History FanFic / BringMeBackHome

* AlternateUniverse: Specifically, a parallel version of Paris modeled loosely on the ''Miraculous Ladybug'' pilot video, where Marinette and Adrien's counterparts, Bridgette Dupain-Cheng and Félix Agreste, are Coccinelle and Cat Noir respectively. It also features elements from the unused "Quantic Kids" concept, with Gavroche, Melodie (Allegra) and Kid Mime (Claude) appearing among Bridgette's classmates and Mercury appearing as a HeroOfAnotherStory.

* BlatantLies: In Chapter 12, [[spoiler:when Alya visits Master Fu's massage parlour to find out what Adrien and "Marinette" were doing there, she makes up a story about her mother having back pain and her friends recommending him to her, which doesn't fool him for a second. In turn, when Wayzz interrupts their conversation, Master Fu tries to pass the kwami off as a rare sea turtle from China, and dismisses her claim that he was talking to her, blaming it on the stale air inside. Alya is still skeptical, though she does threaten to call the authorities if the turtle is on an endangered species list.]]
* CrapsackWorld: Félix and Bridgette's world, by comparison to Marinette and Adrien's. With Coccinelle unable to use Miraculous Ladybug, all the deaths and damages from Hawkmoth's akumas is permanent.
* DatePeepers: In Chapter 10, [[spoiler:Alya and Nino follow Adrien and Bridgette on what they believe to be a completely unexpected date (actually a visit to Master Fu's massage parlor). On the way back they hear Adrien address her as Bridgette and both of them talking about Marinette in the third person.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Chapter 10 reveals that Dragg's curse dates back to the Battle of Corinth, when a sorcerer on the side of the invaders attempted to kill the heroes with dark magic and the Black Cat holder named Tenebris died TakingTheBullet for her Ladybug, Paschalítsa. Dragg was turned into a slave to black magic, and Rikki's attempt to help him ended up blocking abilities such as Lucky Charm and Cataclysm. Plagg reveals that in his universe Paschalítsa was killed in the battle, unrelated to magic.

* MyGreatestFailure: In Chapter 12, [[spoiler:Bridgette reveals to Adrien that in her world child akuma victims often don't recover from the experience as well as adults. In one case, her friend Gavroche's sister Lucile was turned into a particularly destructive akuma, and she ended up [[DrivenToSuicide jumping off a bridge]] as soon as she saw what she'd been made to do, before Coccinelle could get to her.]]

** When Coccinelle stays focused on an akuma named Stage Fright rather then help Chat Noir out of the Seine, even the akuma comments on it.
* ParentalObliviousness: Implied with Tom, Sabine and their counterparts in the PV universe, who show no sign of noticing what's happened to their daughters. [[spoiler:Subverted as of Chapter 16, when Sabine sees Bridgette in her hospital bed and figures out that something is wrong. And when Ladybug shows up at the hospital in Chapter 18, it's all but stated that Sabine has guessed who she is. Tom, however, still seems to be oblivious.]]

* ThrowTheDogABone: Félix runs into his classmate Gavroche (Nino's counterpart) while investigating where he thought his mother's grave was, and starts to open up to him about his home life. Gavroche has a minor JerkassRealization about he and everyone else have seen Félix as a "heartless, rich bastard" all this time and immediately offers him his friendship.

** Chapter 6: Adrien confronts Bridgette and get her to admit that she's from another world, where Marinette is now. Later Coccinelle reveals the same to Chat Noir after it comes out that she can't use Lucky Charm or Miraculous Ladybug, [[spoiler:and she gives away that she's Bridgette. When Coccinelle brings up Cat Noir's curse and continues to accuse Chat of hiding it from Ladybug, he clears himself by taking the ring off in front of her.]]

* YouKnowWhatYouDid: Coccinelle repeatedly accuses Chat Noir of concealing his curse from Ladybug, which confuses him because he doesn't have any such curse. Once he does get her to explain it, he's able to disprove it pretty quickly [[spoiler:by taking his ring off in front of her]].

* AdaptationalVillainy: A complicated example with Mime and M. Pigeon. Their appearance in the alternate universe is based on the versions that appeared in the ''Miraculous Ladybug'' pilot video, which are commonly assumed to have been intended as recurring villains rather than one-shot akuma victims as in the series. When Cat Noir tells Ladybug about them, Ladybug mentions her history with them, namechecking M. Ramier (M. Pigeon) and M. Haprele (Mime). Both Marinette and Félix are later seen contemplating the possibility that their classmate Claude Haprele is Mime's son. But if so, it's not so much the trope applying to the canon Fred Haprele as it is PV!Mime being as villainous as he may have been to begin with.

* MirrorUniverse: Bridgette's universe has shades of this, in particular that [[AlphaBitch Chloé]]'s MirrorSelf Allegra is Bridgette's best friend, much to Marinette's amusement. There's also the suggestion that Fred "Mime" Haprele's counterpart is a villain of his own accord (as is Xavier "M. Pigeon" Ramier's, but then Ramier was kind of a misanthropic jerk to begin with).

* CrapsackWorld: Felix and Bridgette's world, by comparison to Marinette and Adrien's. With Coccinelle unable to use Miraculous Ladybug, all the deaths and damages from Hawkmoth's akumas is permanent.

* GrayRainOfDepression: Felix associates rain with his suffering, thanks to the night his mother was supposedly killed in an accident caused by a storm, and more recently the night that Coccinelle declared Cat Noir her enemy.

* MirrorUniverse: Bridgette's universe has shades of this, in particular that [[AlphaBitch Chloe]]'s MirrorSelf Allegra is Bridgette's best friend, much to Marinette's amusement. There's also the suggestion that Fred "Mime" Haprele's counterpart is a villain of his own accord (as is Xavier "M. Pigeon" Ramier's, but then Ramier was kind of a misanthropic jerk to begin with).

** Bridgette dismissing Chat Noir as "like a sidekick" and not as important as Ladybug, something Marinette would ''never'' say in or out of costume, which shocks and angers Alya and hurts Adrien. She also manages to talk to Adrien more coherently than Marinette ever has. In turn, Marinette arouses suspicions from Allegra and Felix by defending Cat Noir and arguing they should have more faith in his partnership with Coccinelle, as well as by not being overly affectionate with Felix.

** Implied with Félix's minder Nathaniel, for Adrien's minder Nathalie. The similiaries seem to end there, though, as it's revealed that his father's assistants don't last long in the house.
** Mylene Haprele's counterpart is a boy, named Claude.

* ShootTheDog: In chapter 14, Bridgette/Coccinelle gets desperate enough to return home that she [[spoiler:tracks down the victim of the Trou de Ver attack and arranges to trick Chloe into antagonising him to get him akumatised again. It [[GoneHorriblyWrong fails]], creating a different and more dangerous akuma called the Statistician, who badly injures Coccinelle and would have defeated them if not for Queen Bee's intervention.]]

* Chapter 17: [[spoiler:Papillon reveals his identity, Gervais Agreste, to Cat Noir, addressing him as Félix, before taking his ring off. Ladybug sees this, but Félix urges her to leave him and return to her world while she has the chance. After she does, Papillon akumatises Félix into Cat Blanc.]]

* AbusiveParents: Gervais Agreste manages to be significantly worse than Gabriel, to the point of openly telling Félix that he's such a disappointment as a son - or rather, as an "investment" - that he can understand why his mother walked out on him, and then mocking Félix for not already realising that she isn't actually dead.

** After Marinette reads Bridgette's diary and learns about how she refused to lift Cat Noir's curse, she makes it clear that she doesn't approve of her decision. [[spoiler:"I understand why Coccinelle is upset. She... had a lot of trust in you and honestly, you hurt her badly. But at the same time, she shouldn't have done that to you." [[spoiler:As such, she ends the chapter by kissing him on the off chance that it will work with her.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: A complicated example with [[spoiler:Mime and M. Pigeon. Their appearance in the alternate universe is based on the versions that appeared in the ''Miraculous Ladybug'' pilot video, which are commonly assumed to have been intended as recurring villains rather than one-shot akuma victims as in the series. When Cat Noir tells Ladybug about them, Ladybug mentions her history with them, namechecking M. Ramier (M. Pigeon) and M. Haprele (Mime). Both Marinette and Félix are later seen contemplating the possibility that their classmate Claude Haprele is Mime's son. But if so, it's not so much the trope applying to the canon Fred Haprele as it is PV!Mime being as villainous as he may have been to begin with.]]

* AlternateUniverse: Specifically, a parallel version of Paris modeled loosely on the ''Miraculous Ladybug'' pilot video, where Marinette and Adrien's counterparts, Bridgette Dupain-Cheng and Félix Agreste, are Coccinelle and Cat Noir respectively. It also features elements from the unused "Quantic Kids" concept, with Gavroche, Melodie (Allegra) and Kid Mime (Claude) appearing among Bridgette's classmates and [[spoiler:Mercury appearing as a HeroOfAnotherStory]].

* BeYourself: [[spoiler:After the fight with Pianarchy, Bridgette asks Adrien for advice on how to be more like Marinette. "Everything the people here say about her… she seems incredible. So… perfect. I wish we were more alike." Adrien assures her that Marinette/Ladybug isn't perfect, and that she doesn't need him to teach her anything. "I think Bridgette definitely still has room to grow, but I think she should grow into herself, not someone else."]]
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler:When Alya visits Master Fu's massage parlour to find out what Adrien and "Marinette" were doing there, she makes up a story about her mother having back pain and her friends recommending him to her, which doesn't fool him for a second. In turn, when Wayzz interrupts their conversation, Master Fu tries to pass the kwami off as a rare sea turtle from China, and dismisses her claim that he was talking to her, blaming it on the stale air inside. Alya is still skeptical, though she does threaten to call the authorities if the turtle is on an endangered species list.]]

* DatePeepers: [[spoiler:In Chapter 10, Alya and Nino follow Adrien and Bridgette on what they believe to be a completely unexpected date (actually a visit to Master Fu's massage parlor). On the way back they hear Adrien address her as Bridgette and both of them talking about Marinette in the third person.]]

* EntertaininglyWrong: [[spoiler:When Alya confronts Adrien about the secret he's keeping with Bridgette, she draws the conclusion that Marinette's been akumatised, and threatens to tell Chat Noir about it. And when she watches one of her own videos and hears Chat call Coccinelle by name, she assumes that Ladybug must be dead.]]

* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:In Chapter 13, Cat Noir makes contact with Papillon through an akuma and cuts a deal with him: Papillon recreates Trou de Ver, and Cat Noir will hand over both their Miraculous before throwing Coccinelle through a portal. Allegra is there to witness the conversation and is completely taken in, but Marinette seems to figure out what's going on.]]
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Dragg's curse dates back to the Battle of Corinth, when a sorcerer on the side of the invaders attempted to kill the heroes with dark magic and the Black Cat holder named Tenebris died TakingTheBullet for her Ladybug, Paschalítsa. Dragg was turned into a slave to black magic, and Rikki's attempt to help him ended up blocking abilities such as Lucky Charm and Cataclysm. Plagg reveals that in his universe Paschalítsa was killed in the battle, unrelated to magic.]]
* GladIThoughtOfIt: [[spoiler:After Ladybug tells Cat Noir that she recognises Mime and M. Pigeon from when they were akumatised on her world, Cat reacts with glee at the possibility of capturing them and one-upping Mercury. "I can't believe I figured it out before him. I'll never let him live it down." Ladybug, amused, points out that she technically figured it out.]]

* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Mercury, a speedster who considers himself far above the Miraculous heroes and rarely bothers even talking to them outside of monthly meetings. He is first mentioned by Cat Noir in Chapter 13 in reference to...]]
** VillainOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Mime and M. Pigeon, two villains who operate on their own but have occasionally allied with Papillon against Coccinelle and Cat Noir. Ladybug encounters the former in Chapter 13, following him for a while after mistaking him for an akuma, but Cat Noir advises her to leave him to Mercury.]]

* InsultFriendlyFire: Bridgette's dismissive remarks about Chat Noir made in Adrien's presence. [[spoiler:Also, Ladybug's dismissive remarks about Félix's modelling shots in comparison to Adrien's, made in Cat Noir's presence. She then goes on to criticise Félix's behaviour around her in class, drawing entirely the wrong conclusion from Cat's reaction after she mentions his name: "I'm not sensing a bit of a celebrity crush, am I? Because, as your friend, I have to warn you that he isn't all that pleasant to be around."]]

* MistakenForGay: [[spoiler:When Ladybug sees Cat Noir's reaction to her comments on Félix's ad campaign, she suspects him of having a crush on him.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Bridgette reveals to Adrien that in her world child akuma victims often don't recover from the experience as well as adults. In one case, her friend Gavroche's sister Lucile was turned into a particularly destructive akuma, and she ended up [[DrivenToSuicide jumping off a bridge]] as soon as she saw what she'd been made to do, before Coccinelle could get to her.]]

* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler:When Ladybug mentions Hawkmoth's name to Cat Noir, he lampshades the oddity that a villain with the ''Butterfly'' Miraculous named himself after a ''moth''.]]

** After Marinette reads Bridgette's diary and learns about how she refused to lift Cat Noir's curse, she makes it clear that she doesn't approve of her decision. [[spoiler:"I understand why Coccinelle is upset. She... had a lot of trust in you and honestly, you hurt her badly. But at the same time, she shouldn't have done that to you." As such, she ends the chapter by kissing him on the off chance that it will work with her.]]

* PlotAllergy: Félix/Cat Noir shares Adrien/Chat's allergy to feathers, though he isn't affected by the shadow birds created by Falcon. [[spoiler:Ladybug comments on the parallel when Cat brings it up, though she still doesn't draw any connection with Adrien.]]

* MagicKiss: Cat Noir's Miraculous is cursed so that it can only be removed with a kiss from the Ladybug Miraculous holder. [[spoiler:When Ladybug tries it in her place, it doesn't work.]]

* ParentalObliviousness: Implied with Tom, Sabine and their counterparts in the PV universe, who show no sign of noticing what's happened to their daughters. [[spoiler:Subverted as of Chapter 16, when Sabine sees Bridgette in her hospital bed and figures out that something is wrong.]]