| “ | I can help you crush Ladybug, but you must give me her Miraculous in return. | „ |
| ~ Dark Cupid |
Dark Cupid is an akumatized villain from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir and the akumatized form of Le Chien Kim.
Appearance[]
Dark Cupid wears a black and red suit, along with large black wings attached to his back, each feather-like end tipped with two red stripes. On the sides of his neck, there are black lightning bolts. He wears a black head cover, the areas covering the top of his hair and around his eyes being red. The top of his suit is red, with a large white broken heart on his chest. From the waist down to the knee, the suit is black. From the elbow down to the hand is black, and from the knee down, it is red with a few strands of cloth sticking out above the back of each ankle. On his back is a black, red, and white striped quiver, which carries red arrows. On the quiver strap across his chest, the brooch, which is now red and black, is attached to it. His archery bow is based off of a breaking heart. The handle is white with red heart halves at the ends, and on each side of the bow, there are two large gray and white spikes.
Personality[]
As Dark Cupid, he is greatly bitter at love and seeks to avenge his broken heart by destroying all the love in Paris with his arrows. He is still very prideful but has no issues teaming up with one of his victims, like Cat Noir, to succeed.
Powers and Abilities[]
Dark Cupid can fly with his wings. Using his bow and rose-shaped black arrows, he shoots people, turning their feelings of love and friendship into hate.
The effect of the arrows varies from person to person; for example, Alya becomes mean-spirited to Marinette, while Cat Noir gets filled by the desire to destroy Ladybug. The lips of people affected by his arrows turn black.
Similarly to fairy tales with curses, the effect of the arrows can be reverted by true love's kiss.
List of people he controlled[]
- People
- Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge
- Cat Noir
- Sabrina Raincomprix
- Audrey Bourgeois
- André Bourgeois
- Butler Jean
- Aurore Beauréal
- Jalil Kubdel
- Kagami Tsurugi
- Fred Haprèle
- Rose Lavillant
- Roger Raincomprix
- Queen Bee
History[]
Season 1[]
He first appears after Chloe rejects him and humiliates him. When he gets his powers, he starts launching arrows at people and cause them to hate each other. Then Ladybug and Cat Noir show up, but Dark Cupid shoots an arrow and Cat Noir sacrifices himself and gets corrupted.
Quotes[]
| “ | I'm not Kim, I'm Dark Cupid! I'll never stop! If I can't have love, then no one can! | „ |
Trivia[]
- In the French dubbed version, Kim's villain name is "Dislocoeur".
- Dislocoeur is intended to be a pun in French, "-cœur" meaning "heart" and "dis-" alluding to "disloquer", meaning "break".
- His supervillain name is based off of Cupid, a mythical character in Roman mythology, who is believed to have the power to bring people together with his love arrows.
- However, his powers operate opposite to Cupid's, as he breaks people apart.
- Dark Cupid reappears in the two-part special event "Heroes' Day".
- Dark Cupid appears another time in "Gamer 2.0" for Gamer's powers.
- A statue of Dark Cupid appears in the Musée Grévin in "The Puppeteer 2".
Gallery[]
"Dark Cupid"[]
Catalyst[]
Mayura[]
Gamer 2.0[]
The Puppeteer 2[]
