Ladybug

### Aliases

(real name unknown)Ladybug, White Homeless Guy (by Lemon), Black Glasses Guy (by Lemon), Tentou-Mushi (by The Elder), Carver (mistakenly, by The White Death), Joburg (by Lemon)

## Appearances

### Debut

Maria Beetle (the Bullet Train book)

> My bad luck is Biblical. I'm not even trying to kill people and someone dies."
>
> Ladybug to Maria Beetle

**Ladybug** is the main protagonist of the 2022 action/comedy film *Bullet Train*. He is a veteran assassin, who seemingly never has luck and is trying to only accept small jobs that do not require killing. He is sent on the Bullet Train to steal a briefcase for a client, which was supposed to be a simple job at first, but turned out to be a large conspiracy orchestrated by a crime boss called The White Death.

He is portrayed by Brad Pitt, who also portrayed Benjamin Button in *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*, Aldo Raine in *Inglourious Basterds*, Don "Wardaddy" Collier in *Fury*, Frank Harris in *Cool World*, Rusty Ryan in the *Ocean's Eleven* trilogy, Vanisher in *Deadpool 2*, voiced Sinbad in *Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas*, and Metro Man in *Megamind*.

## Biography

"Ladybug" is assigned to retrieve a briefcase full of cash from the same train, replacing a sick coworker, Carver. Ladybug is reluctant, as his recent string of bad luck during his jobs resulted in accidental deaths. Also on the train are two English assassin brothers codenamed "Lemon" and "Tangerine", who just rescued a man ("The Son") from kidnappers and are taking him and the briefcase to his father, a Russian-born *Yakuza* boss called "The White Death".

During the trip, The Son is poisoned by another assassin called The Hornet. Ladybug discreetly steals the briefcase but is attacked by another assassin, "The Wolf". After having seen Ladybug at his wedding where the wedding party was poisoned, The Wolf mistakenly believes Ladybug to be their killer. Ladybug confusedly fights The Wolf, who accidentally kills himself. Another assassin Yuichi Kimura finds the person who attacked his son Wataru, a young woman codenamed "The Prince", but she overpowers him. She explains that she pushed Wataru off a roof to lure Yuichi to the bullet train as part of a plan to have him kill the White Death. To ensure his cooperation, she has a henchman holding Wataru hostage in the hospital.

Ladybug recognizes Lemon as the owner of the briefcase and offers to return it in exchange for being allowed to disembark the train. Lemon suspects that Ladybug killed the Son, leading to a fight. Lemon is knocked unconscious after realising Ladybug is innocent. The Prince and Yuichi find the briefcase, booby-trap it with explosives, and rig Yuichi's gun to explode if fired. Ladybug encounters Tangerine and kicks him off the bullet train after another scuffle, but Tangerine climbs back aboard. Suspicious, Lemon shoots Yuichi but collapses after drinking from a water bottle Ladybug had previously spiked. The Prince shoots Lemon and conceals him and Yuichi in a bathroom. Ladybug encounters The Hornet who poisoned the Son and the Wolf's wedding party with the venom of the boomslang snake. After a struggle, both are exposed to the venom, and Ladybug steals her antivenom to save himself.

After she flees, Yuichi's father The Elder tells Ladybug he will remain to confront the White Death, who killed his wife while taking over the *Yakuza*. Finding Yuichi and Lemon still alive, the four work together to face the White Death. At Kyoto, Ladybug gives the White Death the briefcase. The Prince, revealed to be the White Death's daughter, fails to goad him into shooting her with the rigged gun.

The White Death's remaining henchmen board and battle the assassins, while the Elder duels the White Death. The bullet train crashes into downtown Kyoto. Emerging from the wreck, impaled with the Elder's katana, the White Death tries to kill Ladybug, but the rigged gun explodes in his face. The Prince threatens Ladybug, Yuichi, and the Elder with a machine gun but is struck and killed by a passing tangerine truck driven by Lemon. Maria arrives to retrieve Ladybug, while Japanese authorities begin to clean up the damage mess caused by the bullet train crash.

## Trivia

* Like the other assassins in the film, his real name is left unknown
* A running gag in the movie shows Ladybug trying not to kill but ironically does it by accident. Another shows that every time he tries to get out of the train, he is forced back in.