Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Marinette is looking after Alex’s watch when it gets broken, and Akuma “evilises” Alex, transforming her into the Timebreaker. In her new role she can freeze everyone in time, allowing her to recover the shattered watch and restore it once more.

Timebreaker is a programme presented as an episode‑length story, falling squarely within the “episode” genre. It follows the conventions of a short, self‑contained narrative, delivering a concise plot within a single instalment. The episode centres on Marinette, who is temporarily looking after Alex’s watch. While in her care the watch suffers damage and stops working. In the meantime, the malevolent entity Akuma intervenes, corrupting Alex and turning her into the titular Timebreaker. This new identity grants Alex the ability to halt time for everyone around her, effectively freezing the world at her command. Armed with this temporal power, Timebreaker sets about reclaiming the broken watch. By pausing the surrounding environment, she can move unimpeded and retrieve the damaged timepiece without opposition. The episode therefore hinges on the interplay between Akuma’s corrupting influence, Alex’s transformation into Timebreaker, and the ensuing use of frozen time to recover the watch that sparked the whole incident.