| “ | I call him [The Gorilla] because he's huge and he never speaks, just like a gorilla! | ” |
Placide I.T. is Adrien's bodyguard and car chauffeur.
Appearance
Physical appearance
Adrien's bodyguard is large and tall, with 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 does not have eyebrows.
Civilian attire
He wears a dark blue dress suit with a light blue sweater underneath the jacket. He also has dark blue dress shoes.
Personality
Adrien's bodyguard is serious and grim, never talking or expressing any emotions. He takes his job very seriously and is quite protective of Adrien, threatening Simon when the latter just wanted to shake hands with Adrien.
Abilities
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.
Sightings
Specials
Trivia
- Thomas Astruc and the crew call him "the Gorilla."[2]
- 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 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.[3]
- In "Stormy Weather", the bodyguard is helping out the photographer by holding up a reflector during Adrien's photoshoot in the park.
- Although the car he usually drives appears in "Kung Food", he himself does not.
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References