Code Lyoko Was REALLY Odd

[@Colby2D]

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[@jordancambridge4106]

Decades ago I found out something bat shit insane about this anime. So insane that it makes this show even more well creepy. DARPA sued this show for copy right infringement and using stollen patents for technology. So turns out Project X.A.N.A. was a project DARPA. The machine that the kids accessed was a machine that DARPA was working on. I only found that out because DARPA sued the show over those things. Good job hiding secret technologies.

[@jordancambridge4106]

I as a kid had a diary until my mother corrected my spelling in it. I then ripped it up and used it as kindling on the next camping trip I went on.

[@jordancambridge4106]

I hate it when people lie about locations. That actual location of the factory is actually based off the original Microsoft headquarters which was in a small town in Ohio and is the original location of Microsoft. The 2 Europeans who claim to be the creators of Code Lyoko are actually not the real creators but they are people who worked on the creation of it but the actual writers died around 2012. Here is messed up facts that might confuse people especially those who are morons who think that Bill Gates created Microsoft when in reality he has just been a figure face of the company sese 2001 when he didn't even start working for the company until 1995 when he was 17 years old and he started as a Janitor. He looked like a computer nerd so the actual owners of the company used him as a figure face to well hide the actual owners to well think about it. If you were one of the true richest people in the world would you want people to know who you were or would you want to hide the fact that you are in fact richer than nearly every on the planet. Microsoft is a software company that started out making software for DARPA and other extremely secret classified as fuck companies and also made and still makes the software for the United States Militaries. The software that Microsoft has made include the targeting systems for hell fire missiles, the guidance systems for The Apache Attack Helicopter, the Black Bird, The F 14, 15, 16,17, 18, 22, the B 2 Bomber, the computer shit that is on all Navy ships, the software that the nuclear codes are stored in for the Foot Ball and basically dam near everything that the government and militaries of America uses. Those contracts that 1 and only 1 company does makes that company 1 of the richest secret companies in the world. The stuff that the civilians have access to is a completely different software separated from the true shit that makes them rich. That original head quarters where all the secret coding was done is the exact same building that the factory of Code Lyoko is based off of. The creators of the show had many well meetings with specialized military officers. This isn't even a conspiracy theory this is actual real shit. The shows creators kept having awkward dealings with men in black suits because they kept showing stuff in the show that make the secret military shit question if there was a breach of information and those meetings and law suits became known as public knowledge. Much information had to be legally claimed that it was other stuff to avoid pissing off secret military stuff. Its insane. I found this out because I was looking up pictures of Code Lyoko on Google and I saw a law suit against the show and I looked into it and I began laughing my ass off at how the secret military people caused themselves to be known by the law suits and meetings and the format they took caused the information to be public knowledge.

[@Colby2D]

This is certainly a very good creative writing assignment, I would give you a B+🙂

[@14akamaru]

Xaolin Showdown, Jackie Chan Adventures, and now Code Lyoko? Dude's just running through my entire childhood.

[@milt0n290]

Jackie Chan adventures was my favorite as a kid. I’m 30 and don’t play Fortnite but if they added Uncle and Torru I’d buy them and play. Anti Uncle would be goated too

[@DathoxUdictus]

Gee, it's almost as if you're a Millennial who watched tv.

[@DathoxUdictus]

Whats next? Jack long american dragon? SpongeBob? Megas xlr?

[@14akamaru]

@@DathoxUdictus Anything but that second one, I beg.

[@blakake]

​@DathoxUdictus you know, you could always be nicer

[@annabellelynn8614]

Code Lyoko had the craziest opening song in both languages It was incredible how hard it slapped

[@hugovasquez8222]

Listen to the german digimon intros. They are god tier

[@xKuukkelix]

Both? Even the Finnish dub opening fucks

[@Razdasoldier]

Literally took me YEARS to find this show again. I could only watch it at my friend's grandma's house. Love the show. One of the best isekai style show. Had .hack vibes.

[@catnerdadrian7601]

Oh ok so this is just the channel that will give me insane nostalgia trips while reminding me how weird the shows were

[@Colby2D]

Lol yes, very accurate

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

Absolutely.

[@Gigawatt-h24]

fun little thing, you can see all episodes on yt, they uploaded this stuff for people can watch it.

[@jmoneyjoshkinion4576]

​@@Gigawatt-h24 this and "ALPHAS" are on here and I think that I will actually finish the shows this year.

[@Rrod810]

It’s ok his face is strange

[@funkyfox7996]

aelita's slow walk when taking down a tower was one of those things i could never get over as a kid. every time, i would get frustrated because it's the same old sequence with no explanation why she's taking her sweet as time

[@Colby2D]

I wonder if it was done to deliberately drive kids crazy lol it definitely adds a lot of suspense

[@RedDragonForce2]

Fun fact: In a later episode of I think Season 3, they did change it to her running to the middle of the lower platform. It doesn’t change the speed of the rising to the upper platform, but I’m glad there was a different animation eventually.

[@Allplussomeminus]

My educated guess was they made her walk slow to fill in air time so they'd have to animate slightly less. Quite a few animations were reused across the show.

[@Sruf.]

Falling off and into the digital sea is described as if it's your character's data getting separated and scrambled into the sea of data. It's a really solid and logically sound stake driver. When they brought back Yumi a good theory is that Jeremy used the last snapshot of Yumi's character before making contact with the digital sea

[@Colby2D]

That makes a lot of sense, I like the data corruption angle, which reminds me I need a new backup hard drive

[@Zanoab]

Solid theory and I think there is a little more to it. I think the real world half is stored elsewhere but the avatar half still has important data to keep both sides synced. When Yumi's avatar was lost to the digital sea, the rematerialization program is now missing data and refuses to work. Jeremy's program was designed to recreate whatever data is missing to allow materialization of almost anything and it recreated enough of Yumi's data that was lost. Later on, the dangers of this capability become more apparent.

[@johnsherfey3675]

Reminds me of data overflow.

[@theredeft5319]

I believe they sort of explain it a bit more in later seasons too.

[@Nameless0ne419]

@@theredeft5319​​⁠idk if my memory is correct (its been forever since i watched this amazing show) but i believe you’re right, i think in one episode in particular they made Aelita jump into the digital sea

[@SilverHyozanryu]

I always loved how freaky most the enemies in the digital world looked, especially the rolling tank and how it just has a fleshy interior. Combined with the world design it really added to the mystique of Zana as a villain. And big respect for doing extra research on the show, I love hearing all behind the scenes tidbits I never knew growing up.

[@Colby2D]

I love the mega tank lol, and I appreciate you liked the research and interviews!

[@Arthur2light]

And then they introduced the creepiest monster of the bunch in season two, the dreaded Scyphozoa. And it looks like a monster jellyfish. Then again, some jellyfish look down right alien in real life.

[@renatoramos8834]

x.a.n.a. Not zana

[@quantemwensday]

they had big foreheads because their brains were so big

[@Colby2D]

I think Jeremy has the smallest forehead though😅 or at least he has bangs

[@Kanamo4781]

@@Colby2D The power of using your hair to hide your forehead which almost no one uses in this show

[@Typhaaris]

The big foreheads was, IIRC, intentional. They did it to make the cgi feel less jank.

[@Exodia_Misogynist]

Haru's forehead before it was popular

[@CrispyChicken38]

They had five-heads.

[@bazemore1234]

The "awkward cut" at the end of the last episode was panning to XANA moving through those cables. The "heartbeat" or pulsations are very common warnings of his activity. Aelita listened for them regularly prior to Jeremy updating his scanning program for the towers. It was supposed to feel ominous.

[@Colby2D]

Yeah I like it as an end to the first season’s original stopping point, I never associated the pulsations of xana as an actual heartbeat before, so it really creeped me out, but narrative wise it’s great to be like “xana is still alive”

[@namerokshadow8469]

2 fun notes of Code Lyoko for me: 1. The theme song was one of the first 5 songs on my first mp3 player (yes, pre-Ipod era even) 2. When someone (or myself) would say "That's odd" I would reply with "no it's Ulrich"

[@Colby2D]

The number 2 point is especially amazing, thank you for sharing, I will be stealing this to annoy my friend

[@namerokshadow8469]

@@Colby2D I'm half expecting to see the next episode to be titled: "Code Lyoko Was Really Ulrich" or something (lol) Thanks for the video, this and Xiaolin Showdown were good nostalgia trips for me!

[@KingNexusMOCs]

Code Lyoko came out in 2003, the first iPod released in 2001. Your story is completely impossible.

[@namerokshadow8469]

@@KingNexusMOCs That was why I said my first mp3 player in the era before iPods. Story revived.

[@w花b]

That's how you spot the real ones with that reply :)

[@dbzsuperfan711]

Im just glad this show wasnt a fever dream from my childhood honestly

[@Colby2D]

I’ve heard several people say this, and I think I’d feel similarly if I didn’t hear the theme song every day lol

[@thablkgd1019]

The Einstein poster and return to the past added to the fever dream effect

[@zb3268]

One of my favorite things about this series for me was how the protagonists often had to deal with the shitty nature and attitudes of the supporting characters, but did develop some kind of positive relationship with the supporting cast as the episodes went on and characters like Jim constantly prove themselves to be heroic and good people to the cast but always forget that timeline. It really added a wrinkle to the storytelling that you don’t see as much in time shenanigans media where the main cast eventually “knows” everyone else and even trust that they will help them in later episodes.

[@Colby2D]

Yeah Jim is an absolute king and I love their frenemy relationship with Sissi

[@theredeft5319]

It’s definitely an interesting element because I’ve never seen another long running series with time travel elements that does something like this with a large case of same characters. And yeah even if the other characters forget, the Lyoko warriors are often kinder to them because they remember.

[@SlicesOfLifeTV]

One of my favorite shows to this day. Fun fact: Fans also noticed how Yumi was the main target from episodes 6-10 and since they aired the first episode weekdays starting on Monday, so the second week aired these five episodes where the community dubbed them "Pick on Yumi" week. This fact makes me laugh even now.

[@Colby2D]

That’s so funny to hear. When you say fans were calling it that, is this something you happened to read online / on discussion boards? Because I’ve been trying to find more reactions of when the show first came out and stuff for more video reviews. Either way that’s very funny

[@SlicesOfLifeTV]

It has been a long time since I read this fact, so the source I read it from is unclear. Though I did just google "Code Lyoko Pick on Yumi week" and the results verify this fact. It also turns out there seems to be more Pick on Yumi weeks in other seasons. Speaking of, most places I reference note Season 1 as 26 episodes. I even had the Season 1 dvd box set, but I can't find it unfortunately. Regardless, I am loving this retrospective as well as Jackie Chan Adventures and Xiaolin Showdown. Keep up the good work, you are awesome.

[@nekonomicon2983]

Yumi was always the easiest to target anyway. Since she's usually separated from the others by being in a different class or at home, she's the most isolated.

[@OnizukaAllMighty]

Jim is by far the MVP of the Code Lyoko cartoon, he is hilarious and has amazing character development and moments

[@GerardMenvussa]

He is an antagonist, possibly the most important one IRL. But he never fails to protect the kids when the time comes. Even if can't remember his heroic sacrifices from one episode to the next.

[@gutsmasterson2488]

Did you hear about the time he was a KZbinr? He’d rather not talk about it though.

[@Colby2D]

He might be the goat, me and my friends always were very happy when he was on screen

[@OnizukaAllMighty]

@@Colby2D same man same

[@sunnydayempire6964]

The worse things got, the better Jim got. Man had some backstory that he'll never talk about.

[@Anonymice]

What I personally liked was you could keep track of stats like how many shots Odd had left, how much HP each attack did, see exactly how much health was divided between Ulrich's three clones, etc. It was really fun and felt like it had actual balance inside its own game world. Also, I don't know if it's true but as a kid I thought that once you were defeated in Lyoko you couldn't go back in unless you returned to the past.

[@theredeft5319]

Yeah it’s basically a video game. And they did actually make a pretty fun Wii video game that I still own to this day.

[@austinsmith6632]

It's not a return to the past, it's a one day limit, if you are devirtualized. Later on in the seasons, they don't do a return to the past every time XANA attacks. Getting devirtualized, is a once per day thing.

[@aiodensghost8645]

​@theredeft5319 Quest for Infinity was also released on PS2 and PSP. The Nintendo DS had a few more.

[@majortom331]

My head canon is that the cast has 1000 HP by default. Which is why the danger of being at 50 is noteworthy.

[@Moszczynski69]

Bro, I swear to god every single time I remember Code Lyoko I can't stop thinking about it. The world was cash money, the weird powers, the clash of both 2D world and 3D CGI world, the vibes were on point as well. Ahh, we really used to eat good with the shows back then.

[@Colby2D]

Yeah man the world and powers were so cool, they never revealed it all at once so I was always guessing what world or power they’d use next

[@reicherwallace6774]

The part where Yumi gets shot and Jeremy goes "Ailita! Are you ok?!?" Made me laugh so hard.

[@alysa4323]

I think I remember there's someone who did a whole "how many times did they almost die" count for the Lyoko warriors. I love when Odd drops the candies on the keyboard, they always looked so satisfying and I can remember them even now. The gravity soccer episode, obviously, and the nanobot goop episode. Also, wayyyy later, I loved the skid and the 3D designs in 2D. Super scary and cool when the monsters came through the scanners too! Basically, everything except William (but William's himbo clone can stay).

[@Colby2D]

That’s really cool, I have a counter I made for the end of season 1 in my next video, I’ll probably try to keep track of throughout the show if I continue

[@XiremaXesirin]

Ghost Channel is always going to be one of my favorite episodes, just because it's a clever subversion of the "how do we tell someone from their evil twin!?" trope, where the evil twin is identified by rigid adherence to character archetype, and the real character is identified by malleability and adaptiveness, who will do something seemingly "against character" if the circumstances are dire enough to merit it. I've seen almost no other show explore this idea: it seems like writers, when presented the opportunity to use this trope, are obsessed with showing off the idea of "look how well these characters know each other, that they can tell when someone is acting weird [by doing something uncharacteristic of them!]", and Code Lyoko flipped the idea on its head, emphasizing the idea that if these characters are real people (or at least as much as they can be while still being fictional characters), then it makes way more sense that unusual circumstances would lead to unusual behavior-something that a rigid AI like XANA would struggle to understand.

[@Colby2D]

Yeah that episode did a great job characterizing everyone, like knowing a friend would actually help out in these situations, and also gave us way more characterization of xana like how would it know how the world works

[@maneruloquendero]

I grew up thinking fans were edged, metalic, throwable weapons and not something harmless that ladies use to cool themselves down

[@nicodemusedwards6931]

I mean… you can find the death fans if you really want to.

[@artistanthony1007]

They're virtual weapons, doesn't matter if it looks harmless.

[@jpomega]

@@nicodemusedwards6931Tessen fans is the answer 😌

[@Doomzdeh]

I mean, there have been cultures that used blade-edged fans as weapons

[@solarmoth4628]

I was so happy when I found out that martial arts fans are a real weapon. It has so much more flair than using a more common weapon like a sword. Throwing them probably isn’t the best way to use them but it looks cool.

[@Brawlerrocks]

One thing that you might have missed or glossed over is that Returning to the Past has one limit: It can't bring back the dead. To be fair they only say it twice in season one. They mention this vaguely in the first episode where Odd says "And even going back in time, if there’s an accident, it’s all over" and in the season 1 finale (Episode 26) Ulrich makes it more clear by saying "You know very well that if there's a victim, that going back in time won't bring him back to life"

[@Colby2D]

I caught that on the second rewatch/while editing, and I think that made the stakes with the side characters a lot bigger where I wouldn’t have thought of that before! I kinda figured it just applied to the lyoko crew

[@feliciaroseantonia]

@@Colby2D I guess if anything, the reverse would apply to The Lyoko Warriors? Because, like, there are certain parts of some episodes where any of the main characters just straight up die, arguably. Like that one time Odd literally flatlined in the music-induced coma episode. Or that time Yumi froze to death after a tree fell on her. Aaaaand also that time Aelita suffered THREE CONSECUTIVE HEART ATTACKS wait but she survived the third one because they bring her to Lyoko right afterwards lmao that's right. Jesus Christ what even is this show actually lmAO-

[@renatoramos8834]

@@feliciaroseantonia They ALMOST died. It's quite different.

[@Doomzdeh]

To be fair, that’s implied anyway. If Return to the Past could bring back the dead, the Lyoko Warriors would never prioritize staying at Kadic and trying to get people to safety.

[@theredeft5319]

@@Colby2DI always thought that part was weird how they knew that. Like did they read the obituaries and then return to the past only to find that person was already dead before they were supposed to be? I get it’s to keep stakes in the game but it’s just one of those mysterious things that they don’t really explain why. Maybe the supercomputer scans everything in a way and dead people don’t register?

[@sunnydayempire6964]

Season 1 was very much a "monster of the week" sort of thing up until the end. It makes sense, the series was just starting and there wasn't any promise they'd get to do more than 1 season.

[@pairot01]

Core memory unlocked! I vividly remember the people in the real world grabbing onto buildings fighting the reversed gravity, and some even freaking fell off and up!

[@Colby2D]

The zero gravity episode is one of our favorites, and I plan to cover it next weekend!

[@Luvelyte]

I have many nightmares about that and I don't know what it means.

[@Colby2D]

@nmtlnm You’re not alone with that

[@KrishnaBalroop]

I still wonder about those people 💀😭🤌🏾 like, they GONE

[@amazingamatsu]

I dont know how i stumbled in here but im sure as hell glad, Code lyoko brings back so many great memories of my childhood, i honestly can;t stop re-watching it

[@jakep9771]

Why yes KZbin, I would like to watch the 40minute deep dive into a French TV show, thank you. In all seriousness, this is really high quality content! Good script and editing, and your voice works really well for this style of video.

[@Colby2D]

Thank you I really appreciate it. Based algorithm

[@gutsmasterson2488]

I’m pretty sure at one point I’ve binged every episode of Code Lyoko on KZbin. I even watched the live action spinoff. XANA is one of my favorite villains of all time because they never talk. Every threat that they make is a force, even when they possess people they don’t use words.

[@romanes_eunt_domus]

Code Lyoko's take on intelligent AGI feels very realistic, more like an intelligent force of nature than an intelligent being. I have a feeling real AGI, when achieved, will be like that. Hopefully without the bloodlust tho...

[@theredeft5319]

Usually I think X.A.N.A obviously does talk through people sometimes, but sometimes they just are menacingly silent

[@gutsmasterson2488]

@@theredeft5319 what I remember, is that usually when XANA controls a person, they take control of most of the basic brain functions. Control of their body, making them growl and roar, but not using anybody to engineer a trap. And by that I mean, invasion of the body snatchers type kill.

[@jnharton]

I mean it kinda makes sense, since it's like encountering a different species that cannot speak our language and may be wholly unable to even reproduce the same sounds.

[@kieran7675]

I like how you mention the "Xana having a vendetta against Yumi" because it's a well known thing that there is a "pick on Yumi" week where she just seems to always be the one who's the victim of the attacks

[@dontmindmefangirling3123]

To be fair, it makes much sense when you think about it. Yumi acts as a bodyguard for Aelita the most out of all the characters (which also leads to her getting defeated a lot), so it seems like a natural progression for Xana to target her more than the others, in a sort of algorithm style thinking of eliminating the closest one to your target

[@ig88bounty3]

This show influenced me a lot as a kid, i remember getting so excited seeing Aelita entering real space.

[@Colby2D]

Aelita is really goated, even though she doesn’t do too much so far, I can see why she’s so loved

[@Peeges_]

I cried lol

[@MaterClaritas]

the theme song is AMAZING thanks. it's been living in my head rent free for decades

[@travesty-studios]

It would be insane if the original creators remade this show with today's tech

[@Colby2D]

I feel like the 3D would look better and the 2D would look worse lol

[@TrickLunar]

​@@Colby2D there has been a rumor going arounf lately about an interview that talks about 3 directors trying to revive the show. I dunno how true this is tho

[@4nto418]

Honestly a reboot with the same premise but with a decent plot, a bit more budget and good 3D would be unironically fire.

[@ThatOneGanyuMain]

​@@TrickLunar That would be amazing. I LOVED this show, I even had a video game of it

[@W1mp1am]

I think it would be awesome. Though it would be extra awesome if they could reduce the forehead to head ratio.

[@adamwg6559]

I’ve rewatched the show many times and I’ve never noticed the Einstein poster changing

[@Colby2D]

We were definitely more fascinated by it than anyone should be

[@spectilia]

I saw exactly one episode of this as a kid (the one with the xenomorph). Glad to know I wasn't just completely missing something and that instead the show just doesn't seem to explain any of its lore, at least in the first 13 episodes, lol.

[@Colby2D]

Yeah the beginning of the show is quite later, like after season 2, which I guess works well in letting everyone be invested if they miss anything

[@whitestararmada103]

man someone needs to reboot this show with a big budget, fucking awsome anime

[@Colby2D]

Truee, I love the look of it though I think it aged better over time from “trying to be realistic” to “stylized 3D” kinda like wind waker, but a lot less deliberate lol

[@taneelbrightblade6622]

I dunno, I feel like a big budget remake would probably miss some of the magic that makes it work so well

[@kuromiLayfe]

If they keep the style but just flesh out the 3D Lyoko world it would definitely be a new hit.

[@theinfamousanonymous2652]

It is already the case, it's called code lyoko evolution. it's a live action remake/reboot and it's unsurprisingly awful.

[@theredeft5319]

Yeah I don’t recommend the sequel. It’s really bad and cringy.

[@luigiRobs14]

A World Without Danger is a certified bop no question about it

[@julekakillashandra589]

Can we get an F in the chat for William? Gets possessed for months, gets replaced by a dumb clone who ruins his reputation, and then gets treated like an outcast by the Lyoko Warriors?

[@Mad_Heretek]

Dude you are just talking about every single one of my favorite childhood TV shows, and I am HERE for it 😂😂😂

[@Colby2D]

Thank you, I try😄

[@Colby2D]

If there’s any other shows you’d like me to cover, I can’t guarantee I can, but always open to hearing what people like and are on the lookout for

[@Mad_Heretek]

@@Colby2D OH! I got a good idea for one, in the same vein as recent ones you’ve covered! Have you ever heard of Three Delivery? It was a goofy, martial-arts focused action cartoon released on Nicktoons in 2008. It follows three part-time workers at a chinese restaurant, and the adventures they get pulled into, as they try and stop the villain of the show, Kong Li, from using spells from an ancient, magical, Chinese cookbook to destroy the world. The show is hilarious, fun kung-fu comedy, with a good balance of magic, in the form of food-based spells and abilities! I think it only ran for one season, but I remember watching it every weekend 😁

[@dragonninja3655]

I always assumed the slow tower walk was her loading, like she can't go faster than that.

[@Colby2D]

That’s what I assume too to give her the benefit of the doubt lol

[@GiantPurpleCat]

So glad to see this show still being talked about to this day. It's one of my childhood favorites and the origin of my username I've had since high school. Really great video! 💖

[@Colby2D]

That’s really cool, and is it “giant purple cat” that’s a lyoko reference, and is it a reference to odd?

[@GiantPurpleCat]

@@Colby2D Yeah, it was from Xana Awakens when Odd gets virtualized for the first time and then he goes "And why am I dressed up like a giant, purple cat?" I loved the line so much I decided to make my username an homage to it, haha.

[@kaijunasan4497]

Weird af show but addicting ❤ I used to be so obsessed with it as a kid I often refused to miss it

[@Colby2D]

Yeah that’s a very accurate way to describe it😄

[@andrewsanders17]

19:41 there is a theory that code lyoko is essentially unknowingly pulling a rick and morty. Every time they "go back in time" they are actually changing universe. The idea is that those in the factory remember because they were transferred and the changing einstine poster could be a hint of these changing dimensions like a butterfly effect.

[@MysticMorigan1998]

That kinda makes more sense? Like if we're going to say that Ailita's body is hidden in Lyoko and Xana can cross the border of digital and real world, if we jump multi verses things can split off infinitely. Like as I got older, it started to feel weirder and weirder that they could return to the past at all. I kinda get the feeling that nothing is actually real in our supposed plain of reality. Franz Hopper did some crazy ass shit, and it'd more or less make more sense if this doesn't happen in the real world, just that there's a split off in ours after WW2 , and maybe all the bizarre stuff happens away from here

[@andrewsanders17]

@@MysticMorigan1998 I think the theory says it is identical to the point of the factory and lyoko being activated. The anomalies did not start until Jeremy activated the super computer. That's when the dimension hopping started. There are theories on Ailita but they range from Hopper's old crew were fighting Xana but it got too risky so they shut it down with Hopper's team inside essentially hitting pause; along the same vein Hopper's team is also theorized to be Xana but there is no real evidence. To the theory that Hopper created the world and Ailita after Hoppers daughter died however a virus was made in the process so Hopper shut down the program until he could figure out how to stop it. This has a bit more information after Ailita comes to the real world. Code Lyoko is a fond childhood memory so I tend to be a little more enthused.

[@davidparkes3701]

I will forever love code lyoko for influencing my childhood imagination. No matter how old I get I will always give this show the respect it deserves as one of the best to air on CN.

[@dethi_]

Truly one of the shows of my childhood, it's also funny that the factory that inspired the one in the show was just in front my grandparents house but it took me years to realize they were the same and when I knew about it it was already destroyed. It makes me sad because if I knew I would have bragged about it at school lmao.

[@evgenivasileuski559]

Finally someone talking about my second favorite show of the childhood. First place is for "Iron Kid", simply because of the memories, and best coping mechanism for me. I fight bad thoughts in my head literally.

[@Colby2D]

That’s really interesting, I don’t really know of many people who’ve seen iron kid, I may have to watch it someday!

[@adamismagic1179]

Thank you so much for doing this show so is one of favorites shows it's so unique and cool! I recently rewatched this show 6 months ago from KZbin! I hope you review the whole show!

[@Colby2D]

Thanks very much for checking this out! I have a new video planned, will probably upload Monday morning on the second half of the first season. Hope to see you there! Also would love to get your feedback for continuing these videos, does a Monday morning upload impact when and how you watch videos? Debating whether I should have a set time like Saturday mornings only, or just “whenever” works

[@LordShonji]

Such a good show, binged watched it awhile back and still holds up

[@delix787]

MY FAVORITE CARTOON OF ALL TIME!! I LOVED THEIR FRIENDSHIP. I loved the dark writing & the sacrifices and risks this show took! The characters were also very relatable when it came to their schooling and hard times with their parents. 💙💙💙

[@Colby2D]

Yeah I loved seeing how Yumi and ulrich so far have dealt with their parents, even handling them more seriously than the threat of xana really says a lot about them

[@jamesjessup5734]

I firmly believe this show influenced my decisions to study CS in school, even though I watched it at such a young age. Super underrated!

[@Colby2D]

I can totally see that, it came out at such an interesting time too, with a huge rise in gaming and the internet

[@Fictionist10101]

I'm fascinated by this channel covering hidden gems from our childhood making us appreciate them even more!

[@Colby2D]

Thank you, if there’s other shows you’d be interested in me covering, always open to hearing what people are interested in

[@mirrormarvel5751]

i honestly love for you to continue this series because a lot more information happens later and also the origin episode

[@SpiffDico]

The comparison between Jim and Coach McGuirk is so accurate. "Ulrich, do not drink the chocolate milk. It's gone bad." 😂

[@MrNocturnalEmission]

The maturity of this show had me entranced and was the first time I ever shipped characters. it was dope.

[@tylerholmes2727]

There's a huge ramp up with excitement towards the end of the show and I really loved it. Thankfully somebody decided to carry on the show and I'll have action format mixed with the CGI computer world. That shows pretty crazy too.

[@Colby2D]

I’m excited to try evolutions soon!

[@KhanCrete]

thanks for making this!! i loved the show when i was little and, rewatching it all in 2020 or 21, i realized it wasn't exactly great but that i loved it anyway lmao

[@sorma007]

28:37 Talia Is the rearranged word of Aelita, totally not on purpose XD

[@Mickymicmike]

This channel is determined to make me relive my favorite cartoons and I'm here for it. Also the theme is a banger and I'll not hear otherwise. As for the actual content: Season 1 was weird in that it starts as just a Monster of the Week with minimal overarching plot despite it effectively being the middle of the plot, which admittedly makes for a bit of a struggle with a rewatch, but I enjoy the show all the same. I still think the blend of 2D and 3D was a really cool idea and Ulrich and Yumi's relationship was probably the cartoon relationship I was most invested in as a kid.

[@JasLamArr91]

Thank you for talking about this show! I love this show to this day and started watching it again recently! You’re right the theme song is so good my mom even loved it and she didn’t watch the show. X.A.N.A is without question one of the scariest evil entities in animation.

[@Colby2D]

Thanks for checking it out! Yeah I love the theme song, and xana being a faceless entity was always pretty creepy, I think the big thing for me was that even when they won there wasn’t much closure

[@RufusRooskram]

Beautiful to see someone giving this show the love it deserves even if it's so many years later

[@blacksun3185]

There's so many series I missed out on that I'd never have heard about if it weren't for you. I've never seen Code Lyoko before but it genuinely seems so cool. Thanks a lot!

[@GerardMenvussa]

It has a lot of cringy moments, but it makes up for it with characters, setting, enemies, art direction and mood :)

[@Colby2D]

Thanks for watching! Yeah a big plan I have for these videos is to describe them with enough detail that you can watch this video whether you’ve seen the show or not. I appreciate it

[@tcbobb.8782]

Always will notice a nice rivals theme placement in the BG. Growing up this was one of my all time favorites. I still rewatch it every now and then. No other show is like it. There is just something about the 3d world that's so fun to watch and the writing was really good for kids shows being released at the time. It respected the viewers time and actually had real drama in it that young teens would actually go thru like crushes and losing a friend in an arguement. Truly a great cartoon

[@Fennalope]

Xana being a computer program and not having an actual avatar to represent itself really confused me as a kid. I was always super excited about the episode that would finally show what Xana looks like. but as an adult i understand that Xana has no form Xana is just a program and that's really cool now.

[@Colby2D]

Yeah I think it made things a little harder to follow without much of a clear motive of who’s messing with stuff and why, that probably made a lot of people click off the show more than anything, but watching now I do really appreciate it, and it’s interesting to see they were urged to make xana more of a persona for similar reasons

[@BKAshryver]

I was OBSESSED with this when I was a kid. I vividly remember this being a huge part of my afternoon’s in fifth grade. I need to give this a rewatch as an adult and see it through a new lens.

[@Colby2D]

It holds up really well, the first 10 episodes are a bit slow, but after that I think it’s a genuinely great show and has a very subtle down to earth vibe that I appreciate more now that I’m older

[@DustinRodriguez1_0]

As a kid who grew up in the 80s and was a teen in the 90s, I was a huge nerd. Shows were not about 'virtual worlds' and didn't have glasses-wearing computer nerds as main characters. I find it fascinating how quickly that changed. And as I am also a big fan of Serial Experiments Lain (so trippy... and prophetic) I'm a bit bummed I didn't get to grow up with this Code Lyoko show, it sounds fun.

[@Colby2D]

For sure, the show that comes to my mind as maybe most similar from that era would be Captain N

[@aiodensghost8645]

I grew up watching this and Sonic X. I'd get up early, sneak into the living room, and turn the TV on. I figured out that turning the volume above 15 would awaken dad (who would be mighty pissed), so 4 year old me would sit close and watch.

[@ImKagetsu]

I just adored this show from the moment I saw the first ad for it. The fandom in the forums were almost like a cult and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sadly I've lost all the fan made vids and most of the creation things everyone shared.

[@MonsterTaming420]

I have the theme song downloaded and listen to it on my walks, it's just amazing.

[@Colby2D]

I have listened to it so much over the past few weeks

[@mechajay3358]

When it has a character name "Odd" you know what show you're getting into. That intro still SLAPS.

[@gibarel]

I've been trying to find this cartoon for what I think is 10 years, I remember watching some of it but the memory was vague enough that I couldn't find it.

[@Colby2D]

Oh yeah, that’s awesome hopefully you’re able to check it out now!

[@FacialVomitTurtleFights]

I noticed bro's avatar has floating hair and now I can't unsee it... who made that design choice??

[@shelbybayer200]

They reset the time all the time so they can change the Circumstances so the attacks don't happen in the first place. Teddyzilla shows that too, Changing one little event stops the attacks from happening in the first place.

[@orlandovv12]

Bruh this unlocked some hidden memorys... grew up watching tons of random episodes that showed up on tv. Had completely forgotten about this show even existed

[@arcticbanana66]

Oh man, I remember catching reruns of this show right before the new episodes of Avatar in the afternoons back in the mid-2000s. The Code Lyoko theme song "A World Without Danger" is a bop. I place it just below the Oban Star Racers (another "French anime") theme "Chance to Shine", personally.

[@Colby2D]

I LOVE the Oban opening

[@EmberQuill]

I don't know what it is about french cartoons specifically, but they all seem to have absolute bangers for theme songs.

[@PhoenixInanis]

Bro is playing Pokemon dungeon explorers of sky music in the bg XD caught me so off guard to recognize it

[@richarddakazo2878]

I feel like the thing with that quantum Einstein poster is to suggest that when they go back in time, the timeline is affected in more than just the obvious ways. Like, maybe they're not just going back to earlier that, but resetting the entire universe, to a timeline where Einstein's photo was different. Maybe their consciousness just links back up with their bodies on the day of the reset, but every Lyoko time jump is a new Big Bang

[@Colby2D]

If they’ve actually been indicating which timeline they’re in with the tongue of Einstein that would be so crazy, but sadly I think it’s just random

[@jamesbrand9761]

Code Lyoko was one of the shows i always would sitdown and watch when i was young and the trivia was well appriciated. Nice job!

[@Colby2D]

Thanks for watching I appreciate it🙂

[@Radical_Dreamers]

It's always the French and French Canadian that produced the weird ass but good shows

[@Colby2D]

So many that are even kinda obscure by todays standards that are absolute hidden gems, I definitely want to cover more

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

Their forehead so big the tycho monolith is jealous

[@justanactualrealbear]

God this show was great, and it was one of the shows that I really got invested in when I was younger even though I missed so much of it lmao

[@Colby2D]

Yeah in some ways it’s a good show to miss episodes from because they at least lean into this by starting the show from the middle instead of the beginning, but the time slot for the show was kinda hard to keep up with consistently back then

[@TheTonyMcD]

25:30 Alien vs. Predator was a well established series long before the movie finally came out. There had been games and novels since 1994, and a bunch of comics starting from 1989 that thoroughly fleshed out the lore.

[@Colby2D]

I had read mixed things about the predalien specifically, but I definitely need to watch the movies sometime because I’m really behind

[@TheTonyMcD]

@@Colby2D meh, they aren't that good. I mean, they are alright, but hold no candle compared to any of the OG alien series of the first predator film

[@walpoleandworcester]

Ah yes! This show and Hamtaro id watch on Miguzi everyday coming home from school. Keep this up! You deserve way more subs.

[@Colby2D]

Thanks very much! I don’t remember catching Hamtaro on miguzi, and based off your name I think we’re both from Massachusetts so I must have just missed it then! I remember hamtaro on really early like 6 am and sometimes in the early afternoon

[@walpoleandworcester]

@@Colby2Dthat’s right. Born and lived right outside of Boston for several years and in New England itself. And interesting. I also kept seeing Ozzy & Drix after school or maybe my memory is fuzzy. Lol.

[@FFAs]

Code Lyoko is my favorite show from childhood.

[@Colby2D]

Nice!!

[@Entropic_StarKid]

Missed opportunity to say "xanamorph" 26:11

[@Colby2D]

😭 that is a really good one

[@BenjiByt3]

This show slapped so hard, I really gotta continue rewatching it sometime.

[@delix787]

The first episode is so iconic, it’s one of my favorites. 👀

[@Colby2D]

The first episode is fun, I wasn’t expecting it to be as whacky so that was a fun surprise

[@___H3475]

I have been trying to remember what this show was for a decade and then some, I honestly thought it was a fever dream I had, since it’s been so long. Thank you for re-awakening my knowledge of this long forgotten hidden gem.

[@Sue_Me_Too]

The "Predalien" existed before the AVP movie, it was in an old video game and maybe a tie-in novel.

[@FanArtist25]

This show brings me a mixture of embarrassing and nostalgic emotions that I wasn't sure if I even wanted to click on it. I find myself looking forward to your next video on the topic though. Thank you.

[@user-nd7rg5er5g]

Yoooo, thanks for making this video on a show that has such an incredible atmosphere! This retrospective is fantastic! Also, I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned it yet, but I love the watercolor background art you use to frame some of the clips with.

[@Colby2D]

Thanks for watching! It’s a really fun show. And I’m glad you enjoy, they’re made by my friend @1billionangles, she did a really cool job on these, and has even made a few thumbnails for the channel, like the xiaolin showdown thumbnails

[@crh1985]

The first thing i think of when i hear Code Lyoko is the show that put a 14(ish) year old in only her underwear in the 1st episode.

[@Colby2D]

Yeah me and my friends were like “fast forward!” Part of me thinks it was a different time, and part of me thinks maybe it’s more of a French thing

[@Covolsky]

​@@Colby2D definitely a French thing... XP

[@grangisjefe2564]

Theres alot of weirdly pervy thing in the show like tiny skirts and even cringey butt shots.

[@android19willpwn]

wow it really is an anime

[@ProPandaPlays]

@@Colby2D jesus you kids are such snowflakes and i hate that word but ffs LOLOL grow up :P

[@ameene]

Bro, I dead ass was just looking for the name of this show for YEARS. I'm 26 now, and I remember watching this on the telly as kid, after school was over I would get excited to go back home to watch an episode. This is what was missing from my whole life.

[@Colby2D]

That’s really funny, yeah it’s definitely a cult classic in some ways, I know some people who said the show was really popular in their circles, and other people who have barely heard of it

[@That_Ifrit_Guy]

Man so glad ya going over this show, easily one of my favorites So glad I found ya channel, ya cover a lot of stuff I really love so thanks ^^

[@Colby2D]

Thanks for watching man, I really appreciate it, I’m definitely trying to keep going over classics from this time

[@That_Ifrit_Guy]

@@Colby2D It's a fun era to pick from ^^

[@cross0128]

I was first introduced to Code Lyoko with the episode with the Alien that Zana possessed; now I've not a good handle of horror but that episode genuinely had me hooked

[@Colby2D]

Yeah that episode didn’t hook me as much but the horror elements are great, so I can totally see that being a favorite!

[@InfiniteLykófos]

Finally, other people who’ve seen my favorite show every created

[@Colby2D]

That is so cool, Ty for watching!

[@greedfox7842]

1:37 we didn't have "filters" back when this came out... that effect is made by hand altering each frame one at a time through a picture editor that was ground breaking at the time. each frame took around a hour for the computer to alter and render and save each image in order.

[@Colby2D]

I wasn’t even thinking of the technology used to record this, especially because I believe this is from the 70’s. I appreciate your insight!

[@amclover8334]

Nah this show is pretty tame compared to most cartoons I seen during that time

[@earthboundisawsome]

I actually used this show for a project or two in my high school french class. At some point i went back to watch the whole thing and realized there were i think 130 or so episodes. It also reminds me of that underwater -themed cartoon Network afternoon programming

[@Colby2D]

Yeah the underwater programming block was called Miguzi, and code lyoko was on it!

[@earthboundisawsome]

@@Colby2D i would have never remembered what they called it haha it was a cool thing while it lasted though. It was almost like weekday toonami

[@wasdwazd]

* Looks at the thumbnail * I see what you did there.

[@calebpribyl5152]

I remember when I got applied for my first job as a courtesy clerk I was very nervous! I didn’t get much sleep I was trying to drink some stress free tea to ease the nervousness of everything going on! (It was scary!) So I was thinking about the theme for code lyoko (I never seen the show in my life) and I decided to watch the show myself! And it helped me through a lot! I became the best worker at my job and won employee of the year! I couldn’t thank this show enough for helping me through a very scary change!

[@Colby2D]

That’s awesome! I can totally see the song being a great hype up song😄

[@ThePhantomTomo]

I think I found your channel from your Xiaolin Showdown videos, and now that I'm seeing you do Jackie Chan Adventures and Code Lyoko I'm wondering how many other of the underrated gem cartoons from my childhood days you're going to cover. ReBoot, Cubix, Mucha Lucha, Transformers Beast Wars, Storm Hawks, Max Steel, Ozzy and Drix, the Men in Black animated series, Spider Riders, and Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century are all cartoons that I would be happy to see series reviews of.

[@Colby2D]

Those are all great options, I definitely was thinking of covering the men in black series sometime, maybe as part of a bigger video, as I’m not quite sure how interesting it would be on its own

[@endplanets]

Great series. *Xana was supposed to be a communication system but is instead: a sentient AI, can digitize / un-digitize solid matter and souls, teleporter, matter creator, time machine, etc. Oops. *Ulrich loses his ability to see the future due to a patch update. We are told this via a single sentence. *The crew can kill Xana at will. But it would also kill Aelita so they don't. *The crew can reverse time at will. But it makes Xana stronger... somehow. So they don't use it often.

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

All that information was revealed latter. Except destroying Xana part. Even then that got change. Because Alita apparently was just a computer program, but when they decided to retcon her into an actual human being the whole time. They had so Cana infected her with a virus so they couldn’t get rid of him,

[@LadyL2121]

I love this show I rewatched too many times. I saw it for the first time on early Netflix and kabillion. I loved it ever since. The theme song went so hard

[@Colby2D]

That’s interesting, I never caught it on Netflix, at least in the US, maybe I just skipped over it

[@LadyL2121]

@@Colby2D I believe they add it back Netflix like a year or more ago but they could have removed again

[@midnights2631]

I sort remember this show, I didn't watch it a lot though. But I do remember them trying to bring back the pink hair girl. Seeing Odd's cat paws and tail me remember how much I loved his outfit.

[@Colby2D]

It is a really funny outfit, like if anyone can pull it off it’s odd