Ladybug

* Superhero
* Civillian

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

She is an iconic protagonist with a likeable, intelligent and strong-willed personality.
She is always kind and forgiving.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

In Love Superheroine

**Marinette Dupain-Cheng**, also known as her superhero identity **Ladybug**, is the titular main protagonist of *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*.

She was a normal French girl, until she received a Miraculous, a magical jewel that, with the help of a kwami, a magical being, can turn her into a superheroine, by Master Fu, the guardian of the miraculous. The miraculous she received was the Ladybug Miraculous, one of the most powerful, alongside the Cat MIraculous, and it gave her the power of creation. She used it to protect Paris from the evil Hawk Moth who often akumatizes normal people (turn them into super-villains).

## What Makes Her a Base Breaking Character?

#### What Do People Like About Her?

* She has a quirky and cute personality which makes her endearing, as well as being able to solve problems with her intelligence.
* As the superhero Ladybug, she finds innovative ways to defeat the akumatized villains and never gives up no matter what.
* She is a very compassionate person who is always able to forgive others (unless they are irredeemable) and show mercy to akuma victims.
* She always tries to learn from her mistakes over the course of the show and better herself as a person.
* Although she called out Lila too harshly in "Volpina", she did regret it and tried to make amends with Lila even though the latter would later reject her apology. Some find it hard to blame her for it as Lila's lies would've twisted her reputation and she interfered with Adrien's personal space, and besides she was already a fraud and manipulator beforehand.
* She often suffers a lot when she gets bullied by Chloé or Lila or dealing with the stress of being the Miraculous' guardian after Fu sacrificed his memories, making fans sympathize with her.
	+ One infamous example was in "Chameleon", where Lila sending Marinette to the verge of tears by turning her friends against her began lots of "salt fics" defending Marinette from her cruel treatment.

### What Do People Dislike About Her?

* Her stalkerish obsession with Adrien was intended to be funny and cute but instead comes off as creepy, as she often stalks him to unhealthy degrees, is willing to steal his things and even break into his house. Moreso, she also acts completely flustered whenever she talks to Adrien, which can be considered annoying to some. What makes it worse is that her stalking was meant to be seen as a character trait despite how unhealthy the implications are, and the in-universe characters encourage this behaviour rather than calling her out.
* The episode "Derision" gives a justification for Marinette's stalking as a traumatic event where she fell in love with Kim but after he made a cruel prank on her she suffered PTSD from the incident and swore to never fall in love with a boy unless she knew everything about them to an obsessive level. Detractors consider it to be a poor explanation for Marinette's behaviour since it came out of nowhere and retconned the show's continuity just to give a justification, and her PTSD is not only portrayed unrealistically but was used to justify her morally questionable actions, which can be offensive to people that actually suffer from trauma.
* She is considered to be hypocritical as she insists that she and Cat Noir must keep their identities a secret from each other, yet allows her classmates to keep using the Miraculous despite their identities being revealed after Chloé's betrayal and even let Alya know her secret identity, only letting it slide when their knowledges get reversed by the Miraculous Ladybug superpower.
* While some of her meaner moments are justified, some go way too far and cause devastating consquences, such as when she tried to humiliate Kagami in "Animaestro" which led to Thomas Astruc's self-insert being akumatized and denying Chloé the Miraculous and giving it to Kagami just to get her away from Adrien in "Heart Hunter" which led to Chloé's permanent betrayal and Fu's sacrifice.
* When she makes selfish decisions, she is often considered to be justified or in the right, making fans annoyed towards the way she gets away with her actions where characters like Chloé are punished for doing the same.
* Some camera shots throughout the show (and some renders) emphasize her rear while wearing her skintight Ladybug suit, which seem to sexualize her, even though Marinette is canonically stated to be 14 years old (13 in the first season).
* She is infamously involved with an issue of the now non-canon *Miraculous Adventures* comics, where she encounters a group of Black people and assumes that they're looting a building before asking them not to kill her. This comic is infamous for having implications of being racist with her being used as a mouthpiece, with one of them being literally referred to as "Ghetto Blaster".
* The show's creator Thomas Astruc often expresses a biased attitude towards Marinette, often downplaying her flaws and believing her to be perfect.
	+ To make matters worse, Astruc has claimed that Marinette's parents Tom and Sabine are based on himself and his ex-girlfriend at the time, with Marinette representing an ideal child between them, which fans consider to be creepy especially given the implications on why he idealizes Marinette so much.

## External Links

* Ladybug on the Near Pure Good Wiki
* Ladybug on the Heroes Wiki
* Ladybug on the Guile Heroes Wiki
* Marinette Dupain-Cheng on the *Miraculous Ladybug* Wiki

Supporting Characters