Pollen

—Pollen to Chloé Bourgeois, "Queen Wasp"

**Pollen** is the kwami of action that is connected to the Bee Miraculous and with her power, its wearer can use the haircomb to transform into a bee-themed superhero. She is currently dormant in her Miraculous in the Miracle Box, but she temporarily becomes active to help Chloé transform into Queen Bee in "Queen Wasp", "Malediktator", "Catalyst", and "Mayura".

## Appearance

Pollen is a yellow creature that is 10 centimeters tall. Three curved stripes wrap around her head, and each stripe grows smaller as it ascends up her forehead. Her small stinger, visible at the rear, is also striped. Her antennae, arms, and feet are black, while her eyes are golden with blue sclerae. She has a row of white upper teeth, and she has black eyelashes. A small light yellow tuft is located below her head and around her neck, with a small area reaching onto her stomach.

## Personality

Pollen appears to have a formal and polite personality, greeting Tikki and Plagg as "the noble kwamis of creation and destruction" as shown in "Sandboy".

As shown in "Style Queen", "Queen Wasp", and "Malediktator", she is very submissive, obedient, and respectful towards her owner, as she calls Chloé "My Queen" and how she promptly transforms her into Queen Bee, despite it meaning everyone getting to know the latter's identity.

## Abilities

Pollen is able to fly, levitate, phase through solid objects, and carry objects larger and/or heavier than herself.

As a kwami, Pollen gives the wearer the power of subjection (the power to immobilize an opponent) and transforms them into a bee-themed superhero by entering the Bee Miraculous. Whenever the wearer uses Venom, Pollen begins losing power and eventually detransforms in about five minutes. Pollen then has to recharge by eating.

## Relationships

### Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee

Not much is known about Pollen's relationship with Chloé, but as far as being seen, she has befriended Chloé quickly and is very respectful with her, calling her "My Queen". She also doesn't object when Chloé transforms in front of a crowd of people. After Ladybug trusted Chloé with the Bee Miraculous in "Malediktator", Pollen and Chloé continued working together as Queen Bee in "Catalyst", "Mayura", and a final time in "Miraculer".

In "Heart Hunter", however, Pollen tries to convince Chloé to not side with Hawk Moth or to use the Bee Miraculous for evil, but Chloé wouldn't hear Pollen out and ordered her not to speak unless spoken to, which hurt her feelings. After Chloé's defeat in "Miracle Queen", Pollen sees her run off, saddened, and heartbroken by her wielder's betrayal. Ever since then it's unknown if Pollen has gotten over her former owner's betrayal.

### Tikki and Plagg

Just like with the other kwamis, Pollen seems to be good friends with Tikki and Plagg, formally greeting them as the "noble kwamis of creation and destruction" when they arrive inside the Miracle Box.

She was willing to help Marinette rescue Tikki and Plagg from Kwamibuster.

As of "Deflagration", Pollen and the rest of her siblings are shocked that Monarch had discovered the identities of Tikki's and Plagg's new owners. Aware of what he was going to do, she was saddened about being apart of his plan to catch them as well as paralyzing them with their powers. But being aware that his plan didn't work she likely felt great happiness that the "noble kwamis of creation and destruction" are free.

### Zoé Lee/Vesperia

Not much is known about Pollen's relationship with Zoé, though so far, she seems to be very respectful of her, despite the fact she is the half-sister of her former owner, even addressing her as "My Queen" and assisting Zoé in her transformation without question.

As of "Deflagration", Pollen discovered through Monarch that Zoe became Plagg's new owner under the holder name Kitty Noire and upon being forced into Monarch's new plan to catch Tikki and Plagg, she felt great sadness about paralyzing her former queen.

Following Monarch's defeat in "Re-creation", Pollen's miraculous is given to Zoé permanently and she and Zoé are thrilled to be reunited with one another.

### Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug/Multimouse/Ladybee

In "Kwamibuster", Pollen helps Marinette in her plan to save Tikki and Plagg from Kwamibusters vacuum and cheers for her once when their plan is a success. In "Miracle Queen", Pollen and her fellow kwami siblings accept Marinette as their new guardian and move in with her.

In "Optigami", Pollen fuses her powers with Tikki’s to help Marinette defeat Style Queen.

Months prior before the kwami's capture, Pollen and her siblings were trained by Marinette on what to do if any of them got caught by Monarch as a plan to retrieve them back. When said plan was put into action in "Destruction", Pollen and her siblings were briefly reunited with their guardian, happy that their plan had worked and that they were going home - only for their hopes to be dashed when Monarch took them away.

As of "Deflagration", Pollen and the rest of her siblings are shocked that Monarch had discovered the identities of Tikki's and Plagg's new owners. Making her aware that her guardian and Cat Noir gave up their mantles to someone else.

### Gabriel Agreste/Monarch

In "Evolution", Pollen and her fellow kwami siblings are captured by Gabriel and figure out his actions for getting the Ladybug and Cat miraculous. She then fuses her powers with Nooroo, Fluff, Trixx, Wayzz, Longg, and Barkk to help Gabriel paralyze future Bunnyx and take her miraculous.

In "Destruction", along with her siblings, Pollen was forced to reveal her guardian's location. After the battle, Gabriel reforged her miraculous into a special alliance ring for transferring her power of Action to any akumatized villain he wants.

In "Illusion", Pollen's power is used by Gabriel in an attempt to paralyze Ladybug and Cat Noir to take their miraculous.

In "Deflagration", Pollen and the rest of her siblings are shocked that Monarch had discovered the identities of Tikki's and Plagg's new owners. Her power is then used by Gabriel to paralyze Alya and Zoé to take their Miraculouses.

## Trivia

* Pollen was first revealed by Jeremy Zag with a picture posted on his Instagram. The image was captioned: "New Kwami means new superhero!? 🤔.... hummm... Maybe! 😋👍 Miraculous Ladybug Season 2 is coming guys !!!!"
* Another image of Pollen was shown during an interview between Lindalee Rose and Cristina Vee.
* Pollen's name was revealed when Thomas Astruc confirmed a fan's correct guess during a Twitter contest.
* In concept art, Pollen's eyes had neither pupils nor irises, only their blue sclerae, and her sclerae were much darker.
* Though indirectly, Pollen is the first kwami to be akumatized.
	+ She is also the first kwami to be akumatized twice.
* Astruc has stated that if the Miraculous is destroyed, the Kwami survives but is no longer able to be seen or felt. Thus, while the Bee Miraculous was destroyed, Pollen survived.
* The way Pollen is so ready to "serve" Chloé is a reflection on the way of how bees are devoted to their queen.
* Pollen's name and bee like appearance is also a reflection on the symbiotic relationship bees have with flowers.

## References

1. ↑ "Heart Hunter", "Miracle Queen", All of Season 5
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://twitter.com/Thomas\_Astruc/status/853374089611837440
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BGuojclSQxG/
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i21sqj37GYQ
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas\_Astruc/status/1054706013239214080

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