We start in the Collège Françoise Dupont courtyard. Marinette and Alya are reading a magazine

"Leo: Your heart's gonna roar" Read Marinette.

Marinette turns the page and sees pictures of Adrien in both pages

"Wow, roar!" Exclaimed Marinette.

Marinette and Alya giggle. Across the courtyard, Nino is spying on them. Adrien and Hope appears behind and teases Nino

"FYI, Marinette's never going to fall in love with a statue" Said Adrien. "She can't even appreciate the artistry when most of it is hiding in a cornor" Said Hope.

Nino pulls Adrien and Hope away so they can hide.

"Shhh! You know I'm no good with the ladies, especially this one all of a sudden. I mean, dude, do I go up to her and crack her a joke? Shoot her a compliment? Invite her to the zoo? Play it serious?" Asked Nino. "Nino, you're way over-thinking this" Said Adrien. "Seriously. Invite her to the zoo?" Asked Hope. "Well, they have this really cool new exhibit there" Said Nino. "Listen, just be yourself, man" Said Adrien. "Yeah. There's no better version of you then the you that is all natural" Said Hope. "That's easy for you both to say, Mr. Front-of-the-cover-Teen-Model-weekly and Sir Hero. I'm not that cool" Said Nino. "You're cool too, dude, trust me. Or you wouldn't be my best bud. Invite her to the zoo. She'll say yes, I promise" Said Adrien.

Nino begins having confidence. He starts walking over to Marinette and Alya. But he panics at the last minute and runs back to Adrien and Hope.

"What if I act like a moronosaurus, or she disses me or thinks I'm lame or...?" Asked Nino. "Don't use terms like moronosaurus, and then maybe she won't think you're lame. Get back at it solider" Said Hope. "Okay, we got your back" Said Adrien.

Adrien and Nino fist-bump, then look up at Hope.

"Who is we? You speaking... Oh, of course you are. Fine..." Said Hope.

Hope reluctantly joins in on their fist bump. Later, Outside Collège Françoise Dupont. Alya and Marinette are walking out of the Collège, while Adrien, Hope and Nino are hiding behind a banister. Adrien signals Nino and they come out of hiding, as Marinette is holding the magazine in front of her face.

"Oh, he's such a..." Said Marinette. "Smartie, hottie, suavísimo, yummy-tastic spellbinder!" Declared Alya. "All of the above" Said Marinette, as she bumps into Nino.

Nino stands very still in front of her, with a wide nervous smile. Hope and Adrien appears behind Nino

"Oh, so sorry. Right, Nino?" Asked Adrien, nudging Nino. "Yeah Nino, you are very sorry, right?" Asked Hope, nudging Nino hardly. "Ow! Sorry" Said Nino, rubbing his side.

Marinette giggles and looks down to see the magazine pages with pictures of Adrien, making her scream and drop the magazine. Marinette bends down to pick up the magazine before Adrien sees it, but he walks over to pick it up for her. They end up bumping into each other by their foreheads. They apologies to each other and Marinette grabs the magazine away

"Sorry about that. How could we make it up to you? Any ideas...Nino?" Asked Adrien. "Hey, I've got an idea. How about we all check out the...zoo today? Word is they've got a new..." Said Hope, before he snaps his fingers in front of Nino. "Uh, they-they got a new panther" Said Nino. "Oh, that's it? I thought it would be more interesting" Said Hope. "Awesome idea, right, Marinette? You love animals" Said Alya. "Uh, yeah. I, uh, I'm really into zoonimals. I mean, uh, anizools. I mean zoonimoos" Said Marinette. "Cool. Say, after school, four o'clock?" Asked Adrien.

Adrian and Hope look at Nino

"Nino, four o'clock sound good?" Asked Hope.

Nino nods nervously

"Cool, four o'clock then" Said Hope. "Four!" Declared Marinette. "Yes. Number between 3 and 5" Said Hope.

Marinette nods before Adrian pulls Nino and walks away

"Four o'clock. Yeah..." Said Marinette, lovestruck. "Uh, Earth to Marinette? You do realize the guy you're completely crazy about has just asked you out, right?" Asked Alya. "Yeah... Huh, wait, what?! No, not like this! Not here, not today! I haven't washed my hair! I'm not wearing my lucky socks! Fine! Help me, Alya! I can't do this alone!" Declared Marinette, as she holds onto Alya, while the latter pats her head. "Yeah, I guess I've got nothing to do so I'll help out as well" Said Hope.

Sometime Later, at the Seine riverbank. Nino and Adrien are sitting on a bench.

"How did you do that, dude?" Asked Nino. "Like I said. Just be yourself" Said Adrien. "Right, sure. If I could be yourself. Myself don't work that way" Said Nino.

Adrien sips from a can

"You're being ridiculous. Of course you can. And when you're alone with Marinette at the zoo later on" Said Adrien, before he tosses his can in the trash. "Whoa, what do you mean alone with Marinette? Oh no, dude. You're coming with me. You can't leave me alone by myself. Uh-uh" Said Nino. "No prob, Nino. What are friends for?" Asked Adrien.

Adrien and Nino fist-bump again. Later, at The Zoo. Marinette turns on a speaker in her left ear. Alya's voice comes out from the earpiece

"One, two, one, two, testing. D'you read me, girl?" Asked Alya. "I can hear you. But I still don't think I can go through with this" Said Marinette.

View pans to Alya hiding behinds two trees.

"Course you can. Just be yourself!" Declared Alya. "Remember the last time I did that?" Asked Marinette.

Flashback to the school's locker rooms.

"Just be yourself, Marinette" Said Alya.

Determined, Marinette walks away and opens a door to a room. She sees Adrien washing his hands. Happy to see him, she stands besides the door. But a boy scares her, making her realize that she's accidentally walked into the boys' bathroom.

"Hey! What're you doing in here? Get out!" Declared a Boy.

Adrien and Kim are surprised to see Marinette as she leaps out the room, closing the door. Someone throws a roll of toilet paper at the door

"Get out! Boys' room!" Declared a Boy.

Kim and Adrien stand there, confused. Flashback ends

"Fine, just be yourself and look where you're going" Said Alya. "Oh, where are you, love of my life?" Asked Marinette. "Right here, my love" Said Hope, as he takes a seat across from Marinette and hands her a lemonade. "Close, but no cigar. Thanks for the lemonade, and being a third wheel" Said Marinette, taking the lemonade. "Hey, anytime. Anytime I get to pay for things is a fun time" Said Hope. "I can't wait. My first date with the love of my life..." Said Marinette. "Well. Maybe not. Besides, Marrinette, how is Adrien supposed to be the love of your life if you can't even talk to him?" Asked Hope. "I'm gonna talk to him, you'll see. I will speak to him!" Declared Marinette, determined. "That's right, girl! Way to be motivated!" Declared Alya. "Naruhodo. You seem to have motivation now. Right as they are arriving behind you" Said Hope, taking a sip from his lemonade. "What!?" Asked Marinette.

Marinette turns around expecting to see Adrien. Turns out it's Max and Kim. Max waves at Marinette and Hope, as Kim raises his arm in salutation

"Hey, Marinette! Hi Hope!" Declared Kim, before Hope waved at him. "Hey, Kim, Max. What are you doing here?" Asked Marinette. "We heard the new panther's here. I wanna see who's get the bigger guns!" Declared Kim, as he strikes a series of muscle poses. "Do you want to come with us?" Asked Max. "Sorry, we are waiting for our friends. Also, don't wanna get in the way of the muscle measuring contest, if they allow that. Tell us tomorrow?" Said Hope. "Certainly!" Declared Kim.

Kim and Max walk away

"Well, it was nice of them to talk to us" Said Hope. "Yeah, I guess so..." Said Marinette. "Is that impatience setting in?" Asked Hope. "Well, they are five minutes late at this point so maybe I am getting a little antsy..." Said Marinette. "Because Adrien's father would prevent him from going out? Yeah, that does make sense" Said Hope.

Marinette looks down, sadly. Hope leans over the table towards Marinette and takes a quick drink from his lemonade.

"Oh, that's unfortunate. I must have gotten the wrong drink" Said Hope. "What do you mean?" Asked Marinette. "I don't think I got lemonade, I think I got clown juice" Said Hope. "What's clown juice?" Asked Marinette.

Hope pulls and pushes on the straw of his drink twice, witch made a squeaking sound like a clown's horn, making Marinette giggle.

"That's clown juice. Now, stay calm. Your date is arriving" Said Hope.

Marinette looks for Adrien, but she only sees Nino. He smiles nervously while waving and walking towards her. Marinette speaks to Alya

"Where's Adrien?" Asked Marinette. "I don't know" Said Alya. "Hope, where is Adrien?" Asked Marinette. "I don't know, but best guesses are home or last minute model thing. Talk to Nino for now" Said Hope, as Nino takes a seat next to Marinette. "Uh, hey, Nino! Uh, isn't Adrien with you?" Asked Marinette.

Nino shrugs nervously. View pans to Adrien is hiding behind the bushes in front of a zoo sign then he pops up from hiding behind the bushes.

"Tell her you'll both be better off without me" Said Adrien.

It turns out Nino and Adrien have an earpiece set-up as well.

"We'll be better off without me" Said Nino. "Huh?" Asked Marinette, confused. "... Well, this is going well" Said Hope.

Plagg pops out of Adrien's hair, and the latter tries to shush him

"Ah, this trip is turning out to be a lot more interesting than I thought. Turn up the volume!" Declared Plagg, making Adrien sighs. "Uh, without him. I mean, we don't need Adrien to hang out at the zoo" Said Nino. "Of course we do, you dumbo!" Declared Alya, over Marinette's Earpiece. "Of course we do, you dumb—oh I mean, wasn't he supposed to come? Don't you wanna wait for him?" Asked Marinette. "Tell her you want to be alone with her" Said Adrien, over Nino's Earpiece. "Not yet!" Wisper-Yelled Nino. "What was that?" Asked Marinette. "You're right. We'll wait" Said Nino. "No! What are you talking about? Don't wait for me. I'm not coming!" Declared Adrien, over Nino's Earpiece.

Nino sits there, still very nervous. Meanwhile, in another part of the Zoo, Otis is feeding a panther.

"Look what Daddy's brought you. Only the finest for my baby" Said Otis. "Whoa! Look at the size of that piece of meat it's eating!" Declared Kim. "Typical diet for a feline species requiring the strength to run at speeds in excess of 60 miles per hour" Said Max. "60 miles per hour? Is that all? I thought panthers were much faster than that. I bet that I could beat it in a race" Said Kim. "Impossible. No human being could compete with my panther" Said Otis. "Is that so? What place did your cat come in at the County Athletics Tournament? I came in first place" Said Kim. "You can't possibly compare yourself to my panther, kiddo" Said Otis. "No need to. I'm obviously the better looking one" Said Kim.

The panther growls at Kim

"Hey, kitty, kitty. How about a little race with me, huh? Last one's a rotten egg!" Declared Kim. "Let's see. With a 6 feet-per-second wind behind you and 45 degrees to the north-east... I don't think you'd be a rotten egg. You'd be lunch" Said Max. "Your friend's right, kiddo. Now please leave. She needs peace and quiet while she eats. You're stressing her out" Said Otis. "Awww, stressed out, are we, Miss Panthie? You're talking about a wild animal, dude" Said Kim.

The panther roars at Kim, and Otis pats him to calm the panther down.

"Leave now! Or I'll have you kicked out of the zoo immediately!" Declared Otis. "Come on, Max. Let's leave that poor widdle kitty alone with its angwy babysitter! Ha ha ha!" Laughed Kim.

Meanwhile, in Hawk Moth's lair, His window opens

"Unleashing the animal in each of us. I like that idea. Go ahead, my little evil akuma, fly off and take control of that zookeeper!" Declared Hawk Moth, as he turns a butterfly into an Akuma and sends it after Otis.

Meanwhile, Marinette, Nino and Hope are sitting at a picnic table waiting for Adrien.

"He's sure taking his time, huh? He's not coming, is he?" Asked Marinette. "Repeat after me. Yes he is, but first I wanted to take this opportunity to..." Said Adrien, from Nino's earpiece. "Yes he is, but first I wanted to take this opportunity to..." Said Nino. "Tell you that I love you, Marinette" Said Adrien. "Tell you that I- Gahhh... I... Love a girl that I don't know how to tell her!" Declared Nino. "This should be interesting" Said Hope. "Hey, what are you doing?" Asked Adrien. "You do? Well, I can help you with that" Said Marinette. "You could?" Asked Nino. "I could be of more help, if I knew where my last one went wrong..." Muttered Hope. "You, giving expert advice on how to tell someone you love them? Can't wait to hear this one!" Declared Alya, from Marinette's Earpeice. "Can't wait to hear this one..." Said Marinette, mockingly. "What?" Asked Nino. "Uhh... Can't wait to hear... about this lucky girl" Said Marinette. "Oh, yeah..." Said Nino. "Tell her it's you!" Declared Adrien. "It's youuu...ur best friend Alya!" Declared Nino. "What?!" Declared Alya, Marinette, Adrien and Hope. "That's not what you..." Said Hope, standing up.

Nino discreetly throws a lemonade into Hope's open mouth, making him blow bubbles into the drink through the straw. Hope then takes the lemonade's straw out of his mouth and sits down.

"Alya? Awesome!" Declared Marinette. "No! No! It's not awesome!" Declared Alya. "I can fix up a date for you guys!" Declared Marinette, through the earpiece. "Say what?! Seriously?! You didn't even ask me first! Uh-uh! Nino's like... a brother to me! Bleugh! No! End of discussion!" Declared Alya. "He's gonna be so sad if you don't" Said Marinette. "Did you say something?" Asked Nino. "I said... It'd be so sad if you didn't tell her!" Declared Marinette. "Grrr! I can't believe you put me on a date with Nino!" Declared Alya.

Hope attempts to take a sip from the lemonade thrown at him, but it fizzes up and sprays him along his nose. Meanwhile, The akuma flies in and infects Otis' bracelet.

"Animan, I am Hawk Moth. I offer you the power to seek revenge, for a small price" Said Hawk Moth. "Yes, Hawk Moth" Said Otis, before he turns into a panther.

Meanwhile, while Max is listening to him, Kim harasses another animal before Animan approaches the pair with a group of animals

"Hey, kiddo. Still up for a little race? Go ahead, I'll give you a head start" Said Animan.

Kim and Max start running away. A panther attempts to chase them, but Animan stops them

"He's mine" Said Animan.

Meanwhile, with the date, Alya continues to yell at Marinette through her earpiece.

"This whole date thing with Nino is not happening! Ugh!" Declared Alya. "I think this has throughly been something that I have wasted time on..." Said Hope. "He's coming!" Declared Kim, running around a corner. "Get outta here!" Declared Max, following Kim.

Marinette, Hope and Nino see Animan with the animals, chasing after Kim.

"... Huh. I spoke too soon" Said Hope. "We better ditch this place!" Declared Nino, running away. "Calm down, it's just a... zoo..." Said Hope, now alone.

Marinette runs and hide and Adrien also sees Animan and the zoo animals then he hides behind the bushes

"Why didn't you listen to Alya, Marinette?" Asked Tikki. "I couldn't help it! I didn't want Nino to be sad" Said Marinette. "We'll deal with that later. Now it's time to transform!Tikki, spots on! Ha!" Declared Marinette. "We've gotta do something. Plagg, claws out!" Declared Adrien. "Time to put these animals back in their cages. Henshin" Said Hope.

Marinette transforms into Ladybug, as Adrien transforms into Cat Noir and Hope transforms into Kamen Rider Saber Brave Dragon.

Kim runs away from Animan, but he reaches him and jumps on top of him, pinning him to the ground.

"You lost, kiddo. What do you think of panthers now?" Asked Animan. "That... panthers are the best?" Asked Kim. "And what do you think about ladybugs?" Asked Ladybug, as she arrived. "And another black cat?" Asked Cat Noir, also arriving. "And maybe a dragon too!" Declared Hope, arriving. "I think I'm higher on the food chain" Said Animan, turning away from Kim to face the heroes. "Animan, take their jewels! Their Miraculouses! Bring them to me!" Shouted Hawk Moth. "If you value your life, get out of here! Now!" Declared Hope, to Kim.

Kim runs away. Animan chases him, but Ladybug stops him with her Yo-Yo, tying him up.

"Well, that felt a little easy" Said Hope. "Cat Noir, his bracelet. The akuma must be inside the charm!" Declared Ladybug. "You hold him, I grab the bracelet" Said Cat Noir, as he approached Animan. "And I shall stand around and look pretty" Said Hope. "Well, we should switch jobs once in a while" Said Cat Noir.

Cat Noir reaches out to take the bracelet from Animan, when a Tiger's mouth and nose moved into frame, snarling, causing Cat Noir to jump back to Ladybug and Hope. A group of zoo animals approached Animan.

"Attack!" Declared Animan.

Ladybug and Cat Noir run one way, as Hope attracts the attention of some animals and get them to follow him another way

"We need to put them all back in their cages!" Declared Cat Noir. "Oh, really? I'm sure they'll do it without putting up a fight!" Declared Ladybug.

Ladybug and Cat Noir see Alya and Nino running from the gorilla and the superheroes jump over them

"I think we'd better split up!" Declared Ladybug. "Sounds good" Said Cat Noir.

Ladybug goes to the direction where Nino and Alya ran from the gorilla and she grabs Nino and Alya by the back of their clothing

"Hey!" Shouted Nino and Alya. "What the...?" Asked Nino. "

Ladybug takes Nino and Alya to the empty gorilla habitat and locks the cage

"Stay here and you'll be safe" Said Ladybug, before she left. "Uhh... Hey, what's up?" Asked Nino, looking at Alya.

Alya lets out a disgusted groan. Meanwhile, Cat Noir runs away from the animals and goes up a tree.

"There are too many of them! We can't capture them all" Said Ladybug. "Well, what are we gonna do then?" Asked Cat Noir.

A tiger goes flying through the air and hits the animals at the bottom of the tree, knocking those animals over, as Hope walks over to the tree.

"Tigers. I've fought zombies, an undying evil organization, Fal'Cie, cults, gods, sprits, terrorists, armies and honest warmongers, but fighting a pair of tigers really makes me feel like I'm cool. So, any ideas on how to stop the other rampaging animals? I can try animal calls" Said Hope. "Back to Plan A. If we can destroy his bracelet, I can capture the akuma. Everything will go back to normal!" Declared Ladybug. "Sounds like a good idea!" Declared Cat Noir. "Well, he should still be tied up" Said Hope

The knocked over animals get up and run away from the zoo. Ladybug, Hope and Cat Noir return to where they first met Animan and sees that Animan had escaped.

"But... it's never been broken before!" Declared Ladybug. "He didn't actually break it" Said Cat Noir, as he squats down and he gives the yo-yo back to Ladybug. "Then how did he get away?" Asked Ladybug. "Hmmmmm... Maybe he isn't just a panther" Said Hope. "What do you mean?" Asked Cat Noir. "I don't know yet. We should try to watch Animan for now. We better find that boy he was chasing. Don't want him getting hurt" Said Hope.

Ladybug extends her yo-yo and grabs Hope around the waist as Cat Noir spins his staff and they leave the zoo then they retracts their respective tools once they land on a rooftop.

"Over there!" Shouted Cat Noir.

On a nearby bridge, Animan is approaching Kim

"It's down to just the two of us, Kiddo. And then there was one" Said Animan, as Kim trips and falls over.

Animan is about to attack Kim, but Hope stops him with a line of fire between him and Kim, before Ladybug and Cat Noir land behind him. Cat Noir attends to Kim.

"You're not getting away this time!" Declared Ladybug. "Quick, go and hide in the first building you come to" Said Cat Noir, as he places a tracker on Kim's back before Kim runs off. "You'll never get me!" Declared Animan, as he transforms into an eagle and flies away. "Now we know how we got away earlier" Said Cat Noir. "He can transform into other animals. I guess he's not just a man in a panther's body, but a man in an... dark energy mass that can turn into animals..." Said Hope. "I guess this is more normal then say, a killer chef with food based weapons or an Anti-Cupid" Said Cat Noir. "Anti-Cupid? When did that happen?" Asked Hope, confused. "You were out of Paris at the time. Where's Kim?" Asked Ladybug.

Cat Noir shows Ladybug a screen on his staff that is tracking Kim's location

"Good job, kitty" Said Ladybug, as she scratches Cat Noir's chin.

Meanwhile, Kim runs inside the Dupain-Chang bakery.

"Help! Rescue me! Please!" Shouted Kim. "It's okay, son. Come this way. Easy" Said Sabine. "He's safe inside this building. Panthers can't open doors, so it won't get inside" Said Cat Noir, as he, Ladybug and Hope watch on from Cat Noir's staff screen. "Panthers can't, but what if he morphs into a smaller animal? Like a mouse, or..." Said Ladybug. "I don't think that bakery has any gaps big enough for a mouse to get through. Even better, I'm near certain that the floor is solid concrete so he can't turn into a termite and eat through" Said Hope. "And we have an advantage over him. We know exactly where to find his prey" Said Cat Noir. "Animan will sniff him out sooner or later, but it does buy us a bit of time to plan our next move" Said Ladybug.

A man is seen fixing his car. A bear rubs its back against the car and the man runs away.

"We have to stop Animan before Paris turns into a Jungle" Said Cat Noir. "Any more of a jungle anyway" Said Hope "Follow me" Said Ladybug.

They enter the bakery, and find Sabine, Tom and Kim.

"Hi, mo...am" Said Marinette. "Oh, you're... you're, you're Ladybug!" Declared Sabine. "Yeah, exactly" Said Ladybug. "Also here is us. Hope and Cat Noir. We also do things. Hi" Said Hope.

Upstairs, in the living room, The TVi Newsflash is on the air and Ladybug, Cat Noir, Sabine, Tom and Kim are watching.

"We interrupt this broadcast with a special report. Animals are invading Paris. The police work harder trying to contain the situation. For your safety, stay in your home and remain calm. Mayor Bourgeois will address the..." Said Nadja, before Sabine turns off the TV, and Hope walks out of another room. "Well, it appears that Emily is currently preoccupied with a fitting that she can't slip out of" Said Hope. "She can teleport like you, can't she?" Asked Cat Noir. "No, I mean she was trying on a new suit jacket, but it was too tight around her arms and now she can't take it off and is stuck basically crucified. Some people left to go get stuff to solve the issue but it appears that a... silverback gorilla from the zoo is body blocking the door to her makeup and clothes van" Said Hope. "Can't she just rip her way out of the jacket?" Asked Kim. "She can, but then she's gonna owe Gabriel Agreste some money witch shouldn't mean much when you have a lot of it, but it just feels weird owing someone. Also, our friend Bill will have to take care of it" Said Hope. "Who's Bill?" Asked Ladybug. "Bill's Bill. Hey Kim, we need to borrow that wristband" Said Hope. "Sure" Said Kim, as he gives Hope his wristband. "Thank you. Stay up here with the Dupain-Changs. Yell really loudly in case an animal with a bracelet attacks" Said Hope.

Cat Noir looks at a family photo of Marinette and her parents

"Come on, Cat Noir. Make sure you lock all the doors and windows as well. Also in case of animal attacks" Said Hope. "We'll take care of the rest. You won't be in danger" Said Cat Noir. "Thanks Da... I mean, sir, for all your help" Said Ladybug. "You're welcome, Ladybug" Said Tom.

Ladybug, Hope and Cat Noir go downstairs. Hope puts Kim's wristband on the railing

"And voila" Said Hope.

Some time later, Cat Noir looks outside the front window and sees the animals are rampaging. Ladybug and Hope sprays an air freshener on him.

"Whoa! What's that stuff?" Asked Cat Noir. "Air freshener! It'll cover up our scent so he can't smell us" Said Ladybug. "Thanks. I've always wanted to smell like... Ocean summer breeze? " Asked Cat Noir, as he sniffs himself. "... Shouldn't we save this and spray it in his nose?" Asked Hope. "Don't you have the ability to take his ability to smell?" Asked Ladybug. "I have something like that, but what's that going to do if we see him face to face?" Asked Hope. "Couldn't we capture him inside something like this?" Asked Cat Noir, holding up a small box. "Only until he transforms into something bigger" Said Ladybug. "Would that make a big enough cage?" Asked Hope, pointing to a bus outside. "Definitely. But how could we get him inside there?... He's coming" Said Cat Noir, as he hears Animan flying around.

Animan is flying through the air in his Eagle form. He senses the smell and goes directly to the Bakery, while Ladybug, Cat Noir and Hope hide behind the door.

"It's working. He's sniffing out Kim!" Declared Ladybug.

Cat Noir sniffs Ladybug and he gasps before giggling. She and Hope are unamused

"Creepy" Said Hope. "Follow me" Said Ladybug.

Animan goes directly to the back door of the bakery, and turns into a Ladybug to enter the keyhole. Ladybug traps him in the box before Hope and Cat Noir enter the stairwell.

"A Ladybug? Smart choice" Said Ladybug. "Well, not as good as the hero Ladybug anyway" Said Hope.

Animan turns into a panther and breaks out of the box, before chasing Ladybug, Cat Noir and Hope, who transforms back into Kamen Rider Saber Brave Dragon, out of the bakery.

"Couldn't he choose a slower-moving animal?!" Asked Cat Noir. "Like what!? A giraffe?" Asked Hope.

Ladybug, Cat Noir and Hope enter the bus to hide on opposite sides of the bus. Animan is looking for them and they nod at each other. Ladybug, Cat Noir and Hope then drop down and surprise him.

"Where's the button for the doors? Of course nothing works! No keys!" Declared Ladybug, as she presses all the buttons to no avail.

Animan morphs into a bear and knocks Cat Noir down

"Take his Miraculous... The ring! The ring!" Declared Hawk Moth.

Hope slashes at Animan and pushes him back, as Cat Noir stands up. Cat Noir then throws his staff at Animan who dodges it by turning into a ladybug, before turning into a panther and taking some deep breaths.

"All these transformations seem to be tiring him out" Said Ladybug. "Then just let him wear himself out. It'll make it easier to capture his akuma. Cataclysm!" Declared Cat Noir.

Cat Noir uses his Cataclysm to make all the buttons work. Ladybug, Hope and Cat Noir escape the bus, but Animan is trapped inside it.

"It's not exactly a cage, but... it'll do" Said Ladybug, as Animan morphs into a bear and attempts to get out of the bus. "I don't think he can bear to stay in the bus" Said Cat Noir. "You around is too much to bear. Now we wait" Said Ladybug. "We should see if we can find any chairs" Said Hope.

In his efforts to escape, Animan morphs into a ladybug, then into a gorilla and then finally, a panther before he stopped trying to get out due to being too tired.

"Ready to free the akuma?" Asked Cat Noir. "Seems like as good a time as ever" Said Ladybug. "Me and the Cat will be on standby incase he tries something" Said Hope.

Animan morphs into a dinosaur and destroys the bus.

"Hey! Since when do extinct animals count?" Asked Cat Noir. "Fossils of the Tyrannosaurus Rex still exist. Parts of the world even have whole skeletons hanging around on display. You could get a sample of DNA from one of those and grow your own if you understand some very advanced science" Said Hope. "Basically, the T-Rex might have disappeared a long time ago, but technically it's.. still an animal" Said Ladybug.

The Animan T-Rex roars

"Well, I know some other animals that will soon be extinct... The cat, ladybug and dragon!" Declared Cat Noir

Ladybug, Cat Noir and Hope escape being bitten by Animan, and hide behind a nearby car

"Well, I don't think we are going to want to be near the front end of the T-Rex again" Said Hope. "Maybe we can do something about it. Lucky Charm! Huh? A car jack?" Asked Ladybug, as she throws the Yo-yo into the air and a car jack appears. "Too bad Animan doesn't have any flat tires" Said Cat Noir. "No, that's a different thing entirely" Said Hope. "Look how small his front arms are" Said Ladybug. "So it won't be great at basketball. What are you getting at?" Asked Cat Noir. "If two of us run around him in different directions, he'll have to focus on one of us" Said Hope. "That's a great idea! Cat Noir, you climb on top of him where he can't swipe at you, and while you're distracting him, me and Hope will floor him!" Declared Ladybug. "Sounds like a good plan. I can be very distracting" Said Cat Noir.

Animan finds them and chases them. Cat Noir stands on top of him. Ladybug ties her Yo-Yo to the Kaenken Rekka, and Hope throws it between Animan's legs before he and Ladybug run around Animan in opposite directions and in a circle. Animan follows Hope with his head, readjusting his position every once in a while, tying his legs up in the string. Eventually, Animan falls over and notice that his legs have been tied up.

"Gotcha!" Declared Hope. "Well, that's weird, we didn't have to use this. What does it mean?" Asked Ladybug. "Maybe we were supposed to trip it with the jack? I have no idea" Said Hope. "Well, I guess that only means we rock as a team" Said Cat Noir.

Cat Noir goes over to retrieve the bracelet and narrowly avoids being bitten in half by Animan's massive teeth thanks to the intervention of Ladybug before Animan roars.

"Cat Noir, wait! I know what to do" Said Ladybug, as she runs right at Animan's open mouth. "Ladybug!" Shouted Cat Noir. "Enjoy your meal!" Declared Ladybug, before Ladybug jumps into Animan's awaiting jaws and gets eaten up. "No! You're so gonna pay for this!" Declared Cat Noir, ready to fight Animan. "No, wait. Watch closely" Said Hope.

Ladybug opens Animan's mouth with the car jack. Ladybug picks up his bracelet and breaks its charm. The akuma flies off of it, as Ladybug catches the akuma with her yo-yo and releases the akuma, turning it into a normal butterfly

"No more evildoing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize! Gotcha! Bye bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" Declared Ladybug.

Ladybug throws the Lucky Charm into the air, its energy turns everything back to normal. Animan is turned back into Otis.

"Pound it?" Asked Ladybug, before Cat Noir hugs her. "Ladybug! That was a wild ride. Whoops! Better take my whiskers and run!" Declared Cat Noir, before he left. "See you next time, Cat Noir" Said Ladybug. "Guess I'll be seeing you again at a later date" Said Hope, before he left. "Oh! What happened to me?" Asked Otis. "Everything's okay. But you should get back to the zoo and check on your animals" Said Ladybug. "You ruined everything, Ladybug. This is not how it was supposed to end! But I promise you, one day it will be me at the top of the food chain! And you'll be nothing!" Declared Hawk Moth.

Some time later, at the Dupain-Chang Bakery. Ladybug transforms back into Marinette, exhausted, when suddenly, Her phone rings

"Oh no! I forgot all about Alya! She's gonna be so mad at me!" Declared Marinette. "And imagine if she knew you're the Ladybug who shut her up in a cage with Nino!" Declared Tikki. "Yeah, and she'd actually kill me. Guess I'll take mad, huh" Said Marinette.

Marinette answers the phone and begins talking to Alya while walking through her house.

"Listen Alya, I'm sorry about earlier. I should have never told Nino I set up a date with you. I just wasn't thinking. But I'll explain everything to him, so don't worry. Promise. Do you forgive me?" Asked Marinette.

Marinette arrives at the front of her house and sees Alya. Both laugh. Nino comes out of the bakery with cookies from the bakery and gives one to Alya

"Thanks, Nino" Said Alya. "Do you want one, Marinette?" Asked Nino. "Uhh...What's he doing here?" Asked Marinette. "Ladybug locked us up together in the same cage all afternoon" Said Alya. "It turns out we have lots in common. You know, Marinette, the girl I've got a crush on?" Asked Nino. "Oh, yeah!" Declared Marinette. "Actually, it was you" Said Nino. "Huh?" Asked Marinette. "Or that's what I thought. But after chilling with Alya that whole time..." Said Nino. "Yeah, well... we don't have to give her all the deets, do we?" Asked Alya. "Oh, yeah, my bad" Said Nino. "The funniest part of it was that Nino was being totally coached by Adrien at the zoo!" Declared Alya. "Adrien was there!?" Asked Marinette. "Yup! Lol, huh?" Asked Alya. "Alya tells me you've been crushing on some dude" Said Nino. "Huh?!" Asked Marinette. "He doesn't know who it is! Pinky swear! Cause... cause I don't go and make decisions for other people!" Declared Alya. "But if you want, I could totally make it happen! That is, if I knew the dude!" Declared Nino, as Alya steps on his foot. "Nino!" Shouted Alya. "Fine. Pretend I never said anything. But if I...can help" Said Nino. "Nino!" Shouted Alya.