History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS03E24Ladybug

* FailedASpotCheck: Alya seems to have absolutely no reaction to the fact that Lila's necklace (that she planted and accused Marinette of stealing) is a blatant replica of the Fox Miraculous. Given that she has wielded the Fox Miraculous on multiple occasions - and can be ridiculously thorough about superhero details regardless - this comes off as out of character.

* TranquilFury: While his tone is harsh, Adrien's voice remains level when he orders Lila to undo Marinette's expulsion with another lie.

* AllLovingHero: After getting framed and expelled Marinette is still willing to give Lila another chance.

* TheBadGuyWins: Lila suffers no retribution for her actions, and even though Adrien pressures her to get Marinette back in school, she still worms her way into a photo shoot with him as one final middle finger to Marinette.

* KickTheDog: Cat Noir and Ladybug are horrified when Mayura [[CessationOfExistence banishes]] the Ladybug sentimonster, since she's a sentient person that Mayura effectively murdered.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Very evident in Gabriel and Nathalie's interactions in this episode. He will not trade her life for victory, but she is happy to sacrifice herself for his sake. It's interesting that Ladybug fails to pick up on this, as she and Hawk Moth each abandon the battle at the end to save their respective partner.

* FailedASpotCheck: Alya seems to have absolutely no reaction to the fact that Lila's necklace (that she planted and accused Marinette of stealing) is a blatant replica of the Fox Miraculous. Given that she has wielded the Fox Miraculous on multiple occassions - and can be ridiculously thorough about superhero details regardless - this comes off as out of character.

* GullibleLemmings: Once again, everyone besides Marinette, Adrien, Natalie, and Gabriel Agreste blindly believes every word out of Lila's mouth, even if it blatantly contradicts every lie she told earlier. Notably, when the episode ends, no one new has learned about Lila's malevolence, and Marinette's own parents even feel ''sorry'' for her still.

* NotHelpingYourCase: When Lila seemingly defends her, Marinette immediately accuses her. Not only does she makes herself look bad and ungrateful, she also plays right into Lila's hands.

* PetTheDog: Chloé is shown defending Sabrina from Scarlet Moth's butterflies. Gabriel himself cares enough about Nathalie to pull the plug on his plan (mere seconds away from total victory, at that) because her broken Miraculous was endangering her life. He also privately tells her that this is as far as he's willing to let her go as Mayura, because her death is too steep a price for triumph.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Nathalie's usage of the Peacock Miraculous damages her health so much that her coughing fits negates Hawk Moth's plan to Akumatize Marinette and her classmates.

** The ring-stealing kiss by the Sentimonster Ladybug is done almost exactly the same way as the one attempted by Wax Ladybug in "The Puppeteer 2". Chat falls for it again and this time no scent difference tips him off.

* LovingAShadow: Played with. Chat Noir is almost fooled by the Sentibug because she tells him exactly what he wants to hear and is "perfect" with "nothing monstrous about her" in his eyes. He even believes she's the real Ladybug and that the real Ladybug is a fake because of this. Ladybug reminds him that she could never be nearly as perfect as the Sentibug, with Chat Noir claiming her loves her just the way she is. Given his actions over the last several minutes before that, his claim rings a little hollow.
* KickTheDog: Chat Noir and Ladybug are horrified when Mayura [[CessationOfExistence banishes]] the Ladybug sentimonster, since she's a sentient person that Mayura effectively murdered.

** The beginning of the episode shows Adrien preparing for, and later attending, Marinette's birthday party from [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E04Befana "Befana"]]. Lila looks down on the party jealously from her window (she was pretending to be traveling the world during this period).

* SuddenNameChange: Adrien’s Italian photographer’s name has changed from “Vincent” to “Giuseppe” in this episode.
* TranquilFury: While his tone is harsh, Adrien's voice remains level when he orders Lila to undo Marinette's expulsion with another lie.

* RealityEnsues:
** Marinette's obvious and long-lasting hostility against Lila does not help her cause and plays right into Lila's hands.
** Adrien's decision to "take the high road" and not tell anyone about Lila's lies results in people not believing Marinette when she rightly accuses Lila of framing her. Marinette looks like an outlier; if Adrien had openly said that Lila ''was'' lying and shared his experiences, people might not have been as dismissive of Marinette.
** Because [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E24CatalystHeroesDayPart1 Hawk Moth has done the "Catalyst/Scarlet Moth" gambit before]], some of the would-be victims of akumatization were able to keep themselves calm enough to avoid being akumatized because that was proven to having worked in the past.
** While many of the characters act as GullibleLemmings and knee-jerk believe all of Lila's claims without suspicion, Marinette's HundredPercentAdorationRating ensures that [[OutOfCharacterAlert some of them are less likely to believe it]], a fraction of the people there being able to avoid getting akumatized.

* GullibleLemmings: Once again, everyone besides Marinette, Adrien, Natalie, and Gabriel Agreste blindly believes every word out of Lila's mouth, even if it blatantly contradicts every lie she told earlier.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Rare heroic version. Adrien forces Lila to make another lie to exonerate Marinette or he will break off contact with her completely . Lila doesn't want that and gives in.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Rare heroic version. Adrien forces Lila to make another lie to exonerate Marinette or he will break completely with her. Lila doesn't want that and gives in.

* PetTheDog: Chloé is shown defending Sabrina from Scarlet Moth's butterflies. Gabriel himself cares enough about Nathalie to pill the plug on his plan (mere seconds away from total victory, at that) because her broken Miraculous was endangering her life. He also privately tells her that this is as far as he's willing to let her go as Mayura, because her death is too steep a price for triumph.

* PetTheDog: Chloé is shown defending Sabrina from Scarlet Moth's butterflies.

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Nobody in school, least of all Marinette, knows that Adrien was the one who [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse "convinced"]] Lila to reverse Marinette's expulsion.

Lila manipulates all of Marinette's close ones, who turn against her, but an even bigger problem awaits Marinette: she is going to have to face a sentimonster that has taken the appearance of Ladybug.

** Lila comes up with multiple lies to make everyone think Marinette stole the test answers, and her 'family's' necklace (actually the necklace she bought to impersonate the Fox Miraculous back in season 1)and pushed her down the stairs.

[[caption-width-right:350: Go fetch me Ladybug's miracu- oh, you have it already...]]

[[caption-width-right:350: "Verity Queen, Princess Justice, I am Scarlet Moth. Since the innocent isn't to be believed anymore, I'm giving you both the power to expose the truth. As for you, my desperate loyal ones, disappointed by she who you once admired so much? I'm glad to have you back. In return, you will bring me Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous."]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Verity Queen, Princess Justice, I am Scarlet Moth.Since the innocent isn't to be believed anymore, I'm giving you both the power to expose the truth. As for you, my desperate loyal ones, disappointed by she who you once admired so much? I'm glad to have you back. In return, you will bring me Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: Lila suffers no retribution for her actions, and even though Adrien pressures her to get Marinette back in school, she still worms her way into a photo shoot with him.