Scene: In the Parisian Streets. Ladybug and Cat Noir battle off with Glaciator. Cat Noir saves a man reading a magazine on the sidewalk while Ladybug saves a firefighter from Glaciator's ice creams. Cat Noir brings the man he saved earlier to safety.
"Andre's already been akumatized?!" Adrien asked in surprise as well as everybody else in the audience.
"Andre actually gets akumatized twice in this episode. After the first time, you Marinette were so distracted that you forgot to give him a magical charm, so he gets akumatized again later," Angel explained and the audience nodded in understanding.
"What could possibly distract me from giving Andre a magical charm?" Marinette asked curiously.
"You'll see," Angel said with a teasing smile.
Parisian 1: The two of you are so cute together!
Cat Noir: (confused) Uhh, thanks? (Ladybug puts the firefighter she saved earlier to safety as well.)
Firefighter: You guys make a good couple!
Ladybug: We're not a couple, we're partners! (leaps away)
Scene: Place des Vosges. Ladybug and Cat Noir continue to battle with Glaciator.
Parisian 2: (while reading a magazine) Ah, love is great!
"OK, what's going on here? About love and these two?" Tom asked curiously as well as everybody else while pointing to the superhero couple. Angel replied by pointing to the screen, indicating they watch further to get their answer.
Ladybug: (furiously) I don't believe this! What's with everybody today? We are not in love!
Glaciator: You can't deny it! It's in the news! (Glaciator points to every billboard of Ladybug and Cat Noir kissing scattered in Paris.)
Ladybug: (shocked) What?! (The duo looks at all of the posters, even the ones on a blimp)
"WHAT?! SERIOUSLY?! EVEN ON A BLIMP?!" Marinette shouted out in annoyance at what she's been shown on-screen much to everyone else's amusement (especially Adrien) though they're just as shocked as she is.
Parisian 2: (holding his magazine) Cat Noir, can I have an autograph?
Cat Noir: (grabs the magazine) "Ladybug and Cat Noir voted Couple of the Year"?
"How could we be voted Couple of the Year if we're not even a couple?! At least at this moment in the future?!" Marinette asked loudly in annoyance with everyone else still amused at her overreaction to what's shown on-screen.
Ladybug: (getting furious) "They share more than just their love of justice"? What the heck is going on?!
Glaciator: This is proof that my ice cream is right! You two are made for each other like chocolate and strawberries!
Ladybug: (furiously) This is baloney! All of these photos are taken out of context! We were fighting supervillains! (points at a picture of Ladybug kissing Cat Noir from "Dark Cupid") This one is me breaking Cat Noir out of Dark Cupid's spell, (points at a picture of Ladybug and Cat Noir kissing from "Oblivio") and this one... we can't even remember this one 'cause the villain erased our memories!
Glaciator: Of course, it's always the supervillain's fault. But the mind forgets and the heart remembers! (starts to fire ice creams)
Cat Noir: Maybe he's right, m'lady. After all, he's still André, the Sweethearts' Ice Cream Maker!
"Dude, seriously?!" Nino asked Adrien as he and everybody else (including Marinette) looked at him in annoyance while the blond boy blushed in embarrassment.
Ladybug: (while dodging Glaciator's ice creams) Cat Noir, not now! (Glaciator continues to rain ice creams on them.)
Cat Noir: (while spinning his baton) Hey, maybe if we kiss again, our memories would come back!
"You do know the more you push, the less attractive you look?" Marinette asked her boyfriend in a deadpan annoyed tone and the blond boy slowly nodded in understanding.
Ladybug: (annoyed) Ugh, enough! Why don't you take a little cat nap?! (throws Cat Noir into a trash bin, and returns to fight Glaciator, furiously) And as for you, you big two-legged ice cream cone, hand over that akumatized scooper right now! (Cat Noir peeks from inside the trash bin, watching Ladybug take down Glaciator on her own. Ladybug says off-screen) Lucky Charm! A fire extinguisher. Okay. Add this thing, and that one…
"OUCH!" The teens in the audience said in reaction to Ladybug throwing Cat Noir into the trash bin on-screen.
Glaciator: (off-screen) No!
Ladybug: (off-screen, furiously; quickly) Time to de-evilize! Miraculous Ladybug! (The magical ladybugs revert every damage that occurred back to normal. Ladybug swipes open her yo-yo and catches the akuma aggravatedly.)
André: This doesn't make sense. My ice cream is never wrong! Ladybug and Cat Noir are made for each other!
"And that's what distracted you from giving Andre a magical charm," Angel pointed out and everyone else murmured in understanding.
Ladybug: (releases the akuma) I guess ice cream, just like tabloids, can be wrong sometimes. (She throws away a picture of Ladybug and Cat Noir from André's ice cream stand. She then stomps her way to the trash bin where she threw Cat Noir in, which caused Cat Noir to panic a little as he closed the bin shut to hide. The trash bin tumbles as Ladybug sends him over the rooftops and eventually falls out of the trash bin. Once out, he comes face to face with an annoyed Ladybug.)
Cat Noir: I guess I'm not your favorite cat at the moment, am I? (walks towards Ladybug) Can I take you to a movie to make up for it? Or how about a restaurant to celebrate our nomination as Couple of the Year?
Ladybug: (yelling) We're not "Couple of the Year". We're not a couple at all!
"Do you really have to be so harsh about it?" Adrien softly asked his girlfriend with a sad look on his face.
"Well, dude, how would you feel if you as Adrien and her as Marinette were voted Couple of the Year because of photos out of context and Marinette decided to milk that to the public even though you two aren't really a couple?" Nino asked his best friend in Marinette's defense.
"Or worse: what if you and Lie-la were voted Couple of the Year because you two have been modeling together and she decided to milk it to the public?" Alya then suggested in which Adrien reacted in disgust but then started to understand.
"This is one of the reasons why I kept my feelings for you a secret. I didn't want you to feel pushed, pressured, or obligated to be with me if you didn't really want to," Marinette explained further and Adrien nodded slowly in understanding.
Cat Noir: Sorry! Sorry! I didn't mean to make you so mad. (Ladybug simply looks away from him, still mad.) I get it. You're sick of me. I might sound like a broken record expressing my affection for you over and over. I know I should stop but... I can't help it, you know? I have so many feelings welled up in this heart, and I don't know how to control them.
"Really, cat boy? Are you sure you're not being overdramatic there?" Alix asked Adrien with a frown and her arms crossed.
"I don't think so under the circumstances I'm in. When I'm Adrien, I feel like I had to suppress my strong feelings because of my father. Cat Noir is when I'm actually allowed to let those feelings out," Adrien explained and after a moment, everyone else murmured in understanding while giving him sad and sorry looks (especially Marinette).
"Well, kitty, it's kind of the other way around for me. When I'm Ladybug, I have to suppress my strong feelings because my one and only priority when I'm a superhero is to protect the city and its citizens. All my personal stuff is for me as Marinette," Marinette explained her own situation to Adrien who sadly nodded in understanding.
Ladybug: (sighs) I know your heart's in the right place and that you don't mean any harm but—
Cat Noir: (dejectedly) You're right. You shouldn't have to put up with this. I'll stop. I don't know how yet, but I'll figure it out. I promise.
Ladybug: (smiles) I'm counting on you.
Cat Noir: (frowns) I'll see you later. (vaults away, and Ladybug eventually to the other direction)
Scene: The Agreste mansion in Adrien's room.
Cat Noir: (crestfallen) Claws in. (de-transforms into Adrien. Plagg eats a piece of Camembert.)
Adrien: Ladybug's right, Plagg. I don't have the right to force my feelings on her. This has to change. I have to change! (He deletes his photos of Ladybug in his phone and on his computer, although hesitating before doing so.)
Scene: Césaire apartment in Alya's room. Marinette stands angrily beside Alya, who is currently in front of her computer.
Alya: You can't do this to me!
Marinette: (angrily) I said, all the photos of Cat Noir and me together!
Alya: What about "freedom of the press"?
Marinette: Sorry, but I need your help with this one. (Alya groans, then turns to her computer to delete her pictures of Ladybug and Cat Noir together.)
"You're really not happy about this, are you, girl?" Alya asked as she's disappointed that her best friend is making her delete some pictures on-screen.
"Put yourself in my suit for a while and you will understand my frustrations," Marinette replied to her best friend who nodded in understanding.
Scene: The Dupain-Cheng residence In Marinette's room.
Nadja Chamack: (on TV) Shockwave! Just as Ladybug and Cat Noir have been voted France's Favorite Couple, all images showing the two of them together have disappeared from the Ladyblog, the number one source of information about the Parisians' superheroes. Are Ladybug and Cat Noir no longer an "item"?
Marinette: (grabs her monitor aggressively and growls in annoyance) We're never an ITEM!
Scene: The Agreste mansion, in Adrien's room. Adrien watches the news as well.
Nadja Chamack: (on TV) To talk about it with us, here's— (Adrien turns off the TV, and frowns.)
Scene: Collège Françoise Dupont Courtyard. Mr. D'Argencourt's fencing class is in session.
Mr. D'Argencourt: Get into position! (Adrien and his opponent wear their masks on.) En garde, prêt, allez! (Adrien and his opponent begin to fence, but Adrien tumbles shortly after.) Attaque, touche. Point. (Adrien walks toward the locker room, disheartened, as Kagami watches him with concern.)
Scene: Collège Françoise Dupont, in the locker room. Adrien walks out of the boys' comfort room; where Kagami is sitting in front of him.
Kagami: Me defeating you all the time is normal. But just anyone defeating you worries me. If you have a problem, let me help you.
Adrien: (grabs his bag and walks to the door) No one can help me, Kagami.
Scene: Exterior, Collège Françoise Dupont. Adrien enters their family car and drives away from the school. He starts to cry, clenching his shaking fist.
Adrien: (to Gorilla, sobbing) Can you stop here, please? (The car stops in front of Place des Vosges. Adrien steps out of the car and sits on one of the benches as he continues to cry. He spots a billboard of him as Cat Noir with Ladybug together, which makes him even more miserable.)
"This is so sad!" Daizzi said in despair to what he saw.
"Dude, are you seriously crying about this?" Nino asked his best friend in shock as well as everyone else in the audience.
"Apparently. I guess the overwhelming stress of knowing that the girl I love doesn't actually love me back has finally gotten to me," Adrien said, concerned for his future on-screen self.
"Great, now I feel bad," Marinette said sadly with her head down in which Adrien took her hand in response.
"Don't be. This isn't your fault. This is my issue. I shouldn't have to drag you down with me," Adrien said to his girlfriend with a warm smile in which she sadly smiled back.
Scene: Hawk Moth's lair. The lair window opens.
Shadow Moth: I feel a devastating disappointment, (a butterfly lands in his hand, and corrupts it) a sense of guilt! (gasps in realization) Adrien? (looks at his hand where he holds the akuma, contemplating, but releases it anyway) Reverse morphosis! (de-transforms into Gabriel. Gabriel brings out his phone to call Gorilla.)
Gabriel: Your job is to drive Adrien back home immediately after his fencing class. Go get him! Now! (ends the call)
"Whew! That was a close call," Rose said in consolation that Adrien's father decided not to akumatize the blond boy after all in which everybody else sighed in relief.
Scene: The Dupain-Cheng residence, on the balcony. Marinette paces back and forth angrily while on the phone.
Marinette: I don't call that a monetizing informational space, sir, I call it visual pollution! (the person on the other side of the phone replies) How much would it cost to get that poster removed? (gasps) That much? Can I pay in thirty-five hundred installments? (gasps as she sees Adrien sitting alone in the park, sad) Adrien? (the person on the other side of the phone speaks again) Uh— Yeah, but um... go ahead and leave the poster there. Bye! Love ya— Uh— I mean, goodbye! (ends the call) Tikki! Adrien is sad! "Operation: Bye-Bye, Blues" is a go!
Scene: The Dupain-Cheng residence In Marinette's room. Marinette goes through her chest full of gifts.
Marinette: (while searching through the gift boxes) A present for Adrien's name day, for the mock final exam of the year, in case he ever gets a cast... quick! We got to get to the park before he leaves!
Tikki: (holds out a red gift box) Is it this one?
Marinette: (grabs the red gift box) Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
Scene: Place des Vosges. Marinette puts on an act, walking across Adrien as if she hadn't known that he was already there until he notices her.
Adrien: Marinette?
Marinette: Oh, Adrien! Fancy seeing you here! And you look so sad, that's good! I mean, no, of course, it's not. It's sad that you're sad but I just happen to be shopping, and have with me by an incredible coincidence the perfect thing to bring back your smile. So, umm... gift! (hands over to him the red gift box)
Adrien: Oh, uh, thanks! (opens the gift box) Wow! I've always dreamed of having a hamster! How did you know they were my favorite animal? You read my heart like no one can, Marinette.
Marinette: It's... It's 'cause I love you, Adrien.
Adrien: (puts down the gift and stands up from the bench) In that case, you must know what my heart wants more than anything right now.
Marinette: No, what?
Adrien: A hamster wheel! (Marinette's daydream gets cut off as she realizes she gave him the wrong gift.)
"OF COURSE!" Everyone in the audience said, chuckling in amusement towards the fact that what they saw was a daydream.
Marinette: No! This one is just in case they bring back the film or... oh— where— nothing. (throws the box in the trash bin) This wasn't the perfect gift at all!
"UGH! What is wrong with me?! Bringing the wrong gift?! Stupid! Stupid!" Marinette said in reaction to her mistake on-screen much to everyone else's amusement. Adrien took her hand and rubbed it to calm her down much to her appreciation.
Adrien: That's a shame. A cool gift like that could be useful.
Marinette: It's not cool or useful! The garbage can is the perfect place for useless stuff that you can just forget about.
Adrien: (sadly) The garbage can, right. (sees his bodyguard waiting outside the park) I have to go. Bye, Marinette. (walks away)
"You have to mention the garbage can, don't you, Dupain-Cheng?!" Chloe asked in annoyance towards her blushing former arch-rival. Although everybody else glared at the blonde girl's mean attitude, they reluctantly murmured in agreement.
Marinette: (groans) I've messed everything up again! (The Tsurugi car honks from the other side of the park, which Marinette notices, confused.)
Scene: Agreste mansion. Adrien enters Gabriel's atelier. Gorilla closes the door.
Gabriel: I'd like to speak to you, Adrien.
Adrien: (apathetically) As you wish, Father.
Gabriel: Umm, is everything alright?
Adrien: (apathetically) Yes, Father.
Gabriel: Good. (Adrien walks to the door but he stops him) Adrien, since your mother disappeared, I... must've been distant, but...
Adrien: I don't blame you, Father.
Gabriel: I want you to know that, if you needed to, you could... talk to me.
Adrien: If I needed to, Father, I would. (walks out the door)
Scene: Agreste mansion in Adrien's room.
Plagg: Wow! Your father actually said three whole sentences! All those warm feelings, enough to melt a wheel of raclette! Oh, raclette cheese! What a great idea!
Adrien: (angrily) I don't wanna be like my father, tied to a memory of something that can never be again! Plagg, claws out! (He transforms into Cat Noir and jumps out of the window.)
Scene: The Tsurugi car, outside the Place des Vosges.
Kagami: I'm worried about Adrien. His sword has lost its edge.
Marinette: His what? (Kagami silences her, raising her hand)
Kagami: Since you're both so weak, I mean sensitive, you understand him best and could help him be happy again.
Marinette: I'm not weak— (Kagami silences her again)
Kagami: You must hurry and declare your love for him, so that the flow of your kind words waters the sharpening stone that's his heart again. And that way, Adrien will get his edge back.
Marinette: I didn't get a th— (Kagami silences her for the third time)
Kagami: The problem is that your technique to get Adrien to fall for you is terrible. The art of attraction is like combat, and to win in combat you need training. You are Tori, the attacker, so you need Uke, the defender.
"WHO?!" Everyone in the audience looked at Kagami with confused looks while the Japanese girl blushed in embarrassment.
"Don't worry, Kagami. Your point will come across in a second," Angel said as she pointed to the screen, grabbing the audience's full attention back.
Marinette: Tori? Uke?
Kagami: You need to find someone you have no feelings for. That way you can practice your attraction techniques with that person without your emotions getting in the way.
Marinette: Isn't that a little weird?
Kagami: Weirder than what you usually do? It's a proven technique. Very, even books written about it.
Marinette: But what if... the person I'm practicing on falls for me? Since I don't feel the same way, couldn't there be awful consequences?
Kagami: That's why you must be sure that the person you pick has zero chance of falling for you. I'm counting on you. (Marinette steps out of the car and the Tsurugi car drives away.)
Marinette: But who can I find to do this weird Tori-Uke thingamajig with?
Tikki: I can play Adrien if you want!
Marinette: That's sweet of you, Tikki! I may be imaginative, but I think I'll need at least a human on this one.
Scene: On the rooftops.
Cat Noir: Cataclysm! (disintegrates a billboard of him and Ladybug) Claws in! (de-transforms into Adrien)
Plagg: (groans) Have mercy! You know I love cheese, but even I'm starting to get sick of it!
Adrien: We must Cataclysm all traces of my love for Ladybug!
Plagg: All of them? (The scene zooms out to show all of the billboards of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
"Are you sure you got enough cheese in your pockets for me to take ALL these posters down?" Plagg asked his holder with a doubting look along with everybody else in which the blond boy shrugged in response.
Adrien: Plagg, claws out!
Scene: The Dupain-Cheng residence, on the balcony. Marinette scrolls over her phone contacts.
Marinette: No... nope... no, that'd be way too weird. Ugh, it's impossible! I'll never be able to find anyone to practice on! (spots Cat Noir on a nearby rooftop) Oh! Cat Noir! He's the perfect choice! There's no way he has any feelings for me— well, for the other me, yes, but not for the real me me!
"OH, BOY!" Everyone in the audience expressed their annoyed reaction to Marinette's plan on-screen while the blue-haired girl blushed in embarrassment.
Tikki: Isn't it kind of strange that he's out here all alone when nobody has been akumatized?
Marinette: Aw, cat on a rooftop, what could be more normal? Hide, Tikki! (Tikki phases through her purse.) Cat Noir! (Cat Noir turns to see Marinette.) Here, kitty, kitty! (Cat Noir jumps to Marinette's balcony.)
Cat Noir: Marinette Dupain-Cheng, is everything okay?
Marinette: Yeah, perfect timing, actually! I need a boyfriend.
Cat Noir: A boyfriend? Oh, no no no! I'm done with all that lovey-dovey stuff! I'm not in love with anyone, and don't plan it anytime soon.
Marinette: Then, that's perfect! Exactly what I need. See, I have a problem with my boyfriend, who's not my boyfriend yet, because I can't talk to him about how I feel, so I need someone to play my crush, who for sure doesn't have a crush on me, and you'd be perfect for the role since there's no way you'd fall for me, since you don't love anyone!
Cat Noir: No one, exactly! And I mean no one! But, uh, I still don't get it. You need me to do what exactly?
Marinette: To play my boyfriend who's not my boyfriend yet! And I'll play the girlfriend, but the girlfriend who does things right, who doesn't mess up everything she says. Know what I mean?
Cat Noir: Uh, not much more than before?
Marinette: Great! Let's do this then. (she lets Cat Noir sit on a chair) You sit there, and I'll come in. (takes a deep breath and reads her confession on a paper) Dear Cat Noir, ever since I met you, I've had three suns in my heart. They shine so brightly that whenever I see you, they make me melt until the slightest thought has reduced to droplets! Those suns are only three little words, but they're burning my lips! Please soothe me, Cat Noir, and tell me that you love me as much as I love you—
"OK, I'm gonna say it. That love confession is way more cheesy than even anything Cat Noir can come up with!" Alix loudly criticized Marinette's love confession on-screen and everyone else laughed in agreement except for the blue-haired girl who blushed heavily in embarrassment.
Cat Noir: Uh, Marinette? Sorry, I'm really flattered, but, like I told you, I'm not in love with anyone.
Marinette: Of course! I'm not talking to you! This is for the boyfriend who's not really my boyfriend yet!
Cat Noir: Ah, got it! But since you said Cat Noir, I thought you were actually talking to me.
Marinette: Oh, right, shoot!
Cat Noir: Well, what's your boyfriend's name?
Marinette: Uh— that's private...
Cat Noir: (groans) That's not gonna make things any easier.
Marinette: Okay... Buttercup.
"You mean from our Operation: Secret Garden?!" Alya asked her best friend in amusement and disbelief as everybody else continued laughing at the blushing-red girl in question.
Cat Noir: (chuckles) His name is "Buttercup"?
Marinette: Of course, that's not his real name, it's a code name! Come on, start over. (pushes Cat Noir back on his seat) Dear Buttercup, ever since I met you, I've had three suns in my— (Cat Noir cackles) Come on, would you please concentrate? This is serious!
Cat Noir: Sorry! It's the Buttercup name. (clears throat)
Marinette: Dear Buttercup, ever since I met you, I've had three suns in my heart. They shine so brightly that whe— (Cat Noir makes a silly, grumpy face.) What's with the face? Are you hurting or something?
"Yeah, dude, you look constipated," Nino jokingly said to his best friend based on the facial reaction the latter was making on-screen with everyone else laughing hard in agreement. Meanwhile, Adrien blushed red in embarrassment.
Cat Noir: Uhh, I'm being serious.
Marinette: Uh, well, okay, that's not being helpful at all. Be serious, but not serious like you're trying to solve a math problem. (Cat Noir chuckles nervously. She says a little aggressively) Dear Buttercup, ever since I met you, I've had three suns in my—
Cat Noir: I'm sorry, Marinette, but what face am I supposed to make then?
"All she's asking is for you to pretend that you're the boy that she's in love with and just make a natural reaction to her love confession, so that she could be perfect when she actually does it. How hard is it for you to get?!" Angel asked the blond boy in frustration along with everyone else while the blond boy sunk in his seat in embarrassment.
Marinette: (angrily) Who cares!?
Cat Noir: I don't know, you're the one who was saying—
Marinette: I know! It doesn't matter how you feel right now, I'm the one training here! Just act like you're a little interested in me! It's good to be interested in other people now and then, you know? Always me, me, me! (pushes Cat Noir again on his seat) Let's start over. (Marinette proceeds to read her letter once again — this time, more aggressively.) Dear Buttercup! Ever since I met you, I've had three suns in my heart. They shine so brightly that whenever I see you, they—
Cat Noir: Woah, that's the most beautiful thing anyone has ever said to me!
Marinette: But I hardly said anything!
Cat Noir: I know, but the way you open your mouth was just so moving, it was like the skies after the storm, like a rainbow sweeping my heart!
"REALLY?!" All the teens in the audience asked Adrien in disbelief who grinned and chuckled nervously in embarrassment.
Marinette: You're overdoing it.
Cat Noir: You think?
Marinette: Yes. Really. (She pushes him back on his seat. She says hastily while annoyed) Dear Buttercup! Ever since I met you, I've had three suns in my heart. They shine so brightly that whenever I see you— (Cat Noir stands to interrupt her) What is it now!?
"Well, Dupain-Cheng, that's gonna get all the boys with half-a-brain screaming and running away from you!" Chloe teased her former arch-rival in which everyone else snickered in agreement except for Marinette who glared at the blonde girl.
Cat Noir: Uh, well, if you don't mind me saying, now it sounds like you're mad at me instead of in love with me.
Marinette: (furious) I'm not mad! I'm declaring my love to you, isn't it obvious?
"NO!" Everyone in the audience shouted out and shook their heads in amusement while still chuckling at the blushing blue-haired girl.
Cat Noir: Let's just say it could be more obvious.
Marinette: Alright, since you're so good at this, show me how it's done. I'll be you, and you'll be me. Come on. (She switches places with Cat Noir and glares at him as she takes her seat.)
Cat Noir: Dear Buttercup, ever since I met you, I've had three suns in my heart. They shine so brightly that whenever I see you, they make me melt until the slightest thought has reduced to droplets! Those suns are only three little words, but they're burning my lips! Please soothe me, Buttercup, and tell me that you love me as much as I love you!
Marinette: (stands up) Wait a minute, do I sound that corny when I'm saying it?
"It's not me! It's your wording!" Adrien argued in his defense in which Marinette blushed redder in embarrassment while everyone else laughed in agreement.
Cat Noir: I'm just performing, you know? I'm not here to judge the wording.
Marinette: Oh man, this is awful! I'll never be able to do this.
Cat Noir: Boy, you sure like to take the hard route. You put too much pressure on yourself. Of course, you'll be able to do it. I know, let's take a short break, just to air our heads out.
Cat Noir and Marinette: Movie?
Scene: Inside a bus. Marinette and Cat Noir climb aboard.
Marinette: Is there a problem?
Cat Noir: Well, actually, I always travel by stick, I don't have change for a ticket.
Bus driver: This one's on me, Cat Noir! You've saved us so many times, it's the least I can do.
Cat Noir: Thanks! I me-owe you one!
Bus driver: You're welcome!
Commuter: Bravo, Cat Noir, bravo! (Marinette and Cat Noir walk to the back of the bus.)
Cat Noir: What movies are playing?
Marinette: "Little Love Notes". We're trying to think of something else, so no romantic comedies. "Captain Supreme: the Ultimate Duel?"
Cat Noir: Could we possibly avoid films about superheroes?
Marinette: Got it. What about "Shark Tank vs. Mecha Tiger"? (Andre is seen stopping by the bus window and notices the two of them, making him frown.)
"And this is why Andre gets akumatized into Glaciator again. You all see what it looks like and why he would be upset, right?" Angel explained to her audience who murmured in understanding and agreement. Meanwhile, the two heroes facepalmed in exasperation.
Cat Noir: With a title like that, I think we should be safe! (Both of them chuckle.)
Scene: Interior, Cinema. Marinette and Cat Noir sit beside each other.
Mecha Tiger: (from the movie screen, v.o) Shark Tank, don't die! I've always loved you!
"OK, avoiding romantic stuff: not working!" Marinette said as she facepalmed in exasperation along with Adrien while everyone else chuckled in amusement.
Shark Tank: (from the movie screen, v.o) Me too, Mecha Tiger, but it's impossible! We're sworn enemies!
Cat Noir: But they don't even have mouths! How are they supposed to kiss?
Marinette: Uh, it's been written in advance, so everything's planned out. But in real life, you have no idea how it's gonna go. Just because you tell someone you love them doesn't mean the other will love you back just like that!
Cat Noir: Tell me about it. If only life could be so easy.
Marinette: That's why it's so scary to tell someone you love them. Even saving the world seems easy compared to it. Well, I suppose it is. I mean, just look at you! When you have to save the world with Ladybug, you just bulldoze ahead, you don't think about it! A couple of jokes, and bam! Cataclysm, Lucky Charm, Miraculous Ladybug! And everything's back to normal. Easy as pie.
Cat Noir: Yeah, that's the short version, but it sounds about right.
Marinette: But telling someone you love them? If it doesn't work out, it's your heart that gets Cataclysm-ed, and no Miraculous Ladybug can repair that. That's why I never get anywhere with boys. When things are really important to me, I get so scared that it won't work out that I can't help trying to control every possible outcome! I tell myself stories with wedding dresses, and hamsters, and what people see is not Marinette opening her heart up. It's Marinette talking about some ridiculous nonsense she's made up.
"OK, truth time, everybody: am I really a control freak?" Marinette asked with a sad look on her face in which the audience cringed their faces and made nervous sounds before someone finally answered.
"Well, girl, it's not really your fault. You were chosen to be a protector of Paris and its citizens and apparently in the future, you're in charge of protecting very powerful magical jewelry. I think it just comes naturally," Alya explained in an attempt to make her best friend feel better and after some thought, everyone else murmured in agreement.
"Yeah, m'lady. I think we'd even be more surprised if you didn't turn out to be a control freak given your life situation," Adrien said as everyone else murmured in agreement with his statement too.
Cat Noir: I like hamsters, too.
Audience: And I like to watch the movie in peace and quiet! (They both laugh.)
"I don't care what you two say! I'm counting this as a date!" Alya teasingly said to the superhero couple who blushed in embarrassment while everyone else laughed in agreement.
Scene: Outside the Cinema. Cat Noir and Marinette walk out as Cat Noir opens an umbrella from his baton.
Marinette: You have an umbrella option in your stick?
Cat Noir: Well, yeah! Cats don't like water. (The two of them begin to walk together.) It's funny, you know? I'm kind of the opposite of you. I know that Ladybug is not in love with me, but I can't help telling her how I feel. I wish I could fall in love with someone else, but I can't. She's just so incredible! I'm so afraid I'm not the good person I thought I was, and now I've gone too far and she hates me.
Marinette: (smiles) She doesn't hate you.
Cat Noir: She threw me in the trash today.
Marinette: You're a good cat. I'm sure you'll figure out what to do.
André: (after noticing Marinette and Cat Noir together) But it can't be! Ladybug and Cat Noir are supposed to be made for each other. I've lost my connection with my ice cream! I don't understand what it's trying to tell me anymore!
"I'm surprised that no one else is making a big deal out of seeing Cat Noir with what everyone else thinks is another girl. You know, given the whole "Couple of the Year" thing?" Angel pointed out and everybody else nodded in agreement, similarly surprised.
Scene: Hawk Moth's lair. The lair window opens for the second time.
Shadow Moth: Akumatization is like ice cream; once you've tasted it, you'll always come back for more! (creates an akuma and releases it) Fly away, my evil akuma, and bring me back two scoops of despair! (The akuma flies out of the window.)
Scene: The Dupain-Cheng residence, on the balcony. Marinette and Cat Noir land back safely.
Cat Noir: Thanks for flying Cat Noir Airways. We hope you'll be fe-lying again soon.
Marinette: (laughs) Thanks! That was nice.
Cat Noir: My pleasure. (They kiss each other on their cheeks. Cat Noir is about to leap away but halts a second later.)
Cat Noir: Oh, wait! Your training!
Marinette: Oh, shoot! I forgot about that!
Cat Noir: Quick! Back into position. You can totally do it this time! I just know it!
Marinette: Dear—
Glaciator: Ladybug and Cat Noir are the ones who should be in love, not you two! My ice cream never lies!
Cat Noir: Again?
Marinette: No, no, no! We're not in love, it's just practice! (Glaciator starts shooting ice creams on Marinette's balcony as the two of them make their escape. Cat Noir scoops up Marinette and puts her to safety in an alley.)
Cat Noir: Stay here. (leaps away)
Tikki: Glaciator re-akumatized? But that's impossible! You gave André a magical charm earlier, didn't you?
Marinette: Oh, no! I was so annoyed with that whole Couple of the Year thing that I totally forgot to give it to him! Tikki, spots on! (transforms into Ladybug and swings out the alley as well)
Scene: In the Parisian Streets. Glaciator chases after Cat Noir. The villain kicks a car towards Cat Noir's direction and shortly gets blocked by Ladybug. Glaciator continues to fire ice creams at them as the superheroes run to hide.
Cat Noir: Nice to see you again, my... dear friend whom I respect and for whom I have no other feelings than true platonic friendship.
Ladybug: Are you making fun of me?
Cat Noir: Not at all! I'm... just getting my bearings.
Ladybug: Lucky Charm! (uses her power as a car drops in front of them)
"Well, that's one way to get a free car," Tom jokingly said to his daughter in which everybody else chuckled in agreement as well as mesmerized by the Lucky Charm car on-screen.
"Tikki, is there some way you can give me a heads-up warning if my Lucky Charm is big enough to crush me to death?" Marinette asked her kwami after seeing herself being almost crushed by the Lucky Charm car on-screen in which Tikki nervously shook her head indicating no.
Cat Noir: Oh, yeah! That lucky charm really revs my engine! (Ladybug closes her eyes, coming up with a plan to use her Lucky Charm. The scene zooms to the big exhaust in front of Gare du Nord.)
Ladybug: Okay! Take the wheel. I got a plan.
Glaciator: There you are! You think you can escape me like that? (Ladybug and Cat Noir step in the car. Cat Noir starts the car engine and drives away, escaping Glaciator as the villain continues to chase them.)
Glaciator: (sing-song) I'm Glaciator, the mean ice-cream man, and I am your number 1 fan!
Cat Noir: (while driving) That's enough! We're just friends!
Ladybug: Okay. Let's go! (hurls her yo-yo, tying it around Glaciator and on her car seat) Pass me the wheel.
Glaciator: You think you can escape me by attaching me to you?
Cat Noir: Where are we going with this—? I mean, not the two of us. Just... where are we going, like, a direction?
Ladybug: I got it. We're heading to the Gare du Nord. We'll stay in touch. (She continues to drive, escaping Glaciator.) Cat Noir, now! (Cat Noir jumps out of the car. She says through the ear-piece) You know what to do. Come back as soon as you're ready!
"And since when do you know how to drive, young lady?" Tom asked his daughter in a stern suspicious manner along with his wife.
"I really don't. I guess it's just Ladybug instinct," Marinette answered truthfully but nervously with a sheepish smile towards her parents.
"Fine, we'll take your word for it," Sabine said to her daughter after taking a deep breath to calm herself.
Cat Noir: Drive safe. (He leaps to the rooftop where a billboard of him and Ladybug is located. He drops it to the ground to use it as a ramp for Ladybug's car.) Ready, m'lady! Uh, do you mind me calling you "m'lady"?
Ladybug: No, that's okay. (performs a drift) It's not that complicated, you know? If I tell you that something's annoying, you stop doing it, that's all! (Ladybug drives to the ramp with Glaciator still tied up to the car with her yo-yo and flies in the air, with Glaciator flying atop the big exhaust and it melts his ice cream body.
Cat Noir: Cataclysm! (He leaps in and destroys the akumatized ice cream scooper, sending the akuma fluttering out of the object. He then catches André from falling.)
Ladybug: No more evil-doing for you, little akuma! (swipes open her yo-yo) Time to de-evilize! (captures the akuma) Gotcha! (opens her yo-yo and releases the purified butterfly) Bye-bye, little butterfly! Miraculous Ladybug! (She throws the car keys in the air and organizes all the chaos caused by Glaciator. She opens her yo-yo again and grabs a magical charm to give to André.) I forgot to give this to you last time. Keep it on your cart with you. It should protect you in the future.
André: Thank you, Ladybug! (walks away)
Ladybug: I knew you could do it! (raises her fist)
Ladybug and Cat Noir: Pound it!
"Pound it!" The two heroes fist-bumped before kissing each other in victory.
Cat Noir: Oh! I just remembered. I gotta hurry. I've got something I need to finish. (vaults away)
Ladybug: I better hurry, too. (swings away)
Scene: The Dupain-Cheng residence, on the balcony. Marinette and Cat Noir continue where they left off with their practice.
Cat Noir: This time's the one. You'll see! (takes his seat and smiles at Marinette)
Marinette: Ever since I've met you, I've had three suns in my heart. They shine so brightly that whenever I see you... (stops and frowns)
Cat Noir: That was a good start. What's wrong?
Marinette: What's wrong is that this is not really me. (crumpled the paper) The first time I saw you, I misjudged you. I thought you were conceited and superficial. But then, I got to know you. I saw who you really were deep down—someone sweet, sincere, and generous. Since then, there's something I've been wanting to tell you. But every time I try, it's like my brain suddenly freezes. But now, I think I'm ready. I love you.
"Now that's a more improved and genuine love confession, Marinette," Kagami said as she proudly smiled at her friend along with everyone else.
"That was beautiful!" Rose gushed in excitement.
Cat Noir: Your declaration was beautiful, Marinette. The boy you're in love with is a lucky guy.
"I can't imagine what would happen if I actually told you ASAP and you find out that you were Buttercup all along though," Marinette said very nervously towards her boyfriend.
"I know. It'd be a major life re-evaluation for me that I probably wouldn't know what to say," Adrien truthfully replied back. The two heroes then smiled at each other and held each other's hands.
Marinette: Thanks! The girl who falls in love with you will be lucky, too.
Tom: (from downstairs) Marinette?
Marinette: My dad! (Cat Noir leaps away from her balcony.)
Tom: (from downstairs) Marinette?
Marinette: Coming, Dad! (enters her trapdoor)
Scene: Collège Françoise Dupont Courtyard. A fencing competition ensues. Adrien claims victory and holds up a trophy. Marinette is watching very happily but gets pulled out by Kagami shortly after and they head to the locker room.
Marinette: Hey! What's going—
Kagami: Did you do what I told you to?
Marinette: Uh— kind of? I mean, not yet.
Kagami: Good. I was worried, 'cause that's a very risky technique. When you start practicing with a boy, you could fall in love with him, and then you might run away together to a desert island where you might get attacked by zombie carnivorous plants.
"WHAT?!" The audience loudly said as they looked at Kagami with confused faces. Meanwhile, the Japanese girl sank to her seat in embarrassment.
"OK, that's even more nonsense than MY usual nonsense," Marinette reluctantly pointed out to her friend and everyone else couldn't help but murmur in agreement.
"Yeah, where would you get that scenario?" Luka teasingly asked Kagami as he chuckled lightly.
"I…might have an idea," Kagami nervously answered as she turned her attention to the screen to confirm it.
Marinette: (confused) What?
Kagami: (holds up a manga book) And I haven't even finished Volume 3 yet. But I think it gets even worse later.
Marinette: Hang on. You've been giving me advice that you got from a manga?
"Yes. That is what I figured," Kagami said as she facepalmed in embarrassment while everyone else laughed hard in amusement.
"I didn't know you were such a huge fan of mangas," Luka said as he touched the Japanese girl's shoulder.
"It certainly kept me entertained when I wasn't allowed to have friends," Kagami explained in which Luka lightly rubbed her shoulder and she replied with a smile.
Kagami: From "The Robinsons of the Catastrophe". Why shouldn't I?
Marinette: (shakes her head) Kagami, Kagami, Kagami. You really need to spend more time with me and the gang. (Kagami looks surprised)
Scene: Interior, Agreste mansion, Adrien's room. Adrien places the trophy he won on his shelf and proceeds to sit in front of his computer. He turns it on and retrieves his pictures of Ladybug that he deleted earlier.
Plagg: I thought you've given up with Ladybug?
Adrien: Marinette opened my eyes. The thing is, I'm always doing my Cat Noir act with her. Maybe if I were my true self with Ladybug, she'd fall in love with me. (Plagg groans in annoyance.)
"WILL THIS NEVER END?!" Alix shouted out in frustration about the heroes' love drama in which the two heroes blushed in embarrassment while everyone else laughed hard in agreement.
"Anyway, the next episode is called Hack-San," Angel announced in which the audience curiously gave her their full attention. "It's a sentimonster that acts like a computer virus. The sentimonster virus infects your robot Markov, Max, causing him to act up and be re-akumatized back into Robostus."
"Is that a good idea? I mean Markov turned against Shadow Moth the last time!" Max nervously pointed out on Markov's behalf in which everyone else murmured in agreement.
"Well, Shadow Moth gave him a new purpose as Robostus that there's no reason for him to turn against him this time," Angel explained in which the audience shrugged in confusion. "And another note: Marinette, you're not Ladybug in this episode."
"WHAT?! HOW?!" Marinette loudly asked in confusion as everyone else murmured in confusion as well.
"Unfortunately, you have to go away with your parents for a weekend with no way to get out of it. So, as a last resort, you left your Miraculous with Alya and she becomes your substitute," Angel explained much to her audience's shock.
"I GET TO BE LADYBUG FOR A WEEKEND?!" Alya asked loudly in excitement and shock.
"Well, Ladybug-ish superhero. You'll be getting a different name, of course," Angel pointed out in which Alya nodded in understanding.
"Where are me and my parents even going?!" Marinette curiously asked as she pointed at herself and her parents.
"London," Angel answered.
"At least it's not a plane trip," Tom said to his family in consolation. "But why are we going there?"
"You'll see why," Angel said as she played the episode.