Gabriel Agreste (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)

Gabriel Agreste is the main antagonist of the animated series, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He is the CEO of the Gabriel fashion line. He is the father of Adrien Agreste and the former spouse of Emilie Agreste. He is also Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch, the wielder of the Butterfly Miraculous (as Shadow Moth, he has the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculouses and as Monarch he has the Butterfly and 15 other Miraculouses).

Why He Miraculously Sucks

 * 1) When it comes to parenting, he's usually a strict parent who wants Adrien to be perfect at all times for no explained reason.
 * 2) * In "Captain Hardrock", when Adrien is playing the piano for him and misses one note, he forbids Adrien from seeing his friends even though he already promised he would.
 * 3) Sometimes he's neglectful towards Adrien. He never shows up to spend time with him.
 * 4) * He even forgot Adrien's birthday, and once he remembered, he made his assistant buy him a gift.
 * 5) He kept Adrien homeschooled for years against his wishes.
 * 6) In "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral", he tried to evilize his own son.
 * 7) He's mean to pretty much anyone, like when he didn't let Simon Grimault finish his hypnotism trick.
 * 8) He's the supervillain Hawk Moth, who turns people evil and practically brainwashes them into doing his bidding.
 * 9) He's obsessed with his dead wife, who he wants to revive using the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses.
 * 10) * If you already thought this was pathetic, just wait until you find out he wants to rewrite reality just to bring Emilie back.
 * 11) For a serious villain, he does a lot of monologues and evil laughs.
 * 12) It's hard to take him seriously when he always loses.
 * 13) Hypocrisy: He doesn't let Adrien go out since it's too dangerous, but he doesn't have any problem with Riposte trying to kill him.
 * 14) He has no remorse hurting others.
 * 15) *In fact, he doesn't have any problem with Nathalie using the Peacock Miraculous for a majority of season 3, even though she might die from it.
 * 16) His designs as Hawk Moth, Shadow Moth and Monarch are ugly, which is odd since he's a fashion designer.
 * 17) He abuses Nooroo by using his power for evil.
 * 18) He's an idiot, as for some reason, he chooses to do the same thing over and over instead of techniques that were close to succeeding, such as Optigami or Catalyst.
 * 19) * He winds up akumatizing villains like Reflekta and Mr. Pigeon multiple times, but he won't bring back good villains like the Pharaoh or Kwamibuster.
 * 20) * He even manages to lose with the Rabbit Miraculous in "Evolution".
 * 21) * He could just akumatize himself with the power to time travel and avoid hurting anyone.
 * 22) The writers try to make him sympathetic, but they ended up making a deranged sociopath. Ironically, they think Chloe is beyond redemption.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) His voice actor, Keith Silverstein, does a good job.
 * 2) He looks good as Gabriel.
 * 3) He sometimes spends time with Adrien and was even willing to quit being Hawk Moth and spend time with him.
 * 4) Despite what's said in WHMS#3, he let Adrien go to school at the start of the show.
 * 5) His schemes are sometimes good, such as Sentibubbler, Hack-San, Risk and Catalyst.
 * 6) He's a decent villain and can be taken seriously half of the time.
 * 7) As mentioned in WHMS#9, his losses are justified since he has to lose or else the show ends.