Miraculous Ladybug Season 4 Episode 1 Truth
Ever since she became the new keeper of the Magic Box, Marinette has been devastated. Unable to see her friends anymore, she leaves Cat Noir and misses all her dates with Luka. The boy feels that Marinette has a secret, but she can’t tell him that if she runs away, she will become Ladybug and save Paris. Luka is deeply hurt that she doesn’t trust him enough to tell him her secret, he aumatizes into Pravda. Using his power to force people to tell the truth, he wants to know Marinette’s secret… and Ladybug and Cat Noir’s too!
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Ladybug and Cat Noir face the truth.
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Marinette fears that keeping her identity from Luka will destroy their relationship—and her deception will lead Luka right into Shadow Moth’s trap.
Conspiracy
Gabriel repairs Peacock Miraculous.
The episode begins with Nathalie’s voice being heard in the background, describing the process needed to repair the Peacock Miraculous, and Gabriel Agreste in his lair following the instructions as they are heard. He sprinkles meteorite dust into the molten gold, then adds the Peacock Feather and later injects it into the Peacock Miraculous and commands, “Miraculous, Repair Yourself”. After the Miraculous is repaired, a joyful Duusu comes out to see Nooroo, who asks where Nathalie was. Nooroo explains what’s going on and Gabriel fuses Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous and transforms into a stronger version of Hawk Moth – Shadow Moth.
Meanwhile, Marinette asks Tikki if every kwami is inside the magic box. Tikki explains to Marinette that all the Kwami are in the Box except Duusu and Nooroo. Marinette then presses the button on the top of the box and all the Kwami break out of the Miracle Box and dig in with all of her stuff. When Marinette asks Tikki why they are outside the box, Tikki says that now that she is a guardian, the Miracle Box is in her form. The Kwami continue to cause mischief; Mullo takes Tikki the hat that Marinette made for her, Trixx reads Marinette’s journal which Marinette quickly grabs while Daizzi jumps on the button of his lamp to see the lamp change from “day” to “night”. Ziggy listens to the sounds coming from Marinette’s phone and Kaalki emerges from the room looking at the cars and asks why there aren’t any horses pulling carriages, causing the little boy and his mother to see her as Marinette grabs her and tells her. she is the prototype of a talking stuffed animal.
Both Stompp and Xuppu jump onto Marinette’s keyboard, which causes her to go to the news where Nadja Chamack is talking about Prince Ali. Marinette then receives a video call from Alya, Mylène, Juleka, and Rose while Marinette is still trying to catch Kwami. After accidentally receiving a call, he asks their opinion of his new “stuffed toy”, but since the Kwamis cannot see through the technology, they cannot see them. Rose asks Marinette to show the new stuffed animals. Marinette (while still trying to catch Kwamis) says she has no idea about “teddies”. Alya tells Marinette that she’s acting weirder than usual, and Marinette replies that she’s doing a new type of exercise. Alya thinks Adrien is at her house, but before she can answer her question, Luke calls Ziggy (who has Marinette’s phone) and throws Marinette’s phone on the keyboard, hanging up on the video call.
Marinette and Luke at the theater.
Marinette and Luka go on a date to see the movie Jagged Stone after she misses the one they planned yesterday. However, as they are about to kiss, it is interrupted by Mr. Pigeon being akumatized by his birds representing a plane dropping bombs on random locations. Marinette lies to Luke about the train going there and says she’s going to get another snack, only to go to the bathroom to turn into Ladybug.
As Ladybug, she receives a voicemail from Cat Noir, who sneaks up behind Ladybug, causing her to accidentally throw him off the roof just in time for her to catch him. Ladybug tells Cat Noir to stop the pranks before apologizing for missing his scheduled duty from earlier. After deacumatizing Mr. Pigeon again, Marinette rushes back to the theater with Luka, only to find that the movie has already ended.
Luka struggles to resist Shadow Moth.
Next, they head to André’s ice cream stand, but Marinette sees Lollipop Boy and has to leave him to transform. The next day, after school, Marinette and Luka go for a bike ride until Marinette sees an akuma, causing her to postpone the bike ride back home. On the Couffaine ship, Luka plays a song for Marinette along with the rest of the Kitty Section, but Marinette isn’t there in time. Even though Marinette had arrived just before the show started, Luke was running out of patience. After the show, Luka tells Marinette that he hasn’t known his father since birth and wants to know where Marinette is running off to. When Marinette tells him that she can’t tell him the truth, Luka is heartbroken, causing Shadow Moth to akumatize himself into the villain Truth with the help of his Sentimonster, Lighteye, after the akuma and amok possessed his guitar pick necklace. .
While Marinette transforms into Ladybug, Truth asks Alya what Marinette’s biggest secret is, which she believes is her crush on Adrien. True, thinking it’s not a secret because everyone knows, attacks and asks the others about Liberty, who all say the same thing. Ladybug arrives just in time to stop him and tells Cat Noir that Hawk Moth linked Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous via voicemail. However, Truth gets Ladybug to tell her who she really is, but Cat Noir also arrives just in time to stop Truth from revealing Ladybug’s secret. After rescuing Ladybug, Cat Noir lends her his belt to use as a gag to cover her mouth to keep her from revealing anything about herself.
The truth finds out who his father is.
After seeing Anarka approaching with a tray of sandwiches, Truth blasts her with his truth beam and demands who his real father is – Anarka reveals that it is Jagged Stone. Truth is stunned and goes to confront Jagged to find out the real reason why he abandoned his mother, him and Juleka. Truth, Ladybug, and Cat Noir head to Le Grand Paris, with Truth asking Jagged Stone if he is his real father, and after confirming that he is, a stunned Truth demands why he left him. Jagged explains that he thought he wouldn’t be a good father, so he left to pursue his music career. Distraught, Truth throws Jagged off the roof, Ladybug and Cat Noir save him and tell him to stay low until Truth is defeated.
Truth bursts into Marinette’s room to continue her search for her secret. The Kwami hide inside the Magic Box, terrified of what might happen. When Truth almost discovers the Wonder Box, Ladybug and Cat Noir arrive again just in time to stop him, Ladybug mutely points at Cat Noir and points to Truth’s akumatized object as more fighting ensues, with Truth trying to get Ladybug to reveal her true identity by the waist. is removed from her mouth, but Cat Noir keeps interrupting his questions by asking others. She gets Ladybug to summon her lucky charm, which this time appears as a roll of aluminum foil. He uses it to wrap a parasol and then throws a folding screen at Light-Eyes, rendering him unable to use its power. Cat Noir then uses Cataclysm on Lighteye, but Lighteye doesn’t disintegrate – his body cracks and rages instead. Ladybug jumps on Starlight and shines her light to immobilize Truth. Ladybug breaks his necklace, unleashing the akuma and running amok. She catches them and cleans them and summons the Miraculous Ladybug and sends everyone’s lips back to their regular forms.
After the fight, Ladybug and Cat Noir jump to the roof and decide to talk. Cat Noir says he’s had a lot of fun, which leaves Ladybug wondering what his next days are like. Ladybug tells Cat Noir that Shadow Moth will never win and not to delay with his jokes. After a long evening of crime fighting, they leave.
Marinette breaks up with Luka.
After she detransforms, Marinette meets Luka and tells him that she doesn’t want to lie to him and break up with him because she’s busy with her Ladybugs and can’t date someone unless she defeats Shadow Moth. Luka forgives her, hugs her and says that he will always be there for her when she is ready to be with him again. When Luka goes home to Liberty, Jagged Stone is waiting for him there, which surprises Luka. Jagged hugs him and says he’s sorry for going out on him, he’s more than willing to be with Luka now. When Marinette gets home, she lies on her bed and cries that Hawk Moth is more powerful than ever and that she can’t have a boyfriend. The Kwami hug Marinette, comfort her, and the episode ends.