Scene: Interior, Marinette's room. Inside the Miracle Box, Ziggy, Sass, and Barkk look terrified.
"What's happening?" Ziggy asked in fear to what's happening along with the other kwamis.
"Oh just the big bad Manon Chamack!" Angel teased her audience in which the humans gave unamused glares in response while the kwamis who already know about Manon explained about her to the other kwamis.
Ziggy: (scared) Oh... she's coming closer! (Manon, who is causing the rumbling inside the Miracle Box, attempts to open it. Meanwhile, Marinette organizes the scattered toys around her room. She then sees Manon forcefully pulling the Miracle Box open.)
Marinette: Manon! (chuckles nervously) How about we do some drawing? You like drawing, right? (opens her drawer that is full of her doodles of Adrien) AHH! Let's play hide-and-seek instead! (lifts Manon to her other side) ...Okay?
Manon: YEAAAH! (Xuppu and Kaalki shake their heads 'no' from behind a beam.)
Marinette: (panics) Oh! Wait! I...know, I know! Uh, beads! We'll make some beaded necklaces! (She drops the jewelry box and the beads scatter on the floor. Ella and Etta arrive inside Marinette's room.)
Manon: Yeah! Ella! Etta!
Ella and Etta: Manon! (Alya follows the twins from behind. She finds Marinette already babysitting Manon.)
Alya: Shoot! You didn't tell me you're already babysitting Manon. I'll go cancel my date with Nino at the movies.
Marinette: Oh, no, don't! Uhh... the more, the... more pretty necklaces we can make!
Alya: (worried) Are you sure?
Marinette: (puts the jewelry box back on her table) Come on, just go enjoy your movie!
"UGH!" Everyone in the audience (including Marinette herself) facepalm in reaction to more of her pushover behavior on-screen.
Alya: Okay! Buzz me if you need me! (She closes the trapdoor. Back with the kids, Manon, Ella and Etta run to the other side of the room with the storage box containing the Miracle Box. Marinette runs to them in panic and trips on her chaise lounge as they continue to shake it recklessly. The kwamis inside the Miracle Box are joggled around as they keep on shaking it. Marinette then grabs the box away from them.)
"I'm already getting dizzy and sick just from looking at us like this!" Barkk noted along with the other kwamis about themselves being shaken in the Miracle Box on-screen.
Marinette: Not the sewing box! (Manon, Ella and Etta stare blankly and abruptly at Marinette as they shift their eyes to one another, planning a mischievous plan: tickling Marinette. Marinette laughs) Don't! Stop, that's not fair! (As the kids keep on tickling her, Nino and Chris arrive in Marinette's room.)
Nino: (peeking from the trapdoor) Oh. You didn't tell me you're already babysitting Manon and the twins.
Marinette: Ah! One more kid won't make any difference. (places the box beside her) Go to the movies with your girlfriend.
"FOUR KIDS AT ONCE?!" Marinette loudly asked, horrified at what she just agreed to do for her friends on-screen.
"Whatever happened to just saying no, girl?!" Alya asked, who's just annoyed by her best friend's pushover behavior as well as everyone else.
"They're just four little kids. How bad can it be?" Kim asked, as simple-minded as he can be, much to everyone else's annoyance (especially those with younger siblings).
"OK, Kim. How about next time, you babysit those kids?!" Alya retorted back in a sassy manner in which Kim suddenly gulped at the thought much to everyone else's amusement.
Nino: Wow! Thank you, Marinette! You really are the best! (He closes the trapdoor. As Nino leaves the room, Marinette looks at the kids who are already rashly playing with the kwamis.)
Marinette: No! Not the kw— (covers her mouth) kwa-shies!
Ella: Kwa-shies? Did you make them yourself?
Marinette: Oh! Yes! They're my most recent sewing project. But it's a secret project, so you gotta put them back in the drawer—
Ella: (throws Kaalki in the air) I'm gonna call this one Sock!
Etta: (catches Kaalki and throws her again) Fly, Sock, fly!
"My name's not Sock, you uncivilized bunch of savages!" Kaalki shouted out to the Cesaire twins on-screen.
"Hey! Those are my sisters you're talking about!" Alya said, defending her sisters on-screen while pointing at Kaalki.
"Am I wrong?!" Kaalki retorted back in her defense in which Alya said nothing with a frown while she crossed her arms.
Ella: Throw it to me! (Manon and Chris are tugging Fluff by the ears.)
Manon: I saw the bunny first!
Chris: No, I did! No, me!
Manon: No, me!
"Consider yourself lucky, Kaalki! They're pulling my poor bunny ears!" Fluff said, cringing in thought to the pain she must feel being pulled by Manon and Chris on-screen.
"Do small children usually play this roughly with toys?" Longg asked curiously as well as the other kwamis.
"Pretty much," The humans in the audience deadpanned, making the kwamis cringe and gulp in fear.
"So, you kwamis better stay in the Miracle Box whenever I babysit," Marinette suggested in which the kwamis quickly nodded in agreement.
Marinette: Oh! A movie! How about we all watch a fun movie together instead?
Manon, Chris, Ella and Etta: (drop the kwamis on the floor) YAY! (the four of them sit on the floor in front of the monitor in unison) Ladybug and Cat Noir! (Marinette groans in annoyance.)
Manon: Don't you like it?
Marinette: Yes! I do! I love it so much that I've seen it maybe one too many times. (She opens her computer and plays the movie. Seeing the kids finally settle, she plops on her chair and sighs in relief just right before her phone begins to ring. She brings out her phone and sees Adrien calling her.) Adrien? Woohoo! Adrien! Oh, Adrien! Adrien!
"And lived it one too many times. Can't they make other movies anymore?!" Marinette asked in exasperated reaction to the Ladybug and Cat Noir movie.
"I wonder what Blondie here wants with you," Alya teased her best friend as soon as Adrien was calling Marinette on-screen with everyone else snickering (except the blue-haired girl who frowned).
Manon: Aren't you gonna answer it?
Marinette: Of course, I am! I'm answering, and speaking to him! Very normally. (press the button from her phone and call) Adri-mine? Uh! Adrien, how are you? You need me to do you a... favor?
Adrien: (from the Eiffel Tower, calling Marinette) There's no one here on the set to repair it. And since I know how talented you are with sewing, I was hoping you could come and give me a hand.
Marinette: In marriage? I'd love to! I didn't mean that first part or the second part. I mean, I'd love to help you, not marry you. Heh-heh! (hangs up the call) Operation Adrien's Rescue is a go. I'm jumping directly from level 2, "talking to him", to level 48, "doing Adrien a favor"! And once I've helped him out, since he's so nice, polite, and grateful... He'll ask me: (She says as Adrien) How can I ever thank you, Marinette? (She says as herself) Well, Adrien, I'd love it if you'd go to the movies with me to see "The Umbrellas of Deauville"! (She says as Adrien) How amazing, Marinette! That's my favorite film! (She goes back to talking to herself) So, then, we'll go to the 3:17PM screening, because there's an 89.5% chance we'll pass André, the ice cream man, on the way. We'll share a sweet hearts ice cream cone, which will make us miss the beginning of the movie, and -
Manon: (interrupts) Wouldn't it be more simple to just give him your drawing? (Manon holds up Marinette's doodle of Adrien.)
"You forgot you have an audience right there," Angel said as she laughed hard at Marinette along with everyone else about her plan on-screen. Meanwhile, Marinette facepalmed with both hands and sank to her seat in embarrassment.
"It would be much simpler to just show me that love drawing of me," Adrien teased his girlfriend as he laughed until Marinette punched him in the arm. "Ow!"
Marinette: Huh! No, no! Telling a boy you like him is way more complicated than a drawing. (Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris grab their backpacks which show Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Rena Rouge on them.)
Manon: It's gonna be so cool to see you do it!
Marinette: W-Wait a second. Sorry! (puts their backpacks back and pushes Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris) You're not gonna see anything. You're gonna be good, and stay… (Wayzz appears behind her computer and replies 'no'.) ...Ha-ha, not here at all! You guys are gonna go... (pushes them again and stops) Oh… (Marinette changes her mind and thinks about her mom and dad leaving.)
Tom: We're off to the Chocolate Convention. See you tonight, sweetheart.
Marinette: Oh… (Marinette then thinks about her grandmother.)
Gina: I'm learning kung-fu in China, sweetie. Remember? Oh! And I met a little girl who reminds me so much of you.
"I'm gonna ask my grandfather to babysit those kids, aren't I?" Marinette asked with a groan, having a good idea on where this is going and Angel nodded in confirmation much to everyone else's amusement.
Marinette: Nope… (Finally, she thinks about her grandfather.)
Rolland: Why would I want to go out? I like it just fine here at home!
Marinette: (smiles) That's perfect!
"UGH!" Everyone in the audience (including Marinette herself) groaned in both annoyance and amusement.
Scene: Rolland Dupain's house.
Rolland: No, no, no, and no again! Babysitting is too complicated! I got Brioche loaves to bake and-
Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris: YAY! (they rush inside Rolland's house. Marinette chuckles and walks inside.) Wow! (picks up a vinyl) Wow! What's this frisbee made of?
Marinette: No, it's fragile!
Chris: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Marinette: Chris, no! STOP! Give me that!
Rolland: First, a game of darts, then I'll show you kids how to make a potato cannon!
Ella and Etta: YEAH!
Marinette: NO! (chuckles) Forget the potato cannon and the darts. Too dangerous. Just keep it simple, Grandpa! Let them watch a cartoon!
Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris: YEAH! (Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris rush to the couch in excitement.)
Rolland: You call that "simple"? What are all these buttons anyway, and where do you put the video cassette?!
"OK, my old man really needs to catch up," Tom said as he groaned in embarrassment towards his father on-screen as everyone else laughed at the old man's naivete towards modern technology.
Marinette: This is a laptop computer, and this is the keyboard. You don't need a cassette. The film is already on the hard drive.
Rolland: Now you want me to drive somewhere to get the film? But that's not how it's done!
The audience laughed hard at the silly question the old man just asked.
Marinette: Don't worry, Grandpa. You don't have to drive anywhere! The kids know how to use it. (Rolland notices Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris smiling at him as Marinette kisses Rolland on the cheek.) I'll be back as soon as I can. Thank you, Grandpa! Be quiet, kids! Goodbye! (closes the door)
Rolland: Hmm… (Outside, Marinette leaves Rolland's house and holds the gate shut.)
Marinette: And now, let's go save Adrien! (rushes off. Inside, Rolland puts both of the bread in the oven and hears Cat Noir, offscreen and on the laptop.)
Cat Noir: Cataclysm! (Rolland shuts the oven door and walks over to Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris watching "Ladybug PV" on the laptop.)
Rolland: Hang on. I don't get it. The villain is that cat girl?
Etta: (giggles) Of course not! He's a boy!
Chris: And, and Cat Noir's a good guy!
Rolland: Since when do good guys break everything?
Manon: He's not breaking stuff! He's doing the Cataclysm thing to help Ladybug win!
Rolland: Oh, okay. So, this Mime guy, he's the bad guy?
Ella: No! Hawk Moth is the bad guy. He waits until the Mime gets really mad so he can akumatize him. And then he makes him think Ladybug and Cat Noir are the bad guys!
"OK, how can that old dude not get it?! I mean, wasn't he akumatized before?!" Nino asked in exasperation towards Marinette's grandfather as well as everyone else.
Rolland: Argh! In my day, telling good guys from bad guys was much simpler! They would just fight each other and whoever was the strongest one wins!
Manon: Oh, but Ladybug never hits anybody, 'cause she has her Lucky Charm!
Rolland: Oh, what was this thingalucky now?
Chris: It's a thing she uses with other stuff to catch the akuma!
Etta: And then she wins!
Rolland: Stop, stop. This is way too complicated! Let's just watch my VHS copy of the '98 World Cup finals. At least that's something simple! (Rolland turns off the laptop with his VHS copy, and Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris are saddened.)
Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris: NOOOOOOOOOO!
"You three really gotta give this guy a crash course on the 21st century!" Alix pointed out in exasperation to the Dupain-Cheng family and everyone else murmured loudly in agreement, just as exasperated.
Scene: Eiffel Tower. Marinette puts his wings on Adrien's back.
Marinette: Perfect!
Adrien: I'm so glad I thought to call you, Marinette. How can I ever thank you? (Marinette dreams, flies dreamily and smiles.)
Marinette: How would you like to be 89.5% late for a movie?
Adrien: Hmm?
Marinette: I meant to sing under the umbrellas of ice cream! AAAH! I'm so pleased to have helped you that you're thanking me, and now I can't thank you enough for thanking me. Uh, no! What I meant to say was-
Adrien: Marinette, you don't need to thank me. I'm the one thanking you! I have to go now. See you later! (leaves)
Marinette: Uh, well, uh, thanks for saying thanks. (changes her confession) UGGH! I messed it all up, as usual!
Tikki: Don't you think you might've made it more complicated than it needed to be?
Marinette: You're right, Tikki. I need a second chance. (Marinette gasps and sees a fishing rod a person was holding.)
Marinette: I know! (runs faster) I'll just have to break the wing again! I'll set up a fishing rod and drop a hook to rip it! That way, Adrien will have to call me, so I'll come repair his wing again, and he'll say thank you again, and-
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!" Marinette shouted, ashamed of herself on-screen with everyone else laughing hard in reaction to her outburst.
Tikki: (interrupts) But that's even more complicated!
Marinette: Love is always complicated, Tikki. (Marinette's phone rings as she calls Rolland on the phone.)
Rolland: MARINETTE, I'M COMPLETELY LOST!
Marinette: That's great news, Grandpa, but I can't talk right now. I have to borrow a fishing rod! Have fun! I'll be back soon!
Scene: Seine. Marinette stops running and almost trips over and stands nervously.
Marinette: Hey! Nice fishing rod!
Unnamed person with a fishing rod: Uh... You think?
Scene: Rolland's house.
Rolland: MARINETTE!? (Manon is getting chased by Etta, Ella is jumping on the couch, and Chris starts tickling Ella.) What is wrong with the world these days?! Why has everything become so complicated?! Waaaah!
"Man, the old guy is one ugly crier," Kim said in response to his friend's grandfather's sobbing in which everyone else gave cringed faces in agreement.
Scene: Shadow Moth's lair. Shadow Moth's window opens.
Shadow Moth: Ah! The overwhelming confusion of a grandfather faced with the complexities of our modern world. How difficult it is to adapt, especially when one is trapped in the past! (turns a butterfly into an akuma) Fly away, my little akuma, and help him simplify this all-too-complicated world! (The akuma flies away.)
Scene: Rolland's house. The akuma flies into the chimney and lands in Rolland's spatula.
Shadow Moth: (from his lair) Unravelder, I am Shadow Moth.
Rolland: Unravelder? What kind of complicated name is that?
Shadow Moth: (clears throat) Well, uh... Doctor Obsolete?
Rolland: I'm not a doctor!
Shadow Moth: (groans) How about Simpleman? Will that do?
Rolland: There! Now that's simple!
"Dudes, if I'd known we could actually negotiate supervillain names, I wouldn't let myself be called The Bubbler!" Nino pointed out in exasperation.
"Or Queen Banana!" Chloe pointed out.
"Or Zombizou," Miss Bustier pointed out.
"Or Weredad," Tom pointed out. Soon after, everyone else who had been akumatized thought about their supervillain names and murmured in agreement.
Shadow Moth: Well, then, Simpleman, Ladybug and Cat Noir are also complicating my life. That's why I'm giving you the power to simplify everything.
Rolland: Ah! Now that I understand! (Rolland transforms into Simpleman.)
Manon: Oh, no! Grandpa Rolland!
Chris: You got akumatized because of us? (Simpleman stomps on one foot and greets Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris.)
Simpleman: Don't worry, kids. You're not a problem at all. The problem is the world around you! I'm going to show you how much better life can be when everything is simpler! (cracks his back) Oh! Argh!
Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris: Hmm…
"Yeah, he was a lot more intimidating when he was a bread monster," Marc noted in which everyone else gave deadpan murmurs in agreement.
Shadow Moth: (from his lair) And don't forget the simplest mission of all. Bring me back Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous.
Simpleman: Piece of cake! One blow from this baker's peel, and EVERYONE WILL BE HIT, SUPERHERO OR NOT!
Shadow Moth: No! Wait!
Simpleman: SIMPLIFICATION! (Simpleman uses his power to make everything simpler.)
Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris: Oh, no! (The power makes everything in Paris go worse.)
Shadow Moth: Argh! Foolish villain! You hit me! I'm taking back your power!
Simpleman: Make up your mind already: do you want your Miraculous or not?
Shadow Moth: Hmm... Yes. Go ahead.
Simpleman: You see how simple life can be when nothing is complicated?
"So, everything and everyone's been simplified, including you two," Angel explained as she pointed to the two heroes.
"What does that mean exactly? For us?" Marinette asked curiously as well as everyone as she pointed to herself and Adrien.
"You'll see. In a way, it's gonna be kind of funny," Angel said, pointing to the screen with a chuckle as she thought about it while everyone else just got more confused.
Scene: The Parisian streets. The civilian is driving a car when he sees another car passing by.
Civilian 1: Hm. (Both cars crash into each other.)
Civilian 1: Why didn't you stop instead of driving right into me?
Civilian 2: Turning's too complicated! All you had to do was back up!
Civilian 1: Backing up is even more complicated! I'd rather just go straight, it's simpler!
Roger: (gets off of the car) Since you're not letting me through, I'm prohibiting all cars! It'll be simpler this way. Car prohibited! Prohibited! Prohibited! And prohibited again!
Nadja: I, Nadja, the reporter inside the TV, tell you all about the things happening around us. And today, things are going pretty badly, right, Clara?
Clara: (Inside the helicopter.) Yes, I'm Clara, and I'm a reporter in a helicopter! There are many problems in Paris! People are not happy at all, because their cars are immobilized! Cameraman: I can't see anything, the helicopter is going too fast!
Clara: Stop, pilot. We can't see the cars anymore!
Pilot: Uh... stop? Ah, there! There. (The pilot stops the helicopter and gives a thumbs up. All of them scream as the helicopter falls down.)
"So, us people are simple-minded, then? As in low in intelligence?!" Max asked, concerned for everyone affected by Simpleman on-screen along with everyone else in the audience.
"Yeah, pretty much," Angel answered.
"Well, it's pretty simple to tell this is gonna be a disaster," Marinette said in concern in which everyone else murmured in agreement.
Scene: Eiffel Tower. Vincent takes photos of Adrien while Marinette is lowering the fishing rod.
Vincent: Mah, this photo session is too complicated. We just got to take photos of Adrien smiling, it would be more simple. (Adrien starts taking off the rope behind him while Marinette is lowering the fishing rod)
Marinette: Why am I complicating my life with this fishing rod? I'm just gonna tell Adrien that I love him. (Marinette walks to Adrien) Adrien! Adrien! (People from the helicopter scream for help as the helicopter is falling down.) Oh, a falling helicopter! What should I do? Oh, I know! I have to transform!
"No kidding," Marinette groaned and facepalmed as soon as she saw herself simplified on-screen much to everyone else's amusement.
Tikki: Careful, Marinette, it's a secret. You should hide first.
Marinette: Oh, right! But where can I hide? (Marinette starts looking for a place to hide) In the elevator? Behind a metal pillar? It's a very hard choice. (Plane crashes) Whoa! Oh no, it took me way too long to think and now the helicopter's crashed!
"Please tell me they're alright!" Marinette said, very concerned as well as everyone else as she pointed to the people inside the helicopter.
Clara, Cameraman, and pilot: Help! Ladybug, Cat Noir, save us! (Marinette tries to get through a maze and gets behind the pillar)
"WHEW!" Everyone in the audience heavily sighed in relief that the people inside the helicopter on-screen were alright.
Marinette: Come on, Tikki. Spots on! (Marinette transforms into Ladybug and goes to help.)
Vincent: Okay guys, that's enough for today. I got all I need. (People still scream for help)
"Why am I just standing there? Should I be springing into action by now?!" Adrien asked in which Angel responded by pointing to the screen, indicating he should watch further.
Adrien: I'm supposed to smile, but I'm supposed to save people. This is a complicated choice.
"Are you kidding me?!" Adrien asked his on-screen self in exasperation, much to everyone else's amusement.
Plagg: The simplest thing to do would be to stay here and eat cheese! (Plagg gobbles up a Camembert)
Adrien: No, Plagg! The simplest thing is to do as Ladybug does. She's always right, and I love her. So I'll just do what she does! (Adren runs to find a place and transforms) Plagg, claws out! (Cat Noir runs)
Scene: Under the Eiffel Tower. Cat Noir helps Ladybug save the people.
Pilot: Thank you, Cat Noir!
Cameraman: Thanks!
Clara: Thank you Ladybug! (Ladybug and Cat Noir look at each other)
Ladybug: When bad things happen, it's simply the fault of the big bad-
Ladybug and Cat Noir: SHADOW MOTH!
Cat Noir: An akumatized villain is going to want to fight us so they can steal our Miraculous! (Ladybug and Cat Noir groan)
Ladybug: Oh, boy, it's gonna be really complicated.
Cat Noir: Wouldn't it be simpler to fight Shadow Moth directly?
Ladybug: Oh, of course!
Ladybug and Cat Noir: Let's go!
"And, um…how are we going to find him?!" Adrien rhetorically asked in exasperation as he pointed to himself and Marinette.
"Simple: run around the city and call out his name!" Angel teasingly answered with a chuckle in which everyone else gave her looks in disbelief.
"Please tell me we don't end up doing that," Marinette said in exasperation in which Angel shrugged in response, making her audience groan in disbelief.
Scene: Parisian street.
Recycling Man: Everything into the trash, much simpler.
"No! The environment!" Mylene said in concern in reaction to the recycling man putting everything into the trash on-screen.
Ella: Simpleman! I want a Chocolate Pistachio cone! (Simpleman looks at Ella as she points to André the ice cream maker)
Etta: And I want caramel hazelnut and cherry!
André: Oh, sorry, children, it's just vanilla now. Having only one flavor is much more simple!
"Just vanilla ice cream?!" Kim asked in exasperation with everyone else groaning in agreement. "Why can't it be just chocolate ice cream instead?!" Kim added in which everyone else just gave him looks of disbelief.
Simpleman: Now that's much better.
Ella: I liked it better when everything was less simple. (A pizza box falls right in front of them; they all gasp and look up to find more pizza boxes falling on them. Simpleman protects the children by staking the pizza boxes while they scream. Simpleman throws the pizza boxes back at the delivery man)
"Well, there's at least one good thing: Grandpa's protecting those kids instead of hurting them like normal supervillains would do," Marinette noted in which everybody else nodded in agreement as well as sighed in relief.
Simpleman: Hey! What's going on? (A pizza box falls on Simpleman's head)
Pizza Delivery guy: Veggie pizza for everyone! Only one choice of topping, it's much simpler!
"And just veggies on pizza?! Why not meat?!" Kim once asked in exasperation about the "simple" way of life and everyone else shook their heads in disbelief towards him in response.
Simpleman: Meh, that's true!
Manon: Seems kinda dangerous when things are simple. Don't you think?
Chris: Ladybug and Cat Noir will be here soon. Don't worry.
Ladybug: HEY! SHADOW MOTH, WE'RE HERE!
Cat Noir: Come and fight us!
"Oh, look at that. We are actually running around and calling out for Shadow Moth like morons," Adrien deadpanned in exasperation as he pointed to himself and Marinette who groaned in agreement.
Simpleman: You see that, kids? Simplified heroes means easily found Miraculous. Come on! Let's simply pick them up!
Shadow Moth: (from his lair) Ha-ha! And I will stay hidden! That way I will win easily!
"Thank you for that utterly useless note!" Chloe pointed out in which everyone else snickered in agreement.
Ladybug: Hey, Shadow Moth!
Cat Noir: Yoohoo!
Simpleman: Ladybug! Cat Noir! (They both look at Simpleman and jump.) Give me your Miraculous!
Ella and Etta: We're going to see the Lucky Charm for real! This is better than watching the movie!
Ladybug and Cat Noir: No!
Simpleman: (pause) Yes!
Ladybug and Cat Noir: No!
Simpleman: YES! (Ladybug attempts to fight with Simpleman but fails.) Ha-ha-ha! (Cat Noir attempts to fight with Simpleman but fails too.)
"This is so embarrassing!" Marinette gritted her teeth as she facepalmed in embarrassment while everyone else was laughing hard at her and Adrien on-screen due to the comedic fight sequence.
"I know! I can't believe we're getting our butts kicked by an elderly supervillain with a bad back," Adrien said as he also facepalmed in embarrassment while everyone else continued laughing at him and Marinette.
Manon: There's usually more action.
"Yeah! Instead, we're getting slapstick comedy," Alix pointed out in which everyone else chuckled in agreement (except for the two heroes who are blushing, still embarrassed).
Chris: What if the bad guy wins?
Manon: It'll be okay, Chris. Superheroes always win! (Ladybug aims with her yo-yo.)
Ladybug: Fighting is much more simple!
Cat Noir: When nothing's complicated anymore! (Cat Noir tickles Simpleman.)
Simpleman: I haven't simplified you enough! (Simpleman swings his weapon to get rid of Cat Noir. Cat Noir and Ladybug both fall down.) Simplification! (Simpleman uses his powers to simplify Paris even further.)
"How much simpler can we get?!" Ivan asked in curiosity and concern along with everyone else.
"Let's just say you all have been simplified to the point where you all pretty much have the minds of toddlers," Angel explained in which everyone else widened their eyes in shock.
Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris: NO!
Nadja: I'm Na-Na! Cla-Cla no longer here! Paris is all broken! Bug-Bug, Meow-Meow, help!
Parisian 1: Vroom-vroom is too complicated! (People start walking out from their cars)
Parisian 2: I walk home with my feet now! (Officer Roger blows his whistle and makes all civilians go inside his car to get arrested)
Officer Roger: Jail, jail, jail, jail!
Parisian 3: What for?
Officer Rogers: Hm... uh, me upset. Jail.
"This is super weird," Alya said as she widened her eyes in shock as well as everyone else who nodded in agreement after seeing the entire city even more simplified on-screen
Manon: Quick Ladybug! Use your Lucky Charm to fight the villain!
Ladybug: Lucky Charm? (Ladybug summons her Lucky Charm and gets a ball.) Wow! Cool! Hey Simpleman, take this! (Ladybug throws the ball but it bounces and hits Ladybug instead. The ball rolls under a car and Simpleman laughs) Oww! Boo-boo, Lucky Charm! (Cat Noir makes his stick taller but ends up falling down. The kids slap their faces with disappointment)
"And just when you think it can't get any more embarrassing!" Adrien loudly said in exasperation as he facepalmed along with Marinette who groaned in agreement while everyone else started to laugh at them again.
Shadow Moth: (from his lair) Candy! Simpleman! Candy for Miraculous! Everyone loves candy!
Simpleman: Now that's a plan that's simple, efficient and easy to understand! (Simpleman looks around for candy and finds one place while Ladybug gets the ball) Ladybug, Cat Noir? Let's stop fighting and make peace. Give me your Miraculous and in exchange, I'll give you some candy.
Ladybug: Candy, I love candy!
Cat Noir: Everyone loves candy! (They run to Simpleman but the kids stop them.)
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Marinette shouted out in exasperation to what just happened on-screen.
"WE'RE SERIOUSLY GIVING UP OUR MIRACULOUSES FOR CANDY?!" Adrien then shouted out, exasperated as well while everyone else just widened their eyes in complete shock.
Manon: No! Never take candy from a stranger!
Chris: He's doing that to steal your Miraculous!
Ladybug: I'm tired of Miraculous! I don't want them anymore! (starts taking off her earrings)
Cat Noir: Me neither! Superheroes are lame! (starts taking his ring off)
Shadow Moth: (from his lair) Oh, yes! Yes!
"SERIOUSLY?!" The two heroes shouted out in exasperation after seeing themselves on-screen actually about to take off their Miraculouses.
Ella, Etta, Manon, Chris: NOOO! (Chris holds the Lucky Charm ball.)
Chris: You have to win against the bad guy!
Ella: We don't want everyone to see weird like this.
Ladybug: But the bad guy is too bad!
Cat Noir: Look how strong he is!
Simpleman: Ha! That's true! (Simpleman gets a backache.)
"Oh, yeah! He's bad to the bone…which probably broke judging by that crack!" Alix sarcastically joked in which the teens laughed hard in response while the adults just glared at them out of respect for the old man.
Etta: Our sister's always telling us that you're the strongest!
Ella: And that you're smarter than the bad guys!
Ladybug: Lucky Charm is too complicated.
Manon: No, it's very simple! It's like a riddle. For example, you can take the air out of the ball and then use a pipe to attach it to the bicycle pump! And, and then you throw it under the bad guy's stick!
Ladybug: Without air in it?
Etta: Yeah. A-and when the ball's under the stick, you just have to blow it up again!
Ella: And when it gets bigger, it'll make the stick bounce!
Chris: Then Cat Noir can catch it and Cataclysm it!
"OK, I see where they're going with this. But, I don't think we need the ball deflated nor the bicycle pump," Marinette said as soon as she caught on to the plan.
Ladybug: But I don't have a bicycle pump.
Cat Noir: Can I just Cataclysm the bad guy? (Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris groan. Simpleman starts thinking.)
Shadow Moth: (from his lair) Hey! Explaining complicated stuff is cheating!
Simpleman: You get there then. Sorry, but I'm gonna have to simplify you too, kids! SIMPLIFICATION!
Chris: (throws the ball) Ladybug!
Ladybug: (catches the ball and thinks) Make it bounce! (throws it under Simpleman's peel, making it bounce)
Simpleman: HEY!
Manon: Cat Noir! (pointing at the peel)
Cat Noir: Cataclysm! (Cat Noir destroys the peel, therefore releasing the akuma.) It's true, my power is super simple!
"Wow! It really was as simple as that!" Max said in shock towards what just happened that defeated Simpleman on-screen along with everyone else.
"Those kids are a lot smarter than we give them credit for," Marinette said, proud of the four kids on-screen along with everyone else who nodded in agreement while smiling.
Ladybug: And repairing everything is even more simple! (Ladybug captures the akuma) Gotcha! (releases the purified akuma, fluttering away) Bye-bye, little butterfly. The only thing I have to say is…
"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" Everyone in the audience cheered the magic words along with Ladybug and the kids on-screen.
Ladybug and the kids: Miraculous Ladybug! (Ladybug throws the ball up in the sky as the Miraculous Ladybug fixes everything.)
Roger: (after being returned to normal) What are you doing in my car? (Simpleman turns back into Rolland.)
Ladybug and Cat Noir: Pound it! (Manon, Ella, Etta and Chris giggle and hug Ladybug and Cat Noir's legs.)
"Pound it!" The two heroes fist-bumped and kissed in victory.
Manon: Ladybug, Cat Noir! You saved us!
Ladybug: No, kids. You saved us.
Cat Noir: M'lady, to think we were this close to giving away our Miraculous... for candy?
Ladybug: Of all the things we've faced, I never would've thought that such a simple power would be the most dangerous. (Ladybug creates a magical charm and gives it to Rolland.) Mr. Dupain, this magical charm will protect you from Shadow Moth.
Rolland: Oh, is that so? How could this little thing protect me from Shadow-What's-His-Name? The world used to be so simple, I used to understand it! Now I don't understand anything anymore.
Chris: You know, Grandpa Rolland, we don't understand everything either.
Etta: But we are used to it.
Ella: And what's cool is what we don't know, we can learn.
Manon: It's funny. It's kind of like a game that you have to win each time, but you're a grown-up and you're not used to it anymore, so it scares you.
Rolland: You think I can still learn something at my age?
Etta: We'll show you if you want! (The kids hugged Rolland's legs in which he smiled and embraced them all. Ladybug and Cat Noir smile then look at each other.)
"AWWWWW!" Everyone in the audience gushed at the hug between the four kids and Marinette's grandfather.
Scene: Eiffel Tower. Marinette is lowering the fishing rod.
Marinette: What am I doing, honestly? The truth is, I'm scared that Adrien will reject me if I tell him how I feel about him. That's why I over complicate everything, so that moment never comes. But whether my plan is complicated or simple, the result will be the same. So I might as well be simple and face my fear! I'm just gonna tell him that I love him quite simply.
Tikki: Yes! Go on, Marinette! Be simple.
Marinette: Adrien!
Adrien: Marinette?
Marinette: The ice cream umbrella like sewing perfume angels— ah! No! What I'm trying to say is that ice cream will eat your wings to sew them back up in a song— uhhh... Do you like fishing?
Adrien: I don't know, I've never tried it.
Marinette: Me neither! Well, I'm not gonna keep you any longer, okay? Now that you've got your wings back (runs off while Adrien looks confused then smiles).
"UGH!" Everyone in the audience groaned in annoyance and exasperation at another fail by Marinette when it comes to Adrien on-screen, especially the blue-haired girl herself who blushed in embarrassment.
Vincent: Action! Yes! More like that! Oh! Magnifique! Perfect! Oh, show me the wings! (Vincent takes pictures while Adrien flies on the harness).
"Oh, Adrien, you are one gorgeous angel," Marinette said out loud, thinking she was saying it in her head, but then everyone else loudly giggled at her, making her blush in embarrassment. "I said that out loud, didn't I?" While Marinette sank to her seat while everyone else was laughing at her, Adrien gave her a kiss on her cheek, making her blush further but with a smile.
Scene: Outside Rolland Dupain's house.
Marinette: You know what, Tikki? Sometimes trying to be simple is just too complicated.
Scene: Rolland Dupain's house.
Rolland: You're back way too early, sweetie! We haven't finished the movie yet!
Ella: Quiet! It's the best part!
Marinette: Superheroes, love, all that complicated stuff. Wouldn't you rather just watch a soccer game?
Rolland: Course not! It's actually quite simple. Come sit with us, we'll explain everything. So, look. This little guy in black is not a bad fellow. And the kid in red, well it's simple. Even when things are complicated, she never gives up! In fact, she reminds me of your grandmother when I first met her. I know it seems crazy, but she looks exactly like her! And all our ideas are kind of the same!
The kids: Shhh! (They all laugh)
"OK, the next episode is called Qilin. That's spelled Q-I-L-I-N. It's an Asian akumatized supervillain with strong wind powers and can make objects move as well as earthquakes," Angel announced to her audience.
"Who's that?" Marinette asked curiously as well as everyone else.
"Mrs. Cheng," Angel said as she pointed to Sabine, making everyone else gasp (especially the woman herself along with her husband and daughter).
"But, why?" Sabine asked as she looked ready to tear up at the thought of unknowingly fighting against her daughter.
"You'll see why," Angel said as she played the episode while the Dupain-Cheng family looked at each other in concern.