Cerise Bianca, formerly known as Lila Rossi, (who in turn was also known as Volpina, Chameleon, Hoaxer, Timestalker and Spectral Looter in her Akumatized forms) and better known by her supervillain alias Chrysalis, is the secondary antagonist of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, serving as the final antagonist of season 1, a supporting antagonist of season 2, a major antagonist of season 3, a minor antagonist of season 4, one of the three secondary antagonists (alongside ChloƩ Bourgeois and Tomoe Tsurugi) of season 5 and the main antagonist of season 6.
She is also a minor antagonist of Miraculous World: New York - United Heroez, a cameo antagonist in Miraculous World: Shanghai - The Legend of Ladydragon and Miraculous World: Paris - Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir, and the main antagonist of Miraculous World: London - At the Edge of Time.
She is an enigmatic and deceitful girl who is incredibly talented at lying and manipulating others. Throughout the series, she becomes obsessed with destroying Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug for attempting to expose her lies, along with getting Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir to fall in love with her. Her various schemes have resulted in her being willingly akumatized by Hawk Moth on several occasions and additionally forming an alliance with his civilian identity, Gabriel Agreste, to "protect" Adrien from any negative influences. However, after she is revealed to be aware of his secret identity, she begins plotting to steal his Miraculous. As of the episode "Re-creation", she is the current holder of the Butterfly Miraculous, and is set to become Ladybug and Cat Noir's future archenemy.
Powers and abilities[]
Powers[]
As a result, she wears a brooch known as the Butterfly Miraculous, which when worn grant Lila/Cerise the ability to transform into Chrysalis, her supervillian alias.
As the holder of a Miraculous, Lila/Cerise is assisted by a small purple creature resembling a moth/butterfly called Nooroo, who is a magical being known as a Kwami. As Chrysalis, Lila/Cerise's signature ability is transmission.
As Volpina[]
- Illusion manipulation: she is able to create illusions by playing a tune on her flute.
- Supernatural agility: she can move quickly with jumps.
As Chameleon[]
- Kiss empowerment: Chameleon has an enchanted kiss which is how she uses her powers.
- Shape-shifting: whenever she kisses someone, she transforms into that person.
- Voice mimicry: she can mimic the voice of her victims.
- Power mimicry: she can also summon the power of a miraculous holder, as seen with Cat Noir.
- Sleep inducement: while she changes form, she also puts her victims to sleep.
- Shape-shifting: whenever she kisses someone, she transforms into that person.
Abilities[]
- Lying mistress: Lila's main ability is her talent for lying. She is able to deceive everyone and even finds ways to support her lies such as buying a pendant resembling the fox miraculous. She was also able to guilt trip everyone into turning against Marinette so that she could sit in front with Adrien.
- Flute playing: as Volpina, she can play her flute with ease. However, it is unknown if she can play a flute in her civilian form.
Role in the series[]
She first appears in "Volpina", where she is seen with a surprised Adrien. She attempts to get close to him and seeing he had the miraculous spellbook, she took it and found a page of Ladybug. Looking at Adrien thinking about Ladybug, Lila is annoyed seeing that he was in love with the superheroine and secretly sneaks the book away from him. Looking at the book, she finds a page of a vixen superheroine. She then goes to a jewelry store and buys a replica of the Fox miraculous to convince Adrien that she was a superheroine. Once she tells him, she goes on saying that Volpina was "more powerful and celebrated than Ladybug", not knowing the real Ladybug was listening in on her lies. She is confronted and exposed by the superheroine, and then she runs away out of tears. Then she confesses her hatred of Ladybug in front of a billboard.
She is soon after akumatized by Hawk Moth into Volpina, and starts using her power of illusion to trick all the Parisians.
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