History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS03E22CatBlanc

* TheReveal: Bunnyx knows the secret identities of Ladybug, Cat Noir and the original Hawk Moth.

** The first manifestation of Bunnyx being slowly [[RetGone erased from the timeline]] after Alix was killed in the past is [[Film/BackToTheFuture her hand becoming transparent]].

* EyeTwitch: For a few seconds this is the only thing Nathalie is able to do after witnessing Adrien transforming into Cat Noir.

* BreakUpDemand: Gabriel makes one towards Marinette once he learns that she's dating his son. He uses the excuse that [[UptownBoy their relationship was detrimental to his brand]]. But actually, he wanted Marinette to be in such a state of despair that he could easily akumatize her.

* BreakTheCutie: Let's just say that Adrien suffers ''A LOT'' in this episode, from learning the truth about his parents, to suffering from a bad case of SanitySlippage after accidentally killing everybody in Paris.
* BreakUpDemand: Gabriel has such a requirement towards Marinette, once he learned that she dates his son. He claimed that [[UptownBoy their relationship was detrimental to his brand]]. But actually, he wanted Marinette to be in such a state of despair, that he could easily akumatize her.

* CurbStompBattle: Cat Blanc has full access to Plagg's powers as a god of destruction, while Ladybug only had limited access to Tikki's powers as a god of creation. As such, she never really stands a chance in a straight up fight with him.
* DarkerAndEdgier: This is considered to be the darkest episode of the series, where Cat Blanc has destroyed Paris, basically ''killing'' everyone.
* DeadlyDisc: One of Cat Blanc's tricks is to throw Catacylsm discs.

* EyeTwitch: For a few seconds this is the only thing Nathalie seems to be able to do after witnessing Adrien transforming into Cat Noir.
* FingerGun: Cat Blanc fires a low-power Catacylsm from his finger by flicking it. It's not nearly as destructive as the standard but still plenty deadly.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Hawk Moth's plan to akumatize his son works and he finally gets of rid of Ladybug. But he and everybody in Paris shares the same fate as her.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The episode basically illustrates the consequences of our two heroes learning each other's identities too soon, in the worst possible way.
** It's shown that a romantic relationship between Ladybug and Cat Noir can never work out as long as Gabriel is still Hawk Moth, since he will deliberately ruin it in an effort to akumatize Marinette. He does this even ''before'' he learns either hero's identity.

** Chat Blanc's efforts to save ''his'' relationship almost destroy the chance his future uncorrupted self has of starting a similar relationship (because Marinette remembers the former and becomes even more emotionally closed-off than she was before). Apparently Destruction is so potent that it can seep between ''timelines''.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Removing all limitations of his son's destruction powers while he is in a emotional turmoil probably isn't Hawk Moth's best plan.

* DramaticIrony: After defeating Cat Blanc, Ladybug correctly guesses that the point of divergence is Cat Noir knowing her identity because Adrien caught her delivering Marinette's gift and made the obvious connection, but then fails to make the obvious connection herself that this means Adrien ''is'' Cat Noir -- she doesn't buy Bunnyx's story that Adrien "probably" blabbed it to Nino, who blabbed it to Alya, who wrote it on the Ladyblog, but she figures he probably told ''someone'', and the information spread that way.

* KamehameHadoken: Cat Blanc fires a Mega Catacylsm in this fashion, which snaps a building in half.
* KickTheDog: Gabriel/Hawk Moth truely is at his lowest in the BadFuture.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Cat Blanc had been pushed past his sanity limit when he destroyed a large chunk of France and threatens to destroy the universe. He is by far the most destructive akumatized villain Ladybug has ever faced.

* PyrrhicVillainy: While Hawk Moth's plan works, he doesn't live to see the consequences. Neither does any Parisian (including Emilie).

* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: Despite the light-hearted beginning, the episode gets somber quite fast once Ladybug takes a step into the BadFuture: Marinette and Adrien are heartbroken over a BreakUpDemand from Gabriel, then Cat Noir [[GoMadFromTheRevelation breaks down]] when he realizes his father is Hawk Moth all along. As a result, he gets akumatized into Cat Blanc before [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroying Paris out of emotional distress]]. It's implied that Cat Blanc killed all people in France, and Ladybug and Hawk Moth's dead bodies are directly shown. Cat Blanc spent months all alone, and when he's reunited with Ladybug, it's a version of her who can't remember their love story. Even after time travel retconned this, it's implied that Marinette and Adrien just can't [[StarCrossedLovers be happy together]], or it would be the apocalypse.

* TooDumbToLive: Really, Hawk Moth? [[BondVillainStupidity Did you seriously think removing the limitations of your son's cataclysm destruction powers, and granting him infinite destruction was a good idea?]] For you or ... anyone?!

[[caption-width-right:350:My Akuma's here, m'lady... but it's already ''broken''!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:My akuma's here, Marinette! But it's already ''broken''!]]

->''You know what they say. The wave of a moth's wing can set off a Cataclysm!''

* TheDogBitesBack: After months of his usual supervillainy, a lifetime of bad parenting and emotionally manipulating his son for his own selfish ends, Hawk Moth's KarmaHoudiniWarranty runs out ''big time'' when Chat Blanc reduces all of Paris into a lifeless flooded wasteland, Hawk Moth having been there at ground zero of the blast.

* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: Despite the light-hearted beginning, the episode gets somber quite fast once Ladybug takes a step into the BadFuture: Marinette and Adrien are heartbroken over a BreakUpDemand from Gabriel, then Cat Noir [[breaks down GoMadFromTheRevelation]] when he realizes his father is Hawk Moth all along. As a result, he gets akumatized into Cat Blanc before [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroying Paris out of emotional distress]]. It's implied that Cat Blanc killed all people in France, and Ladybug and Hawk Moth's dead bodies are directly shown. Cat Blanc spent months all alone, and when he's reunited with Ladybug, it's a version of her who can't remember their love story. Even after time travel retconned this, it's implied that Marinette and Adrien just can't [[StarCrossedLovers be happy together]], or it would be the apocalypse.

* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode:[[spoiler: First the two leads are heart broken over a BreakUpDemand, then Cat Noir GoMadFromTheRevelation when he realizes his father is the villain. He's akumatized, then [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroy Paris]]. It's implied that Cat Blanc killed all people on earth, and Ladybug and Hawk Moth dead bodies are directly shown. Cat Blanc spend months all alone, and when he's reunited with Ladybug, it's a version of her who can't remember their love story. Even after time travel retcon this, it's implied that Marinette and Adrien just can't [[StarCrossedLovers be happy together]], or it would be the apocalypse.]]

* CurbStompBattle: Cat Blanc has full access to Plagg’s powers as a god of destruction, while Ladybug only had limited access to Tikki’s powers as a god of creation. As such, she never really stands a chance in a straight up fight with him.

* FakeBetterAlternateTimeline: How would things go if Adrien learned Ladybug's secret identity before Hawk Moth is defeated? It was great at first, but everything unravels until all of Paris (at the very least) is destroyed.