History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS05E05Illusion

** Aquabug finds and retrieves Gabriel from the sewers after seeing his illusion fall into the water. As we saw Monarch merely used Voyage and detransformed, lest he dunked himself into the sewage and came back out, she should've been able to notice aside from the food on his jacket, he's dry and his hair seems fine.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Discussed at the end of the episode when Ladybug questions Nino's methods to learn how Monarch is using his new powers. Gabriel justifies his actions as NecessarilyEvil and while he is doing this to [[VillainWithGoodPublicity appeal benevolent]], it's likely he's [[DoubleMeaning thinking about his own actions.]]

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Public opinion towards the Miraculous Heroes starts to turn sour in regards to Monarch having all the Miraculous along with how the heroes have been unable to recover any of the stolen ones from his akumatized victims.

* BadBadActing

* ComboPlatterPowers: In addition to his illusory Collector, Monarch uses multiple Miraculous (mouse, bee, horse, and rooster) in an attempt to trap the heroes. Thanks to the technologically upgraded Miraculouses, he can now give himself up to five additional powers with no ill effects.
* ContinuityNod

* CulturalTranslation: In the English dub, Gabriel is making French toast instead of pancakes (although later episodes get it right.) Interestingly this isn't a case of dub injecting their own cultural references but rather [[InvertedTrope reinforcing that the show takes place in France.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: Several moments would allude to the whole thing being an illusion with the protagonists not picking up on it:

* LightningCanDoAnything: Monarch convinces heroes that he uses a magic lightning bolt to send and retrieve Miraculous from his villains making it a justified example.

* TookALevelInKindness: Without explaining why, Gabriel is suddenly acting more like a father, and is even seen cooking for his son. Adrien is confused but rolls with it. Though it should be notes that Gabriel's tone of voice suggests that he's forcing himself to act nicer for some reason.

--->'''Gabriel:''' Don't be too hard, Ladybug. They were only trying to do good. And sometimes, in order to do good, anything goes.

* XanatosGambit: Gabriel pulls this off. If he wins, he gets the Miraculous. However if he loses he still fooled the Resistance into not considering the Alliance rings are a factor in transferring the powers of the miraculouses.

* TookALevelInKindness: Without explaining why, Gabriel is suddenly acting more like a father, and is even seen cooking for his son. Adrien is confused but rolls with it. Though it should be Gabriel's tone of voice suggests that he's forcing himself to act nicer for some reason.

* TookALevelInKindness: Without explaining why, Gabriel is suddenly acting more like a father, and is even seen cooking for his son. Adrien is confused but rolls with it. Gabriel's tone of voice suggests that he's forcing himself to act nicer for some reason.

* TookALevelInKindness: Without explaining why, Gabriel is suddenly acting more like a father, and is even seen cooking for his son. Adrien is confused but rolls with it.
** However, it should be noted that Gabriel's newfound kindness is obviously very forced, based on his tone of voice.

* FalseDichotomy: When Adrien reveals how uncomfortable he is with the Alliance rings looking like himself, Gabriel tells Adrien that, if he wants to not appear in digitized form, that things can go back to the way they were. Adrien doesn't push the issue further, but Gabriel never suggests, y'know, just not using Adrien in the Alliance rings as an option.

* SpinToDeflectStuff: Ladybug's usual yoyo-spinning ends up doing this for her unintentionally, with Monarch trying to approach and touch her with the Venom power while using Multitude to divide himself into eight, leaving his divided forms too small to touch her while she happened to have spun around her yoyo at a length that nearby hit the ground as she surveyed around.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's still unknown if Lila knows Gabriel is Monarch. She is quick to tell him that there's a plot to akumatize someone, only telling him that he's the target when Gabriel asks what this has to do with him.

**Nino: Comrade Ketchup
**Adrien: Comrade Mayo
**Alya: [[OverlyLongName Comrade Beurre Maitre d'Hotel]]
**Marinette: Comrade Bechamel
**Gabriel: Comrade Tartar Sauce
**Max: Comrade Bearnaise
**Kim: Comrade Burgundy
**Rose: Comrade Cocktail
**Juleka: Comrade Grand Veneur
**Ivan: Comrade Aioli
**Mylène: Comrade Gribiche
**Lila: Comrade Sweet and Sour

--->'''Gabriel:''' They were only trying to do good and sometimes in order to do good anything goes.

* TheStinger: Gabriel assures [[MysteriousBacker Tomoe Tsurugi]] that the heroes won’t be tracing his SuperEmpwowering back to Alliance.

** Alternatively the multiplying of powers could be the result of activating Venom and Sublimation before multiplying himself, with Sublimation already giving him the power of invisibility, simply not turning it on yet.

* BerserkButton: Even with Gabriel acting nicer than usual, he still cannot stand any stains on his white clothing and appears to have stopped short from ''tossing'' a frying pan with a pancake in it after cooking oil gets on his ''apron''. This is how the Resistance attempts to get him Akumatized.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Nino has the idea of getting his friends to toss food onto Gabriel to get him angry enough to be akumatized so that Nino can record the akumatized Gabriel and help Ladybug figure out how Monarch is granting his villains Miraculous powers but keeping the Miraculouses themselves away from recapturing...the tossing of which gets Gabriel angry enough to storm out of the parent-teacher conference while declaring that he's pulling Adrien, Nino's best friend, out of the school.

* PetTheDog: Gabriel makes breakfast for his son and is making an effort to spend more quality time with him. He also allows him to eat at the cafeteria and go to school for Parent-Teacher conference.

* RuleOfThree: Gabriel gets pelted with food three times. The first is by Marinette, who exaggerates her clumsiness; the second is from Adrien, who's embarrassed and reluctantly goes along with the plan; and the third is from Alya, who looks like she's done with all of this nonsense. Miss Bustier even seems to have figured out this is what's they're doing at Alya's point, asking "Alya? You're not going to...?" while pointing at Gabriel before he gets his third sullying.
* SeeTheInvisible: Ladybug notices the invisible multiplied Monarchs by their footsteps in a puddle. They become even more clear when she pours shredded cheese on them.
* SelfDuplication: Monarch uses the power the Mouse Miraculous to divide himself into eight copies. Interestingly, while in the past it could not multiply Miraculouses, now all the copies are able to use Venom and Sublimation. This is probably due to the Miraculouses being upgraded with technology.