Miraculous Ladybug S05E26 "Re-creation (The Last Day – Part 2)" - TV Tropes (2024)

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Bug Noire and Monarch have their final battle.

Tropes:

• Absurd Phobia: Uncle Wang’s nightmare is that his restaurant will become a fast food outlet.
• Abusive Parents: Alec’s nightmare implies that his dad was the one who shaved his hair off, and that he did so maliciously.
  • Given Wishmaker (Season 4) had already established that Alec was bullied for his Funny Afro in school, and that he shaved his head voluntarily to stop the bullying, this is either a Retcon, a Series Continuity Error, or Alec reliving how he truly lost his hair.
  • It's even possible the truth is a combination of the two, his dad shaving an unwilling Alec's head to "protect" him from the bullies, or worse, agreeing with them that the afro was ridiculous and had to be shaved.
• Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: Alix pronounces Su-Han’s martial art as “mirror kung-fu”, as opposed to him using “me-rack-ung-fu”.
• Aesop Amnesia: The biggest lesson that Marinette took away back in the season 4 finale was that she should be careful about who she trusts, as Félix, who she thought was Adrien at the time, took advantage of her trust and betrayed her for his own gain. Seeing vulnerability in the man who's been terrorizing Paris for over a year and has done nothing to earn her trust, Marinette makes the same mistake and detransforms to offer him her sympathies and suggest they work together for a better outcome, which Gabriel exploits to go out on his terms. It may have turned out to be a positive outcome, but it just as easily could have gone wrong.
• Ambiguous Situation:
  • Given Lila snuck into the pool in Emilie's tomb and retrieved the Butterfly Miraculous at some point before Bug Noire could, how much of Bug Noire and Monarch's confrontation was she privy to? This is partially covered in Miraculous World: London, showing that she wasn't present for the battle itself.
  • From the sound of it, events in the new timeline seem to have been relatively the same, bar Nathalie being healed, and from the mention of the use of the Miraculous Ladybug, did the universe actually get recreated or did Gabriel somehow use a Loophole Abuse to trade his life for Adrien's loved one(s) instead? Unlike the previous time, red and blue waves hit the area where the wish was made (whereas in "Ephemeral", the entire world became a very light shade of red before the wish happened). Not to mention he asks Marinette to make sure Adrien remembers him fondly, even though if the world were to be remade, she wouldn't retain any memory of such a promise. Miraculous World: London reveals that the wish didn't actually change the world, just healed Nathalie, and Ladybug cast her World-Healing Wave after that.
• And the Adventure Continues: Marinette recovers all the lost Miraculous and gifts them to the previous owners on a full-time basis. Some time after that, Lila, who has stolen the Butterfly Miraculous, makes arrangements to enroll at Mr. Damocles's new school, only to be surprised by a burst of energy forming behind her.
• Angelic Abomination: As it turns out, under the cute chibi forms, Plagg and Tikki (and presumably other Kwamis) are massive winged biped creatures with too many arms and eyes — even moreso after fusing into Gimmi.
• Author Tract: Miss Bustier’s speech at the end of the episode can be seen as a political treatise, featuring a pro-environment stance and the details of an educational reform.
• Back for the Finale:
  • All the characters from the specials alrzady aired at the time (New York: United Heroez and Shanghai: the legend of Lady Dragon) make a return for this episode, as the attack is worldwide.
  • Luka, Jagged Stone, Penny and Su-han also return, the former three having joined up and been trained in Mirakung-fu by Su-Han in the interim.
  • Bunnyx gets a Cameo when she comes to pick up Team Su-Han to send them to Paris.
• Badass Boast:
  • When Gabriel tries to attack Bug Noire with Venom, she catches his fist before he can invoke the command and makes it clear to him that she could just Cataclysm the rings, leaving him powerless. Then she could repair the damage he created with her Miraculous Ladybugs, free the Kwamis from his captivity, order Plagg to give the Black Cat Miraculous to Cat Noir and everything would go back to normal. Check and Mate. Then she explains that she won't do that, because it would leave Adrien without a father.
  • When revealing themselves in their true form, each of the three Kwamis involved gets theirs, suiting their god-like nature:

    Plagg's true form: I am Plagg, the Kwami of Destruction. I am everything that is and no longer will be.

    Tikki's true form: I am Tikki, the Kwami of Creation. I am everything that isn't yet and is yet to be.

    Gimmi: I am Gimmi, the Kwami of Reality. I am everything that was, is and will be.

• Be Yourself: When Adrien worries if he can live up to his father's legacy, Marinette assures him that he only has to be himself while placing Gabriel's rings on his finger, giving him his freedom.
• Big Damn Heroes: Luka's team, the United Heroez and Lady Dragon are brought to Paris to save the Resistance before they're overpowered by the Miraculized.
• The Big Damn Kiss: Adrien and Marinette share a longer, more proper kiss near the end of the episode. Unlike other moments from previous episodes, this goes uninterrupted.
• Bittersweet Ending: On the bitter side, Gabriel's wish results in him and the comatose Emilie both passing into the afterlife together, officially leaving Adrien an orphan, and keeping him in the dark about his father being Monarch. In addition, Lila has retrieved the Butterfly Miraculous and Tomoe has taken over Gabriel's brand, with both no doubt having their own agendas in mind for the future. On the sweet side though, Nathalie has been cured of her illness and is now Adrien's permanent guardian, and Amelie and Felix have apparently opted to move to Paris and into the Agreste Manor to be close to him. Additionally, Adrien now has his parents' wedding rings (which contain his Amok) and thus his freedom from his father's control and suppressive over-protection, and his relationship with Marinette is now blossoming more than ever before. Plus, Ms. Bustier has given birth to her daughter, won the mayoral election, and is now working to make the city a more environmentally-friendly place and planning on opening a new school that will help kids shape their own futures. And finally, Marinette has finally retrieved all of the Miraculous she lost to Monarch at the end of the previous season, restored them to their original forms, and given them to their designated holders to have full-time, thus putting France's superhero team at full-force and ready fotr any new threats that may come upon Paris.
• Blood from the Mouth: Monarch vomits ash as a result of his Cataclysm wound reaching its final stages.
• Bloodless Carnage: Justified. Gabriel's Cataclysm wound has spread to such an extent that he vomits ash instead of blood, as there's very little left of him it hasn't rotted.
• Brought Down to Normal: Bug Noire wins the fight with Monarch by using her staff to knock the Butterfly Miraculous from his chest while he's distracted protecting Emilie. Though he still has the powers of the Miraculous rings, he doesn't have the benefits of a full transformation and Bug Noire thus easily overpowers him.
• Brutal Honesty: Marinette/Bug Noire did not hold back in her final battle with Gabriel/Monarch.
• Buffy Speak: Surprised to see Luka totally beating up Miraculized individuals, Juleka understandably has to ask "How did you...?" and then does some kung fu poses rather than finishing the sentence.
• The Bus Came Back: Alix and Luka return, the final scenes hinting they will be remaining in Paris since there's no longer a need for them to hide from Monarch.
• Call-Back:
  • Bug Noire repeats Gabriel's "illusion of choice" line from "Pretension" to demonstrate that she knows he's Monarch.
  • In "Dearest Family", Tikki briefly assumed a humanoid form while using her power without a Miraculous user. This episode fully reveals it as her true form.
  • In "Timetagger", Gabriel is disheartened to learn that he loses the Butterfly Miraculous to another while Nathalie assures him that he might had succeeded in reviving Emilie and no longer needed the item. In this episode, Gabriel loses the Miraculous in battle with Bug Noire and gives his life to save Nathalie, while the Miraculous ends up in Lila's possession, showing both were right in a sense.
• Chained Heat: Bug Noire handcuffs herself to Monarch to limit his mobility. She breaks it once she's managed to steal the Turtle Miraculous ring from him.
• Check and Mate: Marinette/Bug Noire made it clear to Gabriel that he lost after forcing the Butterfly Miraculous off his chest and when he tried to Venom her the first time.
• Collateral Damage: Monarch freely admits to causing lost lives and destruction for him to get what he wants after his Motive Rant.

  Bug Noire: Your... wife? Come... back...? Kagami and Adrien... eternal icons? How many lives are you going to ruin in the name of your crazy dreams?!
  Monarch: As many as it takes! (the battle continues) In order to bring Emilie back, someone else will have to disappear! In order to heal the wound that Cat Noir inflicted on me, (pins Bug Noire on the steel bridge) someone else will have to be wounded!
  Bug Noire: Someone else? But who?
  Monarch: Anyone! No one matters except us!

• Combat Pragmatist: Bug Noire defeats Monarch by exploiting his desire to protect Emilie, twice attacking her pod so Monarch will defend it and leave himself open to attack.
• Continuity Nod:
  • Alec is still committing to his "Live Your Childhood Dream" show since "Wishmaker".
  • Lila uses the laptop stolen from Tomoe to disable the security features in the Agreste mansion.
• Costume Evolution: Knight Owl now sports a Gendered Outfit that exposes her mouth.
• Double-Meaning Title: Gabriel succeeds in recreating a new world by making his wish where Nathalie are fully healed. Marinette and the whole world would also recreate his reputation by portraying him as "a good father who valiantly gave up his life to defeat Monarch". And lastly, Marinette succeeds in turning the stolen Miraculous back into their original forms.
• Easily Forgiven: Apparently none of the Miraculous Heroes hold any ill-will towards Félix/Argos despite him stealing their Miraculous to give to Gabriel.
• End of an Age: This is the last episode wherein Gabriel Agreste is the main villain.
• Equivalent Exchange: Discussed by Gimmi, who uses the example of choosing to make beans red instead of green, which would cause strawberries to be green instead of red. Gabriel likewise accepts that healing himself and his wife will doom two other people, and doesn't particularly care who, though Marinette's words convince him to sacrifice himself for Nathalie's health.
• Exact Words: When Bug Noire knocks the Butterfly Miraculous off Gabriel's chest, he orders Nooroo to bring it back. Bug Noire, however, declares that by depriving him of it, she has taken it from him as the Guardian and as such Nooroo isn't obligated to obey him. Nooroo will only obey whoever picks it up next. She intends to determine that for herself, but doesn't anticipate Lila managing to fish it out of the underground pond in the confusion.
• The Farmer and the Viper: Marinette chooses to trust Gabriel and detransforms in front of him, only for him to then use Venom on her and steal the Miraculouses. However, Gabriel has a last-minute change of heart and chooses to do the right thing with his wish, saving Nathalie at the cost of his own life.
• Ferris Wheel of Doom: Knightowl is hit with a Clout-enhanced punch by one of the Miraculized, sending her flying into a Ferris Wheel and predictably sending it rolling off.
• Fighting Your Friend: The Resistance have to hold back Ivan after he's Miraculized and tries to hunt the Miraculous Heroes.
• Fingore: Downplayed. A bit of Gabriel's fingertip breaks off as he's speaking with Bug Noire, as it's been reduced to little more than compacted ash.
• Freudian Excuse: During the fight, Marinette/Bug Noire bluntly called Emilie and especially Adrien this to Gabriel/Monarch for him to hide behind and justify his actions.
• Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: During the fight, Marinette/Bug Noire made it clear to Gabriel/Monarch that Adrien also lost Emilie, but unlike his father, he came to terms with it and would never use it as a justification to do awful things and he shouldn't either.
• Fusion Dance: To make his wish, Gabriel has Tikki and Plagg fuse into Gimmi, who can grant his wish.
• Good Is Not Soft: Bug Noire has no problem risking Emilie's life to gain an advantage over Monarch, because the situation is too dire not to take any advantage she can get.
• Happily Ever After: Gabriel/Monarch's twisted one: Emilie brought back to life, repair the Cataclysm he forced Cat Noir to inflict on him, and Kagami and Adrien becoming the eternal icons of the new world he wanted.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Eagle's power of Liberation proves to be the perfect counter to Nightormentor's fear gas. She simply has to declare his victims are free of their nightmares and they're cured.
• Heel–Face Turn: Although he doesn't actually seem to assist with the massive situation going on this episode (unless he was helping out off-screen in London), Félix seems to have chosen to ally with Ladybug as of this episode, hanging out with her friend group at the end and joining her team as Argos.
• Heroes Unlimited: Having learned from losing all the Miraculous in one batch, Marinette reforges them back into their original forms and then gives them to their previous holders on a permanent basis.
• Heroic BSoD: Both Fei and Majestia dream of being inadequate as superheroes, which they get over, thanks to the Renlings/Knight Owl.
• Heroic Sacrifice: In his moment of triumph, Gabriel could have sacrificed anyone to bring Emilie back, anyone to save Nathalie, anyone to save himself. When Gimmi asks what his wish is, he simply says: "Read my heart". And when asked what he would sacrifice: "Read my soul". Even Gimmi seems surprised before solemnly saying "So be it" as they grant the wish. The one act of giving his own life to end the whole Hawk Moth/Monarch affair and doing something truly selfless is what makes this more of a Heroic sacrifice rather than a Villainous one.
• Hope Spot: The heroes from all over the world (United Heroez, Fei and Team Su-Han) coming to the rescue in a much needed time for the Résistance end up being this, as while they manage to turn the tide of the battle against the Miraculized for a while, the latter are just damn too numerous and overwhelm the heroes in minutes.
• I Am the Noun: When Su-Han asks how Knight Owl resists the nightmares, she tersely responses "I am the nightmare." You know, kind of like Batman saying "I am the night!"
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Subverted. Monarch says what he's doing is for Adrien's happiness when really, it's for his own happiness.
• Karma Houdini:
  • Tomoe escapes any association with Monarch and is free to continue her own plans. She is even the new owner of Gabriel's brand in honor of "continuing his legacy".
  • Lila not only retrieves the Butterfly Miraculous, but sets herself up at Mr. Damocles' new school so she can continue to harass Marinette. That strange energy behind her notwithstanding, of course.
  • Downplayed in Gabriel's case. While he ultimately dies in order to bring Nathalie back to life, Marinette honors his last request to hide his identity as Monarch, allowing the public to believe he died helping to defeat the latter, which is Metaphorically True.
  • Argos is now a member of Ladybug's Miraculous Heroes despite being instrumental in their prior forced retirement.
• Like Father, Unlike Son: Bug Noire argues that Adrien would never commit the same acts of depravity as Gabriel to bring Emilie back as the boy has actually made peace with her death and wants to move on with his life.
• Load-Bearing Hero: Similar to how she defeated the Mime, Bug Noire collapses the elevator in Emilie's tomb so it will fall onto her pod, forcing Monarch to block it and push it aside. The brief distraction allows her to throw her staff and knock the Butterfly Miraculous off his chest, ending his transformation and by extension the fight.
• Locked Out of the Fight: Bunnyx is unable to help out with fighting the Miraculized because of how it can impact the flow of time. Despite this, she does transport Ladybug's allies into Paris so they can all fight together, because it's not her specifically messing with the events.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Ladybug understandably honors Gabriel's last request to hide what he's done from Adrien (and by extension the public at large), but also keeps that secret from Cat Noir, as she would have unintentionally outed herself as a liar had she done so. However, their upcoming foe Lila does know the truth.
• Loophole Abuse: Bunnyx isn't supposed to meddle in the present, but she figures it's fine if she drops Su-Han and co. in Paris so they can help.
• Meaningful Name: The fused form of Tikki and Plagg is named Gimmi. Appropriate, considering that this is the form they use to grant wishes.
• Metaphorically True: Gabriel is celebrated as a hero under the lie that he sacrificed his life in order to stop Monarch. This is technically true: while Gabriel was Monarch, he, after Bug Noire reached out to him, came to realize the error of his (represented in-person by Monarch) ways and changed his wish to Gimmi, sacrificing his own life with it in order to revive Nathalie. By doing so, he took Monarch down with him.
• Mobile Shrubbery: Nino and Alya follow the Miraculized Mr. Damocles around in cardboard boxes. Nino even put his hat on top of the box for some reason.
• Morph Weapon: With limitless use of Lucky Charm at her command, Ladybug can conjure anything and then remake it into something else almost instantly. She drops a piano on Monarch and then turns it into a pair of handcuffs, just for starters. She still uses it in the typical way for her final gambit, however.
• Motive Rant:

  Monarch: I want my wife, Adrien's mother, to come back to us!! Once our family is reunited, Kagami and Adrien will become the eternal icons of this world! And we will be here to witness their absolute triumph!!

• My God, What Have I Done?: Gabriel finally sees the video of his wife telling him to get over his obsession and focus on his son rather than spending his life trying to bring her back. It doesn't quite get him to a full Heel–Face Turn as he still double-crosses Marinette when she offers to help him, but it does get through to him and ultimately leads to him sacrificing himself rather than anyone else for his wish.
• Offscreen Teleportation: When Bug Noire and Monarch are fighting in Emilie's tomb, Lila is somehow able to get to the pool underneath it without either of them noticing. She didn't even have access to the elevator, which Bug Noire destroyed during the fight and she definitely didn't use it beforehand. Miraculous World: London shows that Marinette left the tomb unguarded for a significant period after the battle, making it more believable that Lila could sneak in and find the Miraculous while no one was around.
• Physical God: While Tikki and Plagg are basically gods, Gimmi is on a whole other level, being the Kwami of Reality. This essentially makes them the de facto god of the Miraculous-verse.
• Piano Drop: Bug Noire's Lucky Charm produces a piano, and as usual, all Lucky Charms spawn in midair. Bug Noire jumps back, Monarch rushes forward, and the piano lands on him.
• The Power of Legacy: While it's not strictly a lie, to spare Adrien's feelings, Ladybug tells him — and the world — that Gabriel died heroically sacrificing himself to stop Monarch, rather than the complete truth.
• Properly Paranoid: Tikki and Plagg look Marinette in disbelief for a brief instant after she detransforms, then a panicked Plagg utters "No Marinette, trust him ...!". He's promptly interrupted by Gabriel shouting "Venom!" and paralyzing Marinette.
• Punch Catch: After losing the Butterfly Miraculous, Gabriel attempts to jab Bug Noire with Venom, but she catches his fist before he can invoke the command.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Marinette/Bug Noire gives a well deserved one to Gabriel/Monarch after hearing how far he'll go to get his twisted idea of a Happily Ever After.

  Monarch: How about you, Marinette? Wouldn't you give up your life for your sweet Adrien's happiness?
  Bug Noire: Do you really think that this is what he'd want? To discover that his father has turned into a supervillain, willing to let innocent people pay the price for his madness?
  Monarch: Adrien would do the same thing!
  Bug Noire: Never! Unlike you, Adrien has made his peace with it. He's not living in the past. He has his whole life ahead of him! You'd know this if you ever took an interest in him. But in reality, Adrien means nothing to you anymore! You've locked him in your house. Locked him in your Alliance Rings! Locked him into a life that allows you to hide behind him in order to justify your madness!

• Redemption Equals Death: Gabriel decides to sacrifice only himself to heal Nathalie.
• Redemption Rejection: While Gabriel finds some measure of redemption through his wish-induced death, this follows Marinette offering to help him find redemption in life. Gabriel, having decided by himself that I've Come Too Far, responds by attacking her, forcibly taking the Miraculous and making his wish, purely on his terms.
• Reset Button: As usual, everything goes back to normal at the end of the episode, as a combination of Gabriel's wish and the Miraculous Ladybug power.
• Riddle for the Ages: Gimmi's demeanor and some of their sentences clearly imply they have been summoned before, and more than once it seems. It's however highly improbable that when, where and how it happened will ever be told. Notably, it is not stated if Gimmi, being conscious of all of their existences at the same time, was referring only to the wishes made in the "Prime" Miraculous universe, or also the probably numerous ones made accross the billions of other universes which exists.
• Rule of Symbolism: One of Bug Noire's lucky charms was a baker's peel.
• Sanity Slippage: Gabriel really starts to lose it when he fights Bug Noire in his wife's resting place. While revealing what his wish has been all along, he openly admits that he'll destroy as many lives as needed before he lets his chance to reunite with Emilie disappear. He even brags that he'd happily sacrifice anyone to bring her back and undo his Cataclysm.
• Security Cling:
  • Alya and Nino embrace each other when a group of Miraculized charges at them.
  • Tikki and Plagg do the same just seconds before Gabriel forces them to reveal their true form.
• Sequel Hook: Two, and related:
  • Lila/Cerise managed to collect the Butterfly Miraculous and has registered in Mr. Damoclès' new school, ready to set her plan in motion...
  • And suddenly, everything around her begins to emit electricity, followed by a blinding light behind her. She turns around and reacts with shock / fear. Cue the credits.
• Series Fauxnale: Outside of Tomoe and Lila still being loose, everything else about the episode perfectly fits the definition of a series finale: Ladybug and Monarch have their final battle, the plot that's been going on since season 1 is finally resolved, most of the Miraculous—outside of the Butterfly—are recovered, and Marinette gives the Miraculous to all her previous allies on a full-time basis, in order to ensure that nobody else gets to steal the Miraculous as a group again. And on the non-superhero side, Adrien and Marinette finally get together after seasons of teasing, ending with them sharing a kiss that goes uninterrupted.
• Shout-Out:
  • As befitting a Batman Parody, Knightowl's response when Su-Han asks her how she is able to resist her nightmares is "I am the nightmare."
  • The mural in the summer party is clearly based on the Liberty Leading the People painting, just with the show's characters making up the people around Liberty and Liberty not being topless.
• Sleep-Mode Size: As hinted in "Dearest Family" with Tikki, this is revealed to be the case with her, Plagg, and presumably the other Kwamis. Gabriel commands Tikki and Plagg to reveal their true selves, which are massive, fairy-like beings.
• Sticky Situation: Bug Noire's final Lucky Charm is a tube of glue. She spreads it on a boomerang-shaped piece of debris she's tied to her yo-yo and tosses it at Emilie's pod. Monarch portals over to catch it, at which point Bug Noire pulls it back, all the rings on that hand firmly stuck to the glue. This deprives him of Voyage and Resistance.
• The Stinger: Lila calls Mr. Damocles, pretending to be a new student who wishes to enroll at his school, while tucking the Butterfly Miraculous under her vest and promising to continue being a problem for Marinette. Suddenly, a mysterious burst of energy appears behind her.
• Surprisingly Happy Ending: Most of the Miraculouses are recovered, with their wielders being allowed to keep them permanently (and happily reuniting with their Kwamis in the process), Gabriel redeems himself by using his wish to heal Nathalie at the cost of his own life, and Adrien is now fully free to choose his life's course. The only bad things that happen are that Tomoe escapes unscathed and Lila gets her hands on the Butterfly Miraculous, with both of them continuing their own plans.
• This Cannot Be!: Bug Noire is utterly shocked when she sees Emilie's body in her glass chamber.
• Time Skip: The episode skips from the beginning of summer (with Monarch’s defeat) to the end, during which time Ms. Bustier has given birth and been elected Mayor, Paris has become more eco-friendly, a new school is opening with Mr. Damocles as the Principal, Marinette has recovered and reforged the Miraculous to their original forms (except the Butterfly Miraculous, which Lila stole), and the heroes now have their Miraculous full-time. Miraculous World: London takes place during this Time Skip.
• Took a Level in Badass:
  • Unlike in their previous battles where he had all the advantages, now that she has unlimited use of her powers, and both the powers of the Ladybug and the Cat, Bug Noire is powerful enough to take Monarch in a straight-up fight and actively defeats him in direct combat, although she gets tricked in the end.
  • Luka, Jagged, and Penny have joined the Miraculous Order and learned Mirakungfu.
• Treachery Cover Up: Marinette keeps Gabriel's actions a secret at his request, allowing the public to believe he died helping to save the world.
• Trophy Child: Marinette/Bug Noire denounces to Gabriel/Monarch that Adrien is nothing more than this to him now; not even caring about his son as a person to the point of now using him as an excuse to justify his madness.
• Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Ladybug tells Gabriel all she intends to do after sealing his defeat. It doesn't work because she offers him a Last-Second Chance and detransforms to show her trust of him, prompting Gabriel to use Venom on her (he frees her after calling Gimmi) and make his wish. It is of note that the reconfigured universe seems practically identical to the one which was destroyed, and in-universe, the damage done is said to have been repaired by Ladybug's World-Healing Wave.
• Unsportsmanlike Gloating: Subverted. After Bug Noire does a Punch Catch before Gabriel can jab her with Venom, she smugly narrates how all she has to do is say "Cataclysm" to render him powerless, after which she can undo all the damage he's done, completely defeating all his plans...before somberly noting that if she did, he'd die within the day and Adrien would be left all alone. She instead offers to help Gabriel find a less destructive way to get his wish.
• [Verb] This!: Bug Noire declares "Reconfigure this!" to Monarch's boast that he will reconfigure the world with his wish, before smacking him through a wall with her conjured baker's peel.
• Villain Opening Scene: The second act starts with Lila putting on a new disguise while watching the Miraculized run rampant via her phone.
• Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Monarch's body is so damaged by the progression of his Cataclysm-induced wound that at one point he spits a black powder akin to charcoal, which looks exactly like his body parts necrosed by the Cataclysm. Ladybug is taken aback by this sight and what it implies.
• Wham Line: Gabriel's words to Marinette before making his wish — specifically, the way that he refers to himself in the past tense:

  Gabriel: Marinette...make sure that Adrien never knows about the villain that I was, but instead, that he remembers the times I tried to be a good father.

• What Happened to the Mouse?: Despite informing Marinette about Gabriel's dark secrets, there's no word on what Félix was doing when Gabriel and Tsurugi launched their final attack on the world.
• World-Healing Wave: Implied to have been the effect of the wish somehow instead of the destruction of the universe, as Marinette couldn't use her Lucky Charm to undo all the damage, yet all the civilians remember seeing the magic ladybugs fix everything as they do with the Miraculous Ladybug. Whether it actually happened or was a consequence of the universe still being destroyed and recreated for Gabriel's wish is not expanded on. It's also possible that her new unlimited use of Lucky Charms means she is no longer limited in her ability to restore things if it's dispelled first, since she can create another one.
• The Worsening Curse Mark: Gabriel's Cataclysm wound has advanced after Bug Noire removed his rings and the Miraculous of the Butterfly to the point that they can be clearly seen past his clothes, reaching from his neck to the back of his jaws. While he cries at Emilie's video to Nathalie, part of his blackened right index finger breaks off from the rest of him.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: Bug Noire manages to take the Turtle Ring from Monarch during the fight. To her horror, Wayzz doesn't appear as she expects, while Monarch gloats that he reconfigured the Miraculous so that their powers only work for him and that the Kwamis can't escape their prisons.
• Zerg Rush: The heroes can defeat the Miraculized soldiers en masse, but there are millions if not billions of them that constantly replace the ones they defeat, overwhelming the heroes with sheer numbers.