7. Mr Pigeon

Scene: Miss Bustier's classroom. Mr. Damocles is addressing the class.

Mr. Damocles: You only have one day to work on your fashion piece, and it must be your own design. In ten hours your fittest presentation will be judged by none other than the great fashion designer Gabriel Agreste, the father of our very own student Adrien Agreste. In fact, Adrien will model the winning design in his next photoshoot. And now, to announce this year's theme: derby hats.

Marinette: Derby hats? (Chloé looks at them and makes a thumbs-down gesture.)

"That supposed to be some sort of intimidating threat, Chloe?" Kagami asked amused while everyone chuckled and Chloe just looked away.

Scene: Collège Françoise Dupont. Marinette paces in a hall, looking at her sketchbook and talking to Alya.

Marinette: Derby hat, derby hat, derby hat, derby hat...! I don't have any derby hat designs. I've got top hats, caps, even two-horned hats! Need a beret? I'm your girl. A sombrero? No problem-o. But a derby?! You know what? It won't even matter, 'cause I'll probably make a total fool of myself at the event, most likely trip over my stupid derby and collapse on Mr. Agreste; give him a full-blown concussion and Adrien will hate me! I'll never be a world-renowned fashion designer. MY LIFE IS OVER!

Everyone in the theater burst into uncontrollable laughter at Marinette's rant along with the animations on-screen while Marinette tries to look away in embarrassment.

"Give my father a full-blown concussion after tripping on your derby hat? You seriously thought that'd happen?" Adrien asked in between laughs.

"Have you ever been clumsy your whole life?!" Marinette asked rhetorically as she slapped her boyfriend's arm.

"OK, but still. I wouldn't hate you for it. If that actually happened, I'd know it was an accident," Adrien then said to make her feel better.

Alya: All this over a derby hat? Let me see your sketchpad, girl. There must be something in here.

Marinette: Forget it, I'm a disaster zone. I'll probably mess everything up in the end. (Adrien walks over.)

Adrien: Wow, Alya, (Marinette panics and hides behind the bench) those are some awesome designs. I didn't know you had such mad skills.

"These mad skills belong to my girl right here!" Alya announced loudly as she put her arm around Marinette's neck who blushed very pink in the face. "And girl, did you seriously just do a full flip after seeing Adrien?"

"No comment," Marinette answered and everybody else snickered.

Alya: Uh, thanks Adrien, but I can't take the credit. These sick designs belong to Marinette. (Marinette gives a weak, embarrassed wave.) Off the chain, right?

Adrien: You're super talented, Marinette. You seriously have a good chance of winning.

Marinette: Well, um, yeah! I... like-- um, designs that-- um, (Alya makes motions to Marinette, who tries to interpret them.) go... upwards? Um, while stopping... I mean, uh-- uh, um, thanks?

"Go upwards? What were you even trying to say?" Alix asked in amusement.

"I…have no idea," Marinette confessed burying her head in her lap.

Adrien: Sure, and uh-- good luck. Maybe I'll be wearing your derby at father's next photoshoot. (Adrien leaves.)

"You do know that's my honest opinion, right? I wasn't just being nice?" Adrien asked and Marinette slowly nodded.

Alya: Girl, you gotta get a grip next time. But did you hear? Adrien thinks you're good enough to win! (They cheer.)

Sabrina: Did you hear how impressed Adrien was with Marinette's desi--

Chloé: Of course I heard! Her? Win the contest? As if. When Adrien sees my design he'll convince his father to award me the winner. Hm!

"You mean MY design?" Marinette asked teasingly at Chloe who just looked away.

"No comment," Chloe answered.

What did she mean? Lila asked herself suddenly very interested as she wasn't in Paris at the time.

Sabrina: I'm sure he will, Chloé. You're a born champion. Your design will blow everyone else's out of the water!

Chloé: Yeah, it will. As soon as I can get my hands on the sketchpad!

"Chloe, you do realize you practically just said that Marinette's designs are the best," Adrien asked his childhood friend amused.

"Yeah, I…guess I am," Chloe reluctantly admitted it.

Marinette's designs are the best?! Lila thought with a shocked angry look on her face. I knew that brat wants to be a fashion designer, but I thought it was just a pipe dream for a pathetic girl! Then I find out that everyone thinks highly of her designs including Chloe?! Ugh!!!

Alya: (back at the bench; checking her phone) Only have nine hours until show time.

Marinette: Yikes! I'm off to my secret garden of inspiration. I'll see you later. (She runs into a wall.) AH! I'm okay. I'm okay, I'm okay. (Marinette almost runs into another wall, then screams. Alya chuckles.)

The audience laughed when Marinette accidentally ran into the wall.

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair. Hawk Moth talks to himself as his window opens.

Hawk Moth: The time has come for us to find our next victim, my wicked little akumas. And to prey upon Ladybug and Cat Noir. Their Miraculouses must be mine!

"Jeez, does this guy even have a life outside of being an idiot terrorist?" Alix voiced her opinion on Hawk Moth and pretty much everyone murmured in agreement.

Scene: Trocadéro. Marinette is trying to get inspired to draw some designs. She draws something and then rips the paper out.

Marinette: Geez, it's hard to be creative under pressure.

Tikki: Marinette, you save the world under pressure. I think designing a hat should be a piece of cake!

Marinette: Hm, a cake derby hat. Stylish and tasty. (They chuckle. Marinette keeps drawing new designs and ripping them out. After a while, she gets tired and looks up. A man walking like a bird sits down on a bench ahead of her. He takes out a brown paper bag and blows a bird call. A cluster of pigeons approaches. Marinette dodges one.)

"Those designs are amazing, Marinette. Better than what I can draw. Why did you rip those out?" Nathaniel asked.

"I don't know. I just felt they're all missing something," Marinette answered.

"Plus, sweetheart, a cake derby hat. That'd be a great idea for a delicacy for the bakery. Why didn't we think of that?" Tom said fascinated at the idea of a cake derby hat making both his wife and daughter amused.

Xavier: (throwing food for the pigeons) Well, happy day, happy day! Splendid is the afternoon day. Ah, Edgar, you fancy one. Fantastic, dazzling performance. (A police officer approaches him.)

Roger: Scram, you winged rats! How many times do you need to be told, Mr. Ramier? No! FEEDING! The pigeons! It's strictly forbidden. If everyone feeds them, they'll leave their waste everywhere!

Xavier: But, who's going to feed my poor pigeons?

Roger: All the park keepers know about you, Mr. Ramier. You're banned from every park in Paris. Leave now or I'll call the authorities. Oh, wait. I'm the authorities. GET OUT! (Mr. Ramier walks away sadly.)

"Well, that was harsh," Ivan noted on Officer Roger's treatment of Mr. Ramier.

"Agreed!" The teens agreed making Sabrina kind of sad.

"Don't worry about it, Sabrina. Your dad was just doing his job. Granted, he could've been nicer about it, but he's not a bad cop or person," Marinette said trying to cheer up Sabrina who responded with a grateful smile.

Marinette: Sheesh, I almost feel sorry for that man.

Tikki: What a unique character! He was like, a human bird. All he needed was a feather jacket to complete the look.

Marinette: A feather jacket, hmm. Nice thinking, Tikki. (She starts drawing again.)

"So Tikki, it was YOUR idea to use the feather on the hat!" Adrien accused Tikki playfully.

"Sorry, Adrien. But I couldn't have known. I may be a god-like being but I can't read other humans' physical systems," Tikki answered and Adrien nodded in understanding.

Scene: Seine. Xavier sadly sits down on a bench.

Hawk Moth: Poor Mr. Ramier, (scene switches to Hawk Moth's lair with the window opening) the feeling of injustice, such easy prey for my akuma. (He takes a butterfly in his hand and converts it into an akuma.) Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize him! (The akuma flies to Mr. Ramier and infects his bird call.) Mr. Pigeon, I'm Hawk Moth. Neither this police officer, nor any other of the park keepers, should stop you from taking care of your friends. What would Paris be without pigeons? What would pigeons be without you? (Xavier chuckles, and is transformed into Mr. Pigeon, who flaps his arms, makes pigeon noises, and runs off.)

The audience once again lost themselves in uncontrollable laughter at the sight of Mr. Pigeon.

"You two seriously fought that guy?" Kim asked in between his laughs.

"This certainly makes Hawk Moth look foolish," Kagami voiced her opinion in which everyone laughed in agreement.

"I know right! I know Hawk Moth is a terrorist bent on chaos and destruction, but looking back and thinking about it, he is pretty laughable," Luka said before the episode replayed.

(Cut to Chloé secretly watching Marinette as she is drawing. She signals Sabrina, who sneaks behind Marinette, to take a picture of the design from her sketchpad.)

Marinette: (sketching) Yes! (She holds up a drawing of her finished design, which Sabrina snaps a photo of.)

"So, that's how you copied my design!" Marinette said loudly pointing to Sabrina on-screen. The others turn to frown at both her and Chloe.

"Not cool, dudette!" Nino said.

"You do know you could potentially ruin Marinette's future by pulling a stunt like that, Chloe," Adrien strictly reprimanded.

"Myself back then wouldn't care, but after seeing this, I do realize this looks bad. Sorry, Dupain-Cheng," Chloe muttered her apology. Knowing Chloe is now making an actual effort to be a better person, Marinette gave her a knowing nod.

Tikki: Now that's a derby!

"Yeah, I think Chloe and Sabrina would agree," Alya noted amused but still frowned at the duo who still look sheepish.

Marinette: Thanks, Tikki.

Sabrina: (showing the picture on her phone to Chloé) We're so awesome.

Chloé: (coldly) We? (Chloé snatches the phone.)

"I should've given you credit for that, Sabrina. I'm sorry. And thanks for helping me even though it was the wrong thing to do," Chloe apologized to Sabrina who gave her a smile implying she's forgiven.

Sabrina: (with a small hurt look) Oh right, sorry! You're so awesome, Chloé. When are we-- uh, you, going to make the hat?

Chloé: And ruin these nails? Of course not. Daddy'll pay someone to do it. (She walks off. Sabrina follows her.)

"Chloe didn't even make the hat herself? Wow, that's a shock!" Alix snorted sarcastically. Chloe knows she did something wrong, so she just frowned silently at that sarcastic comment.

Scene: Bakery. Marinette is in her room, working on her hat.

"Wow, dudette! I've never seen you work before," Nino said as he watched Marinette make her derby hat.

"Yeah, Marinette. Never knew you were so handy," Kim said next.

"She's been making clothes since she was 10," Sabine said about her daughter proudly. Adrien then looked at Marinette in amazement as she blushed at her mother's proud comment.

(When the hat is almost finished, Marinette seems to realize something is missing. She looks under her desk.)

Tikki: What are you looking for?

Marinette: A feather! I forgot to pick up a pigeon feather for the hat! It has to have a feather!

"No, it doesn't!" Adrien yelled at the screen making everyone laugh.

"You do know that this is in the past, right?" Marinette asked amused. "I didn't know about your allergy back then. And I fixed that hat for you, didn't I?" Adrien nodded embarrassed at his behavior.

(Marinette runs back to the Trocadéro. The pigeons scatter, dropping feathers.)

Marinette: (picking up a feather) Yes! (As she leaves, she accidentally runs into Roger) Uh, sorry mister officer, sir. (She leaves. As Roger walks away, a swarm of pigeons descends on him and attacks him. He cries out.)

"Daddy!" Sabrina yelled in reaction to see her father being abducted by pigeons.

"Don't worry, Sabrina. Your dad is fine. Adrien and I saved him, remember?" Marinette said cheering Sabrina up.

Scene: Streets of Paris. Marinette is on the bus, presumably returning home, but the bus is not moving.

Marinette: (impatiently) Come on! Can't we go any faster?

Bus driver: Sorry folks, we have a situation here. (Cars are being held up by a cluster of pigeons.) You'll need to get off the bus now.

Marinette: (startled by pigeons) Ah! Uh, this is weird.

(As Marinette gets off the bus, she sees the streets littered with pigeons. She walks down the street and sees a bunch of people gathered near a screen.)

Nadja: (from screen) Pigeons have taken over Paris. This is just one of the many alarming situations giving authorities cause for major concern. (She touches her earpiece.) Yes, I've just been told that someone named "Mr. Pigeon" is making an announcement.

Mr. Pigeon: (from screen) Oh, dreary day, poor Parisians. (pigeon noises) Sorry to ruffle your feathers, but Paris now belongs to the pigeons! Flap flap! (pigeon noises. Marinette runs down to a subway entrance to transform.)

"Is he serious?!" Kim asked still laughing at Mr. Pigeon. Some other teens chuckled as well.

Marinette: Paris needs us!

[Transformation Sequence]

Marinette: Tikki, spots on! Yeah! (Marinette transforms into Ladybug.)

Scene: Rooftops. Ladybug is jumping from roof to roof looking for Mr. Pigeon. Ladybug sees airplane shapes made out of pigeons flying through the sky.

Ladybug: Now this is weirder than weird.

"Airplanes made from pigeons?! Yeah, definitely weirder than weird!" Luka agreed with on-screen Marinette along with everybody else.

Cat Noir: (from a ledge above her) Birds of a feather, flock together. (sneezes and falls down to where Ladybug is) I'm allergic to feathers. (sneezes again)

Ladybug: That's helpful.

"Yeah, I bet!" Alya sarcastically said out loud in which Adrien playfully stuck his tongue at her.

Cat Noir: Tell me about it. (almost sneezes, but stops himself) These birds are only part of the problem. The park keepers in Paris are vanishing without a trace.

Ladybug: What? We have to track down Mr. Pigeon ASAP.

Cat Noir: Where are we gonna find him?

Ladybug: Hmm, I don't know where we can find him, but I do know where he can find us.

Scene: Place des Vosges. Cat Noir is wearing a park ranger cap and pretending to be a park ranger, while Ladybug hides behind a tree nearby.

Cat Noir: (starts to whistle "La Marseillaise" and then starts to dance)

"Dude! What the heck is that?!" Nino yelled in reaction to his best friend's dancing at a time like this. Everybody else laughed hard in agreement.

"What? I was bored!" Adrien said, defending himself. Both Marinette and Alya facepalmed.

"Yeah! Because standing around waiting for a supervillain to show up is supposed to be super fun!" Alya sarcastically commented.

Ladybug: Act natural or he'll never show up!

Cat Noir: What do you mean? I am acting natural. (A pigeon watches him and flies back to Mr. Pigeon.)

"I guess it's natural for a big dork like him," Marinette said about her boyfriend giggling.

"Hey!" Adrien said offended and most of the audience still

laughed at him.

He's my ticket to fame and fortune. He's my ticket to fame and fortune. Lila repeated in her head as the only one appalled and not amused by Adrien's secret dorky behavior.

Mr. Pigeon: (to pigeon) Ladybug and Cat Noir? Job well done, buddy-boy. Pigeons will reign supreme! Power to the pigeons! (He jumps off his ledge, and the pigeons form a platform to carry him off. Back in the park, Ladybug and Cat Noir are still waiting.)

Ladybug: Where is he? He should've been here by now. (Pigeons start flying overhead. Cat Noir sneezes. A bunch of pigeons form a big ball and start carrying Cat Noir away.) What the- (Ladybug runs after them. The pigeons reach the roof of the Le Grand Paris hotel and drop Cat Noir off. Cat Noir sneezes again, and the pigeons look at him. Ladybug arrives.)

"Well, that was painful. Try imagining being surrounded by the things you're allergic to," Adrien commented on being abducted by pigeons.

Cat Noir: Where's that bird-brain Mr. Pigeon?

Ladybug: He's gotta be here somewhere... (Mr. Pigeon is lifted by a swarm of pigeons behind them.)

Hawk Moth: (from his lair) If you want to give Paris back to the pigeons for good, you must first rid the city of those two pests. (Mr. Pigeon sounds his bird call and the pigeons start to circle around Ladybug and Cat Noir.)

Ladybug: Call me crazy, but I feel like bird seed all of a sudden. (The pigeons form a shield to keep them in.)

Cat Noir: Got any bright ideas, bug?

Ladybug: You're the cat, don't you eat these things for breakfast? (A gigantic cage is brought down over them, imprisoning them) Look!

"I don't eat pigeons for breakfast or any other type of meal, thank you very much," Adrien said making Marinette and some others giggle.

Mr. Pigeon: (bird noises) Turpy day. I'm so ruthless. (chuckles)

Hawk Moth: (from his lair) Excellent. Now take their Miraculous!

Mr. Pigeon: (bird noises) Your Miraculous. Give them to me or face the wrath of my feathered friends. (He sounds his bird call and some pigeons start banging on the top of the cage, while others turn around and point their behinds at Ladybug and Cat Noir.) Dada-dee, on the count of three, my beloved pigeons will commence fire. You can still say you're sorry skins by handing me your Miraculous. One, two...

"So, all he was gonna do is have his pigeons poop on you?" Juleka asked to which the two heroes nodded.

"Ewwwww!" The audience expressed their disgust at the thought.

Ladybug: Cat Noir, the bars!

Cat Noir: Cataclysm! (Cat Noir uses his Cataclysm to destroy the bars of the cage. Mr. Pigeon cowers back toward the edge of the rooftop while Ladybug and Cat Noir advance on him.) Well, well. Looks like the pigeon's really a chicken.

Mr. Pigeon: (He makes bird noises) Me? I'm not flying away. I'm just killing two birds with one stone. (He sounds his bird call and jumps over the edge of the roof. Some pigeons catch him, lift him back up and take him away. He makes bird noises) Merry Christmas! (A group of pigeons dives towards Ladybug and Cat Noir, who run inside and close the door behind them to stop the pigeons. A bulge forms in the door as pigeons slam the door at them but Ladybug and Cat Noir fall down the stairs.)

"Wow! I didn't know that pigeons were strong enough to make a big dent like that on a door," Luka said amazed.

Ladybug and Cat Noir: Ah!

Mr. Pigeon: I'm not done with you yet! (More bird noises. He rides his pigeons away. Ladybug and Cat Noir start running downstairs. Cat Noir's ring alarm sounds. He only has four minutes left.)

Cat Noir: I've gotta get out of here before my secret identity's revealed!

Ladybug: Yeah, you wouldn't want to let the cat out of the bag.

Cat Noir: Ha ha, very funny. (Ladybug and Cat Noir make it to the first floor and start to head out the building. On their way out they see a crowd gathered on the entrance.)

"Oh! And your jokes are any better, dude?" Nino rhetorically asked his best friend causing him to blush.

Mr. Bourgeois: Ladybug, Cat Noir! I'm in great danger-- of losing big bucks if my guests leave Paris! You are going to get rid of those pigeons, aren't you? (Cat Noir's alarm sounds again and he's getting nervous.)

"So, pigeons are taking over the city and all that Mayor Bourgeois cares about is the money he'll lose as a result? Chloe, does your entire family have their priorities mixed up?" Kagami asked curiously.

"Kind of," Chloe reluctantly said embarrassed on behalf of her father.

Cat Noir: (fidgeting) Of course we are, but before we do I have an urgent need.

Mr. Bourgeois: An urgent need? I see, head to the royal suite. There's paper in there, but perhaps you would prefer... a litter tray?

"Seriously, Daddy?!" Chloe asked while facepalming.

Cat Noir: Uh...? Oh right, no need for litter. But, um, could I have some Camembert? (Mayor Bourgeois looks back at Ladybug. She shrugs.)

"That must've been so weird for you to hear, girl," Alya commented.

"Yeah, it was. Now that I've met Plagg, it all makes sense," Marinette answered giggling.

Scene: Royal suite. Cat Noir is being taken by Butler Jean.

Cat Noir: 'Scuse me, sorry. (He slams the door.) Emergency! (There's a knock on the door. Cat Noir opens it.)

Butler Jean: How do you like your Camembert?

Cat Noir: Runny! (He slams the door again. There's another knock and he opens it again. Jean is holding a plate.)

Butler Jean: Unpasteurized Camembert, matured for two years. (He hands Cat Noir a silver plate)

"OK, I have to say that Chloe's butler is freakishly fast," Angel commented about Butler Jean in which everyone nodded in agreement and amazement.

"Daddy hires the best and the fastest!" Chloe answered as if it were obvious.

Cat Noir: Thanks! (He slams the door again. His transformation runs out and Cat Noir turns back into Adrien. Plagg spirals out of the ring and lands on the bed)

Plagg: Oh the exhaustion! My poor aching body, I can't move a muscle!

Adrien: You wanna bet? (Adrien walks over to Plagg and he removes the cloche from the plate to reveal the Camembert.)

Plagg: (gasps) Ah, my gooeyness. (Plagg starts devouring the cheese.)

"Ewwwww!" Everyone says in disgust of on-screen Plagg devouring his cheese in which he gave an offended gasp.

Adrien: Eat up buddy. Ladybug needs help.

Scene: Le Grand Paris Hotel. Ladybug steps out of the elevator into a dining hall with large glass windows.

Ladybug: Great, I can get a much better view from up here. (She walks up to a window.) Odd, pigeons are flying in the same direction. Better go follow them. (The elevator dings. Cat Noir is inside.)

Cat Noir: Ready when you are, LB.

Ladybug: (entering) Let's go!

Scene: The Grand Palais. Ladybug and Cat Noir follow the pigeons to a building. They look inside and see a big cage full of park keepers.

Ladybug: So that's where Mr. Pigeon's keeping the park keepers he abducted.

Cat Noir: The Grand Palais. (He starts to sneeze; Ladybug stops him.) My pigeon radar is on high alert.

"See? My allergy is helpful!" Adrien said proudly in which everyone rolled their eyes.

Ladybug: Either your radar is on the brink or Mr. Pigeon's left the park keepers unattended.

Cat Noir: Let's set the cat among the pigeons.

Ladybug: Hold up kitty, it's too easy. I've got a plan. (They run around the outside. A pigeon flies into the building.)

Mr. Pigeon: Perfect timing, hootie ho! We're ready to greet them, aren't we? They're going to fall right into my trap. It won't be long before you get your Miraculous, friend.

Hawk Moth: (from his lair) I can't wait, my dear Pigeon. (Cut to the roof. Ladybug and Cat Noir are running up on the roof of the building.)

"Ew! It sounds like Hawk Moth has a crush on Mr. Pigeon!" Kim commented and everybody reacted in both amusement and disgust.

Ladybug: If we can destroy that bird call, we'll be able to capture the akuma. Okay, you open the window, I'll grab him and yank him up onto the roof, then you snag his bird call away from him.

Cat Noir: Let's go, early bird gets the worm! (Cat Noir opens a skylight on the roof, but a draft of feathers hits him and he sneezes, so when Ladybug throws her yo-yo, she misses Mr. Pigeon. He turns around.)

"Ugh! So much for the element of surprise!" Alya said funnily annoyed with Adrien's feather allergy.

Ladybug: So much for the element of surprise. (They jump inside to next to Mr. Pigeon, who jumps back and lets the pigeons carry him. They chase Mr. Pigeon until he sounds his bird call, and the pigeons form two spheres where his hands are.)

"Wow! Déjà vu!" Alya said while laughing and hi-fiving her best friend.

Mr. Pigeon: Deedly-dee dee, come closer, I have a bone to peck with you.

Cat Noir: I'd be honored. (Mr. Pigeon hits both Cat Noir and then Ladybug back towards the cage.)

Park keeper: Get us out of here, Ladybug!

Ladybug: Lucky Charm! (Ladybug's Lucky Charm superpower gives her a coin) A coin? What am I supposed to do with this? (Ladybug's thinking vision shows her a beam, a vending machine and the coin.)

"Uh, if you're thinking of paying that guy to surrender, it's gonna take a lot more than that. Even if the coin is magical," Alix joked while she and everyone else are confused.

"Oh, the coin wasn't for him," Marinette said with an amused smile.

"Then, what for? The pigeons?!" Kim asked laughing.

"Actually yes. Indirectly," Marinette answered Kim's question leaving the audience except for Adrien confused. "You'll see."

Mr. Pigeon: You can't buy yourself out of here! (Mr. Pigeon throws a sphere of pigeons at them. Ladybug starts running towards him, slides, and uses her yo-yo to wrap around his left ankle. She jumps up to the beam and back down, making a pulley. She runs to the vending machine at the far end, uses the coin to get a bag of popcorn.)

Ladybug: Cat Noir!

Cat Noir: Yeah! (She throws the bag in the air. Cat Noir throws his staff, which bursts opens the bag.)

"Oh, I see! Brilliant," Max noted and everyone else murmured in agreement.

Ladybug: Snack time, pigeons! (The pigeons go after the popcorn landing on Mr. Pigeon.)

Mr. Pigeon: No! (Ladybug pulls on her yo-yo and lifts Mr. Pigeon up by the ankle. His bird call falls to the ground.) My bird call! Nooo!

Ladybug: Cat Noir, grab it! (He grabs it, but then he sneezes and throws it upward. Ladybug runs to get it, dropping Mr. Pigeon, who also runs for it. When Cat Noir recovers, he runs toward it too. They all lunge for the bird call. Mr. Pigeon's hand lands on it first, then Cat Noir's, then Ladybug's. Ladybug uses Cat Noir's hand to break the bird call) Yes!

Cat Noir: Ow! (Cat Noir holds the aching hand that Ladybug used to break the bird call. Mr. Pigeon faints. The akuma flies out of the broken bird call)

Ladybug: No more evildoing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize! (She captures the akuma and purifies it.) Gotcha! Bye bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug! (The bird call is fixed and Roger is returned to the Trocadéro. Mr. Pigeon is converted back into Xavier Ramier.)

Xavier: Huh? What happened? Where am I?

Ladybug and Cat Noir: Pound it!

"Pound it!" Marinette and Adrien once again fist-bumped and kissed each other at another victory.

(Cut to Hawk Moth's lair)

Hawk Moth: Wretched pigeons, wretched Ladybug. I'll destroy every one of you! (His window closes.)

"Even the pigeons?" Luka asked in amusement.

Scene: Marinette's room. Marinette gets back to work on her hat.

Marinette: There's no time to lose. I have less than an hour. (Marinette keeps working on her hat)

"Even after you battled a supervillain, you still managed to finish making the hat?" Adrien asked amazed at his talented girlfriend.

"Well, I was done with most of it. All I had to do was add the feather," Marinette reminded him.

Scene: Collège Françoise Dupont. Everyone is getting ready to present their hats. Alya calls Marinette but she doesn't respond.

Alya: Where is that girl?

Nathalie: Hello, Mr. Damocles, I am Mr. Agreste's executive assistant Nathalie.

Mr. Damocles: Hello, miss. Pardon me, but where is Mr. Agreste? (She holds up a tablet)

Gabriel: (from tablet) I'm here.

"He can't even come to his own contest in person?" Alya asked curiously.

"I can't speak for my father or his quirks," Adrien answered raising his hands in surrender.

Mr. Damocles: Ah, uh, hello Mr. Agreste. Welcome to our school.

Gabriel: (from tablet) Adrien, take Nathalie around.

Chloé: Ah, there's Mr. Agreste! He's coming this way. (Mr. Damocles, Nathalie and Adrien go up to see Juleka and Rose's hat)

Mr. Damocles: As you'll see, Mr. Agreste, our students have poured their hearts and souls into their projects. (Marinette rushes in and carries her box over to Alya. Marinette lets out a sigh of relief.)

Alya: Where have you been?! You got your hat?

Marinette: Yep, here. (She takes off the lid. Alya marvels at it, then her expression darkens.)

Marinette: What?

Alya: But, it's the same as Chloé's.

Marinette: What?! (The judges walk over to see Chloé and Sabrina's hat.)

"You spent your whole day drawing your derby hat, making it, and battling a supervillain in order for you to see your design stolen and copied by a rich spoiled brat?" Alix summarized what she just witnessed.

"Pretty much," Marinette said with a frown towards Chloe.

Chloé: Uh, hi Mr. Agreste. I'm Chloé Bourgeois. You know my father, André Bourgeois, the mayor?

"Yeah, like that's gonna give you a step up, Chloe!" Alya snorted sarcastically. Chloe just silently frowned at her.

Marinette: Ugh, that thieving little brat!

Alya: Do you want me to take care of it?

Marinette: I think I can handle this. (The judges reach Marinette's hat.)

Gabriel: Hm, turn the tablet back to Ms. Bourgeois' hat. (They turn.) Is this a joke?

Chloé: No fair! Marinette copied my design! It's scandalous, how could you do that? (fake cries)

Oh, come on! I can fake cry better than that! But how did that brat prove that it's her design? There's no way! Lila thought in her head interested.

Marinette: I apologize for the situation Mr. Agreste, but I can prove that this derby hat is MY original design.

"How, Marinette? They look exactly the same," Lila asked in her fake sweet voice.

"They are exactly the same, Lila. Let's just say there's one part of the hat that Chloe missed that proves it was made by me," Marinette said proudly.

Gabriel: Go ahead.

Marinette: Um, everything on my derby hat is hand-made-- from the embroidery, to the weaving of the band, to the stitching of the brim. (Chloé recoils) All done by myself. And last, there's a special design element that only the true designer knows about: I signed mine. (Chloé knocks over her derby hat stand. Everyone turns to look at it on the ground, and it shows Marinette's signature. Chloé runs out crying.)

So, Chloe missed that brat's signature?! What a dumb blonde! Lila thought exasperated.

Chloé: Daddy!

Gabriel: Very exquisite creation. You definitely have the laboring hands of a hat maker, miss...

Adrien: Marinette. (Adrien puts his hand on Marinette's shoulder)

Gabriel: Congratulations on your demonstration, Miss Marinette. You're the winner. (She looks at Alya and gasps.)

Marinette: (bowing) Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Gabriel: Adrien will wear your derby on our next advertising campaign. (Adrien puts his hands over hers on the hat. She gasps and blushes.)

Adrien: Awesome job, Marinette. (Marinette is blushing. Adrien begins to put on the derby hat but he starts to sneeze.) A-achoo! (He wipes his nose with his hand.) Uh-- sorry, I'm allergic to feathers. (sneezes)

"Seriously, girl?! You couldn't recognize him as Cat Noir at the time?!" Alya asked annoyed at the heroes' obliviousness about each other.

"Yeah! I mean two blond-haired and green-eyed guys with the same height, same voice, and same feather allergy can't be a cosmic coincidence!" Alix voiced her frustration as well causing Marinette to blush in embarrassment.

"No comment!" Marinette said still blushing.

Marinette: (She looks surprised, then smiles.) Gesundheit!

Adrien: (He sneezes again and waves.) Thanks. (Alya and Marinette look at each other.)

Marinette: Whoo hoo! (laughing)

"In retrospect, don't you all think Marinette should be exempted from the contest since she is an expert designer? It seems pretty unfair," Lila voiced her opinion in the fake sweet voice again. While both Marinette and Adrien look at her with irritation, the others considered it though doesn't necessarily mean they agree.

"First of all, it wasn't just a contest, Lila. It was also a school project. What was I supposed to do? Don't do it and fail?" Marinette answered calmly with gritted teeth and Adrien, Miss Bustier, and Mr. Damocles nodded.

"Yeah. The reason I was exempted from this project was because of my father's request because he wants me to model it. And second of all back then, Marinette was just as much of an amateur as the rest of us," Adrien said, defending his girlfriend.

"So, what's next?" Lila asked trying to change the subject before digging a bigger hole for herself.

"Stormy Weather," Angel answered as the episode starts to play.