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[@billiam]

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[@calebbates2813]

Never seen this show but still gonna watch cuz it’s a new billiam video love your content my guy

[@crisapx]

Have you watched the tv show Surface (2005)? About a boy and his baby sea monster, the ending was crazy I've been thinking a lot about it. I had completely forgotten about it for years, but it just came on as a light bulb because you cover a bunch of stuff of that time

[@zendalbain1685]

Jeremy those enter in lyoko

[@user-qb7yb7vp8q]

Who doesn't remember Code Lyoko, I love this show, this is an awesome, entertaining and incredible show, so yeah i totally remember.

[@user-qb7yb7vp8q]

Hey, Maybe next you could do Unnatural history from 2010 from Cartoon Network and it's only one season and also Maybe you could do Aaron Stone from Jetix from 2009, thank you.

[@Vailskibum]

I honestly feel like Code Lyoko was ahead of its time in a few ways. If it came out today with the ability to show blood/have major stakes, the XANA stuff could work so much better.

[@Domi39]

But It DID have major stakes...? It established from the getgo that returning to the past didn't bring people back to life. People were visibly in pain and close to dying practically every episode... That's precisely how it drove home its intensity. Jim and Ulrich were inches from asphyxiating in the closet in the one episode. And Ulrich's mom and dad along with everyone at his soccer game were screaming for their lives as gravity reversed and they were flying into the sky. And I won't spoil it for anyone that may end up watching it, but a character DIES and they all have to live with that. It conveyed the seriousness and intensity of life threatening situations extremely well. Growing up my dad was the chief of my local fire station and he didn't want me to watch Code Lyoko because he thought it was too intense for me. But in fact it taught me EXACTLY how to handle myself in high stress/life threatening situations. You don't need blood to convey the urgency of an emergency.

[@rockerdax]

Bruh, the original show definitely had major stakes.

[@YamatoTre]

@@rockerdax Major stakes that repeatedly almost never pay off, are hardly major stakes. Even as a kid, I felt little tension because they always reach the tower before whatever wild stuff irl happens.

[@shupasopni]

@@YamatoTre I wouldn't say that's true, I think that might just be personal taste. Look at One Piece. Almost nobody dies in One Piece to the point it's still a big deal that it happened that one time, yet it's a very popular anime outside of Japan, and THE most popular in it.

[@YamatoTre]

@@shupasopni Definitely personal taste, cause I can’t stand One Piece haha

[@souleaterevans4589]

This, Xiaolin Showdown, and Generator Rex are shows that fall into the "so obscure I convinced myself for a while that I made them up" category

[@VidelxSpopovich]

I feel like Secret Saturdays was way more obscure than Generator Rex. Though, if we’re talking obscure… what about The Banana Splits?

[@souleaterevans4589]

​@@VidelxSpopovich Don't think I watched either of those. There was also that magical girl show WITCH that lives rent-free in my head. Good show from that era; never heard another soul talk about it IRL

[@iambiglucas]

Throw Megas XLR in there while you're at it.

[@souleaterevans4589]

@@iambiglucas You just unlocked a memory in my brain. I used to love that show.

[@richardfilanderer]

I see your picks and I raise you Martin Mystery

[@faedwill6853]

Everything about Code Lyoko was so engaging and interesting with me as a kid. Highschool setting, a crazy virtual world, a super imposing and deadly villain, and switching between 2D and 3D.

[@murdercloak7578]

And then season 5 ruined it all

[@ThatRipOff]

For me it was because the girls were hot and that one episode where they got stuck in the sauna. And all that other stuff too I guess.

[@BarioIDL]

@@murdercloak7578 there's no season 5

[@omnistasis]

Gave me Johnny Quest vibes...but better of course

[@faedwill6853]

@@BarioIDL There is no Code Lyoko season 5, there is also no Avatar The Last Airbender live-action movie.

[@0MidnighttheDragon0]

So about Jeremy's voice change. The VA has actually gone on record saying the reason the voice changes twice is: First time she got tired of trying to do a French accent and thought it sounded bad so she changed the voice Second time...she just got bored of that voice and wanted to do a new one

[@Kuzamer]

I'm glad she did. Jeremy sounded so much better in Season 3. Lol.

[@0MidnighttheDragon0]

@@Kuzamer same! I just still find the story/reasoning behind it funny "yea I just got bored so I changed it"

[@Kuzamer]

@@0MidnighttheDragon0 Yeah. You don't hear that too often 😂

[@seg162]

@@0MidnighttheDragon0 "I'm tired of being French"

[@0MidnighttheDragon0]

@@MisterKrakens I don't think it was disrespect for the shows, I think it was more so trying to find the voice she thought fit best.

[@YungandRekless545]

It may have been weird but dammit, the plot was better than it had any right to be and the theme song was heat 🔥

[@Zooasaurus]

Indeed

[@bunnyellabell]

this show forever changed my childhood. my siblings and i would play pretend as the characters every day, and we took it seriously. it's one of my most cherished childhood memories!!

[@mango_sheikh786]

Lol nice. My friends and I did the same thing on the playground

[@jaygomex]

Yh same we used to actually play it out lol

[@kerricaine]

so, fun fact: the author of that infamous how to draw manga book was only 14 years old when she wrote and published it. and while it wasn't good, it was the only art book i remember owning as a kid that actually went into fundamentals of art like proportion, perspective, shading, etc. like, she deserves some serious props for putting that together while in high school IMO

[@Eyetrauma]

If nothing else that “late 90s/early 2000s westerner drawing in manga style” is itself a really distinctive aesthetic and you see it a lot, so in those terms as a trendsetter she eclipsed a lot of ‘serious’ artists.

[@its_myo]

for many people it was a start into drawing anime/manga artstyle and became amazing artists even.

[@VidelxSpopovich]

I remember Fred Perry made one of those books. He’s the guy who made Gold Diggers.

[@LittleMissDeath]

She improved so much over the years. I remember buying her books as a kid, finding them again as an adult and thinking, "oh God, why?" But I can't deny that she and Christopher Hart made me the artist I am today with their questionable art books.

[@Tazer_Silverscar]

@@VidelxSpopovich Wasn't expecting a Fred Perry mention here. Wonder what he's up to these days...

[@mothersbasement]

Miguzi looks a lot like (Canadian kids channel) YTV’s branding from the mid 2000s. Wonder if the same studio made those graphics.

[@JeskidoYT]

Since half of the imported shows were french Canadian, yes that is true

[@L1ghtweaver]

Possibly. IIRC, Miguzi was a short lived replacement for Toonami

[@kutami2951]

Fancy seeing you here Geoff.

[@TrueLawbringer]

Hey Geoff! Stay safe

[@Lady_Yunalesca]

I used to watch this show with my sister all the time. Yumi was our favorite, though we liked all the kids. I have a very strong memory of the first time they materialized Aelita, both because of the moment being big to me as a kid and because of a certain memory attached to it. My parents were out of town at the time, and we were being babysat by our much older brother. While we were watching the show my parents called to check in, and my brother handed the phone over to my sister so she could say hi. Instead of doing that, she put the phone up to her ear and told my parents: "I can't talk, they're about to materialize Aelita!" And then she HUNG UP on them lol. It was so funny.

[@murdercloak7578]

Aelita was my cartoon crush

[@nnnp634]

I completely forgot about that, but it was one of the most emotional episodes of anything I've ever watched

[@latentpotential4520]

This story was great, I lold.

[@eminempreg]

Pls I can't imagine what your parents were thinking after you hung up. That's so funny

[@tornadodee148]

Your parents reaction:🤷‍♀️

[@Eira_99]

People always say something was their entire childhood, but for me that really was true with Code Lyoko, I would watch it everyday, I’d talk about constantly, I drew the characters and villians and made my own, I even invented entire sectors and such, I was doing advance fanfic shit but I didn’t write it, just the extra world building. I’d print screenshots of the show onto paper and hang them up in my room, and then my mum would yell at me for wasting the color ink. I had the DVDs and would just watch the show, over and over. Had plenty of toys, and the video games and I still love the series a lot. Maybe it’s just hard coded into my nostalgia now but even trying to be real when I re-watched it recently I still loved it so deeply! I love whenever I see people talk about it, just makes me happy, I need more Lyoko fans to exist, constantly.

[@perkuu6937]

Me too, the fanbase is so small because it feels old and obscure now

[@Holy_King_Brian]

I used to love it as a child but I forgot about it from the passage of time. I saw this video in my recommended feed and was like YOOOOOO!

[@bartender_billy6229]

Fun fact, my wife and I had gone to the same school since we were children, but when we finally met in highschool, Code Lyoko was a huge bonding experience for us.

[@rohellspawn]

Plot twist, you even went into IT for university and you are working as a programmer...

[@Eira_99]

@@rohellspawn Yes to the first part, no to the second part. I did learn programming in both high school and Unviersity, but I also am currently unemployed.

[@Sonicfalcon16]

This is one of the few series where their anime inspirations while doing its own thing worked. Not perfectly but it worked enough for me to rewatch it and go "yeah this was cool"

[@Lifesizemortal]

Always hated the character designs. It doesn't conform to any of the proportion standards in the industry. There's full proportion, 2/3rds proportion and chibi, which is a character who's head is as tall as their body. But it looks like Code Lyoko just stick chibi heads on a full proportion body and thought that was the coolest looking thing ever. Just no.

[@SunnyGovai]

@@Lifesizemortal the foreheads still throw me off

[@Sonicfalcon16]

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[@WetaMantis]

@@Lifesizemortal Yea.. That's why it's so good. It's not a standardized, conformed product. It's an organic masterpiece that says FUCK YOU to all the self entitled "experts" and does it's own thing.

[@ajr5678]

@@WetaMantis hahaha calm down mr anti system, just because something is different doesnt mean it must be good, the show was good but the character designs didnt age well.

[@qorv4973]

Code Lyoko had this vibe like Fillmore, where they made an adult show into a kid format. Rewatching them as an adult I could really squeeze a lot more out of the witty dialogue and worldbuilding.

[@josephtafur]

You're right

[@pedroxqui]

Jeremy did went into 3d lyoko once... But they didn't show it to the viewers and the characters vowed to never speak about it because his transformation was pretty silly apparently

[@calebgoodman3028]

It’s actually revealed in the sequel novels. No joke it’s a green Peter Pan costume.

[@pedroxqui]

@@calebgoodman3028 i must research this!!!! :O

[@theheroofnothing3138]

@@pedroxqui no joke, Jeremy was like a elf or something in the novels.

[@Viper-py4pg]

@@calebgoodman3028 oh wow! I'm gonna look it up I thought they just left it up to our imaginations and blueballsed us like EA or something. Thanks~

[@AdriNox777]

Was about to point this out. It was shown off screen and apparently he was traumatized.

[@TrueLucinova]

25:04 Well, the return to the past isn't actually able to revive people, so Aelita would have entered the code just before they actually died; that said, it doesn't really lessen the experience they had regardless

[@Nekoszowa]

Yeah, isn't one of the lines from the full theme straight up "So hope you're alive when we reset it to the start" The reason why no one dies is because return to the past stops time for few seconds before it goes back

[@rexex345]

It's really what makes rttp not feel like a massive cop out. the fact it's not infallible and later revealed to be actually a monkeys paw makes the fact we see them literally inches from what would probably be a very unpleasant death part of the fun.

[@uchytjes10]

This show was my first real introduction to Sci-fi as a general concept and it has really influenced a lot of what I like as an adult. The weird 'Monster of the week' formula where the monster is anything from someone being possessed or to gravity reversing was super compelling to child me.

[@brianosendorf2462]

I feel like France specifically does this right time after time.

[@theussmirage]

If I had a nickel for every time a French anime-inspired cartoon used the monster-of-the-week formula, I'd have two nickels - which isn't a lot, but it's weird that its happened twice.

[@SatinFoxx]

SO, cool facts about the English translation of Evolution: I was one of those contacted from auditions (I auditioned for Odd and Ulric as well as background characters), and was ghosted when the show failed. I have spoken with 2 others who were "cast" (Jeremy and Yumi if I remember correctly, it's been almost 10 years.) No one was contacted about the cancellation, we were just waiting for our contracts (the email we all got talked about contracts coming in the mail) and just...nothing. I love Lyoko with all my heart, but damn does Evolution piss me off on a personal level.

[@Gu3ssWhatsN3XT]

yeah, i've read that online as well

[@robertharris6092]

So evolutions even worse than i thought. Damn.

[@alicevoidspeaker2100]

Can we all agree on one thing... Jim is the best character in the entire show.

[@murdercloak7578]

All his friends call him Jimbo

[@PepicWalrus]

This isn't even a conversation.

[@Domi39]

Jim was a hardass but when shit went down he always had the kid's safety as his top priority.

[@cillbipher2613]

@@murdercloak7578 Jimbo Slice

[@megaman37456]

The only thing bad about Jim was that they erased his memory mid-series.

[@johnkiezulas7439]

This series holds a special place in my heart. It's part of the reason I got into anime later in life. I think part of it is because I always got the impression of real danger no matter how silly it was on paper. A few of the threats thrown at the lyoko warriors include nano bots that wipe memory from those they infect, xana figuring out how to reverse gravity to send people to the sky to die, a terminator, using a song to put people into a coma and manipulating the weather in an attempt to make the warriors freeze to death. The original show was also great at making up new threats each episode. There is even an episode when Odd and Yumi go to space. The show was wild and I loved it.

[@Ian.OnTheInternet]

Code Lyoko still feels like a fever dream sometimes

[@darkathena26]

In case it isn't mentioned in the vid, I need everyone to know that last I checked the entire series is available for free on KZbin in multiple languages. Please go watch and enjoy

[@Gu3ssWhatsN3XT]

yeah, i rewatch it once a year on their official english channel

[@JordanFringe94]

Loved working with you on both videos man!

[@jonasquinn7977]

I’ll be honest this is the first time I’ve heard of your channel but looking at some of the videos you’ve done has reminded me of so many shows I loved as a kid that I’ve never seen anyone else talk about, you’ve earned at least one more subscriber from this collab!

[@nuclearseahorse]

I was wondering how both of you released a video at the same time 🤔

[@anthonyboltz4890]

I was hoping you two would eventually do a collaboration. I follow both of you guys on here and it's awesome that I get to see two of my favorite KZbinrs work together

[@delix787]

Code Lyoko is my favorite cartoon of all time! It had alot of realistic school situations. Stress, school, relationships, Parent issues! I think Code Lyoko handled friendship much better then Shonen anime does! The biggest problem with Code Lyoko. The writers kept reckoning character development with the return to the past! Sissy,Gym could’ve been great support characters for the Lyoko warriors. But The writers clearly just did not care :/ Code Lyoko has a very interesting mystery story! But there is a bunch of filler. The episodes where Xanna keeps on destroying everything and possessing everything. Those episodes are complete Filler! You need to watch the episodes that tie in with all of Xana, Aelita and France hopper! I still watch Code Lyoko today! The series means so much to me. 💙🖤💙 They pretty much wasted William as a character, he should have been a Lyoko Warrior for at least a month before making him all evil for the rest of the series.... That wasn't fair to him!!!! :c Code Lyoko is my favorite cartoon of all time. But I feel like it's one of those Series where the creators didn't realize how amazing the show could have been if they actually were consistent with every character.... And every choice! Code Lyoko definitely had amazing story potential but I feel like the creators kept running into holes every other week.... :/ They just didn't want to keep (SIDE) characters being consistent. And pushing them.. That's why Return to the past became an issue for the series. Some characters needed that development but they kept taking it away from them!! :c like Sissy!!! She actually was a nice person but they kept making her into a jerk by going back in time. The Creator said the studio who holds the rights to (Code Lyoko) could technically make new episodes if they wanted to, but there are no promises.

[@elizabethclarke4981]

Agreed, I've always believed Sissy should've been part of the team officially. It would've been a great opportunity for her to grow as a character: being more self sufficient and a team player etc plus I think her girly personality would have fit right in and make the group more complete because we have Jermey the nerd, Yumi the tomboy, Aelita the shy girl, Odd the goofball and Ulirch the cool guy

[@rookless4121]

This is still one of my favorite "I guess it's anime" shows ever! Most people go back to Avatar when they think of good animation that wasn't made in Japan but I think Code Lyoko did a pretty decent job too, plus the story really went places.

[@jonasquinn7977]

It’s funny how many good “Does this count as anime?” shows there are

[@ane3sha]

the creator has been an artist in the real anime industry for a while now so... mission truly accomplished

[@SlyHikari03]

I loved this show.. The ost was pretty neat too. Same for Xiaolin showdown, Which, fun fact: Chris Vrenna wrote the theme song to Xiaolin showdown, yes, the guy that played drums in Nine inch nails and wrote the theme to doom 3. It was the 2000’s, anything was possible.

[@MrRedkid555]

6:05 Actually Jeremy does enter Lyoko; Technically. He found a way to materialize Aelita, he went into Lyoko to tell her because she left his last DM on read. So, during the transition from Earth to Lyoko, he gets stuck in the limbo between worlds. That way to materialize Aelita had to go to Jeremy, so she had to stay longer.

[@perkuu6937]

He also does actually full go in one episode but it's never shown because apparently it looks so silly everyone laughs at him

[@wafoofi1244]

Yup one of my favorite episodes but we never got to see him

[@IceSick88]

Yeah he goes in once. He gets Armour that's like a calvary knight. He rides a Sheep as his Nobel steed and his weapon is....a large Salami.

[@IceSick88]

@@wafoofi1244 Brother?

[@IceSick88]

Yeah he goes in once. He gets Armour that's like a calvary knight. He rides a Sheep as his Nobel steed and his weapon is....a large Salami.

[@joestout2326]

My personal head canon is Odd, William, and Ulrich rebooting Code Lyoko as adults to turn it into some huge arcade hit. Giving it a more MMO Game vibe while the cortex gets brought back which brings back Xana as a optional boss character that regains its sentient mind but looses its omnipresence. Convince me otherwise that this wouldn't be an epic comeback story as an anime and manga!

[@hbars9733]

You know it’s going to be a good day when both Billiam and Fringe release a Code Lyoko video at the same time.

[@dr.atheist3087]

Coincidence? I think NawT! lol

[@Dubiousthinking]

I’m glad someone else noticed that lol

[@diskeyes]

@@Dubiousthinking you’re glad someone else noticed something that is literally mentioned in the first few minutes of the video?

[@justanawkwardnerd]

Right? I was about to ask if they did it on purpose, and it's awesome that it was actually a collab!

[@TheInkTank]

Great video! Although I unironically love S1 & 2 Jeremy's voice because of how goofy it is.

[@AutoArtemAuto]

What I liked about the show was Jeremy's devotion and hard work to being Aelita back to reality. He may not have been the beat fighter, but respect.

[@internetjerk2839]

Lol he was the first to simp for an egirl

[@flyingfist4203]

It's so cool going back to the show and seeing the progress and improvement made throughout the four seasons.

[@WorldWideMusic2000]

CODE LYOKO is still my favorite animated show ever. The plot was great, the characters are iconic, and a legendary soundtrack

[@andrewwalker5108]

Oh, I drew so many Code Lyoko monsters it was worrying. My most popular OC Monster was Rapticor, which was also my sobriquet on the official Code Lyoko forums. I was a fucking MENACE on those forums. I was everywhere, getting the mods mad, making all kinds of friends, posting fanfiction. Shit was unreal. I love Code Lyoko so much, I literally moved to France. I have a Code Lyoko bedset, I've been to the Middle School which served as the basis of Kadic Academy. I am a teacher for the same grade the Lyoko Guerriers are. I mentioned it when I was interviewed by the region so it's now talked about on a French Government website. This video rules.

[@mattDettling]

Code Lyoko holds up to this day. It’s weird and perfectly 2000’s.

[@murdercloak7578]

I rewatched it a couple years ago. Can confirm

[@ana_d_73]

Rewatching it on Netflix now and totally agree. The plot went so hard at times, people died when they were resetting the past!

[@BarioIDL]

@@ana_d_73 would prefer they send their memories into the past like steins;gate tho

[@megaman37456]

@@ana_d_73 Nobody ever actually died in the show though, well except for and Whoops spoilers! But yeah no people actually died from resetting the past, as stated in the show returning to the past couldn't bring back a dead person, which is a unique exploration to time travel I don't think has been explored before or since Code Lyoko.

[@zacharybartolo5111]

I rewatched on Netflix a while ago after so many years. There are a few things I noticed today that I didn't when I was a kid and there were some things I was annoyed at that I wasn't back then. Overall though the show does hold up surprisingly well.

[@matthewbeard8860]

Quest for infinity is my jam! I rewatch all of code lyoko every year! Thanks for covering it!

[@PhoenyxV]

This show was such a banger, I remember being OBSESSED in middle school (and of course hoping to find a secret supercomputer at my regular public school that would transport me to a virtual world where I could be a superhero).

[@nignamedmutt7270]

This show really had childhood me convinced I'd find some world changing technology if I only just had the balls to walk through any doors in our school that said something along the lines of "STAFF ONLY"and also looked like a room no one ever went into. I remember sneaking inside during recess with. Friend, and a girl was showing us this closet that was just inside the girls bathroom(like they had this big entryway before the toilet area, so it's not like we went IN the bathroom, but stepped right to the entrance to open a different door)that was marked for us not to go in. I remember she was hyping the whole thing up, and like I said I was dead convinced we were gonna stumble onto some alternate world. Turns out it just went down some stairs into a small room with a couch and tv and mini fridge(basically a lounge for janitors) but I never even went inside to see it myself because we got caught standing in the entrance of the bathroom(making the whole thing look so much worse than it really was lol)

[@saartnomsky4523]

@@nignamedmutt7270 YO that was the alternate universe bro, they wiped your mind, you went through a big adventure with everyone

[@artistanthony1007]

Here's the thing though, the Lyoko Quantum Supercomputer has its own unique feature by creating light that manipulates anything caught by it especially during Return To The Past which will de-atomize you so it is pretty clear the Lyoko Quantum Supercomputer is special, there are other Supercomputers XANA takes advantage of but they don't have the Virtualization feature the LQS does, the LQS also uses Glowing Ions in Liquid or something and has a specific construction and parts, I don't have any other ideas how the Virtualization Process works but the machine using the same light for the procedure but I do have the Return To The Past basically figured out, it is legit not even Time Travel but the machine manipulating the Quantum Space and needs existing atoms to work with, Death basically has no atoms existing or functioning and is why it can't bring back the dead and damaged Data Boards it had also were unable to be reversed with the RTTP and there is the fact you have DNA and digital code, X.A.N.A. William showed how because you have digital code, there are dangers if it gets affected by anything malicious.

[@masterseal0418]

This was my childhood! Everyone has the same forehead as Haru from Persona 5, aired on CN via Miguzi, and we don't have a Spindly Johnny(Phantom Virus) to be the antagonist! But Odd is indeed this show's Super Shag.

[@markfuston2714]

This is so weird, I've literally just been thinking about doing a watch through of this..haha, this show was soooooo much fun.

[@AJ-bf1gz]

Dude you have no idea how weird it is for me. I've literally been thinking of this show all day today and this pops up on my feed, from Billiam none the less.

[@matteofleury84]

3 days ago I was searching on youtube if someone had done a retrospective on code lyoko

[@edwardgrijalba744]

Code lyoko Is one of the Greatest cartoon show during the 2000's and im so glad a lot of people remember this show! And the theme song is just so beautiful and it absolutely rocks!

[@Rainbowturtledude]

The fact that Jordan Fringe dropped a code lyoko video at literally the same time is so damn funny to me

[@minty9245]

Yeah what the fuck lmao imma watch both 😂

[@jerrymitchbitch9039]

Gotta watch em both lol

[@donaldbaird7849]

Billiam mentions it was a collab in the video

[@antoniogelardi1897]

Yall. Clean your ears out and rewatch the start xD

[@ThatRipOff]

Somebody didn’t watch the video before commenting…

[@bartender_billy6229]

I absolutely loved Code Lyoko! When my wife and I first met in highschool (over 13 years ago), we actually bonded over our very similar likes, and Code Lyoko was one of the biggest bonds we had. The show holds a very special place in my heart.

[@SPLKIRA]

Finding out the French made this brought me immense closure. This show used to haunt me as a kid.

[@edb36mar]

*the scyphozoa wants to know your location*

[@psychobilly42069]

It is the frenchest looking thing I've ever seen

[@themightycongueror8383]

The French made a lot of childhood cartoons, if I remember correctly, Totally spies was also a French made cartoon.

[@LionKimbro]

So, I am 46, and I dropped out of kids shoes when I was about, uh, 14 or 15 I think. I think the last show I watched episodes of on TV was something like…. Tiny Toons. 1990-1992. But I had a daughter, and when she was about 6 or 7, she got into Code Lyoko, and wanted to share it with me. So I watched it with her! Actually liked it! Good memories.

[@fiddleronthenet3360]

This show was absolutely rad when I was a kid. I remember coming back to it and watching some episodes in French while taking French in high school.

[@Teifling]

Part of me is jealous of everyone who were kids and teens when CODE Lyoko was airing. Miguzi took over the weekday afternoon action block position during my senior year in high school. I was much more focused on spending time outside the house, with my girlfriend at the time, and really only watched Cartoon Network much later in the evening... so Adult Swim and Toonami's Saturday evening block. Pretty much, unless I happened to be home, I mostly saw scattered episodes of CODE Lyoko, Totally Spies, Ben10, and the later seasons of Teen Titans.

[@jusdoriange7930]

As someone living in Quebec with no cable, I spent years seeing Code Lyoko during the morning weekend cartoons. I maybe wouldn't have chosen to watch it if I had more options, but it was definitively a favorite of mine! I feel like a lot of people shared this experience as well. I rewatched it recently with a friend and even though it's not the greatest, it definitively is entertaining! Clearly thinking about using it as inspiration for a future RPG game haha

[@tehsuki11]

Code Lyoko was far and wide my childhood. The interesting plots, the unique character designs. It just stuck with me even if it was a bit of an underground success, it was interesting to see all the different threats and bits of plotgress each season in my own unique sort of hidden underground tv show.

[@E24-t6g]

Billiam and Jordan dropping at the same time on the same memorable childhood show... yeah it's gonna be a good weekend.

[@fenrichvega6166]

I was just about to post this too lol I saw both notifications come up and I'm like wow ok then

[@nightwing179]

Probably because it’s a joint collab video.

[@jamalmiles5708]

Code lyoko was such a great show. Opening song was CATCHY and it was a perfect mix of animated and 3D animation but damn the amount of PTSD these kids must have

[@cawmusic]

i loved this show so much. probably the first cartoon i ever got obsessed with

[@Ludoulik]

So glad you covered the live action part, the show was huge in France but when revolution hit a lot of people lost interest and was even upset at the cast choice

[@ExcludedGamer]

I still can't get over the foreheads man

[@ramiroezequielmoreno1774]

I remember that one time Jeremy thought a new girl in class with pink hair called Thalia was Aelita who materialized to surprise them but somehow got amnesia. He almost gets this random girl make the lab explode. Also that one time Odd had no problem to roam naked in front of Cici, the mean girl. Because he don't give a fo.

[@WetaMantis]

XD

[@Druguzu]

Man I loved everything about this series as a kid. Me and my friend created a board game, with complicated rules about this cartoon

[@panbaron4424]

Loved code Lyoko when I was a kid. Was really stoked when I heard there was to be a reboot, then I heard it was gonna be live action :(

[@Gu3ssWhatsN3XT]

yeah, the live action was absolute dogshit. I was so disappointed. I couldn't even stomach the entire first episode. It was a terrible idea to do that

[@weebamcentire28]

It's interesting to see how derivative Miraculous Ladybug is of Code Lyoko, especially with the "big beam of light undoes all the damage done in the episode" and introducing the origin story later in the run. Kagami also feels like she takes some inspiration from Yumi

[@ane3sha]

i deeply believe odd walked so chat noir could run

[@Trans_SovietBee]

Thomas Astruc, the creator of Miracilous worked as a storyboard artist during Code Lyoko's run (you can see his name in very first episode actually) and he definitely made some references to Code Lyoko (none of them to my knowledge are fully confirmed but you can see inspirations and references) - Despair Bear being reference to the very first Code Lyoko episode - Hack-San looking like a XANA's logo - Two parter finale of s5 (The Last Day 1&2)'s Miraculized look very much like ninja's from Code Lyoko Evolution (but the inspiration from their design could very much be Squid Game as well)

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

"Xana got him" is the best way to describe a Code Lyoko actor getting into NFTs. Lmao

[@noahdean9685]

Man I love this show I need to watch it on Netflix I remember one episode where the gym coach helped them and believe them but he lost his memories of all of it when everything had to be reset.

[@jakek1735]

Holy hell I had completely forgotten about Miguzi and just hearing that name unlocked memories that have been buried for nearly decades

[@snb2ndchannel591]

I sit in a very interesting spot where I am very aware and critical of Code Lyoko’s flaws, yet I still have such love for this show and rewatch it once a year

[@TiredCapybara]

I don't think this is a strange situation at all. You can be critical of media that you like, you can note it's flaws (objective or otherwise) and still love said show. I think Code Lyoko is a flawed show, I still adore it and would say that it's one of my favorite cartoons to come out of the 2000's.

[@RomaroBrandon]

I never hated William as Xana minion, I just wish he was in the real world too pretending to help the gang stop Xana but really helping him in small ways that ties into the next episode.

[@Kiterpuss]

Okay but you definitely need to revisit Xiaolin Showdown because that show was the perfect example of "Avatar was popular so we should copy that formula and animation style"

[@calebgoodman3028]

Xiaolin Showdown came two years earlier though. Avatar didn’t even exist yet.

[@VidelxSpopovich]

Xiaolin Showdown did come out first. I remember being into it and Jackie Chan Adventures.

[@brikaro1]

There's a virtual music venue world in VRChat that replicated the Lyoko warehouse for events. Visiting the "irl" version of the show's world in VR feels so weirdly surreal.

[@Kelohmello]

I had no idea Thomas Romain was one of the creators of Code Lyoko. Makes perfect sense. The guy's a legend. Amazing artist who lives in Tokyo currently, and has contributed a lot to anime. So cool to see one of my favorite childhood tv shows was also made in part by him.

[@SatanicBarbeque]

"A world without danger" has lived rent free in my head for nearly 2 decades now

[@treechild869]

"in the digital sea, the place in Lyoko where you [----]-" *ad plays* that checks out, yeah

[@pocketchia374]

It has so many flaws, but Code Lyoko is still in my top 10 favorite shows

[@That_Ifrit_Guy]

Oh hey, just noticed the animation error at 7:05 Always funny to see

[@goonhead3791]

This show randomly came to my mind the other day, the timing of this episode couldn’t have been timed better….

[@Yobydobie]

There’s a book by Dr.Seuss called “The Sleep Book” that I read to my kids almost every night and there are a group of characters called the “Hoop Soup Snoop Group”

[@eminempreg]

Man this show ruled my brain as a kid. Right next to Pokémon. I remember reenacting (well trying to) all the cool fight scenes with my friends. Still to this day this show holds a weird special place in my heart. Can I remember any episodes clearly, no. Do I remember half their names..no. but it's such a perfect example of the Y2K era and our general attitude towards tech. Like this feeling of exploring the unknown and not knowing it's limits. I kinda miss that

[@jaygomex]

Yes same

[@pithecusprime8645]

Code Lyoko was awesome, and the ending made me tear up. Great nostalgic series.

[@BrightPage174]

God this show really unlocks deep memories

[@celestialstar4883]

I hade the code loyoko ds game as a kid and I loved it to death. I loved this show so much as a kid and rewatched the first season this year

[@SakuraStardust]

The forehead budget on this show was insane

[@alexnoyle]

I love this show so much. It got me interested in science fiction as a child.

[@narudayo5053]

Correction, Code Lyoko is half-boarding school. And as a french, the school look really basic tbh. Looks like any building you will see by going outside. Also here in France, pretty much most of all PUBLIC own state High school are like that (especially outside of huge cities). It's only rare for Middle school tho because there is so many of them (unless that are attached of linked to the nearby high school). And that half-boarding stuff is not reserved to rich students but to students (regardless of class hierarchy) who live too far and don't have time to take the bus or train to go back home. We have 3 categories of students : Externe : Those who can go outside of school when they have a hole in their schedule, and can go home to eat at noon Demi-ensionnaire (~500€/year) : Those who can't go outside of school until the end their schedule of the day and eat at school Interne (~1000€/year) : Those who can't go back home in any way and are stuck at school, whith the autorisation to go sometimes in the nearby city if their parents signed an authorisation They will go home during the week-end or during holidays. Each middle and high school usually have a student home (foyer) where the students will be able to heat up their own foods or buy some snaks around 7 AM, during their free times or at noon.

[@Margrave_of_Brandenburg]

My most distinct memory of Code Lyoko is being in grade school and our teacher asking us to come up with a name for each letter of the alphabet. We got stumped at Y, so I offered the name "Yumi" from this show and for some reason the teacher got really mad at me for suggesting a "fake name." But then at recess one of the girls in my class told me that she also watched the show and knew it was a real name. I got socially embarrassed but it did mean that my crush talked to me lol

[@NightmareRex6]

wait so teacher got mad for making up a "Fake name" that was atualy real but the assignment WAS to make up FAKE NAMES for letters?

[@Margrave_of_Brandenburg]

@@NightmareRex6 Well the point was to go through the alphabet and come up with a name that started with each letter like: Ashley, Brendan, Collin, David, Elizabeth, Fred etc.

[@CeruleanChurch]

Code Lyoko gives me such ReBoot flashbacks. Great animation for their time, really had some great stories in an episodic series, had something going at the end aaaaaand then went to a questionable live action/CG hybrid spinoff.

[@mcjovies36]

I remember one episode that freaked me out when gravity got flipped upside down and everyone started falling towards the sky. I was always scared to look up outside after that for a while lol

[@bigbaghouli3034]

That one still sticks with me! The episode where people were turned into stone statues too!

[@Dragondude2525]

That how to draw manga book was so iconic to every 25-32 year old now who went to school in North America.

[@magicalnewsmaneditsbumpers4374]

5:50 to be fair, the show’s English dub was dubbed in France, using whatever English speaking voice actors they had, so like 5 people voice the entire show.

[@Domi39]

Yup. Jeremy and Aelita are voiced by the same woman.

[@calebgoodman3028]

@@Domi39 In the French version it was the Jeremie and Odd. The voice was so high on Odd that it was very obvious he was voiced by a woman.

[@SuzuRadio]

When i was a kid in the early/mid 2000s i actually got an email to apply and try out for the live action season. Many people did. Only issue, tryouts were in France, and i was between USA and Brazil at the time. It was funny cause the email was in English but the tryouts site it linked to was full french

[@VillaCasti_1993]

Before Miraculous revive the Franime (French anime), we had this. P.S: Evolution is the worst (the live action adaptation).

[@FlowersInTheVase_]

I loved Code Lyoko as a kid! The tension and the fact that they could really get hurt/die always had me at the edge of my seat. I remember Jeremy going into lyoko maybe once, but that was probably it. Also the love triangle was pretty juicy to like 7 year old me. A lot of the characters grow on you, even if you think they're annoying at first. Hearing just the instrumental to the theme song was super nostalgic for me!

[@ThatRipOff]

This show was top tier back in the day. And I feel like you can definitely see that it inspired a lot of Miraculous Ladybug. Odd and Cat Noir, Sissy and Chloe, etc. Both being French anime-inspired kid’s cartoons with 3D animation certainly helps the comparison, though.

[@MimzyKuppycakez]

Nothing has made me want to go out of my way to watch ML more than this comment

[@ThatRipOff]

@@MimzyKuppycakez Just make sure you temper your expectations. When it’s good, it’s great. There are a lot of fun ideas and interesting plot points throughout the show. But you can definitely tell they had a lot of pressure from higher-ups to dumb it down for “muh kid’s show.” A lot of character development getting reset, episodic stories covering the same old tracks, dragging out certain plot lines way too long, and mind-numbing moral lessons. But if you can get past that, it’s worth the watch. When it’s at its best, it’s amazing. But at its worst it’s never horrible or fully unwatchable apart from a few really bad episodes.

[@kristoffhowell9871]

Jeremy actually went went in once. That's how he's no long affected by the back to the pass program

[@taplaos]

Only memory I had in 5th grade was talking about Code Lyoko to my friends as we all try to figure out what was gonna happen next. We try to come up with our own headcannons to see which one of us were right. Of course, we were all wrong but it was fun hah. ALSO with Miguzi they had a contest for viewer to create their own alien character to be the next buddy on the block. I entered and saw the winner and I got super salty.

[@willwalker4918]

Thank you for unlocking a childhood memory of the code lyoko DS game, I don’t think I ever saw the show lol

[@The_Oblivion_Light]

This was a slow paced cartoon when it came to action, but it is quite interesting. It actually has more of a slice of life appeal and different. Its not for everyone. I will say that France should be proud of this one with.

[@Bobb11881]

I freaking love this show. It's probably the show that got me into TV. It's really dark, the humor is on-point (seriously, these kids are absolute roast masters), the soundtrack is amazing, the character dynamics are perfect, and they'll just randomly bring up bits of continuity from previous episodes, which I LOVE. You never know when Paco the King of Disco will be mentioned, and there's a multi-episode arc spanning multiple seasons about Aelita embracing her passion for music. How often does that happen?

[@Curiacity]

any time i hear a SPECK of code lyoko theme i get a raging nostalgia burn from how hard it hits my soul

[@thejuansnow]

REBOOT got the hybrid live action 3d animation treatment in Netflix as well

[@supremequantv6887]

Nothing brings me greater joy than when someone makes the occasional code lyoko video

[@TiredCapybara]

It's always a pleasant treat.

[@weirdotzero7065]

Man. Moonscoop naming their effects company X.A.N.A Post Productions was like if George Lucas, instead of naming his companies Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Magic, he named them Vader Sound and Imperial Light & Sith.

[@JasLamArr91]

If someone actually make a virtual world like this for real, that would be a dream come true!

[@laifale]

dog pissing are in fact a staple of french humor, no i'm not joking

[@Rybread52]

I LOVED this show as a kid. I remember one day my school had a gas leak and while we were evacuating I was thinking "oh snap this must be XANA."

[@aerrae5608]

Man I remember feeling like I was in another reality when I watched this. It was so different it's like it came from another universe from a species that's almost human but something else entirely. I was mesmerized.

[@saneira]

When Billiam refered to one of the CL monster enemies as "the sexy one". I got very worried for a second there. But I ended up bursting out laughing a second later. Good video!

[@Afellowlostcanary.]

You mean William