Original subtitles

[♪ soft music playing]

[whirring]

What are you going to do, Marinette? - I don't have a choice, Tikki.

This letter from Gabriel holds the whole truth.

If I want a relationship with Adrien that's built on authentic love

And true honesty, I must give it to him.

He must know the truth that his father was a supervillain

Who put the entire world in danger

And discover the real causes of the illness

That afflicted his mother.

That truth will make him suffer horribly,

But I'll be there to comfort him and never lie to him.

Ever again.

How will you explain that Ladybug

Kept this from the entire world?

I don't know, Tikki. Ladybug will figure it out,

But I, Marinette, can't continue a relationship

Where I lie to the person I love most every day.

If I can't tell Adrien the truth,

Then I'll have to break up with him.

[♪ soft music playing]

[doorbell rings] [door opens]

[knock at door] [Adrien] Come in!

Marinette? - Adrien.

I have something important to tell you.

[♪ theme song playing]

[Marinette] In the daytime, I'm Marinette,

Just a normal girl with a normal life,

But there's something about me that no one knows yet

'cause I've got a secret.

♪ Miraculous Simply the best! ♪

♪ Up to the test When things go wrong ♪

♪ Miraculous, the luckiest ♪

♪ The power of love, Always so strong ♪

♪ Miraculous ♪

♪ Miraculous! ♪

[♪ pleasant music playing] [chatter]

[Nora] So, lovebirds, what'll you be having this morning?

Today's special? - You got it!

Twig, four specials, please.

[♪ techno music playing]

[shouting]

Acai and seasonal fruit skewers

Topped with crunchy granola!

[gasp] You two are the best!

Nice job, Twig. - Well, I didn't do much.

You really make an awesome couple!

Huh? Who you callin'a couple, Cappie?

Uh... No, I meant

You really make an awesome duo. [nervous laugh]

Okay, so we can all agree

Something's going on between those two, right?

Totally agree, except my sister

Doesn't want to hear a peep about love.

I mean, her ex, Kuki, was such a toxic dude.

Sure, but Twig is super sweet and kind.

Just look at the way he gazes at your sister.

I'm sure she likes him too. They're always together,

Even outside of work. He supports her

In everything she does.

He has endless admiration for her

And, and most notable, my independent sister

Actually tolerates his presence.

But Nora will never say that she's in love.

I don't think she's even aware of her own feelings.

But she should be told!

Love is what gives flavor to life's every meal!

What's the point of making these'fruitolicious'skewers

If you're gonna eat them without love?

What's the point of Cook Fu if you're not

Sharing the passion?

Cook what?

Cook Fu, a martial art

That combines Kung Fu and cooking.

It's all Nora can think about.

She's actually going to Shanghai soon

To get serious training. She'll be staying

At my Uncle Wang's for the year.

[gasp] She can't leave for a year

Without talking to Twig first!

But has Twig told her about the way he feels?

Uh, I don't think so. No, he's way too shy.

[gasp] Maybe he just needs a hand.

Nora can't see love, but maybe she'll hear it.

Yeah, but it's too late already.

Nora's leaving in a couple of days.

It's never too late to express your love!

Nino, give me your cap.

You want her to talk to my cap?

Kinda.

[♪ intriguing music playing]

Are you going to tell us what you're up to

Or is it a surprise?

I'm doing what they'll regret not having done

If we do nothing.

[grunt]

Go ahead, begin. You tell Adrien something about you.

Like, that I'm Carapace? - [all] Shh!

No, something that everyone can hear!

Oh, right! Hm...

I know! Cotton candy gives me the heebie-jeebies.

[Adrien] Uh, I'm kinda lost.

[Marinette] You have the paper with the ear,

So you guess if it's a fib or not.

A fib? - Wrong.

You sure you get the rules? Are you really scared

Of cotton candy, Nino? - Yup.

He thinks it looks deceptive.

You know me so well. I can't hide anything from you.

How can cotton candy look deceptive?

It doesn't even have a face. - Precisely!

Why are you flyweights still here? Don't you have class?

We have a free period, so we're playing Fib or No Fib

To get to know each other better.

Wanna play? - [Nora] No way.

Sounds like the cringiest game ever.

No, no, wait! It's a...

Traditional game in Shanghai!

My Uncle Wang taught it to me.

When you're there, you can be sure

He'll want to play it with you.

Okay, you win, Baguette.

But it requires an even number of players.

Twig, will you play with us?

Oh, uh... But I'm not done cleaning.

[Nora] Don't sweat it, Twig. We'll finish up later.

Besides, Baguette won't leave us alone until we play.

[Marinette] It's a great game, you'll see. So, first,

Everyone pulls a piece of paper from the cap.

Alya, you got the mouth, so you have to tell something

About yourself to the person who got the ear,

A. K. A. Me! [laughter]

And I guess whether it's true or not.

Good luck, girl, because

You've already told me everything

About your life.

[chuckle] Ready?

Nora's father is not my father.

[laughter] Too easy! Fib.

Wrong, Baguette. My father is not her father,

Which is lucky for her,

But her father is like a father to me,

Which is lucky for me.

Technically, Nora is my half sister.

I never mentioned it because she's just my sister

To me, that's all, but now was the perfect time

Because it means I won!

Yeah, right, Okay, fine. One point for you,

And now we know each other even better.

How amazing is this game?

Let's play another round. [♪ soft music playing]

The rules say that in the second round

You must hand the ear paper

Twice on your right. - Awesome game.

Not convoluted at all!

All right, Twig, I'm listening.

[sharp breath] [grunt]

[Marinette] Come on if there's something

You want to tell Nora,

Something you've wanted to

Get off your chest for a while,

Something you'd regret never having told her

If she were to leave, now is the time!

Go on, this is a turning point in your life, Twig.

I really like you, Nora. I'm devastated you're leaving,

But I'm very happy you're embarking

On this adventure in Shanghai.

[whimpers]

Fib. - Wrong.

[♪ romantic music playing]

Additional rule! If you get it wrong,

You have to swap papers.

Nora, it's your turn to tell something to Twig. Go, go, go!

I...

I... You and...

Me?

Never in a million years!

[♪ tense music playing]

[gasps]

[grunt]

Fib. [grunt]

Correct.

Right! Well, we'll leave you to it

'cause, you know, we have classes and all

To learn lots of stuff that will help us

In our lives to come. Anyway, bye!

[grunts]

[♪ whimsical music playing]

What? - What what?

You're gawking at me all weird like a raw fish.

Oh, sorry.

Well, uh, anyway, um...

The oven shelf isn't gonna remove the grease by itself.

Go ahead. - No, no, you go.

[♪ rock theme music playing]

[♪ whimsical music playing]

[Alya] [deep voice] Nino!

I'm a nice cotton candy!

Well, that one isn't scary.

[laughter]

[Adrien] It's beautiful, Marinette.

Thanks.

By the way, did you get a chance

To work on my drawing?

Your drawing? What drawing?

You know, my father's portrait.

Oh, right! That drawing.

It's so wonderful that the person I love the most

Can recreate the imagine of the hero my father really was.

I can't wait to see the drawing!

Sure! Me too! I can't wait,

But I haven't had time yet 'cause...

I had badminton practice yesterday.

Really? You didn't tell me you've taken up badminton.

Oh, it was just a trial practice,

But it was awesome, super fun.

[♪ tense music playing]

[Adrien] Maybe you'll have time tonight.

No, no, tonight I'm giving figure skating a try.

[Adrien] You are? But I'll get on it

As soon as I have a free moment.

Thank you, Marinette.

So, how was badminton yesterday?

Marinette, you and I spent last evening

Playing Ultimate Mecha Strike. Why are you feeding

Your boyfriend all this baloney?

Because I can't draw the portrait of his father

That he asked me to.

Then why don't you just tell him that?

I'm scared he'll take it the wrong way

And I don't want to disappoint him.

Five minutes ago, you made up some silly game

To stand for truth and love at all costs,

And now because you're afraid of disappointing Adrien,

You totally lie to him? Whoa, girl!

What's up with that? You ought to be practicing gymnastics

Instead of badminton because you're doing

A mega-split right now.

It's...

More complicated than that.

Okay, then explain away. I love complicated stuff.

Yeah, well, it's easy for you to say.

You and Nino tell each other everything.

[♪ melancholy music playing]

I just can't do that with Adrien.

I know it's a heavy burden to have

To hide you're Ladybug from everyone

And especially from Adrien, but...

I don't see what this has to do

With the whole portrait thing.

That's because it's not the point.

Huh? Then what is it? I can't think of anything

More important than having to hide your secret identity.

I think our hands are pretty clean now.

Could we just forget about this whole convo, please?

Marinette, I'm your friend.

I'm here if you need help. You know that, right?

If I did share the secret with you,

It wouldn't change anything.

I'd still have to lie to Adrien.

I just have to learn to live with it.

There will always be this wall...

Between him and me.

[Alya] For years, it was kept from me

That Nora and I didn't have the same dad.

When I found out, the only thing that really hurt

Wasn't the truth but the fact that someone else

Had decided for me what was good for me,

What I should or shouldn't know.

I really wish I could tell him.

Every day it's on my lips,

But I can't!

Marinette, I don't know what lie

You've gotten yourself stuck in,

But the truth always comes out in the end,

So what would you rather have happen?

You being honest with Adrien

Or him eventually finding out on his own

And realizing you betrayed him on top of lying?

[sniffs] You're right.

You always are. It's just...

[crying] It's so hard!

[♪ soft music playing]

[♪ upbeat music playing]

[grunting]

[sigh]

Adrien only wants this portrait

So much because I've done everything to make him see

His father as a good person, a hero.

I suppose I could wait a few more days

Before I finally tell him the truth

And make the boy I love very, very sad,

Don't you think?

I don't know, Marinette.

What are you hoping to achieve

By giving him this drawing?

One last image of the father he made peace with

Before I ruin it forever.

[groan]

[sigh] No!

What do you want from me? [grumble]

Hm... Hm?

Don't look at me like that.

"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."

Well, mission accomplished!

Adrien now believes that you were a hero

In spite of all the harm you caused,

But soon I'll reveal the truth.

"No, don't do it, Marinette! I'm begging you!

You'll cause so much pain to the person you love the most."

Yes, I know! But because of you

I can't have a simple, loving relationship.

Even gone, you keep hurting us.

[gasp] I can't give you these eyes.

Adrien wants to forget about that man,

The cruel father that you were,

The father who only opened his mouth to criticize,

Humiliate, control!

"Adrien, your fencing. Adrien, your piano.

Adrien, go live in London on your own

Away from all your friends and the girl you love."

There, this is the father Adrien wants to see,

But has he ever even existed?

[Gabriel] Of course he existed.

[shout]

I was the man in tears over not having

A child with the woman he loved,

The father who traveled the world

Looking for the Peacock Miraculous,

The father who was crushed when the mother

Of his beloved son became ill.

I was the father who became Hawk Moth

In order to save the woman he loved

And give back Adrien the mother he deserved.

You and I are the same, Marinette.

You said it yourself on the final day we faced each other.

We both want the same thing.

We want Adrien to be happy.

No, no! I'm not like you!

I don't want to lie to him anymore!

Yes, a lie is a heavy burden to keep secret,

But that truth will only become one if you talk.

I was willing to do anything to ensure my son's happiness.

If you truly love him, you'll find the strength to lie.

Be quiet!

Adrien deserves sincere

And honest love!

I love Adrien!

I love him so much!

[Tikki] Marinette! Marinette!

[grunting]

[car honking]

[tires screeching] [crash]

[people shouting]

[Sadnansi] Don't worry!

Sadnansi will set you all free!

Love is like poison to the heart.

[shout]

[gasp]

[both snarling]

[all snarling]

[grunts]

[Sadnansi] Soon no one will love anyone anymore

And nobody will suffer ever again!

Sadnansi?

Did Nora get akumatized again?

[shudder] Shoot! I guess she wasn't ready

To find out that Twig likes her.

What if Adrien isn't ready either?

What if he doesn't want to hear the truth?

Marinette, don't you think we should go?

Yes, of course.

Tikki, Spots On! [chimes]

[♪ rock theme music playing]

[♪ suspenseful music playing] [deep breath]

Since Paris is a city of love,

Let's destroy Paris!

Shell-ter!

[whirring]

[♪ soft music playing]

[grunt]

Love isn't destroyed so easily, Sadnansi.

What do you know about love, beetle?

[grunt] [Ladybug] Lucky charm!

Love is the most beautiful thing in the world!

Really? You think it's so simple.

Love is a burden!

Let me show you how easy life is

Without it.

Cataclysm!

Mind your heart, M'Lady!

[Sadnansi] Mr. Whiskers,

Come face me if you dare.

I'm always down for stretching my paws.

Everything okay? - Yes, only...

What if Sadnansi's right?

It's probably easier to do what's right

When you're not burdened by love.

Huh? Are you seriously willing

To give up on love? I don't want to give up on it

But if I'd stop loving you know who,

Maybe I'd have the courage to do

What's best for him.

Don't you think that maybe love shows us the way?

[Carapace] Shell-ter! [gasp]

What are you doing? - [Rena] We're coming!

Thanks, Carapace!

Come on, girl. Get a grip.

Thanks. [♪ soft music playing]

[grunts and shouts]

[Ladybug] Lucky charm! [chimes]

Missed by a whisker, kitty cat.

Thanks for the helping paw, M'Lady.

[Rena gasps]

[heavy breathing]

[whimper] Huh?

It's time for us to rise.

[Rena] We've got to find the akumatized item

And quick before love

Disappears from Paris for good!

The problem is a six-armed supervillain

Is keeping us out of reach.

Six arms and a martial-arts champion.

[Ladybug] We have more than six arms

Between the four of us.

We don't have as many allies as she does.

[groaning]

Maybe, but we have the...

Lucky charm! [♪ upbeat music playing]

[chimes]

[grunt] A boxing glove?

[♪ dramatic music playing]

She's keeping a fist closed.

The akumatized object must be inside.

Let's find a way to make her unclench it.

[snap] [Sadnansi shouts]

[Sadnansi] No more messing around.

[whistles] [snarling]

It's the final round!

Friends, have I ever told you that I love you?

You were always too sentimental, Cat Noir.

[Zombie groaning]

No way!

You can never be too sentimental.

Love shows us the way.

You're right, as always.

We need you guys to create a diversion.

Shell-ter!

[♪ upbeat music playing]

Mirage!

[blast]

Hey, spider! What would you do if the man

You supposedly don't love

Was about to fall from a great height?

A superhero would never allow that.

She'd never put an innocent person in danger.

I know what your power is.

This is an allusion. You're bluffing!

Are you sure? Maybe I'm like you and I love no one.

So, who do you think is bluffing?

Twig!

[grunt]

[Cat Noir] Dinner is served!

Cataclysm.

[Ladybug] No more evildoing for you, Ultrakuma.

[♪ upbeat music playing]

Time to de-evilize!

Gotcha!

Bye bye, little butterfly.

Miraculous Ladybug!

[grunts and shudders]

It looks so pretty.

Did you carve it?

No.

It was a gift. [Twig] This whole thing

Was my fault. I'm sorry.

[Nora sobbing]

[♪ soft music playing]

Something wrong? - [Nora] Of course not!

It's the onions, and you too

Messing with my head!

You couldn't keep your lovey-dovey

Feelings to yourself.

Things were fine before

Back when we didn't tell each other anything.

Now it's gonna be the biggest headache ever!

But didn't it make you feel good to tell...

The things we told eachother? - Feel good?

Before we talked, I was sad about leaving

'cause I was gonna miss you, your face,

But I thought of Cook Fu and it passed,

But now that I know we like each other,

What do I do? If I go to Shanghai,

I'll think of you the whole time

And it's gonna hurt like crazy,

But if I stay, I'll regret not going to Shanghai

Every time I see you! You're a pain, Twig!

And these onions are a pain too.

Those aren't onions, Nora.

They're carrots. - [Nora] Watch it, Twig.

[gasp]

[Twig] I'm sorry.

[shuddering]

And Nora transformed into Sadnansi.

I should have told you how I felt.

Don't sweat it, Twig.

The truth is it would have hurt

In Shanghai without you.

I just didn't want to see it is all.

Maybe we can call each other when you're there?

Yeah, totally!

And you can even come and visit me?

[clears throat] I mean, if you have nothing else to do.

I'd love to come visit you.

I'm gonna miss you.

[Twig] You'll come back eventually.

[Ladybug sighs] Hm?

[whirring]

[Ladybug] This Magical Charm will remind you

That some truths are hard to hear

But must be told.

Your love had the courage to be sincere.

Good job to both of you.

[♪ soft music playing]

You okay, M'Lady?

[sniffs] Mhm.

[all] Pound it!

[♪ soft music playing]

[whirring]

What will you do, Marinette? I don't have a choice, Tikki.

This letter from Gabriel holds the whole truth.

If I want a relationship with Adrien that's built on authentic love

And true honesty, I must give it to him.

He must know the truth that his father was a supervillain

Who put the entire world in danger

And discover the real causes of the illness

That afflicted his mother.

That truth will make him suffer horribly,

But I'll be there to comfort him and never lie to him.

Ever again.

[doorbell rings] [door opens]

[knock at door] [Adrien] Come in!

Marinette? - Adrien.

I have something important to tell you.

[gasp]

I love you, Adrien! I love you so much!

[Marinette sobs]

[Hawk Moth grunts]

[shout]

[Alya] Uh, that's not it. Bug Noir's there.

It means Monarch can't be wearing the Ladybug earrings.

Marinette can't draw the portrait of Gabriel Agreste

Because her secret has something to do

With Adrien's dad.

If I want to help her, I have to figure out

What she's keeping to herself first.

Mirage!

And with a secret that heavy,

It's gotta be connected to the day he died.

[shout]

Mirage!

I'll find out sooner or later.

[♪ theme music playing]