackedByThePentagon: The credits in "Animan" acknowledges the help of the real-life Jardin des Plantes Menagerie.
39	* BannedInChina: "Reverser" was banned by Disney Channel Russia to comply with Russian anti-gay propaganda laws. Interestingly, the episode '' was'' dubbed into Russian and aired in Sweden as such.
40	* CashCowFranchise: Eight seasons[[note]]five seasons finished and three more seasons in production[[/note]], various specials, a heap load of comic books, mobile games, a [[WesternAnimation/LadybugAndCatNoirTheMovie movie]] that broke a nationwide opening record in France... you name it.
41	* CastAsAMask: As the Season 2 premiere episode reveals Gabriel Agreste and Hawk Moth are the same person, this applies for the dubs that avoid the above ActingForTwo.[[note]]Brazillian Portuguese, Polish, Hebrew, and Hungarian.[[/note]]
42	* 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 in March 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.
43	** 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 began streaming seasons 1-3 when Zag's contract with Netflix expired on February 1, 2023.
44	** Ironically on the toy side, toys for Miraculous Ladybug started with Bandai, then with Playmates Toys years later. Averted in Japan, where Bandai still makes the toys there, at the same time the broadcasts of the show happened on Disney Channel Japan.
45	* ContentLeak:
46	** The entirety of "Risk", the first half of the season 4 finale, was leaked in February 2022, with two episodes before it ("Qilin" and "Penalteam") also airing unexpectedly less than a week after.
47	** Shortly before the premiere of season 5, the series bible -- which included information on every episode up to that point, including the then-unaired season 5 -- ended up getting leaked.
48	*** After Christmas Day 2022, hand-drawn storyboard animatics of the final four episodes of Season 5 were leaked online.
49	** Beginning in the hiatus between "Multiplication" and "Destruction", an unknown individual/s began mass-leaking almost ''everything'' from Season 5, from scripts to character models to entire scenes, almost all of which have been proven to be genuine. Despite some fans' aversions to them, they have not been punished by Zag, and when their Twitter and Instagram accounts get blocked, they simply [[MundaneSolution create new ones]].
50	* ContestWinnerCameo: Vivica, the akumatized villain from the Season 3 episode "Desperada", won a contest to design an akumatized villain back in 2016.
51	* CreatorBacklash: Astruc wasn't happy that Zag revealed at a convention that Alya and Chloé get the Fox and Bee Miraculous respectively, having wanted to save the surprise for when the time came in the show itself. Happened again when Korean Comic-Con showed the Collector is Gabriel, and ''again'' when the official trailer showed that Nino also gets the Turtle Miraculous, and that there are Chinese Zodiac Kwamis, power-ups for the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous, and two special events, among other things. The third time started a [=#LoveForAstruc=] support from fans that felt bad for Astruc. He also wasn't happy when RTS Deux and a Swedish network not only released the titles of all the episodes of the third season but also the descriptions. The things they spoiled included the return of a few villains from the first season, as well as previously akumatized characters becoming new villains, Cat Noir being akumatized into Cat Blanc, and the inclusion of [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Félix]] [[DevelopmentGag as Adrien's cousin]], among other things.
52	* CreatorsFavorite:
53	** [[https://twitter.com/WinnyGZ/status/763315462604226560 Wilfried Pain]] states that between the male characters, his favorite is Gabriel Agreste.
54	** Thomas Astruc's favorite villain is the Mime.
55	* CreatorsPest: Thomas Astruc [[https://twitter.com/thomas_astruc/status/683813582035906561 has said]] to be careful when asking about [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Félix]] because "Everytime someone asks me about Félix, a kitten dies." When Félix ''did'' make it into the show, he was [[HateSink written to be as deliberately unpleasant as possible.]]
56	* TheDanza:
57	** Gabriel's assistant, Nathalie Sancoeur, is voiced in French by actress Creator/NathalieHoms.
58	** Stage director Josiane (called "Sarah" in the English dub) is voiced in French by actress Creator/JosianeBalasko.
59	* DearNegativeReader: Thomas Astruc has become somewhat infamous for blocking and insulting anyone who criticizes the show on Twitter. While the fandom does have some notoriously toxic members, he doesn't seem to be able to separate them from people offering genuine criticism in his mind, blocking both groups in equal numbers. It got to the point where, after [[https://immaturityofthomasastruc.tumblr.com/post/667935791807414272/21-the-rising-sun-flag-controversy a scene]] from the show received flack for using the controversial [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_Flag Rising Sun]] flag, he outright blocked a now-former close friend of his (one whom a character was physically based on, no less) after they tried to talk to him about the ensuing controversy.
60	* DevelopmentGag:
61	** Alya's photo of Ladybug from the beginning of [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E06LadyWifi "Lady Wifi"]] is actually an old promotional picture, but only in the Korean version, as it was the first to air and some episodes weren't 100% complete when they aired. All other versions replace it with a picture of Ladybug's current design.
62	** Lila claims to have inherited her "Fox Miraculous" (actually a store-bought necklace) from her grandmother, who was the superheroine Volpina. One of the old story drafts had Marinette inheriting her ladybug earrings from her grandmother.
63	** A season 3 episode features Félix as Adrien's cousin. He attempts to force a kiss onto Ladybug, which just seems like some sort of gaslighting in the modern show, but is probably a reference to how, in the original premise, Félix believed that kissing Ladybug would break his bad luck curse.
64	* DiedDuringProduction: Philece Sampler, the voice of Sabine and Mrs. Mendeleiev, passed away from a heart attack in 2021.
65	* DuelingDubs:
66	** 3+ Latvia, a Russian speakers oriented TV network in Latvia, has its own Russian VoiceoverTranslation in addition to already existing Kirillitsa dub from Disney Channel Russia.
67	** In Ukraine, when ''Miraculous'' [[ChannelHop moved from Piksel TV to PlusPlus]], the latter chose to record a new dub instead of using an existing one.
68	* ExecutiveMeddling: The show was originally meant for teenagers and young adults, and would have covered political themes and other mature subjects, but networks refused to touch it until it was toned down and ultimately made for a younger audience.
69	* FanCommunityNickname:
70	** Fans of Miraculous Ladybug are called "Miraculers".
71	** They're also occasionally referred to as "The Impatient Ones", referring to the often lengthy gaps between episodes and seasons.
72	* FandomLifeCycle: Somewhere between Stage 2 and Stage 3. It has a ''huge'' amount of fanworks (even back when all that existed was the 2012 trailer it had hundreds of fanfics and even more fanart) but hasn't seemed to become a very mainstream cartoon like the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' or ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fandoms yet.
73	* FandomNod: A minor example, but some images intended to constitute InUniverse photographs of the characters are straight up taken from the Miraculous Ladybug Wiki, and even update when the wiki updates their images. For example, Gabriel's in universe profile picture was once a custom picture, but in the Season 5 episode "Illusion", it is changed to [[https://images.wikia.com/lady-bug/images/archive/c/cc/20220313095421%21Gabriel_Agreste_Square.png the wiki's header image for Gabriel as of May 2021]], which is presumably when the episode was in production.
74	** A more obvious example in "Multiplication", when Ladybug checks a family tree of Adrien and Félix as a plot point, the family tree ''and'' Félix's picture on it are borderline identical to the one on the wiki.
75	** An even more obvious example with the Zag Store, the show's official merch website, where one of pictures of the reproduction Bee Miraculous is a screenshot of the wiki itself (possibly the work of a lazy staff member)
76	* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld:
77	** Jeremy Zag would claim Lady Butterfly was a ''Miraculous Ladybug'' character and later revealed she would be a Brazilian Miraculous hero for the ''Rio'' special. After it was discovered on an official Zagtoon artist's Artstation that Lady Butterfly was meant for ''Pixiegirl'', Thomas Astruc would confirm that Lady Butterfly wasn't supposed to be a Miraculous user nor was she meant for ''Miraculous Ladybug'', though the decision was ultimately made by Zag.
78	** Outside of the ''New York'' and ''Shanghai'' specials, subsequent ''Miraculous World'' specials will not be made under Thomas Astruc's vision and instead under Jeremy Zag's vision.
79	* GodNeverSaidThat:
80	** Many of Chloé's fans who were hoping to see a proper HeelFaceTurn from her have claimed Thomas despises the character with a passion. What he has actually ''said'' is that she was intended to be a character who, given an opportunity to become a better person, chooses not to do so -- and expressed frustration about segments of the fanbase that refuse to accept this. None of this means he ''hates'' the character.
81	** When the "Adrien and/or Félix are sentimonsters" theory began taking off at the end of Season 4, several fans took certain comments from staff members as "evidence" for this theory. One particular comment from Feri Gonzalez ([[PromotedFanboy a fan]] who has access to behind-the-scenes happenings like scripts etc.) was claimed to be proof that the sentimonster story was in the works since Season 2, even though what she said was that she ''personally'' noticed clues in Season 2 that lead to her ''personal'' belief in the theory.
82	** Also related to the sentimonster theory, one comment from a recent expo was taken to be that three characters were secretly sentimonsters -- believed to be Adrien, Félix, and either Chloé or Kagami -- but what was actually said was that [[LostInTranslation more than three sentimonsters were used in Season 4]]. Come Season 5, [[spoiler: Félix was outright confirmed to be one, while Adrien and Kagami are heavily implied to be sentis too]].
83	* IncidentalMultilingualWordplay: The villain name for the lovesick sculptor who impersonates Cat Noir is "Imposteur" in the original French. In English, the translation is "Copycat", which is already a perfectly natural translation choice, but becomes a delightful little pun as well when referring to a villain posing as Cat Noir.
84	* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Creator/KyleMcCarley voices Marc in "Reverser", alongside Creator/KiraBuckland, who also has an important role in the episode as Alix. Both respectively voiced 9S and 2B in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata''.
85	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Shout! Factory has never released any further season sets after season 1. It is unknown if they still hold home video distribution rights to it or if their contract has permanently expired.
86	* LyingCreator:
87	** The [[https://supermenteuse.tumblr.com/post/720589505356349440/ 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.
88	** WordOfGod also initially said that Mayura would be [[GreaterScopeVillain Hawk Moth's boss]]. Instead, she's his [[TheDragon Dragon]].
89	** Thomas Astruc had outright stated that Félix from the ''Ladybug PV'' would never appear in the show. Despite this, he did end up appearing in the season 3 episode named after him, reimagined as being Adrien's [[StrongFamilyResemblance identical cousin]].
90	** Astruc has stated on Twitter that he deliberately lies from time to time about plot points and other miscellaneous bits of information about the show.
91	* MakeAWishContribution: Rythm, a character from the Season 4 episode "Kuro Neko", is based on a young girl who wished to be in the show.
92	* MarketBasedTitle: Officially internationally it's called ''Miraculous Ladybug''; in both France and the U.S. it's called ''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir''. This changes it from a TheAdjectivalSuperhero title to one where ''Miraculous'' refers to the show's eponymous TransformationTrinket.
93	* NoExportForYou: Despite the show airing in over 120 countries around the world, the show, unfortunately, hasn't aired in Southeast Asia (except Singapore and Thailand) and India on TV at all.
94	** [[https://imgur.com/LgSMTPm An email made by someone to Disney Southeast Asia]] shows that said network had no knowledge of the show at that time. Though this is actually not true as [[https://imgur.com/a/ttGgw9f this comment suggests]].
95	*** Although this has changed and it eventually aired on Disney Channel Southeast Asia until its closure in late 2021.
96	* TheOtherDarrin:
97	** Tiffany Hofstetter and Matthew Géczy (remember him from ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''?) were the placeholder voices for Ladybug and Cat Noir respectively.
98	** Creator/RebaBuhr replaces Erin Fitzgerald as Rose and Juleka in the ''Tales from Paris'' webseries.
99	** If Ezra Weisz’s Instagram feed is any indication, then Max Mittelman has replaced Matthew Mercer as Ivan and Creator/CassandraLeeMorris has replaced Marieve Herrington as Sabrina, in addition to the above-mentioned Creator/RebaBuhr. Morris would later be replaced by Creator/LaurenLanda starting in Season 4.
100	** Starting [[https://mobile.twitter.com/childishgamzeno/status/1309638415420334080 with]] "Miraculous New York: [=HeroeZ=] United", Creator/ZenoRobinson replaces Creator/BenDiskin as Nino and Max, joining the larger trend of Caucasian voice actors stepping down from voicing non-white characters following the George Floyd protests, as confirmed in [[https://twitter.com/BenjaminDiskin/status/1309679071719116801 this Twitter post]] (with other shows making similar changes including ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'', and ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'').
101	** Following Philece Sampler’s death, Creator/AnneYatco will take over as Sabine and Olga.
102	** Creator/KyleMcCarley confirmed that he was no longer voicing Marc as of season 4. The reason for this is unknown, but he was replaced by Creator/AlejandroSaab.
103	** Creator/VicMignogna voiced Jalil Kubdel in Season 1, but in Season 4 Jalil is voiced by Creator/AlejandroSaab after the former had been blacklisted for sexual harassment.
104	** For the Brazilian Portuguese dub:
105	*** Nino was voiced by Gustavo Pereira from Seasons 1 to 3. Erick Bougleux took over the role starting with Season 4 when Pereira decided to take a break from dubbing to focus on his music career.
106	*** Master Fu was voiced by Creator/MarioMonjardim in Season 1 and by Júlio Chaves from Seasons 2 to 4. Due to both Mário and Júlio passing away in 2021, [[spoiler: he was recast once again when he reappeared in the first episode of Season 5 ''Evolution'', this time with Alfredo Martins]].
107	*** Kaalki was voiced by Wirley Contaifer in Season 2, and by Bia Menezes starting with Season 3.
108	*** Daizzi was voiced by Taís Feijó from Season 2 to 3, and by Lina Mendes starting with Season 4.
109	*** Rose was voiced by Lhays Macêdo in Season 1, and by Ana Elena Bitencourt starting with Season 2.
110	*** Lila was voiced by Luiza Cesar in Season 1, and by Natali Pazete starting with Season 2.
111	*** Mireille was voiced by Isabella Simi in "Stormy Weather" and by Taís Feijó in "Ikari Gozen".
112	*** Alim was voiced by Márcio Simões in Season 1, and by Hércules Franco starting with Season 2.
113	* OutOfOrder: Despite the show clearly having a continuity, each broadcaster is airing the episodes in a different order. Though the episodes are mostly self-contained, this does cause some issues with characterization, among other things; Marinette will go from being friendly with Adrien to an incoherent mess, characters will seem as though they forgot elements from later broadcast episodes, and some characters have their introductory episodes after the first episode they showed up in. [[https://biminie.tumblr.com/post/142455926124/miraculous-ladybug-timeline-complete-fixed This post]] proposes the chronological order of the first season. [[https://trishmishtree.tumblr.com/spoiler-free-ml-guide This post]] (full version with explanations and spoilers [[https://trishmishtree.tumblr.com/unofficial-miraculous-guide here]]) proposes a viewing order for season one. [[https://m-azing.tumblr.com/post/179476088257/ladybug-s2-organized-or-im-one-crazy-son-of-a This post]] does the same for season two.
114	** A particularly blatant example is the episode "Pixelator", which marks Jagged Stone's first chronological appearance despite airing late in the season and after "Guitar Villain", even though the latter follows up on a plot element introduced in the former. It also aired after "Darkblade," where Mayor Bourgeois already knew him, while in this episode Chloé had to introduce him.
115	** The two-part season finale is a WholeEpisodeFlashback which serves to tie together hints from the previous three episodes: "Simon Says", "Princess Fragrance", and "Volpina". As this order was only observed with the French airing, this somewhat blunts the impact of those episodes when the viewer already knows the story.
116	** André, the city's ice cream vendor made two appearances in "Befana" and "Gigantitan", both of which broadcasted in October and November of 2017 respectively, prior to his debut episode, "Glaciator", which premiered in January 2018.
117	** In "Reverser", Nathaniel draws the titular villain from "Queen Wasp". "Reverser" first aired before "Queen Wasp" first aired by several months.
118	** "Miraculer" features Mayura and a sentimonster created by her, which Ladybug and Cat Noir already seem to know about. This is because their first encounter with a sentimonster since "Hero's Day" was actually in "Reflekdoll," which didn't air until a few months later.
119	** When it first aired, "Gamer 2.0" featured an Akumatized villain that hadn't been seen yet, who many fans (correctly) determined was Desperada.
120	** "Party Crasher" was the first aired episode to feature King Monkey, Viperion, and Pegasus, but Cat Noir's reaction to the latter two means that this was only meant to be King Monkey's debut. Viperion and Pegasus were meant to debut in, respectively, "Desperada" and "Startrain," both of which only aired later.
121	** "Ikari Gozen" was the first season 3 episode to officially air in America ''at all'' (at [=ComicCon=] 2019), and is from relatively late in the season. In the episode, Master Fu remarks that he's hiding from Hawk Moth, who now knows his true identity. The episode where Hawk Moth learns this, "Feast", had not aired at all in any region at the time, least of all America.
122	** Netflix royally screwed up the episode order of Season 2 and 3, most notably placing "Troublemaker" between "Style Queen" and "Queen Wasp" even though the latter two episodes take place on the same day. As for season 3, in addition to repeating the issues with "Gamer 2.0" and "Party Crasher," and placing "Feast" ahead of many episodes that were clearly meant to come before it, they originally had the two parts of "Battle of the Miraculous" placed in reverse order (though this was soon corrected).
123	** In "Kwamibuster", Cat Noir obtains a banana costume and uses it to mask his identity. In "Feast", which takes place later but aired first, he uses it once again. Also in "Feast," Alix jokingly mentions a Rabbit Miraculous, which would have foreshadowed the reveal of her future self using it in "Timetagger" had it not aired already.
124	** Ukraine aired "Loveater" and "Miracle Queen", the season 3 finale, before "Cat Blanc" and "Félix". People who worked on the show even recommended waiting for the latter two to air before watching them. This would have made Adrien's comment about having not seen Marinette with her hair down before in the finale a call back to her wearing her hair down almost all the time in the alternate timeline in "Cat Blanc".
125	** Brazil aired "Furious Fu", the sixth episode of Season 4, first. This means that Hawk Moth becoming Shadow Moth, Ladybug's outfit changing when she summons Lucky Charm, and Ladybug handing out charms that seem to protect the bearer from akumatization after she uses Miraculous Ladybug come out of nowhere.
126	** The episode "Qilin" got delayed significantly. Thus, "Dearest Family" is the first appearance of both Qilin and the Magical Charm Sabine was given. It was also the first appearance of Gabriel's Magical Charm, which he acquired in another delayed episode, "Gabriel Agreste".
127	** Magical Charms in general see a few inconsistencies with the scrambled episode order, with Ladybug handing them out in episodes that aired before "Mr. Pigeon 72" (where she learned to create them), or saying they'll protect against Shadow Moth in episodes that aired after "Dearest Family" (where Shadow Moth learned how to overcome them).
128	** In an astonishing coincidence, the Season 4 episodes depicting Alya's CharacterDevelopment were aired in order, but disconnected from the rest of the season where it is properly contextualized. This led fans to overexaggerate Alya's new status as Marinette's SecretKeeper and trusted partner, leading to fears that Cat Noir would be replaced.
129	** While Season 5 mostly respected the airing order up until "Elation", Gloob (which is known for this trope much to the annoyance of fans) aired "Perfection" (the twelfth episode) and "Emotion" (the eighteenth episode) simultaneously on November 21st, 2022.
130	** The show's production order doesn't always follow the chronological order either.
131	*** In season 1, "Evillustrator" was produced before "Lady Wifi" despite the former episode having the villain from the latter appear at the beginning.
132	*** In season 2, "Frightningale" was produced before "Captain Hardrock," "Syren," and "Reverser", and featured characters from those episodes appearing in the music video. While it can be hand-waved as the ending scene with the video taking place a few weeks after the preceding events of the episode, people would still be confused at seeing Luka dancing alongside Marinette and Adrien and appearing in the episode's ending card before his introduction.
133	*** Also in season 2, "Frozer" comes before "Reverser" in production order, but one scene in the former has Marc and Nathaniel seen together, indicating that it takes place after the latter.
134	*** "Befana" was written and aired before "Style Queen", but the later episode "Ladybug" has a flashback to just before the former which references the events of the latter in past-tense.
135	** Even though it was be released after Season 3 and the New York special, Thomas has stated that the Shanghai special takes place between Season 2 and 3.
136	* PlayingAgainstType:
137	** While this is not the first time Creator/CristinaValenzuela has played a MagicalGirl, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]] and [[Manga/SailorMoon Rei]] have been more aloof and withdrawn than Marinette. Rei Hino, in particular is also kind of a {{Jerkass}}, as well.
138	** Creator/MelaLee as the sweet and only somewhat snarky FairyCompanion Tikki is significantly nicer than the likes of [[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks Rin Tohsaka]] or especially [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Rachel Alucard]].
139	** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Lila is voiced by Creator/CristinaHernandez, who voiced [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]] and, as mentioned on her Tropes page, tends to be typecasted into roles as cute girls.
140	* PostScriptSeason: The creators were upfront that season 5 was meant to be the end of the show, and the last few episodes do have shades of finality, with the teen characters graduating to high school, Chloé losing her KarmaHoudiniWarranty, Marinette and Adrien becoming an OfficialCouple, several adult characters leaving their jobs for new ones like Miss Bustier becoming the new mayor of Paris, Gabriel managing to use the heroes miraculous to revive Emilie and save Nathalie at the cost of his own life, and finally Marinette giving her teammates their miraculous full time. However, they were renewed for another three seasons, thus making it merely the end of the show’s first MythArc especially since Tomoe manages to escape punishment and Lila gets her hands on the Butterfly Miraculous.
141	* PromotedFanboy:
142	** Several popular personalities within the fandom, such as Féri Gonzalez and Anita ("ladyofacat"), became "Zag Influencers" who have access to the show's production and can share behind-the-scenes content with fans.
143	** Angie Nasca started out as a fan artist before she was hired as a concept artist by Zag. She designed several heroes and villains from Season 4.
144	** Alexandra Foley, an actress and fan of the show since Season 1, got a 1.5 second voice cameo in "Elation".
145	* QueerCharacterQueerActor:
146	** In the English version, Zoé is voiced by pansexual voice actress Creator/DeneenMelody, and in the fifth season, reveals herself to be romantically attracted to her female friend Marinette.
147	** Pansexual actress Creator/ErinFitzgerald voiced Rose, who is bisexual, and Juleka, who is a lesbian, in season 1.
148	** Olympia and Barbara are implied to be a couple and are both voiced by bisexual non-binary actor Creator/AnairisQuinones.
149	* RealLifeRelative:
150	** Sabrina Weisz, who voices Nathalie and Nadia Chamack in the English dub, is the wife of Ezra Weisz, the show's English dubbing director and the voice of characters such as Fred Haprèle or Adrien's bodyguard.
151	** Likewise, Mylène's voice actress Creator/JessicaGeeGeorge and Kim's voice actor Grant George are also married.
152	* RecycledScript: The B-plot of "Copycat" is similar to the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Helga Blabs It All" and/or the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Butt Dial".
153	* RefittedForSequel:
154	** One of the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen various reworks]] in the shows long history involved Marinette and Adrien being on a superhero team known as the Quantic Kids, before the concept was dialed back to the initial premise of the two working together. Instead, starting with Season 2, they're gradually joined by more Miraculous users that they recruit.
155	** In the original concept for the Quantic Kids, the other heroes included Melodie (who was instead retooled as the protagonist of a planned non-superhero animated movie), Mercury (a background speedster hero in the ''New York'' special), and Sparrow (who is now a girl, the sidekick of another hero, and [[spoiler:soon enough becomes a Miraculous user]]).
156	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The franchise went through many different concept phases before the show jelled into its current form, from comics, to 2D animation and several character concepts and changes in tone.
157	* ScheduleSlip:
158	** After the first season ended in March 2016 in France, the second season was slated to air in early-mid 2017. In May 2017, Jeremy Zag claimed it'd be releasing in September/October, although Thomas Astruc said it depended on the broadcasters. Jeremy Zag's Instagram [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BU6Uvr_A5pM/ in August claimed]] September/October/November. Finally, in late October, Disney Spain and TFOU began airing the first episodes of Season 2, though by November the premieres grew sparse. In December, the episode 'Glaciator' would be postponed until late January 2018 to meet quality standards. After airing Glaciator and Sapotis in January, it was stated there would be [[https://twitter.com/MiraculousINTL/status/963441420517433344 no new episodes until March]], and [[https://twitter.com/MiraculousINTL/status/963464774280335360 partially due to issues with the quality of animation in new episodes]]. The second half of season 2 would ultimately be utterly fraught with delayed episodes.
159	** In the US, Netflix intended to air the show in December 2017[[note]]However, only 13 episodes were released in the U.S. per Netflix guidelines, with the rest added in late-2018[[/note]]. However, by December, it was announced that the US release was pushed back to [[http://www.licensing.biz/big-interviews/read/how-is-zag-america-redefining-the-children-s-entertainment-market-with-zak-storm/046841 Spring 2018]].
160	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Because Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} developed an infamous reputation for doing this to their acquired shows (''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' [[AdoredByTheNetwork notwithstanding however.]]), fans were alarmed when the network temporarily pulled the series from its schedule in the middle of the first season without warning. This came after an abrupt shift to a later time slot. Sure enough, the show resurfaced on Creator/{{Nicktoons}}, which did not have the same wider distribution that the mothership network had. This is all in addition to the OutOfOrder trope above, which has also been a problem with international airings. Eventually, the show was picked up by Creator/{{Netflix}}, who also gained rights to the second and third seasons.
161	* SeriesHiatus: '''Frequently'''. Episodes are released as they are completed, rather than releasing episodes weekly starting when most of the season is in post-production. As a result, the show is subject to OutOfOrder release and unreliable release dates a lot (sometimes even delaying episodes at the last minute) due to production order.
162	* ShortRunInPeru:
163	** ''Ladybug'' is a French-Japanese-Korean co-production, with France and Korea being the first countries to get the show. However, Canada eventually caught up and Télé-Québec ended up being the first network to air the entire first season.
164	** Happened again in season 2 as Canada's Creator/FamilyChannel aired the first 12 episodes of the second season in English before the U.S., as well as a four other episodes later in Season 2, and three Season 3 ones.
165	* TrollingCreator: Thomas Astruc, the creator of the show, teased his viewers that Chloé would never get a Miraculous (she got the Bee Miraculous in season 2), Félix won't ever appear (he made his first appearance in the 23rd produced episode of season 3), Mayura will be Hawk Moth's boss (she's treated more like his ally), there will be a zombie apocalypse in Paris (there was one in Zombizou though), and that Gabriel will use the Peacock Miraculous to save the city, but he will be too ashamed to wear a dress, so he will let Paris die instead, and there is a rumor he lied to his audience by believing Chloé will never get redeemed post-Battle of the Miraculous.
166	* WhyTheFandomCantHaveNiceThings: In light of events like ZAG removing Ladybug episodes from [=YouTube=] over copyright issues and the fans harassing Thomas Astruc about it and someone creating a fake Instagram account of him that was "malicious", Astruc dismantled his Tumblr and only has Twitter open to answer all questions.
167	* WordOfGay:
168	** Although this was heavily implied in "Reverser", Feri Gonzàles, a colorist at ZAG, [[https://twitter.com/dAFerisae/status/1022596614437797888?s=19 confirmed]] on Twitter that Marc is LGBTQ and has a fondness towards Nathaniel.
169	** [[WordOfSaintPaul According to their voice actress]] Creator/AnairisQuinones, Majestia and Knightowl are [[https://twitter.com/anairis_q/status/1309664946054139904?s=20 girlfriends.]]
170	** Thomas Astruc [[https://mobile.twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1252964475411599363 stated]] on Twitter that Max is asexual while Alix is aromantic.
171	** Astruc has also [[https://carpisuns.tumblr.com/post/650508721051598848 stated]] that the vast ShipTease between Rose and Juleka is entirely deliberate, and the show avoids making them an explicit couple only so that those interactions don't get censored in less tolerant countries.
172	* WordOfGod:
173	** [[https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc Thomas Astruc's twitter]] reveals some details not shown in the show proper (e.g. the fact that the Césaires are from Martinique; Nino's family is from Reunion (later retconned on his now-deactivated Tumblr to Morocco); the Kubdels are of Arab descent, etc.).
174	** Marinette and Adrien are never Akumatized not because their Miraculouses make them magically immune, but because [[WideEyedIdealist Marinette is such an optimist]] and [[KnightInSourArmor Adrien is so used to disappointment]] But it has been shown in 2 separate occasions that such a feat isn't entirely impossible to do. It would just be very hard work to break them enough to akumatize.
175	*** In Marinette's case, she was nearly akumatized as '''Princess Justice''' in "Ladybug", '''Unmasker''' in "Elation" and '''Panic''' in "Derision"
176	*** In Adrien's case, he was akumatized into '''Cat Blanc''' and '''Ephemeral''', although it should be noted that these akumatizations were erased from existence/exist in another timeline and thus Adrien himself has yet to be akumatized in the prime timeline.
177	** [[https://twitter.com/WinnyGZ/status/696357459196305409 According to Thomas Astruc]], if a person's doll is brought to life by the Puppeteer and the person is halfway across the world, the person will still become a puppet and still try to make their way to the Puppeteer.
178	** [[http://miraculousdaily.tumblr.com/post/161187982166/hawkdaddy-just-dropped-a-bomb-on-the-fandom Astruc confirmed]] that Adrien and Marinette will be seen as a ''real'' couple during the series.
179	** Upon asked on Twitter about creating a character with Asperger's syndrome, Astruc replied that there may be a character with it already.
180	** If [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] and [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]]'s clearly detestable behaviors weren't enough of a hint for you already, then Astruc has outright confirmed their statuses as {{Hate Sink}}s [[https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/961249471014334464 on Twitter]]. Astruc also bluntly told fans after the Season 3 finale that Chloé [[https://i.redd.it/31k5y0u52ct31.png is not redeemable]], later elaborating that a large point to her character is to be someone who ''was'' capable of redemption but instead definitively rejects it because she is too set in her evil ways.
181	* WordOfSaintPaul:
182	** 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. As of the Season 5 episode "Adoration", [[IKnewIt this actually turn out to be the case]].
183	** [[https://twitter.com/wayzz_world/status/1519349767276576770 MiraculousMX, the official Miraculous Twitter account for Latin America]] [[note]]quoted here by a fan account, as the [=MiraculousMX=] account itself is locked[[/note]] revealed that Hawk Moth [[spoiler:would call himself "Monarch" in his new form with access to nearly every Miraculous]] starting in season 5. They didn't specify at the time whether this was [[DubNameChange specific to the Latin American dubs]] or would extend to other languages, though the eventual English dub did in fact use that name.
184	* WorkingTitle: An early concept would have been called ''Quintic Kids'' with Ladybug and Cat Noir being part of a team of superheroes.
185	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Thomas Astruc based the art teacher Jean-Pierre on one of his former teachers.
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188	[[folder:Akumatized villain trivia]]
189	Covering all villains from the show so far.
190	* Chloé is more or less directly responsible for the Akumatization of twenty 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, Manipula, Vanisher in "Adoration" and Reflekta in "Collusion" (both with Lila)[[/note]], 21 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 28 counting herself as Antibug, Queen Wasp twice (In both the debut and in "Heroes' Day"), Miracle Queen, Queen Banana, Penalteam, Sole Destroyer, and Queen Mayor.
191	** Surprisingly, Marinette/Ladybug is starting to catch up to her with involvement in ten Akumatizations, though her contributions to most of these Akumatized villains were nowhere near as malicious or as directly responsible as Chloé's [[note]]Gamer, Santa Claws, Antibug, Volpina, Prime Queen (arguably more the result of Nadja's superiors putting pressure on her), Befana, Riposte (arguably a joint effort, between Adrien possibly beating Kagami, Marinette being forced to make the ruling and Mr. D'Argencourt choosing to accept her obviously uncertain ruling), Gigantitan (since the Akuma that ended up targeting August had been sent after Adrien's bodyguard, who was angry over parking tickets that Marinette and her friends were responsible for), to a certain extent Reverser (she set up the meeting between Marc and Nathaniel and could have communicated better about who wrote the "diary", but Nathaniel flipping out the way he does is entirely on him), Animaestro (she took part in Chloé's scheme), Truth, and the re-akumatization of Princess Fragrance, Reflekta, Lady Wifi, Timebreaker, and Horrificatior in "Gang of Secrets".[[/note]], and for the most part she's showed much more remorse about her actions.
192	** Lila has officially beaten Chloé's record, getting a total of 24 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, Vanisher in "Adoration" and Reflekta in "Collusion" (both with Chloé)[[/note]]; 29 if you count the (temporary) re-akumatizations of Princess Fragrance, Reflekta, Dark Owl, and Zombizou in "Ladybug", 30 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), 31 if counting her telling Chloe to accept becoming Queen Mayor, and 35 counting her becoming Volpina twice, Chameleon, and Hoaxer. 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).
193	* Of the 26 villains featured in the first season, only ten were female [[note]]Stormy Weather, Lady [=WiFi=], Reflekta, Timebreaker, Horrificator, Puppeteer, Antibug, Vanisher, Princess Fragrance, Volpina [[/note]], and all were teenagers or children. In fact, all teenaged villains go to the same school as Marinette, and excluding Aurore/Stormy Weather and Lila/Volpina, all of them are Marinette's classmates.
194	** Related to both entries above, Chloé is responsible for the Akumatization of all of Marinette's female classmates and her teacher.
195	** Chloé is also responsible for the Akumatization of her butler in Season 2, bringing her list up to twelve.
196	* All of the villains appear in the intro of the show in their normal identities, except for Kung Food, Animan and Volpina. However, the first two are present in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAYE2FW9aKs an earlier version of opening.]] In turn, in that version, Puppeteer is missing.
197	** One part of the intro that wasn't included in the final cut shows Ladybug and Cat Noir facing Hawk Moth as an EvilOverlooker and a rotating showcase of Akumatized villains. [[note]]In order: Evillustrator, Princess Fragrance, Lady Wifi, Mr. Pigeon, Pixelator, Bubbler, Pharaoh, Simon Says, Rogercop, Antibug, and Mime.[[/note]]
198	* Three villains weren't named directly by Hawk Moth. Horrificator borrowed her name from the movie filmed by Mylène's class, Darkblade used his ancestor's name and Volpina came up with her name on her own when she pretended to be a hero, based on the heroine she saw in Adrien's book. All of these villains also take their visual inspirations from the names' sources.
199	** As of Season 2, this number has been raised to five with "Befana", who was named after the company that made the candies Gina bought Marinette, and "Anansi", Nora's boxing nickname.
200	** Season 3 brings this up to six with "Startrain", the name of the train Max's mother works on, which is justified because the akuma was too far away from Hawk Moth for him to communicate with her.
201	** Gamer's appearance and mecha are based on a robot from ''Ultimate Mecha Strike III'', while Evillustrator looks exactly like Nathanael's drawings of his superhero persona "Super-Nathanael".
202	* Cat Noir has been mind controlled into attacking Ladybug by six villains so far: Dark Cupid, Puppeteer, Princess Fragrance, Despair Bear, Zombizou, and Malediktator (in "Mega Leech"). He is also brainwashed into behaving like a cat by Malediktator in his debut episode.
203	* Two akumas have actually gotten away with first-degree murder (or a fate which is implied to be as good as death): Timebreaker and Gamer (the first one turning people into energy to travel back in time, the second one turning people into points to level up as a gamer).
204	** In Season 2, the list grows to five and includes Befana, who turned people into coal, Glaciator, who turned people into ice cream, and Style Queen, who turned people into glitter. It's unclear if Frozer counts, as he froze everyone in Paris except the heroes, who were using the ice power-ups, but it's unknown if this was HarmlessFreezing or not.
205	** In Season 3 there's Feast, who ate all the Guardians of the Miraculous except Master Fu (though this was before it was akumatized), Cat Blanc, who unintentionally killed everyone in Paris (and possibly the whole world) with a very powerful Cataclysm, and Heart Hunter, who turned people into love hearts and ate them, bringing the list up to eight. Desperada and Party Crasher don't count because they were specifically said to be capturing people, and those who were captured by the latter were eventually freed.
206	** Season 4 has Furious Fu (who could turn people into statues), Sole Crusher (who absorbed people to grow bigger) and Queen Banana (who, along with her sentimonster, turned people into bananas).
207	* There are only two (named) people in Marinette's entire school who haven't been Akumatized: student Mireille Caquet, and the art teacher, Jean-Pierre Monlataing.
208	* Not counting Nooroo and Hawk Moth, more than half of the season 1 cast has been Akumatized. 29 individuals have been Akumatized, including Fang[[note]]Fang was most definitely Akumatized alongside his master, based on the animation used to change him into a dragon being the same as Akumatization[[/note]], Sabrina, Jean Duparc[[note]]The Magician of Misfortune[[/note]], and Santa Claus, where only 27 characters have not. This is including the three other current Miraculous holders and their kwamis, as well as the unnamed maid, butler, and doorman at the hotel, and including Adrien's bodyguard and Alya's younger twin sisters.
209	** As of "Ephemeral", only four major recurring characters have lasted this long without being successfully Akumatized: Marinette, Su-Han, Félix, 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.
210	* Hawk Moth is the only Miraculous bearer who has been Akumatized. As of "Queen Wasp", that's no longer the case as Chloé was Akumatized while being the bearer of the Bee Miraculous.
211	** As of "Mayura", the number of Akumatized Miraculous holders has raised from two to four since Rena Rouge and Carapace get Akumatized into Rena Rage and Shell Shock respectively.
212	* The name "Despair Bear" will make a lot of ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'' fans giggle; then there's the fact that the bear, like despair-loving Monokuma, is a [[KillerTeddyBear creepy teddy bear]] being controlled by a human and manipulating teenagers into attacking each other.
213	** But then, all these parallels start to seem like [[ShoutOut less of a coincidence]] when you look at 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.
214	*** This isn't the only time where Bryce's character has fought against Monokuma in the ''Miraculous Ladybug'' series. Reverser had a DualityMotif like Monokuma, and Copycat had a grudge on Cat Noir specifically, not to mention that he was voiced by Monokuma's voice actor Creator/BrianBeacock.
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