Otis Césaire is a zookeeper at Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes. He is also the husband of Marlena Césaire and the father of Alya Césaire, Ella, Etta and Nora Césaire. In "Animan", as a result of Lê Chiến Kim's mockery, Otis is akumatized by Hawk Moth and becomes Animan, an animal shape-shifting supervillain.
Trivia[]
- He will appear in Pooh's Adventures of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.
- He will appear in Tino's Adventures of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.
- Animan reappears in the two-part special event "Heroes' Day".
- Along with Wang Cheng and Lila Rossi, Otis is one of three characters who gets akumatized but does not appear in the Season 1 theme song. However, he and Wang Cheng make an appearance in the theme song animatic.
- Otis' name is a reference to Otis Redding, just as the rest of his family's names are references to jazz singers.
- His name is never mentioned in "Animan".
- Even though his name has been confirmed to be Otis Césaire, his name tag reads "Otis R." in the aforementioned episode.