Ladybug (Marinette Dupain-Cheng)

Marinette Dupain-Cheng, also known as Ladybug, is the main protagonist from the Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir series.
== Charactah Account ==
Marinette is a teenage girl and aspiring fashion designer who lives with her parents over a successful Parisian bakery. At school, Marinette is friendly, if self-effacing (especially around her crush, Adrien) but has a knack for leadership, and is well-liked by her peers. When danger threatens Paris, Marinette rushes to the rescue, using her magic earrings to transform into Ladybug.
As Ladybug, she's much more confident and assured. She's a clever and skilled fighter, but is still working out some ethical knots, like where lies the line between personal and superhero life.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Miraculous World: New York – United Heroez
* Miraculous World: Shanghai – The Legend of Ladydragon
* Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
* Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Season 2
* Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Season 3
* Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Season 4
* Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Season 5
=== Comics ===
* Miraculous Adventures
=== Movies ===
* Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie
=== Video Games ===
* Ladybug Against the Villains
* Miraculous Crush
* Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir
* Miraculous Mission Ladybug
* Miraculous RP: Quests of Ladybug & Cat Noir
=== Web-Animations ===
* Miraculous Secrets
* Miraculous Secrets Season 2
* Miraculous Secrets Season 3
* Miraculous Zag Chibi
* Miraculous: Tales from Paris
== Trivia ==
* Thomas Astruc created Ladybug around 2005 when he was exchanging drawings on post-it notes with another worker and made one with the superheroine.
* Marinette's superhero form Multimouse was originally called Polymouse.
* Marinette's design has changed over time from the original Ladybug PV version.
** Her anime design included jean shorts,
** As Ladybug, she had a red face mask without black spots and two long red ribbons attached to each pigtail. She also lacked freckles.
** In the PV, Marinette's earrings were always red with five spots, no matter if she was Ladybug or Marinette. She only wore them as a civilian when needing to transform, not having them in public.
*** PV Ladybug's costume differs from the CGI Ladybug as well, with PV Ladybug's spots being found only on her torso (her legs and feet were completely red) and wearing a ladybug-themed bag instead of having the yo-yo. PV Ladybug's hair and hair ribbons are also significantly longer than the current version of Ladybug, and she has an ahoge, which means "foolish hair" in Japanese.
*** The yo-yo didn't exist; PV Ladybug fought using hand-to-hand combat.
*** PV Ladybug was less shy around her crush, as she's able to be very close to Félix Agreste without panicking or being nervous. She even asks him out while slightly blushing and looking right at him, although Félix coldly refuses.
*** Although her name in the PV was Marinette, many fans of the early version call her "Bridgette" to differentiate the two.
* Marinette's CGI design seems to have gone through a change as well. Earlier footage and images of Marinette included dark bluish-black hair, red tips of hair at the end of her pigtails, and gray eyes.
** In a placeholder animation, Ladybug was seen wielding a sword. Whether or not this was to be used as a new weapon or a Lucky Charm object is unknown.
* During the earlier stages of development, Ladybug wasn't allowed to abuse her powers of good luck, or else something bad would happen to her. As of now, it is unknown if Ladybug still has this issue since, as seen in "The Bubbler", all that happens when she selfishly uses Lucky Charm is that she runs out of power and loses her transformation.
* Both prototype versions of Marinette have her mask be the last piece of her costume to materialize during her transformation. In the final cartoon, her mask is instead the first piece to materialize.
* A fan asked Thomas why he gave Marinette ballet shoes, to which he jokingly responded with: "Because ski boots scratches the floor."
* Thomas confirmed that at some point in the future, Marinette would be seen with her hair down. It first appeared in "Cat Blanc" and "Heart Hunter".
* Marinette's hair color is a homage to old comic books that would use blue highlights on black hair.
* In "Stormy Weather", Marinette's infatuation with Adrien is revealed to even include plans for a family. The names of their supposed children are Hugo, Emma, and Louis—all traditional French names. Aside from these, she also appears fond of dogs and especially hamsters.
** She briefly considers a black cat as well, but she rejects the idea.
* Although not having any romantic feelings towards Cat Noir, in the webisode "Cat Noir as seen by Marinette", Marinette reveals that she's aware he may have a crush on her, and she admits she might have given him a chance if Adrien hadn't been around.
* More of Marinette's Chinese heritage will be seen in the future. As seen in "Miraculous Shanghai" and "Qilin"
* Marinette has stolen both Adrien's, Alya's, and Chloé's phones during the series. Ironically, however, all thefts were unintentional and involved her trying to hide a fact from the respective owners.
* Thomas revealed on Twitter that Marinette and Adrien would be seen as a "real couple" at some point in the show.
** In "Gorizilla", she was referred to as Adrien's girlfriend, though in that case, it was due to public misperception.
** During "Oblivio", through their amnesic state Marinette and Adrien briefly become a couple until their memories were restored.
** In "Cat Blanc"and "Ephemeral", they were in a romantic relationship in an alternative future.
* Thomas noted that Marinette would be hard to akumatize, as she is an optimistic person.
** She was almost akumatized in "Zombizou", but her negative emotions faded away before the akuma could infect an object of hers. This is seen again in "Chameleon".
** However, in "Ladybug," she was infected with a Scarlet Akuma, but the akumatization stopped due to Catalyst's (Nathalie's) sickness from the Peacock Miraculous.
** Marinette was almost akumatized in the alternate future in Bunnyx's burrow as seen in "Cat Blanc", but Cat Noir used Cataclysm on the akuma.
*** If including alternate and erased timelines, Marinette is the only member of the French Miraculous Superhero team who hasn't officially been akumatized as her akumatization in "Ladybug" was stopped mid-way. It was stopped because of Catalyst becoming sick, so Scarlet/Hawk Moth detransformed and tried to help Nathalie.
* During a Q&A on January 15, 2019, Jeremy Zag confirmed Ladybug and Cat Noir would reveal their identities and that it is already written.
** This is done in "Oblivio"; however, they were under the case of amnesia from the villain and had forgotten about the reveal once Ladybug restored everything with Miraculous Ladybug.
** In an alternative future in Bunnyx's burrow as seen in "Cat Blanc", Adrien discovered her identity and revealed his to her later.
*** In an alternative timeline, Marinette and all of Earth's inhabitants are cataclysmed and killed by the titular villain's Cataclysm Sphere.
**** This fact is erased from reality after Ladybug goes back in time to stop her past self from writing her name on the letter that led Adrien to discover her secret identity.
** In "Ephemeral", after being forced by Su-Han forced Marinette to discover Cat Noir's identity, she eventually has the courage to reveal herself to him but the event was erased by Sass' Second Chance.
* Following Kagami, Marinette is the only other person that knows that Adrien has a crush on another girl. But like Kagami, she is unaware that Adrien is in love with Ladybug, who is her alter ego.
* Her responsibilities as a superhero not only include fighting akumatized villains but also patrolling and many other things.
* Due to her Chinese-French origins and other circumstances, Marinette has succeeded many of her Miraculous predecessors.
** She is the third known person of French origins to wield the Ladybug Miraculous, succeeding her predecessors Jeanne d'Arc and La Coccinelle.
** She is tied with Adrien as the fifth person of French origins to wield a Miraculous following Jeanne d'Arc, La Cocconielle, Gilbert and Gabriel.
** She is the third known person of Chinese origins to wield the Dragon Miraculous, succeeding her predecessors Ancient Chinese Dragon Miraculous holder and Hua Mulan in "Miracle Queen".
** She is also the second person of Chinese origins to wield the Ladybug, Cat, Horse, Bee and Fox Miraculouses succeeding her predecessors Piáo Chóng, Hei Mao in "Reflekdoll", the Ancient Chinese Fox Miraculous holder as of "Kwamibuster", the Ancient Chinese Bee Miraculous holder in "Optigami" and Ancient Chinese Horse Miraculous holder in "Sentibubbler".
** Overall, she is the sixteenth person of Chinese origins to wield a miraculous.
*** Overall, continent wise she is the 22nd person of Asian origins to wield a miraculous.
**** As well as the fifth person of Asian origins to wield the Ladybug Miraculous succeeding Piáo Chóng, Tentomushi, Mudangbeolle and Bọ rùa.
** She is also the second person of French origins to wield the Cat Miraculous, temporarily succeeding her partner.
*** Despite that, she is the first known female character to wield the Cat Miraculous.
*** Marinette's role as the future holder of the Cat Miraculous was foreshadowed in the second opening. In which she was shown with cat ears, snout, whiskers, and tail.
**** It's also a homage to a deleted inktober drawing of a female Cat Miraculous holder.
**** Lady Noire's name translates to "Black Lady".
**** Lady Noire's nickname "She-Cat Noir" given by Reflekta is a reference to She-Hulk from Marvel Comics.
**** In "New Powers", Marinette mentions out of all the new abilities she has tried so far, her favorite time was when she tried Cat Noir's powers as Lady Noire.
*** Continent wise she is the third person of Europe to wield the Cat Miraculous following the Ancient European Cat Miraculous Holder and Adrien.
** Curiously, much like La Mariquita, Marinette is also a mestiza, with her father having Gallic origins and her mother having Chinese origins.
** Also, because her paternal grandmother is Italian, Marinette is the first known Miraculous holder of Italian origins.
* As of Season 3 and 4, Marinette holds the record for the most miraculous used on one person being the Ladybug, Cat, Dragon, Mouse, Fox, Bee, Horse and Rabbit Miraculouses.
* Lady Noire, Multimouse, Multifox, and Dragon Bug was first revealed in concept art shown at the 2018 Comic-Con Experience panel on December 6, 2018.
* There have been many inconsistencies with Marinette's alternate superhero names and their spellings:
** Depending on the official sources, the name of her Ladybug-Dragon fusion form can be spelled as either "Dragon Bug" or "Dragonbug".
** On the official YouTube channel, Multimouse's name is spelled "Multi Mouse".
** Despite the name of Marinette's superhero identity when wielding the Cat Miraculous being Lady Noire, both the official Instagram and the Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir running app spelled it as "Lady Noir".
** Despite the official name of her ice form being "Ladyice", she is mistakenly called "Icebug" by Clara Contard in "Stormy Weather 2".
*** She is known as "Snowbug" in Bandai merchandise, but it's unknown if it was an early name before being changed later in production, and the name was accidentally left in the toyline.
* She holds the record for the most fusion forms with Dragon Bug, Multifox, Multinoir, Multibug, Ladybee, Pegabug and Pennybug.
** As well as the record for the most Miraculous transformations including fusion forms with a total of nine.
** As of the "Battle of the Miraculous" and "Optigami", her current Ladybug form, her Lady Noire form in "Reflekdoll", her Multimouse and fusion forms in "Kwamibuster," her Dragon Bug form and her Ladybee form, all of Marinette's future forms are revealed.
* In one of the first concept art of the Lady Bee fusion, her name was originally BeeBug.
* In "Sentibubbler" Pegabug has a small horseshoe on the front of her costume facing up, which may symbolize luck. Interestingly, Pegasus also has a small horseshoe on the front of his costume but facing down, which can symbolize bad luck.
* Pennybug's costume has references to Alice in Wonderland and Sailor Moon.
** The white part covered in black spots on the front of her costume is a reference to Alice's dress.
** Her hairstyle is a reference to the one worn by Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon.
* According to Master Fu, Marinette is the first person in history to be able to mentally and physically handle wearing sixteen Miraculouses at once, something that even makes Wayzz recognizes her as special.
* She, as Ladybug, has told Cat Noir numerous times that she is in love with another boy, but she refuses to tell his name to him, claiming that their identities must remain secret.
** She probably fears that Cat Noir will discover her secret identity if she tells him the boy's name and by extension, her lover will be a likely target for Hawk Moth if the villain discovers that she is in love with someone.
*** Unknown to her as of "Truth", through her friends Hawk Moth already knows that she is love with Adrien but unaware that she gave up her romantic pursuit of him.
*** As of "Glaciator 2", Adrien as Cat Noir, knows that Marinette's lover goes under the codename "Buttercup" unaware it's him.
*** It's the same reason why she never told Cat Noir the identities of the other heroes as doing so would clue him in on her identity.
*** Cat Blanc appears in Marinette's nightmare in the episode "Sentibubbler", possibly a demonstration that she is traumatized by the fact that Cat Noir has been akumatized.
**** Also, Marinette claims that not even Cat Noir can know her secret identity, implying that she believes Cat Noir was akumatized upon discovering she was Ladybug.
* In Season 2, as seen in "Queen Wasp" and "Malediktator", Ladybug would still give a chance to heroes who revealed their secret identity, as seen with Chloé in "Queen Wasp" when she tells her that everyone makes mistakes, and gives her the Bee Miraculous in "Malediktator" to fight against the titular villain. The jewel is also given to her in "Catalyst" and in "Mayura".
** However, in Season 3, as seen in "Kwamibuster", if a superhero reveals his/her identity, Ladybug could no longer give them the Miraculous again. As in a mirage, she, as Ladybug, told that to Marinette, who revealed her identity as Multimouse to Cat Noir, and refused to give Chloé the Bee Miraculous again.
** This is probably because Mayura also aids Hawk Moth starting from Season 3, and they usually target Chloé and others if they become their alter egos, so Ladybug has to be very cautious while giving a Miraculous to a person.
** The same rule also applies to Marinette; if anyone discovered her identity, then she has to give up Tikki and the Ladybug Miraculous.
*** However with her being the guardian as of "Miracle Queen" to Season 4, she technically can't give up her Miraculous because as of "Catalyst" and their other allies there is no time to pick another Ladybug.
* Marinette is right-handed, but this changes depending on animation errors. During "Guitar Villain," for example:
** She is seen designing Jagged Stone's new album with her right hand.
** Near the end of the episode, when Adrien asks Marinette to sign Jagged Stone's new album, she is seen writing with her left hand.
* Marinette is naturally flexible, being even more flexible as Ladybug because of her enhanced physical abilities.
* In "Mr. Pigeon", Marinette's secret place of inspiration is the Trocadéro.
** In the webisode "Marinette in Paris", she says that her favorite monument is the Eiffel Tower.
* In the Korean and French dubs of "The Pharaoh", Alya says that Ladybug might be a 9th grader, while in the English dub of the episode, she says she might be a 10th grader.
* Marinette sleeps with her pigtails on, as seen in the opening of "The Bubbler" and the ending of "The Pharaoh".
* In "Reverser", Marinette attends art club along with Rose Lavillant, Alix Kubdel, Juleka Couffaine, Nathaniel Kurtzberg and Marc Anciel.
* In "Sandboy", it is Marinette's greatest fear is Adrien being in love with Chloé and losing her powers as Ladybug, rendering her as a useless superhero, thus, being unable to save the day.
* According to Santa Claus in "Christmaster", as her alter ego Ladybug, Marinette is the most well-behaved kid in the world.
* In "Backwarder", Marinette was chosen by Master Fu to become the next guardian of the Miracle Box if something happens to him.
* As of "Miracle Queen", Marinette is the first person to become a guardian in almost 200 years.
** She is the second known person to become a Miraculous holder and a Guardian following Master Fu.
** She is also the first guardian to be an active Miraculous holder.
* As mentioned in "Ikari Gozen," Marinette's Chinese Zodiac sign is a Snake.
* Marinette has her own official Instagram account. You can find her under the username @marinettedesigned.
** In one of her Instagram pictures, according to Marinette, she drew her first fashion design ever when she was 5 or 6 years old.
** In another one, she mentions that she used to have a fear of getting lost in the Metro when she was younger.
** She used to do dance lessons with her father.
** In another picture, Marinette mentions that she occasionally takes part in taste testing her father's recipes.
** She sometimes meditates in the morning with her mother.
** She also created her signature flower design years ago.
** She always keeps a sewing kit in her school bag.
* Since September 2020, Marinette has now her own Facebook account.
* Also, out of everyone on the team, Ladybug had her powers used against her the most with a total of five times (including "Sandboy", "Christmaster," and "Ladybug").
* In "Miraculous Shanghai", Wang Cheng mentions that Marinette's great-great-great-grandfather designed clothes for Beijing opera performances, probably Marinette may have inherited her design skills from him.
* According to Thomas Astruc, the reason for the simplicity of Ladybug's suit is that she wasn't ready to become a hero.
** That's also the reason why it was upgraded after getting her new power.
* The new costume Ladybug receives in "Mr. Pigeon 72" is identical to one of Thomas Astruc's designs for an adult Ladybug costume and her new transformation is actually a reference to old, 3D Ladybug back in 2014.
* In "Gang of Secrets", it is revealed that Marinette created a secret compartment in a fashion supply box to hide the Miracle Box, opened by pressing different colored thread spools. This is similar to the buttons on the Master Fu's Gramophone.
** Also, we can see Marinette counting with her fingers with the Chinese method, instead of the French one.
*** However, in "Sole Crusher", she counts using the French method.
* In "Sole Crusher", it's revealed that Marinette's phone number is 33653257.
** Her number in Copycat was 33636768, or that this was just something they forgot to change.
* Currently, four characters know that Marinette is Ladybug: Alya, Su-Han, Bunnyx and Luka.
** Alya found out in "Gang of Secrets", after Marinette felt overwhelmed by her secrets and revealed them to her.
** Su-Han found out in "Furious Fu", after he tracked the Miracle Box to Marinette's house and confronted it.
** Luka found out in "Wishmaker", after Ladybug was hit by the villain revealing her childhood secret and consequently transforming into her civilian form.
** Bunnyx casually found out in "Cat Blanc", after looking back in the past.
*** Six if counting both Adrien and Master Fu before the knowledge was erased from their memories.
* Throughout the show, she is shown to be ticklish.
** In "The Dark Owl", Alya tickles her after they are playing a game and Marinette wins with Alya distracted.
** In "Simpleman", Manon and Alya's younger twin sisters, Etta and Ella tickle her in order to know what's in the sewing box.
* In "Hack-San", Marinette has a full list of "pro tips" (at least 675) on her phone for her superhero life.
* Marinette Dupain-Cheng is the first and so far only known person to wield both the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses at the same time in the current the universe.
** In "Kwamibuster" she used the real Miraculouses, but due to being split, the Miraculouses were not used by the same individual.
** In "Gamer 2.0" she used a digital replica of the Cat Miraculous, and it is unknown if it possesses all of the real Miraculous powers.
** During the "Miraculous New York" special, Marinette was briefly given the Cat Miraculous, however she did not use or even wear it.
** She briefly has the jewel in "Kuro Neko", when Cat Noir gives it up and as before she doesn't use or wear it.
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== External Links ==
* Marinette Dupain-Cheng at Miraculous Ladybug Wiki
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