Rewatching Code Lyoko in 2021...

[@johnnybrookes6003]

Love code lyoko... hadn't seen it since I was a kid and noticed all the episodes were on youtube for free so I went back and re watched it all. Man was I so surprised how well it held up. More people need to know how great the show was.

[@delix787]

The character writing was Beautiful! 💙🖤💙

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

Honestly Ulrich was always my favorite, hes just an all around badass and easily the best lyoko warrior of the group, he was a bit of a loner, at least just not as outspoken as the others, that's partly the reason why his relationship with yuki was complicated, but also what made him interesting as a character!

[@user-ws3sl9xi7y]

It’s simply just an unexpected flavor.

[@DiablosCurse_]

On my second watching of it right now. I love the show completely :)

[@snaketf2181]

I rewatched it when I was 18 yo for like the third time and I still liked it. There was some fight scenes that were repeated and some episodes that were a little bit boring tho.

[@thirdplanet4471]

Kids now: Sword art online Kids then: Code Lyoko

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

Code Lyoko is way better then SaO

[@artistanthony1007]

@@Godzilla-tu2cd It also does a unique way of doing the Digital Worlds and Transferring into a Digital World.

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

@@artistanthony1007 yup

[@jarreddean2094]

Boomers: Tron

[@LyokoGem]

We in the Lyoko community like to call SAO Discount Code Lyoko.

[@Angel_wing26]

The dubbing was actually done in the same studio as the sub, that's why the dub is more faithful than most shows

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

That's cool to know, I just wish the acting in the beginning was better, but it got better as it continued!

[@midshipman8654]

makes sense since its french. I guess being localized in a place in close proximity to other western major language groups helps out as opposed to japan.

[@whitemoonwolf13]

that probably goes a way to explain how they were able to keep all the original soundtracks intact, just translated.

[@TheJacob232]

i just thought it was more US based growing up

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Really? But wasn't the English dub trying to convince the audience that it's taking place in the US instead of France? Even in the Polish dub I hear things that seem like remnants of this...

[@Hoontor]

Jim is the best P.E. teacher, not for teaching, but later on when he's so wholesome to help the gang. He's like an honorary member when you think about it.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Ditto for Sissi on occasion when she's not actively butting into Ulrich & Yumi's "Will They/Won't They" relationship due to petty jealousy & even using William (before X.A.N.A possessed him) to her advantage to make things worse for both Ulrich & Yumi.

[@uchihaability]

My family took a trip to France when I was about 13, and my older brother and I somehow convinced our parents to detour over an hour away from where we were staying so that we could visit Boulogne-Billancourt, where the inspirations for Kadic Academy and the Renault factory actually still stand. Have a good picture of my brother and I standing across the river from the factory next to the bridge.

[@jacobakasailorjj3336]

Slay

[@Kalmaro4152]

I mean, not anymore but that would have been so cool

[@ZenAki]

Personally: I liked the episode where Jeremy fucked up an anti-X.A.N.A. virus and it began to delete LYOKO and X.A.N.A. sent monsters to help the team fight it off until they could fix it.

[@shcdemolisher]

Yeah it does show what happens when you attempt to do something good with programming and it backfires BIG TIME!

[@dairymold]

That was one of my personal favorites, too, primarily because "Marabounta" broke the highly-formulaic monster-of-the-week template most of the episodes followed.

[@The-Okami-Project]

@@dairymold i especially like how it shows xana isnt dumb and is willing to work with the heros when needed and even depart peacefully.

[@midshipman8654]

I liked the general tension of waying aelitas life against the whole world if xana gets loose when it comes down to shutting down the super computer.

[@cartoonfan6171]

Very late but what episode was that?

[@DynoSkrimisher]

I find it ironic how Aelita, who has no weapon in the earlier seasons, eventually gets the strongest weapon, being able to one shot most monsters and break Megatank beams.

[@retrogamer6403]

And somehow still get capture by XANA.

[@jasonkeats931]

when the escort mission character becomes playable and they slap. at first I couldn't of a time when this actually happened, but then I thought of one time it did Kerrigan from SC I think It almost counts, anyway.

[@KrimCoin]

@@jasonkeats931 i immediately thought of shaojie zhang from XCOM enemy within.

[@ThePokeShapeshifter]

Honestly, i've always kinda thought of Aelita like a Magikarp; not so good in combat upon first look, but raise her right and she can absolutely shred late game.

[@majakowalska9804]

@@ThePokeShapeshifter pitty that she didnt use her power too often XD

[@shadowspector3611]

My favorite part of the series is when Odd and Ulrich are at the school infirmary after X.A.N.A. makes them hallucinate Lyoko. Then Aelita comes in and Odd warns her about a monster, to which Aelita yells “energy field!” Then Ulrich and Odd start yelling. That part had me dying laughing.

[@AndrewAce.]

The stuff with William was just straight up unfair. They put him alone, on an escort mission, in the most dangerous sector, on his very first mission. Then he never gets to do anything for the rest of the show. Utter disrespect.

[@isolatedanonymous1979]

They also acted like it was HUS FAULT the way they treated him when he came back wasn’t fair AT ALL

[@bart1591]

Yeah like I mean yes he was kind of reckless, but he didn't know at the time. Like if only the main cast invited on a couple of other missions before going to sector 5 then he would've had some idea of what to deal with like go help deactivate a couple of towers then get taken over by x.a.n.a. like I feel like that would've made a difference

[@AndrewAce.]

@@isolatedanonymous1979 If anything, it was theirs. Same could have happened to any one of them in his position...

[@AndrewAce.]

@@bart1591 Yes. Having to face the hardest difficulty alone, while protecting Aelita and probably not understanding the stakes or his limits is what did it. If he had the experience the others did, or even some training, it wouldn't have gone down that way...

[@bart1591]

Yeah so in all seriousness it's the main crews fault for not explaining or like showing him what happens etc.

[@Bobb11881]

Man, how can I possibly choose a favorite moment? There's Ulrich and Yumi getting trapped in the sauna, Yumi's heart briefly stopping during the blizzard, Aelita's multi-episode side story about becoming a musician, that one time Ulrich had all of his clones fighting at once with no backup, XANA roasting the hell out of Odd in that one episode, Sissi helping the gang with no questions asked when her father got possessed, Milly and Tamiya going up against Evil William, Odd gaining the powers of a specter and fighting Yolanda, Jim's brief redemption arc, Jim revealing that his old jobs weren't as glorious as they sounded... There are so many amazing things about this show.

[@0MidnighttheDragon0]

another note about Jeremy's lyoko form: even after he's been to lyoko, when someone calls his phone from the supercomputer, it shows his 2D modeled Real World self as opposed to EVERYONE else where it shows their 3D model self, so they REALLY went out of their way to make sure we have no idea how he looks other than "ridiculous"

[@0MidnighttheDragon0]

also I was curious about Jeremy's voice so I looked it up: the voice actress was attempting to give Jeremy a slightly french accent but got tired of doing so, and so decided ot give him a voice closer to her own real voice.

[@shcdemolisher]

@@0MidnighttheDragon0 That makes sense, accents are HARD!

[@0MidnighttheDragon0]

@@shcdemolisher yea, I honestly don't blame her

[@shcdemolisher]

@@0MidnighttheDragon0 I don't either!

[@lkc101]

They revealed it In the novels, he's green like Peter Pan.

[@MultiHydralisk]

Whenever I rewatch this show, I'm reminded of one of the main reasons I loved it growing up. Code Lyoko didn't dumb down how much danger the gang was in whenever XANA fired up another tower to attack them. Monsters were actually trying to kill them! And when it wasn't monsters, the environment itself was used as a weapon. This show didn't pull punches. The heroes weren't knocked out and left tied to a doomsday device like a cliche spy movie or super hero show. These insanely brave kids were PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. Did it have cliche moments? Of course. What show is entirely free from those? But when it was coming down to beating XANA by the skin of their teeth, I was always on the edge of my seat. Just great writing. ^_^

[@Yyyvesyea]

totally! i still remember not wanting to watch it because the stakes were so nerve wracking

[@thestarryeyedobserver]

and xana's theme, bruh... it rly topped everything off

[@2bkitty551]

I remember how Xana locked ulrich and Yumi in a room and pumped it full of hot ass steam, like a sauna on overdrive. they actually fuckin passed out from it and nearly snuffed it from heat stroke before Jeremy got a reset in. Did i mention the two get basically near naked to try and stave off the heat? Yeah. This show was for "kids" alright XD

[@klopushka008]

I remember when Aelita passed out and was taken to the hospital because her heart stopped..... When I saw her pulse being 0, I literally begun crying and it did gave me the trauma. I perfectly remember my terror. Or when they were in sauna, getting cooked alive, or when Jeremy got lost while scanning

[@Kaiser8513]

@@2bkitty551 it clicked to me earlier this week rewatching it that state side it was more targeted for middle/high schoolers when I was hearing repeated comments about sex appeal coming from the cast

[@pdavinci.]

Best part of the series was Jim Morales. Biggest mistake in the series was wiping his memory as so many arcs could have had interesting twists if he was aware of the situation rather then comic relief. Did not stop me from compiling every moment of his into a single video. The fact there is 3 hours and 45 minutes of Jim over 97 episodes is fantastic, but still does not feel like enough.

[@bubbajoe117]

Heck wiping his memory is only a minor sin in comparison to the fact they had the chance to virtualize a fully grown adult with military combat experience on Lyoko to help out and actively chose not to.

[@lockrunsout]

The King Of Disco...

[@PsychoMagnet]

Yeah it was a shame that his memory got wiped, I actually liked the idea of him helping the team out whenever he could.

[@Kronosfobi]

@@bubbajoe117 Even if the studio didnt want to use Jim as a ''Lyoko warrior'' they could've done what they did with Jeremy: Sucks at virtual world so does whatever he can on the real one. I mean through the last season most basic tools are avaible to entire crew, And Aelita is close to Jeremny when it comes to coding later on. So there wasnt a solid reason for him to stay back in real world, especially in several scenerios where they lost, but he did anyways. Jim could've been the same.

[@midshipman8654]

he gave me the vibes of the pe teacher from home movies

[@Koenna99]

Honestly my favorite moment was from the episode where Jeremy figured out how to beat X.A.N.A. but it backfired cause Aelita had the virus as a part of her so it tried to destroy her too. The team having to literally work with X.A.N.A to stop the threat to both of them was cool, and the part that stuck in my head since I first watched it was the Monsters bowing to the team before parting ways was just so freaking cool imo.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

That was the "Marabounta" episode.

[@blinday]

19:28 "I've never hacked ANY information in my ENTIRE life" LMAO JEREMY HOW CAN YOU LIE SO PLAIN FACEDLY? my stupid son

[@erikaz1590]

Favorite moment: The Groundhog Day episode where Xana hijacks the 'return to the past' function and spams it and Odd uses it to his advantage to be smart in class.

[@jakersify]

Favorite moment is definitely Odd and Yumi switching bodies, and how Odd basically wrecks Yumi's reputation at school and home. (Ex. Dressing up as a total weeb, and speaks Chinese instead of Japanese to Yumi's parents.)

[@hankfrance4559]

Definitely remembering enjoying the mystery around Franz Hopper when I rewatched like half a decade ago. Guess it helps that Aelita is the most interesting character given her set up.

[@saampavikk5227]

I used to love this as a kid and I’m still looking for a friend who can relate. Because no one has heard of Code Lyoko. I always loved Yumi (even though they picked on her a lot) and I find Odd entertaining.

[@decadentgamer3108]

Same. Granted I wasn't immediately sold on the show when it first came out but when I finally gave it a fair chance, I was hooked. But you're right that it seems like not many people know about this show. Growing up, besides my brother I can't recall meeting anyone else who knew of or watched the show. Also Yumi was my favorite too! Loved her sense of style and personality. Really all the characters were pretty good though heh.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

Idl why yumi got made fun of, she was cool, odd, he was funny for the most part, but got annoying alot at times!

[@johnnybrookesmusic8220]

Me too.... me too T.T

[@a_suomivauva]

i remember i watched it every now and then but i was always scared by the monsters so i couldnt get into it LOL

[@banggobang5148]

Man, I've watched and liked it and the only person i know that also watched this series is my older brother lol Sigh... Such an underrated series...

[@WillOfMyD]

One of my favorite parts is when Xana trolled Odd. Odd was fighting a Spector & Odd said "turn into something more puny," & the Spector proceeds to turn into Odd! I had to pause the video to LAUGH MY ASS OFF! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Kosumosu_Moon]

What episode is it?

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

"I'm not puny I'm spelt."

[@LlegoManuel]

And humans say I don't have sense of humor - XANA in that moment

[@WillOfMyD]

@@LlegoManuel Actually, I think that's what makes it funnier. That he's a silent A.I. that shows a clear personality out of the blue. Then again, there are other parts that show it, but trolling Odd was my favorite!

[@stick9898]

As a French I love how you use "akimatize" as a verb to mean possession. The Miraculous reference is funny as people worked on both of the series.

[@edra2005]

Exactly what I thought Miraculous uses the same plot formula as code lyoko

[@Blaze02able]

I don’t know if this happens on the English and French translation. But when Aelita it’s introduced to the academy she is presented as Odd’s cousin. Later in the show, two characters suspect of Aelita and Odd so in order to make them stop following them, Aelita Kiss Odd. I found this funny since as far as they know, Aelita and Odd are cousins. I adored this show. I really miss the show

[@slynthehedgehog8061]

Aelita is indeed presented as Odd's cousin in the original french dub.

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Well, they weren't the brightes kids in Kadic... well Harve maybe somewhat was, so it's suspected he fell for that but Nicolas? Really believable. Also they weren't so often talk about Aelita being Odd's cousin, so they may not remembered that...

[@adrianroque6990]

Odd was and still in one of my favorite heroes from a kids show. Yeah the guy could be a bit of a jerk and was mainly the group’s comic relief, but he really did pull his weight when it counted. I can recall the time he dove headfirst towards the digital sea to save Aelita, dude had heart :’)

[@damilinot]

I blame the writers cuz they gave him NO character development. He stayed the same through the whole show.. Oh no, wait, they even made him a bigger jerk in season 4! This hurts me since he's my fav

[@awsomedude23456]

I think I know why a return to the past can’t bring someone back. I believe It was stated by jeremy that a return to the past isn’t actually time travel, but a reconfiguration of molecules and atoms. If someone is dead, reconfiguring their molecules won’t revive their life

[@wolfywonder8480]

Oh, I just figured it was because returning their mind to the past didn't revive them; they'd still be dead, but they'd just be dead in the past instead of the rewritten future lol

[@TheGamerUnknown]

That makes no sense. All that we are is just atoms. Put them back into the right arrangement and you bring a person back to life. It's just realistically that's impossible in real life, there is far too much information. But if you're literally re-setting the state of all matter to what it was hours/days ago, they'd definitely be exactly as they were.

[@awsomedude23456]

@@TheGamerUnknown the molecules will be the same yes, but that doesn’t exactly mean the state of the living being will be the same. Technically speaking just by looking at atoms you cannot tell if someone is dead or alive, so it’s less about the rearranging of atoms, Abd more about the states of them, such as brain function.

[@TheGamerUnknown]

@@awsomedude23456 RTP puts *everything* back exactly as it was. Someone who was in the middle of thinking about math class at the moment the RTP occurs is still thinking about it when the RTP sends them back to that moment. Everything is captured. Every atom, every electron, every quantum field. If it wasn't, nothing about this would work. There isn't anything "more" than that to life. If you had all that information, you could definitely tell if someone was alive or dead. Realistically we can't do that because the information is so enormous, but it's all deterministic. The only way you pull out of RTP not reviving someone is if you add the idea of a "soul". In science, it makes no sense. The only reason RTP can't revive someone is because the writers wanted there to be stakes after they wrote themselves into a corner. That's it. It makes no sense based on the rules of the show and real life science.

[@awsomedude23456]

@@TheGamerUnknown that’s another thing, rtp cannot revive dead organisms. This is bc it exceeds its capabilities. Yes every atom is captured, but it just bc the arrangement is correct, doesn’t mean the life will return. This is bc “life” is so complicated, it has so many components that just putting the pieces back won’t work

[@TheStewieOne]

I guess my favorite moment is the episode Marabounta. I like in a rare moment that both the Lyoko Warriors and XANA have to work together to protect Aelita and the part that I found funny is that Odd is commanding around the monster.

[@iSmartMan1]

My only complaint about Code Lyoko is that it could have been so much more than it was. There were so many dangling plot threads, and I had a theory that neatly tied up all of them, but the show ended without explaining any of the loose threads.

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Yeah definitely... Code Lyoko seems pretty unfinished. And how they avoid give any actual answers at the end... was just so lazy.

[@Venomenal91]

Random but what was the theory you had lol I’m curious 👀

[@iSmartMan1]

@@Venomenal91 Franz Hopper is secretly XANA. Think about it, when did anything they got from his diary end up helping them? Isn't it interesting that after "Franz" decrypted the diary for them, it led them straight into a trap? And why, after that "decryption", did he take over a hundred days to mention Return To The Past, despite the fact that every entry before that had the same date? It would certainly explain a lot if the "decrypted" diary had been modified by the person decrypting it. And as for the glowy presence that kept showing up and helping them after that, I had theorized that that was Aelita's mother.

[@damilinot]

​@@Venomenal91me too!

[@damilinot]

​@@Lyokoheros-KLPXTVit's because it was supposed to have 5 seasons but they couldn't...

[@magicalnewsmaneditsbumpers4374]

Loved seeing jermey and jim's interactions where he trains

[@raystimphil8280]

My favorite moment were definitely Ulrich taking down the crabs IRL with no powers, followed Jim taking on Krancrolots with a nail gun

[@skimmilk2774]

I LOVE this show Edit: and your video My favorite Code Lyoko moment is probably the part in Ghost Channel where Odd Ulrich and Yumi tell the fake Jeremy apart from the real one. Then we see fake Jeremy turn into a monster. It seems to be the only time in the series when we get to hear Xana talking to the kids directly through Jeremy's body. That, and the whole episode embodies the group's dynamic really well. They bicker and can be petty, but they're friends to the bitter end.

[@skimmilk2774]

Season 1 has some truly great moments. I love your video, but I wish you had touched on the strengths of the first season a little more.

[@LlegoManuel]

Ngl, that was one of the best gang scenes. XANA underestimating Jeremy and Odd believing he would Overcoming his Fears to Help Them

[@Kingdom_Universe]

My favorite moments in code lyoko is whenever Aelita gets to shine because when they give her the moment she takes it and runs with it!

[@パガイ]

My favorite code lyoko moment is when Jeremy is asked whether he likes jam or honey on toast, and he says maple syrup

[@LyokoGem]

It's always good to see Lyoko content in this day and age and I think you made a fantastic video essay. My personal favorite episode would have to be A Lack of Good Will because I just love Clone William and XANAfied William and seeing them come together in the way they did was both really funny and really cool.

[@christopherhodges7607]

Sector 5 still gives me chills to this day. It's physical and sound design are just amazing.

[@TheFacelessStoryMaker]

I watched this on Cartoon Network growing up. It quickly became one of my favorites along with Codename: Kids Next Door, Ed, Edd, n' Eddy, Dexters Lab, and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. The idea that kids a few years older than I was at the time fought monsters in a virtual world with crazy powers against a malevolent AI to save the Earth from it was mind-blowingly awesome. And still is. My favorite episodes are Ghost Channel, Marabounta, Common Interest, The Key, and Skidbladnir.

[@jvever4904]

Great video! I think the reason why Jeremy seems to go through reverse puberty in the English dub is because one woman voices both Aelita and Jeremy, and would record Jeremy's lines first. This mean that it put a strain on her throat to make him keep having a deep voice, which would in turn make it harder to record Aelita's lines without her dipping down an octave.

[@Canonicallycreative]

So glad to see Code: Lyoko getting some love! As a kid, it was my favourite show for a long while, and even as an adult it ranks among my all-time favourite cartoons and I think it mostly holds up pretty well! My favourite moment would probably have to be when they finally managed to de-virtualize Aelita for the first time in Code: Earth. As a kid that was the most hype TV moment ever. I think it was one of if not the very first show I watched with a real serialized narrative, and I was absolutely enthralled at the idea of a story that could escalate without just returning to the status quo at the end of the episode.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

I like that they actually bothered to admit that Odd’s future visions were useless and that they wrote the power out of the show BECAUSE they were useless

[@Yomjael]

Thank you for acknowledging the lack of William respect in the og series! He's one of my favorite characters, and I'm always happy to see other people agree that he got absolutely shafted. This review was fantastic and I'm very happy to get back into the show because of it!

[@salvagesigh9705]

My favorite was actually believe it or not. The william transformation. It showed how petty xana is, and how one part of the last missions was actually an attempt to save him.

[@MalonzeProductionsGaming]

Bro... I was so obsessed with this show back in the day. I HAND WROTE a full wiki on every character, story bit, enemy, sector ect on paper in 7th grade. I still have it somewhere in a box XD

[@cryingtomatohead8626]

I love the part where Aelita was a DJ. She was so happy and had actually great tatse in music. I also hated how short the team's time fighting with the team is. It would have great to see them bonding

[@SILVERF0X13]

Jim was always my favorite character. Having him break out of being a one note character by opting to help the gang was probably my favorite part in the series.

[@RuthlessBoot3455]

The moment they used the Skid the first time is my favorite moment.

[@apodcastwithoutdanger]

Great analysis. This show is SUCH a gem, we've been watching some retrospective video essays on KZbin lately and it's great seeing so many other fans take to things with an analytical slant and so much love for the story, setting and characters :D Aelita's arc is fantastic. It's really interesting to me how, even though some of the show's core concepts were revamped after Season 1 (for instance, how Aelita was supposed to be just an AI originally), there's still solid continuity and that it even adds to her character. She's so self-sacrificing, initially because she believe she's just an AI and her life doesn't have as much value as humans'. Then you find out her that most of her childhood was disrupted, she lost her mother, was in hiding from most people her age whilst on the run, and her father used her to store keys to Lyoko that made her a direct target of XANA. And then you realise that Aelita's sense that she's not that important, that she doesn't have a lot of agency, that she should put others first.... suddenly takes on a ton of new depth. Watching her grow into a formidable warrior and loving friend with a confident and sassy sense of humour (whilst still being such a sweet and gentle soul) is one of my favourite things about the series.

[@nicharris7880]

Code Lyoko was a great part of my childhood. One of my favorite episodes (I forget the name) was the one where they have to form a truce with Xana to fight some goop threatening to destroy Lyoko. It felt so tense.

[@SC-RGX7]

For the themes of Code Lyoko. The opening scene in French is the best one, but the ending music (breakaway by the Subdigitals) is way better in English imo

[@daphunkyzzindahouse]

@@XxXQuickScoperXxXJoinTheParty kzbin.info/www/bejne/amfJeqqobryGpNE the thing is the ending is instrumental anyway

[@lorettabes4553]

@@daphunkyzzindahouse Omg thank you for this! This version is so gooood! And that introductary riff will always make me emotional

[@sissysovereign1294]

It honestly would've been cool if Jeremy did get an elf form in Lyoko. He would've really matched Aelita's Lyoko form in appearance.

[@danielbrown001]

It also thematically would have matched Ulrich and Yuma having similar Lyoko forms since the two were shipped.

[@LlegoManuel]

In the book is described alike as Mr. Puck

[@dominondsdsd]

Great video dude, code Lyoko is one of my favourite show and I'm kinda sad that it isn't talked much about now. My fav episodes: one with swapping perspective you mentioned, episode when candy dropping on keyboard accidentaly wrote program to get Aleita to real world, alien robot monster, when xana possesed boar and when it possesed laughing gas. It sounds so weird out of context.

[@alegacybestforgotten752]

My favorite moments in code lyoko are when they take a dark turn. Like the ending of the episode Cold War and The Key when Aelita does something... negative... watch that one.

[@edra2005]

Yeah when she wants to shut down the super computer

[@ligudinkteuf4394]

My favorite moment for sure is S1E22's fight between ulrich and yumi. It really established their problems

[@rafsolo]

The dubbing for the french and english dubs were done by the same company with the same voice actors. That's why the english dub is so faithful. Also, Jeremie and Aelita have the same voice actress

[@GBOSS093]

My favorite was when season 2 was releasing, I had gotten super into the show during season 1 and was so excited for season 2. Coming home from school to watch the new episode every day, especially with how much the plot picked up then. The final episodes of that season (The Key?) blew my mind

[@MrSleepy677]

Hell yeah, season 2 was GOAT for me.

[@vinx.909]

favourite moment? has to be the cottage scene. that shit was eerie with great music.

[@blinday]

"Against the odds" [Shot of the three Odds on screen] *offended flirty noises

[@bubbajoe117]

Good little retrospective man, honestly William getting captured was as much a failure of the rest of the group as it was with him, ironically enough season 3 starts out (during XANA Awakens) showing them blundering and botching their way through as they try to settle into the rhythm of fighting him, but think it's a good idea just casually throwing William into Sector V (the most dangerous sector) to fight against XANA who's far more powerful and capable an antagonist at this point in the show than when they were just starting out, and then when they finally get him back they just dance around the guy it just... It just makes you feel bad for the guy man... Apparently this wasn't the intention though, I remember hearing there was supposed to be a few episodes beyond where the show ended or a "final act" taking place in a Volcano Replika sector (which you see the concepts fully realized in the game Quest for Infinity) where William would have fought alongside the rest of the gang as a fully capable fighter, using his XANA gear and powers and would have gotten more closure in the ending, all of this was cut just because they ran out of budget which was a shame, I thought it was a nice detail their ship (the Skidbladnir) had an extra fighter pod for William and implied he'd have been with them to use it at some point.

[@michaelpitter9193]

An amazing show that deserves more love!

[@stickcat_001]

Every moment where the scenes aren’t that kid-friendly, of course! (Ex: Jeremy literally getting electrocuted by an authority, Ulrich and that other girl which I forgot her name getting choked by a scary costume man, etc-)

[@bubbajoe117]

Don't forget Yumi literally getting molested and buried alive by living trees.

[@calebgoodman2076]

The book sequels were even more brutal. Jeremie electrocuting Grigory, Kiwi’s wounds from Grigory’s dogs, Mago burned by flamethrowers and Aelita getting *shot in the head!* She survived but I didn’t expect it.

[@SakatzuCat]

@@calebgoodman2076 WHAT

[@calebgoodman2076]

@@SakatzuCat Yep. Code Lyoko Chronicles didn’t play around. It wasn’t the best (seriously there were quite a few questionable writing choices) but at least it had a proper ending unlike another certain continuation.

[@AAhmou]

@@calebgoodman2076 The canonicity of the books is also questionable at best. But it does provide closure.

[@hotstankygarbage788]

Fun fact: In the novel series Xana is referred to as a female AI. In the french translation they refer to Xana as her or she.

[@calebgoodman2076]

Which is weird when he later becomes a human boy at the end of the series despite dating Odd as Eva. Gay Trans-Man X.A.N.A.?

[@dylanhaugen3739]

Caleb Goodman or it doesn't have a gender and just takes whatever form it wants or is convenient for it. Its not human so I don't know why it'd have to be one or the other.

[@calebgoodman2076]

@@dylanhaugen3739 True however it *is* human by the end of the books.

[@Chochowl]

French version is the correct versions

[@Kronosfobi]

@@calebgoodman2076 Considering its an AI, Maybe it was impressed by Odd enough to become something like him when it had the chance to become human?

[@ivanbluecool]

Yeah i loved the original code lyoko show especially growing up as I could understand what Jeremy was saying. The monster of the week system going into an actual series was well handled with it becoming more serious. William I wish had more screentime being a good guy because they made him brainwashed immediately which would have been better after a few missions instead. Evolution many issues it has but william was actually good in it later on as the cast actually trust him but it was forced to distrust him for no reason. Book wise. I heard xana gets some development as aleitas sibling basically but I didn't read it much.

[@orestesbastos]

There is a book? OwO

[@ivanbluecool]

@@orestesbastos yeah basically we see a lot more information on xana and the men in black. Same with alietas mom and even how Jeremy looks in the lyoko world like the elf basically. A nice extra info story overall compared to the live action show

[@orestesbastos]

@@ivanbluecool Noice.

[@vossboss220]

Oh god we dont talk about evolution... also i wonder how they figured out going back in time cant bring someone back from the dead the term "science ghost" is probably the best tldr description for the weird stuff in code lyoko ive ever heard lol

[@davidrequena6482]

so i wasn´t the only one that rewatched it whole in 2021? good to know.

This was a really, really, REALLY well made review! As a huge fan of code lyoko I love this! I completely agreed on every single thing you said! Well done!

[@Zerog41612]

My favorite moment has to be when Xana first deletes the forest sector, entering a diferent code from same one we seen all series is something special

[@dubiousbrick4483]

I miss this show so much, i remember seeing the first episode of this on Miguzi. I saw the giant bear episode and watched it religiously every day after school. It was the first episode but it felt like i missed one, and I couldn't find much out about it because of limited internet use at the time. It felt like such an elusive show with an anime style and a familiar 3D art style. Only a few friends at school would all get off the bus on time to watch it after so it felt like such a small group of people I knew I could talk to about it. I remember a DS and a Wii game that came out but i was unable to play either... This video just popped up into my feed now and brought back so many memories, a lot of nostalgia for the era and the show itself. I hadn't seen most of the third or fourth season. Going to deep dive into this soon now. Thank you for this video and the wave of memories, awesome video +sub

[@Game_InSky]

Few things to mention about some topics you mentioned, as someone who used to watch the show a lot. Jeremy's voice change made him sound closer to how he sounds in the french version, whcih i'd say is a very good change. About the final episode of season 2: Jeremy doesn't sever the link between Aelita and the computer, what was actually the case was that Aelita ahd her memories stolen, whcih made her unable to fucntion without the super computer. it is actually Franz that gives them back, after Xana stole the remaining part of her memories whcih included access codes. Those access codes are what Xana needed to escape Lyoko (probably some kind of encryption thing, idk). In the show, jeremy is never shown in his Lyoko outfit, but a series of novels written to wrap up loose ends, but they are considered alternate canon. Anyway, give Jeremy an outfit that makes him look like Link. And in Code Lyoko revolution, William is a part of the team, but the show itself feels so lame compared to the initial cartoon series and they also downgraded several characters, with Jim bing the saddest downgrade.

[@LadyKjell]

That "stronger after all" reference at the end of such a loving retrospective honestly made me mist up a little. I think I'll always love this show 💖

[@TheGirlWhoExists]

My favourite moment was probably the development of the Skid. I just love everything that super cool ship meant for the series but also! Cool ship!

[@GoldPrince2468]

I like the Triple Odd episode and all of Season 4, especially the episodes where their digital forms materialize in the real world.

[@TheKeller101]

Today I learned that a creator on Lyoko made Miraculous Ladybug. Makes sense why I love both shows so much, and why Ladybug's origin story doesn't happen until the end of season 1 lol

[@edra2005]

And why the two shows have similar plots Xana possesses people to cause trouble for the Lyoko warriors and after he is defeated for the day and return to the past resets everything back to normal Hawk moth Akumatizes people to cause trouble for Ladybug and Cat Noir and after he is defeated for the day miraculous ladybug returns everything to normal

[@vossboss220]

Jim Morales and William's clone are the best side characters in the show

[@aellyze]

Great video, super thorough and felt like reliving the entire show while watching lol My favorite episode has to be Marabounta, just the concept of the Lyoko warriors and Xana working together to defeat a common enemy is so fascinating to me. Plus it further shows how pragmatic and calculated Xana is, didn't hesitate to put aside his rivalry with the kids for a second. And the ending where all of his remaining monsters bow and leave, the kids questioning what just happened, gives me chills. So good.

[@MarioKartGamerDude]

I didn’t even bother with the sequel series lol

[@kuzko3315]

Same lol

[@delix787]

Sameeeeeee

[@CuteTransGirlxD]

Same maybe I will give it a chance

[@Foremostturnip3]

It honestly wasn't terrible. They did a great job recreating iconic sets like the factory. The only problem I have was it just feels off with live action. As well Odds hair and new clothes are just off.

[@LyokoGem]

If you want more CL content it's not the worst thing in the world.

[@elitettelbach4247]

Code Lyoko is such a cool show that developed an interesting story. The theme song still slaps!

[@yzkykr]

A REALLY WELL MADE REVIEW! I truly love the entire video. Code Lyoko will be forever a legacy.

[@Anonymousaggro]

This is a wonderful retrospective, always love to see more Code Lyoko content! I particularly enjoyed your deconstruction of the music and sound design of the show, one of my favorite aspects that I unfortunatly feel like tends to be overlooked when discussing Code Lyoko.

[@randomthing9712]

Little did u know xana is a low level AI (only has the power to improve but really really really slow) So basically just a bunch of human kids vs very very Young AI that improve slowly like a snail

[@shcdemolisher]

Yeah if it was a more powerful AI that adapted like a human, on the spot, they would have no chance.

[@absobel]

I loved watching that as a kid too, it was awesome, I rewatched it a few years ago it was still awesome My favorite episode was the one where Xana and the crew teamed up against a failed project of Jeremy that could destroy Lyoko, I'm surprised you didn't talk about this episode, iconic

[@c0mpu73rguy]

3:11 I mean, didn't it required to give up her HP to do that? It's no wonder that she doesn't uses that power much. 3:55 Also explained if I recall, Jeremy accidentally deleted the future vision when he tried to update their avatars and since it was more of a handicap than anything, he never tried to fix it. 5:30 My headcanon was always that the "return to the past" was not really making the world go back in time but rather putting everything back to its place (including the earth's position) and erasing everyone's memory (since William still dreamt about their adventures despite "going back to the past"). 19:51 Not exactly, the military project that was supposed to disrupt enemy communication was called Project Carthage, and Waldo Schaefer created Xana to destroy this project. That's why Xana can basically hack into everything. 23:12 Yeah, if I recall, what was said on the Lyokonet back then was that the showrunners shortened season 3 (that technically have 15 episodes if you count the double episode that serves as the prequel) in order to save up ressources for season 4 which was planned as the biggest one yet. Indeed, it's a damn shame William didn't get a proper send off... And what sequel series are you talking about? Code Lyoko does NOT have a sequel series.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

You must remember _Code: Lyoko_ is a French anime (minus the usual hallmarks of Japanese anime...mostly), since it is an imported show made for its native audience that received an American dub (hence, why it was able to have risque moments that most American kid's shows don't usually incorporate due to different standards between cultures [ex: XANA's shadow monster spying on Sissi in her underwear]).

[@erisunflower]

My most beloved childhood show !! Thanks for this vid. I'm definitely gonna re-watch this when I can. Also, maybe it's just me but I feel like hearing the French version of the intro song and why when we listen to it makes us feel so "hearty" could just be because it's in the shows original language? Or that it's just that good of a song to hear, hah XD

[@_thomas1031]

Those ARE some large foreheads, even when compared to mine😳🤣 Pretty interesting with the change of animation within the episodes, I had never seen something like that before🙌

[@Ch1l1C0nCarnag3]

I think William being kept out of that final battle makes sense since as they state themselves, the dude got taken over on his first trip there. He may be physically strong, but that would have just made him a bigger liability of Xana took control again mid battle. Not to mention he DID get taken over again, so had he been in there with them who knows how badly it could have gone. But he definitely didn't need to get sidelined as hard as he did in the final episode.

[@AmbiguouslyAnonymous]

This is honestly one of the best overviews of Code Lyoko I've seen on this site! I really appreciate that it feels like you actually gave it a fair representation, which is way more than I can say for a lot of videos on this site. I always really loved the show as a kid and still do even now, so it's nice to see someone talking about more than recycling animation, season 1 is formulaic, everyone has huge foreheads (which people somehow think counts as a legitimate criticism against the show...guess Invader Zim is a bad show too, with that logic). Like yeah, it's not perfect, but a lot of the "flaws" I see repeated over and over are really not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things. Plus it never makes sense to me how Code Lyoko can be criticized for being formulaic but then plenty of other shows like Sailor Moon and Pokémon are praised despite it? Pretty much every early 2000s cartoon as formulaic to some extent. Like I dunno, maybe I'm a bit biased but it just bugs me how easily people can criticize a show for one thing and then excuse a different one for the exact same thing. Like it's fine if you don't like the show but at least be consistent with your arguments. I kinda ended up rambling a bit lol, but tl;dr, good overview, hope you keep making more good content!

[@Shadowwing1994]

I love this show and it still holds up 15 years later. I love that the episodes are on youtube and I get to watch them whenever I want

[@300IQPrower]

This is one of my absolute favorite shows to this day, but of all the things this (absolutely excellent!) video touches on I think my favorite is how you mentioned the struggles felt very relatable despite the extreme sci-fi, and I think it's actually because of the most sci-fi thing in the show: the time reset. It means they could have them realistically make serious and normally irreversible mistakes like blowing their cover over childlike excitement, and still have a built in way to bounce back from it. This show did NOT hold back with the seriously messed up stuff they had to go through and tons of the resets were by the skin of their teeth, and it made every episode feel like it genuinely mattered, regardless of actual overall importance. In a lot of ways it was the hook that made me keep coming back, cause despite being such a risky concept that could easily jump the shark it (mostly) avoided ever taking it too far or making it too convoluted. From making each episode feel important, to letting you get a better understanding of characters by seeing multiple sides of them with everything their most desperate selves with the good timeline actions where they learn from their mistakes, the time rewinding really did underlie a LOT of the show's strengths by removing typical limits on the storytelling. …Still, i have to admit, Code Lyoko is only my SECOND favorite french animation monster of the week childhood classic about up to 5 teenagers moving between worlds lol. First will probably always be W.I.T.C.H.

[@erisunflower]

Dude, W.I.T.C.H. is also up there as one of my favorite French animations as well !! I still own the comics/novels but it's quite a shame the show got cancelled.

[@mabbs1522]

Funfact: Season 4 wasn't supposed to end as soon as it did - from what I remember the show got cancelled, and there's evidence for this, i.e: There was an extra spot for William in the Skid, they only visited 4 Replikas, etc

[@mkwhite5054]

Yeah, they definitely seemed to have canceled it before it was time. You’re right about the extra spot and they also released concept art of other bases/replikas that were meant to be visited. It’s a shame because the show was immaculate.

[@homesliceheroes6306]

I swear someone on the writing staff shipped odd and sissi. They have subtle ship tease that seems mutual but won't go anywhere til they mature. Odd's relationships with girls is the most interesting romantic thing in the show. All other romance is either standard or meh.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Well, Jeremie X Aelita are "Mr. & Mrs. Einstein" for a reason. Likewise, Ulrich & Yumi's Will They/Won't They relationship (especially once you throw bad boy William into the mix before his possession by XANA, since Yumi was clearly using William to make Ulrich jealous) was what many shippers were wanting to see finally get resolved (the _Code Lyoko: Evolution_ sequel actually featured the live-action actors of Ulrich & Yumi actively dating, both in the show...and in real-life, with them having cute social media posts about it, but that was probably the only redeemable aspect about the sequel). Odd, much like how he was an American transfer student to Kadic Academy, was the outlier when it came to relationships, since his first girlfriend, Sam, turned out to be a shoplifter, who soon disappeared following her introduction. Later, as the series progressed, teases of a relationship between Odd & Elizabeth -- I mean, Sissi -- were added in an attempt to flesh out Sissi's character beyond alpha bitch/queen bee/mean girl archetype by allowing her to essentially become an unofficial member of the gang (alongside Jim, again, since the Lyoko Warriors needed an adult figure who could also go to bat for them if the need arose).

[@princeaphan8274]

YES! I knew you were gonna make a video on this show after you talked about it in the Atomic Betty review. Seeing as my favorite character is Jim, my favorite moment of Code Lyoko is when he defended the students from Xana's monsters nearly sacrificing himself. I also watched CL: Evolution and it was underwhelming to say the least.

[@samuelhuff3427]

Tbh the 3D animation in Evolution was the only parts I would watch. Mainly because they are much better than the live action portion.

[@Fictionboy16]

Good to see you again after a four month hiatus and starting off with a quite huge video essay. Haven't watched the show, so I won't be able to answer the viewer question (yet), but I heard many things about the series. Look forward to seeing what you do next, regardless of how long it takes.

[@themonocleguy371]

Ah yes my childhood memory, the show that got me interested in programming in the first place. So nostalgia 🤧

[@CaptCovfefe515]

I remember watching the first season when I was in fifth grade but never got to see the last three... until I got sick with the flu a second time in my freshman year of high school and binged the whole thing in about a week. It holds such a special place in my heart. (First time I had the flu in freshman year I binged Red vs Blue, those were the days)

[@kidridgedLP]

I think my favorite moments in the show was. Whenever Jeremy was in danger and Aelita jumped headfirst into danger to save him. Such as when Jeremy was being chocked by Xana and Aelita ran past Odd and Yumi to jump onto a Manta and swan dive into a tower in sector 5. Or when she struck first against Xana's Mantis monsters and Ulrich said she was spoiling the fun. But Jeremy was in danger and she wasn't having that. It's scenes like those that made Aelita my favorite character in the show. Her Bravery, Sassiness, Kindness, and Love for Jeremy was just the best.

[@vkskms]

The Finnish dub is one of my all time favorite dubbs, it has a lot of character and is very well done. If you're Finnish like me you might notice some questionable lines or va during action scenes... but I really appreciate how much effort they put into it!

[@Marie1751fb]

Your video was such a pleasure to watch! I'm a die hard fan and agreed with literally anything you said. But my favorite part? You accidentally saying that william was "akumatized" and not xanafied at 3:03 eheheh

[@VickyKujikawa]

This is still one of my fav shows, to this day. I recommend you to read the 4 books that take place after the end of season 4, they add a lot of background and also add a continuation to the series. I love them a lot. I wish they were animated. Evolution doesn't exist for me, its... really bad. I really wish we got a 5th season of the books :_) I also wish Jim Morales stayed in the team more time, I really loved those episodes, he shines a lot.

[@michaelhayes8519]

"He stumbled into an abandoned factory and 30 seconds later, fell in love with a runescape NPC" I've never been so insulted by an accurate description of Code Lyoko 😂

[@raoulamitrano8459]

The best cartoon I've ever watched... there was something magic about the music, the atmosphere💜 It reminds me of a happy childhood.

[@papajohn3307]

My favorite moment was when xana made the simulation and started freaking out when Jeremy proved him wrong

[@icecreamhero2375]

Watching this video felt like a return to the past.

[@ManunKanava]

Oh god, I loved this series. Can't even count how many times have I watched this over and over again.