History Recap / MiraculousLadybugS05E07Passion

As Marinette tries to convince herself that she loves Cat Noir to try and forget about Adrien, Adrien, who has given up on being in love with Ladybug, tries to find a way to declare his feelings to Marinette. As everything turns upside down in their lives, Ladybug and Cat Noir exchange their Miraculous to escape a ruthless villain. But the return of Mister Bug is about to make things even more confusing in Lady Noir’s heart.

* BatDeduction: Played with. Mister Bug's Lucky Charm is a perfume bottle, which he connects to Gabriel Agreste's house based on a perfume advertisement that lands right next to him. Lady Noir thinks it's a reach, but he asks her to trust him, since she has often drawn similar conclusions from seemingly flimsy evidence. In reality, he has already deduced where the akuma is, and the Lucky Charm was just a pretense to hide where he got that knowledge.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Safari's arrows track her chosen targets (Ladybug and Cat Noir) exclusively. Which is to say that they cannot track Adrien, Marinette, Lady Noir, or Mister Bug, even though those are technically the same two people. Cat Noir is inches away from being hit when his powers run out, and the arrows immediately stop and fly off in random directions. Similarly, when the two swap powers, Safari is given no warning when the Miraculous-swapped heroes track her down, since she targeted their other selves.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Lady Noir cannot shut up about how attractive she finds Mister Bug now, causing him to wonder if the suit isn't having some weird effect on her.

* NotInTheFace: Lady Noir snarls at Safari not to try to smash her partner's pretty face. Safari assures her that it's not personal; she's out to flatten Lady Noir's face as well.

** Marinette and Adrien switch Miraculouses and become Lady Noir and Mister Bug again. However, this also applies to the fact that Lady Noir spends a lot of her time unsuccessfully flirting with Mister Bug. At one point, [[ObliviousToLove he wonders if his Miraculous had an effect on her personality]].

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Lady Noir gives off this vibe when she protects Mister Bug. At one point, she pins Safari to the ground and says that she's the only one allowed to [[DoubleMeaning pursue him]].

->''"Monarch. I am Safari. How many times have we failed in hunting the Miraculous when are true obstacles are their holders? They are the ones that I will hunt down and put out of action. Right now, I want you to give me the power to never miss a single prey."''

* BatDeduction: Played with. Mister Bug's Lucky Charm is a perfume bottle, which he connects to Gabriel Agreste's house based on a perfume advertisment that lands right next to him. Lady Noir thinks it's a reach, but he asks her to trust him. In reality, he has already deduced where the akuma is, and the Lucky Charm was just a pretense to hide where he got that knowledge.

* WhipItGood: Safari utilizes a magical whip. When she uses it to throw an object, she can still control that object after letting it go.

* BecomingTheMask: At the beginning, Marinette tells Alya that she intends to pursue Cat Noir in order to fall out of love with Adrien, even listing all the reasons she should fall for him (he's cute, handsome, kindhearted, etc). One Miraculous swap later, she can't stop gushing about how handsome her partner is. By the end of the episode, her crush on Cat Noir is genuine.

** After convincing him to go with her plan, Nathalie gives Monarch the dramatic pre-akumatization speech. Somehow even she manages to do this before he's actually sent out the akuma.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Safari's arrows track her chosen targets (Ladybug and Cat Noir) exclusively. Which is to say that they cannot track Adrien, Marinette, Lady Noir, or Mister Bug, even though those are technically the same two people. Cat Noir is inches away from being hit when his powers run out, and the bullets immediately stop and fly off in random directions, and Safari is given no warning when the Miraculous-swapped heroes track her down.

* SwappedRoles: Marinette and Adrien switch Miraculouses and become Lady Noir and Mister Bug again. However, this also applies to the fact that Lady Noir spends a lot of her time unsuccessfully flirting with Mister Bug. At one point, [[ObliviousToLove he wonders if his Miraculous had an effect on her personality]].

** After Nathalie De-Akumatizes, Mister Bug claims that Monarch was a monster for using a vulnerable person in his plans. As it turns out Gabriel was agaisnt akumatizing Nathalie but she insisted he do so.

** Mister Bug references Ladybug's past Lucky Charms, one of which was [[a Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E05Riposte radiator]].

* DramaticIrony: When Marinette says that being in love with Cat Noir is good because he loves her back, Alya says that Cat Noir loves Ladybug, which is not quite the same thing. Unbeknownst to them, Cat Noir/Adrien is actually more interested in Marinette than he is in Ladybug.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: Gabriel's Cataclysm injury is getting worse, as is Nathalie's condition. Gabriel says that if he doesn't get Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses soon, Adrien will be all alone.

* CallBack: Tikki is in the art room drawing a picture of a [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E21DearestFamily galette]].

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* EquivalentExchange: Adrien considers using the Miraculouses' ultimate power to solve all the problems in the world, but [[InternalReveal Marinette explains that for every thing they gain, something else will be lost]].

* ComboPlatterPowers: In addition to her powers from Akumatization, Monarch gives Safari the power of the Goat Miraculous so she can create her own weapons, and and the powers of ''five'' other Miraculouses which she can utilize using her crossbow. She only ends up using the Bee and Fox though.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Safari's bullets track her chosen targets (Ladybug and Cat Noir) exclusively. Which is to say that they cannot track Adrien, Marinette, Lady Noir, or Mister Bug, even though those are technically the same two people. Cat Noir is inches away from being hit when his powers run out, and the bullets immediately stop and fly off in random directions, and Safari is given no warning when the Miraculous-swapped heroes track her down.

* PaperThinDisguise: Safari looks just like Nathalie, but with purple skin and different eyes. Despite having met Nathalie before, Marinette does not recognize her.

* ContinuityNod: Monarch tells Safari that six Miraculous powers is the limit. In "Evolution", Monarch was completely paralyzed after unifying seven Miraculouses.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: The episode is all about passion in multiple senses: romantic passion (Adrien for Marinette, Marinette for Cat Noir/Mister Bug), Gabriel's passion to get the Miraculous, Nathalie's passion to hunt magical objects and protect Adrien, and, of course, the primary power Monarch grants to Safari.

* SecretlyDying: Gabriel shows Nathalie that his Cataclysm injury is getting worse, but he keeps it a secret from Adrien.
* SighOfLove: Adrien does this every time he thinks about Marinette, starting from the moment he wakes up.
* SuperPersistentMissile: Safari's Venom arrows perfectly follow their target indefinitely. The only way to avoid them is by changing appearance.

* AutomaticCrossbows: Safari's crossbow fires, arrows made of magic energy, and thus doesn't have to be reloaded.

* AdventurerOutfit: Nathalie, Gabriel, and Emilie were seen wearing them in flashbacks. Nathalie still has hers in a display case display case mannequin, which becomes her Akumatized object.