Akumatized villains

**Akumatized villains**, also called Evilized villains, are people transformed into supervillains by Hawk Moth with akumatization, the superpower of the Butterfly Miraculous.

## Transformation

Whenever a person has strong negative emotions, such as anger, frustration, jealousy, disappointment, humiliation, fear, or sadness, Hawk Moth senses it from his lair and charges a butterfly with dark power to form an akuma. The akuma then flies away from Hawk Moth's lair to where the person is, and possesses an important object that belongs to the person. Immediately, Hawk Moth telepathically links up to the person in order to communicate, using a butterfly-shaped light mask that goes around his and the victim's eyes. Also, in that moment, the area around the person's eyes darkens into a dark rust color. He then gives them a new name for their supervillain identity and explains to the person that he'll give them the ability to accomplish their goals, if in turn, the person will retrieve the Ladybug Miraculous and Cat Miraculous from Ladybug and Cat Noir.

When the person agrees, black and purple smoke appears from the possessed object and surrounds the person. Once it recedes, the victim has transformed into a supervillain. If Hawk Moth needs to telepathically talk with them again, his light mask will reappear on both Hawk Moth and the villain.

As stated in "Robostus", any sentient creature with emotions can be akumatized. For example, the robot Markov is akumatized in the aforementioned episode, and infant August is akumatized in "Gigantitan".

Sometimes, other living things or beings are indirectly transformed with the main victim, such as Fang changing into a dragon in "Guitar Villain" when Jagged Stone is akumatized, and Albert becoming a more advanced in "The Dark Owl" when Mr. Damocles is akumatized. Inanimate objects that are not the akumatized object can change because of the victim's akumatization, such as Roger Raincomprix's car transforming in "Rogercop".

While it is theoretically possible for someone with extreme willpower to resist or even overcome Hawk Moth's influence, only Miss Bustier has ever been shown doing so, and even she succumbed after approximately 30 seconds.

In "Miraculer", Chloé Bourgeois is completely successful in refusing Hawk Moth's offer.

## Abilities

An Akumatized villain has an appearance and abilities that relate to their infected object, occupation, circumstances, and/or interests. For example, because of Xavier Ramier's love of pigeons and his object being a bird call, he becomes Mr. Pigeon, a villain with a suit based off of pigeons and the ability to command pigeons. A majority of the time, their objects end up becoming their weapons, such as The Bubbler's bubble wand and Guitar Villain's guitar.

Aside from their superpowers, Akumatized supervillains have enhanced strength, durability, and fighting skills. For example, Lady Wifi manages to pin down Cat Noir when they are both disarmed, and the Reflekta being able to jump long distances.

Every villain, after being corrupted, remembers the cause of their distress and the person who caused it, so they usually try to get revenge. Additionally, some villains, namely Copycat, the Evillustrator, and Horrificator, remember the people whom they have romantic feelings for (Ladybug, Marinette, and Ivan Bruel respectively) and still care for them while transformed.

Hawk Moth can't mind control his villains, psychologically manipulating them instead. He can't read their minds either, seeing and feeling only what they are seeing and feeling. However, if a supervillain doesn't go and retrieve the Miraculous like they were asked to, Hawk Moth can control their bodies for a brief amount of time in order to inflict pain onto them until they agree to do it as quickly as possible. He can also remove their powers, another threat he uses against his victims to keep them on-task.

As seen in "Ladybug & Cat Noir" and "Stoneheart", if Ladybug doesn't purify a villain's akuma when she captures it, the akuma multiplies, and they transform various people into frozen copies of the villain. When the original akuma's victim is akumatized again, the copies unfreeze, and the villain has control over them, able to make them follow his or her orders and desires.

Because of Hawk Moth and the villain's mental connection, the villain can sense the location of Hawk Moth's lair if they want to find him, as seen in "Robostus" and "The Dark Owl".

In "Startrain", it's revealed that this mental connection is dependent on proximity. If the Butterfly Miraculous holder is too far, they can't control the akumatized person or see and hear through them.

In "Timetagger", it is shown that Akumatized villains can communicate directly to the Butterfly Miraculous holder, even if they are not the one who akumatized them initially, as seen with the titular villain who came from the future and was akumatized by another Hawk Moth that isn't Gabriel.

## Defeat

In order to defeat an Akumatized villain, one must break the object containing the akuma. Once the akumatized object is broken, the Akumatized supervillain will de-transform back into their normal self.

After the object is broken, the owner of the Ladybug Miraculous uses the Yo-yo to capture the akuma. Once captured, the yo-yo will "de-evilize" the akuma and revert it back into a normal butterfly.

* If the akuma is not captured, it will multiply into thousands and possess any random people they come across. The people will be transformed into physical duplicates of the villain; the duplicates will be frozen in time like statues until the original is re-akumatized. Once the original becomes a villain again, the duplicates will come to life and serve as the original's personal army. It is currently unknown if there is any way to revert the duplicates back to normal without the original being re-akumatized and purified.

Those who are transformed into villains will have little to no memory of what happened while they were transformed (like a dream that can't be remembered), though, in some cases, they can remember at least part of what had happened (like Alya and Nino, who remembered their actions as Oblivio). However, those who volunteered to be akumatized will retain clear memories of their actions, examples being Gabriel Agreste (The Collector) and Lila Rossi (Volpina and Chameleon).

## List of Akumatized Villains

### Season 1

* The Bubbler
* Mr. Pigeon
* Stormy Weather
* Timebreaker
* Copycat
* The Pharaoh
* Lady Wifi
* The Evillustrator
* Rogercop
* Dark Cupid
* Horrificator
* Darkblade
* The Mime
* The Magician of Misfortune
* Princess Fragrance
* Stoneheart
* Animan
* Simon Says
* Pixelator
* Guitar Villain
* Kung Food
* Gamer
* Reflekta
* The Puppeteer
* Vanisher
* Antibug
* Volpina

### Season 2

* Santa Claws
* The Collector
* Prime Queen
* Despair Bear
* Ripsote
* Befana
* Robostus
* The Dark Owl
* Gigantitan
* Glaciator
* Sapotis
* Gorizilla
* Captain Hardrock
* Frightningale
* Syren
* Zombizou
* Frozer
* Style Queen
* Troublemaker
* Queen Wasp
* Reverser
* Anansi
* Malediktator
* Sandboy
* Volpina (Season 2)
* Catalyst
* Scarlet Prime Queen
* Scarlet Guitar Villain
* Scarlet Frightingale
* Scarlet Horrificator
* Scarlet Stoneheart
* Scarlet Gamer
* Scarlet Princess Fragrance
* Scarlet Gorizilla
* Scarlet Dark Cupid
* Scarlet The Mime
* Scarlet Timebreaker
* Scarlet Vanisher
* Scarlet Glaciator
* Scarlet Gigantitan
* Scarlet Animan
* Scarlet The Pharaoh
* Scarlet Rogercop
* Scarlet Stormy Weather
* Scarlet Riposte
* Scarlet Despair Bear
* Scarlet Style Queen
* Scarlet Malediktator
* Scarlet Queen Wasp
* Scarlet Syren
* Scarlet Frozer
* Scarlet Darkblade
* Rena Rage
* Shell Shock

### Season 3

* Chameleon
* Animaestro
* Bakerix
* Backwarder
* Gamer (Season 3)
* Gigantitan (Season 3)
* Weredad
* Silencer
* Oni-Chan
* Destroyer
* Miraculer
* Oblivio
* Party Crusher
* Christmaster
* The Puppeteer (Season 3)
* Stormy Weather (Season 3)
* Kwamibuster
* Feast
* Reflekta (Season 3)
* Ikari Gozen
* Desperada
* Startrain
* Mr. Pigeon (Season 3)
* Timetagger
* Cat Blanc
* The Punisher Trio (Lady Wifi, Reflekta and Princess Fragrance)
* Catalyst (Season 3)
* Scarlet Princess Fragrance (Season 3)
* Scarlet Zombizou
* Scarlet The Dark Owl
* Scarlet Reflekta
* Princess Justice (not completed)
* Verity Queen (not completed)
* Heart Hunter
* Miracle Queen

### Future

* Dr. Sadness
* The Aklipt Invaders
* The Twin Queens of the Inner Dimension
* Monsieur Rat

### Comic books

* Replay
* Silurus

## List of Akumatized Objects

### Season 1

* Nino Lahiffe's bubble wand
* Xavier Ramier's bird call whistle
* Aurore Beauréal's parasol
* Alix Kubdel's rollerblades
* Théo Barbot's picture of Ladybug
* Jalil Kubdel's pendant
* Alya Césaire's cellphone
* Nathaniel Kurtzberg's stylus pen
* Roger Raincomprix's police whistle
* Lê Chiến Kim's brooch for Chloé Bourgeois
* Mylène Haprèle's pin
* Armand D'Argencourt's fencing sword
* Fred Haprèle's photo of Mylène
* Rose Lavillant's perfume bottle
* Ivan Bruel's note from Kim
* Ivan Bruel's song lyrics
* Otis Césaire's bracelet
* Simon Grimault's cards
* Vincent Aza's camera
* Jagged Stone's guitar
* Wang Cheng's chef hat
* Max Kanté's glasses
* Juleka Couffaine's wrist mirror
* Manon Chamack's toy wand
* Sabrina Raincomprix's brooch
* Chloé Bourgeois' Ladybug earrings
* Lila Rossi's necklace

### Season 2

* Santa Claus' hat
* Gabriel Agreste's new design book
* Nadja Chamack's bracelet
* Chloé Bourgeois' Mr. Cuddly
* Kagami Tsurugi's ring
* Gina Dupain's candy case
* Markov's CPU
* Mr. Damocles' computer and Albert
* August's bracelet
* André Glacier's ice cream scooper
* Ella and Etta Césaire's hat
* Marinette's bracelet
* Anarka Couffaine's compass
* Clara Nightingale's microphone
* Ondine's bracelet capsule
* Caline Bustier's tube of lip balm
* Philippe's ice skate
* Audrey Bourgeois's golden rose
* Penny Rolling's pen
* Queen Bee's Bee Miraculous
* Marc Anciel's notebook
* Nora Césaire's boxing helmet
* André Bourgeois's mayoral sash
* A boy's pillow
* Lila Rossi's bracelet
* Nathalie Sancoeur's tablet
* Jalil's pendant (Season 2)
* Fred's derby hat (Season 2)
* Kagami's ring (Catalyst)
* Audrey's golden rose (Mayura)
* André's mayoral sash (Mayura)
* Chloé's Mr. Cuddly (Mayura)
* Aurore's parasol (Season 2)
* Roger's police whistle (Season 2)
* Ondine's bracelet capsule (Mayura)
* Philippe's ice skates (Mayura)
* Armand's fencing sword (Season 2)
* Clara's microphone (Catalyst)
* Jagged Stone's guitar (Season 2)
* Sabrina's glasses
* Nadja's microphone
* Max's, Rose's, and Adrien's bodyguard's cellphones
* Mylène's, Ivan's, Fred's, Rose's, Aurore's, Jalil's, Roger's, Kagami's, Otis's, and Kim's "Heroes Day" pins
* Rena Rouge's Fox Miraculous
* Carapace's Turtle Miraculous
* Queen Bee's Bee Miraculous (Mayura)

### Season 3

* Lila Rossi's earring
* Thomas Astruc's premiere lanyard
* Rolland Dupain's canteen
* Marianne Lenoir's brooch
* Max Kanté's glasses (Season 3)
* August's pacifier
* Cat Noir's rose
* XY's mask
* Kagami Tsurugi's rose
* Chloé Bourgeois' photo of her and Ladybug
* Sabrina Raincomprix's toy staff
* Nino & Alya's tablet
* Wayhem's Groucho Marx glasses
* Chris Lahiffe's snow globe
* The Puppeteer's duplicate wand
* Aurore Beauréal's parasol (Season 3)
* Ms. Mendeleiev's camcorder
* Juleka Couffaine's lace glove
* Tomoe Tsurugi's bokken
* Vivica's guitar case
* The Startrain's deadman switch
* Xavier Ramier's bird call whistle (Season 3)
* Future Chris Lahiffe's spray can
* Cat Noir's bell
* Alya Césaire's tablet
* Rose's bracele
* Juleka's left glove
* Marinette Dupain-Cheng's purse
* Sabine Cheng's ring
* Gabriel Agreste's heart-shaped designer pin
* Queen Bee's Spinning Top

### Comic books

* Adam's wristwatch
* The fisherman's fishing rod

## Group

Scarlet Akumatized VillainsLady Wifi, Reflekta and Princess Fragrance (as The Punisher Trio)
## Trivia

* The Magician of Misfortune and Destroyer have the only unknown akumatized objects.
* Feast is the only villain without an akumatized object, being one himself.
* Many of the supervillains' face masks, such as those of Stormy Weather, Lady Wifi, and the Evillustrator, resemble the shape of a butterfly, most likely in reference to the akumas. Similarly, the four eyeholes in Darkblade's helmet resemble the four wings of a butterfly.
* Various animals and objects that are not infected by the akuma can be transformed indirectly with the Akumatized villains.
	+ Roger Raincomprix's police car transforms with him, its appearance changing and it becoming able to fly. It also gains an autodrive function.
	+ When Jagged Stone turns into Guitar Villain, his crocodile Fang is transformed into a dragon.
	+ Santa Claus's horses turn into reindeer, and his sleigh changes its appearance as well, gaining the ability to fly.
	+ Albert is also akumatized alongside Mr. Damocles as his monitor was the akumatized object; Albert gains a human face, as opposed to his normal cartoon appearance.
	+ Anarka Couffaine's boat transforms into an indestructible sentient ship that obeys Captain Hardrock's commands and can fire cannonball-shaped speakers and chain anyone.
	+ Marinette's grandma (Gina Dupain)'s motorbike changed its appearance and gained the ability to fly when she was akumatized into Befana.
	+ Tomoe Tsurugi's car is fused with her own body so she can become Ikari Gozen and trap her victims.
	+ Claudie Kanté driven train gains a new color scheme on both the inside and outside and the ability to fly into space. The service drones inside also become able to float and fire lasers.
* As shown in "Sapotis, "Oblivio" and "Heart Hunter", two people can be akumatized from a single akuma and/or object.
* Most of the Akumatized villains' powers are based on their hobbies or interests. For example, Nathaniel's hobby is drawing whilst the Evillustrator's power is making his drawings come to life.