Miraculous Ladybug had its earliest airing in late 2015, and this page was originally published in May 2014, so that’s not a sidelong “Plagg, claws out!” reference.
Aaaaand here we have Jany nearly spilling the beans. I think we all knew this stumble was coming. The only question was, how soon?
Jany: Okay, Kara Lynn, blast her!
Walker: Claws out.
(FOOM)
(SLASH)
Jany: Oh, wow, they’re so graceful like this! — whoa! Did you see that?
Walker: . . . if I had a nickel for every time I got that question, I could afford to do an extra hostile takeover every year.
Jany: Sorry, I’m just excited! She’s only ever fought in beast form before, with Pa–
Is Miraculous Ladybug a reference to this then?
To be clear: I have no idea. I learned of Miraculous Ladybug today when you said this isn’t a reference to it.
Quite unlikely. While the show with French writer and South Korean animation studio was first shown in South Korea on 1 September 2015, then in France on 19 October 2015, it was likely already being rendered in 2014 considering they had trailer out in October 2013.