History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS02E04LaBefana

It's Marinette's birthday, and she's sure her friends are planning a surprise party for her. However, her grandmother Gina drops in unexpectedly, gifts Marinette an ill-fitting sweater, candies she hates, and takes her on an outing just before her surprise party. When Marinette leaves her to go to her surprise party, Gina is crushed and akumatised into La Befana, and set on punishing Marinette for deceiving her.
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!!Tropes:

* AbnormalAmmo: La Befana's gun can shoot two different types; one that [[TakenForGranite petrifies her victims,]] and another that [[BalefulPolymorph turns them into angel-like minions.]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: This little exchange…
--> '''Hawk Moth:''' Ladybug has joined the party at last! Bring me the miraculous, Befana.\\
'''Befana:''' You didn't say the magic word.\\
'''Hawk Moth:''' [''{{Beat}}''] {{Ahem}}… please.
* AdaptationalVillainy: La Befana is originally a figure from Italian folklore, who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) in the same vein as Santa Claus. Here, she is depicted as a villain.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: It's Marinette's 14th birthday, and her grandmother gets akumatised and crashes her party.
* BottomlessMagazines: Averted; La Befana needs to recharge her gun once she runs out of ammo. Played straight with the tin where she keeps the ammunition, which seems to produce an endless supply.
* CallBack: Adrien gifts Marinette his own handmade lucky charm, and shows he still has the charm Marinette gave him in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E15TheGamer "The Gamer"]].
* CoolBike: Gina's transforms into a flying one when she's akumatized.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Tikki doesn't believe Marinette's bits of evidence that her friends are planning a surprise party for her, which are circumstantial bordering on romantic (well, except the cake her parents try to hide from her). Her suspicions turned out to be right on the money anyway.
* GoodLuckCharm: Adrien gives Marinette one, in exchange for the one she gave him [[CallBack back in]] [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E15TheGamer "The Gamer"]]. Tikki also gifts Marinette a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magatama magatama]] apparently made from the hairs of previous Ladybugs.
* HeroicBystander: All of Marinette's friends jump to her defense when La Befana attacks her.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: La Befana, as Ladybug notices, isn't immune to her own ammunition, so she and Cat trick her into petrifying herself.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In his OncePerEpisode introduction, Hawkmoth says that he ''loves'' deceptions and misunderstandings. The perfect recipe for an akuma, sure, but it doesn't apply to himself.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Marinette's parents fist-bump just like she does with Cat Noir; similarly, when they have to make a quick plan, Sabine is the one who comes up with it and Tom follows up, like Ladybug and Cat do when facing an akuma.
* LightIsNotGood: The Befana's [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angelic minions]] fall into this category.
* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: Marinette pretends to love Gina's gifts because she knows her grandmother means well, and she doesn't want to appear ungrateful or hurt her feelings. It goes as well as you would expect.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Marinette's refusal to tell Gina the truth about how she feels about her gifts in order to keep her happy ultimately gets Gina akumatised when she realizes the truth.
* RunningGag: Tom panicking and throwing the birthday cake into the trash bin every time someone enters the bakery.
* SurpriseParty: Marinette's friends and parents try to hold a surprise birthday party for her. Emphasis on "try", as they are so clumsy at keeping the preparations a secret she figures out what's going on pretty easily.
* UnwantedGiftPlot: Gina gifts Marinette a sweater several sizes too small, and feeds her candies Marinette hates. Marinette pretends to love them to spare her grandmother's feelings.
* YourFavorite: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Gina gives Marinette a tin of what she thinks is her granddaughter's favorite candy, but actually Marinette can't stand them.

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[[BirthdayEpisode It's Marinette's birthday]], and she's sure her friends are planning a surprise party for her. However, her grandmother Gina drops in unexpectedly, gifts Marinette an ill-fitting sweater, candies she hates, and takes her on an outing just before her surprise party. When Marinette leaves her to go to her surprise party, Gina is crushed and akumatised into La Befana, and set on punishing Marinette for deceiving her.

It's Marinette's birthday, and she's sure her friends are planning a surprise party for her. However, her grandmother Gina drops in unexpectedly, gifts Marinette an ill-fitting sweater, candies she hates, and takes her on an outing just before her surprise party. When Marinette leaves her to go to her surprise party, Gina is crushed and akumatised into La Befana, and set on punishing Marinette for deceiving her.

* CallBack: Adrien gifts Marinette his own handmade lucky charm, and shows he still has the charm Marinette gave him in "The Gamer".

* GoodLuckCharm: Adrien gives Marinette one, in exchange for the one she gave him [[CallBack back in]] "The Gamer." Tikki also gifts Marinette a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magatama magatama]] apparently made from the hairs of previous Ladybugs.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Tikki doesn't believe Marinette's bits of evidence that her friends are planning a surprise party for her, which are circumstantial bordering on romantic. Her suspicions turned out to be right on the money anyway.

* CallBack: Adrien gifts Marinette his own handmade lucky charm, and shows he still has the charm Marinette gave him in the Gamer.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: La Befana, as Ladybug notices, isn't immune to her own ammunition, so she and Chat trick her into petrifying herself.

* AbnormalAmmo: La Befana's gun can shoot two different types; one that [[TakenForGranite petrifies her victims,]] and another that [[BalefulPolymorph turns them into angel-like minions.]]

* ItRunsInTheFamily: Marinette's parents fist-bump just like she does with Chat Noir; similarly, when they have to make a quick plan, Sabine is the one who comes up with it and Tom follows up, like Ladybug and Chat do when facing an akuma.

* BottomlessMagazines: Averted; La Befana needs to recharge her gun once she runs out of ammo. Played straight with the tin where she keeps the ammunition, that seems to produce an endless supply.

* CoolBike: Gina's transform into a flying one when she's akumatized.

* HeroicBystander: All of Marinette's friends jump in her defense when La Befana attacks her.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: La Befana, as Ladybug notices, isn't immune to her own ammunition, so she and Chat make her to petrify herself.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Marinette's refusal to tell Gina the truth about how she feels of her gifts in order to keep her happy ultimately gets Gina akumatised when she realises the truth.

* YourFavorite: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Gina gives Marinette a tin of what she thinks are her granddaughter's favorite candy, but actually Marinette can't stand them.

* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: Marinette pretends to love Gina's gifts because she knows her grandmother means well, and she doesn't want to appear ungrateful or hurt her feelings.

* BottomlessMagazines: Averted; La Befana needs to recharge her gun once she runs out of ammo.

* FantasticAmmo: La Befana's gun can shoot two different types; one that [[TakenForGranite petrifies her victims,]] and another that [[BalefulPolymorph turns them into angel-like minions.]]