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Michelle Benoit is one of the supporting characters in The Lunar Chronicles. Michelle was inspired by Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother in the story of the same name.
History[]
Michelle was a brave farmer & former military pilot from Rieux, France. When Michelle was a military pilot, she had been part of a diplomatic mission to Luna. There, she met a Lunar by the name of Logan Tanner, nine months prior to her son's birth. She was a brave, albeit slightly paranoid woman who took a team of scientists to turn Princess Selene — who was still an infant and badly wounded from the nursery fire — into a cyborg. Michelle soon met Linh Garan who later adopted Selene under the name of Linh Cinder.
When Michelle's granddaughter, Scarlet, was young, she moved in with Michelle to live on her farm, where she was taught how to use a pistol.
Recent Events[]
Michelle was Scarlet's grandmother, who had been missing prior to Scarlet. Michelle was a former military pilot and was kidnapped by Wolf's gang. Wolf's pack removed her ID chip and left it wrapped in cheesecloth in her kitchen. She was held hostage in an opera house in Paris until Scarlet came to rescue her. After conversing with Scarlet, Michelle was revealed to be impersonated by Ran Kesley, the younger brother of Wolf.
Scarlet later reunited with her real grandmother, who was dying in her prison cell. Ran suddenly appeared & prevented Scarlet from escaping. Michelle then sacrificed her life by provoking him, which lead to Ran killing her. Scarlet managed to escape and was defended from Ran by Wolf, whom he ended up killing.
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Trivia[]
- Michelle was mentioned in Cinder when Nainsi began working again and accidentally told of her.
- She was installed with a bioelectricity security block in her nervous system by Logan Tanner. Therefore, she couldn't be controlled by Lunars.
- Michelle was named after a Beatles song, "Michelle, ma belle, sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble."