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“ | I call him [The Gorilla] because he's huge and he never speaks, just like a gorilla! | ” |
Placide I.T., nicknamed The Gorilla, is Adrien's bodyguard and car chauffeur.
Appearance
Physical appearance
Adrien's bodyguard is large and tall, with dark blue eyes. The hair on top of his head is black while his sideburns and the hair on the sides of his head is gray. He doesn't have eyebrows.
Civilian attire
He wears a dark bluish-gray dress suit with a light bluish-gray sweater underneath the jacket. He also has dark bluish-gray dress shoes.
As Gorizilla
He is entirely blue with a lighter blue chest and face surrounded by thick black lines. His eyes are yellow, and he has two upper canines that stick out of his mouth.
- For more of Adrien's bodyguard's outfits and designs, see Adrien's bodyguard/Designs.
Personality
Adrien's bodyguard is serious, grim and stoic, never talking or expressing any emotions. He takes his job very seriously and is quite protective of Adrien, threatening Simon Grimault when the latter just wanted to shake hands with Adrien. His suspicious nature also thrives outside of his job as he glances at Marinette from a distance because she is talking back to her purse, where Tikki is, in "Guitar Villain". He isn't afraid to stand up to what he considers dangerous to himself or others, like Simon Says and Darkblade, but he becomes fearful in particular cases he is endangered. While not openly genial, the bodyguard obeys his employer and Nathalie, and he follows through on requests on others, such as delivering Marinette's Christmas gift to Adrien in "A Christmas Special".
Abilities
As a civilian
The bodyguard is very strong, being able to use his height and build to intimate others if necessary. When Simon Says hypnotizes him to act like a gorilla, he is powerful enough to attack and restraint Cat Noir.
As Gorizilla
He has extraordinary strength and a strong sense of smell.
Relationships
Adrien Agreste
The bodyguard is very protective of Adrien, leaving his side only when forced to, like when he is chased off by spiders summoned by Santa Claws. In general, he seems to be very fond of Adrien, showing sighs of genuine care towards him.
Sightings
Episodes
Specials
Trivia
- Thomas Astruc and the crew call him "the Gorilla."[3]
- As revealed in "Adrien's Double Life", Adrien calls him "the Gorilla" because he's large and he doesn't talk at all.
- In "Simon Says", the title character hypnotizes the bodyguard to think he is a gorilla.
- In the French version of "The Puppeteer", Plagg also refers to him as "The Gorilla," while he simply refers to him as Adrien's bodyguard in the English version.
- In some languages (including French), "Gorilla" is a slang word used to describe a particularly muscular bodyguard.
- In "The Bubbler", the bodyguard can be spotted in the sky to the right of Marinette's parents when they are trapped in bubbles.
- He really likes Christmas.[4]
- In "Stormy Weather", the bodyguard is helping out Vincent by holding up a reflector during Adrien's photo shoot in the park.
- Although the car he usually drives appears in "Kung Food", he himself does not.
- A image showing part of the bodyguard's akumatized form was teased in a sneak peek collage at the Miraculous San Diego Comic-Con 2017 panel.[5]
- The akuma in "Gigantitan" was intended to akumatize the bodyguard, but it ended up akumatizing August instead.
- The name of his akumatized form, Gorizilla, is a pun on his nickname and Godzilla. Coincidently, both have Gorilla in their names, representing their strength and power.[6]
- Gorizilla will reappear for the two-part special event The Heroes' Day.
Gallery
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References
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BAvMacVQ9OV/
- ↑ https://pandasuite.com/viewer/2.0.2/59a6c26e48abe6f53a002dc9?t=1 (direct video source here)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/669059488666820608
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/669429291806031873
- ↑ https://youtu.be/vtO8bbvmU0g?t=1586
- ↑ http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/godzilla.html