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| “ | Ziggy, Bleat it! | „ |
| ~ Nathaniel, when he transforms into Caprikid. |
| “ | "I'm done hiding" | „ |
| ~ Nathaniel in the closet, after temporarily escaping The Ruler's wrath. |
| “ | "Power or no power, I'll always be there to protect you" | „ |
| ~ Nathaniel to Marc, in the reveal seen of The Ruler |
Nathaniel Kurtzberg is a major character from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. He received the Goat Miraculous, when inhabited by the kwami Ziggy, can transform him into Caprikid, a goat-themed superhero.
He is voiced by Franck Tordjman in the original French and Michael Sinterniklaas in the English version, who also voiced Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003.
Appearance[]
Physical Appearance[]
Nathaniel is short with turquoise eyes and face-length straight neat combed red-orange hair with bangs to the left side of his face.
Civilian Attire[]
In the old animation, he wears a red t-shirt with a black logo design on the front, similar to that of the band Magma. Over his shirt, he wears a dark grey dress jacket with a folded collar, folded sleeves, and side pockets. He wears purple jeans which are rolled up which reveals a light purple bottom and has grey shoes with white lace and a white section where his toes would be.
Now, Nathaniel wears a long-sleeved top with black overalls, which have paint splatters, coloured with the bisexual flag. His Miraculous is also disguised has hair clip to keep a few locks out of his face, and his shoes are spacey sort of loafers with no socks, still with the bi paint theme.
As Caprikid[]
Caprikid wears a skin-tight suit composed of black pants and a black jacket with two thick white lines that go up diagonally from the bottom of his zipper to his shoulders. The jacket possesses a bushy white fur collar around his neck and at the ends of his sleeves. The zipper itself is a hollow upward pointing white triangle. His mask is mainly white, covering his eyes, with a V-shaped black section in the top/centre. He also wears white gloves. His black boots also have white fur at their top and white soles.
His hair remains red, covering most of the left side of his face. It also becomes a bit messier. He has two grey goat-like horns going up with a small curve off the top of his head as the Goat Miraculous.
Caprikid's design changed with the new animation. He now horns that become circular, rather than point upwards. Around the chest area it barely changed, but the top half is now more of a jacket style, and doesn't have any fur on the arms and doesn't have the gloves anymore. His mask is mostly dark grey and bit of white (it was mostly white and a bit of dark grey in the old one). Caprikid's brush also looks more like a life-sized paint brush, while in the old on looked like a video game tool. His bottom half now looks more like pants and shoes rather just being one. There is still fur on his legs, but now down the side. He also now wear's platform heels with a split in the middle, meant to look like a goat's hoof.
Personality[]
As a civilian, Nathaniel is imaginative and artistic. An introverted soul, he is quiet and shy in class, and seems to be quite easily lost in his fantasies, such as when he is daydreaming about his crush, Marinette. In his drawings, he creates "Super Nathan", a courageous superhero version of himself, as a way to imagine himself as being more brash and outgoing. Nathaniel can be rather observant about details around him, including goo left by Horrificator in the episode of the same name and the details of Chloé's bracelet in "Rogercop". Afraid of being judged, he prefers to be secretive about his art, and if he is accused of something, he becomes nervous, and, if the accusations are true, deeply embarrassed. This introverted nature of his is the root for his individualism, as he prefers to work alone and dislikes team sports. This changed partly after he met Marc and the two started working together to create their comic books.
He is easily terrified in some scary or stressful situations, as in "Horrificator", but in other situations, he is willing to stand up for himself, such as when others accuse him of stealing Chloé's bracelet.
In "Reverser", Nathaniel has a bit of a habit of jumping to conclusions when he assumed the book Marinette gave him came from Ladybug, when it actually came from Marc, without giving him the chance to explain. Similar to Cat Noir, he is sensitive of his feelings towards the heroine.
As The Evillustrator (who is based on "Super Nathan"), he is more confident and direct, such as when he literally barged into Marinette's bedroom and asked her out to celebrate his birthday with him. Even when Akumatized, he still genuinely cares for her, promising her that he would stop attacking Chloé and even defying Hawk Moth for a while when his date was at stake. However, he is furious when humiliated or tricked and he can be short-tempered and reckless - his response to Marinette betraying him was accusing her of being just like Chloé.
As Caprikid, he retains most of his personality, especially his creativity, which he uses when invoking his power to create any object he wants. However, he becomes more of a team player, as he fights alongside Ladybug and the rest of her team in a very effective way, especially when he uses his power to convince Penalteam he and the other heroes can use their powers infinitely and without detransforming.
Powers and abilities[]
As a civilian[]
Nathaniel is a skilled artist, able to draw pictures with a pencil, pen, or marker, and can also create digital arts on his tablet. He is also talented in painting.
As Caprikid[]
Caprikid has enhanced abilities such as speed, strength, durability and agility. His weapon is a paint brush staff. It's worn as a belt when not in use, appearing like a goat's tail. His power, Genesis allows him to create anything he draws wants into real life.
To use Genesis, Caprikid raises the Paint Brush Staff in the air and the bristles are charged with white energy. Caprikid waves it, painting on thin air, to paint the desired object into existence. The objects are mundane and lacks any superpower or magical properties.
Genesis can be used to produce multiple objects in one go, if those objects are all part of the same object; a trunk full of other objects for example.
Genesis can produce technological objects, though it is unknown how advanced the technology can be. Additionally, even though it can’t produce objects that are themselves magical, it can produce objects that can utilize external magic, such as a crossbow that can shoot magic arrows that never miss their target, as long the power to never miss the target belongs to the user.
However, using Genesis triggers the Miraculous' failsafe to turn him back into his civilian form after five minutes to give the Kwami a chance to recover their energy. If he can overcome this failsafe through sheer willpower, as demonstrated by Ladybug and Cat Noir in "Revolution", he can remain transformed and use Genesis repeatedly without needing to revert back to recuperate.
Weaknesses[]
Genesis allows Caprikid to create any object he desire, but the object can't be given magical properties. For example, if Caprikid were to make a magic wand, it would look real, but it would basically just be a stage prop, toy, or replica as it certainly wouldn't be able to cast any magic.
The objects produced through Genesis can destroyed or disintegrated by Cataclysm and Genesis can't be used without it being verbally invoked and can be interrupted or intercepted during the summoning process.
Biography[]
Season 1[]
In "Evillustrator", after admitting he loves Marinette, he is corrupted by Hawk Moth into the titular supervillain capable of both bringing anything that he draws to life and erasing any object.
Season 2[]
Miraculous Shanghai[]
Season 3[]
Miraculous New York[]
In the New York special, Nathaniel is seen among his classmates in every scene where the whole is class is together.
Season 4[]
In "Penalteam" Ladybug gives Nathaniel the Goat Miraculous in order to help fight Chloé. He meets the Kwami Ziggy, the goat Kwami, and transforms into Caprikid for the first time, and uses his power, Genesis to defeat her.
Season 5[]
In "Jubilation", Caprikid is among the superheroes attending Ladybug and Cat Noir's wedding in the dream caused by Gift/Jubilation when they are fighting Darker Owl in reality.
In "Determination", to try and help restore morale to Paris because of losing Caprikid and the other heroes, Grevin Museum curator Veronique has a wax figurine of Caprikid made, alongside those of the rest of the team, in hopes of helping to boost hope. When Mayor Bourgeois, under Chloe's influence again, refuses to let the figures be displayed, Veronique is Akumatized by Monarch into Manipula, bringing the wax figures of Caprikid and the others to life to try and make Manipula look like a hero by bringing the team back.
In the season finale, "The Final Day", Nathaniel is part of the Resistance as they fight against the Miraculized as part of Monarch's Operation Perfect Alliance, joined by Grandmaster Su-Han and the Guardians, the United Heroez, and Ladydragon, but it is a losing fight as the Miraculized keep coming. It is only, as shown in "Miraculous World London", when Ladybug uses her Miraculous Ladybug to undo all the damage, that Nathaniel and everyone else are saved as the Miraculized are returned to normal. He later learns that Gabriel Agreste sacrificed himself to end the threat of Monarch for good. After Marinette restores the Miraculous to their original forms, she entrusts Ziggy to Nathaniel permanently, allowing Nathaniel to become Caprikid again and join the rest of the restored French Miraculous Superhero Team to prepare for whatever threats come from the new Hawk Moth in Lila Rossi/Cerise Bianca.
Season 6[]
At the start of "Revelator", Caprikid is with the rest of the team as, under Cat Noir and Ladybug's guidance, they attempt to unlock their adult Miraculous powers through sheer willpower. While some fail and need to recharge their Kwamis and transform again before resuming, everyone manages to successfully unlock their adult Miraculous powers and enable their ability to stay transformed indefinitely before manually reverting back by saying their power down catchphrase. To celebrate their accomplishment, Ladybug dubs the team, "The Miraculers", which they all agree on.
In "El Toro De Piedra" when the former students of Ms. Bustier give her a birthday celebration, Nathaniel gets a few words on stage before bowing his head and saying "thank you" with the rest of his class.
The episode "The Ruler" is featured around Marc and Nathaniel. It shows that Nathaniel's mother, Shirel Kurtzberg, is disapproving and seemingly homophobic toward Nathaniel and making a comic book, thinking that there is no future in graphic novels. His father wasn't any help either, saying that there wasn't any "sentiment" in his and Marc's masterpieces, but still seemed to support them. Near the beginning of the episode, Marc and Nathaniel are seen together, Nathaniel reading Marc's script for the next volume of their comic series and doubting whether he should illustrate it or not. Their friends do their best to convince Nathaniel, but he ends up managing to hide that he still doesn't want to do it. Marc catches on to his behavior and reassures him it would still be fine if he didn't do it. Nathaniel trusts his words and reluctantly gives the script back to Marc and smiles at him, and Marc smiles back. They shared a quick embrace before they part ways. Nathaniel walks with his head down. Nathaniel than decides to run back to Marc and do the comic anyway, despite his mom's wishes.
He then spends his weekend drawing away at the comic of Sun-Heart and Rain-Piercer's second issue and even changes the ending with his Kwami Ziggy's support. It's then most likely the next day and Marc and Nathaniel are in Nathaniel's room, and Marc gives his approval for Nathaniel's changes. Shirel then interrupts and nearly finds out Nathaniel disobeyed her, but luckily Marc defends Nathaniel and was able to cover up their behavior by telling Shirel that they were working on schoolwork. After a bit of doubtful talk from Marc, Nathaniel reassures him under the assumption that his mother would have to approve after they'd had it published. They then went to school holding hands to get their comic published, unaware they had left the script in Nathaniel's room in plain sight for Shirel to find if she snooped around again.
Nathaniel is then seen at school with Marc and the rest of their friends. With the help of their art teacher, they got many copies of their comic printed. Then Nathaniel is seen back home with his mother in front of him. She confronts him as she found the script to Nathaniel and Marc's comic that he left behind in his bedroom and is livid about it. After he falsely denies it, she still destroys the script anyway, even threatening to not allow him to see Marc ever again, before storming off in anger, with his father forced to agree with her. He runs back to the school, ignoring those around him. Then when he gets to his school, after giving a brief excuse to the doorman and entering the art room, expresses to Ziggy his regret of illustrating the comic. While Ziggy attempts to comfort him, she fails, and Nathaniel transforms into Caprikid and creates a machine to destroy the comics. Halfway though, he then remembers that he and Marc had given the original version of the comic to Marinette, and is seen in Marinette's room, having a conversation with her. They make an agreement that Marinette could keep the original, but couldn't show it to anyone. They then hug and Nathaniel is reminded he'll have to talk to Marc. He also ignores how Marinette's common cold was the cause of the loud sneezes that were mistaken for jet engines.
It's seemingly the next day, Nathaniel and Marc are seen chatting next to a pond in school. Nathaniel is doing his best to avoid a glance from Marc, but then tells him he was backing out of the comic without telling him his mother was the reason. But even after Marc does his best to persuade his partner and even holding his hands, Nathaniel just reassures him their friendship is still an option, and he could find someone else to do the artwork before leaving, which causes Marc to become heartbroken.
Nathaniel is next seen with his mother and two teachers, and it is implied that he is somewhat ill. He starts to walk out of the school, but is then stopped by Marinette to discuss Sun-Heart and Rain-Piercer. After it's established that he did in fact illustrate the graphic novel, despite Marinette attempting to cover it up by offering the illustrate it herself, which almost satisfies Shirel before she figures out the truth after Nathaniel gives her a death stare, Shirel begins to drag him out of the school and gets akumatized. After some help from Marc, who saw everything, and also gets hit by The Ruler's stamper and forced to walk away from Nathaniel while telling him to stay away from him and he doesn't know him, Nathaniel is told by Ladybug to hide somewhere safe (which is Miraculers language for go transform and help me defeat the villain). Nathaniel goes to the same place he destroyed the comics, the art room. But this time, he hides in a closet. After a brief discussion with Ziggy, he transforms into Caprikid and goes to confront his mother. After fighting with life sized art supplies provided by Genesis and Ladybug's Lucky Charm, he uses The Ruler's stamper against her and saves the day, forcing her to de-akumatize herself, and then having Ladybug use her Miraculous Ladybug to free herself, Cat Noir, and Marc from the mind control The Ruler put them under so she could catch and purify the Ultrakuma and give a Magical Charm to Shirel, along with some wisdom regarding Nathaniel.
Back at home, Nathaniel's parents are reading his comic, this time with a better judgement. He and Marc are standing together and holding hands. Nathaniel ends up with both their approvals, along with reconciling with Shirel, who apologizes to him. It is also revealed that Nathaniel added a kissing scene between Sun-Heart and Rain-Piercer at the end of their graphic novel.
In the last scene, both Marc and Nathaniel are seen together, just hanging out on Nathaniel's bed. They have a touching conversation on how surprised they are about being treated, all for doing something that they loved. They cuddle and talk a bit, and Nathaniel says a very notable quote; "Power or no power, I'll always be there to protect you" and Marc assures he'd do the same for him. After Marc spoke some more under the impression that Nathaniel is not a superhero, Nathaniel, through reluctant, reveals he is Caprikid and flusteredly asked Marc to say something. Marc, shocked but touched by this revelation, decides to reveal his identity as Rooster Bold, which touches Caprikid as well.
Trivia[]
- Nathaniel Kurtzberg is the thirteenth person to become a Miraculous holder who was also an akumatized villain, following Nino Lahiffe in "The Bubbler", Alya Césaire in "Lady Wifi", Lê Chiến Kim in "Dark Cupid", Mylène Haprèle in "Horrificator", Alix Kubdel in "Timebreaker", Max Kanté in "Gamer", Sabrina Raincrompix and Chloé Bourgeois in "Antibug", Rose Lavillant in "Princess Fragrance", Kagami Tsurugi in "Riposte", Luka Couffaine in "Silencer", Zoé Lee in "Sole Crusher", and Juleka Couffaine in "Reflekta", but excluding Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth, who akumatized himself in "The Collector" into the titular villain.
- The weapon being a paint brush staff perfectly matches Nathaniel as a Goat Miraculous holder as he is known for his artistry.
- Genesis perfectly matches Nathaniel as a Goat Miraculous holder with his akumatized form: Evillustrator can also create objects
- Differences: Evillustrator can create objects with magical properties, while Caprikid can create only mundane object.
- Nathaniel and Marc are the second couple to reveal their superhero identities to each other
- The first couple was Alya and Nino
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