Penalteam

**Penalteam**

**Season 4, episode 24 (Production order); Episode 102 (Overall)**

> And so begins the battle of the century between Penalteam and the Miraculous team!
>
> Didier Roustan, "Penalteam"

**"Penalteam"** is a Season 4 episode of the series, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. As based on the series' production order specifically, **"Penalteam"** is the 24th written and produced episode of Season 4. It is also the 102nd written and produced episode of the series, overall.

## Synopsis

Miss Bustier has organized a soccer game to introduce her students to the values of sport and the pleasure to play together. Marinette, who loves soccer, does her best to save the game, even though Chloe is determined to do everything to ruin the happy moment. Indeed, Chloe hates soccer. But when faced with an unfazed Marinette who includes her in the game against her will, Chloe’s anger reaches an all-time high. And she only hopes for one thing now… being akumatized so she can get revenge.

## Plot

The episode begins at Parc des Princes, with Kim and Marinette as the team captains, choosing their teammates from Miss Bustier's class for a game of soccer. Kim chooses Max to help him discover the best player to help win the match. Max's robot, Markov, points out Alya, but she was unfortunately already chosen by Marinette. Markov continues to help Kim, but Marinette says it’s cheating. Chloé tries to leave the game, saying that it is obvious who the winner will be but is stopped by Ms. Bustier, who says that nobody will be leaving and nobody will be cheating. Mr. Didier, points out that whoever loses and wins is not important but instead, enjoying the game and playing together. Mr. Didier asks the class if there are any ways of making the teams more fair.

Alix suggests boys versus girls, an idea Kim immediately shoots down as he believes the boys' team will lose once more. Alya shoots down Rose's idea of alphabetically organizing everyone's teddy bears as she can Chloé are the only people in the class with teddy bears. Marinette's suggestion of drawing for it is cheered and agreed on by the class.

Meanwhile, Marc is dragging Nate to where the class is, as he asks Marc what is the point of playing soccer while Marc tries to tell him the wonders of soccer. Nate asks Marc to come up for an excuse as to why he won't be there. Nate tells Ms. Bustier and Mr. Didier an excuse as he asks Nate if he wishes to play. After impressing the class with some kicks with a soccer ball, Marinette hands Nate a bib as the game starts.

Chloé is the goalkeeper of the yellow team, takes selfies and forbids Sabrina to play soccer just when she is about to kick the ball in her goal. Marinette comes over to her and advises her not to listen to Chloé's orders and that she can play if she likes doing it. Chloé rushes over and tells Marinette Sabrina only enjoys doing Chloé's bidding.

Mylène uses this opportunity to kick the ball out of Sabrina's reach while she is distracted. Mylène passes the ball to Ivan, who is afraid that he will hurt someone if he kicks it too hard. Rose comes out of nowhere and takes the ball from him and kicks it towards Marc, who kicks it past Kim and Nino. Marinette is about to kick the ball and is shocked when she notices Adrien in front of her and blushes. Nervous, she smiles awkwardly and kicks the ball to him. Nino asks Adrien to pass the ball to him as Adrien throws him the ball as Mr. Didier blows his whistle. He comes over and tells Adrien that only the goalie may touch the ball with their hands as Adrien apologizes.

The game resumes as Alya passes the ball to Marinette who kicks it in Chloé's goal while she is on her phone. Chloé refuses to touch the soccer ball, saying that she could catch something from it. Sabrina offers to take Chloé's position but Alya points out she is not on her team and Nino also says that it is a losing battle. Ms. Bustier stops Chloé from going back home as it is during school hours. Chloé points to Lila who is on the benches and pretending to be injured and asks why she isn't allowed to join her. Chloé tries poorly to be injured as Marinette makes a suggestion as to how to keep the soccer games fair and engaging to the players. Chloé rejects Sabrina's idea of her father, the mayor of Paris to close the class, saying that she is waiting for a person who has much more powerful than him.

Shadow Moth, in his lair, finds Chloé's emotions and feelings and sends a megakuma to her after creating one. The megakuma destroys Chloé's magical charm and enters her sunglasses. Chloé is akumatized into Penalty after Shadow Moth convinces her to accept his powers he is offering her as Sabrina runs away in fear. A huge dome is covering Paris as Penalty's clones are created. A timer appears as Ms. Bustier tries to reason with Chloé, is hit by a red card from Chloé and is in a bubble high above the ground. Alya is sent to another bubble as well.

The game between Penalteam, Penalty and her team of clones versus the students starts as one of the Penalteam kick the ball into the goal and Ms. Bustier's and Alya's bubble shrink in size. Alix and Mr. Didier are imprisoned in bubbles as well as the students run off and hide. Marinette hides behind a chair in the stadium to transform into Ladybug. The bubbles shrink as Penalteam shoots goals. Mr. Didier, with a microphone in front of him, is the commentator of the game.

Marinette transforms into Ladybug as Adrien transforms into Cat Noir in a bathroom stall. Ladybug and Cat Noir appear on the field. Penalteam puts her sunglasses in a separate bubble so that it cannot be destroyed. Cat Noir tells Ladybug that he has no clue about soccer. Ladybug runs off and gives the French Miraculous superhero team their respective Miraculouses. She also gives the Dog Miraculous to Sabrina, the Rooster Miraculous to Marc, the Goat to Nate and the Ox Miraculous to Ivan.

Meanwhile, the field and the goal is destroyed as Cat Noir is repeatedly being hit by Penalteam's soccer ball and is hurt. Ladybug returns with her team and recruits four new superheroes with her, Miss Hound, Rooster Bold, Caprikid and Minotaurox. The game starts once more as Viperion is sent to one of the bubbles as the Penalteam clones passes to each other. The bubbles shrink as the field increases in size as the goals are further apart from each other. Purple Tigress uses her power, Clout and creates a crater in the ground as two Penalteam clones are lying in it. Penalteam takes the ball from Ladybug as they trap Ryuko in a bubble of her own as well. The ball flies in the air as Cat Noir accidentally sends the ball into Penalteam's goal. Carapace kicks the ball as Penalteam repeatedly wins as more of her team members are in bubbles and it is halftime.

Exhausted and about to transform back, the heroes that have used their powers are ordered to transform back and recharge their kwamis as the team are back. Ladybug apologizes and admits all of the heroes are needed. The game starts as the superheroes win repeatedly and it is soon a tie. Minotaurox activates his power as Penalteam's power has no effect on him. The goals are further from each other as Penalteam cheats to make it unfair. Cat Noir is hit by red cards, is in his own bubble in the sky and in five minutes, about to detransform back as he cataclysmed one of the red cards.

Ladybug uses her Lucky Charm and receives an easel. Ladybug comes up with a plan that makes Penalteam reject her megakuma. Caprikid uses his power, Genesis and creates a wand. He uses it to pretend as though he has given the team the power to indefinitely use their powers without the worry of transforming back. Peanlteam comments that it is cheating while Miss Hound uses her ball and touches the soccer ball with it. The ball is teleported at Miss Hound's feet as she kicks it to Rooster Bold who gives himself the power to always shoot a goal whenever he kicks the ball. A Penalteam clone is immobilized just before she is able to kick the ball by Vesperia as she kicks it away to Rooster Bold who shoots another goal. Pegasus teleports the ball to the goal. King Monkey disrupts Penalteam's powers as the clones argue among themselves. Extremely frustrated, Penalteam destroys the sunglasses and rejects the megakuma as Ladybug captures it and reverts it back to a normal butterfly. Throwing the easel in the air, all of the damage during the akumatization is repaired as everyone transforms back.

Marinette tells Mr. Didier that Chloé should not have to play if that is what she wants. Marc hands Nate a bib and Sabrina pleads that Chloé lets her play as Chloé sits on the bench with Lila. Lila believes that they have a lot in common as they both hate the same person as Chloé smiles evilly in agreement as the episode ends.

## Characters

### Major characters

* Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug
* Sabrina Raincomprix/Miss Hound
* Marc Anciel/Rooster Bold
* Nathaniel Kurtzberg/Caprikid
* Ivan Bruel/Minotaurox
* Shadow Moth
* Didier Roustan
* Barkk
* Orikko
* Ziggy
* Stompp
* Megakuma
* **Penalteam**
	+ Chloé Bourgeois/Penalty
	+ Penalty clones

### Minor characters

* Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir
* Nino Lahiffe/Carapace
* Zoé Lee/Vesperia
* Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey
* Max Kanté/Pegasus
* Mylène Haprèle/Polymouse
* Juleka Couffaine/Purple Tigress
* Luka Couffaine/Viperion
* Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko
* Rose Lavillant/Pigella
* Alix Kubdel
* Alya Césaire
* Caline Bustier
* Markov
* Lila Rossi
* Plagg
* Tikki (background)
* André Bourgeois (indirectly mentioned)
* Andreas (mentioned)
* Michelle (mentioned)
* Johann (mentioned)
* Arsenne (mentioned)

## Trivia

* Internationally, this episode first premiered in Brazil on Gloob.
* This is the eighth time Chloé gets akumatized, following "Antibug", "Queen Wasp", "Mayura", "Miracle Queen", "Queen Banana" and two off-screen akumatizations into Antibug that were revealed in "Mr. Pigeon 72".
	+ Due to these constant akumatizations, Shadow Moth now calls Chloé his "favorite victim".
	+ However, unlike her previous akumatizations, Chloé is akumatized into a new villain, Penalteam.
		- This is the third time Chloé is willingly akumatized, following "Miracle Queen" and "Queen Banana".
* This episode has the first time where an akumatized villain de-akumatizes themself by breaking their own akumatized object.
	+ This is also the first time Chloé rejects Shadow Moth after siding with him in "Miracle Queen".
	+ This is also the third time an akumatized villain is willing to get de-akumatized after "Christmaster" and "Guiltrip". However, unlike Christmaster who willingly gave his object to Ladybug and Cat Noir, and Reflekta who didn't resist having her object be destroyed, Penalteam destroys her object herself.
* This is the second episode where a Megakuma is created to destroy a Magical Charm following "Dearest Family".
* The word Penalty, in Penalteam, has two meanings:
	+ One meaning involves a punishment for breaking the law.
	+ Another, when involved in games, means a kick/shot awarded to a team if the opposing team violates the rules.
		- The episode's title uses the game-related use, as it is based on a soccer game played by Miss Bustier's class.
* It's revealed that Marc is proficient at soccer and that Sabrina likes soccer.
* Four new heroes chronologically make their debuts in a single episode, the most of any episode so far.
	+ The previous record holder was "Stormy Weather" which introduced three Miraculous holders.
	+ This excludes "Party Crasher" which was released out of order, revealing three new heroes.
	+ Sabrina, Marc and Nathaniel are the fourth, fifth and sixth Miraculous holders who at first attempted to reject their Miraculouses but ended accepting them.
		- The others were Marinette in "Origins", Mylène in "Mega Leech" and Juleka in "Crocoduel". But unlike Sabrina, Marc, and Nathaniel, they were not frightened by their respective Kwamis.
	+ This is the third time where multiple characters received their Miraculous following "Origins" and "Desperada".
	+ Marc and Nathaniel are the fifth and sixth LGBTQ+ characters to receive a Miraculous followed by Max in "Startrain", Zoé in "Queen Banana", Rose in "Guiltrip" and Juleka in "Crocoduel".
		- Later in "Evolution", Alix becomes the seventh.
* This is the second time an akumatized villain use their shoes as a weapon after "Sole Crusher".
	+ This is the sixth time footwear is used after "Timebreaker", "Frozer", "Heroes' Day", "Gang of Secrets" and "Sole Crusher".
* This episode comes in first place for the greatest number of Miraculous holder allies recruited by Ladybug coming to a total of 13, only missing Rena Rouge/Rena Furtive and Bunnyx from the Miracle Box.
	+ This will also mark first place for the greatest number of Miraculouses activated coming at a total of 17, surpassing "Miracle Queen" at 11, "Kuro Neko" at 12, and "Ephemeral" at 13.
* This marks the sixth time a character based on a real person, in this case a French sports journalist Didier Roustan, is introduced but is not akumatized, following Sarah (named Josiane in the French dub and based on the French actress Josiane Balasko), Jean-Pierre Monlataing (based on the Thomas Astruc's former teacher), Véronique (based on the the manager of Musée Grévin Véronique Berecz), Wu Shifu (based on the Chinese actor Donnie Yen) and Anne-Jeanne Théoxanne du Bocquale (based on Ranita Gobrait, a young Polynesian champion).
* As of this episode, every Miraculous of the Chinese Miracle Box has a designated holder.
	+ This also mean that the concept and Miraculous superpowers of each of the Kwamis from the Miracle Box is revealed.
* This is the second time a new Miraculous is revealed without revealing its transformation phrase, following "Stormy Weather".
* After purifying the Akuma, Ladybug doesn't give Chloé a new Magical Charm like in "Dearest Family". Most likely, it's because Chloé would just reject it again like in "Queen Banana", as she had to be given that Magical Charm under false pretenses.
* This is the fourth episode Tikki appears only in background after "Horrificator", "Feast" and "Crocoduel", and the sixth she doesn't have a major role after the aforementioned episodes, "Gabriel Agreste" and "Guiltrip".
* This is the tenth time that Adrien is a minor character following "Style Queen", "Truth", "Gang of Secrets", "Mr. Pigeon 72", "Furious Fu", "Sole Crusher", "Crocoduel", "Qilin" and "Dearest Family".
* This is the fourth episode to introduce a new akumatized villain, but not be named after them, following "Antibug", "Mayura" and "Ephemeral".
	+ Although, unlike the aforementioned episodes, who are named after another villain, this episode introduce only one new villain and is named after the team of clones.
* Unlike Lady Wifi in "Gang of Secrets" and Rocketear and Qilin in their eponymous episodes, Penalteam doesn't immediately detransform upon breaking her connection to Shadow Moth, instead retrieving and breaking her akumatized glasses first. This is the first time this happens.
* This is the second episode of Season 4 not to have a dotted pattern on its end card, the first being "Rocketear".
* Despite Team Miraculous scoring several goals, only Rooster Bold, Minotaurox and Pegasus are seen scoring one.
* This is the second time a temporary holder transforms back then re-transform in the same battle, following Vesperia in "Queen Banana".
* When Didier Roustan is introducing the heroes, he names the holders in the same order that Ladybug had given them their Miraculouses with the exception of Vesperia and Viperion, whose places are switched.
* This is the first time someone willingly calls out to be akumatized. In this case, Chloe waits out for Shadow Moth so he can akumatize her.
* In the storyboard of the episode, Caprikid wasn't seen posing next to Miss Hound and Polymouse after the Miraculous team regrouped and changed their strategy.
* At the time of airing, not counting unifying, this was the sixth time a character(s) appeared as a Miraculous holder for a single episode, following Mister Bug and Lady Noire in "Reflekdoll", Aspik in "Desperada", Multimouse in "Kwamibuster", Scarabella in "Hack-San" and Cat Walker in "Kuro Neko".
* This is one of the only episodes to Call it Soccer in the European versions instead of Football as it is called in the UK and other territories as the US Disney Channel/Disney+ version calls it Soccer instead of it's home name in the UK

### Errors

* When Ladybug throws the easel, her drawings vanish.
	+ Her legs also glitch for a moment.
* When Pegasus uses Voyage to teleport the ball into the goal, he isn't wearing his Miraculous.
* When Rooster Bold scores the first goal, Penalteam's eyes are purple instead of red.
* In some scenes, Ladybug's right eye is smaller than her left one.
* In one scene, Miss Hound's Ball is missing.
* When the heroes fist-bumped and say "Pound it" after their victory, King Monkey is missing.
* When Chloe said she didn't wanna play and walked past Nino, Nino's other pupil was not located in the same spot as his other eye.
* When Miss Hound introduced herself, she already had a ball when the ball was still on her collar.
* When Caprikid explained that he doesn't have the power to make the wand magic, his Miraculous was in camouflage mode.
* The episode is incorrectly referred to as "Penal Team" on Disney+.
* In some scenes, Marinette is missing her soccer shirt.
* At the end of the episode, Mylène's jacket is much darker than usual.

## Gallery

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## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/MLadybug\_Blog/status/1502605498956324865/photo/1
2. ↑ https://cabletvt.powerrangermail.net/index.php/topic,6907.0.html
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/ladybugfrance/status/1491085607208382465
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rvvdO4LEKU
5. ↑ https://youtu.be/sRRJ\_raSbRI?t=72

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