Miraculous Ladybug Season 1 Episode 11 Horrificator
Synopsis
Nickelodeon
When Marinette’s class makes a horror short, the lead actress is akumatized into a slimy monster that feeds on fear.[4]
Netflix
During the filming of a horror short for Marinette’s class, frightened star Mylène is akumatized into a slimy monster that feeds on the fears of others.[5]
Conspiracy
In the literature classroom, Mylène and Adrien hold water pistols and hide behind the teacher’s desk. For a moment, it turns out that they are acting for a short film that Nino is making as a contribution to the competition. Mylène plays the role of Agent Smith, while Adrien plays the role of Officer Jones, and the two come up with a plan to bring down the monster. However, filming is interrupted when Mylène panics and screams at the sight of Ivan’s monster costume. To calm herself down, Mylène sings “Smelly Wolf” but backs up to Adrien and screams again. Chloé then makes fun of Mylène and makes her run away. Adrien calls Chloé out on how mean she is, but Chloé brushes it off. Ivan runs to Mylène and tries to comfort her by telling her that she is a better actress than she thinks and that the other students are too quick to judge her.
Ivan with Mylène
He gives her a badge from his favorite band, the Zombie Skull Crushers. Mylène puts her hatpin back on and thanks Ivan, but is still upset and runs into the bathroom crying. Sensing Mylène’s distress, Hawk Moth sends akuma at her. Back in class, Nino brags to the class about how they treated Mylène and how they no longer have their lead actress because of it. Chloé then says that Mylène was a terrible actress and that she could be better; Ivan scolds Chloé for the way she treated Mylène. As the producer, Marinette decides to go find Mylène, but the other students decide that until Mylène returns, someone has to fill her role. Chloé wants to play the part because of the scene in the script where Agent Smith kisses Inspector Jones. Both Marinette and Alya freak out at the mention of this scene – Marinette because it could lead to Adrien and Chloé kissing, and Alya because as a writer she never wrote a kissing scene into the script. Nino reveals that he added the scene himself, which infuriates Alya, who says that Nino had no right to change the script and that the new scene does not contribute to the overall story and development of the central characters. Marinette stops the fight and tells the class that she will find Mylène.
Mylène is akumatized
Just before Marinette enters the bathroom, an akuma arrives and pins Mylène’s Zombie Skull Crushers. Hawk Moth offers Mylène a chance to frighten and terrify others, and she accepts, transforming into the Scarecrow, a creature that feeds on fear. After the transformation, she coughs up pink slime on the mirror and hides in a stall while Marinette walks into the bathroom and calls out to Mylène. When Marinette enters the room, she notices slime on the mirror and begins to investigate, but is interrupted by Alya, who enters the bathroom and warns Marinette that the scene where Chloé kisses Adrien is in the process of being filmed. Marinette and Alya return and interrupt the scene before Chloé and Adrien get a chance to kiss.
The students continue to argue. Chloé suggests turning Agent Smith into a nurse because she says she would look good in a nurse’s outfit. This irritates most of the students, but Marinette uses it as a distraction and suggests that Chloé should go find a nurse costume. Chloé leaves, taking Sabrina, Kim and Max with her. Nino complains because they have no female lead again. Alya suggests that Marinette take on the role of Agent Smith. Marinette protests, but Alya quietly reminds her that this would be an opportunity to kiss Adrien. Marinette reluctantly agrees to take on the role, but says that Mylène will take over once she returns.
Meanwhile, Chloé, Sabrina, Kim and Max leave the school while the Horrificator watches from the roof. Chloé praises the idea of getting a sister’s uniform. Arriving at the front doors of the school, Chloé realizes that Marinette is never a fan of her ideas and suspects that they have all been tricked. She leads Sabrina back to the classroom and tells Kim and Max to finish finding the nurse’s uniform. As Chloé and Sabrina leave, the Horrificator sneaks up behind Kim and Max and startles them, making them both scream.
Back in the classroom, Nino starts filming Marinette and Adrien. Marinette says one sentence and leans in to kiss Adrien. Before they have a chance to kiss, Chloé bursts open the door and interrupts, yelling at Marinette for tricking her and saying that the movie needs her because her father is one of the judges. Suddenly, a scream is heard from elsewhere in the school.
The students run out into the courtyard only to find pink slime and Kim’s tape. Marinette realizes that the pink slime is the same as the one she saw in the bathroom and suggests they find Headmaster Damocles to talk about what to do. She notices Nino filming the situation and tells him to stop, but he refuses, suggesting that he can use it in his film. Adrien heads back to the classroom, claiming to be picking up Officer Jones’ jacket. While the other students run to Principal Damocles’ office, Scary starts covering the entire school in pink slime. In class, Adrien takes off his shoe – to make it look like he’s being picked up by the Horrificator – and transforms into Cat Noir. Marinette has a similar plan, throwing her phone in the hallway and turning into Ladybug in the library.
Inside the office, the students find only pink slime and realize that Principal Damocles is missing. They head back down the hall and find Marinette’s cell phone, assuming they took it too. They then realize that the entire school is covered in slime and that none of their cell phones have any signal. Ladybug arrives on the scene and tries to evacuate the students, but Cat Noir explains that the slime is indestructible. He pulls Ladybug aside and repeats the situation and what they are to do; Ladybug totally agrees. Nino films the whole scene.
Meanwhile, Horrificator carries Max to her lair in the maintenance area, holding him by the tail. He drops it into a small slime pod. As Max screams, the Horrificator grows a bit larger and Hawk Moth encourages the Horrificator to absorb the students’ fear. Horrificator covers Max’s pod with slime and traps him inside
As the students follow Ladybug and Cat Noir through the school, Chloé breaks away from the group with Sabrina, saying that it would be safer for them to hide and attract less attention. The students return to their original classroom where they find Adrien’s shoe on the floor. Nathaniel is captured by the Horrificator who was hiding under the table. Ladybug tells the other students to run, and everyone flees except Juleka and Nino. The Horrificator growls at Juleka, but Juleka finds the Horrificator more cold than scary. This causes the Horrificator to shrink slightly, but she coughs the slime onto Juleka, who is saved at the last minute by Ladybug as Cat Noir distracts the Horrificator. Nino starts filming their fight, but Ladybug drags him out of the room. She and Cat Noir try to find out where the akuma is hiding, but neither has any ideas.
Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Horrificator begin fighting in the school yard while the students hide near another classroom. Their screams cause the Horrificator to grow and Ladybug realizes that the Horror is feeding on their fear. Cat Noir explains and lunges at the Horrificator, using his yo-yo as a shield. He restrains Horrificator with his yo-yo so Cat Noir can attack from above, but Horrificator pushes Cat Noir with a spray of slime and pins him to the railing of the upstairs balcony. Horror pulls the string from the yoyo and throws Ladybug into the basketball hoop, attaching her there with slime as well. With both heroes restrained, the Horror approaches the students, but Ivan interrupts him. After staring at him, she lovingly licks his face as Alix takes her as her next victim and runs to a nearby classroom.
Cat Noir breaks Ladybug out of the basketball hoop and extends his stick to smash the backboard behind her head. On the ground and free, she wraps her yo-yo around his baton and pulls him out of the slime. They try to chase after the Horrificator, but are stopped by a door that has been sealed shut by slime. Ladybug realizes that the Horror is Mylène based on how she treated Ivan. The group then realizes that Sabrina and Chloé are missing.
Meanwhile, Chloé and Sabrina are in the science classroom. Sabrina barricades the door with lockers while Chloé paints her nails and praises her own ideas. The Horrificator is discovered to be in the classroom and she captures Sabrina and yells at Chloé. Chloé screams and alerts Ladybug and Cat Noir where she is. Ladybug and Cat Noir use the slime left behind to track the Horrificator into the maintenance area, bringing the remaining students with them.
Inside the Horrificator’s lair, pink slime drips from the ceiling in large globs, and large pods rise from the floor. Ladybug calls out to see who is there and hears answers from everyone but Adrien. Cat Noir hides behind some pods to avoid being seen and calls out that as Adrien is there. He then asks if Marinette is there and Ladybug states that everyone is fine. Both Ladybug and Cat Noir try to crack open the pods without success.
The Horrificator enters and sprays slime to the east, preventing anyone from leaving, dramatically landing right in front of Ladybug, who admits that the Horror is getting pretty scary. Cat Noir collects slime pellets and throws them at Horrificator to distract her. Ladybug uses a Lucky Charm that gives her a set of guitar strings. She remembers that the Horrificator is Mylène and remembers the song “Smelly Wolf.” He notices an industrial supply cart to the right and pulls it over with his yo-yo and distributes the supplies to the students while Cat Noir distracts the Horrificator.
Blocking another onslaught of slime, Cat Noir climbs up the ladder to the second floor platform and uses Cataclysm on the steel bars holding the platform, trapping the Horrificator in a makeshift cage. He jumps off the platform and joins the students in their makeshift band. Rose holds two trash can lids like cymbals. Alya and Nino hold traffic cones as microphones. Ivan has a brush and a shovel. Juleka is holding a box with a lid. Cat Noir uses old water containers and trash cans as a drum kit. Ladybug uses an inverted bucket, a broom and guitar strings to create the bass. He then asks the others if they knew Mylène’s lullaby and gets confirmation from everyone.
Ladybug starts the song, everyone else joins in the second verse. The song causes the Horrificator to shrink to a very small size. She runs to Ivan and jumps into his arms. Noticing the pin on the Horrificator’s head, Ladybug removes it and crushes it between her thumb and forefinger, releasing the akuma to capture and purify it. He throws the guitar strings into the air, clears the entire school and frees all the captured students. Nino continues filming while Mylène returns to normal.
Defeated again, Hawk Moth claims to destroy Ladybug when the window to his lair closes.
Nino films Mylène and Ivan kissing and uses it as the end of his film. He shows it to Mr. Bourgeois, but the video is rejected from the competition because the monster is not realistic enough. Adrien assures Nino that this wouldn’t mean the end of his career, as there are other directors who started from scratch. Alya casually hints that the kiss wasn’t what they expected, and Marinette smiles, looking off into the distance, and then the end card appears.