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“	This is just the beginning, Ladybug. You and Cat Noir may have won this battle, but I will win the war. I will get your Miraculouses. I will get the absolute power! And then my secret dream will come true!	„
	~ Hawk Moth's chronologically first revenge saying after Stoneheart's defeat, and his most famous quote.

“	People of Paris! Ladybug had promised to protect you? Well, she lied to you! Behold, her defeat! I took all the Miraculous from her! Now I am more powerful than ever! From now on, I will be attacking you relentlessly! I will be everywhere, probing your thoughts, stealing your dreams, harnessing your deepest fears! Whatever damage I can cause, I will not stop! Unless... someone brings me Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous!	„
	~ Hawk Moth/Monarch announcing his acquisition of the Chinese Zodiac Miraculous and victory over Ladybug.

“	Fly away/Voyage, my little Akuma/Megakuma, and evilize him/her/them/this broken heart!	„
	~ Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch sending an Akuma/Megakuma to corrupt someone.

“	Nooroo, Dark Wings, Rise!	„
	~ Gabriel's transformation phrase into Hawk Moth and Monarch.

Gabriel Agreste, born Gabi Grassette, better known as Hawk Moth (Le Papillon in the French version, which translates to "The Butterfly"), later Monarch, is the main antagonist of the Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir franchise. He is the father of Adrien Agreste, and the archenemy of Ladybug and Cat Noir, unaware that his own son is the current holder of the Cat Miraculous.

He is also a fashion designer and supervillain obsessed with the Miraculous jewels, specifically the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses, which he desires to steal and combine in order to change reality, with the ultimate goal of saving his wife Emilie by creating a new world for them to live in. He is the former holder of the Butterfly Miraculous, using its power of Akumatization to transform normal people into supervillains under his control. In Season 4, he unified the Butterfly Miraculous with the Peacock Miraculous, becoming Shadow Moth (Papillombre in the French version). In Season 5, he takes the new alias of Monarch after stealing the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses from the Chinese Miracle Box with the help of his nephew, Félix Fathom. In the final episode of Season 5, "Re-creation", he successfully manages to get his hands on both the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous, and made his wish to heal Nathalie, who was affected after using the broken Peacock Miraculous, and join his wife in the afterlife, at the cost of his own life.

In the French dub, he was voiced by Antoine Tomè (who also voiced Mizo in Jak X: Combat Racing, Anathar in Wakfu and Gleeman Vox in Ratchet: Deadlocked) In the English dub he was voiced by Keith Silverstein (who also voiced Captain Gantu in Stitch!, Hammerhead in Marvel's Spider-Man, Dr. Wily in Mega Man 11, Hisoka Morow in Hunter X Hunter, Johan Liebert in Monster, Masayoshi Shido in Persona 5, HUNK in the Resident Evil series, Barry in Amphibia, Deep Sea King in One Punch Man, Chairman Rose in Pokémon: Twilight Wings, the Cat Mask Seller in A Whisker Away, and Kurozumi Orochi in One Piece)

Appearance[]

As Gabriel Agreste[]

Gabriel was very tall, middle-aged, muscular, and possessed combed-back light blonde hair (or gray, depending on the episode) and grayish-cerulean eyes. He wore black-framed silver glasses. He had a white high collar dress shirt underneath a silver vest with red buttons and a cream dress jacket, along with a red-and-white striped ascot tie, underneath which the Butterfly Miraculous was pinned. He also wore red dress pants and white shoes with red laces. On the middle finger of his left hand, he had a silver band ring.

In Season 5, Gabriel wore a white high collar dress shirt underneath a white vest with a white zipper and a white dress jacket, without buttons, along with a white tie. Like his previous outfit, he had the Butterfly Miraculous pinned on his shirt underneath his tie. He also wore white dress pants and white dress shoes with black soles and no laces. On his hands he had white gloves that cover the reforged Miraculouses that now take the form of rings. His new glasses had rectangular lenses with a white frame. His hair was whiter and slightly flatter.

After being hit by Cat Noir's Cataclysm in "Destruction", Gabriel now had a hand-shaped burn-like mark on his left forearm, which slowly extended to the rest of his body. He eventually began coughing up black dust, and his hands began crumbling.

As Hawk Moth[]

As Hawk Moth, he wore a high dark purple dress shirt with no collar and a black butterfly-shaped lapel, alongside dark purple dress pants. He also wore a silver (or dark gray, depending on the episode) cowl that covered the majority of his face and neck. The Butterfly Miraculous was pinned to his chest. Whenever he was controlling someone with an Akuma, a bright purple butterfly-shaped outline appeared in front of his face and around his eyes.

In "Catalyst (Heroes' Day - Part 1)", while he was Scarlet Moth, his entire outfit became burgundy-red due to Catalyst's enhancement.

As the Collector[]

The Collector's skin was a pale purple shade. His white hair stood up in a point and bared black vertical stripes, the back of his head and his neck also being the same tone of black. He wore a black dress suit with a white lapel and pants of the same color, stiff shoulders, and black and red downward-bent stripes on the front. Each lower sleeve had a white stripe, and the Collector's hands had white gloves. His high heel boots were connected to his bodysuit, and they were black with black and white striped heels.

As Shadow Moth[]

Shadow Moth wore a similar suit to Hawk Moth, but it had a moderate blue-violet tailcoat that resembled a peacock's tail feathers, which had a large collar on the lapel that widened at the back. He also wore the same cowl as Hawk Moth, with the addition of a shaded dark purple monocle over his right eye. The Peacock Miraculous was positioned below the Butterfly Miraculous.

As Shadow Noir[]

Shadow Noir wore a black bodysuit with gray lines, which had cat ears on the top of his cowl and a black belt hanging off of the rear, resembling a cat's tail. The center of his cowl had a dark purple peacock feather-shaped symbol with a white symbol near the top. The irises and sclera of his eyes were a bright purple.

As Monarch[]

On his first transformation, Monarch possessed a purple turtleneck shirt with purple pants and black shoes. Over the shirt, he had a purple sleeveless tailcoat with a black butterfly-shaped lapel with a decoration similar to that of a stained glass with the respective colors of each Miraculous he used and pockets with black edging. Over the upper half of his face, he used a black butterfly-shaped mask with the Horse Miraculous, with his skin being lilac and his eyes had a vibrant purple sclera and lighter purple iris. He used the Monkey Miraculous around his head, the Ox Miraculous on his nose and his hair was white and decorated with the Goat Miraculous over his temples and the Bee Miraculous at the back. The Butterfly Miraculous was located serving as a button uniting the two halves of the lapel at the center of his body, while he used the Dog, Dragon, Mouse and Fox Miraculouses as collars, the Snake Miraculous on his left wrist, the Tiger Miraculous on his left hand, the Turtle Miraculous on his right wrist, the Rooster Miraculous on his right thumb and the Pig Miraculous on his left ankle. The Rabbit Miraculous was located in the right pocket of his tailcoat.

On his second transformation, Monarch only used his Butterfly Miraculous, which was located at its previous location, but his suit had changed regarding the last one. It was similar to the one he had as Hawk Moth, but had a dark purple tailcoat over its jacket with a big black butterfly-shaped lapel. On his head, he had a dark purple cowl over the upper half of his face, with the front part being shaped as a butterfly. He continued having the lilac skin and the eyes he had on his unified form. On his fingers, he had a set of rings (the other Miraculous in their reforged form), each had a symbol of the Miraculous he formerly had, that he used to transfer the power of the Miraculous to his akumatized villains, with them being positioned like this: Mouse on his left thumb, Dragon on his left index finger, Bee and Goat on his left middle finger, Dog on his left ring finger, Tiger on his left pinky finger, Ox on his right thumb, Horse and Monkey on his right index finger, Fox and Snake on his right middle finger, Turtle and Rooster on his right ring finger and Pig on his right pinky finger. He also wears a regular Alliance ring on his left index finger.

As Monarch Bug[]

Monarch Bug's outfit had changed to red with black polka-dot patterns, but kept the black butterfly-shaped lapel. His eye color had changed from blue to red, and his cowl changed from dark purple to black. He kept the Butterfly Miraculous in the same position, and had the Ladybug Miraculous on his ears. The only thing that did not change in this form was his skin which remained lilac.

He later lost this form when Marinette recovered the Ladybug Miraculous so that she could become Ladybug again.

As Nightormentor[]

Nightormentor had the same appearance as the Collector, though the color scheme of his suit changed from black, red and white to dark purple, blue, and with glowing pink sections, in addition to having glowing glitter everywhere on his suit. Also, he wore a striped magenta tie, and his skin tone became a slightly darker shade of lilac, except his hands, which were glowing pink. His visor faded from dark blue to magenta at the top to bottom, and his hair was also blue with glowing pink stripes. He wielded a long, glowing pink flute.

Personality[]

Even while not using his villainous persona, Gabriel comes off as strict, cold, and harsh towards those around him, particularly towards his son Adrien, whom he has seemed to put at a distance for much of his life. He is highly possessive and protective of his son, controlling his life and sheltering him from the outside world, not letting him attend public school or have many friends up until the events of "Stoneheart (Origins - Part 2)". His domination over Adrien's life extends to the point where he is very quick to make any sort of conclusive judgement about his interaction with the world and his friends, forbidding Nino from ever coming to his home again in "The Bubbler" due to thinking him a bad influence on his son and placing the latter back in homeschool for taking and losing the Miraculous Spellbook in "The Collector". In spite of his excessive control over Adrien, he ordinarily takes very little time to be with him and frequently breaks his promises, prioritizing his business and supervillain activities. True to his controlling nature, he hates incompetence or disobedience of any kind, along with being told what to do.

While cold and distant, Gabriel is normally polite and orderly when dealing with others, such as Marinette and Audrey Bourgeois, and knows when to act professionally. He very genuinely cares for his son and wants nothing to harm him; taking measures to ensure Adrien is safe from the supervillains he creates, and occasionally giving into his demands, such as permitting him to spend more time with his friends, and even freeing him from his modelling career when asked. His affections also extend out to his wife Emilie, whom he loves and misses greatly, having become a changed man ever since losing her. As such, he has become fixated with gaining Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses in order to use them to erase the past incident which resulted in her condition and thus bring her back, leading to him becoming Hawk Moth. Furthermore, according to Thomas Astruc, he is fully aware that any wish he makes using the Miraculouses could have consequences as to retain balance in the universe, yet this knowledge does not seem to affect him, showing the depth of his obsession.

Under his supervillain persona, he is even colder and more ruthless than before, caring very little for the destruction he causes so long as he is able to achieve his goal. He is extremely skilled at picking out, mocking, and manipulating his victims when they are weak and desperate and pretends to be a friend to them in order to turn them into his minions, which also shows that he also has no problem with using the personal issues and emotions of his victims just to manipulate them. Ladybug notes in "Mr. Pigeon 72" that he has grown better at this as time goes on, allowing him to create and recreate his villains with ease. While normally overconfident to a fault, he can be very clever in his approaches and gives his minions specific instructions on how to overcome his enemies using their given abilities. However, even in his planning, he can be shortsighted and overconfident, not considering his enemies' resourcefulness, or how to use his abilities to their fullest extent. His tolerance for mistakes and ineptitude also becomes even shorter, with him being willing to hurt or threaten to deakumatize anyone who tries to disobey his orders. In spite of his calm and collected demeanor, he becomes extremely aggravated whenever he is beaten by Ladybug and Cat Noir and typically swears to get back at them one day.

Although his main goal has remained consistent throughout the series, Hawk Moth has gradually developed a hunger for power whether it suits his main objective or not, wishing to gain not only Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses but all the Miraculouses in the entire world and their boxes in order to have a virtually unlimited variety of powers, ultimately leading him to become the most powerful man in the universe. In the alternate timelines presented in "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral", it is shown that his desire for power outweighs even his own love for his son, as, after learning his identity, he is willing to torment Adrien/Cat Noir emotionally and physically in order to make him vulnerable to Akumatization. In "Evolution", his desire to gain the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses has increased to the point where he prioritizes acquiring them over his true goal of saving Emilie, and even gives up the chance to save her directly to instead try and ambush Ladybug and Cat Noir.

Gabriel revealed his true intentions after battling Bug Noire. Despite managing to disarm her and acquire her Miraculouses, he redeemed himself by making his wish, sacrificing himself in the process, as his wish was shown to be the well being of his family, including being with Emile in the afterlife.

Relationships[]

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug[]

Initially, Gabriel respected Marinette as a talented designer enough on commenting her talent to Audrey Bourgeois. He appears rational whenever he deals with her, accepting her apology for "stealing" the Miraculous Spellbook and granting her request to let Adrien go back to school, and hearing her argument for allowing Adrien to go on the New York trip. But "Destruction" implied that he share everyone's view of Marinette as clumsy and uncoordinated, treating her no differently to those he Akumatizes.

He has gone so far as to use her as a tool to service his own goals; deliberately sabotaging her relationship with Adrien in the "Cat Blanc" alternate timeline so that he can take advantage of her negative emotions, and later allowing Lila to destroy her reputation just to bring out the negative emotions in her friends and family. Once Marinette and Adrien begin their relationship in Season 5, Gabriel starts seeing as an obstacle towards his own plans for his son, and beneath him entirely despite their similar backgrounds. He begins outright hating while scheming to poisoning her relationship with Adrien. When meeting her in "Pretension" in a failed attempt to bribe her off, Gabriel mocks her aspirations as a fashion designer and threatens to destroy her dreams entirely if she continues pursuing a relationship with his son. In "Emotion", he ironically remarks that Marinette is now starting to cause him as much trouble as Ladybug.

In public, Gabriel puts on the façade that shares the public's admires Ladybug for her heroics. But he utterly despises her for constantly thwarting his plans to steal the Miraculous, more so than Cat Noir or the other heroes, seemingly because of she purifies his akumas and repairs the damage caused by his schemes. Whenever foiled, he consistently vows revenge upon her; and, whenever he feels she has made a mistake that can help him further his own goals, he taunts her for her mistakes. His drive to defeat Ladybug continuously pushes him to engineer more complex schemes to entrap her or reveal her identity; and create villains such as Truth or Wishmaker for this specific purpose.

Much like with Cat Noir, he is quick to taunt her about her youth and inexperience whenever they have personally met one another, and always shows confidence in being able to destroy her once and for all, even in the face of all the times which he has lost. Despite this confidence, his repeated defeats at Ladybug's hand have begun to wear on him, driving him to believe she never makes mistakes. He has considered giving up in his goals multiple times because of his losses; most notably in "Strikeback", in which he decides to give up after she manages to foil his ultimate plan, until Flairmidable delivers the Miraculouses to him. At times, his obsession with defeating her and gaining her Miraculous has overpowered even his desire to save Emilie, and have driven him to risk his own life and safety. However, in the following episodes "Evolution" and "Destruction", his obsession of beating Ladybug ends up being detrimental him in the worse way as it got him mortally wounded in the latter.

Eventually, in "Conformation", Gabriel learns Marinette is Ladybug prior to their final battle.

Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir[]

Before the events of the series, Gabriel was apparently quite close with Adrien. But following Emilie's disappearance, his relationship became colder and more distant. He still holds a great deal of affection for his son, describing him as perfect in "Simon Says", and being reasonable enough to listen to him from time to time. Even as Hawk Moth, he normally hesitates to do anything that would endanger Adrien; giving up the chance to seize Ladybug's Miraculous in "Gorizilla" so that she can rescue him, and trying to stop YanLuoShi in "Miraculous Shanghai" when he threatens to destroy Shanghai and Adrien with it. In "Queen Wasp", after Adrien was nearly destroyed by Style Queen, he temporarily gives up the Butterfly Miraculous entirely. Later on, he is briefly conflicted over whether or not his goals are truly beneficial to Adrien, and considers telling him about his secret identity to make things easier on him.

Despite this affection, he makes little time for his son, being almost absent from his life entirely. He holds a tight control over his life and schedule; forcing him to model and perform other activities, keeping him from his friends, and making life decisions for him without his consent. At the same time, he frequently fails to live up to his commitments to him. Even though he does act kinder to Adrien than most people, he doesn't have much consideration for his feelings or the ramifications that his absence in Adrien's life has caused. He frequently uses Adrien's happiness as justification for his actions as a supervillain, rarely acknowledging that Adrien would be happier if he spent more time with him. In "Collusion", Nathalie accuses him of conflating his own happiness with Adrien's.

Gabriel later decides to take a more active role in his son's life in case he dies from his Cataclysm injury, freeing him from his commitments. Despite this, he ironically becomes even more cold and controlling than ever before. He attempts to force Adrien into following the path he has chosen for him, while spitefully trying to dismantle his relationship with Marinette. In "Adoration", the reason revealed in "Representation", it is established that Gabriel has the ability to influence his son's decisions by twisting his wedding ring while issuing a command that can only be counter measured by whoever holds Emilie's ring. In "Emotion", he additionally remarks that, above all, Adrien has an obligation to follow orders.

With Cat Noir, he despises him for being an obstacle towards his goals and constantly thwarting his plans. Although he doesn't seem to loathe him as much as he does Ladybug, he still swears revenge on him and taunts him for his youth and inexperience just the same. Frequently, he has attempted to use Cat Noir as a tool against Ladybug, either by brainwashing him through his Akuamtized villains or taking him hostage to force her surrender. In the alternate timelines shown in "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral", learning that Adrien is Cat Noir drives him into plotting to Akumatize his son, and creating the emotional distress needed for him to do so. However, as of "Transmission", he is perfectly willing to Akumatize Adrien in the main timeline as well.

Nathalie Sancoeur/Mayura[]

Gabriel has a deep trust and confidence in Nathalie, who was his bodyguard before the events of the series. He frequently entrusts her with managing his affairs and taking care of Adrien, as well as helping him as Hawk Moth. But he is still willing to reprimand her for her mistakes. When Nathalie begins using the damaged Peacock Miraculous to assist him as Mayura, he shows great concern for the effects it will have on her health, hesitant to let her risk herself by using its power as Emilie had. After Nathalie's health takes a turn for the worse, he expresses regret at having allowed her to reach such a point, admitting that he is having difficulty getting along without her. In "Risk", he entrusts Nathalie with Emilie's wedding ring, wanting her to preserve it if something were to go wrong with his plans.

However, after Nathalie decides to stop helping his plans after his obsessing with Ladybug cost him the Rabbit Miraculous and a chance to fix the broken Peacock Miraculous in the past before Emilie used it, their relationship quickly sours. He becomes far less friendly with her, only pretending to get along for Adrien's sake, and repeatedly ignores her advice to let Adrien make his own choices and accept that he can't get his hands on Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous. Despite this, he seems to have some remaining concern for putting her in danger, and attempts to make up for his mistakes in "Reunion" by luring Bunnyx back to the present and steal the Rabbit Miraculous back from her.

However, their relationship strained again as Adrien began a romantic relationship with Marinette instead of Kagami as part of Gabriel's agreement with Tomoe Tsurugi. In "Protection", Gabriel tried to forbade Adrien from having anything to do with Marinette, but Nathalie counterordered for Adrien to have some control over his life. In "Pretension", after Marinette stood up to Gabriel about her relationship with Adrien, he decided to send Adrien to London to keep the two apart, angering Nathalie. In "Representation", after Gabriel discovered Adrien left to be with Marinette, he confronted Nathalie, thinking she had something to do with it and took back Emilie's ring he entrusted her with. Despite this, Nathalie replied that Adrien will be free from him. In "Conformation", Nathalie tried to stop Gabriel but is too weak to do so. After taking her back to her room, he called Nathalie out for her "betrayal" for encouraging Adrien and Marinette's relationship and left for her to relax with her Alliance ring, intending to make her a part of his Miraculized army. In "Re-creation", Nathalie was revived by Gabriel after he sacrificed his life after making his wish.

Kwamis[]

As opposed to other Miraculous holders, Gabriel has little regard for the Kwamis in his possession, viewing them as nothing more than slaves to assist in his plans. This is most notably displayed in his relationship with Nooroo, whom he has mistreated since their first meeting in "Ladybug and Cat Noir (Origins - Part 1)"; being quick to demand his obedience when he insists the Miraculous should be used for good, and also interrogating him for information about the Miraculous and their powers. He frequently abuses the Miraculous holders' ability to set rules for their Kwamis, not allowing Nooroo to be more than a few feet away from him at all times or communicate with anyone else; even occasionally removing his mouth when he speaks up.

In "Sandboy", when discovering that the Kwamis in the Miracle Box are attempting to communicate with Nooroo, he expresses an immediate desire to enslave them and utilize their powers for his own ends. After succeeding in this goal in Season 5, Gabriel/Monarch uses his position of power over the Kwamis (sans Tikki, Plagg, Duusu, and later Fluff) to intimidate them into submission, frequently reminding them that he is now their master, taunting them with his plans to defeat Ladybug, and disregarding them as useless when they don't follow his orders. After losing Fluff and getting mortally injured, he sealed the Kwamis in canisters while reshaping their Miraculous into personalized Alliance Rings for his use.

Lila Rossi[]

Ever since her first Akumatization in "Volpina", Gabriel is shown to have a great admiration for Lila's desire for revenge on Ladybug and her talent for lying to and manipulating those around her, as he sees these traits as well-suited towards achieving his goals; making note of the fact that she has yet to give up her anger in the aforementioned episode and that Ladybug has yet to see the last of her. Later in the "Heroes' Day" special, he shows this by weaving Lila into a crucial role in his plan, playing on her hatred of Ladybug in order to Akumatize her back into Volpina to both dishearten Paris and later fool Ladybug and Cat Noir with an illusion of him so they can be Akumatized. In "Chameleon", he encounters Lila again and willingly gives her powers again once she offers to defeat Ladybug for him, recognizing again once she is de-Akumatized that she will help him achieve his goals since she still has yet to give up wanting revenge on Ladybug.

In "Oni-Chan", he acknowledges Lila as a useful ally upon realizing how dedicated she is to destroying Ladybug, and employs her under the guise of wanting someone Adrien's age to watch over him. He begins using this new relationship to get information about Adrien's school life while secretly manipulating her into serving his goals by causing strife among Adrien's classmates. As a reward for her efforts, he would allow Lila to become a model and icon of his company, and later as the female AI template for his Alliance rings. Despite working with her as an ally, he is revealed to have no care for Lila personally and became disappointed in her failing to honor her part of their arrangement. When Lila badgers with requests "Emotion", he compares her importance to his brand to his perfume bottles, and remark that he is tired of people who don't know their place. He later fires her in "Revelation", but unaware that she figured out his secret and worked behind the scenes for the remainder of the season to plot his downfall. His actions and death also cemented the succession of the Butterfly Miraculous to another villain, learning from a Akumatized villain named TimeTagger that someone replaced him in the future as Hawk Moth.

Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee[]

Though she was the only friend he allowed Adrien to have for many years, Gabriel doesn't care much for Chloé overall, but he is aware that she is necessary to him since her unkind and spoiled attitude is often the direct cause of many of his Akumatized villains. In "Despair Bear", he even sends an Akuma to her party ahead of time, knowing that she will inevitably make somebody there vulnerable to being Akumatized; causing him to become annoyed when she is prompted by Butler Jean into being kinder. Later, in "Queen Wasp (Queen's Battle - Part 2)", he regains his desire to continue being Hawk Moth upon seeing her take up her Queen Bee identity, believing that her selfish desire to be viewed as a hero will inevitably lead to disaster and thus make her vulnerable to Akumatization.

Furthermore, as he is aware of her secret identity as Queen Bee, he is more than willing to use this to his advantage, Akumatizing her family in "Mayura (Heroes' Day - Part 2)", in order to use them against her. As of "Miraculer", he has developed a desire to make Chloé lose faith in Ladybug and convert her over to his side, believing that she would make a powerful ally; even using Lila and Mayura to try and manipulate her into joining them. Though his plan fails, he remains confident that she'll change her mind, which she eventually does in "Heart Hunter" after he gives her the Bee Miraculous upon stealing it from Master Fu while manipulating her into believing that Ladybug will never trust her to use it, with Chloé even willingly allowing him to Akumatize her. In the end, however, he still abandons her once his plan fails regardless, while also proudly remarking that she has become a villain like him and Mayura through her own will.

Master Wang Fu/Jade Turtle[]

Hawk Moth constantly seeks after Fu, since, as the Guardian of the Miraculous, he not only possesses all the Miraculouses but information that will help him to accomplish his goals. In "Sapotis", he first learns that the Guardian lives in Paris, and in "Syren", he decides that he must find the Guardian in order to decipher the Miraculous spellbook and gain new abilities like Ladybug and Cat Noir did (ironically unaware that he had let Fu, using his alias Mr. Chan, into his house previously). In "Backwarder", after Akumatizing Marianne Lenoir, he is amazed to learn that she knows Fu, learning his real name in the process, and is delighted that by having her reverse and follow Ladybug he will be able to get his hands on him.

During the events of "Feast", Hawk Moth finally sees Fu's real face, and is amused to see that he is a "decrepit old man", while later plotting to put his acquired knowledge to use. Finally, in "Heart Hunter (Battle of the Miraculous - Part 1)", he follows Ladybug to Fu and confronts him, arrogantly referring to him as a "crazy old man" while trying to threaten him into giving up Ladybug and Cat Noir's secret identities. In "Miracle Queen (Battle of the Miraculous - Part 2)", he and Mayura have Jade Turtle captured and try to break down his Shell-ter using the Butterfly Sentimonster in order to force him to give up his knowledge and Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities. However, he is ultimately foiled when Fu decides to give up his status as the Guardian to Ladybug, thus losing all of his memories as a result, leaving him disappointed.

Tomoe Tsurugi[]

Gabriel was a close associate and business partner of Tomoe, having apparently known her before the events of the series. It was later revealed that they are working together in order to steal Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous, having developed the Alliance rings for that purpose. Although they are allies, they don't seem to be particularly fond of each other, as Gabriel is willing to go against their agreement by Akumatizing Tomoe's daughter Kagami to suit his goals and Tomoe often telling him he needed to take better control of Adrien. They are also prone to bickering when their plans go awry, while Tomoe shows only pragmatic concern for Gabriel's fading health. According to Tomoe, Gabriel was indebted to her when he once tried to destroy her dream in the past. It's revealed that the two wanted their children to end up together to carry out their families' legacies and to be the world's new eternal icons. After Gabriel's sacrifice, Tomoe announced to be the new owner of his brand in order of "continuing his legacy".

Powers and Abilities[]

As Hawk Moth[]

• Superhuman Physique: Like all Miraculous, the Butterfly Miraculous granted Hawk Moth incredible physical abilities, including superhuman strength, speed, agility, and near-invulnerability. Although he rarely ever fought directly, he was shown being fast enough to battle his lair's defense system in "Robostus", and strong enough to overpower both Ladybug and Cat Noir in "Mayura (Heroes' Day - Part 2)".
• Akumatization: As stated before, Hawk Moth had the ability to turn anybody with potent negative emotions (human or otherwise) into a supervillain through the use of his Akumas. Once an Akuma had infected an item belonging to his victims, he could transform them into an Akumatized villain to do his bidding. The powers distributed by his Akumas vary, but they often directly relate to the source of his victims' negative emotions or their Akumatized object (ex: Chloé Bourgeois pretended Sabrina Raincomprix was invisible, causing her to gain the powers of invisibility; Nino Lahiffe was transformed into the Bubbler after his bubble wand was infected, etc); as a result, he could transform his past victims into different supervillains if the source of their negativity is different, or transform them into the same villain if their circumstances are similar. He could also choose the appearances of his Akumatized villains, including making them near-indistinguishable from ordinary civilians.
  • Empowered Akumatization: In "Dearest Family", Shadow Moth was able to empower his Akumatization and began creating "Megakumas"; larger and more powerful Akumas able to destroy Ladybug's Magical Charms. Due to being an adult Miraculous holder, he could stay transformed long after using his powers.
    • Akuma Army Creation: As Scarlet Moth, his Akumatization powers became even stronger, allowing him to create an army of Scarlet Akumas capable of instantly re-Akumatizing his previous victims so long as they were being affected by negative emotions.
• Control Over Akumatized Villains: Hawk Moth could cause pain to anyone he Akumatized to force them into obedience. He also had the ability to remove the powers of his victims and purify their Akumas, which he generally threatened to do. so they can stay on task and get him Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses.
  • Voice Projection: In "Félix", it is shown that, much like how Fox and Peacock Miraculous holders can speak through their illusions and Sentimonsters respectively, Hawk Moth had the ability to speak directly through his Akumatized villains, as he did so through Lady Wifi, Princess Fragrance and Reflekta when addressing the titular character.
• Negative Emotion Sensing: Hawk Moth could psychically scan Paris in search of people who are perfect for his Akumatization, and could detect specific emotions produced by his victims. Furthermore, even when his Miraculous was inactive, it can sense and alerted him to powerful negative emotions across Paris.
• Telepathy: When the Akuma possesses something belonging to the victim, they become telepathically connected to Hawk Moth, forming a moth-shaped emblem around the faces of himself and his minion, which was how he instructs them to help him complete his goal.
• Hologram Projection: Hawk Moth could pull the Akuma out of any villain he creates, putting them into a coma-like state, and multiply it to create a hologram of himself that he could use to communicate with a large group of people.
• Skilled Fighter: Hawk Moth was incredibly skilled with his Miraculous Tool which appears as a cane but can become a sword as well; fighting off his own security system in "Robostus" and dueled with Ladybug and Cat Noir on multiple occasions.
• Weapon Summoning: As shown in "Cat Blanc", unlike other Miraculous holders seen thus far, Hawk Moth had the additional ability to summon his cane to him when he was disarmed.
• High Combat Proficiency: As shown in "Mayura (Heroes' Day - Part 2)", Hawk Moth was a highly skilled fighter, given that he successfully managed to overpower and defeat Ladybug and Cat Noir with nothing but his bare hands.
• Control Over Adrien: By twisting his wedding ring, he could psychically influence Adrien's thoughts, and directly bended him to his will; something Adrien was helpless to resist in the first place. This is later revealed to be because Adrien is a Sentimonster, with his Amok stored in Gabriel and Emilie's wedding rings. He possessed this ability in both his supervillain and civilian forms. After his death in "Re-creation", giving up the wedding rings made him lose control over his son, granting the latter his freedom.

As Monarch[]

• Mirage: By taking the Fox Miraculous' flute in his hand, Monarch could create hyper-realistic illusions that he was able to see and speak through, including symbols of the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses in "Strikeback", or multiple identical copies of himself in "Evolution". The illusions will disappear if they are touched.
• Shell-ter: By taking the Turtle Miraculous' shield in his hand, Monarch could create forcefields around himself or others, which are nearly impervious to damage and able to become any size.
• Venom: By taking the Bee Miraculous' spinning top into his hand, Monarch could surround his fist with energy in the shape of a bee stinger, which will instantly immobilize anyone he touches. He can release his paralysis on his victims by snapping his fingers.
• Fetch: After tagging an object with the Dog Miraculous' Ball, Monarch could summon said object directly into his hand, no matter where the object is.
• Dragon Miraculous Superpower: Monarch could call upon one of three transformations to assume different elemental forms; with Wind Dragon, he could become a gust of wind; with Water Dragon, he could take the shape or puddle of water; and with Lightning Dragon, he could become a bolt of lightning.
• Voyage: Monarch could open a portal through which anyone or anything can travel to a destination of his choosing. In "Jubilation", he began using this power in conjunction with his Akumatization, teleporting his Megakumas to his victims much quicker.
• Multitude: Monarch could shrink down and split himself into equally small clones, and reform himself at will. The more clones of himself that he produced, the more his body would shrink.
• Sublimation: Monarch could give himself a singular superpower of his choosing. However, he cannot choose a power that is already belonged to another Kwami, nor a power that would quantify as a wish, Sublimation also cannot heal the damage caused by the Cataclysm or awaken someone who has fallen into eternal slumber from using a damaged Miraculous or bring back someone who is already dead. Finally, Sublimation can only come in the form of an ability or superpower, it cannot take the form of a wish. Using Sublimation, he had attained the powers of invisibility, flight, and multiversal travel.
• Resistance: Monarch could imbue himself with invulnerability to damage and any other Miraculous superpowers used against him. Additionally, the attacker(s) get repelled away almost immediately.
• Second Chance: After activating his power, Monarch could turn back time to that exact moment, thus giving himself unlimited chances to rewind time and undo any mistake or accident. He would also retain any and all information learned prior to resetting time. However, he cannot undo any injuries he sustained (in this case, his Cataclysm-induced necrosis).
• Genesis: Using the Goat Miraculous' Paint Brush, Monarch could any create object he can imagine. However, the object is mundane and lacks any superpower, magic, and mythical properties.
• Unused Powers:
  • Gift: Monarch could conjure a magical gift box from the Pig Miraculous' Tambourine, which projects the image of his target's deepest wish onto them when opened, and force his target to live in a dream of their greatest desire, leaving them vulnerable.
  • Clout: Monarch could gather an immense amount of energy into his fist, which is channeled into a powerful punch capable of generating shockwaves and sending his target flying.
  • Uproar: By tossing the Ruyi Jingu Bang into the air, Monarch could summon a toy, which has the ability to temporarily disrupt the abilities of anyone it touches.
• Usage of Multiple Miraculous Tools: In addition to gaining all the powers of the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses, Monarch also had access to all of their individual tools and could use them in combat. However, he later lost access to these tools after reforging the Miraculouses.
• Alliance Rings: Due to him reforging the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses into rings, Monarch could use them to transfers the Kwamis and their Miraculous powers into any Akumatized villain who was also wearing a regular Alliance ring, which enabled them to use said powers in combat. The Kwamis returned to their cages once the Akumatized villain is defeated. The rings also helped him to partially overcome his previous weakness of being unable to wield too many Miraculous powers at once, allowing him to use five additional powers. Because of this reconfiguration, he was the only person able to use the Miraculous rings and could summon their power whether or not he was transformed. In his civilian form, his owned Alliance ring was able to track the data of other Alliance users and delivered specific alerts to him about user activity.

Former/Temporary Abilities[]

• Sketch Book: As The Collector, he could throw his Sketch Book like a boomerang, and whatever its pages touch would be trapped inside of it. The Collector could also erase the sketches in his book if he felt the need to, supposedly destroying the objects entirely if he did so. However, the book had a limited number of pages that could be overtaxed.
• Tablet: With his Tablet, the Collector had the same abilities as with his book, but his Tablet had infinite storage.
• Amokization: As a result of unifying with the repaired Peacock Miraculous, Shadow Moth could manifest Sentimonsters (living beings/monstrous creatures born from his Amokizated victims' emotions) alongside Akumatized villains. He later gave up this ability after agreeing to give the Peacock Miraculous to his nephew, Felix.
  • Molding: The Collector could shape these Sentimonsters in any way he pleases, giving them specific powers, or molding them into Animals, Anthropomorphic objects, Humans, and exact duplicates of other people. By extension, he could create Sentimonsters for himself and directly speak through them.
• Staff Wielding: Shadow Noir wielded an infinitely expanding and indestructible metal staff as a weapon.
• Cataclysm: Shadow Noir could infuse his hand with a dark, destructive energy, which allowed him to instantly destroy anything or anyone he touched with that hand. This was undone when Sass used Second Chance in "Ephemeral".
• Ultimate Miraculous Absolute Power: While wielding both the Cat and Ladybug Miraculouses, he can initiate a ritual to summon Gimmi, the Kwami of Reality, who can destroy and recreate reality in order to grant him a wish; with a consequence being produced to balance out whatever he wished for. While performing the ritual, he is protected by an impenetrable force-field, preventing it from being interrupted. Shadow Noir was able to use this power during the events of "Ephemeral", however, this prevented from completion by Sass using Second Chance. Gabriel was able to successfully use this power in "Re-creation", wishing for a world identical to the previous one, while sacrificing himself to heal Nathalie's illness before joining his wife Emilie in the afterlife.
• Burrow: With the Rabbit Miraculous, Monarch could create portals into a pocket dimension, where he was able to view all events and places of the Past, Present, and Future. From there, he could select any point in history to transport himself to. He lost this ability after having the Rabbit Miraculous taken away from him by Ladybug, Rabbit Noir, and Alix/Canigirl/Bunnyx.
• Lucky Charm: Monarbug could activate his power to generate a random object to solve a particular problem, which he must deduce how to use. Once the problem was solved, he could activate his secondary power, Miraculous Monarbug, to restore everything back to normal. However, he lost both abilities after Adrien took the Ladybug Miraculous from him, returning it to a disguised Marinette so that she can become Ladybug again.
• Nightmare Inducement: Nightormentor could blow gas from his blow dart gun which forced anyone he hits to live out their worst nightmares. He could also influence them from inside their nightmares, and remove this effect whenever he wished, although it was uncertain if this could happen.

Weaknesses[]

• Miraculous: Although it provides all of his powers, Hawk Moth's Miraculous was also his greatest weakness; much like with other Miraculouses, if it were to be removed from him, he would be forced to de-transform, rendering him powerless.
• Akumatized Villains: While a great help towards his goals, Hawk Moth's minions were also the greatest problem with almost all of his plans. In most instances (typically in the case of the teenagers or younger children he Akumatizes) his minions will often directly disobey his orders in order to pursue their own goals, often preventing the Miraculouses from being taken (as is the case with Timebreaker and Reflekta) or even trying to outright kill Ladybug and Cat Noir without taking their Miraculouses (as was the case with Bubbler). On occasion, the minions he creates may be able to successfully betray him and pursue their own goals, such as with Robustus/Markov—who took control of the technology in his lair and turned it against him—or they may not listen to him at all no matter what, such as with Gigantitan, who almost never seems to be able to follow his orders or stay on task due to his infancy.
• Resistance Limitation: Although Monarch was immune to direct attacks, it did not protect him against indirect damage, or items that he donned after activating Resistance.
• Akumatization Limitations: Due to the limitations of his powers, Hawk Moth could only create a single Akuma at a time. He also could not control his Akumas if they decide to go after a different victim than he originally intended, and he was powerless to stop his victims from losing the negative emotions that made them vulnerable in the first place. As seen in "Startrain", Hawk Moth had an undefined limit for how far his Akumas can travel (which appears to be to the edge of Paris); should they exceed this limit, he would be unable to sense where they are and could not control/communicate with any villain they create.
  • Also, despite its consistent record of success, it had been shown on different occasions that it is actually possible for a person to resist being Akumatized if their will is strong enough. In "Miraculer", Chloé blows off Hawk Moth's offer completely, even tossing away her Akumatized object. In "Gang of Secrets" and many subsequent episodes, it is revealed that a victim with a strong enough will can reject his influence completely even after they've been transformed, de-Akumatizing themselves.
• Physical Limitations: Despite possessing enhanced stamina, Hawk Moth was shown to still have his limits; becoming incredibly exhausted after over-exerting himself.
• Adrien Agreste: Hawk Moth was highly protective of his son and will adjust his schemes to avoid him getting hurt, best shown in "Gorizilla" when he allowed Gorizilla to release Ladybug so she could save Adrien, despite having a perfect opportunity to steal her Miraculous. Hawk Moth briefly gave up pursuing the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses in "Queen Wasp", as he couldn't risk putting his son in further danger.
  • However, in alternate timelines where Adrien/Cat Noir's secret identity is exposed, Hawk Moth no longer seemed to have this moral limitation, and was willing to not only attack him but deliberately make him vulnerable to Akumatization.
• Overuse of Miraculous Powers: As Monarch, he was unable to use too many Miraculous powers at once, since overusing them will cause the Kwamis' energy to dwindle, thus weakening him and his abilities, to the point where he struggled to stand and briefly passes out. The only way to return his abilities to normal is to feed the Kwamis some food and restore their energy.
• Inexperience With Miraculous Powers: Despite having almost all the Miraculous in his possession, he seemingly did not understand their full capabilities and limitations, including that of his Kwamis. This is prominently shown in "Destruction", where he misinterpreted how the Rooster Miraculous' power, Sublimation, can grant him any power he chooses and assumes the Kwamis can reveal Ladybug's identity despite the rules preventing it.
• Good Butterfly Miraculous holders: As stated in Miraculous Paris, any akumatization from Monarch can be undone by anyone wearing the same Miraculous as him like his good counterpart Betterfly.

Arsenal[]

• Miraculous Tool: Like all other Miraculous holders, Hawk Moth wielded a special tool, with his being a cane. The cane acted as Hawk Moth's primary weapon in battle and contains a hidden blade; he was incredibly skilled using both the sword and the cane itself in battle, fighting off his own security system in "Robostus" and dueling with Ladybug and Cat Noir on multiple occasions.
  • Akuma Containment: The stone on Hawk Moth's cane could also store a butterfly/akuma for when Hawk Moth needed to use it. Like other Miraculous tools.
  • Communication: Hawk Moth's cane also acted as a communication device, containing a phone underneath the stone.

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• Techclonizer/Miraclonizer/Techo-Pirate (Mike Rochip): Has the ability to steal any form of technology to clone and utilize it for himself. Later, when using the Eagle Miraculous, he can use its special power, Liberation, to free people of any mental or emotional restraints.
• King Cash/Cash: Is a giant made of a metallic substance. Wields a fan that can slice through anything and can conjure sharp, jagged crystals. Also implied to be able to turn others to gold.
• YanLuoShi/Mei Shi: A giant of titanic proportions that can project eye beams which eradicate anything they come into contact with, including Miraculouses.
  • He is also one of the less victimized villains, having completely betrayed Hawk Moth and eradicated him to oblivion when he was about to remove his powers when he was about to destroy all of Shanghai, in fear for Adrien's safety.

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• Unnamed monster: A giant monster made out of sticky orange goo. It can blast said orange goo out of its mouth.
• Stormy Weather/Aurore Beauréal: The same powers as her previous akumatizations.
• Replay/Adam: Can manipulate time around him by shooting energy blasts out of his watch.
• Silurus/Fisherman: Can control both water and catfish.
• Sculptia/Charlotte Basquet: Can bring wax statues to life to control them, as well as turn people into immobile wax statues.
• Unnamed librarian: Can transport herself and others into books.
• Game Master/Max Kanté: Controls a bubble-popping game that takes place throughout Paris, and can generate enemies and obstacles (including past akumatized villains/transformed civilians) to oppose the player.
• Mr. Pigeon 68/Xavier Ramier: Possesses the same powers as his previous Akumatizations, with the additional ability to transform regular pigeons into giant "robo-pigeons" to do his bidding.
• Soundwave/Penny Rolling: Can manipulate soundwaves and musical objects and transform others into minions called "Sounders" to serve her.
• Weredad/Tom Dupain: Possesses superhuman strength, and the ability to generate endless amounts of paperwork.
• Gamer 3.0/Max Kanté: Controls a video game world which he can create portals into.
• Clonika/Chloé Bourgeois: Can create clones of herself and others by taking pictures of them on her phone.

Sentimonsters[]

• Light Eye: A giant eyeball capable of flight and shining a beam of light from its eye that immobilizes anyone it shines on, preventing them from moving their body, but still allowing them to speak. It is born from Luka Couffaine's feeling of betrayal at Marinette's secrecy and serves him as Truth.
• Banana Boom-Boom: A giant banana-themed gorilla. It has bandoliers filled with giant bananas that cause whoever they hit to be turned into a banana. They can also cause minor explosions when they touch inanimate objects. Due to its size, the Sentimonster has great strength. It is born from Chloé Bourgeois' anger and jealousy, serving her as Queen Banana.
• Gabriel Agreste: An exact copy of his civilian form, and controlled by him, as well. He is made to manipulate Gabriel's nephew Félix Fathom. After this primary objective fails, the Sentimonster is Akumatized through the real Gabriel's own negative emotions into an upgraded version of the Collector.
• Mega Leech: A giant leech capable of flight, possessing numerous eyes all over its body. It can transform anyone who enters its mouth into a seemingly infinite amount of tiny clones that are sprayed out of the eyes' pupils. These clones can possess others by climbing inside their ears and speaking via a miniature podium. If Mega Leech multiplies an Akumatized/Amokized villain, every single clone will have their own Akuma and Amok. It is born from André Bourgeois' stress and anger, serving him during his third time as Malediktator.
• Guiltrip: An eye-like being that creates a vacuum vortex, sucking people into an infinitely big pocket dimension within its body. There are valves along the dimension's walls that generate purple bubbles that stick to a person, attracted to and inducing guilt. Once a person is completely covered in bubbles, they transform into a copy of Reflekta, complete with powers. The clones can be controlled by Guiltrip, who can also prevent people from leaving via strong winds. It is born from Juleka Couffaine's guilt and regret and was meant to serve her as Reflekta; however, she willfully gave up control over it.
• Senti-Alec: A perfect physical and vocal copy of the TV host Alec Cataldi created from Shadow Moth's excitement. He was fashioned for the sole purpose of making Audrey Bourgeois vulnerable to Akumatization once more, as part of a wider ploy to determine Ladybug's identity.
  • After the Sentimonster Ladybug, he is the second Sentimonster who is based on a human, and thus could be considered a real person.
• Senti-Nino: A perfect physical and vocal copy of Nino Lahiffe created from Shadow Moth's ambition. He was fashioned for the sole purpose of tricking Nino's girlfriend Alya into giving him the Turtle Miraculous with Optigami hiding inside, which Senti-Nino would then return to Ladybug after Style Queen's defeat, inadvertently leading Optigami to Ladybug's home and revealing her civilian identity to Shadow Moth and Mayura.
  • After the Sentimonster Ladybug and Senti-Alec, he is the third Sentimonster who is based on a human, and thus could be considered a real person.
• Sentibubbler: A perfect physical and vocal copy of the villain the Bubbler from Season 1, who is the Akumatized form of Nino Lahiffe, complete with all his powers and weapons. They are made from Shadow Moth's emotions and serve him in a gambit to get the Miraculouses by manipulating Alya Césaire, Nino's girlfriend and the heroine Rena Rouge. The Amok is in a coffee cup that Shadow Moth keeps with him; the reason for this is unknown.
• Hack-San: A thumb drive that can infect the robot Markov with negative emotions, allowing him to be Akumatized back into Robostus. It is made from Shadow Moth's emotions in a plot to re-Akumatize the robot; the Amok is in his cane.
• Kuro Neko: A giant cat resembling a maneki-neko that possesses great strength and sharp claws it can swipe at its enemies with. It can also cough up hairballs like a real cat. It spawns from the grief of a little girl named Rythm at losing her cat. The Amok is in Rythm's maneki-neko-shaped piggy bank.
• Strikeback: A titanic golem completely immune to any Miraculous superpower it is exposed to. Once it physically encounters a superpower, it can copy it and use it freely by invoking its own name. Befitting its size, it possesses tremendous strength, able to lift an entire ferris wheel out of the ground with its hands. The Amok is in Shadow Moth's cane.

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Trivia[]

• Hawk Moth is named after the Sphingidae; a family of moths that are generally referred to as "hawk moths" because of their swift flight patterns.
  • Hawk Moth surrounding himself with darkness may also be a reference to these moths, as most types are nocturnal.
  • His civilian form, Gabriel Agreste, is named after the late Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, a famous French fashion designer.
  • His third identity, Monarch, is a reference to the Monarch butterfly. It is also a reference to the meanings of king, ruler, emperor, etc.
• Hawk Moth is one of three characters to appear in every episode of the series, the others being Ladybug and Cat Noir.
• According to series creator Thomas Astruc, unlike his other victims, both Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug and Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir would be difficult for Hawk Moth to corrupt, as Marinette always has an extremely positive attitude and Adrien is too used to being disappointed and upset for anything to truly aggravate him.
  • Despite this, he still came very close to Akumatizing them both on several different occasions.
    • He targeted Marinette in both "Zombizou" and "Chameleon", although Marinette cheered herself up before she could be affected. In the alternate timeline shown in "Cat Blanc", he nearly Akumatized Marinette after forcing her to end her relationship with Adrien, but Cat Noir destroyed the Akuma before this could happen. In "Derision", he succeeds in infecting her with an Akuma to transform her into Panic, but Marinette recognizes why she is panicking and cheers up before the Akumatization is completed. His closest successes occurs in "Ladybug" and "Elation", where he was prepared to Akumatize her into the villains Princess Justice and Unmasker respectively, nearly making her remove her earrings, only for the former to cancel his plan when Nathalie's condition begins acting up, and the latter being interrupted by Cat Noir's kiss.
    • He targeted Adrien in "Glaciator 2" and "Transmission (The Kwamis' Choice - Part 1)", backing down in the former when he realized he was sensing his son's emotions, and continuing on in the latter until Adrien managed to cheer himself up. In the alternate timelines shown in "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral", he managed to successfully Akumatize Adrien after learning his secret identity, transforming him into the respective titular villains.
• Gabriel and his different villain identities can be seen as a direct foil to Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug:
  • Both are talented fashion designers, with Gabriel said to have used his designs to help others realize their dreams while aspiring to become world-renowned in his youth; much like Marinette in the present. However, Gabriel's beliefs towards fashion would change in his adulthood, seeing it only as an industry designed to ride current trends and take advantage of consumers. Whereas Marinette represents the optimistic and creative side of the fashion world, Gabriel embodies its corrupt and cynical elements.
  • Both love Adrien dearly and want to do whatever they can to protect him. But, while Marinette would grow to love Adrien for who he truly is and encourages his better traits, Gabriel's love towards him is very possessive, manipulative and comes with a certain idea of how Adrien should think and act; forcefully bending him to his will if necessary.
  • Both utilize Miraculouses and Kwamis for their powers. But, on top of using their powers for opposite purposes, they also have vastly different relationships their their Kwamis; Marinette always listens to Tikki's advice, often following her plans and ideas, and allows her to freely interact with the world, whereas Gabriel never listens to Nooroo unless he commands him to speak, and frequently abuses his power over him.
  • Similar to this, Ladybug's Lucky Charm allows her to create an object for herself that can help solve whatever problem she faces, relying on her creativity and ingenuity to find said solution. Opposite to this, Hawk Moth's Akumatization (and Amokitization, as Shadow Moth) allows him to give powers to others and permits him to not personally engage in whatever problem he faces; he also shows off far less creativity than Ladybug, often attempting to beat his enemies with similar strategies and recurring villains.
  • Both Monarch and Ladybug recruit and distribute Miraculous abilities to others. While Ladybug carefully selects anyone she thinks can be a valuable ally, Monarch distributes the Miraculouses' powers to anyone that happens to be wearing an Alliance ring and takes his powers away as soon as his target is no longer of use to him.
• Despite it being his main goal to obtain Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses and unify them to obtain ultimate power, Hawk Moth's motivation for doing so was only first alluded to in the episode "The Dark Owl", where he mentions wanting to change the past. Other episodes would go on to further hint at his true goals until it was fully revealed that he intends to use them to revive his wife, Emilie. Later, "Dearest Family" would elaborate that he intends to destroy the world and create a new one where nothing will come between him and his wife.
• As revealed in "Timetagger", sometime in the future, the role of Hawk Moth will be assumed by someone other than Gabriel, with his successor continuing to be an enemy to the grown up Ladybug and Cat Noir. Little information is known about this individual, although, as of "Re-creation", it has been seemingly confirmed that his successor is Lila Rossi.
• Prior to "The Collector", Hawk Moth's true identity had been foreshadowed/hinted at numerous times:
  • As Ladybug points out in the aforementioned episode, the signature logo of Gabriel's brand is a butterfly, and most of his décor bears a butterfly symbol.
  • In "The Bubbler", Gabriel is not seen among the adults being carried into space by the Bubbler's bubbles, despite the fact that Nathalie and Adrien's bodyguard Placide I.T. are both seen floating away and that he should have been the Bubbler's main target due to his stubbornness towards Nino.
  • In "Simon Says", Hawk Moth states that "this could be risky" upon learning of Simon Says' plan of going after Gabriel Agreste. Later, Hawk Moth suggests Simon Says to not go after Gabriel, despite having never shown concern over the people his victims want revenge on before. Hawk Moth then does not appear for the rest of the episode after Simon Says captures Gabriel.
  • In "The Mime", Gabriel is unavailable coincidentally after Hawk Moth surfaces.
  • In "Ladybug and Cat Noir (Origins - Part 1)", the visible portions of Hawk Moth's civilian form resemble Gabriel. Additionally, Hawk Moth holds a locket with a picture of Emilie Agreste in it and has a silver ring on his left middle finger, similar to Gabriel's.
    • Thomas Astruc has stated that the twist of Hawk Moth's identity was intended specifically for kids, and not necessarily teenage or adult viewers, who could pick up on it more easily.
• After Mayura, he is the second character in the series to directly and permanently kill other characters, having destroyed many of his own Sentimonsters when they were no longer useful to him.
• The villains created by Hawk/Shadow Moth that have prompted Ladybug & Cat Noir to seek a new form of magical Miraculous help are: Sapotis, Syren, Frozer, Style Queen, Anansi, Malediktator, Catalyst, Miraculer, Desperada, Startrain, Kwamibuster, Ikari Gozen, Party Crasher, Heart Hunter, Queen Banana, Mega Leech, Guiltrip, Crocoduel, Sentibubbler, Wishmaker, Penalteam, and Risk.
• The only intended victim of an Akuma who has proven able to resist it completely was Celestial Guardian Su-Han, who due to his training as a Guardian, was able to use a focusing chant to shield himself from its influence. Other characters have only ever resisted his influence momentarily or rejected it after having already been infected by the Akuma.
• Other than the Order of the Guardians, Hawk Moth is the only character in the series to have owned all of the Miraculouses from the Chinese Miracle Box at some point in time, having possessed the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculouses prior to the events of the series, the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses in "Ephemeral", "Deflagration" and "Re-creation", and acquiring all the other Miraculouses from the Miracle Box in "Strikeback".
• His own fashion brand, Gabriel, is probably a parody of Gucci.

External links[]

• Hawk Moth on the Miraculous Ladybug Wiki
• Betterfly on the Heroes Wiki

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