Line #50 Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E16Animan


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/animan_274.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:I think I'm at the top of the food chain.]]
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4	->''"Animan, I am Hawk Moth. I offer you the power to seek revenge, for a small price."''
5	-->--'''Hawk Moth'''
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7	Nino has suddenly developed a crush on Marinette, but he's too shy to ask her out. Adrien helps, leading Marinette to think that ''Adrien'' has asked her on a date to the zoo. Things get even more complicated when zookeeper Otis is transformed into feral Animan and targets Kim as his prey.
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10	!!Tropes:
11	* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: A minor example, the real life Jardin des Plantes Menagerie no longer has any mega-fauna in its collection due to its small size and lack of cages with enough space. However, in the episode, lions, elephants and bears are seen among the escaped animals presumably due to RuleOfCool. The real Zoo also doesn't have a panther in its collection, although this is stated to be a new exhibit.
12	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: This is the second time a classmate has developed a crush on Marinette, this time Nino.
13	* {{Animorphism}}: The akuma "Animan" changes into a panther. He later reveals himself to be a {{Shapeshifter}} that can change into different animals.
14	* ArtShift: Alya and Adrien appear via {{Animesque}} thought bubbles when talking to Marinette and Nino.
15	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Kim gets his race with a panther that he wanted to badly, when he's being hunted by Animan.
16	* BeQuietNudge: When Nino volunteers to talk to whoever Marinette has a crush on, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial who he definitely does not know to be Adrien because Alya would definitely not tell him that]], Alya steps on his foot to make him shut up.
17	* BeYourself: Alya and Adrien tell Marinette and Nino respectively to be this.
18	* TheBeastmaster: In addition to turning into them, Animan can also bend animals to his will.
19	* BigNo: Cat Noir releases one when he thinks Animan has eaten Ladybug.
20	* BigWhat: When Nino says that he likes Alya, Adrien, Marinette and Alya all drop one simultaneously.
21	* BlatantLies: Alya claims that she didn't tell Nino who it is that Marinette has a crush on, but then he lets slip a hint that he actually ''does'' know.
22	* CannotSpitItOut: Nino can't admit his crush on Marinette.
23	* ContinuityNod: Once again, a bus with the poster of [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E01StormyWeather Mirelle and Aurore]].
24	* CompositeCharacter: Well composite location, the Zoo in the episode appears to be based on the jardin des plantes menagerie (and this is credited in the episode), however a few shots have the Iconic artificial mountain of the Paris Zoological park (Paris's other zoo) in the background.
25	* DistressedDude: Kim takes the role for this episode, as Ladybug and Cat Noir have to rescue him from the angry zookeeper-turned-akuma villain.
26	* DramaticIrony:
27	** Nino says it's easy for Adrien to BeYourself, not knowing that Adrien is Cat Noir and a StepfordSmiler.
28	** Nino tries to ask Marinette out, not knowing that Marinette likes Adrien (and that Adrien [[LovesMyAlterEgo technically]] loves her back). Alya and Adrien both monitor the ensuing "date" through headpieces without knowing the other one is doing so.
29	* EscapedAnimalRampage: Animan lets a bunch of animals out of their cages, resulting in this.
30	* FelonyMisdemeanor: The panther's caretaker becomes an akuma because a kid was heckling the panther.
31	* {{Flashback}}: Marinette remembers when Alya told her to be herself around Adrien, resulting in her accidentally walking into the boys' locker room and being chased out. Marinette is not impressed with the advice.
32	* TheGlomp: Cat Noir gives one to Ladybug instead of their usual fist bump.
33	* GonnaNeedMoreX: Cat Noir considers trapping Animan in box, but Ladybug points out that will only work until he changes into a bigger animal. Which leads to...
34	* ImprovisedWeapon: Ladybug and Cat Noir use a large Paris bus as a cage for Animan.
35	* KindheartedCatLover: The panther's caretaker is this, and fiercely protective of his charge.
36	* LampshadeHanging: Nino himself makes a remark about how sudden his crush on Marinette is.
37	* LastSecondWordSwap:
38	** Nino ends up telling Marinette that he has crush on her friend Alya, rather then on her.
39	** Marinette has a few of these herself, when she's talking to her parents as Ladybug.
40	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Alya says this about Nino, though she changes her mind later on.
41	* LockedInARoom: Ladybug locks Alya and Nino in a zoo cage to keep them safe from the rampaging animals. This trope plays out offscreen, as they undergo a RelationshipUpgrade by the episode's end.
42	* LoopholeAbuse: Just as Ladybug and Cat Noir have Animan trapped in a bus, unable to escape, Animan breaks out by turning into a T. rex. Cat Noir protests the unfairness, but Ladybug points out that a dinosaur is technically an animal even if extinct.
43	* OhCrap: Ladybug and Cat Noir when Animan turns into a ''T. rex'' and breaks out of his "cage".
44	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Animan is never referred by his real name during the episode. [[AllThereInTheScript According to the episode synopsis, it's Otis.]]
45	* PalatePropping: After entangling its legs with her yo-yo, Ladybug uses the car jack provided by her Lucky Charm to pry open the ''T. rex''[='s=] jaws and keep its huge maw locked open, making it harmless (as they have little to fear of its small arms).
46	* PassThePopcorn: Plagg goes into hysterics while watching the PlayingCyrano antics.
47	* PlayingCyrano: A double-Cyrano in this situation: Adrien feeds Nino lines for courting Marinette via a headpiece, not knowing that Alya is doing the same for Marinette. HilarityEnsues.
48	* PokeThePoodle: Kim mocks the panther's speed while she's eating lunch. The caretaker sees it as a FelonyMisdemeanor when he becomes an akuma.
49	* RelationshipUpgrade: Alya and Nino become a couple.
50	* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Animan tracks Kim through the whole city, following his scent even when in an eagle's form.
51	* ShoutOut: A caption on the news report reads "Gare au gorille" ("Beware the gorilla"), which is the chorus of a song by Music/GeorgesBrassens.
52	* SomethingWeForgot: After defeating Animan, Marinette completely forgets about Nino and Alya. Uncharacteristically to this trope, not only are they let out off screen, but they actually also [[RelationshipUpgrade benefit from the experience.]]
53	* SplitScreenReaction: When Nino blurts out that the girl he's fallen in love with is Alya (because he can't spit out it's Marinette), we get a screen split in three for the reactions of Adrien, Alya and Marinette.
54	* {{Squee}}:
55	** Marinette's parents when Ladybug and Cat Noir visit their bakery and ask for their help.
56	** Marinette has this reaction when Nino lies about him loving Alya.
57	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Alya and Adrien both think to coach Nino and Marinette through their date via bluetooth headsets.
58	* TemptingFate: Kim claiming that he could outrun the zoo's new panther. Animan then turns into one and manages to wear out Kim by chasing him.
59	* TrackingDevice: Cat Noir plants one on Kim.
60	* WrongGuyFirst: A gender inversion: Nino thinks Marinette is who he loves, but he ends up falling for Alya by the end of the episode.

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