Adrien Agreste

**Adrien Agreste** is one of the main protagonists of *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*. He is a student in Miss Bustier's class at Collège Françoise Dupont in Paris, France. He is also a fashion model for his father's brand. With the Cat Miraculous, when it is inhabited by Plagg, Adrien transforms into the superhero **Cat Noir** ("**Chat Noir**" in the French version), gaining the power of destruction to stop Hawk Moth and his akumatized villains. He is also the second-in-command of the French Miraculous superhero team.

In "Reflekdoll", Adrien temporarily obtains the Ladybug Miraculous, which, when inhabited by Tikki, will be able to transform him into **Mister Bug**, gaining the power of creation.

In "Desperada", Adrien temporarily obtains the Snake Miraculous, which, when inhabited by Sass, will be able to transform him into **Aspik**, gaining the ability to go back in time for a Second Chance.

In "Cat Blanc", in an alternative future, Cat Noir, conflicted between his loyalty towards his parents and the girl he loved, is akumatized by Hawk Moth into **Cat Blanc**, a cat-themed supervillain with the power of infinite destruction.

In "Miracle Queen," after removing the Snake Miraculous from Viperion under Miracle Queen's control, Adrien wears and activates the Snake Miraculous combined with the Cat to become **Snake Noir**.

## Personality

Adrien is a dreamer and charismatic but is also often shy, a bit reserved, and considerably innocent — particularly due to his unfamiliarity with much of the world beyond his father's reach. According to Nino, because of it, he resembled a baby bird afraid to come out of his shell. Due to it and his kind heart, Adrien is very willing to give second chances to others that have mean or cruel intentions, like Lila and Chloé, believing that through patience and time, anyone can change. Despite that, he can be oblivious at times to the darkness or mischief that is in the hearts of others, like his father or his cousin Felix.

However, he will defend his friends if matters go out of hand. Even though he is not very openly emotional to most people, he is friendly, empathetic, understanding, supportive, and encouraging to others in hard times. His will for exposure, change and making friends definitely complements his personality, although it is a bit of a struggle for Adrien due to his busy schedule.

Adrien's shyer and gentler characteristics can be observed in awkward, uncomfortable situations or scenarios with particular people. This was shown when he nervously asked Marinette to sign his copy of Jagged Stone's new album, shyly greeted Ladybug in "Simon Says", posed with Marinette as their alter-egos in Clara Nightingale's music video, was shy about going on a date with Kagami alone in "Frozer", and tried to make Marinette more comfortable around him but froze up and instead played a joke during "The Puppeteer 2".

While liking to have fun, Adrien is more serious, obedient, somewhat insecure, and less lively due to his strict upbringing. If something makes him sad, he usually tries to downplay his feelings on it, like his relationship with his father. He has an easier time letting his feelings show to those whom he is close to. However, Adrien will act on impulse if emotional enough, like lying to Théo Barbot out of jealousy about his relationship with Ladybug and sneaking out into the night while unhappy on Christmas, missing his mother. He feels that his father is overprotective, causing him to occasionally act rebelliously, like going places with his friends or alone without informing his family and taking things that don't belong to him, though the former case was caused by his father's over-protection.

His desire to be loved makes him vulnerable whenever disappointed by those he cares for, as seen when Ladybug didn't show up for their date in "Glaciator". Family-related issues also strike him emotionally, even in the simple situation when his father doesn't show up to spend dinner with him. Or when Mayura's deception leads him into trouble, meaning that he follows his heart at the most inconvenient times.

Adrien usually thinks reasonably and will express distress and frustration when someone is difficult or something is going wrong, especially in Plagg's case. However, according to Gabriel, Adrien is very similar to his mother, describing them as "dramatic" and "headstrong when in comes to other people's safety". He can be rather reckless with or without the mask, insisting on fighting Riposte with a sprained ankle in order to protect his crime-fighting partner. This was seen again to a more dangerous extent when his ribs were broken as a result of his Cataclysm being used against him. On the verge of dying, he insisted on continuing to fight, showing his will and determination to help even if restrained. On certain occasions, Adrien (as Cat Noir) can be hasty sometimes, evidently when rushing to face certain akumatized villains without a plan. Due to this rashness, he often needs to be restrained or stopped by Ladybug or Master Fu.

At times, Adrien can be persistent and curious about his Miraculous powers or when wanting to figure something out, as seen when he continuously bribed Plagg with cheese until he spilled the truth about what Ladybug was hiding. This trait is highly apparent in his romantic pursuit of her, to the point where both Marinette (referring to Cat Noir) and Kagami believe that he is stubborn. However, like Alya Césaire, he places extreme values on the mutual trust he has with Ladybug, respecting her decision to keep her identity secret and eventually her secrets with the guardian and when Ladybug became one. To where he held a great fear of losing it and disappointing Ladybug to where he tried to hide the truth from her, evident in "Miraculous New York". According to Ladybug, Cat Noir does annoy her a lot, but he has never lied to her. Per her wishes, he is secretive to others about his personal life, such as his love towards her, partially telling his true feelings to her aforementioned friends.