Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey

**Lê Chiến Kim (aka King Monkey)** or **Kim Chiến Lê** (in Western order), is a student in Miss Bustier's class at Collège Françoise Dupont. In "Dark Cupid", after being rejected and humiliated by his crush Chloé, he is akumatized by Hawk Moth and becomes **Dark Cupid**, a hate-spreading supervillain.

In "Party Crasher", in order to defeat the titular villain who had been able to capture Ladybug and her team, Kim receives the Monkey Miraculous from Master Fu. When the Miraculous is inhabited by Xuppu he becomes **King Monkey**, a monkey-themed superhero with the power of Jubilation.

## Trivia

* Kim is of Vietnamese heritage. As such, his name follows Vietnamese naming conventions.
	+ "Lê" is his family name, "Chiến" is his middle name, and with "Kim" being his first name.
* In the French dubbed version, Kim's villain name is "Dislocoeur".
	+ Dislocoeur is intended to be a pun in French, "-cœur" meaning "heart" and "dis-" alluding to "disloquer", meaning "break".
	+ His supervillain name is based off Cupid, a mythical character in Roman mythology, who is believed to have the power to bring people together with his love arrows.
		- However, his powers operate parallel to Cupid's, as he breaks people apart.
* In the French dubbed version, Kim's superhero name is "Roi Singe" that means literally "Monkey King" or "King Monkey".
* While it is unknown what sports Kim plays specifically, Kim has made references to playing soccer in the French version, which is called football outside of the US. In "Darkblade", he is holding a basketball.
	+ Kim also makes a baseball metaphor in the English version of "Dark Cupid".
	+ Kim revealed he won the County Athletics Tournament in "Animan".
	+ In the first issue of Miraculous Adventures, Kim is on a lacrosse team with Adrien, Ivan, and Alix.
* Dark Cupid reappears in the two-part special event "Heroes' Day".
* Dark Cupid appears another time in "Gamer 2.0" for Gamer's powers.
* Kim is the third person to be chosen to receive a Miraculous directly from Master Fu.
	+ Much like how it happened with Marinette and Adrien, Kim showed that he was worthy by helping Master Fu when he was in a tight situation.
* Kim is the second known person of Vietnamese origin to wield a Miraculous succeeding his Miraculous predecessor Bọ rùa.
* His English voice actor is best known for voicing Rikuo Nura (Night/Yokai form) from Nura Rise of Yokai Clan, Gen Shishio from Kekkaishi, Suigetsu Hōzuki from Naruto Shippuden/Boruto, Izuru Kira from Bleach and Shinjiro Aragaki from Persona 3.
* He was formerly in love with Chloé Bourgeois, and is currently in love with Ondine.
* Lê Chiến Kim is the fourth person to become a Miraculous holder who was also an akumatized villain, following Nino Lahiffe in "The Bubbler" and Alya Césaire in "Lady Wifi", Max Kanté in "Gamer", Chloé Bourgeois in "Antibug", but excluding Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth, who akumatized himself in "The Collector" into the titular villain.
* King Monkey is based on the Monkey King (or just Monkey) from the 16th century Ming Dynasty novel 'Journey to the West' (Xī Yóu Jí) by Wu Cheng'en, inspired by an ancient Chinese legend. The novel has been adapted for both television and film on numerous occasions, most notably in the 1979 Japanese tv show 'Monkey' (sometimes referred to as 'Monkey Magic'). The Monkey King was also a character in the 2008 film 'The Forbidden Kingdom' in which he was played by Jet Li.