96. Queen Banana

Scene: Marinette's room. Marinette is cutting fabric.

Xuppu: I'll bet you anything it's a tablecloth for a picnic.

Marinette: Not even close, Xuppu. It's a cape. (She gets up.) This one's for the superhero of creation. (Walks over to a red cape.) This one's for the supervillain of destruction.

"Oooh! Nice material and color!" Marinette said as she beamed at the thought of making two capes from that kind of material.

Xuppu: Capes for Cat Noir and Ladybug?

Marinette: No, it's for a movie. (The kwamis ooh.) You know, those make-believe stories they show on TV?

Orikko: Are you gonna be famous?

Marinette: No, I'm the costume designer. I'm not acting in it. We are gonna be on the news. (Gasps.) I'm gonna be late! (She grabs two flashlights and leaves.)

Scene: TVi news announcement.

Nadja: And now, the very original project coming from the Françoise Dupont School in Paris. Clara Contard reporting.

Scene: Françoise Dupont High School. Art classroom. The students are getting ready for the movie.

Clara: Under the initiative of the art teacher, Jean-Pierre Monlataing, one of Françoise Dupont School's alumni, Thomas Astruc, who's become a successful film director, is participating in an ambitious project. (Thomas Astruc shows Zoé and Mylène how to use the swords.) He's overseeing this group of students who are volunteering their own vacation time to produce a real-life movie. (Nino and Jean-Pierre supervise Nathaniel as he draws.) From script to storyboard, not to mention costumes, (Rose admires Marinette's costumes)—everything's being done by the students themselves (Alix paints a sword green.) with financial support from Paris' city hall.

"We'll be making a movie, dudes?! That's so cool!" Nino exclaimed in excitement and the other teens started to get excited as well.

André: Yes; you know, I myself directed a few in my youth, and—

Clara: And the cherry on top is that the film will be released in select movie theaters thanks to famous producer Bob Roth. (An image of him appears, and André peeps from behind. Rose and Marinette help Mylène and Zoé with their costumes.) What a lucky break for these student-filmmakers, as well as for the two young actresses who'll be starring in the main role!

"And even better, it's apparently going to be released in theaters!" Marinette then said as she and the others got more excited.

"This could be your big break, my little mouse," Ivan said excitedly to Mylene as he kissed her nose, making her beam proudly.

Zoé: (reading script) You may hate me, but I love you, and I always will!

Scene: Chloé's room in Le Grand Paris.

Chloé: (throws banana peel at the screen with Zoé) A film with my half-of-a-sister as the star?! Ridiculous!

Sabrina: (offering a banana from a bowl) Do you want another banana, Chloé? I've heard they help put people in a better mood.

Chloé: (grabbing the banana) What I want is to go tell that bunch of lame-os how things work in real life! (She walks off. Sabrina runs after her.) In my life.

"Of course! Another opportunity for you to act like a diva," Marinette deadpanned towards Chloe with everybody else groaning in annoyance. Meanwhile, the blonde girl started to figuratively sweat in nervousness on how far she's going to go with her diva-like behavior.

Scene: Art classroom. Zoé and Mylène are rehearsing.

Zoé: You may hate me, but I love you, and I always will—

Chloé: (slamming the door open) How dare you all! Giving the lead role to my half-of-a-sister who just came out of nowhere?! And with Daddy's money, on top of it all.

André: Uh, it's not actually funded by me, sweetheart, but by the city.

Chloé: Same thing. (Walks over to Zoé.) You—I told you that you'd be sent back to New York if you ever crossed my path, and now, not only are you on my path, but on TV, too!

"It is not the same thing, Chloe. There is a difference between funds from the city and your father's personal finances. For example, the taxes that citizens pay go into the city's funds," Kagami pointed out to Chloe who nodded in understanding after some thought.

Marinette: Don't let your sister walk all over you, Zoé. You are made for this part, you deserve it!

Thomas: It's true, and we're meeting with the producer tomorrow, so it's too late to change anything now.

Jean-Pierre: Might I remind you that you were offered a chance, like all the students in the school, to participate in the film, but you refused because, and I quote, "Mylène's sweater is too ugly, Nate draws like a 2-year-old, Alya is useless and Marinette is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous"?

Chloé: I said that?

"WHO ELSE?!" The teens rhetorically asked in exasperation towards Chloe who is blushing red in embarrassment.

Jean-Pierre: Less politely.

Chloé: Well, I still mean all of it. But if this stupid, childish film actually gets released in theaters and turns someone into a star, that someone should be me. So, you're gonna give me the part my half-of-a-sister is playing because everything she owns is mine. (She walks off.)

Sabrina: Banana, Chloé? (She follows her.)

André: Don't worry, kids. I'll go talk to her, everything will be fine tomorrow. (He closes the door and runs after Chloé. Marinette and Zoé look at each other.)

"I've got a sinking feeling that everything will not be fine the next day," Marinette nervously said and everyone else (including Chloe herself) murmured in agreement, similarly nervous.

Scene: Bob Roth's office. The students enter with Thomas Astruc in the lead.

Thomas: And here's the office of the producer, Bob Roth.

Chloé: (spins around in the chair) Surprise! (The rest gasp.)

Marinette: (runs over) Chloé, what are you doing here?!

Bob: My old friend André told me you'd be okay making a few small changes in the script so that his daughter could be part of the film.

"I was right!" Marinette deadpanned as she and everybody else groaned in annoyance. Meanwhile, Chloe looked with nervousness on how bad things are gonna get since she's going to get akumatized again.

Marinette: But it's impossible, we've prepped and gotten everything set!

Bob: Moviemaking, kid, is the art of compromise. To protect your—I mean, the interest of the film, you gotta be flexible, therefore, André's daughter will play the starring role.

Marinette: That's not in the best interests of the film! Zoé is perfect for the role of the superhero of creation.

Chloé: The next plane for New York leaves in 30 minutes. (Marinette growls.)

Zoé: (puts a hand on Marinette's shoulder) Marinette, no big deal if I don't play the main role. There are lots of other positions of the non-act crew.

Chloé: Perfect, as long as she's not on-screen, it's fine with me.

Bob: Then it's a deal! See you all tomorrow morning on set.

Chloé: Bye-bye, losers!

Bob: (shoving them out) Now get out! (He closes the door.)

Marinette: This is totally unfair! (Zoé looks down sadly.)

Scene: Jardin des Tuileries. Movie van.

André: Believe this or not, I also shot a film in my youth. It was called "Solitude".

Chloé: Daddy, I'm trying to concentrate here!

André: Of course, sorry, sweetheart.

"And your father's worried that you won't accept his real passionate dreams," Luka sarcastically deadpanned to the blushing blonde girl with everyone else nodding in agreement.

"That was the old me! Daddy can pursue his dreams for all I care from now on!" Chloe retorted back, determined to have a better relationship with her father once she gets back.

Chloé: And you, Dupain-Cheng, cool it with the horrible costume, it's worse than lame. (Sabrina laughs.)

Marinette: That's why it suits you so well, Chloé. (Sabrina laughs again. Chloé glares at her, and she offers a banana.)

Everybody in the audience snickered at that moment on-screen, especially towards Sabrina offering Chloe another banana.

Scene: Jardin des Tuileries. Outside the van.

Nino: In this scene, the entire population has been put into an enchanted sleep, so we need tons of extras. (Marinette runs over to the rest.) You guys are gonna lay down here. (They lie down on the floor.) Perfect!

Chloé: Hey! All of you! Someone just told me I'm supposed to play the role of the supervillain of destruction and Mylène is the superhero of creation. Are you kidding me?! I get the lead role, I am the good guy, okay?

Nino: Chloé, those two roles are equally as impor—

Chloé: Blah, blah, blah, I don't care. I get to be the good guy.

Marinette: We don't have time for all of these changes, Chloé!

Chloé: Oh yeah? DADDY! (André giggles nervously. Nino rewrites the script.)

Thomas: You know, it's not uncommon to have to adapt the script on the set at the last minute for production reasons. It's called—

Marinette: That's baloney, a waste of time, giving up on your dreams?

Thomas: ...a revision.

Nino: If it's for the good of the film... (Now from behind the camera.) Scene 9, take 1. (Zoé snaps the clapperboard.) Action! (The students wait on the floor, but nothing happens. Nino looks around.) Chloé, you're supposed to be acting!

Chloé: (throwing the pages of the script) Lame! Boring! Dull! (Sabrina offers a banana.) What we need is a superhero film featuring a real superhero. Hey! (A Queen Bee silhouette appears in the background.) What's black and yellow, has pretty blonde hair, (she points at her ponytail) gets everyone's attention and is gonna break the box office?

"Let me guess: QUEEN BEE?!" Marinette asked as she rolled her eyes in annoyance as well as everyone else (except for Chloe) who said "Queen Bee" along with her.

"That's probably what Chloe was thinking of at first. But to save face, she came up with a new name," Angel answered.

"Of course I did," Chloe muttered to herself, guessing that's when she came up with the name Queen Banana.

Marinette: You're not talking about you as Queen Bee? 'Cause most of the time you were a super-disaster more than a superhero.

Chloé: Uh, actually, I wasn't even thinking of Queen Bee. I was thinking of a much more original character: Queen... uh... (Shows her banana) Queen Banana! (A Queen Banana silhouette appears instead of the Queen Bee one. Alix laughs.)

"And that's where the name Queen Banana came from," Angel jokingly deadpanned with everyone else laughing in response except for Chloe who blushed red in embarrassment.

"I guess that's my fault. I've been feeding her too many bananas," Sabrina pointed out, exasperated at herself for feeding her best friend a lot of bananas that resulted in Chloe coming up with a ridiculous name. Everyone else continued laughing in agreement with Sabrina and Chloe blushing in embarrassment at first, but after looking at each other, burst into laughter at the moment as well.

Marinette: Queen what?

Chloé: DADDY! (He laughs nervously again. Nino rewrites the script.)

Nino: Scene 9, take 2. (Zoé snaps the clapperboard.) Action!

Chloé: Ah, this is way better than that ridiculous costume Dupain-Cheng made, but it's still missing something. I know. I need wheels! (A banana-themed car is shown.)

Marinette: You don't need a car, these superheroes can fly.

Chloé: What do you know about superheroes, baker girl? Just go back to sleep while I— DADDY! (Nino rewrites the script.)

"More than you think," Marinette answered Chloe's on-screen question in a joking manner with everyone else (including Chloe herself) chuckling in agreement.

Nino: Scene 9, take 3. (Zoé snaps the clapperboard.) Action!

Chloé: Ha! We can start now. (The crew behind the scenes sighs with relief.) Except, when she sees you all just lying around doing nothing, Queen Banana doesn't feel like saving you, she feels more like tossing you in the garbage.

Nino: Chloé, we're not changing everything again!

Chloé: Who said change everything? We just need a bigger and better challenge for Queen Banana! DADDY! (He sighs. Marinette helps Adrien into a cage and closes the door.)

"How does your daddy not get headaches from your tantrums?!" Alix rhetorically asked the blonde girl in response to her screaming "Daddy!" over and over again on-screen. Everyone else murmured in agreement except for Chloe who got a good look on how annoying she can be.

"Her daddy probably has a year's worth of aspirin in his medicine cabinet," Alya jokingly whispered to her best friend and the two quietly giggled.

Marinette: Thanks, Adrien. It's really gorgeous of you—I mean, generous of you—to come help us.

Adrien: Happy to, Marinette. My father said it was for the good of the film. (Marinette nods and raises her hand, and the cage gets lifted by a helicopter.)

Chloé: At least he is worth saving.

Nino: (with annoyance) Okay, now can we shoot?!

Chloé: Hm, we need a new bad guy: a super-duper-uber villain! (Nino bangs his head against the camera. He looks at the script with a pen in his mouth while everyone around him helps thinking.)

Max: A galactic emperor?

Rose: A giant octopus that comes from outer space?

Alya: A fire breathing dragon?

Chloé: No, no, those are so lame! I want a giant yellow gorilla that throws exploding bananas.

"Then, why didn't you say so in the first place, dudette?!" Nino asked on-screen Chloe in exasperation as he and the other teens (including the blonde girl herself) got even more tired of more of her bratty attitude.

Nino: (He shrugs while Zoe facepalms) It's for the good of the film.

Chloé: (sees the cardboard gorilla) Are you kidding? I want a real, dynamite-slinging gorilla, not some cardboard monkey!

Marinette: But Chloé, giant yellow dynamite-slinging apes do not exist!

Chloé: There are tons of giant gorillas doing stuff in all the good movies, can't you just hire one of those? Ugh, I'm so tired of all of you! (She walks away, followed by Sabrina.) I'm getting some beauty rest at the Palace, tomorrow you'd better have this monkey business figured out. (She slams the door of her limousine, which drives off. Sabrina runs after it.)

"YOU'RE TIRED?!" The teens exclaimed in exasperation towards Chloe who once again blushed in embarrassment in response to more of her bratty behavior.

Kim: Maybe the zoo will lend us an ape if we take extra good care of it.

"Yeah, Kim. My dad would be so happy if you asked if he has any dynamite-slinging gorillas," Alya sarcastically said to the simple-minded athlete with a frown. Kim just responded with a nervous chuckle while everybody else facepalmed.

Marinette: You're not really gonna look for a giant dynamite-slinging gorilla?

Max: It's for the good of the film, Marinette.

Marinette: It's not for the good of the film! It's not even a film anymore, it's just Chloé's fantasy! The only thing we're gonna do right now is get Adrien out of that cage. (Gets onto the banana-themed car.) Then we're gonna shoot the story that we all thought of together. That's for the good of the film! (Everyone cheers.)

Scene: A day passes. Next morning at the Jardin des Tuileries, Chloé's limousine arrives. Chloé exits the limousine with Sabrina.

Chloé: (looks around and gasps) Where's my giant gorilla? Where are all the others? (To a man loading boxes) Why isn't anyone here to shoot my big scene?

Man: They shot everything last night. Right about now they're probably over at the movie theater screening it.

"Oh, boy!" Most of the teens nervously exclaimed in anticipation of the full-blown fury Chloe will bring upon them on-screen.

Scene: The limousine makes it at full speed to the movie theater. Inside.

Chloé: (swinging the door open) What's that?! (She sees there's a movie playing.)

Mylène (Destroika): Ultimate Nightmare! (Prepares her sword.)

Zoé (Kreatika): Harmonic Wind!

(They fight using their swords. The audience looks amazed. Zoé/Kreatika uses her power to stop Mylène/Destroika, then to wake up the class/citizens.)

Zoé (Kreatika): (taking her mask off) I've freed you from evil!

Mylène (Destroika): (removing her mask) Why did you wake them, Kreatika? Humans have destroyed the planet! They don't deserve to be awake! (Prepares her sword.)

Zoé (Kreatika): (defending herself with her own sword) You're wrong, Destroika. Each one of those humans carries the hope of a better world within them!

Mylène (Destroika): You're just like them, I hate you! (Falls to try floor.)

Zoé (Kreatika): You may hate me, but I love you, (kneels) and I always will, even if the whole world hates you, (places hand on Mylène/Destroika's) sister. (Mylène/Destroika looks up, and the two hug each other as the class/citizens cheer. The audience applauds.)

"Wow! This movie looks great, you kids!" Tom said as he and the adults applauded the movie the kids eventually made in the future much to their beaming pride. Even Chloe seemed to be moved by the scene, but also quietly sad as a small part of her still wants to be the star.

Chloé: (Furious) This is ridiculous! Who authorized shooting this without me? Where's my monkey? And what is my half-of-a-sister doing in my movie?! (Adrien walks over to Chloé with a tablet in his hands, with his father on the screen, with Marinette following behind.)

Gabriel: (from tablet) Miss Dupain-Cheng convinced me to watch this first scene. I found it very moving and... Adrien is exceptional in it. I've therefore decided to privately finance the movie based on the original screenplay.

"And Mr. Agreste did this knowing that it'll get Chloe furious enough to be akumatized again," Angel explained in a deadpan tone in which everyone else (including Chloe herself) murmured in agreement.

Chloé: DADDY!

Bob Roth: (counting money in his briefcase) Like we said before, kid: (shaking some of it in front of her) movie making's all about compromise. (puts money into briefcase and shuts it)

Marinette: Sorry, Chloé. It was for the good of the film.

Chloé: (angrily, shoving away the banana Sabrina offers) Ridiculous! (slams the door open) Utterly ridiculous!

Scene: Shadow Moth's lair.

Gabriel: (watching Chloé furiously leaving the theater from his tablet) But most of all, it's for the good of my plan. Chloé is always an excellent source of inspiration.

[Transformation Sequence]

Gabriel: Nooroo, Duusu, Unify! (Gabriel transforms into Shadow Moth.)

Scene: Chloé heads to the exit of the movie theater with a very mad expression on her face. Adrien runs after her.

Adrien: Hey, wait!

Chloé: (turns around) Adrikins, it's sweet of you to want to console me, but I'm fine. I'm going to get my revenge and send Zoé back to New York.

Adrien: Actually, I came to suggest that you apologize to everyone.

Chloé: (vehemently) Are you ill?! They've ruined my film!

Adrien: It was never your film, Chloé. It belonged to the group. You promised me you'd make an effort to stop being mean to everyone. I warned you that if you didn't, then we can no longer be friends.

Chloé: (ends her friendship with Adrien) You're as ridiculous as that film! It's over, you're no longer my Adrikins, you're Adrinothing! (Runs off to the limousine and cries inside. The akuma and the amok land in a pin on her hat.)

"OK, did that just happen?! Chloe just cut her ties with her Adrikins?!" Alya asked in jaw-dropping shock at what just happened between Chloe and Adrien on-screen as well as everyone else. Especially Chloe who began to tear up at the thought of breaking up her long-term friendship with Adrien in which only Sabrina noticed and handed her a handkerchief to wipe her eyes in which Chloe responded with a grateful smile.

Shadow Moth: (from his lair) Queen Banana, I am Shadow Moth. Once again, they refuse to recognize your true talent, so I give you the power to show them who the real star of Paris is.

Chloé: Fine, but I want a giant monkey who throws exploding bananas.

Shadow Moth: (from his lair) It's all arranged. I am the director of your dreams. In exchange for your powers- (Chloé interrupts Shadow Moth, right when he was about to ask her in exchange for Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses.)

Chloé: Yeah, yeah, I know, Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous. You'll have them! (Smiling evilly, Chloé transforms into Queen Banana along with her car, and a large and muscular sentimonster banana-themed gorilla, Banana Boom-Boom, appears. She blasts people with her banana gun and drives her car to Banana Boom-Boom's head.)

"He sounds like an utterly ridiculous broken record! I mean, we know what he wants already!" Chloe pointed out in annoyance towards Shadow Moth on-screen and everyone else groaned in agreement, annoyed as well towards the city's supervillain terrorist.

"Anyway, here's Queen Banana. And that giant gorilla is her sentimonster," Angel pointed out towards the akumatized Chloe on-screen and the sentimonster with her much to everyone's surprise.

"Now that's what I call going ape on us," Adrien joked about the situation much to everyone else's groaning exasperation at another one of his Cat Noir-style jokes.

"Ugh! Shadow Moth keeps making me look even more utterly disgusting every time! At least when I was akumatized the first time as Antibug, my skin and hair were intact!" Chloe said in disgust to her recent akumatized form on-screen.

Queen Banana: Banana Boom-Boom, action! (The sentimonster roars and starts destroying the movie theater. Adrien looks down and walks away, very upset with Chloé being no longer his friend. Suddenly, he falls after the destruction.) Where is my useless half-of-a-sister? Banana Boom-Boom, peel them off! (The sentimonster hits people, turning them into bananas. Adrien and Marinette with Zoé run away.)

"Even more utterly ridiculous! What could I possibly gain from turning you people into bananas?!" Chloe once again complained about her akumatized form in exasperation in which everybody else both shrugged and giggled in agreement.

Scene: Men's bathrooms.

Adrien: (closes the door) Plagg, claws out!

Scene: Marinette and Zoé run up the emergency stairs.

Zoé: She's mainly mad at me, so I should try and reason with her.

Marinette: Unfortunately, no one can reason with your sister, Zoé. Stay here, I'm gonna... try to find a way out. (She runs up and sees Queen Banana wreaking havoc.)

[Transformation Sequence]

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

Queen Banana: (blasting at more people) If you don't come out from your hiding place, Zoé, I'm gonna turn all of Paris into bananas, and it'll be all your fault!

Zoé: My fault... (She looks at an emergency exit.)

Scene: Rooftops of Paris. Cat Noir appears, much to Queen Banana and Banana Boom-Boom's surprise.

Cat Noir: Hey there, banana queen! So what's your superpower? Making people slip on banana peels?

Queen Banana: You're about to find out, (starts blasting) you ridiculous alley cat! (Cat Noir runs as Queen Banana and Banana Boom-Boom attack. He uses his staff to deflect the blasts. Ladybug grabs him with her yo-yo, saving him from another one. They jump down.)

Ladybug: Careful! Shadow Moth has been very generous to Chloé.

Cat Noir: I gotta admit, I'm a little jealous of her gear.

Ladybug: (extracts an ear communicator from her yo-yo) Totally unnecessary, nothing can beat a Cat and Ladybug duo.

Cat Noir: (extracts ear communicator from his staff) Meow, we do make the perfect pair, m'lady. (They take off to face Queen Banana. They try to attack her, but she fights back with bananas.)

Ladybug: Well, we've got gear, too. Lucky Charm! (She gets a scooter, which she dodges but doesn't land on her. She checks it.) Scooter, helmets, tube of glue, cartridges, air pipe... Everything needed to fix a flat tire. That's a lot to process. (She looks around and forms a plan using the glue and the banana gun.) Still, something is missing, but what?

Zoé: Hey, Chloé! (Queen Banana looks down and sees Zoé standing in front.) Here I am!

Ladybug: Of course: Zoé! (She puts on a helmet.)

"I'm gonna guess here: I'm going to give Zoe a Miraculous?" Marinette asked, based on what she picked up on the idea she's forming on-screen.

"Yep. But not just any Miraculous," Angel said as she confirmed Marinette's question with a nod. Everyone else began to get excited with anticipation to see Zoe as a new superhero.

Queen Banana: Ready for a transatlantic voyage on the banana express?

Zoé: Only if you promise to stop doing evil in Paris.

Queen Banana: (sarcastically) Of course, I promise I'll be really good. (She blasts a passerby.)

Zoé: (angry) You'll never keep your promise!

Queen Banana: (cackles) Of course not, banana head! Banana Boom-Boom, grab her! (Ladybug grabs Zoé on board the scooter, and they drive away from Banana Boom-Boom.)

Ladybug: Cat Noir, cover us!

Cat Noir: Cataclysm! (Queen Banana drives off the sentimonster, which goes haywire when hit by the Cataclysm. As a result, a sentimonster goes berserk and roars crazily. Ladybug facepalms.) Oops. (Banana Boom-Boom attacks him and the surroundings.)

Queen Banana: (cackles) When he's out of control, Banana Boom-Boom is even more destructive! Have fun, you two! (She flies off in the car.)

Ladybug: Hang on tight. (She and Zoé drive to the metro, closely followed by Queen Banana, but end up alone because she gets stuck since her car is so big.)

Queen Banana: You'll have to come out sometime, Ladybug, especially if you don't wanna see my monkey make a banana smoothie out of your kitty! (Cackles.)

Scene: Metro.

Ladybug: (taking her helmet off) We don't have much time. I need your help to save Cat Noir and Chloé. (She reaches the Bee Miraculous out of her yo-yo.)

"Is that…?" Chloe began to ask as soon as she recognized the Miraculous about to be given to Zoe.

Zoé: Me, help you?

Ladybug: Zoé Lee, here is the Bee Miraculous, which grants you the power to immobilize your opponent. (She takes it with uncertainty.) You will use it for the greater good. (Pollen flies out.)

"Yep, Chloe. In this future, your sister replaces you as the new superhero of the Bee Miraculous," Angel said as everyone else nodded in understanding. Meanwhile, Chloe looked with sadness and envy that her sister replaced her as the new Bee Miraculous superhero in this alternate future, but stayed quiet as she came to terms with the fact that it was her own fault in the first place but also that Miracle Queen hasn't happened yet, so she still has a chance.

Pollen: At your service, my queen.

Zoé: (fearing) But Chloé's gonna be furious, she used to be Queen Bee!

Ladybug: Chloé will never know it's you. Unlike her, (places a finger to her lips) you'll keep your identity a secret. And once the job is complete, you will return the Miraculous to me.

Zoé: I can't do it, I'm not strong enough, I—

Ladybug: (places hand on Zoé's shoulder) I know you can do this.

Pollen: You have only one thing to say, my queen: "Pollen, buzz on". (Zoé puts the Miraculous on)

[Transformation Sequence]

Zoé: Pollen, buzz on! (Zoé transforms into Vesperia.)

"Well, at least her costume is not better than mine, right?!" Chloe asked as soon as she saw her half-sister transform into the new bee-themed superhero on-screen. Everyone else responded with nervous tics, not sure how to answer that question.

"Well, I wouldn't compare you two, Chloe. You two have different styles: yours is more of a fashion-maven type while hers is more tomboyish and athletic," Angel said as soon as she came up with an answer with everyone else quickly murmuring in agreement. After some thought, Chloe accepted that answer since she's been called a fashion maven.

Scene: Queen Banana waits outside the metro. Ladybug swings out, and Queen Bananas starts shooting and follows her. Vesperia leaves once the coast is clear.

Vesperia: (jumping from roof to roof) Yoo-hoo!

Scene: Roue de Paris. Banana Boom-Boom and Cat Noir fight. The sentimonster grabs him.

Vesperia: Hey, you big ape! How about fighting someone your own size? Venom! (Banana Boom-Boom throws Cat Noir away and starts shooting bananas at Vesperia, who dodges them. She ends up running up his arm and using the Venom on his head. She lands next to Cat Noir.)

Cat Noir: Queen Bee?

Vesperia: No, my name's Vesperia!

"What kind of name is Vesperia?!" Chloe asked, still a bit jealous of her half-sister in this alternate future on-screen

"I believe it's derived from the word vespa which is the Italian word for wasp," Max answered in which everyone else murmured in understanding. Meanwhile, Chloe just stayed quiet as she frowned.

Cat Noir: Wow. (His ring starts flashing.)

Vesperia: Ladybug's gonna need us again.

Cat Noir: Thrilled to make your acquaintance, Vesperia. (He kisses her hand, to Vesperia's surprise.) Just give me a second. (They run to opposite sides of the Ferris wheel and de-transform. As Adrien gives Camembert to Plagg, the latter starts regarding Zoé for her potential.)

Plagg: That Vesperia is to Queen Bee what Fourme d'Ambert is to Roquefort: sweeter, more refined and much nicer. (Eats a piece of Camembert. The two transform again and run to join Ladybug.)

Everyone in the audience groaned in exasperation to the fact that Plagg once again still compares people to cheese again.

Scene: Streets of Paris. Ladybug dodges the explosive bananas but trips.

Queen Banana: I'm going to smash you and then turn you into banana bread!

Cat Noir: (from behind) Cataclysm! (He destroys the car as Queen Banana jumps out.)

Queen Banana: (lands next to Ladybug) Give me your Miraculous, or else I'll turn her into baby food! (Holds the banana gun to Ladybug's head.)

Vesperia: (lands with her Venom activated) Queen Banana, you're not even capable of a fair fight with the new holder of the Bee Miraculous!

Queen Banana: How dare you—I'm the one and only Queen Bee!

Vesperia: Oh, you were, but I am the real Queen Bee now. (Ladybug discreetly puts glue where Queen Bananas stores the banana gun.) And you're only the queen of bananas! Ladybug chose me to defend Paris because you couldn't do it. (Queen Banana, furious, blasts Vesperia, turning her into a banana and freeing Ladybug in the meantime.)

Queen Banana: (cackles) And what are you going to defend now that you're a banana? (She puts her banana gun away. To Ladybug and Cat Noir.) Now see what happens to people who don't see things my way? Give me your Miraculous! (She tries to pull out the banana gun, but it's stuck.)

Ladybug: (showing the tube of glue) This Lucky Charm glue is really good. And so is Vesperia, don't you think, Cat Noir?

Cat Noir: You counted your bananas before they were peeled, Queen Banana.

Queen Banana: No, not again! (Ladybug makes her trip with her yo-yo. Cat Noir uses his staff to toss the pin to Ladybug, who smashes it on the floor. The akuma and amok fly out.)

Ladybug: No more evil-doing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize! (She catches them with her yo-yo.) Gotcha! (Opening the yo-yo.) Bye-bye, little butterfly. Bye, little feather. (Throws the box which came with the scooter up.) Miraculous Ladybug! (The damage is repaired.)

Ladybug & Cat Noir: Pound it! (Although they've succeeded, but Chloé is still very mad at the heroes.)

"Pound it!" The two heroes once again fist-bumped and kissed in victory.

Chloé: I hate you, Ladybug! And you, Vesperia. You're only a fake version of Queen Bee.

"See that? You still hate the heroes after the whole Miracle Queen incident," Angel pointed out to the blonde girl who nodded in understanding with a sad look on her face.

Ladybug: You need to learn to control your anger, Chloé. (She creates a magical charm.) There is a way I can help you, if you want.

Chloé: I don't want anything from you! You're non-existent to me, you're Lady-nothing-at-all! (She storms off.)

Scene: Shadow Moth's lair.

Shadow Moth: Queen Banana's film has turned out to be a flop, but the script will be rewritten very soon. (Prepares another akuma for Chloé.) Chloé, your endless supply of anger promises multitude of chaos. (The akuma flies off.) Sooner or later, I will get my hands on those Miraculous.

"And because Chloe's still angry, he sends out another akuma after her," Angel pointed out in which everyone else (including Chloe) groaned in annoyance.

Scene: Streets of Paris. Ladybug picks up the magical charm.

Cat Noir: We'd better recharge our kwamis before Shadow Moth akumatizes her again. (Bowing.) Vesperia, m'lady. (He jumps off.)

Ladybug: This magical charm can help Chloé escape Shadow Moth's influence, but I can't force her to wear it.

Vesperia: (holds Ladybug's hands) I know how to do it.

"I like to see how!" Chloe said with a laugh as she would like to see how her half-sister would trick her into taking the magical charm.

Scene: Movie theater.

Chloé: (storms in the movie theater) I want to shoot my film!

"May I suggest a compromise for the movie you guys are gonna make?" Angel asked in which her audience nodded in confirmation. "Maybe Chloe can take Mylene's role as she and Zoe are actually sisters just like the main characters. And there'd be a new main character for Mylene to play: a fairy godmother-like type who could be the sisters' mother or something like that. I'll leave that up to you all," Angel then suggested. After some thought, everyone began to murmur in agreement as that sounds like a good compromise for everyone involved, especially Chloe since that could potentially make her a star as well as her half-sister.

Zoé: That's enough, Chloé. It doesn't matter if you try to send me back to New York, I'm done playing the supporting role for the good of our family.

Chloé: DADDY!

André: (confidently and sternly) Zoé is right, Chloé. You can ask me for a new cell phone or to paint the limousine pink, but you can't ask me to hurt your sister.

"Am I dreaming or did Chloe's daddy just stand up to her for once?!" Alix asked in jaw-dropping shock as well as everyone else, even Chloe herself who didn't know what her father had in him.

"Well, you have to admit that painting limos and buying stuff is one thing, but hurting an innocent person especially a family member, is another," Angel pointed out in which everyone else (including Chloe) nodded in agreement.

Chloé: (shaking with anger) Don't call her that. She's not even half of a sister, she's nothing to me! I— (turns to Zoé) I hate you!

Zoé: (places hands on Chloé's shoulders) You may hate me, but I love you, and I always will, even if the whole world hates you, sister. (she hugs Chloé) Remember? We have the same mother! Look, she even gave me this gift. (reaches out the magical charm)

Chloé: If it comes from Mom, then I'm the one who gets to wear it. Give it to me! (the akuma flies into the building)

"Using our mother against me?! How dare she! But, I have to admit: pretty clever of her," Chloe commented as soon as she saw how Zoe tricked her into taking the magical charm on-screen. Everyone else responded with giggles in agreement.

Zoé: (giving the charm) What's mine is yours. (she closes Chloé's hand) You and I are family. (Chloé puts the Charm on as a necklace, and the akuma is blocked by a pink forcefield.)

"See how the magical charm works? Once you have it, it creates an invisible forcefield around you that repels against akumas," Angel explained about the magical charms as demonstrated on-screen much to everyone else's excited shock.

Marinette: It works!

"We definitely need to make a bunch of those and give them to all the citizens of Paris right away, m'lady!" Adrien said, excited that the magical charms do work against being akumatized ever again with everyone else murmuring in agreement.

"Love the enthusiasm, everybody, but I think we must tread on the magical charm thing more carefully, so that Shadow Moth doesn't find out about them and try to work his way around them somehow," Marinette pointed out and after a lot of thought, everybody else nodded in agreement.

You're definitely not gonna like it once you see that you give Mr. Agreste a magical charm and finds out how he overcomes them in the future! Angel nervously thought in her head towards the superheroes.

Scene: Shadow Moth's lair.

Shadow Moth: That's impossible! What's going on?!

Scene: Movie theater.

Chloé: You just wait: real life is nothing like your stupid film. I'll get my revenge. (She walks off.)

Adrien: (walks in) Chloé! You okay?

Chloé: Leave me alone, all of you!

Marinette: Zoé did it!

Tikki: Maybe this will help Chloé become a better person.

Marinette: Let's hope so, Tikki.

"Remember, Chloe: you have a chance to still be Queen Bee instead of your sister replacing you as Vesperia. I really hope that you don't blow it this time," Marinette gently but firmly pointed out to the blonde girl who nodded in agreement with a sad smile.

"Alright, everyone, the next episode is called Gabriel Agreste," Angel announced, which got everybody else confused, which she noticed. "The only thing I can tell you is that Mr. Agreste hosts a party at his mansion and a bunch of weird things happen from there," Angel said as she gave a vague explanation while she started up the episode, in which everyone else had their eyes glued to the screen in excited anticipation.