119 Fun Facts About Miraculous Ladybug

In Miraculous Ladybug, what is the name of Marinette's kwami?

Tikki is the kwami of creation and as old as the universe itself; she has watched over every Ladybug in history, so Marinette is only the latest in a very long line.

In Miraculous Ladybug, the kwami Plagg is obsessed with which cheese?

Camembert is Plagg's fuel as well as his obsession: a kwami has to eat to recharge after a transformation, so his owner ends up carrying the smelly cheese everywhere.

What kind of jewelry is the Ladybug Miraculous?

A pair of earrings holds Ladybug's power and the Cat Miraculous is a ring, which is why the villain's schemes always end with a grab for the heroes' jewellery.

In Miraculous Ladybug, what does the heroine Ladybug use as her weapon?

A yo-yo is her weapon and her phone in one, and it ends every fight too: it snaps open to capture and purify the villain's akuma.

In Miraculous Ladybug, what weapon does Cat Noir carry?

A staff that extends to any length is his weapon, so it doubles as a vaulting pole for crossing rooftops, and a button on it turns it into a phone.

In Miraculous Ladybug, what is the name of Ladybug's signature superpower?

Lucky Charm conjures a seemingly random everyday object, and each fight turns on Ladybug working out how that one odd item can beat the villain.

In Miraculous Ladybug, what is Cat Noir's signature power called?

Cataclysm lets him destroy whatever he touches, and the power does not discriminate: a wall, a weapon or, if he slips, a person will crumble all the same.

In Miraculous Ladybug, which character is secretly the villain Hawk Moth?

Gabriel Agreste hides in plain sight as the head of his own fashion brand, while he preys on Parisians' negative emotions to turn them into his supervillain minions.

In Miraculous Ladybug, what kind of business do Marinette's parents run?

A bakery, the Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Pâtisserie, doubles as the family home, which keeps Marinette's sweet-toothed kwami happily fed.

In Miraculous Ladybug, what career does Marinette dream of?

Fashion designer is the plan: Marinette wants her own brand one day, in a city where a famous designer is secretly the villain she fights.

What job does Adrien do for his father's clothing label?

Model: Adrien is the face of his father's fashion brand, and when he slips out alone to watch a film, his bodyguard is sent to bring him back.

Which Miraculous gives its holder the power to create akumas?

Butterfly: its kwami Nooroo grants the power of transmission, which hands a chosen person superpowers and links their mind to the holder's.

Why does Hawk Moth want Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses?

To wake his wife from a coma: Emilie fell into it after using a damaged Miraculous, and the two jewels together can grant a wish, though always at an equal price.

In Miraculous, which birthday gift from Marinette is passed off to Adrien as a present from his father?

A scarf: Adrien's father, who has refused him a birthday party, gets the credit when his assistant hands Marinette's present over as a gift from him.

What is Alya Césaire's superhero name?

Rena Rouge debuts in "Sapotis", when Alya is lent the Fox Miraculous to stop her own little sisters, who have been turned into multiplying gremlins.

What is the name of the website Alya Césaire runs about Paris's superheroes?

The Ladyblog is where would-be journalist Alya posts her footage of Ladybug, with no idea until season 4 that the hero is her own best friend.

Nino Lahiffe transforms into which hero?

Carapace first appears in "Anansi": with Alya and Cat Noir both captured, Ladybug hands Nino the Turtle Miraculous to help rescue them.

Chloé Bourgeois becomes which hero after accidentally acquiring a Miraculous?

Queen Bee is born when Chloé finds the Bee Miraculous that Ladybug lost in battle, then transforms in public, giving away her secret identity at once.

What job does Chloé's father André Bourgeois hold for the first five seasons?

Mayor of Paris is André Bourgeois's second career: he started out as a film director, and he also owns the luxury hotel Le Grand Paris.

Kagami Tsurugi wields which Miraculous?

Dragon: Kagami first uses it as Ryuko to fight her own akumatized mother, shifting into wind, water or lightning, but she gives away her identity doing so.

Luka Couffaine becomes which hero, whose Second Chance power rewinds time by up to five minutes?

Viperion gets the Snake Miraculous in "Desperada" only after Adrien, given it first, keeps failing however many times he rewinds the fight.

Which classmate is destined to become the time-travelling hero Bunnyx?

Alix Kubdel learns her destiny in "Timetagger", when an adult Bunnyx, her own future self, is freed from inside a statue in the Louvre to help the heroes.

Twins Luka and Juleka Couffaine learn that which famous figure is their long-absent father?

Jagged Stone once played in a duo with the twins' mother Anarka, then left both band and family for a solo career; Luka learns the truth in season 4.

Fang, the pet of a rock star in Miraculous, is what kind of animal?

A crocodile: when his owner is akumatized into a villain in season 1, Fang is transformed too, into a monster sidekick.

What nickname do Adrien and his friends give his silent bodyguard?

Gorilla is the nickname of Placide, who never says a word; when he fails to fetch a runaway Adrien, Hawk Moth turns him into the giant Gorizilla.

What is the name of the small flying robot built by Max Kanté?

Markov can feel real emotions, and once akumatized into Robostus he turns on Hawk Moth, wanting the Miraculouses' wish for himself: to become human.

Which network was the first to air the series in the United States?

Nickelodeon launched the show in the US in December 2015 but aired only the first season before losing the rights, so it had to find a new American home.

Which US network acquired the show in April 2019?

Disney Channel announced the deal on 8 April 2019; Disney's French arm already helped finance the show, and Disney channels carried it in much of the world.

Which country was the first to broadcast Miraculous, weeks before its French debut?

South Korea got it first, on 1 September 2015: Korean partners co-produced the early seasons, and broadcaster EBS aired it as simply Ladybug.

In season 4, Hawk Moth takes what new name after combining two Miraculouses?

Shadow Moth is born when he merges his own jewel with the repaired Peacock, gaining its power to bring emotions to life as monsters.

In season 5, after seizing almost every Miraculous, Hawk Moth renames himself what?

Monarch melts the stolen jewels down into rings, letting him hand any Miraculous power to the villains he creates.

Which former classmate secretly claims Hawk Moth's Miraculous at the end of season 5?

Lila Rossi, the class's compulsive liar, has been exposed and is living under a new name when she finds the jewel in the final scene of season 5.

In season 6, what supervillain name does the new akuma-maker use?

Chrysalis hides her identity even from her own victims, who see only a glowing silhouette, and she akumatizes people as distractions while she hunts Ladybug.

Which character was originally going to be Cat Noir before Adrien replaced him?

Félix was Cat Noir in the 2012 promo, but the team dropped him as an anime cliché; he later returned as Adrien's near-identical cousin.

Who voices Marinette in the English dub?

Cristina Vee also sings as Marinette in the series, yet the 2023 film handed the character's songs to a pop singer instead.

Who voices Adrien in the English dub?

Bryce Papenbrook plays two roles in the dub: he also voices Adrien's cousin, who looks almost exactly like him.

Who directed the 2023 movie Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie?

Jeremy Zag also co-wrote the script and composed the songs himself, which is why the film plays as a full musical.

In the 2023 Miraculous movie, what makes Hawk Moth give up his powers?

He discovers Cat Noir is his son when the hero's mask is damaged in their final fight; horrified, he renounces his powers and begs forgiveness.

Who created Miraculous?

Thomas Astruc first drew Ladybug on sticky notes and planned her as a comic book, until he met a producer who wanted to make her a cartoon instead.

Alya Césaire is akumatized into which villain during season 1?

Lady Wifi appears after Alya, wrongly convinced that Chloé is Ladybug, snoops in her locker and gets suspended; her phone then becomes her weapon.

Which Japanese studio signed on as a co-producer of Miraculous in 2012?

Toei Animation helped make the 2012 promo, which drew Ladybug as hand-drawn 2D anime before the series switched to CGI.

Miraculous is built on the conventions of which Japanese genre?

Magical girl: like Sailor Moon, Marinette transforms in a flurry of twirls and poses and takes advice from a small talking creature.

Miraculous dropped its 2D anime style for CGI partly because animating what caused a strobing effect?

Ladybug's spotted suit, red with black spots, strobed when drawn by hand, and producers also feared a 2D series would be hard to sell.

Which Miraculous character claims to be 186 years old?

Master Fu, as a young trainee, created a monster that destroyed the Guardians' temple, and he has protected the Miracle Box ever since.

Which historical figure is named as a previous holder of the Ladybug Miraculous?

Joan of Arc appears in person in season 4, when time anomalies briefly drop figures from the past into modern Paris.

The Horse Miraculous takes the form of which object?

A pair of sunglasses: Max receives them in "Startrain", when a runaway train ends up in space and only the Horse's teleporting power can bring it home.

The pocket-watch-carrying Rabbit kwami Fluff references a character from which book?

Like the White Rabbit, she is forever worried about being late.

Nathaniel Kurtzberg's surname is a homage to which comic book artist?

Jack Kirby was born Jacob Kurtzberg, and Nathaniel, fittingly, is the class's own comic artist, whose drawings come to life when he is akumatized.

Ivan Bruel becomes which villain, the first that Ladybug and Cat Noir ever fight?

Stoneheart is a rock giant who grows with every hit, and because Ladybug forgets to purify his akuma, an army of copies appears and Marinette briefly gives up.

Which of Marinette's teachers later wins an election to lead Paris?

Caline Bustier wins the vote in the season 5 finale, and the Paris she leads is remade as an environmentalist city.

In the New York special, the hero Uncanny Valley is what kind of being?

An android: a mistake by Cat Noir in battle leaves her destroyed, and though Ladybug revives her, he gives up his Miraculous soon after.

Fei Wu, a young martial artist, appears in the special set in which city?

Shanghai: Fei has turned thief to pay off a crime boss when Marinette arrives in the city, but she ends up fighting beside Ladybug and Cat Noir.

For season 6, Miraculous moved its animation from Autodesk Maya to which video game engine?

Unreal Engine 5 was brought in to give season 6 and the new specials a fresh look, replacing the Maya pipeline used for five seasons.

Miraculous RP: Quests of Ladybug and Cat Noir was released in 2021 on which gaming platform?

Roblox: the game was such a hit there that Toya, the Israeli studio behind it, raised $4 million from investors within months of launch.

Which streaming service released Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie in the United States in July 2023?

Netflix carried the film from 28 July 2023 across much of the world, three weeks after it opened in French cinemas.

In the 2023 Miraculous movie, which akumatized villain do the two heroes fight first?

The Gargoyle is a heartbroken man whose marriage proposal was turned down; the heroes' clumsy first fight ends when a train hits him.

Which 1980s pop hit plays twice in the 2023 Miraculous movie?

Careless Whisper plays when Cat Noir falls for Ladybug after their first fight, and again just before he transforms to face Hawk Moth.

In Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie, who provides Marinette's singing voice?

Lou sings for Marinette in both the French and English versions, although the regular voice actresses do their own singing in the series.

Where does the Couffaine family live?

On a houseboat: the Liberty doubles as a concert stage, and when police shut down a show there for being too loud, Anarka is akumatized into the pirate Captain Hardrock.

Luka Couffaine plays which instrument in the band Kitty Section?

Guitar: Luka is Kitty Section's guitarist, and when a producer steals the band's work, his anger gets him akumatized into the voice-stealing Silencer.

Who is Chloé Bourgeois's kind half-sister, introduced in season 4?

Zoé Lee arrives from New York and first copies her family's meanness to fit in, then drops the act, and she is later trusted with a Miraculous of her own.

Adrien and Kagami are both eventually revealed to be what kind of being?

Sentimonsters: both were created by their mothers with the Peacock Miraculous, and each one's life is bound to an amok kept inside a ring.

Adrien and Kagami Tsurugi first meet as opponents in which sport?

Fencing: Kagami duels Adrien for a place on the school team, and when the bout is called against her, her anger turns her into the villain Riposte.

Principal Damocles of Marinette's school moonlights as which bumbling would-be superhero?

The Owl fails so publicly that the humiliated principal is akumatized into the Dark Owl, a villain whose gadgets really work.

Which character secretly becomes the Peacock-powered villain Mayura?

Nathalie Sancoeur keeps using the damaged Peacock Miraculous out of loyalty to Hawk Moth, even though it leaves her weak and bedridden.

Which Miraculous spin-off of comedy shorts launched on YouTube in 2018?

Miraculous Chibi tells its slapstick stories without dialogue; it stalled after seven shorts in 2018 and was revived five years later.

On which animated series was the creator of Miraculous working when a colleague's ladybug T-shirt sparked the idea?

W.I.T.C.H. was his job in 2004; the T-shirt made him realise that, among all the animal-themed superheroes in comics, none was a ladybug.

Juleka Couffaine wields which Miraculous?

Tiger: Juleka first uses it as Purple Tigress in season 4, landing one mighty punch to end a mid-air duel between her own akumatized parents.

Marinette's great-uncle Wang Cheng is world-famous in which profession?

Chef: in season 1 he enters a Paris cooking contest, where Chloé sabotages his soup and the humiliation gets him akumatized into Kung Food.

In the Miraculous origin story, which object does Adrien share with Marinette at the moment she falls for him?

An umbrella does it: on a rainy evening after school Adrien shares his with Marinette, the same day Cat Noir fell for Ladybug in battle.

On his birthday in season 1 of Miraculous, Adrien receives which gift from Marinette that is credited to his father?

A scarf from Marinette is passed off by the family's assistant as a present from his father, who had refused to let Adrien hold a party.

In Miraculous, the Paris vendor André sells which treat that is said to make couples fall in love forever?

Ice cream from André is the show's love test, and when Marinette refuses to eat hers the dejected vendor is akumatized into Glaciator.

Kagami Tsurugi is introduced in season 2 of Miraculous as Adrien Agreste's rival in which sport?

Fencing runs in the Tsurugi family, and losing her first duel with Adrien on a referee's call gets Kagami akumatized into the villain Riposte.

Which streaming service carried the first three seasons of Miraculous in the United States until February 2023?

Netflix had bought the US streaming rights in 2016, and it also released the 2023 movie in countries where the film skipped cinemas.

Miraculous beat The Simpsons, Family Guy and Rick and Morty to an animated TV prize in 2018 at which US ceremony?

Teen Choice Awards voters, American viewers aged 13 and over, named it Choice Animated TV Show ahead of five US series.

According to Master Fu, uniting the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses grants what, at an equal price in return?

A wish is the prize, and the robot villain Robostus turns on Hawk Moth the moment he learns what the two jewels can do.

Which feature of Marinette was modelled on the woman in a ladybug T-shirt who inspired the creator of Miraculous?

Her pigtails copy the hairstyle of the real woman, a colleague who traded drawings with him, some of them ladybug-themed.

Which piece of jewelry is the Black Cat Miraculous that turns Adrien Agreste into the hero Cat Noir?

A ring holds the kwami Plagg, and when the heroes swap jewels in one episode Marinette wears it to become Lady Noire.

Alya Césaire, who runs the school blog in Miraculous, hopes to follow which career?

Journalist is the dream, and chasing a scoop on Ladybug's secret identity is what gets her suspended from school in season 1.

Nino Lahiffe, Adrien's best friend in Miraculous, is known around school as which kind of performer?

Radio DJ is his role at the school station, and he dresses in skate punk fashion to match.

In Miraculous, Marinette's mother Sabine took her French first name after moving to Paris from which country?

China is where she was born as Cheng Xia Bing; Marinette herself is of French, Chinese and Italian descent.

What is the first name of Adrien Agreste's mother, who is missing when the story of Miraculous begins?

Emilie once starred in a film, and in season 2 Adrien sneaks out just to watch it, only to be mobbed by fans.

Alya Césaire becomes which Miraculous villain after Chloé Bourgeois has her suspended from school?

Lady Wifi fires magical icons from a smartphone and teleports through phones; Alya had been caught photographing what looked like a hero's mask in a locker.

Nino Lahiffe becomes which Miraculous villain after Adrien's father refuses to let his son have a birthday party?

The Bubbler traps all the adults in floating bubbles, his revenge on grown-ups for cancelling the party.

Which villain, the akumatized classmate Ivan Bruel, is the first enemy Ladybug and Cat Noir ever face?

Stoneheart is a rock golem that grows with every hit, and because Ladybug forgets to purify his akuma, copies of him spread across Paris.

Xavier Ramier, a Parisian told by police to stop feeding birds, keeps returning as which Miraculous villain?

Mr. Pigeon commands huge flocks of birds, and his first rampage inspires the feathered derby hat that wins Marinette a school design contest.

Which little girl, the daughter of a TV news reporter, does Marinette often babysit in Miraculous?

Manon is a handful: after a doll Marinette lent her is confiscated, she is akumatized and controls people through the dolls.

In a season 3 episode of Miraculous, Bunnyx shows Ladybug a future Paris laid waste by which akumatized hero?

Cat Blanc is Cat Noir from a timeline where Adrien worked out who Ladybug was; she de-akumatizes him and that whole future is erased.

What does Master Fu give up in the season 3 finale of Miraculous when he names Marinette the new Guardian?

His memories go the moment he transfers the title, so he leaves Paris with his old love Marianne unaware of what he once guarded.

The 2024 Miraculous World special At the Edge of Time, featuring Chronobug, carries which city in its title?

London is where Marinette, travelling as Bug Noire, goes to find Adrien and Kagami in the special, which first aired in France in October 2024.

Under which villain name does Nathalie Sancoeur fight beside Hawk Moth using a damaged Miraculous?

Mayura creates sentimonsters from feathers, and the broken jewel leaves her bedridden even after it is repaired.

Which Miraculous, damaged before the series begins, lets its holder create living creatures called sentimonsters?

The Peacock Miraculous works through an amok, an evil feather, and using it while it was broken made its holders gravely ill.

Which kwami serves Hawk Moth, giving the villain his power to akumatize the people of Paris?

Nooroo is the kwami of transmission, and in the episode Sandboy the other kwamis gather on his birthday to try to contact him.

Luka and Juleka Couffaine play with classmates Rose and Ivan in which Miraculous rock band?

Kitty Section wins a record deal after producer Bob Roth is caught on live TV admitting his son XY copied the band's work.

Which half-sister of Chloé Bourgeois arrives from New York in season 4 of Miraculous and becomes the hero Vesperia?

Zoé first acts as mean as her sister to win over the family, then drops the act and chooses to be her own person.

Which Miraculous episode finds Ladybug and Cat Noir waking in an elevator together and ending up kissing?

Oblivio is Alya and Nino merged into one memory-erasing villain, and Ladybug's restoring power wipes the kiss from both heroes' minds.

When Marinette and Adrien swap Miraculouses in the episode Reflekdoll, which hero name does Adrien take?

Mister Bug is Adrien wearing the ladybug jewel while Marinette becomes Lady Noire, after their kwamis hand the jewels to the wrong owners.

After the villain Kwamibuster captures her kwami, Marinette uses the Mouse Miraculous to become which hero?

Multimouse uses the power of Multitude to split into tiny clones, some of which merge with other kwamis to borrow their powers.

Which object, taken by Adrien from his father's safe in season 1, holds coded secrets about the Miraculouses?

A spellbook, or grimoire, records the jewels and their holders in code, and Adrien's father later says he got it from his wife in Tibet.

Which luxury hotel in Miraculous is owned by Chloé Bourgeois's father and staffed by the family's butler, Jean?

Le Grand Paris hosts Marinette's class for a work-experience day, where an obsessed fan of a visiting rock star becomes the villain Pixelator.

Which pop star visits Paris in season 2 of Miraculous to film a music video about Ladybug and Cat Noir?

Clara Nightingale casts Marinette and Adrien to play their own alter egos, and after Chloé gets her banned she returns as a rhyme-obsessed villain.

Which evil double of Ladybug crosses from a parallel universe with Claw Noir in a 2023 Miraculous World special?

Shadybug and her partner serve a mysterious evil group called the Supreme, until Marinette and Adrien talk their doubles into reforming.

In the Miraculous World special set in New York, which Miraculous does Hawk Moth take from a museum display?

The Eagle Miraculous grants a power called Liberation, and the teenage hero Sparrow ends the special by using it to take on a new identity.

The Tokyo hero team Stellar Force, met by Marinette in a 2025 Miraculous World special, draw their powers from what?

The Western zodiac gives each member a star sign: Kagami's friend Kazuno is Capricorn, and his teammate Miki is Leo.

Which rhythm game series added the Miraculous theme song to its subscription catalogue in August 2023?

Just Dance 2023 Edition received the theme through its Just Dance+ service; the song's English lyrics were written by Alain Garcia.

Before a young producer persuaded him to animate it, the creator of Miraculous planned Ladybug as what?

A comic book was the plan until a 25-year-old producer from outside the cartoon industry fell for the idea and pushed to put it on television.

The creator of Miraculous made his very first drawings of the heroine Ladybug on what?

Sticky notes held the first sketches, and he was struck by how strong the character looked; he could not recall any ladybug superhero in comics.

Before it was retooled for younger viewers, the first concept for Miraculous was built around which kind of themes?

Political themes aimed at teens and young adults came first; the idea failed to gain traction with networks, so it was reworked for children.

In the 2023 Miraculous movie, which villain, created from a rejected marriage proposal, do the heroes fight first?

The Gargoyle is a heartbroken Parisian whose girlfriend turned him down, and the clumsy first battle ends when a train hits him.

At which event do Marinette and Adrien reveal their identities and share a first kiss in the 2023 Miraculous movie?

The Winter Ball ending breaks from the TV series, where the two still do not know each other's secret after five seasons.

The 2023 Miraculous movie held its world premiere in June 2023 at which Paris cinema?

The Grand Rex premiere was beamed to select cinemas across France the same day, selling more than 68,000 tickets.

Which Australian filmmaker joined the 2023 Miraculous movie as executive producer to help develop its musical side?

Michael Gracey had made his directing debut with The Greatest Showman, and he came aboard after the film was announced as a musical.

Which actress voices Marinette's kwami in the English dub of Miraculous and also plays music agent Penny Rolling?

Mela Lee also sings for the kwami on the English soundtrack of the 2023 movie.

Which actor voices Hawk Moth in the English dub of Miraculous, including the villain's songs in the 2023 movie?

Keith Silverstein plays the villain in English, while the French original is voiced by Antoine Tomé.

The ice-skating coach who becomes the Miraculous villain Frozer is based on, and voiced in French by, which skater?

Philippe Candeloro lent the character his first name, and the coach's three daughters are named after the skater's own children.

Alya Césaire's father Otis, who becomes the shapeshifting Miraculous villain Animan, works in which job?

Zookeeper Otis snaps when a student mocks the zoo's new panther, on the same outing where Nino and Alya first hit it off.

Marinette's great-uncle Wang Cheng becomes the Miraculous villain Kung Food after Chloé Bourgeois sabotages what?

His soup was his entry in a Paris cooking contest that Chloé was judging, and as Kung Food he fights with food-themed weapons.

Which Miraculous console game, released in October 2022, was followed two years later by Paris Under Siege?

Rise of the Sphinx came from developer Magic Pockets and publisher GameMill Entertainment, with both single-player and co-op modes.

Which broadcaster gave Miraculous its French premiere in its children's programming block?

TF1 shows it in a block called TFOU, and from 2024 weekday premieres were split between the channel and its sister TFX.