- Original release
- Previous episode S03E11 - Miraculeur
- Number S03E12
- Episode runtime 25 minutes
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Directors
Thomas Astruc
Jun Violet
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Writers
Thomas Astruc
Sébastien Thibaudeau
Mélanie Duval
Frédéric/que Engel Lenoir
- Country France
- Original language French
- Genres Fantasy, Family, Children, Animation, Adventure, Action, Romance
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External links
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Last update
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La Marionnettiste 2
Adrien is scheduled to have a wax bust of him created at the Musée Grévin, and invites Nino, Alya, and Marinette to tag along. Marinette is babysitting Manon, so she accompanies the four to the museum. At the Musée Grévin, Alya and Nino leave Marinette and Adrien in a workshop together to try and hook them up and then leave to spend time with each other. Manon is left behind, and is upset when she believes nobody wants to play with her. Hawk Moth corrupts her back into the Puppeteer, this time with the ability to bring wax busts of several past akumatized people to life as her loyal minions. After defeating her, Marinette learns that Adrien likes another girl, much to her disappointment.
The wait is over and the dust has settled over Paris. With "Nemesis," the 26th and final episode of Season 6, "Miraculous, les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir" has closed one of its boldest chapters to date. Season 6 premiered in France on TFOU in March 2025 and finished its French run on October 11, 2026. Across those 26 episodes, Thomas Astruc's superhero phenomenon did something few long-running animated series attempt: it changed the status quo for good. If you've just finished the finale and are still processing it, this debrief is for you.
A new cycle that took real risks
To understand why "Nemesis" lands so well, you have to remember where this season started. Season 5 ended the Agreste family arc, the storyline built around Gabriel Agreste, voiced with chilling restraint by Antoine Tomé as Hawk Moth and later Shadow Moth. Season 6 is the first season of a brand-new arc. With a new holder of the Butterfly Miraculous turning Parisians into akumatized villains, the writers had the freedom to rethink the show's formula. The premiere, "Climatiqueen," made that clear immediately, and the season kept introducing threats that felt different from the old villain-of-the-week pattern, including a wonderfully imaginative antagonist in the early episodes.
