Preston Ward Condra Watches Code Lyoko

by Preston Ward Condra

I binge watch through the entire series of Code Lyoko. Aside from seeing 1-2 episodes, I'm going in completely blind to this series. It's a show, I would never see anyone say anything good or bad about at all. I'm confused to as to whether or not, it's an anime or a cartoon. Cartoon Network never even aired the finale back in 2007. A smorgasbord of a project. Let's do this.

41. Episode 38: Temptation

Episode 38 - Temptation

Aelita: Odd! Why do you always avoid the attacks like that at the last second.

Odd: ...Because it's more fun that way?

Well, she's not lying.

A little battle between Xana's monsters is shown for the first three minutes. Nothing really major or important.

Aelita deactivates the tower.

Return To The Past Now. Four minutes and ten seconds into the episode. Nice.

Jeremy is working overtime and tries all he can - to remove the virus Xana has implanted inside Aelita.

Confused? Yeah, this wasn't brought up for the past like 10 episodes. I'm serious. Not even once.

Xana takes control of the cafeteria lady at the school.

And the kitchen is practically destroyed, around all quarters.

Ulrich: Now I know what it feels like when Tweety goes up against Sylvester.

No comment.

Aelita deactivates the tower.

Return To The Past Now. Second time in one episode. I think it's a first. 11 minutes and 23 seconds into the episode.

Jeremy passes out from exhaustion.

Xana takes possession of the ambulance Jeremy is put in.

It goes off on a wild goose chase.

Yumi chases after the runaway ambulance, while everyone else goes to Lyoko.

Yumi somehow, manages to barge open the back of the ambulance.

You think Xana would block the back end of the vehicle but, no.

Yumi attempts the stop the ambulance by jumping into the front seat.

Yeah, like that's going to help.

Aelita deactivates the tower.

Return To The Past Now. Three times baby.

22 minutes and 21 seconds into the episode.

Everything's back to normal. End episode.

Overall Rating - 5.4/10 - Despite the crazy nature of this episode, I wasn't really enticed by it. It was predictable and not even the 3 "Returns To The Past Now" could salvage it. Minus/deduct points for bringing up Xana still programming the virus inside Aelita, with no build-up whatsoever. This whole "Jeremy needs to make an anti-virus to free Aelita under Xana's control" storyline, has been inconsistent to say the least.