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76. Feast

Scene: Nadja Chamack is reporting on TVi from the museum.

Nadja Chamack: Don't be bemused, it's just the news! The Louvre Museum will be unveiling its latest acquisition today: a mysterious statue carved from hardened lava, which was recently discovered on the highest mountaintops of Tibet, by the museum's curator, Mr. Kubdel.

"Oh, yeah! That statue my dad found! I always wondered what happened to it!" Alix said as she recognized the statue her father found for his museum.

Marinette: (dreamy voice) Adrien.

Alya: Marinette, I asked Alix to get us into this unveiling so I could show you what I figured out about superheroes. Not so you could gawk at Adrien. You can do that any day at school, girl.

Marinette: Super Adrien… —ah, heroes! I'm all ears.

Most of the audience snickered at Marinette's gawking at Adrien on-screen, with Adrien's being the loudest.

Alya: Cool, so first you need to know that superheroes like Ladybug and Cat Noir get their powers from magic jewels called Miraculous.

Marinette: You told me you're gonna stop researching Ladybug so you wouldn't jeopardize her secret identity!

Alya: Oh, I—I know. Except this research has nothing to do with her identity. I'm gonna help Ladybug unmask Hawk Moth! And I think I found a connection between superheroes, Hawk Moth, and the Miraculous.

Alya: Okay, I'm convinced Ladybug, Cat Noir, and other Miraculous holders have been depicted through the centuries. Until, for some unknown reason, they disappeared, and the world forgot about them. We already know this. The Ladybug from Ancient Egypt.

Alya: Here, a black knight, or Black Cat Miraculous holder.

Alix: Hmm…

Alya: Here, a lady, or a Butterfly superhero. Now this, Hercules, or Lion Miraculous holder.

Marinette: Okay, so now there's a Lion Miraculous?

Alix: Why not a Bunny Miraculous while you're at it?

"I don't know about a Lion Miraculous, but there is a Bunny Miraculous. Bunnyx is future living proof of that," Marinette pointed out much to everybody's fascination while Alix quietly facepalmed herself for making a mocking joke about her future Miraculous.

Alya: Now you know back in the day, sculptures were painted, right? Most of the paint vanished over time, but tiny microscopic pigments still remain. Thanks to this special app, witness how it originally looked. But here's the big thing. All these works of art have something in common. It's the same symbol! Look, everywhere. (Marinette gasps as she imagines Master Fu's mission) It's like some kind of secret society emblem. As if a kind of Order of the Guardians has been watching over the superheroes since the beginning of time!

"I can see why you and Alya are best friends, Marinette. You two are the most observant girls I know," Master Fu said, impressed about Alya's research skills on the Miraculous much to the girl's pride.

Alix: Huh, looks like the symbol on the Tibetan statue my old man found. (Mr. Kubdel unveils the statue, Nathalie gasps, and the tablet she's holding falls and breaks)

Like he did a couple months ago, Master Fu winced at seeing the statue of his dormant sentimonster from his past.

Adrien: Nathalie, are you okay?

Nathalie: It's nothing, Adrien. Just a dizzy spell.

Adrien: Maybe we should head home now. (Nathalie, Adrien, and his bodyguard go upstairs)

"I don't get it! What is it about that statue that got her all worked up?" Kim asked curiously at Nathalie's reaction to the sentimonster statue.

"You'll see, Kim. This was more than a simple statue," Marinette said as both she and Adrien looked worriedly at Master Fu while everybody else had their eyes glued to the screen, fascinated.

Alix: According to my old man, the statue is almost two hundred years old!

Alya: From what I found, there hasn't been any Miraculous-wearing superheroes for the last two hundred years!

Alix: So… this statue would be the last known trace of a Miraculous.

Alya: Until Ladybug and Cat Noir showed up a few months ago to fight Hawk Moth, yeah!

Alix: That's rad!

Alya: I'm sure my video will help Ladybug unmask Hawk Moth!

Marinette: Wait! You're gonna publish your theories on the Ladyblog?

Alya: Actually… I already uploaded a video.

Alix: The mystery of the Miraculous. It's beyond awesome!

Marinette: For sure it is… right? Amazing! I'm sure Ladybug will be super excited about it. And so will Hawk Moth… I gotta go. I forgot I had, uh… homework! Catch you later!

Scene: Fu's massage shop. Marinette shows Master Fu the Ladyblog video.

Alya (on video): It's like some kind of secret society emblem. As if a kind of Order of the Guardians has been watching over the superheroes since the beginning of time.

Marinette: It's my fault, Master. I'm sorry. I never should have entrusted her with the Miraculous.

Master Fu: Alya is an excellent journalist. Sooner or later, she would have unveiled this secret kept under wraps for centuries. But don't worry. None of it can lead Hawk Moth to us.

Alya (on video): This statue that arrived at the Louvre earlier this week.

Master Fu: Impossible! That's impossible! We are doomed!

"And now Master Fu is getting worked up by it too?! Why?!" Kim asked, dying to know some answers as well as everybody else besides the two heroes and their Miraculous guardian.

"You will find out," Master Fu quietly and reluctantly said, sad to relive this moment again.

Marinette: Because of a statue? But just a second ago you were saying—

Master Fu: That's not a statue, Marinette. It's a sentimonster! A magical creature conjured from an emotion shaped by the power of the Peacock!

Marinette: But, Master, Cat Noir and I have already defeated sentimonsters created by Mayura.

"Here comes the story about Master Fu's past and the big mistake that he made that made him lose the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous as well as the spellbook," Angel announced to her guests who excitedly glued their eyes to the screen.

Master Fu: Yes, but… none of them came close to the power of this one. It was born from a negative emotion of a young man who had no idea what he was creating. Remember when I told you I made a terrible mistake? For you to understand, I must tell you the entire story. I was younger than you when I was chosen to be a guardian. My parents told me that it was a great honor. That I couldn't turn it down. So they took me to the temple. I wasn't very happy there. I would have preferred to live with my parents and be with other children my age. I didn't want to be a guardian of anything. One of the tests to become a guardian required me to watch over a Miracle Box. For a full twenty-four hours without any food. All I had for support was my apprentice's staff. Soon I was hungry. With each passing hour I became hungrier. And it was all because of the Miraculous. Because I had to watch over them. I couldn't take it any longer. So I took the Peacock Miraculous and used its power. All I wanted was a nice little companion I could send to the kitchen to fetch me some rice balls. But the Miraculous must never be used for the wrong reasons. The anger I was feeling mingled with my intense hunger. And I created a sentimonster that was very different from the one I had envisioned. A ravenous sentimonster out to devour everything, but specifically the Miraculous, since they were the bane of my life at that very moment. In my panic I lost my staff. The very object that would have enabled me to control it. I was just a young boy. I was so afraid I didn't even think of destroying it by simply using the Peacock Miraculous. I tried to erase all traces of the foolish thing that I had done. A monk told me to run away with the grimoire he managed to save, and the Miraculous Box. The very last Miraculous Box. That's when I realized my sentimonster had devoured all the other Miraculous Boxes that were kept in the temple. And when the monks tried to stop it—the temple, the Order of the Guardians, everything… it was destroyed. I tried to run away from the sentimonster. But by doing so, I lost the grimoire and both the Butterfly and the Peacock Miraculous. I thought the sentimonster had disappeared forever. As soon as Hawk Moth finds out about it, he'll be able to use the power of the Peacock to bring it back to life.

"So, that statue at the Louvre was a dormant Miraculous-eating sentimonster you created when you were a kid because you were hungry and unhappy at the Miraculous temple?!" Alya asked the old man, summarizing what she just heard and dropped her jaw as well as everyone else (except for the two heroes who already know the story).

"That is correct," Master Fu confirmed, still very sad. Meanwhile, everyone else (except for Lila who couldn't care less) looked worriedly at the old man now that they know the trauma he just went through.

Marinette: Master, if that happens, Cat Noir and I will be there.

Master Fu: But you won't stand a chance! He's totally immune to the powers of the Miraculous! And please stop calling me Master. I have never been a guardian to begin with. I will not make another mistake! You and Cat Noir will give me your Miraculous back and I'll leave Paris with the Miracle Box, since that's what the monster is after. They will come after me, sparing the city and its inhabitants.

Marinette: But what if it catches up with you this time?

Master Fu: That will be my fate. It's all my fault, after all.

Marinette: I won't let you leave on your own! When you chose me to become Ladybug, you placed your trust in me. I'm asking you to do the same today.

Master Fu: Thank you, Marinette. Thank you for everything.

"Why do I have a feeling it sounded more like a goodbye than a genuine thank you?" Sabine asked and everyone murmured in agreement, sensing that as well.

"It was both, actually. Marinette and Adrien have been the best Ladybug and Black Cat that I've ever seen in my years and I'm genuinely thankful for their service to Paris, but they are still children, so I tried to steal their Miraculouses back. I was trying to protect them from being harmed from that sentimonster if Hawk Moth and Mayura ever brought it back to life since it was my fault to begin with," Master Fu explained while looking down in shame with the two heroes smiling at him and putting each of their hands on his.

Scene: Agreste mansion.

Gabriel Agreste: Nathalie sometimes gets dizzy spells. But it's nothing serious.

Nathalie: It's thoughtful of you to be concerned, Adrien.

Gabriel: You don't have to worry about her.

Adrien: If you say so, Father. (walks away to go to his room)

Alya (on video): And that same symbol is on this statue that arrived at the Louvre earlier this week.

Nathalie: I felt an amok within. This isn't a statue, it's a dormant sentimonster. Very old and very powerful.

Gabriel: Which means you can destroy it, or bring it back to life.

Nathalie: But since I wasn't the one who created it, I won't be able to control it.

Gabriel: I will help you. It comes from the region where we found our Miraculous. I have a strong feeling it could prove very useful to my quest. You will return to the Louvre tonight.

Nathalie: Very well. (coughs)

Gabriel: You should get some rest before you go.

Nathalie: Don't worry, I'll be fine.

Scene: Adrien's room.

Plagg: Why the long face?

Adrien: My mom used to have dizzy spells… just like Nathalie. My father said those weren't serious either.

"Wait, your mom used to be sick like your old man's assistant is now?" Nino asked his best friend in shock as well as everyone else and the blond boy confirmed it with a nod and a sad face.

"Yeah. And since Nathalie's been sick from the damaged Peacock Miraculous, it's a pretty good bet that my mom used to be the holder of that Miraculous too," Adrien sadly explained further and everyone else dropped their jaws in shock while Marinette put her hand on her boyfriend's.

"Was she a supervillain too?!" Kim asked in shock, not realizing what he just asked was insensitive to his superhero classmate.

"KIM!" Marinette loudly scolded her classmate while frowning along with everybody else.

"Sorry," Kim quietly said after realizing what he just asked.

"I honestly don't know," Adrien answered the question anyway while everybody else (except for Lila) looked at him with sadness and pity.

"Let's get back to the episode, huh?" Angel said as she replayed the episode.

Plagg: How about a duet?

Adrien: You play the piano?

Plagg: My talents go way beyond sniffing out cheese, young man. (Plagg plays a duet on the piano with him)

"Now that's a much better tune than the slow depressing music you've been playing," Luka said as he and everybody else applauded the piano duet on-screen.

Adrien: Mom's the only one who could make me laugh like that. Thank you, Plagg.

"Awwww!" Everybody else (except for Lila) gushed at Plagg who looked away with a blush while continuing to eat his cheese.

Scene: Louvre tonight.

Mayura: I can feel its yearning, Hawk Moth. It's hungry; ravenous for Miraculous. (The dormant sentimonster comes back to life)

Dormant Sentimonster: Yum, yum! Miraculous!

Mayura: You take one more step and I'll take your amok away from you. Do you really want me to destroy you? The sentimonster's all yours, Hawk Moth.

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair. He opens the window.

Hawk Moth: The frustration of a Miraculous just out of your grasp! I know that feeling of hunger only too well. (turns a butterfly into an akuma) Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize this sentimonster!

Scene: Louvre. Dormant Sentimonster eats the akuma.

Hawk Moth: (from his lair) Feast, I am Hawk Moth. You have a consuming hunger that only the Miraculous can satisfy. I'm giving you the power to track them down and devour every single one! But after you've swallowed up their owners, you must bring two Miraculous back to me. The one of the Ladybug and the Black Cat. Oh, but don't you worry, I'll give them back to you as soon as I'm done with them. I'll even give you the Peacock and mine as a bonus. And thus you shall have eaten every single Miraculous, and your hunger shall be satiated. Do we have an agreement? (Dormant Sentimonster nods) Right, it's dinner time, Feast. (Dormant Sentimonster transforms into Feast)

Feast: Yummy! Miraculous!

"OK, now I can see why you're worried," Tom said to Master Fu as soon as he saw the giant akumatized sentimonster on-screen, afraid of the thought of what it would do to his daughter. Everybody else (except for Lila) reacted the same with their jaws dropped.

Scene: Adrien's room. Adrien and Plagg are sleeping.

Plagg: Huh?

Wayzz: I'm sorry. (Wayzz about to remove the ring. Adrien wakes up and finds the letter written by Master Fu)

Scene: Marinette's room. After Master Fu's letter dropped on her, she wakes up and spots Wayzz.

Marinette: Wayzz? (read the letter) "Marinette, you're a most incredible Ladybug, but I cannot let you encounter or risk your lives to fix a mistake that I made. I hope you can forgive me. Be happy and forget all about me. Signed, Fu." (the letter disappears) No way! Tikki! No! Master! Wait!

Scene: Outside the Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie.

Marinette: No! Master! Wait!

Wayzz: Master, is this the best solution?

Master Fu: It's the only solution.

Scene: Place des Vosges.

Marinette: Master!

Scene: Parisian streets.

Feast: Yummy, yummy! Miraculous!

Master Fu: See, Wayzz? If Marinette had kept her Miraculous, the sentimonster would have swallowed her right up.

Wayzz: Or she would have transformed into Ladybug and fought it.

Master Fu: Sometimes fighting is futile, Wayzz.

Scene: Outside the Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie. Marinette goes into the bakery then comes back out, riding a bike and wearing a disguise.

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair.

Hawk Moth: Feast is attracted by the Miraculous's scent. The man it's chasing can only be the Guardian of the Miraculous.

Mayura: Soon he'll have nothing left to guard. (Hawk Moth nods) Feast is going to devour everything.

Hawk Moth: And we shall relish the taste of triumph, my dear Mayura.

Scene: Parisian streets. Ladybug (in her disguise) rides her bike while Cat Noir (in Mr. Banana's suit in disguise) approaches her in a scooter.

Cat Noir (Adrien): Hi there, Bugaboo.

"Mr. Banana's suit again, dude?! Really?!" Nino asked as he and everybody else (including Marinette) burst into laughter at the blond boy wearing the banana suit again.

"Yeah! I mean even Dupain-Cheng's disguise has more style, Adrikins!" Chloe said as she laughed at her childhood friend along with everyone else.

"It was the only thing I got!" Adrien argued in defense of himself, while his face was red with embarrassment.

"In that case, I better help you pick out a better disguise in case something like this ever happens again," Marinette teased her boyfriend who reluctantly nodded while everyone else laughed harder in agreement.

Ladybug (Marinette): Cat Noir? Is that you?

Cat Noir (Adrien): Of course it is. Who else would you expect by your side?

Ladybug (Marinette): Isn't that costume of yours a little unsafe?

Cat Noir (Adrien): Only on the outside. I've got a helmet and pads under my banana peel, Bugaboo.

Ladybug (Marinette): If you call me Bugaboo one more time I'll start calling you Bananoir.

Everybody else (except for Lila) snickered at the nickname Marinette gave to Adrien in his Mr. Banana disguise much to the latter's embarrassment.

Cat Noir (Adrien): As you wish, Bugaboo.

Ladybug (Marinette): Let's take a shortcut. There! The bus! (To bus driver) Hey, driver! I'm Ladybug and I need you to help me!

Bus Driver: Ladybug. Right. And your buddy here is the famous Banana Cat, I presume.

Cat Noir (Adrien): Just call me Bananoir.

Ladybug (Marinette): It doesn't matter who we are. That man is being chased by a monster and we have to help him!

Bus Driver: Okay, you can count on me!

Ladybug (Marinette): Thank you, Super Driver. Now!

Wayzz: Master, look! Ladybug and Cat Noir, despite their ridiculous costumes, they haven't let you down!

Wang Fu: That's impossible! They don't have their Miraculous!

"I guess there's no turning off of us being heroes, Master. Even without our Miraculouses with us," Adrien pointed out to the guardian and everyone else murmured in agreement.

"That's exactly what I've been trying to tell him throughout this monster-chasing experience," Wayzz said and the guardian blushed in embarrassment in response.

Roger Raincomprix: Okay, I'll help you, but ride on the side of the road before you get hurt. (To Feast) In the name of the law—oh, destruction of public property! I—whoa!

André Glacier: My name is André, I make the ice cream, my friends with masks—

Wayzz: Master, it's obvious it's them—who else would do something so crazy?

Cat Noir (Adrien): Hey, have a taste of this! Some exploding banana split from Bananoir!

Ladybug (Marinette): Much tastier than any Miraculous!

Wayzz: Look, Master, there's no use in running! Your disciples never give up the fight, no matter what! With or without their Miraculous, they are Ladybug and Cat Noir!

Master Fu: I don't want to be the cause of their disappearance!

Wayzz: Whether you like it or not, you're the guardian!

Master Fu: Precisely. This is my decision to make!

Cat Noir (Adrien): André, we're out of ammo!

Ladybug (Marinette): André, go somewhere safe! We're gonna handle this! (notices Feast coming towards them) …I hope…

Master Fu: Hey! Leave them alone! I'm the one you have been wanting the past one hundred and seventy-two years!

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair.

Hawk Moth: The Guardian of the Miraculous is this decrepit old man?

"Decrepit?" Master Fu quietly but angrily asked what Hawk Moth just called him much to everyone else's quiet amusement.

Scene: Parisian streets.

Master Fu: Looking for this?

Feast: Yum, yum! Miraculous!

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair.

Hawk Moth: You won't have any trouble getting rid of him, Feast!

Scene: Parisian streets.

Master Fu: Go and transform, quickly! (He holds out one hand behind him with "Marinette" and "Adrien"'s Miraculous. "Marinette" takes the earrings and "Adrien" takes the ring.) I am the last of the Miraculous guardians, and I intend to accomplish my mission! I am not scared of you anymore! (Feast grabs Fu's bike. Ladybug yo-yos Fu and the Miracle Box to safety.) Thank you, Ladybug.

Wayzz: I knew you'd make the right choice!

Master Fu: Come on, Wayzz, shell o—ack! (He throws his back out)

"Well, that was embarrassing," Master Fu quietly said in embarrassment to himself, throwing his back out on-screen while everyone else snickered in response.

Wayzz: Master, your back! You know you're too old to play superheroes!

Ladybug: We can handle this. Take the Miraculous Box and go hide.

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair.

Hawk Moth: Enjoy, Feast. They can't get away from you now!

Scene: Parisian streets.

Ladybug: We have to find its amok!

Cat Noir: Except this sentimonster isn't carrying any baggage!

Ladybug: Cover me! Lucky Charm! (A metal detector appears) A metal detector? When you created the sentimonster, you put the amok inside your staff, right?

Master Fu: Correct.

Ladybug: Was your staff made out of metal, by any chance?

Master Fu: Partially, yes.

Ladybug: There are only two places where your staff could be. Where the temple was, or…

"OK, what are you planning with that metal detector, girl?!" Alya asked her best friend, dying of confusion of the Lucky Charm metal detector along with everyone else.

"You'll see. And please don't judge me once you see it! It was the only way!" Marinette answered, much to more confusion from everyone else.

Cat Noir: Hey! Hurry, my lady, this thing already swallowed my stick whole! Aah!

Ladybug: Go hide, Master! (Master Fu running and she ties her and Cat Noir to each other with her yo-yo)

Cat Noir: Uh, you sure it's the right time, m'lady?

Ladybug: Ready to get the staff back?

Cat Noir: Oh no, not the tongue… (Ladybug giggles, Feast to swallow them)

"You let yourself and Adrien be eaten, young lady?!" Tom asked his daughter with a worried and stern frown along with everyone else (except for Adrien and Lila).

"Yes I did, Dad. And you'll see why we had to," Marinette answered in her defense and everybody else turned their attention back to the screen, intrigued to see what she's going to do.

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair.

Hawk Moth: Yes! Great work, Feast! Keep those two Miraculous nice and warm for me, and enjoy the other ones—you've certainly earned them.

Scene: Parisian streets. Feast chases after Master Fu.

Feast: Mm? Yum yum! Miraculous!

Scene: Inside Feast.

"So, this is what the inside of a sentimonster looks like. Fascinating," Mr. Damocles said in response to seeing the inside of the sentimonster with everyone else (except for the two heroes) widening their eyes in shock.

Cat Noir: Wow… It's bigger on the inside. —Oh! My stick! (touches the bubble) What is that? Is it digesting things or something?

Ladybug: Whatever he swallows gets sealed here forever.

Cat Noir: In that case, we'd better hurry up and figure out where the Master's staff is hiding.

Scene: Parisian streets.

Master Fu: Farewell, my dear Wayzz. You're the best kwami I could have ever hoped to have by my side all these years.

Wayzz: It's been an honor to be your kwami, Master.

Scene: Inside Feast. Ladybug finds Master Fu's staff with her metal detector.

Ladybug: I knew it! It had to be intact, otherwise the sentimonster would have disappeared!

Cat Noir: Be careful what you wish for! Cataclysm!

Scene: Parisian streets. Feast bursts into bubbles and is gone, leaving Cat Noir and Ladybug on the street.

Ladybug: No more evil-doing for you. Time to de-evilize! (Ladybug catches the akuma and amok) Gotcha! Bye-bye, little butterfly.

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair.

Hawk Moth: No! That's impossible! (Mayura falls down, transforming back. Hawk Moth rushes to her.)

Nathalie: I'm fine.

Scene: Parisian streets.

Ladybug: Miraculous Ladybug! (She throws the metal detector into the air, restoring everything that got swallowed.)

"And that was how the Miraculous temple was restored. My Miraculous cure fixed everything caused by that sentimonster. Even from 172 years ago," Marinette explained and everyone else (except for Lila) looked at her with shock before applauding for her actions once again.

Ladybug, Cat Noir, & Master Fu: Pound it!

"Pound it!" The two heroes and their guardian did a three-way fist bump like they did on-screen before the main couple kissed in victory.

Master Fu: Thank you, Ladybug. Because of you, I won't have to run anymore.

Ladybug: I only put your teaching to practice, Master. (The earrings and ring start beeping)

Cat Noir: I know two people who'd better run before they transform back.

Ladybug: Goodbye, Master.

Scene: Day. Nadja Chamack is reporting on TVi.

Nadja Chamack: Don't be bemused, it's just the news! Extraordinary and inexplicable!

Scene: Gabriel's atelier. Gabriel and Nathalie are watching the news report.

Nadja Chamack: That pretty much sums up the surprising reappearance of this temple in the Tibetan mountains—

Scene: Jardin des Tuileries. While Kagami practices kendo, Tomoe Tsurugi is listening to the news report.

Nadja Chamack: —a hundred and seventy-two years after it was destroyed.

Scene: Le Grand Paris Hotel. Audrey Bourgeois is watching the news report.

Nadja Chamack: Let's go to Clara Contard on location.

Scene: Inside a helicopter above the Guardians' temple.

Clara Contard: That's correct, Nadja. But what makes this phenomenon particularly unexplainable is that all the monks who used to—

Scene: Césaire apartment. Alya is talking over the news report.

Alya: Whoa! The symbol of the guardians of the Miraculous!

Clara Contard: —live in the temple have also reappeared—

Alya: I gotta add this to the Ladyblog!

Clara Contard: —year 1844!

Scene: Fu's massage shop.

Master Fu: So my mistake has been undone. The monks have been freed and the temple has been restored. I can't thank you enough, Marinette. And Cat Noir. I'm finally free from the burden of the past that has been haunting me for so long. I shall go and see them someday soon, and explain everything to them. (Marinette nods) Your training is complete, Marinette. You are now a fully-fledged Ladybug. And the time has come for me to prepare you to become the new guardian.

Marinette: The guardian? But Master, you're the guardian! You have been for a hundred and seventy-two years!

Master Fu: Precisely. It's high time I handed it over. You have proven that you are more worthy of it than I am. In fact, your training is starting right now. You will spend the next twenty-four hours meditating with the Miracle Box without anything to eat.

Marinette: Uh, actually I… I need to help at the bakery.

Everyone else (except for Lila) burst into laughter at Marinette's reluctance of the no-eating rule and her attempt to escape from that, with Master Fu's being the loudest.

Master Fu: (laughs) I was joking. Those strict traditions did no good when I was your age. I have no intention of continuing them. Instead, your first task will be to help me carry these boxes to my van.

"Good! Because there's no way we're letting our daughter go hungry!" Tom said, adding to the joke making everyone else (except for Lila) laugh even more, especially Master Fu who nodded with agreement.

Scene: Parisian streets.

Wang Fu: Now that Hawk Moth knows who I am— (puts on a fake mustache) —it's too dangerous for me to live here. But don't worry, Marinette. Whenever you and Cat Noir need me, I will always be here for you. (climbs into the driver's seat of the van) I'm not going anywhere until Hawk Moth is defeated. I'll never leave you. (Marinette nods)

"The fake mustache?! Really, Master?! Why not add an afro wig on your head while you're at it?!" Alix said, teasing the old man's disguise.

"That is not a bad idea. Then, there's no way Hawk Moth would recognize me," Master Fu said, giving the teasing some serious thought in which everyone responded with facepalms.

Scene: Unknown repository.

Gabriel: I have not digested my defeat, Ladybug. It simply honed my appetite all the more. But now that I know what the guardian looks like, I intend to put that knowledge to use, and prepare a dish of revenge especially for you! And it shall be served very cold.

"OK, we get it, Gabriel!" Angel said to the villain on-screen, making some people snicker. "The next episode is Gamer 2.0 when Max becomes akumatized as Gamer once again."

"I remember that! I never thought I'd say this, but that was the most fun akuma battle I've ever fought," Adrien said as he remembered that particular day and Marinette nodded in agreement, leaving everyone else confused.

"You'll see," Angel said as she started the episode.