After his wife and daughter try to leave Paris and call him powerless despite his position, André Bourgeois is akumatized by Hawk Moth into Malediktator, a dictator supervillain. As Malediktator, he can make energy bubbles that, when they hit a person, can cause them to do what Malediktator wants, he does so by holding up two fingers and starting each command with "By the power vested in me, I declare...", then gives his order. It was also shown that Malediktator is able to control his bubbles.