OK I'm going to review a bunch of Ladybug episodes I watched in the past couple days...in Episode 1 we already see by the end that Gabriel (Adrian's dad) is Hawkmoth, which everyone suspected all along. So let's move on.
If you're looking for interesting female villains or characters, there are definitely some in this second season. Here's a list of what I watched.
S2 E3 Prime Queen is about a TV journalist Nadja who tries to score in her career by getting a big interview with Ladybug and Cat Noir. She fails, and then is akumatized into the evil Prime Queen, who can teleport through TV screens. Her costume is a lot like Tron. She causes peril for two hostages: she holds Chloe hostage on a subway train to try to lure the heroes. Then she ties up Alya in a mummy coffin. Meanwhile, Cat Noir tries to kiss Ladybug at least a couple times. There's actually a brief physical scuffle between Prime Queen and Ladybug before the de-akumatization. That's about it.
S2 E5 Riposte is about a Japanese fencing student named Kagami who is Adrien's big rival in fencing class. Kagami is pretty cute, and obsessed with the fact that she lost to Adrien. She becomes the villain Riposte who can slice through anything. She has a beautiful silver armored costume with nice heeled boots. Of course she gets defeated..but she turns out to be so nice that it would be great if Kagami returned and provided kind of a love triangle thing with Marinette and Adrien. Probably not going to happen though. The episode is OK.
S2 E8 Dark Owl is hilarious because their principal Mr. Damocles tries his hand out at superheroing as The Knight Owl (kind of a campy parody on Batman). Cat Noir and Ladybug devise a plan to make the Owl feel less inept and like a real hero. They pretend to be kidnapped by 'Cardboard Girl' (played by Alya) and Owl goes to save the duo. The plan goes awry and Damocles' identity is revealed on TV. Ashamed, he then becomes akumatized into Dark Owl (complete with a Batman-style Owl signal). Around 12:30 Ladybug and Cat Noir get tied up facing each other with the Owl's ropeline. Then he traps them in a tank that's slowly filling up with whipped cream and they will drown in it. They give up their Miraculouses to the Owl and he delivers them to Hawkmoth (this is the closest Hawkmoth's ever gotten to actually possessing them). But it turns out they were fake Miraculouses made out of 'salt dough' that Marinette made from her parents' bakery. Then Ladybug figures out how to defeat the Owl by reading a comic of "The Adventures of Knight Owl" (Cat Noir says "reading comics books can actually save lives"). She realizes that the akuma object is in the computer in Owl's lair. There is a little moment where Dark Owl is giving her a bear hug but that's about the extent of the peril as she defeats him. Funny episode overall.
S2 E10 Sapotis SPECIAL EPISODE! Alya and Marinette are babysitting Alya's twin mischievous little sisters, and the k*ds become akumatized into Sapotis (based on a Creole legend of troublemaking little monsters). There's a great reference to Gremlins, as the Sapotis start multiplying whenever they eat. Then there's a reference to Pokemon when Cat Noir says "We've gotta catch 'em all". Marinette winds up having to visit Mister Fu (the wise Chinese Mr Miyagi type who possesses the remaining Miraculouses) to get help. He gives her another Miraculous to create another superhero ally and she gives it to Alya. Alya gets the Miraculous of the Fox, which creates the power of illusion. Alya meets her kwami (Trix), and then by saying "Let's pounce" becomes the beautiful foxy Rena Rouge (with almost the same appearance as Vulpina, from last season - see below) in a unique transformation that you think you might not see again in any other episode (but in fact, she becomes a regular). Rena Rouge creates an illusion of a huge amusement park with her flute to attract the Sapotis, and then the Sapotis are defeated and become her twin sisters again. She has to give back the Miraculous. Which is really too bad because Alya really cut a figure as the Fox. I would say don't miss this one if you like real superheroine action mixed with a high dose of super monster silliness.
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S2 E11 Gorizilla - The important parts of this episode: 1) We clearly see Adrien and Marinette having feelings for each other in their civilian identities. 2) We witness the actual transformation from Gabriel to Hawkmoth. Not much else.
S2 E12 - Captain Hardrock About the only interesting thing is that Marinette gains a second crush: a guitarist named Luka. Maybe in the future she'll need to decide between him and Adrien. The female villain is a fiftysomething woman who talks like a pirate.
S2 E13 Zombizou is an interesting twist, as Marinette feels some evil emotions which almost cause her to be akumatized! But the akuma lands on her teacher instead - Miss Bustier, funny name - and the teacher becomes the villainess Zombizou, who turns everyone into love-spreading kissing zombies. Zombizou has a hot gothy costume with a short miniskirt, a ripped pair of black tights and cute little heeled boots. The kids go around kissing everyone and turning them into zombies. It's an alright episode with a simple message about loving thy neighbor.
S2 E14 Syren A girl named Ondine, who is good at swimming, has a serious crush on the big boy Kim but he is oblivious which breaks her heart. Hawkmoth akumatizes Ondine into the Syren, a superpowered mermaid who floods the city. It is also here that we see that Ladybug is now regularly deputizing Alya to become Rena Rouge to help the heroes solve problems in Paris. Ladybug and Cat Noir get a special aquatic breathing power and new aquatic costumes from Mister Fu to help save the city from Syren's flood. We then find out that there are multiple special powers that can be given to the kwamis to augment the Miraculous Powers. The power formulas are then baked into small macaroons thanks to Marinette's baking skills, and imbued into slices of cheese for Cat Noir's kwami, Plagg. Thus both heroes have the extra powers on hand at all times. This is a big development as it opens up a lot of new powerful possibilities for the heroes. Great episode!
S2 E16 Frightingale Chloe tries out for the lead part in a video by singer by Clara Nightingale and is rebuffed. In revenge, she gets her father the mayor to cancel the video permit. Clara is resentful, and becomes akumatized into Frightningale, who turns people into statues if they don't sing and dance. Frightningale has a colorful tight bodysuit costume with clownish face makeup, a magic wand and high heels. Eventually Ladybug and Chat Noir defeat her. Episode is entertaining if not especially noteworthy.
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