- Original release
- Previous episode S03E19 - Trouble Fête
- Number S03E20
- Episode runtime 25 minutes
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Directors
Thomas Astruc
Manon Serda
Wilfried Pain
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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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IMDB page
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Last update
12 octobre 2026 - 05:34
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Gamer 2.0
Marinette is overwhelmed with stress by creating Jagged t-shirts for her friends, leading her to swear off video games until she finishes on her work. This forces her to turn down a request from her parents to play with them. Meanwhile, Max wants to find someone to test a new game he created, but all of his friends are busy. Depressed, Max falls victim to Hawk Moth and is once again corrupted into Gamer 2.0. He abducts the citizens of Paris and forces Ladybug and Cat Noir into a fighting game tournament with former akumatized villains as the playable characters. Ladybug gives in after Cat Noir advises her to "have fun" after realizing what stress has done to herself. After defeating him, Marinette takes Max to her parents so they can playtest his game, to the delight of them all.
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.
