Miraculous Ladybug

"In the daytime, I'm Marinette. Just a normal girl, with a normal life. But there's something about me that no-one knows yet. Cause I have a secret...

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- Marinette's opening dialogue

Miraculous Ladybug (full title, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir is a 3D-animated Animesque series in the tradition of Magical Girl / Superhero genre. Originally a joint effort by France's Zagtoon and Method Animation Studios with Toei Animation of Japan and SAMG Animation of South Korea, it first premiered in France and Belgium on October 2015, and in EBS in Korea on September 1, 2015. The series premiered in the United States on December 6, 2015 on Nickelodeon, and was later moved to the Netflix streaming service after the first season aired on Nick. In the UK and Latin America it is shown on the Disney Channel with the former on January 30 and the latter on May, 2016. As of July 3rd, 2017, it can now been seen weekdays at 7:30 on Kids Click.

The original trailer can be seen here] (as a 2D version) and Zagoon's page for it is here.

The story is about Marinette Dupain-Cheng, a junior high school girl living in Paris. With the aid of her Fairy Companion Tikki, she has the power to become the eponymous superheroine Ladybug. Joining in her adventures is the cat-themed hero Cat Noir, who happens to be Marinette's high school crush, Adrian. Like the heroine, his powers come from a similar fairy companion (a male version of Tikki named Plagg). The two are pursured by Hawk Moth, a mysterious villain who seeks their two Miracules-es for some as yet unspecified - but clearly evil - purpose. To do so, he is able to corrupt normal civilians, granting them dark powers and turning them into his pawns.

The animated series has gained attention for its well-animated fight scenes, frenetic action that's a good deal more physical than many Magical Girl shows, and comedic characters. It has a whopping budget of US$11.2 million.

There are two series of webisodes. One is titled Miraculous Secrets, and the other, animated in 2D, is Tales from Paris. They are available on the official YouTube channel or (for those who know French) on TF1's website.

The second season debuted October 26th 2017 in France on TFOU, and to debuted December 2017 for U.S. Netflix.

An official mobile game by the same name was released on February 21st, 2018. It is currently only available to Australian iOS users. The game is a runner-style action game, and links with episodes requiring the main characters to travel around Paris.

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Tropes used in Miraculous Ladybug include:

Adorkable: To different degrees, most members of the cast
- Marinette is especially prone to this when talking to Adrian, watching him, or even thinking about him.
- Adrian does the same while around Ladybug
Adult Fear: In general, nobody is safe from Hawk Moth's akumas. Every one of Marinette's classmates have been a victim at least once; some victims have been grade schoolers, and in one case, an infant. Most villains will not think twice about using teens as hostages or Slave Mooks either. Not to mention that Paris is nearly destroyed almost once per episode.
Aesop Amnesia: Chloe, dear lord, Chloe. A lot of the terrible things she does lead to her being used as a hostage by the villain, but her pleas and promises to repent her ways are always disregarded once the heroine rescues her.
Age-Appropriate Angst: People targeted by Hawk Moth usually get akumatized over problems that would be typical for their age. Teenagers face issues like rejection, bullying, and lack of respect, adult characters are traumatized by losing their jobs unfairly, while little kids get upset at being denied toys or candy.
All CGI Cartoon: 3D-CGI, to be specific
All Love Is Unrequited: Well, let's see, where to start...
- Adrien, being oblivious to his crush on Ladybug, noticeably refers to Marinette as simply being his friend; and in an ironic twist, Ladybug doesn't reciprocate Cat Noir's advances.
- Chloé constantly hits on Adrien, who gently rebuffs her advances since they're Just Friends and a few times she's pushed his buttons by being a Jerkass.
- Nino and Nathanael have developed crushes on Marinette in different episodes, but she doesn't seem to notice. Nino's quickly evaporates, especially when he starts dating Alya after going on a date with Marinette that an akuma interrupts.
- Adrien also attracted Lila, who he finds hard to rebuff because she's so pushy and lies about being friends with Ladybug.
- Subverted with Ivan and Mylène, who got together during the Origins episodes and have, chronologically, been dating througout the whole show.
Alpha Bitch: Chloé is an exaggerated Type 1, but it's played-with in that even though she is powerful she is also very unpopular, if not outright despised. She is also responsible (directly or indirectly) for most of the akumatized villains.
Ambiguously Brown: Some of the supporting characters (such as Alya and Nino) are this in the show proper, with their ethnicity never being brought up. Word of God claims Alya's family is from Martinique while Nino's is from Morocco.
Anachronic Order: Different broadcasters tend to show the episodes in different orders, making it hard to tell which story comes first. Fortunately, for now, each story is very self contained.
Animal-Themed Superbeing: Naturally, Ladybug and Cat Noir are based on ladybug and cat. As a rule, this applies to all the akumas, which represent peacock, fox, turtle, bee, and butterfly. The actual powers of each holder have much less to do with the animal itself and more to do with symbolism and what they represent. For instance, because ladybugs represent luck and black cats bad luck, the powers of the two protagonists' powers follow suit. The butterfly akuma, held by Hawk Moth, grants powers of metamorphisis, but only for people other than the user.
Antagonist Title: Most individual episodes are named after the Villain of the Week.