| “ | Yeah, I've written every nice thing that anyone's ever said to me to keep them with me all the time. | „ |
| ~ Zoé |
Zoé Lee, known as Vesperia is a major character of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. In season 4, she receives the Bee Miraculous from Ladybug, which, when inhabited by Pollen, can transform her into Vesperia, a bee-themed superhero, succeeded her half-sister, Chloé Bourgeois, who was the former Bee Miraculous holder until she betrayed the French Miraculous superhero team by teaming up with Hawk Moth and Mayura.
She is voiced by Deneen Melody.
In "Sole Crusher", after being tired of hiding her true self in order to please her half-sister, Zoé was akumatized by Shadow Moth into Sole Crusher, (Pirkell in the French version), a golden supervillain who could absorb people and grow larger by stomping on or kicking them. She also received a Magical Charm from Ladybug that prevented her from being akumatized again.
After the events of "Strikeback", Zoé was temporarily unable to become Vesperia after Monarch managed to steal the Bee Miraculous along with all the others contained in the Chinese Miracle Boxfrom Ladybug's yo-yo.
In "Transmission", in order to allow Adrien Agreste to be free to love Marinette, Plagg took back the Cat Miraculous from him and gave it to Zoé so she could take his place. When Plagg inhabited the Miraculous, Zoé became Kitty Noire (Blaqueminette in the French version), a cat-themed superhero with the power of Destruction who became Scarabella's partner when she got the Ladybug Miraculous.
In "Deflagration", after Zoé's secret identity as Kitty Noire was uncovered by Monarch, he formulated a plan to take her Cat Miraculous. This forced her to renounce the Miraculous back to Cat Noir.
In "Adoration", at the end of the episode, it is revealed that Zoé has been in love with Marinette since their first encounter in "Sole Crusher".
In "Re-creation", after Ladybug recovered the stolen Miraculous and reforged them following Monarch's defeat, Zoé was given back the Bee Miraculous permanently and reunited with Pollen.
In "Revelator", it's shown that, after getting her Miraculous back, Zoé, along with the other secondary heroes of Ladybug's team, was trained to unlock her adult powers, no longer detransforming after using her power.
Personality[]
Zoé is a sweet girl and she can be very caring to everyone that crosses her way, being even able to make friends with someone she has just met, like Marinette Dupain-Cheng. She is also very forgiving, showing this in "Sole Crusher", after Marinette trips and falls on her. Zoé is also very generous, as she gave to the taxi driver that took her to Le Grand Paris the baking goods that Marinette gave her, after hearing from her how her children love them. She is also shown to be creative, shown to dye her hair and customize her own shoes.
Her greatest dream is to become an actress, and she is very skilled at doing so. However, because she was constantly acting a role, much like Lila Rossi and her lies, Zoé ended up concealing her true self and, when she was not able to do it anymore, she ended up having no friends back in New York. After moving to Paris to live with her maternal family, she pretends to be like her mother and half-sister in order to please them and be accepted by them. She also wants to fit in, which is why she is always acting. After being deakumatized, she learned that the way she was acting was wrong, and decided to finally stop hiding her true self.
In "Queen Banana", at first she was hesitant in taking the Bee Miraculous knowing how Chloé would react but Ladybug reassures that she'll keep her identity a secret.
As Vesperia, most of Zoé's personality remains the same and she's proven to be very clever using her acting skills that led to her sister's downfall. She can also act in a flashy way, similar to Queen Bee, but always showing a much humbler side. According to Plagg, she is more refined, sweeter and nicer than Chloé. She had to have it because Chloé had revealed her identity.
As Kitty Noire, she was shown to be rather competent and skillful when using her powers (despite the initial struggle when using her staff). She was able to take the right initiative like using her Cataclysm to get access to the villain's akumatized object, failing only because of unexpected events (like the use of Resistance). Kitty Noire was also able to cooperate very well with others, even when she had just met them, as she was able to make great teamwork with Scarabella moments after they had just met each other, with the two of them quickly coming up with a plan together to defeat a villain and execute it perfectly. Similar to Cat Noir, she had a little of a flirtatious side.
As Sole Crusher, she was much more confident and refused to let others boss her around, However, she was still willing to please Chloé as she considered crushing Kitty Section just to be like her. Despite her villainous nature, she did still care for Marinette by carrying her in her hand rather than absorbing her, because she remembered her kindness, and was almost willing to stand down when the latter tried to reason with her. Even while she was akumatized, she maintained her calmness and patience when she allows Marinette to continue explaining reality to her. She was also shown to not be willing to harm Marinette or her friends when Chloé tried to convince her to attack Kitty Section, and her hesitance to do so caused Chloé to threaten her.
History[]
Season 4[]
In "Sole Crusher" Zoé visits Paris to stay with her maternal family and be accepted by them and be a Bourgeois. Later she got akumatized into Sole Crusher.
In "Queen Banana", Ladybug gives the Bee Miraculous to Zoé to help defeat her half-sister, Chloé who has been transformed by Shadow Moth into Queen Banana. She meet Pollen, the bee kwami, and transforms into Vesperia for the first time, using her power to stop Chloé so that she can be de-akumatized.
Season 5[]
In "Jubilation", Vesperia is among the superheroes attending Ladybug and Cat Noir's wedding in the dream caused by Gift when they are fighting Darker Owl in reality.
In "Determination", to try and help restore morale to Paris because of losing Vesperia and the other heroes, Grevin Museum curator Veronique has a wax figurine of Vesperia made, alongside those of the rest of the team, in hopes of helping to boost hope. When Mayor Bourgeois, under Chloé's influence again, refuses to let the figures be displayed, due to Chloé's own anger at how Queen Bee is not going to be part of the exhibit and Vesperia will be, Veronique is akumatized by Monarch into Manipula, bringing the wax figures of Vesperia and the others to life to try and make Manipula look like a hero by bringing the team back. The Vesperia wax figure is later defeated alongside the Rena Rouge wax figure by Ladybug and Cat Noir, and once Manipula is defeated, the figures are restored to the museum unharmed and inanimate again by Miraculous Ladybug, and Ladybug convinces Mayor Bourgeois to open the exhibit after all, much to Chloé's anger and frustration at not getting her way again.
In "Transmission", she got the Cat Miraculous after Plagg decided to take a break from Adrien in order for him to pursue a relationship with Marinette and became the Cat-themed superhero known as Kitty Noire, joining forces with Alya Cesaire, who became Scarabella after being entrusted with the Ladybug Miraculous and Tikki so Marinette could take some time off from being Ladybug to pursue the relationship with Adrien.
In the season finale, "The Final Day", Zoé is part of the Resistance as they fight against the Miraculized as part of Monarch's Operation Perfect Alliance, joined by Grandmaster Su-Han and the Guardians, the United Heroez, and Ladydragon, but it is a losing fight as the Miraculized keep coming. It is only, as shown in "Miraculous London", when Ladybug uses her Miraculous Ladybug to undo all the damage, that Zoé and everyone else are saved as the Miraculized are returned to normal. She later learns that Gabriel Agreste sacrificed himself to end the threat of Monarch for good. After Marinette restores the Miraculous to their original forms, she entrusts Pollen to Zoé permanently, allowing Zoé to become Vesperia again and join the rest of the restored French Miraculous superhero team to prepare for whatever threats come from the new Hawk Moth in Lila Rossi/Cerise Bianca.
Season 6[]
In "Daddycop", Zoé, along with Mylène, Rose, Juleka, Kagami, and Alya, are preparing for their weekly girls movie night at Marinette's, but Marinette had planned to celebrate her 100th kiss with Adrien that same night. When they notice Sabrina and how she had been alone since Chloé was exiled from Paris, they decide to invite her, through Zoé, to the movie night. Unfortunately, Marinette assumed they were okay with her inviting Adrien so she could still have her dinner date with him, and when Sabrina is heartbroken after Marinette told her the truth, when they learn of it, fearing for Sabrina's well-being, they rush to help and comfort her, but are confronted by her father, Lt. Roger Raincomprix, akumatized into Daddycop by Chrysalis. Zoé is among the first victims of Daddycop to be brainwashed into becoming a zombie who loves Sabrina and attempt to chase her down to comfort her, but later, thanks to a group effort by Ladybug, Cat Noir, Pegasus, and Miss Hound, Zoé and the other victims are returned to normal, stunned and confused by what happened. Later, back at Marinette's, Sabrina apologizes for her sins when she was helping Chloé and hopes for a fresh start with the other female members of French Miraculous superhero team. Zoé and the other girls reassure her that Chloé is nothing but a bad memory for all of them now and Sabrina has a chance to truly be herself now and not be in the shadow of someone like Chloé anymore, giving Sabrina a group hug to show they are there to help her now. Later, Sabrina appears at school sporting a new appearance now that she can just be herself, and Zoe and the other members of French Miraculous superhero team offer positive reactions to it.
However, later on, Zoé is confronted by an old classmate from NYC, named Ray, who shows her a video on his cellphone of her from when she was a bully back in New York and calls her by her nickname, "Cockroach". Zoé deletes it, but Ray warns her that she can't run from her past forever as, sooner or later, it will catch up with her, as he walks away laughing wickedly as Zoé glares after him, knowing he's right.
Trivia[]
- Her name, Zoé, rhymes with the name of her half-sister, Chloé. Also, she looks similar to the latter as both have blonde hair and blue eyes, but unlike the latter, she does not wear an eyeshadow and she looks younger and more innocent in comparison to Chloé, hinting that she might be Audrey's younger daughter. Also, unlike Chloé, she has a pink streak in her hair. Also, both are holders of the Bee Miraculous (with Zoé being mistakenly referred to as Queen Bee by Cat Noir before she corrected him), but unlike Chloé, Zoé is a straightforwardly good superheroine who did her best to help Ladybug (mainly in "Queen Banana", where she became Vesperia to save Chloé and have her de-akumatized).
- Zoé Lee is the ninth person to become a Miraculous holder who was also an Akumatized villain, following Nino Lahiffe in "The Bubbler", Alya Césaire in "Lady Wifi", Lê Chiến Kim in "Dark Cupid", Alix Kubdel in "Timerbreaker", Max Kanté in "Gamer", Chloé Bourgeois in "Antibug", Rose Lavillant in "Princess Fragrance", Kagami Tsurugi in "Riposte", and Luka Couffaine in "Silencer", but excluding Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth, who akumatized himself in "The Collector" into the titular villain.
- She shares her English voice actress with two fellow kwamis, Kaalki and Mullo.
- Zoé Lee is the first Miraculous holder to be from Ms. Mendeleiev's class.
- She is the third person to use the Cat Miraculous following Adrien Agreste and Marinette Dupain-Cheng in "Reflekdoll".
- As Sole Crusher, she had some hilarious and comedic moments, such as being mistaken for Chloé by Armand, Chloé getting numerous civilians (except for Marinette) absorbed into her shoes, Cat Noir jokingly asking her if she "started off on the wrong foot", much to her annoyance, and tripping on Cat Noir's staff or Ladybug's yoyo.
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