WMG / Miraculous Ladybug Confirmed And Jossed Theories

Here is all the theories for Miraculous Ladybug that have been Confirmed or Jossed after each airing.

Pre-Release Theories

Pre-Premiere Theories

The Butterfly Villain is going to be named "The Monarch''.

And we're totally going to make The Venture Brothers jokes.

• That or "Papillon", and then we're going to make Buso Renkin jokes.
  • Yes and no. Le Papillon in French while in English and Korean dubs he is called Hawk Moth.
    • Kind of confirmed. In Season 5, Hawk Moth takes the name of Monarch when using multiple Miraculous attained from the Season 4 finale.

Cat Noir's name is Felix.

Because a) it's a common cat name and b) it's ironic, considering the meaning of the word.

• Confirmed. The French language version of the show page gives his name as Félix.
  • Aaand Jossed. Later information reveals his name to be Adrien.
  • Apparently half jossed. Thomas Astruc calls the PV Cat Noir Félix, and the series Cat Noir Adrien. He seems to consider them different characters.

The mime villain will defeat Ladybug badly at some point.

Considering his seemingly-broken shadow powers, he may cause our heroine to need very urgent rescuing.

• Jossed. He doesn't do much better than the rest.

The final version of the show (CGI notwithstanding) was what they were really planning to do all along.

The creators were just saying all that stuff about the show originally being planned to be dark/edgy and all serious/"mature" just so they could please the (especially older) anime fans and reassure them that this show is still worth their time; same thing with the "Toei might make a 2D anime version themselves" claim.

WMG for Aired/Announced Episodes of Season 2

"The Collector"

Hawk Moth knows Cat Noir's identity

His suspicions were aroused when noticed Adrien's ring in "Simon Says". But in "The Collector" when he watches the security footage of Adrien taking the Miraculous book from his safe, that confirms it for him. Kwami can't be caught on camera, as Plagg mentions afterward. But as a Miraculous holder himself, Gabriel knows this. He also knows that Adrien opened the safe without entering the combination, and with him already suspecting his son is Cat Noir that's really all the information he needs. Also, in "Despair Bear" he demands that the akuma specifically bring him Ladybug's Miraculous...because he can take Cat Noir's any time he likes (though doing so would risk revealing his identity to Ladybug, so he holds off for now).

• Also in "The Collector", he has no reason to think Ladybug and Cat Noir suspect his identity unless he thinks Adrien is Cat Noir and he stole the book to show Ladybug. If this applies, then he likely suspects Ladybug's identity as well. Additionally, he says, apropos of nothing, he'll see them "very soon". When talking about how important his son is to him, he puts his hands on Cat Noir's shoulders despite looking at Ladybug.
• This does seem to be the case. Quite apart from the events of "Simon Says", in "The Collector", as mentioned above, Gabriel sees Adrien get into the safe without touching it (unless the camera takes pictures, not video), and that the only reason to him Adrien would steal the book is if Adrien is Cat Noir and taking the book to Ladybug. But there's more to it than that- Not only does Gabriel know the book makes him look suspicious, but his act against Adrien stealing it is to ground him and trap him in his room. Gabriel then akumatises himself and does something Gabriel would normally never do and knows an akuma might not do- he goes to capture Adrien in his book. He wouldn't look suspicious if he didn't- both Horrificator and Evillustrator abstained from hurting certain people. But he does go to Adrien and he's not surprised or worried, he's angry. Considering Gabriel is fully in control of himself as the Collector, why would he be angry unless his goal was to capture Adrien so that Cat Noir can't go help Ladybug? He of all people knows what a combo they make. And while Adrien would indeed be safe in the book, he'd also be safe if Gabriel simply went somewhere else entirely than the manor, like the Champs-Élysées but his goal was from the start to lure Ladybug and Cat Noir to the manor. It's why he tears apart the atelier. He's not throwing a tantrum, he's staging the room, based on how he acts throughout tearing it apart (impressively blasé for what he's doing). There's also how, like said above, he puts his hands on Cat Noir's shoulders when talking about how important Adrien is to him despite speaking to Ladybug. He's also the only one so far, I believe, to name Cat Noir first out of the duo. While this may be because he's looking at the one who came to talk to him, it's still a little odd, considering how most people look to Ladybug first, even if Cat Noir is nearest. Gabriel's actions throughout are just peculiar unless he suspects or outright knows who Cat Noir is. Marinette returning the book he suspects Ladybug has might signal to him that she is Ladybug.
• Up until "Gorizilla", he didn't actually know or suspect his son was Cat Noir, until he saw photos of Adrien's ring and Cat Noir's ring and noticed the similarities. Of course he later discarded this suspicion when he saw Adrien (who was really Wayhem in disguise) and Cat Noir at the same time.

Because of Gabriel's actions in this episode, he'll eventually suffer a Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal.

And it won't necessarily be from Nathalie. It's not clear if his chauffeur knows his secret or not.

"Despair Bear"

"Prime Queen"

Gabriel Agreste was already expecting Ladybug to do something to make Nadja vulnerable to Akumatization.

He knew the heroes well enough to figure out how they'd react to such a personal question and savvy enough to figure out Nadja would ask that.

"The Befana"

"Riposte"

Kagami is descended from a former Ladybug

Namely Tentomushi, a Japanese kunoichi. Tentomushi's family kept the tradition of fighting alive, so Kagami herself is a world-class fencer. This tradition ties into the "mission" she mentions in her voicemail. She also sounds like she'll be a bit of a recurring character, and may become an ally or antagonist to the heroes where her backstory and connection to the Miraculous mythos can be explored. Finally, it'll make her a Foil to Lila, who claimed she was Volpina's descendant for her own gain; Kagami may be Ladybug's descendant, but it's tied to a greater mission.

• She also may be intended to evoke the image of Tentomushi and La Coccinelle, a French Ladybug long before Marinette who was a musketeer and used, naturally, a rapier in addition to the yo-yo. She actually appears in "La Befana", too. It's thoroughly unlikely she is related to both, but it's possible she's related to Tentomushi but evokes the image of La Coccinelle.

"Robostus"

Robostus wasn't planning to sacrifice Max.

The Fridge Horror and Nightmare Fuel subpages imply that he was, but let's be honest. Markov's goal was to be treated as Max's friend - killing him would be counterproductive. If Robostus was going to sacrifice someone, it would probably be Damocles or Mendeleiev, who treated him as Just a Machine.

• I don't think the subpages were saying that he was trying to sacrifice Max, the implication is that the magic may strike Max because he was closest.

Gabriel will try to use Adrien to bring his wife back in the equivalent exchange.

His "love" for his son and his overprotective nature are just him making sure nothing happens to his investment.

• Then it won't work. It's not equivalent exchange if he doesn't care about Adrien as much as he cares about his wife.

The missile launchers in Hawk Moth's lair will come into play during his big showdown with Ladybug and Cat Noir.

They're just a big Chekhov's Gun waiting to be fired. Exactly how they get used is the question.

Master Fu will use the Wish to strip Hawk Moth of his Miraculous.

We know that Nino will at some point become the new Bearer of the Turtle Miraculous. We also know that Marinette will be the one distributing the new Miraculouses. Combined, those two facts suggest that Master Fu will somehow cease to be the Great Guardian and lose the Turtle Bracelet. Moreover, we know that Mayura will be introduced as a new villain in Season 3, suggesting at least the possibility that Season 2 will end with Hawk Moth's defeat. And finally, the ability of the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses to reshape reality in combination is a textbook Chekhov's Gun, and will need to be fired sooner or later. All these facts together suggest that the climax of Season 2's final episode will be Marinette and Adrien giving Master Fu their Miraculouses (temporarily), and Master Fu using their combined power to take the Moth Brooch from Hawk Moth at the cost of severing his own connection to the Turtle Bracelet.

Gabriel will ultimately get his wish... but it won't make him happy.

If only because at some point he's going to have to explain to Emile exactly how he got her back, and what he had to do to make it happen.

"Gigantitan"

Adrien does know Marinette loves him. He just feigns ignorance to avoid dealing with her feelings since he loves Ladybug.

• Makes sense, Marinette is one of his first friends, as stated in Origins part 2, and he likely knows their friendship would be strained or damaged, so he keeps quiet.

Adrien used to receive visits from younger cousins.

Neither of his parents was said to be an only child.

This episode takes place chronologically during season one

Mostly since Marinette seems more jittery around Adrien than she is in other season two episodes.

"The Dark Owl"

Plagg will surprisingly not spill the beans first. Tikki will.

Simply because it's expectations that Plagg will blab.

The (in)famous balcony scene is a result of Plagg spilling.

That is, telling Adrien who Ladybug is, since Plagg now knows.

• Jossed, as of "Glaciator".

"Glaciator"

"Sapotis"

Alya's sisters can fuse into one being

Hence why there's only one of them on the thumbnail for the trailer.

• Basically jossed. While they remain two separate beings, they are akumatized together. The fused screenshot is a trick of the camera.

"Gorizilla"

We will learn Cat Noir and Adrien have different scents

As part of the Miraculous disguise.

• No

This will be Carapace's debut episode,or Rena Rouge's second episode.

If Cat Noir can't fight, that is.

• Nope

The "A. Bourgeois" in the film Emilie is in is not Audrey.

It is Arlette, who we will learn is André's sister. Arlette does appear to be a producer of some kind when we meet her in "Prime Queen".

"Troublemaker"

"Gagotor"

"Rossignoble"

"Frozer"

"Captain Hardrock"

"Style Queen"

The episode's villain will akumatized for getting personal with Gabriel.

It is hinted that Audrey Bourgeois and Gabriel share a past, rather than just know each other through their jobs. Being her insufferable self, Audrey will hit a Berserk Button of Gabriel's about Emilie or something in the Mysterious Past he's obviously trying to hide to intimidate the designer. Outraged, Gabriel will ban Audrey from his fashion show to intentionally make her a target for Hawk Moth.

"Queen Wasp"

"Malediktor"

The episode will end with an ominous hint on Le Peon's civilian identity.

Since this is part 3 of a trilogy, that makes it Wham Episode material.

Season Finale

Wishing for Emilie back will come at the cost of Adrien.

At the show's Darkest Hour, Hawk Moth will succeed at getting Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses, then wishes for Emilie to come back in a healthy state. However, it comes at the cost of Adrien disappearing or switching places with Emilie (as in, Adrien was the one who disappeared in the first place instead of Emilie). Gabriel/Hawk Moth will have no idea of the consequences (or, despite being warned last minute by Ladybug that there's Equivalent Exchange, will brush it off, claiming that it doesn't apply to him or something) until it happens, leading to a My God, What Have I Done? moment. It takes the rest of the season finale or some episodes to fix this.

• Well one of the promo images shows Ladybug, Carapace, Queen Bee and Rena Rouge but no Cat...

Post-Release Theories

Confirmed Theories

Juleka has musical talent.

Her concept art wears a guitar case anyway.

• Confirmed in "Captain Hardrock".

Hawk Moth has a Miraculous and a Kwami

The show's opening sequence shows four kwamis. There's Tikki and Plagg and an unknown pink and green kwami. If you freeze the opening at just the right moment you see the pink kwami heading towards something that looks exactly like Hawk Moth's "Butterfly Pin".

• CONFIRMED! The pink kwami in the opening credits is indeed Hawk-Moth's Miraculous.

Hawk Moth will INTENTIONALLY try to akumatize Adrien

After he finds out his son is Cat Noir, Gabriel will decide he can use this in his favor, and will do his best to make his son miserable, taking away his school privileges, putting in more modeling gigs and activities. And when Adrien is unhappy what does he do to relieve the stress? Turn into Cat Noir! And that will be when the akuma gets him, turning him into Cat Blanc, then Gabriel will bribe his son (I do see Hawk moth treating Adrien like he did puppetmaster, being kinder and complimentary then he is with most of hic victims)He offers to stop all the gigs and activities he hates and perhaps even tells the now-insane Cat that he can keep Ladybug's civilian form for himself (after all, what is a lion without his lioness?) Perhaps even convincing him that defeating her will be the only way she will ever fall for him, And he will get his beloved mother out of the deal as well.

• Confirmed in "Cat Blanc", but it didn't end well for him... or the rest of the world.

One of Hawk Moth's villains will turn against him.

While most of Hawk Moth's victims never or don't come close to getting the Miraculouses, one of the new ones may just succeed and try to take them for him/herself. This could lead to Hawk Moth going into the open, or a backfire on whatever villain that may be.

• Partially confirmed. While Robostus didn't succeed, he tried to get the Mirculouses for himself and even attacked Hawk Moth when the latter tried to gain control.
• Over the course of multiple seasons, Lila sours on working for the man once known as Hawk Moth and turns against him.

There will be a Master of Illusion Akuma.

During his/her appearance, an accident will cause Ladybug and/or Cat Noir's identity to be revealed to the other, but by the end, they just assume it was the spell of the Villain of the Week.

• Confirmed and Jossed. Volpina is a Master of Illusion villain, but this scenario is not present.

Hawk Moth is Adrien's father.

It seems apparent at this point (ep. 2), considering their very similar body shape (especially the same large eyes).

• They also seem to have the same voice actor. Plus, his father's current design seems to show some similarites to Hawk Moth's earlier design in the 2d Ladybug PV. Being both men in white
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• They also have very similar facial structures. Plus their personalities have definite similarities such as the fact that they both seem to like making others do their work.
• Possibly Jossed: Gabriel is seen scolding Adrien for attempting to go to school while Stone Heart is still running around.
• Then again the pendant that Hawk Moth has and seems to use to transform has a picture of a woman who seems to look remarkably like Adrien's Mother who has "mysteriously disappeared".
• "Jackady", implies more strongly than ever that Gabriel is Hawk Moth:
  • Gabriel is paying so much attention to the Miraculous of both heroes. He even reaches for Ladybug's earrings at some point. When Cat Noir interrupts the exchange between him and Ladybug, he gets very irritated.
  • He looks mysteriously back at a large picture of his wife before the next Hawk Moth scene and he asks Adrien about his ring, stating that he didn't remember him wearing one.
  • When the Villain of the Week says that he is going to get Gabriel Agreste, Hawk Moth laments that "It's a risky plan, but inspired" implying that the villain's actions are endangering him somehow. When the villain manages to tear down Gabriel Agreste's door, Hawk Moth is angrier than usual and asks him what the hell he thinks he is doing.
  • And then when the Villain of the Week catches him, he hypnotizes him into believing that he is a butterfly, a "Papillon", which is Hawk-Moth's French name. Seriously, the writers aren't even being subtle at this point.
  • Probably the biggest is that there was no ending rant from Hawk Moth in the episode. Makes sense, since he was out of commission after Gabriel got captured and hypnotized. Either the animators want it to be obvious or it's a red herring playing off of the fans' theories to make a plot twist even more shocking.
• Possible Meaningful Name: The agreste is the French name for the Grayling butterfly.
• Counterpoint: Gabriel and Hawk Moth are often seen within minutes of each other ("The Bubbler," "Jackady," "Origins"), and the Agreste mansion is right by the Eiffel Tower (specifically, Adrien's bedroom window faces the base). When Hawk Moth releases an akuma, it always flies over a cityscape with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. Unless Hawk Moth's powers come with some sort of teleportation, it doesn't make sense logistically.
  • If Volpina's illusion of Hawk Moth was accurate, teleportation is one of his powers.
• Guys, listen to the Hawk Moth's voice in Origins Part 1, before he transforms for the first time. It is the exact same voice as Gabriel Agreste. It is literally identical. Yeah, this theory has been confirmed.
• If Hawk Moth is indeed Gabriel, Master Wu will figure this out or at least suspect once Marinette tells him where she got the book he's been looking for.
• I think if you want to argue that he isn't because Hawk Moth's face doesn't match Gabriel's, the thing is that the silhouette we see of the civilian Hawk Moth has a different facial structure from Hawk Moth himself◊, but the silhouette of civilian Hawk Moth does look a great deal like Gabriel Agreste. There's probably a very good reason why Nooroo's mask covers the entire face save eyes and mouth, but none of the others we see do, including Lila's Volpina persona. For the changes to the eye colour, slight change to the skin, and lips, the things not covered by the mask, the same things happen to Ladybug and Cat Noir. Especially Cat Noir, who is noticeably more tan and whose eyes undergo a dramatic change. Marinette's eyes and hair both get darker as Ladybug. Also, you can make out a number of things about Hawk Moth's outfit- he wears red trousers and two-toned laced shoes, for instance. Sound familiar? Both Gabriel and Hawk Moth's civilian identity also sport a silver ring on the middle finger of their left hand, and both wear a collared shirt and a blazer, and both have something on their outfits that put buttons down their front. For Gabriel, it's a waistcoat, but we can't see what it is on Hawk Moth's civilian identity. Speaking of the left hand, while Hawk Moth might appear to be a lefty, that doesn't mean he isn't the apparently right-handed Gabriel. Nathaneal is right-handed but Evillustrator is left-handed. Civilian Hawk Moth and Gabriel also strike the same pose of having their hands behind them with their back arched. Their profiles are also the same- here's Gabriel's and here's the civilian Hawk Moth's. The biggest difference between the two is Gabriel wears glasses and a cravat, and those things don't appear to be on civilian Hawk Moth, but it's entirely possible he had neither of them on. The cravat because he doesn't need one if he's going to pin the Moth Brooch/Locket to his chest where a cravat would go, and people take off their glasses for a number of reasons. At the very least, this person looks, sounds, and dresses a lot like Gabriel Agreste before using the power of the Moth Miraculous. Keep in mind that butterflies and moths are symbols of transformation, so that applies to Hawk Moth.
• Spoilers ahead: if this leaked video is anything to go by, the most popular theory in the fandom is most likely jossed, since it seems highly unlikely that Hawk Moth can akumatize himself.
  • Though, the fact that this clip and the one of Hawk Moth transforming were all told to be taken down has to mean something. Either it means there's more clues that Hawk Moth is Gabriel, or it's confirmed he isn't. After all, it makes sense for him to akumatise himself because 29 or more people have failed to even get their hands on a Miraculous. The only way this can possibly be jossed in that episode is if Hawk Moth is unmasked. It does seem unlikely, though, unless there's a trick to it. Word of God did say that nobody knew what was going to really happen, so until we see Hawk Moth transform or detransform face on, nothing can be for sure. For all we know, there's more to the Moth Locket than meets the eye. For all we know, the Collector we see is actually one of Volpina's illusions, since she is supposed to return.
    • It's also worth noting that in this new Season 2 video, the Collector can clearly be seen standing in Hawk Moth's observation room, somewhere we've never seen any other character visit; and since another clip showed that the fight with the Collector will be happening at least in part inside the Agreste mansion, this theory is still actually looking pretty strong.
• Another thing that is worth talking about is how Hawk Moth has had many times where he could take Cat Noir's ring, but hasn't. While it might seem like Bond Villain Stupidity, a normal show would have the akuma victim get the ring once and then lose it, allowing the status quo to stay, but Hawk Moth never gets his hands on the ring. This might be the show's way of preventing the overprotective Gabriel from seeing that his son is out protecting Paris. His scenes in "Copycat" and "Rogercop", the two episodes where he comes the closest to getting his Miraculous taken, are not framed with the same tension as Ladybug's are in "Antibug" (vs Vanisher) and "Volpina", where she comes closest to losing her Miraculous.
• Perhaps the most damning thing to Gabriel is that a recent advertisement in Brasil finally showed the Collector's akumatisation, where we see the akumatisation happens in Hawk Moth's lair and he's the one holding the Collector's book. The Collector is shown to not only be in Hawk Moth's lair, but where Hawk Moth always stands. This is as close to confirming this as the show can get without outright showing Gabriel transforming into Hawk Moth.
• The first episode of season 2 finally confirms that Gabriel is Hawk Moth, and that he has the ability to use his own powers on himself. Sort of. He has to formally give up his Miraculous (temporarily) in order to pull it off.
  • Well... no, not exactly. There's nothing showing he HAS to give up his Miraculous to akumatise himself. Considering the context of the situation is guarding his identity, and having the Miraculous on him would raise eyebrows and Nooroo will talk him out of it, that could be the reason he removes it. Considering how the stated reason behind Marinette and Adrien being exempt from akumatisation is respectively their optimism and being used to disappointment, not their Miraculouses, he doesn't need to remove it. He chose to.
    • Except that he was a prime suspect for being Hawk Moth after his book was recovered by Ladybug and he's only dropped as a suspect because he was akumatized. Master Fu himself, the most knowledgeable person on the Miraculous so far introduced in the series outside of Hawk Moth himself or the Kwami, pretty much outright states that his own akumatization means he can't be Hawk Moth. If self-akumatization while holding the Butterfly Miraculous was a realistic possibility, his gambit to throw suspicion off of himself would not have worked.

The Order will interfere with Marinette.

With the Order restored, it won't be long (considering modern news and TV) before word reaches them about the Miracle Box being in Paris. They will send an envoy to Paris who will either demand Marinette return the Box or assume an inferior mentor role to Fu, likely the second. The envoy will be extremely critical of Ladybug and Cat Noir but particularly the former considering she possesses the Box. Also, the two Miraculous holders haven't received the particular training necessary for their jobs, he deems them unworthy and incapable. Fu should have been more critical of who he chose rather than deciding in a moment of necessity. We know the Order relied on archaic and somewhat cruel practices; making Fu go on a hunger strike. This will set him up as being a foil to Fu. He is a by-the-book, rule follower whereas Fu was far more lenient. Compare how in Buffy when Giles was replaced by Wesley as Buffy's watcher. There will possibly be a situation with an akuma/amok where he deems the heroes incapable and doing a poor job. Thus, he takes up a Miraculous. However, despite his immense knowledge of the Miraculous, he struggles to put it into practise and LB and CN will save the day. When it comes down to it, the envoy will realise Marinette and Adrien have done great work while as Ladybug and Cat Noir. He'll then leave Paris and return to the Order, asserting Marinette's status as a Guardian and leaving the Box in her care. He'll become a champion of Marinette and heavily supportive of her role as Ladybug and caretaker of the Miraculous.

This will likely result in the Order loosening their grip on their practices and rejoining with the wider world. Also, they will possibly remain involved in the "Parisian Miraculous Crisis of '15" (from a distance) while allowing the heroes to maintain their autonomy. They'll probably become active and help during particular crises, think the Catalyst incident.

• Almost entirely confirmed. Su-Han takes the box back and tries to coerce the heroes into giving up their Miraculous, but comes around after realizing the two have a pretty good handle on things and that he's not actually helping the situation. However, because he's completely by-the-book, he does not use a Miraculous himself (it's forbidden). He also does not go back to the temple, but decides to keep an eye on the situation in Paris while trying to catch up on the modern era.

Sabrina is actually a spy and is going expose Chloé and Lila to everyone

Sabrina’s friendship with Chloé will end once and for all making both but mostly Lila expelled and others stop trusting her once and for all. Sabrina finally has the backbone to stand up to Chloé and become friends with Marinette and others.

• Confirmed. This is what happens in "Confrontation", though Lila left the school on her own rather than get expelled.

The Miraculous transformation can alter a person's physical appearance.

Aside from the current fashion, a Miraculous wielder's costume depends on what they think a hero would look like. So, the effect is that they become the ideal version of themselves, both in costume and in body. Of course, neither Ladybug nor Cat Noir are especially insecure about their looks; Marinette is more inside-oriented, and Adrien at least messes up his hair to symbolize the desire to live more wild and freely. However, if Gabriel Agreste is Hawk Moth, this concept explains how his villainous alter ego is taller, more muscular, paler and has better teeth.

• I would honestly call this confirmed, because we see Hawk Moth's civilian self in silhouette and he looks nothing like Hawk Moth.
• Confirmed, as Hawk Moth, according to the height chart, is taller than his civilian identity.

There will be an episode where Marinette and Adrien switch powers.

After the reveal, Marinette and Adrien will be playing video games at her house. One of them claims that the other wouldn't last five minutes in their shoes, leading the two to switch Miraculouses for the day for shits and giggles. Naturally, an Akuma attacks that day.

• Confirmed by leaks of Marinette as "Lady Noir" and Adrien as "Mister Bug", although the details are still unknown.
• Confirmed in "Reflekdoll", though it's not for shits that they exchange Miraculous- Plagg finds Reflekta!Marinette before Reflekta!Adrien, and she just takes the Miraculous rather than try to find Tikki. Tikki then finds Adrien searching for his ring and gives him the Ladybug earrings. They did however think the other couldn't possibly do what they do though.

Season 3 will end with a two-part episode.

All seasons so far ended like that. In this case, Lila will make good on the threat to steal Marinette's friends and it'll enable Hawk Moth to finally akumatize her, leaving Tikki and Master Fu with no choice but to allow the other Miraculous Heroes to know she's Ladybug.

• The two-parter bit is confirmed by the synopsis leak. The season finale is a two-parter called "Battle of the Miraculous". So far, the confirmed opponents are Mr. and Mrs. Bourgeois in part 1 and Chloé in part 2.

The broken Peacock Miraculous will be repaired in Season 3.

It has been shown as of the second part of Season 2 that Ladybug's powers can fix broken Miraculouses. If Mayura ever enters the fight against Ladybug (especially if Hawk Moth akumatizes her through her Miraculous), and Ladybug defeats her, Ladybug's cleansing powers could restore the Peacock Miraculous to its former state.

• Confirmed. Gabriel repairs it at the end of "Miracle Queen".

Hawk Moth targets Adrien's class so much because he's aware of Chloé's reputation for hurting people around her.

He knows that where Chloé Bourgeois goes, misery will soon follow (and, since she's the mayor's daughter, this will not change in the near future), so the easiest way to find victims is for him to keep tabs on Chloé and then send akumas to the people she tears down. The fact that Adrien is also in her class is practically a non-issue, so long as Hawk Moth never sends akumas after his (probably) son.

• As of Season 2's "Despair Bear", yes, this is absolutely correct, he is always banking on Chloé's nasty personality.

Someone will call Chloé out on how most akumatized victims are her fault.

She'll not only deny responsibility but also bring up those that weren't her fault like Mr. Pigeon and bring up those who became vulnerable for losing competitions. She'll ask whose fault those were: the losers themselves for not accepting defeat or their adversaries for winning. She'll sarcastically ask if people should stop holding competitions out of fear Hawk Moth will akumatize everyone who loses.

• This will lead to an uneasy Jerkass Has a Point moment before Sabrina calls her out by asking one simple question: "So how was it my fault you decided I was invisible and I got upset that my friend would reject my apology?". As Chloé sputters, trying to pass off blame, the rest of the class will be emboldened to call her out about mistreating them, some incidents causing akumas and others just causing her and ultimately someone, possibly Alya, will suggest that a club for people who were akumatized because of Chloé be formed and when Chloé wails that she'll sic her daddy on them, Adrien, for the first time, will properly call her out, telling her he's sick of her treating everyone who isn't him this way and that they can't be friends anymore. When she wails about why, he replies "Because my friend Chloé is better than this; it's a shame she's forgotten that."
• Confirmed in Zombizou. Chloé gets called out by Alix for it when she tampers with Marinette's birthday gift to Miss Bustier. And she gets called out again for causing another akumatization and getting the class in peril again, later by most of the class when Paris is under Zombizou's mind control.

Gabriel Agreste was born and raised in a rural area.

The surname already suggests it. One episode will reveal that Gabriel left for the big city to pursue his dream of becoming a fashion designer and estranged himself from his family because they didn't agree with his ambitions.

• Confirmed.

Gabriel isn't Adrien's real father.

Adrien's real parents were Miraculous holders who perished in battle (or so Gabriel believes).

• Technically confirmed. Adrien is a sentimonster with no real father.

Mr. Ramier will be the first to get an anti-akuma charm

• It's been announced that Mr. Pigeon will be the main villain of the fourth episode of season 4. The sixth episode shows that Ladybug will soon give out special charms to akuma victims to prevent them from getting akumatized again, and it makes sense that someone who gets akumatized as many times as he does would be the first to recieve one.
  • Confirmed.

Marinette has an undiagnosed inner ear problem.

After all, she's incredibly clumsy and uncoordinated. She often falls over randomly, simply because she turned her head. Her sudden improvement as Ladybug could simply be Tikki compensating for the problem. In her first outing as Ladybug, in the Origin two-parter, she was still clumsy, which could have be Tikki still adjusting and figuring out how to compensate.

• However, it could also be psychological, as she showed no sign of her usual clumsiness when her memory got wiped in Oblivio.

• Some sort of anxiety or panic disorder would fit. Marinette is quite quick to jump to worst case scenarios and when surprised often jumps or flails her arms around as a result.

• Adoration in season 5 confirms her issues are at least partially psychological.

Hawk Moth's lair

Assuming Hawk Moth is Gabriel Agreste, it may be under the room where he keeps the photos of Adrien and the painting of his wife. It's not behind anything, but there's a trapdoor under the floor somewhere. That room is full of secrets- it's the main room for activating security, it has the remotes to get through doors, and it has that safe in it. Who's to say it doesn't have an opening in the floor? If it is Gabriel, we know the lair has to be somewhere near the room because of how quickly he changes between Gabriel and Hawk Moth.

• After three hours of looking, I've deduced it might be somewhere in the 16th Arrondissement, based on it's location in relevance to the Eiffel Tower. Assuming Gabriel is Hawk Moth, Hawk Moth must have the power of teleportation like "Volpina" vaguely implies he does with Consummate Liar Volpina's illusions.
• Maybe there's a room underneath the atelier that he can use to go to his lair. It's worth noting he's not always shown transforming in the room (indeed it only happened twice that we know of), so we have no reason to suspect the lair is anywhere near the manor if Gabriel is Hawk Moth. I've suggested it elsewhere (but I thought I did on here, too) that it's in Gabriel's studio.
  • Yes and no to all of the above. The lair isn't exactly directly under the atelier as in the initial guess, but the entrance is and it is indeed accessed via a trapdoor in the room, making the third part correct, an the middle one is as yet unconfirmed.
    • The one in the middle is jossed now, as well.

Season 2 will start where "Volpina" ended.

The first episode will start with Marinette still recovering from the shock that Master Fu not only knows she's Ladybug but also is the one who gave her the earrings.

• Confirmed, based on promo clips.
• Confirmed, "The Collector" and "Volpina" do indeed overlap.

Currently, Ladybug and Cat Noir can only use a very limited form of their true power.

The Origins episode talks up both their respective Miraculous as turning the user into a borderline reality warper, but their powers as they currently stand only allow them to perform such an act once and it uses up so much energy that they de-power in five minutes after using it (Apart from Ladybug repairing most of the collateral damage). All of this despite the fact that it's stated that using both in tandem will make the user omnipotent. Why the discrepancy? Simply put, Ladybug and Cat Noir are new to the mantle and thus inexperienced as well as largely untrained, meaning that they currently lack the capacity to use their power to its full potential. Perhaps Master Fu will begin to train them in the second season.

• Confirmed. In "The Collector" Master Fu tells Marinette that there are secrets in the book that can unlock new powers for Ladybug and Cat Noir.
  • Further supported in "Syren," when Master Fu reveals there are potions that grant new powers to Miraculous holders.
  • And given even more support in "Mayura", when Hawk Moth indicates that with further training the heroes could hold their transformations even after using their powers.
• Essentially confirmed in "Timetagger" by Bunnyx.

There are Miraculouses for each animal of the Chinese Zodiac.

Decorating the chest owned by Master Fu for holding Miraculouses, there are twelve gold buttons, each having a Chinese symbol. From the sides that can be seen and translated so far, each button appears to list an animal from the Chinese zodiac, like rat, tiger, and monkey. Also, Jeremy Zag revealed in an interview that the chest has more than one floor. Chinese Zodiac-themed Miraculouses could very likely be meant to be stored in another floor or more that we have yet to see.

• We do see that there could be a rooster and an ox, but the problem is we also see one that's definitely something like a deer and a lion. I'm talking about the opening of Origins, when Nooroo is talking and past Miraculous holders are being shown. So this might be a little off, or the deer and the lion are variants of other things in the Zodiac. If we use logic exhibited by the Pokemon fandom regarding the Fire starters, and go with "the thing that it vaguely looks like or shares a classification with", it's the Horse and the Tiger.
• As stated by the official Miraculous Ladybug Tumblr blog, there are "maaaany more" Miraculouses, so it's not impossible for the Miraculouses showcased in the theme song animatic, the beginning of "Ladybug and Cat Noir", and zodiac-themed Miraculouses to all exist. At the least, it would be weird for the Miraculous box to have Chinese symbols for zodiac animals decorating the outside of the box if they don't exist.
  • On August 31, 2017, a promotional video confirmed that eleven of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals, the rabbit excluded, have Miraculouses based on them.
    • Which begs the question of why only the Rabbit was excluded.
    • While the Chinese Zodiac has the Rabbit as the 4th animal, the Vietnamese Zodiac replaces it with a cat instead. Just an observation.

Gabriel will actually succeed at getting Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses, and use them to cast the Wish...

... at which point one (or more) of three things could happen.

• First, something goes spectacularly wrong. Perhaps using the Wish to call back Emilie opens the path for some other evil, perhaps he misphrases his wish, perhaps the price ends up being something more or other than what he expects, perhaps Emilie is actually a villain.
• Second, he succeeds at getting back his wife, but Adrien manages to put two and two together and now knows that his father is/was Hawk Moth.
• Third, he succeeds at getting back his wife, manages to concoct a cover story, and to all appearances has gotten away with it. Adrien is ecstatic to have his mother back, and we the audience groan at the further dramatic irony.

Whichever of the three happens, after he has cast his Wish, Gabriel will use the last dregs of the magic to restore the Miraculouses to their rightful owners. After all, if he knows that his son is Cat Noir, he will want Adrien to have his Miraculous back.

• Fourth, his own life turns out to be the price to have his wife back. She makes up a cover story, Cat Noir goes to the bakery to return Marinette's earrings and, when she asks how he got the Miraculouses back, he explains everything, including the fact that he's Adrien Agreste and his now late father was Hawk Moth. Marinette and Adrien will try to return the Miraculouses but Master Fu tells them to keep them because there'll be a new villain. Marinette and Adrien will finally become a couple after months getting over the emotional trauma.
• Fifth, the wish will create an Alternate Timeline where Emilie was never rendered in a coma by the Peacock Miraculous, but Gabriel was and she became the Hawk Moth of that timeline. It is likely that Alex was protected from the change with the Bunny Miraculous and thus she is able to change things back to the way they were.

Jossed Theories

The Green "Lucky Charm" introduced in "The Gamer" is a Miraculous and contains a Kwami

Again, in the show's opening a green Kwami can be seen and it heads towards something that looks suspiciously close to the green "Lucky Charm".

• Jossed: It's just a lucky bracelet. The green Miraculous and its owner have been revealed in Part 1 of Origins.

Hawk Moth is himself an Akuma.

With the ability to create other Akumas given by their Kwami, almost entirely controlled by them due to being emotionally empty.

• Jossed.

In a bit of irony, Chloé will not be Akuma-ized.

With a character like her, wouldn't it have happened by now if it were true?

• Alternately, her Akuma's effect will be to make Chloé gentle, kind, and considerate. Makes no sense, but it'd be funny.
  • Unfortunately, both jossed; Chloé becomes the Akuma Antibug.

The green Kwami seen in the opening represents a four-leaf clover.

Based on the two known Kwamis being themed around luck, it would make sense that the others may be as well. Combine that with the Kwami's green color, and the four-leaf clover comes to mind as a possibility.

• Jossed: It represents a turtle

Villain of the Week formula will only last one season.

It will end with Hawk Moth's defeat in season's final.

• Jossed.

Hawk Moth does not/cannot discern his victims' identities.

Who his victims are serves no purpose in his search for negativity, and when someone is akumatized, he determines the source of the negativity and gives them a new name.

• Jossed: He knows who Ivan is during the second origins episode.

Lila's last name is either Cagliostro or Balsamo.

As a homage to the infamous Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, born Guiseppe Balsamo, a Sicilian Phony Psychic and Snake Oil Salesman who traveled across Europe, struck it big in Paris, then he was arrested and exiled.

• Jossed. Her official last name is Rossi.

Tom Dupain will be akumatized into a Bad Santa in the Christmas Episode.

Scans for season 2 hint to a future appearance of someone resembling Santa Claus, and is most likely a villain. Tom has a somewhat Santa Claus-y figure, plus the association of cookies and Santa. There's also an element of gravity that is necessary in a holiday special, because Marinette will be in turmoil of having to fight her dad.

• Jossed, the Bad Santa in the Christmas Episode is a local Santa Claus, not Marinette's dad.

Adrien will watch a Happier Home Movie in the Christmas Episode.

Probably from the simpler times when he was a little kid rather than just from the last Christmas. Either Adrien and Gabriel will (albeit awkwardly) bond by watching the video together, or Adrien will spy on his father watching it with a forlorn expression, and remember that he's not the only one missing Mama Agreste.

• Jossed. We don't see anything like that.

The Peacock Miraculous technically has both peacock and peahen forms depending the gender of the wearer.

Because if you did not already know the fancy-tailed peacocks are all boys while there are also plainer colored female versions. Or perhaps there is just a peacock form and if the wearer is a girl then they are probably thought to be a boy to the public which could aid in the identity staying a bit more secret.

• Er... Peacock Girl. It's a thing for a reason. Plus, with the reveal of Mayura, who at the very least is wearing a dress, this guess is likely jossed, unless Mayura is male and wearing a dress or does not consider themselves either gender (or considers themselves both). Either way, the Peacock Brooch can produce a dress in the usual peacock colouring.
• Jossed, as Mayura is female. Makes sense- this is the Peacock Miraculous, not the Peafowl.

Kwamis CAN rebel against their masters.

If the Miraculouses are not meant to be used for evil, maybe the jewels have something of a failsafe? Of course for it to work, the kwami would have to possess the will to reject the holder, which adds a layer of substance to Nooroo's enslavement. Then again, it all leads back to the mystery of just what exactly the kwamis are and the extant of their personal power.

• If that's true, Nooroo's revolt will take place during a Near-Villain Victory moment.
• Word of God states that Kwamis MUST obey their masters, whether they want to or not.
  • Must they obey the letter or the spirit?

The Turtle Miraculous holder always takes up the position of "Great Guardian"

Possibly related to the above WMG, about the turtle being defensive and long-lived, becoming the Turtle Miraculous holder means taking up the responsibility for protecting the other, unused Miraculouses.

• Nope, for there were one many Guardians.

The Moth/Butterfly Miraculous was lost on purpose

It seems to be actually very powerful- many of the akuma are on par with Cat Noir and Ladybug in terms of powers. In the wrong hands, it's chaotic. Therefore, it's possible that the Locket was lost on purpose so that no one may ever wield the great and terrible power within.

• Definitely not the case, as "The Collector" reveals.

If Nino is given the Peacock Miraculuous, he'll end up in a variation of Dating Catwoman with Alya, who by then will have the fox Miraculous.

Self-explanatory.

• Jossed, a recent promo video shows he gets the Turtle Bracelet.

Alternately Lila will be re-akumatized in the first episode of Season 2.

And after she was de-evilized, Lila will meet with Hawk Moth in personally.

• Might be jossed, if "The Collector" is the true first episode of the season.
• Jossed for real; "The Collector" is set after "Volpina" and features a different akuma victim.

Despite the wikia's assumptions, Mr Damocles is not The Dark Owl.

I haven't found anything saying that's who Dark Owl is, anyway.

• NOPE. He is.

Hawk Moth is Gabriel Agreste's akumatized form.

He was actually the first victim of the real Hawk Moth, and is being used as a patsy to hide the real mastermind's misdeeds.

• Very unlikely, considering Gabriel's akumatised form is The Collecctor.
• Jossed, as Hawk Moth is not an akuma.

As an alternate to an above, Adrien will be the first to find out Hawk Moth's identity

But Cat Noir can't exactly tell her because she doesn't want to know his identity, nor can he tell her as Adrien because of how he found out. It would be very hard to tell her who Hawk Moth is without revealing he knows because he's Gabriel's son. Nor is he sure he wants to tell her, because, well, it's his dad.

Félix Agreste will make an appearance...sort of.

In an expository flashback, we will see a teen Gabriel Agreste, who will be a dead ringer for Félix. As a possible bonus, if the theory that Gabriel was holder of the peacock miraculous is true, his costume will take cues from the original Cat Noir.

Félix was Adrien's predecessor.

Thomas Astruc has said he wants to bring Félix back at some point, and having him appear in an episode as an ex-Cat Noir would be a neat way of fitting him in while also being able to explore the downside of Cat Noir's powers, which the show hasn't really done.

• He's Master Fu's mistake. He used his powers for evil until his time's Ladybug defeated him or Plagg revolted once he ran out of stinky cheese. Now he wants to find out the current Cat Noir's identity so he can reclaim the ring.
• Astruc has mentioned several times that he has since lost all interest in using Félix, calling him too cliché a character and generally favoring Adrien.
• He once stated point-blank that Félix will NEVER appear (emphasis his.) ...So of course, Félix did go onto appear (...which makes this theory Jossed, as there's no sign of him being a miraculous wielder, past or present.)

Félix will be voiced by Lucien Dodge.

Mostly making this guess because he voiced another antisocial student character named Felix in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, so he'd be a good fit.

• Jossed. He shares the same voice actor as Adrien due to being almost identical to him.

Hawk Moth is Gabriel Agreste's alternate personality.

Gabriel Agreste is displayed as being a calm and collected face (some would even call it "cold") obsessing over his work and goes to great lengths to keep Adrien busy and under-control, afraid that something could happen to him otherwise. Hawk Moth on the other hand is an egomaniacal, power hungry menace that corrupts others regardless of who they are (from little children to adults), sending them out to cause destruction and devastation in his quest for power. While it is possible that Gabriel's cool demeanor is just a face he puts on for the public, it is equally as likely that they are in fact two different personas entirely.

In "Simon Says" and "Volpina", it is made pretty clear that Gabriel knows about the miraculouses, possessing an ancient book about the miraculouses, possibly possessing the peacock miraculous, recognizing the cat miraculous on Adrien's finger in its powered-down state, etc.

This is most revealing in the Christmas special, where he spends much of his time staring at the portrait of his missing wife, then being the first Christmas he has without her. When he is told that his son has gone missing, he goes to great lengths to find Adrien and bring him home, calling the police and contacting all of his school mates. Meanwhile, Hawk Moth creates a supervillain that just happens to be involved with Adrien somehow and does not see any problem. If Gabriel was fully aware of his Hawk Moth-ways, he probably would hold-off his evil schemes and focus all of his energy on finding Adrien.

It is clear that one of the few things that he loves more than anything is his son, and when he saw Adrien's ring, he was shocked to see it. If Gabriel was Hawk Moth in full awareness, then someone like Gabriel would try and confiscate it from Adrien directly under some kind of ruse without ricking harm to his son, yet it isn't ever brought up and Hawk Moth does his usual "create a supervillain to draw them out" plan as always. In "Simon Says", the villain he creates desires revenge against Gabriel for humiliating him. Hawk Moth believes it to be "risky", but he goes along with it with no clear sense of worry for his own safety. Hawk Moth and Gabriel are never seen actively doing anything independent of each other, Gabriel by himself during the Hawk Moth's scenes. Because of this, I believe that while they both share knowledge on common things, it is possible that the mental split causes the two to act on with no awareness of each other, one blacking out as the other takes over.

• It actually makes sense for him not to confiscate Adriens ring, as it will just lead to Adrien searching his father's room/office/study/misc. private locations for the ring. And if the combined power of Ladybug and Cat Noir can bring people back from the dead, why would Gabriel need to worry about his son dying to one of the akuma if it means he gets the power he needs?
• It may be possible that Gabriel is at least partially aware of this theorized other side. It seems like he never leaves his house of his own will. (When judging a derby-making competition, he does via Skype) This may be a tactic to limit what kind of damage this split personality could do. If Gabriel is Hawk Moth through the other self, then Hawk Moth's lair may be more along the lines of a prison- and why Hawk Moth never joins the battles himself. It would also explain why Gabriel avoids spending time with Adrien; He hopes to hide this worser half from his son.

The Butterfly villain is related to Ladybug.

Specifically, he's her grandfather.

• She inherited her ladybug earrings from her grandmother, but her grandfather hasn't been mentioned yet.
  • His symbol is a Butterfly of Death and Rebirth. He's gone a little crazy after the death of his wife. He wants to steal Ladybug's earrings, and with their Good Luck powers and his own powers of Rebirth, he wants to resurrect his dead wife, and have both of them be 'reborn' together. (Bonus tragedy if he doesn't realize Ladybug is his own granddaughter.)
• Origins has jossed the "inherited from grandmother" aspect of this theory.

Hawk Moth/Papillion is not Gabriel Agreste but rather a former romantic rival who never lost his love for Adrien's mother.

• And the rival hides his desire to get revenge on Gabriel for the disappearance of his love. He's perfectly fine with removing Gabriel from the picture (possibly even trading him for his wife) and keeping Adrien around but has no qualms about eliminating the boy if he gets in the way. Bonus shock value if this former rival is someone Adrien considers an Honorary Uncle.
  • If Gabriel is aware of his former rival's feelings towards him (but not his supervillain activities), the extra security is to make sure that Adrien is never alone with his "uncle" long enough for things to go south.

Emilie Agreste was the Fox Miraculous holder, and Lila will be Mayura

The Volpina episode hints that Emilie was/will be the Peacock Miraculous holder and Lila lies that she's the Fox hero. What if Emilie wasn't the one who owned the Peacock Miraculous because she was the Fox. And if Lila is the Peacock, it will makes an irony.

• Jossed. Nathalie becomes Mayura and Emilie used to be that miraculous' holder.

Hawk Moth is Mr. Kubdel

We all expect it to be Mr. Agreste, but there's someone else who has access to research concerning the Miraculous.

Hawk Moth is one of Chloé's relatives.

We don't know much about Hawk Moth, but from his outfit and the few details we can see of his lair, he seems to be a fairly affluent individual. The Bourgeois family has been shown as very well-off compared to most of the rest of the cast (besides perhaps the Agreste family), and it would be an interesting story element given how often Chloé seems to act as a catalyst for people becoming akumatized. (Note: given Chloé's idolization of Ladybug, it seems unlikely that she's purposefully catalyzing these transformations, even if this guess is proven correct.)

While it can't be Chloé's father (the events of Rogercop clearly show them in different locations during the same period of time), who's to say she doesn't have a creepy uncle? Or even an estranged older brother?

Hawk Moth is not Gabriel Agreste, but rather, is a brother or another relative of his.

While it is fairly apparent that Hawk Moth has some sort of connection to Gabriel Agreste due to the numerous similarities between them, there are a few key pieces of evidence that make at least this troper doubtful that they are one and the same. The first piece of evidence against the theory would be Hawk Moth's eye color, which is a much lighter blue than Gabriel's eyes are. (Admittedly, Ladybug's eyes become a slightly lighter shade of blue when she's in hero mode, so this could just be due to the kwami having that effect on whomever uses them. However, I wouldn't have noticed that Ladybug's eye color changed at all had it not been pointed out to me numerous times, so at least the change in less pronounced with her). Hawk Moth's skin tone appears to be much lighter than Gabriel's as well. Their face shapes don't appear to be exactly the same shape either, though that could be an illusion created by Hawk Moth's mask. Physicality aside, there's also the fact that Gabriel's appearances in Simon Says would not match up with Hawk Moth's, timing wise- several of the clips we get of Hawk Moth are at points where Gabriel is presumably preoccupied, and Hawk Moth can't be two places at once.All said, Gabriel obviously has some sort of connection to the miraculous in general, so it seems unwise to discount him as an entirely innocent party in all this. Given that Hawk Moth bears a strong to Gabriel, if not a perfect one, they easily look as though they could be siblings. Perhaps Gabriel's got a brother whom he has a strained relationship with- maybe they were part of a love triangle involving both Agreste brothers and Mrs. Agreste, for instance, or something along those lines. Whatever the reason for it, perhaps Mr. Agreste's brother resents both Gabriel and Cat Noir enough that he wouldn't mind using either of them as collateral damage to further his own schemes.

• It is heavily implied he is Hawk Moth (he does, after all, note that it's "risky" for Simon Says to come after Gabriel), but maybe those heavy hints are a bit of a Red Herring. He does know about the Miraculous, because he has the Peacock one and that book, so him being interested in the ring and earrings are irrelevant. Further, the place that's implied to be where he keeps his akuma (behind the portrait of Adrien's mother) is not a room at all- it's a safe, where he keeps the book Adrien steals and Marinette ends up with, and the Peacock pin. So that may explain his interest in the earrings and the ring. Considering they have the exact same voices, it's possible Hawk Moth is actually Gabriel's twin brother, who's mostly completely identical, but ever-so-slightly different in a few of his facial features. It's also possible that the poor lighting in the room is why his skin and eyes appear to lighten, and why his face shape seems off. It is a very pale, cold light. Also, even if the transformation does change those features, Ladybug's not the only one whose eyes change; Cat Noir's eyes change pretty obviously (gaining cat pupils), though I personally thought most of the change was the mask's night vision function adding a green hue to every part of his eye. Supposing this is correct, then maybe Gabriel's wife was the Peacock one, and Gabriel did research to find out if he could use a Miraculous, to protect his wife from her duties, or else he began to research them as a result of her death and learning the Miraculous indirectly led to hear death (if not both things- he's researching it for revenge and to protect his son). I originally thought he was Hawk Moth, but I think it's equally likely Hawk Moth is Gabriel's twin brother, and the allusions to Gabriel being it are just misleading.

Hawk Moth is Emilie Agreste.

Originally, she was the butterfly Miraculous, while her husband was the peacock Miraculous. At some point, though, she was presumed lost during a battle. To save her life, Nooroo used their powers on herself, as an Emergency Transformation. Unfortunately, however, this was corrupted by the akuma (or whatever) they were fighting, turning her into an evil copy of Gabriel, and causing (of course) Laser-Guided Amnesia. She keeps a picture of who she once was; while she doesn't know who the woman in the picture is, she can't bring herself to get rid of it.

Meanwhile, the loss devastated Gabriel, causing him to hang up the brooch and completely changing his personality. Shortly, however, he was forced into a final fight, to protect Adrien from a "dark Miraculous"; during the course of this fight, he realised who Hawk Moth really was. At the end, Hawk found that "he" couldn't finish Gabriel off, and merely left; Gabriel, after coming out of shock, decided to do everything he could to protect his son. He distanced himself in hopes that Hawk wouldn't see his son as his weak point on the chance that "he" figured out who the peacock Miraculous was, and set up all those defenses as a backup measure.

Considering this, the climactic battle will involve Gabriel coming out of retirement as the peacock Miraculous, and teaming up with Ladybug & Noir against Hawk. In the end, Ladybug will use her Lucky Charm... and, to her surprise, get a picture of the Agreste family. Gabriel will finally put two and two together, and the three of them will find a way to restore Hawk's memories; this will involve both Gabriel and Adrien revealing their identities (and Marinette revealing hers, either by being awkward around Adrien, or by telling him after the battle), and Hawk eventually regaining her memories. Marinette will use her World-Healing Wave on Hawk, removing the corruption and turning her back into the butterfly Miraculous.

[This ties into the similar theory below, that the Agreste parents were a Miraculous Battle Couple before Emilie disappeared.]

Kagami will not survive "Miracle Queen".

First of all, this is not a Die for Our Ship request. I do not dislike Kagami's character, and am not too concerned with the shipping. This is just what I feel like the last episode may have been hinting at.

Spoilers from Loveater/Heart Hunter below. You've been warned!

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This ties in with a theory posted above, but even if that theory is wrong, I think Marinette's opening narration about loss was a Bait-and-Switch - it seemed like it was about losing Adrien, but instead will be about losing Kagami. I'm thinking Heroic Sacrifice - I mean, she's the only one beside the main characters whose Miraculous isn't in Hawk Moth's hands...

Also, Word of God stated that Season 4 with show who will win and lose in the "Adrienette vs. Lukanette" ship. Notice whose name isn't part of either Portmanteau Couple Name?

• And Jossed. I misread the hints.

Ladybug will be the first hero to find out Hawk Moth's Secret Identity.

She'll be so conflicted about her crush's father being the villain. Afraid of Adrien's reaction, she won't tell Cat Noir and Master Fu. She'll also start avoiding Adrien out of fear he's with his Dad. She'll assume that's the reason Adrien has never been Akumatized.

• The specifics are mostly wrong, but the guess itself is correct.
• Jossed. Félix is the first to discover Hawk Moth's identity in Season 4 - though Ladybug is the first person to suspect Gabriel Agreste.

Chloé will be forgiven for her actions in "Miracle Queen".

Her parents were under Hawk Moth's control and she made that deal to have them freed after all.

• Jossed. As she only kept getting worse since that moment, she naturally wasn't.

Chloé will be arrested for what she did in Miracle Queen.

Chloé did help a known terrorist after all. While neither Ladybug or Cat Noir will probably reveal this, possibly to protect Chloé's safety, the news will leak and Chloé might face some consequences for her actions.

• Jossed, as far as we know only Ladybug, Cat Noir, Hawk Moth and Mayura remember anything. It is very likely that nothing will happen.

Most Miraculous are former akumatized objects.

I'm just spitballing on this one, but I can't help but notice a similarity between akumatized objects and Miraculous - seemingly innocuous items that supernatural beings enter to become Transformation Trinkets for people. Perhaps, under the right circumstances, akumatized objects can become Miraculous, and this might be how most of the Miraculous were formed in the first place (obviously not Nooroo's though!) It's even theoretically possible that many of the kwamis are uplifted akumas. (Granted, I believe it's been stated that Tikki is the oldest kwami, and Plagg was at least alive during the time of dinosaurs, so if this is the case, it's apparently not true of them.)

• It seems more likely that the inverse is true, the concept of the Butterfly Miraculous was the creation of temporary Miraculous.
• Jossed, especially if one considers the rings that most of the Miraculous are reforged into to be new Miraculous.

Gabriel had an identical twin brother, who married Emilie's identical twin sister Amelie.

This is the best explanation for the identical cousins Adrien and Félix. His brother died within the last year.

• Jossed. Colt (Félix's father) isn't Gabriel's twin, instead he created Félix with the Peacock Miraculous using his jealousy towards Gabriel's "perfect" son, that's why they look identical.

Félix is Adrien's half-brother, not his cousin.

Félix looks too much like Adrien to just be his cousin. At some point Gabriel had an affair with Amelie, the question is whether it happened before or after Emilie's was put in the glass case (in which case Gabriel might have slept with Amelie out of grief because she looks identical).

• Since Félix and Adrien appear to be the same age, and Emilie only "disappeared" a year ago, the affair would have to be years ago.

• Jossed. They look the same cause they're both sentihumans, but they were created by different people (Adrien by his mom Emilie and Félix by his father Colt).

Marinette will become the new Great Guardian in Season 2

With the knowledge that Nino will obtain Wayzz's Miraculous and that Marinette will be the one distributing the other Miraculouses, this may mean that Master Fu's time has come, and he passes his job on to Marinette.

• Jossed, but it seems to be happening in Season 4.

Zoé is older than Chloé.

With Audrey traveling so much it wouldn’t have been hard for her to hide a pregnancy. Her infidelity could have happened when she was in New York and just dropped Zoé off with her dad.

What’s to the noted is that when children from a foreign country move and switch schools, they are held back a year due to a variety of factors such as a language barrier. This could be why Zoé is in Chloé’s class since she’d be held back.

• Jossed. "Adoration" confirms that Zoé's a grade lower than Marinette and the rest of her classmates, which makes her canonically an year younger than Chloé

Sabrina is actually using Chloé and not the other way around.

Sabrina sees pretty well that their relationship is unequal and toxic. But she doesn't really need it to be healthy. In fact, she doesn't need Chloé as a friend at all. She tolerates all this solely because she knows pretty well that Chloé would never agree to have any other kind of relationship. As Chloé's friend, she often appears in the mayor's home, and is on pretty good terms with André. Sabrina also accompanies Chloé when she meets with other powerful people, thus getting more connections. As a result, after university she can use her multiple strong connections to either have a well-paid and influential position in someone's company or even get those rich people to support her own business.

• Jossed.

Marinette will find circumstancial evidence pointing to Gabriel being Hawk Moth

The evidence convinces her enough that Ladybug will publicly expose Gabriel, tarnishing his reputation. Then it turns out he wasn't Hawk Moth after all and he gets akumatized thanks to Marinette. His akumatized form will be the Hobgoblin.^note That Spider foe turned out to be a fashion designer in the comics.

• Unlikely- Gabriel gets akumatised into the Collector sometime after learning Adrien stole the Miraculous book, and it seems Marinette has reached the conclusion that Adrien is Hawk Moth, not Gabriel. It's a bit unlikely they'd have her completely misunderstand twice, though not impossible, and we have no evidence that the Collector is the only thing he can akuamtise into.

Hawk Moth is Félix

Ignoring the fact that the creators hate him and don't want him to return at all for a minute, Hawk Moth could theoretically be an adult Félix, possibly because of how awful he was.

Hawk Moth's akuma will never work on Ladybug and Cat Noir.

Because Incorruptible Pure Pureness, that's why. While being brainwashed by an akuma victim is fair game (ask Cat Noir), gaining powers from Hawk Moth requires consent that one is giving in to The Corruption, and, well, we can't have the heroes of a kid's show doing that.

• Jossed by Word of God, but oddly enforced in the show, as akumas never seem interested in Marinette no matter how angry or jealous she gets. But going under "jossed" because that's what Word of God says.

Gabriel Agreste is the Peacock Miraculous holder.

The most common theory is that his wife Emilie used it before she disappeared, there are potential subtle bits of evidence to the contrary. 1. Despite the Peacock Girl trope, it is the male peafowl that have the vibrant colours and feathers the pin depicts. 2. Gabriel displays the symbolic temperament of a peacock by being well-dressed (famous fashion designer,) proud (would sooner face a dangerous villain than sully his honour,) and family-oriented (protective of Adrien to a destructive degree.) 3. In the family portrait in the mansion's dining room, Gabriel is wearing shades of blue. Not as solid as the other points perhaps, but it's something.

• Jossed, he's Hawk Moth.

Hawk Moth’s Miraculous belonged to Emilie Agreste

This theory combines with the one saying Adrien’s father is Hawk Moth.Adrien’s mother was a heroine and wielder of the butterfly Miraculous from her teenage years into parenthood. Gabriel was either her partner, or just an incredibly understanding husband. One day, she died while on a mission, or disappeared and left her Miraculous brooch and its kwami behind. Gabriel and the kwami, heartbroken, decided to team up and bring back the woman they both love, either to revive her or find her by collecting the other Miraculouses.

• THIS!
• The only part wrong with this is the fact that, as Origins shows, Nooroo does not want to be used for evil, but has no choice but to obey Hawk Moth. Otherwise, good theory.
• Tying into this is the second Miraculous that Gabriel keeps in his safe. Perhaps he used to use that one while Battle Couple-ing with his wife, then respecced as Hawk Moth because that powerset could be better applied to villainy? Think about it, the male fashion designer with the peacock Miraculous is pretty damn fitting.
• I don't think even the broad topic of this WMG is right. Wayzz and Master Fu imply that the Moth Miraculous has been missing for a very long time, long enough they think it's been "lost forever". It seems unlikely that Mrs Agreste would have used it in the past year if that's the case.
• "The Collector" officially kills this one.

If Gabriel is not Hawk Moth..

The first episode of Season 2 (The Collector) is will be a Take That! against the theory about "Gabriel is Hawk Moth".

• Jossed, as Gabriel IS Hawk Moth. In fact, the whole episode is about him trying to derail suspicion.

Hawk Moth's lair is a blimp

The original promo video had him using a blimp as his lair. Granted, this does raise a lot of inherent problems (How does he hide it? How does he get in or out?), but if you're going to be a villainous mastermind, you do it in style.

• Well, that seems unlikely considering it's always in the same spot every episode.
  • Unless it's parked.
    • Then what's the point of it being in a blimp? Then it just becomes a fancy room with a giant balloon on top of it. Might as well be at a swanky car dealership. And a blimp is really, really conspicuous, especially if it's parked from at least September to June ("Origins" starts on 3 September, "Volpina"'s earliest possible date is 5 June based on date markers and continuity in previous episodes). It seems impractical and unlikely.
  • Jossed, as it really is under Gabriel's house. The Tower was just put in because they were putting it in every outdoor shot.

Adrien will suspect Kagami of being Ladybug.

She's the right size, has short blue hair, is obviously athletic and the preview for "Ripsote" shows that she'll wear a red fencing outfit, further highlighting the resemblance. Though once she becomes the Akuma of the Week and Adrien sees her fighting Ladybug, obviously that notion will fall apart.

• Jossed There are some clues that Adrien might have had some suspicions, like the dramatic reveal of her face, or how Adrien notices a ring that is almost the same as his miraculous but he never ctually suspects her of being ladybug
• He was also present when she was de-evilized, and at that point in the series he still doesn't think it's possible for Miraculous holders to be akumatized (which he cites as evidence that his dad can't be Hawk Moth) - he's technically wrong there, but he's still seen Kagami and Ladybug in the same place.

Kagami is a child or descendant of Marinette and Adrien's from the future.

Granted, this one will probably be jossed pretty quickly, but here goes. She has the same height and hair colour as Marinette, as noted above, and a similar fighting style to Adrien's (although with elements of Ladybug's as well). When she leaves after her duel with Adrien, she leaves a voicemail message to her mother cryptically saying that she's failed, but we never see either of her parents or guardians in the episode, and Timebreaker does set a precedent for time-travel in the series (which would also serve as an explanation for the origin of Alix's antique holographic watch). At the end of the episode, when she's talking to Adrien and the subject turns to Marinette, Kagami asks if he likes her with an expression and tone of voice that kind of make it seem like she ships it, before warmly musing that she looks forward to meeting Marinette properly. Most crucially, though: there's a lot of comparison in the fandom between Miraculous and Sailor Moon, and what's Sailor Moon without Chibiusa?

• Kagami is Japanese, and Marinette is Chinese.
  • (oh geez, don't tell me I've turned into Chloé...) Yeah, that would rule out her being their kid; she could still be a descendant of theirs if, somewhere down the line, one of their kids or descendants married into a Japanese family. Super embarrassed that didn't occur to me though, gee whiz.
    • Too late. I think it's possible Kagami could be descended from Tentomushi, a former Ladybug from Japan.
    • ^Beat me to it.

Mr Damocles gets akumatised because he's a fan of Knightowl.

Either it's a case of "don't meet your heroes" or something more. Either way, he possibly gets akumatised while wearing a Knightowl costume.

• Winner!

Le Grand Paris will go out of business.

With the constant akuma attacks, it's only a matter of time it no longer has enough guests to keep it active. That'll make Chloé even more desperate to have something more than friendship with Adrien.

• * Jossed, or at least, there will be a threat of it for an episode, but the status quo means this is unlikely to happen.

Luka's relationship with Marinette will last longer than Kagami's relationship with Adrien.

Marinette already showed a fondness for Luka beforehand, plus Adrien as a civilian has already indirectly turned her down several times. Marinette's feelings for Luka might grow to be something deeper, considering her deep sense of loyalty and how well Luka treats her, and their relationship will be a healthy one.

• Jossed, they actually break up just before Adrien and Kagami, albeit more amicably.

Lila and Félix will form the next villainous romantic duo as future Hawk Moth and Mayura

A common theory between the fans from the season 3 ending, especially after Lila has been foreshadowed as future Hawk Moth in "Timetagger" and Félix has actually obtained the Peacock Miraculous from Gabriel by the end of season 4.

• Jossed, as Félix ends up falling in love with Kagami and is now on his path to redemption.

Someone will learn Ladybug's secret in the second season.

That "I have a secret that no one know yet" line sounds too suspicious.

• Alya seems like the most likely choice, considering how much she and Ladybug are interacting via Alya's blog. Considering that Alya will also be getting a Miraculous in Season 2, they might even end up being mutual Secret Keepers.
• Jossed.

The code to Gabriel's secret safe is Adrien's birthday.

Because there's some warmth under all that frigidness.

• While that's a sweet idea, it'd be easy to guess, so unlikely something Gabriel would pick. It's not a secret he cares about his son. Relating to Adrien, it could be the day Adrien made it big as a model, or the day he learned his wife was with child. The latter is something that would be very hard to guess and that only he might know.
• Jossed.

Gabriel Agreste's crazy overprotectiveness will be explored.

Picture this for an episode plot: Adrien is going to model in a fashion show for his father's newest line when an akuma strikes on the other side of Paris. After brief consideration, he decides to skip the show. There will be many more just like it, right? After LB and CN win the day, Adrien returns, fully expecting no-one to have cared about his absence. However, he sees that Gabriel is freaking out and has called a small squadron of police officers to go on a manhunt for Adrien. At the sight of his son, Gabriel runs to his side and tells Adrien how worried he was, even though he was only gone for just over an hour. Adrien isn't sure how to feel, seeing Gabriel in this new light.

• Partially jossed. It was explored but during a Christmas Episode where Adrien runs away and thinks his father won't care. It has nothing to do with a missed show or an akuma attack.

Chloé will have one last change of heart that will win the day in the Grand Finale.

Chloé has always been established as a Hate Sink and an Alpha Bitch with Hidden Depths that makes her a Jerk with a Heart of Gold when push comes to shove (Depending on the Writer). In Season 3 two-part finale, Chloé had reached Moral Event Horizon when she has Hawk Moth akumatize her willingly and permanently loses Ladybug's trust, this being The Last Straw after three seasons of on-and-off Character Development and attempts at being better.

This is likely to mean that Season 4 Chloé will become a more active and willful antagonist in a similar vein as Lila (perhaps even having the two of them becoming allies under Hawk Moth's direct orders). However, whereas Lila is a high-functioning sociopath, Chloé is a Spoiled Brat capable of being better but has simply fallen off the wagon. Whether or not Hawk Moth and Lila knows this or have complete faith in Chloé's worse nature is up for debate, but Chloé can be a serious wild-card that can either help cause the right kind of chaos that Hawk Moth can use or make her a Spanner in the Works that can make a carefully crafted Evil Plan fall apart due to her habit of doing before thinking.

With this it is likely that she will eventually develop a conscious, seeing the lengths that the other villains will go to and realize that she just doesn't have the stomach for it. With this in mind, she will try to find ways of regaining the hero's trust and will ultimately be the Deus ex Machina that finally takes down Hawk Moth. Perhaps Hawk Moth gives her the Bee Miraculous after stealing it back and then she paralyzes him when his back it turned, unmasking him for all to see. Or maybe she happens upon Ladybug as she transforms back into Marinette (without Marinette knowing of course) and decides to keep it to herself, an astonishing sign that her Character Development hasn't completely left on account of the fact that Chloé sucks at keeping secrets.

• Jossed. Chloé was willing to go to all the lengths Gabriel and Lila were pushing her to without any ounce of guilt or remorse. Towards the end of S5 she ends up leaving Paris in disgrace.

The defeat of Hawk Moth

First off, Ladybug will defeat Lila and learn that she has been willingly aiding Hawk Moth. Interrogating her leads her to the realization that someone who is willingly akumatized can retain control of their actions, giving her something she can exploit. She and Cat Noir have replicas of their Miraculouses created. They will then get a volunteer akumatized by making it seem like they have a grudge against Ladybug and Cat Noir like Lila did (most likely Alya, as she has the requisite lack of self-preservation instincts and connection to Ladybug to pull it off). The heroes will throw the fight against the akuma and surrender the fake Miraculouses, detransforming afterwards to sell the illusion (obviously, they will be wearing some sort of disguise in their civilian identity). Hawk Moth directs the akuma to either his mansion or a neutral drop-off point, unaware that the heroes are tailing said akuma. The akuma leads them to him, at which point the heroes ambush him and kick the ever-loving shit out of him.

• At least one character will compare it to Batman: The Animated Series episode "The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy".
• Jossed. That's not how it plays out.

In the series finale, Hawk Moth will get his hands on Ladybug's and Cat Noir's Miraculouses...

And he will toss off the Butterfly miraculous as being inferior to the powers of creation and destruction. Marinette will find the discarded miraculous and proceed to give a speech about how she and Cat Noir didn't win the day because of their powers, but because of teamwork. She will then put on Hawk Moth's miraculous and re-akumatize all the previous akuma victims, asking them all to help capture Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculouses from Hawk Moth. Cue epic fight scene with cameos galore.

• If it happens, Alya will become Majestia instead of resuming her Lady Wifi form.
• Technically Jossed. He does obtain both toward the end of season 5, but this is not the end of the series, nor technically even the end of that season.

Chloé and Sabrina's friendship will end over Sabrina's father and after she gets the Dog Miraculous.

Sabrina's father Roger is the only one whom Sabrina has such Undying Loyalty towards besides Chloé; we can see in the few scenes they share together that they love each other very much. However, with Chloé having upped the ante in being a jerk this recent season after losing her superhero powers and status, and treating Sabrina even worse than ever (making her do her homework in the dark, forcing her to run behind her limo instead of riding inside like before), she'll likely force Sabrina to give her her full and undivided attention and loyalty, leaving her no time at all to spend with Roger despite his attempts to do so. This will make him distraught enough to be akumatized by Shadow Moth, which will then cause Ladybug to recruit Sabrina as a hero, giving her the Dog Miraculous to help save her father. After everything is set and done, Chloé will continue to demand Sabrina's loyalty, but she, having grown a backbone from her experience as a superheroine, will finally have had enough and stand up to Chloé at last, resulting in a massive fight that ends with one or both of the girls ending their friendship. Afterwards, Marinette and the rest of the class, who witnessed the fight, will see how lost and uncertain Sabrina feels afterwards (since Chloé was her only friend), and offer their friendship to her and she'll accept, while Chloé, now completely friend-less, can only watch on, distraught and angry.

• Jossed. Sabrina breaks her friendship with Chloé only a season later after getting the Dog Miraculous. Also her getting the Dog Miraculous was completely unrelated to her father.

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