The Heroes Could've Easily Won in Heroes' Day
I'm sure there were other times, and I know this episode is super old, but I was rewatching Heroes' Day: Mayura, and the heroes could've won so easily right before Mayura swooped in to save Hawk Daddy Hawk Moth.
So the main reason the heroes haven't been able to beat Hawk Moth so far in the show is that they don't know where to find him: He's always hiding behind his akumatized villains- so they can defeat the villains but they can't get his miraculous if he isn't there. But he actually shows up to the fight in this episode (Which is lowkey kinda dumb because they almost defeated him because of it he already had such a good strategy because if his plan failed they can't get his miraculous and he didn't have to actually be there for the Volpina trick she could've been the one sneaking up on him, but I digress.)
I have no idea why Ladybug used her yoyo to make a cage- Carapace is right there, and now she can't fight because her weapon is tied up. 0 IQ move right there. Anyways. Carapace could've sheltered Hawk Moth, then shrunk it so that he can't even move. Then Rena Rouge could create illusions of Queen Bee with her venom out cornering Hawk Moth. Ladybug and Chat Noir could be there for backup in case Hawk Moth tried to escape or attack Queen Bee. Queen Bee then sneaks up behind him with her venom, and heck Chat Noir could even be waiting right outside the shell with his cataclysm to threaten Hawk Moth so he doesn't even try to break the shell.>!(Though we already know from Season 5 that he's crazy enough to let himself get cataclysmed)!<Carapace can be following behind the real Queen Bee (but masked by the illusion) so he know when she gets close enough. Then right as Queen Bee goes to paralyze Hawk Moth, Carapace can drop the shield and boom, Hawk Moth is paralyzed. Rena can drop the illusion, and Ladybug can grab Hawk Moth's miraculous.
Now this would obviously reveal Gabriel's identity, which would cause shock and confusion, especially to Chat Noir, but he would still be frozen by Queen Bee at this point so they have time to freak out. Ladybug can then have everyone (minus Chat Noir because he's probably gunna be freaking out) put in their little earpieces and tell Carapace to go recharge his kwami so he can reuse his power. She can then go give the butterfly miraculous to Master Fu while Chat Noir has his existential crisis and the others can guard Gabriel in case he somehow gets unparalyzed. Then once Ladybug gives the miraculous to Master Fu she can radio Carapace to shelter Gabriel again, and then she uses her miraculous ladybug.
Boom. Show over. And therapy for Adrien.
Posted Mar 14, 2026, 6:34 AM UTC