Code Lyoko: Overview

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Code Lyoko is a somewhat popular anime about an adolescent boy, who's just entering his teen years, Ulrich Stern. He has attended Kadic Academy, a boarding school in France, his whole educational career. Kadic Academy covers 5th - 12th grades, so its students share a lot of time together. They have strict teachers and sharp curfews, but the academy is run like a college, with classes at different times throughout the day and breaks between them. Its principal, Dr. Delmas--for doctorate, not medically-- runs his school flexibly, allowing its students to enjoy themselves while retaining a sense of authority.

His daughter, Katherine "Sissi" Delmas, has had a crush on Ulrich for a long time. She is a very snobbish person to the Lyoko Guardians. Sissi is nominated prettiest girl in the school many times, and is eyed by many guys; however, her lack of brains usually deters them from pursuing her. The Sissi Fan Club, comprised of only Nikolas and Herve, constantly follows Sissi around. They both have crushes on Sissi, and are Sissi's only true friends, although she treats them like dirt.

Kadic's Physical Education officer, Jim, is also its school monitor and substitute jack-of-trades. Jim--Jimbo to his friends--is a constant deterrent to the Lyoko Guardians, despite having helped them many times. He's done just about everything once, but because his stories often make him appear to be a joke, he doesn't like to talk about them--hence his motto, "I don't wanna talk about it."

Its school nurse, Dorothy, begins to play a big part in the latter part of the anime. She is head of the infirmary staff (a medical building with similar rules and treatment to a walk-in clinic). However, it is inconveniently located far from the school's main campus. Speaking of its campus, Kadic academy is comprised of: a main campus, a sports arena, an infirmary, a cafeteria, a dorm with upper and lower levels to separate genders, an auditorium, and a grounds surrounded by forest.

Ulrich Stern meets a new student one day at Kadic, named Odd Della Robbia. Odd is very boisterous and energetic, but friendly. At first Ulrich sees Odd as a nuisance, but after a few days of constant companionship, the boys grow a close bond of friendship. Soon afterwards they become curious as to Jeremy Bellpois disappearances. Jeremy is a literal genius, excelled well above any of the students in the academy, even the seniors. He excels in programming languages and discovered something a little ways off the school grounds at the beginning of the school year. What Jeremy found was a factory, which can be accessed through the sewers--the manholes being in the grounds and in the auditorium.

This factory used to be a car assembly line, but had been abandoned for years. It is currently the keeper of an advanced super computer, which houses Lyoko. Lyoko is a virtual world programmed by genius Franz Hopper. It has five sectors: the Mountain Sector, the Forest Sector, the Desert Sector, the Polar Sector, and the Core or Carthage. Each sector is connected by waypoints called towers. From within these towers, only those with a great enough level of programming skill can access Lyoko's code. The core of Lyoko is separate from the other four sectors and must be accessed using a special transport.

After following Jeremy through the sewers, Odd and Ulrich found him in the super computer room. It was there that they learned of Lyoko and the reason why Jeremy had been going there so often, an artificial intelligence program named Aelita. Aelita had a female form and lived in the virtual world. She had lost all of her memories and was being attacked by monsters whenever she left the tower. Odd and Ulrich decided to try and help Aelita by going into the virtual world themselves. To do this they used scanners.

These scanners copy and transfer material from the real world and then string its genetic code and brainwaves out into one being, producing that person's ideal image of themselves. However, it temporarily deletes the information it copies, so the inhabitants' physical bodies are destroyed during their trip through the scanners. When someone sustains too much damage or is materialized, the process is reversed. The code for that person's image, however, is kept on the server for quicker file access. The whole thing really is just cut-and-paste if you think about it.

Jeremy was in love with Aelita and wanted to materialize her. But she needed a specific program to break the bond she had with Lyoko itself. Jeremy worked on such a program for a long amount of time, about one full year. During this year, the team uses many "Returns to the Past." A Return to the Past does just what it says. Only people who have their data scanned into Lyoko remember what happened before the return was signaled, letting them shroud Lyoko and Xana in secrecy.

Odd and Ulrich were killed almost instantly and returned. Later on Ulrich met Yumi Ishiyama, a Japanese girl who was one year older than himself and his new friends, in martial arts class. He immediately liked her, causing a deep confusion within Ulrich. Later Yumi too was virtualized and they defeated Xana, Lyoko's adaptable defense program and the source of all the monsters, for the first time. When Jeremy turned on Lyoko, he also rebooted Xana. Because of Lyoko's link to the real world, Xana can possess an object, person, or animal and wreak havoc on Earth as it tries to get rid of the Lyoko Guardians.

Jeremy succeeds in the materialization program, but his first semi-successful attempt only works for about a day. His second allows Aelita to stay for about a week, but she had to return to Lyoko and be re-materialized after the week was up. The third was permanent. However, a virus from Xana plagues Aelita. This virus ultimately links Aelita back to Lyoko, causing her to die if the super computer is shut down.

In their second year, they learn of Lyoko's past. Franz Hopper had been a scientist supported by the military. His game program that he worked on to abstain from thinking about his deceased wife blew into a military project. He developed Xana after using many returns. When he was discovered to be coding the materialization process, he ran and used this process on himself and his daughter, in order to keep them safe. His daughter was named Aelita Hopper.

Prolonged exposure in Lyoko had slowly drained her memories away, so during their search for an anti-virus, they also fought for Aelita's memories. Aelita gains these memories back and Xana is freed from Lyoko and goes into the Internet. However, he can still only attack through Lyoko, so his attacks on Earth can still be deferred by deactivating the tower he hacked into. Jeremy soon solves the viral problem and begins his search for Franz Hopper's data, as he could not be materialized with a body

This marks the start of their second term of that school year.

Xana soon succeeds in destroying all of Lyoko, and the group now is at a loss. They have no way of stopping Xana's next attack, as he can still get to the scanners indirectly.

Other Important information:

-Near the end of year two, term one, a boy named William comes to Kadic. He also has a crush on Yumi, but takes more charge than Ulrich, who is too insecure to do anything about his own relationship with Yumi. Ironically, Yumi still wishes to be with Ulrich. However, Yumi and Ulrich's relationship falls through anyway.

-Aelita holds the Keys to Lyoko inside of her memories, which is why he needed access to her memories. Once these keys are obtained, the bearer can then materialize themselves out of Lyoko.

-William, the group's latest addition, ends up causing the destruction of Lyoko after Xana possesses him on his first mission.

-Jeremy takes three trips into Lyoko

-In the end the group's grades are slipping--except for Aelita's and Jeremy's--and they are getting into conflicts with their parents.

Character Bios:

Lyoko Guardians:

Key:

character name-

age at beginning

description

Lyoko form

weapon, power

special attacks

vehicle

Other info

Odd Della Robbia-

11

blond hair, matted down, although after his Lyoko experience he draws it up into a single Vegeta-style spike with a purple stripe down the middle. pink undershirt. purple long sleeved shirt. purple pants, with each leg being a different shade of purple. Yellow sneakers.

blond hair, hair in single Vegeta-style spike with a purple stripe down the middle. pink and yellow striped undershirt. purple long sleeved shirt with a dog logo on it and white daimonds going down the sleeves. purple pants. Purple gloves with white daimonds over palms. yellow sneakers. yellow kneeguards with pink straps. Has a tail, covered by his pants (sticks straight out, there's a tail hole) with lighter purple tiger stripes along it. Has claws and two vertical, purple tiger stripes on his face on his cheeks and two purple daimonds above his eyebrows.

laser arrows, energy palm shield. future sight (loses future sight during their second adventure)

impact

overboard

Owns a dog named Kiwi. his parents are not mentioned in the show.

Yumi Ishiyama-

12

black hair, straight down to her shoulders. Black long-sleeved shirt, pants, and sneakers. Belly exposed.

black hair, done up in a bun. vertically split red and black floral kimono lined with yellow. white sleeves added to kimono. Japanese face paint and make-up on. Yellow kimono tie encasing a fan holster held up by red rope. red pants. black cloth from shin up. white shin guards. black heeled shoes.

fan blades, levitation

none

overwing

lives off-campus with her brother and her parents.

Jeremy Bellpois-

11

blond hair, boy cut, with a single bang hanging down. blue turtle-neck shirt. brown pants. gray sneakers. black-rimmed glasses.

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

none

parents are in London, England. isolated.

Ulrich Stern-

11

brown hair, spiked, with part of his bangs spiked down over the right side of his forehead. light green windbreaker. olive green T-shirt. green pants. white shoes.

brown hair, spiked, with part of his bangs spiked down over the right side of his forehead. yellow-orange bandana with a white II logo. yellow-orange samurai robe with purple stemming from the belt down into two arcs of yellow-orange each with a lotus symbol. tan undershirt. black shirt starting at chest with tiger stripes in a yellow circle logo. black cloth from elbows to wrists. brown biker style fabric gloves. green "belt" with white rope holding it up. black pants. white shin guards lined on the top with red twine. sandals. black scabbard. samurai killing sword with blue hilt studded with white daimonds.

katana, super sprint

triplicate, impact

overbike

is in soccer. parents own company. insecure.

Aelita Hopper "Stone"-

11 (21)

pink hair, short. necklace given to her by Jeremy. long pink jacket. red overalls (but shorts not pants). red boots with white lining.

pink hair, short. red shirt lined with pink. green undershirt. red skirt lined with pink. green armbands lined with red. green pants. red leg bandages over pants. pink "clogs" (fabric). vertical pink lines coming down from the eyes. elf ears. white earrings.

red blast spheres in their third adventure, hacking

materialize objects by singing

none

Franz Hopper's only living relative.

William Dunbar-

12

blue hair, spiked down. red undershirt. blue T-shirt. blue jeans. black boots with white lining.

blue hair, spiked down. blue shirt with black weak point indicators as well as a black stripe going from the neck diagonally down to the chest and then straight down to the waist line. blue pants with black weak point indicators. black shoes. red rims on body suit-like clothing. heavy blade.

broad sword, energy slash, damage bonus

none

overcycle

competes with Ulrich. Says he's not a showoff, but in Lyoko the truth comes out.

Elizabeth "Sissi" Delmas-

11

black hair, straight down to her shoulders. yellow headband. gold earrings. pink short-sleeved shirt with yellow heart on it. belly exposed. red skirt. red-violet pants. red sneakers.

Failed to enter Lyoko

competes with Yumi. Lonely.

Jim "Jimbo" (?)-

brown hair, spiked. white T-shirt. red windbreaker with blue lining. blue sweatpants. white socks. brown shoes.

Failed to enter Lyoko

has helped the team 3 times.

Kiwi-

tan fur. sharp red nose. squarish face. stubby tail. small.

Failed to enter Lyoko

Odd's dog. a source of trouble for the team.

Franz Hopper-

gray hair, boy cut. white lab coat. brown suit. brown shoes. black-rimmed glasses.

white orbs.

father of Aelita. creator of Lyoko. Wife deceased.

Lyoko Enforcers:

Key:

name-

description and powers

season appeared in

dominant sector

Mega Tank-

A giant pinball, that opens up to reveal red veins connecting to a central eye. It uses its bulk to chase and crush its enemies, and then clears out the dregs with its vertical sweeping lasers.

1

none

Spider-

4 grey robotic legs. yellow dome for head. shoot lasers from mouth-like hole. black on head Xana symbol.

1

Forest

Hornet-

Two pairs of white wings. green bee shape. black Xana symbol on "head". shoots lasers from stinger.

1

Mountain

Krab-

four long red crab-like legs. red, flattened, dome-shaped head. pink Xana symbol on head. three white circles on black strip in the middle of head serve as its eyes. Fires one laser from its eyes.

1

Desert

Block-

four grey robotic legs. rotating yellow block for head. Each side, except for the one with its legs, has a face. Each face has a small black Xana symbol on it and functions differently. The top one has no function. One of its faces shoots lasers. Another shoots ice to freeze its opponent. Another shoots dirt to trap its opponent in stone.

1

none

Tarantula-

brown body. green belly. white armor on its four legs and head. black Xana symbol on head. Shoots lasers from its front legs while standing on the others.

2

Carthage, polar

Creeper-

brown tail with green underbelly. tan torso. brown skinny arms it walks with. small tan head with a very short neck. lighter yellow Xana symbol on its head. Shoots lasers from a cannon in its mouth.

2

Carthage, forest

Mantis-

black underbelly. white fur. stingray-shaped body. long, skinny black tail. black Xana symbol on its head. Flies by flapping its fins. shoots lasers from its "mouth". can lay bombs.

2

Carthage

Skipazoa-

jellyfish-shaped. pink stinger. green border around clear spherical head. black Xana symbol on head. ten grey tentacles. drains data or loads viruses through its tentacles.

2

none, seemingly infinite life, only one of its kind

X.A.N.A.-

no definite form. creates monsters on Lyoko. portrayed as a black ghostly figure. infects real-world animals, people, or objects with its virus, allowing it to control things. Any living object it controls gives the subject the Xana symbol in place of their pupils. controls electricity.

1

none (program located in Carthage)

Other:

Key:

name-

starting age

description

other info

Herb (?)-

11

black hair, slicked down. gray outcrop. green sweater. white collar. tan pants. white socks. brown loafers.

Sissi Fan Club member.

Nikolas (?)-

11

blond hair, mullet. blue T-shirt. red shorts. yellow shoes.

Sissi Fan Club member.

Mr. Delmas-

gray hair, boy cut. brown suit. green tie. tan undershirt. gray beard. black-rimmed glasses.

Kadic's principal.

In Depth Study:

Lyoko:

Tower Information:

Towers are connected by veins, or wires that run throughout the landmasses of each sector. Each tower has a parallel in another sector, linking the sectors together and providing a passageway between them. Carthage itself is the equivalent of one gigantic tower, but must be accessed using a transport, in the form of an orb with a blue Xana symbol on it.

Towers have two levels, one a base lets the user go up to the second level or descend into a parallel tower. When in the upper level, the user can access Lyoko's framework coding, with the actual code being stored in Carthage. When a tower is infected, it can be swiped clean of the virus by entering in "Lyoko." However, if "Xana" is entered into the tower, the virus spreads, consumes, and deletes the entire sector.

Towers are waypoints and safe havens, as monsters cannot go into them.

Sector Information

-Forest Sector:

Millions of floating trees that literally extend down into the digital sea. The land here is forest undergrowth.

-Polar Sector:

A giant archipelago of glaciers surrounded by a sea of water. Under this sea is the digital sea. The user can swim in pools within Lyoko, but they fall through the polar sea. There are many tunnels here that act as shortcuts between glaciers.

-Mountain Sector:

One massive mountain range. There are occasional trees here and there as well as dirt roads. The ground here is the least stable.

-Desert Sector:

Equivalent to the Sahara in vastness, this desert is completely devoid of all life. It is almost completely flat, quite unlike the Gobi Desert, and goes through night and day. This sector has a few rocky outcroppings, and gives users actual mirages, making them see oases.

-Carthage:

Lyoko's core, the site where Xana creates his minions. It appears as the sun to Lyoko and is out miles over the digital sea. A transport leads the user into the Central Corridor, where a random path is selected. This path leads into a Danger Room with a timed trap to prevent intruders from accessing Lyoko. If the timer button is not pressed before its alarm goes off, the floor deletes itself.

From there they come to the Transport Room, where swiftly moving docks constantly encircle the rim of the inner core. These docks take you to the Outer Dome, where the main code can be accessed. This area is guarded by Mantises that spring from the core's walls. From here the user can access either the core chamber of Lyoko or Lyoko's Memory Banks. The user could also follow a user-created tube into a different sector to allow themselves to be de-virtualized. These are usually created by Jeremy.

The Memory Banks are one long corridor filled with many trap-floors. If you transcend all the steps you will find Aelita's memory, and a data log by Franz Hopper. There is no floor here either, so one must adhere to the multitude of steps and bridges. Since the actual output of Lyoko is not recorded here, Xana deleted it permanently from Lyoko without suffering drawbacks. The team was able to successfully procure the truth after numerous tries, barely finishing in time.

The Core Chamber's entrance is located at the bottom of the inner core and is guarded by three continuously closing and opening doors. The Core Chamber is one long stairway up to a floating orb surrounded by a clear cube. This cube is the core's first defense against attackers; this is supposed to give Xana time to eliminate the intruders. The orb is the second layer of defense, once this is shattered, a system error occurs and Lyoko is deleted as a final defense mechanism.

Returning to the past restores the core's defense gauge.

Earth:

Computer Room:

Jeremy's base of operations. Here Jeremy has access to all the code of Lyoko, except that it is highly encrypted. This means that Jeremy must have Aelita retrieve code for him while inside Carthage, as it is not as heavily encrypted from inside. Jeremy's computer has three monitors. One displays the desktop, programs, and visual screens of the action. The second monitor is usually blank. The third shows all player information and tower and core status. He can bring different information onto any of the three monitors.

The computer is connected to a chair off the ground. This whole contraption is connected to a device that produces an electronic map of the currently accessed sector. A smaller version of this map can be put onto the main console itself.

Scanner Room:

Originally only containing one scanner, when Franz Hopper learned of the government's intentions to use Lyoko as a weapon, he created two more. These scanners copy and transfer material from the real world and then string its genetic code and brainwaves out into one being, producing that person's ideal image of themselves. However, it temporarily deletes the information it copies, so the inhabitants' physical bodies are destroyed during their trip through the scanners. When someone sustains too much damage or is materialized, the process is reversed. The code for that person's image, however, is kept on the server for quicker file access. It is connected to the supercomputer room by a small manhole-like passageway.

Supercomputer Room:

A giant mass of computing data, the source of Lyoko in all its glory. It is black and yellow and about the size of three automobiles stacked one on top of another. Its input data is inconveniently stored on hundreds of floppy discs. It has an off/on lever attached to it. All data still attached to Lyoko is deleted as a consequence of turning the computer off.

This contraption is the source of the return to the pasts. It reverts the status of everything, except what has been deleted on Lyoko and its own damage. Turning on Lyoko brings back all data that was previously stored on Lyoko, as long as the floppy discs remain undamaged.

Factory:

The "Factory" is an old car assembly factory. It is used as the hidden base of Lyoko's supercomputer, connecting the three main rooms by an elevator. The entrance's stairs have broken, so the group is required to swing down on wires hanging from the ceiling.

The entrance room itself is very vacant, iron beams being the only scenery. Deeper within the factory there is a boiler room, an assembly room complete with an automated assembly line, an upper corridor along the building's right side, and a drawing room where they would come up with ideas for car models.

This abandoned establishment is about the size of Kadic, and is connected to the mainland by a bridge. The factory is on an island surrounded by water. The bridge stems off from an abandoned and run-down road from the city.