Ulrich Stern

Ulrich Stern, also known as Ulrick, is one of the main characters from the Code Lyoko series.
== Charactah Account ==
Ulrich is a quiet and introverted person by nature, quite the opposite of his best friend, Odd. Headstrong and stubborn, he cares for his friends and would do anything for them. Ulrich is more athletic than academic and it shows when you compare his grades to his sports performance. He attracts the attention of many females of the school, but has obvious feelings for Yumi.
Ulrich is the introvert of the group. He doesn't say much about his personal life and is evasive when someone asks him about himself or his family. He seems to have trouble opening up to people and hides his feelings in order to use them all the more explosively in action. Whenever someone he is close to is in danger, his feelings tend to surface very quickly. The first example of this is in the episode Killer Music, when Odd is sent to the hospital in an emergency condition and slips into a coma. Ulrich blames himself for not being there when Odd had needed him and insists on riding with him during the ambulance ride despite protests from the principal. A similar situation occurs in the episode Cold War, when Yumi is trapped under a fallen tree during a blizzard. After several failed attempts to free her, he cries as he tells her that he needs her while holding her and screams in grief when she appears to have died.
Though on the outside, Ulrich appears to be fairly emotionally strong; he deals with hidden issues in the way that only a few people could understand. A significant trouble of his are his parents, particularly his father, who are very hard to please and have high expectations of their son. In Zero Gravity Zone, Jeremie berates Ulrich for choosing to participate in an upcoming soccer game instead of helping to fight X.A.N.A., yet Ulrich does not retaliate or change his mind. After Ulrich leaves the room, Odd explains that Ulrich doesn't want to disappoint his parents, especially his perfectionist father who is a businessman. He further says how Ulrich feels that his talent at sports is his only way of being able to please them given his poor academic performance. A few clear examples of his bad grades are when he receives a D- on a science test in Nobody in Particular and then later receives an F+ on another test in Double Trouble, despite having tried his sincere hardest to get a passing grade. His struggle academic wise is shown to often get to him and he is occasionally shown studying hard for an upcoming exam and being upset when receiving a failing grade. 
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Code Lyoko
* Code Lyoko Season 2
* Code Lyoko Season 3
* Code Lyoko Season 4
=== TV Series ===
* Code Lyoko Evolution
=== Video Games ===
* Code Lyoko: Fall of X.A.N.A.
* Code Lyoko: Get Ready to Virtualize
* Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity
* Code Lyoko: Social Game
== Trivia ==
* Ulrich was the only character whose 3-D model was shown in Garage Kids.
* Ulrich's name in Garage Kids was "Ulrick".
* On Lyoko, Ulrich is a Samurai, highly trained noble warriors who served as soldiers of the Japanese military and, in essence, are symbols of life and culture of Feudal Japan. They wore flexible armor made of iron or leather (most notably, heavily ornamented helmets called Kabutos) and carried swords that greatly varied in length including but not limited to katanas (which Ulrich carries) and wakazashis, which were shorter blades roughly the length of a human forearm. A katana and a wakazashi grouped in a pair is called a “Daisho” set, which literally means “big-little”.
** Ulrich has been shown to be quite efficient with duel swords. The person to invent the fighting style of duel swords, as well as the daisho set was Miyamoto Musashi, the greatest swordsman in the history of Japan.
** The supercomputer may have chosen a samurai as Ulrich’s virtual form due to his love of martial arts, but most likely Ulrich's sense of nobility in the face of danger.
** Ironically, Yumi’s virtual form is a kunoichi (female ninja), which is also an iconic Japanese warrior.
* In the Japanese dub, Ulrich is named Uurikku Sutaan and was voiced by Mayumi Asano.
* Ulrich uses a skateboard to travel to the Factory, yet has issues piloting the Overboard, possibly due to his vertigo and acrophobia.
* In The Chips Are Down, Ulrich was temporarily banned from the team after Jeremie and the others found out about him activating a return to the past without their consent. He was brought back into the group after he confessed that his actions were selfish and disrespectful. There is a dramatic irony in this, as others of the group have used the Supercomputer to their advantage.
** This made Ulrich the first out of five of the Lyoko Warriors to be kicked out of the team temporarily or permanently; the other four being Jeremie in Franz Hopper, Odd in Kadic Bombshell, William after the events of Fight to the Finish (although he is later able to rejoin in Rivalry), and Laura is eventually permanently banned in Mutiny.
* Ulrich was on the Kadic soccer team in a few episodes of the first season, most notably Zero Gravity Zone. After this season, there is no mention of the team or Jim's coaching job, so it's likely that the team was disassembled.
* In Saint Valentine's Day, it is revealed that the Subdigitals are Ulrich's favorite band.
* In Hard Luck, Ulrich reveals that his least favorite monsters created by X.A.N.A. are Megatanks. In the same episode, he states that Hornets are his favorite.
** Magatanks may be Ulrich's least favorite since they are very hard to destroy, especially since melee weapons (his swords) are all but completely useless against them.
** While this doesn’t make up for the fact that melee weapons are not very helpful against flying enemies either, such as hornets, it is highly likely they are his favorite because they serve his passion for athletics by providing him with a more fun agility-based challenge than other monsters.
* Originally, in Season 4, Ulrich was to use a scouter-like gadget on his eye for his new Lyoko avatar. However, it was dropped in favor of the headband.
* Ulrich's mobile is a dark blue, flip-style cellphone.
* Although Ulrich's character is one of the youngest, in Code Lyoko Evolution, the person portraying him (Quentin Merabet) is the second oldest in the main cast, other than the actor who plays Jim (since Jim is considered to be part of the main cast in the title sequence).
* Ulrich is the only member in the original series to have three ID Cards.
* Most of the time, when Ulrich is about to destroy one of X.A.N.A.'s monsters, he yells out "Impact" as a catchphrase.
* In X.A.N.A. Awakens, it is shown that Ulrich was the very first one to destroy one of X.A.N.A.'s monsters, which was a Blok.
* Ulrich is the only warrior who has ever defeated the Kolossus.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Ulrich Stern at Code Lyoko Wiki
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