Code Lyoko Chronicles (2021 Netflix series) (AUWAYGP)

Code Lyoko Chronicles is a French-American animated television series created by Moonscoop Group, based on the Code Lyoko franchise. The first season premiered on Netflix on May 14, 2021. It follows the events of the Code Lyoko reboot and takes cues from the Code Lyoko Chronicles books. Season one is based on the first book, The Underground Castle, season two is based on The Nameless City, season three is based on The Return of the Phoenix and the upcoming season four will be based on The Army of Nothing.
== Story ==
Season one takes place two years after the Lyoko warriors killed XANA, it resurfaces on the Internet. Weakened and disoriented, it wanders for some time on the network then possesses a young American girl called Eva Skinner. Taking total control of her body, it takes a plane from San Francisco and heads to Kadic Academy to kill the Lyoko warriors while already making up enrolment papers for the Academy by hacking it through the Internet. Far away from all of this, the Lyoko warriors are confronted by a new virtual world, the Cortex, a replika that rapidly changes it's layout every few minutes. The only way to transport safely is by the Megapod, a vehicle in the style of the Skidbladnir and they find keys to figure out what happened Anthea, Aelita's mother. It's also an opportunity to explore a little more of the mysterious Hermitage. From discovery to discovery, the heroes find a trace of one of the individuals who helped construct the villa. Urgently taking a TGV to Provence, they talk with him and learn that Franz Hopper had him create a secret room in the Hermitage. Back in the Parisian region after many adventures, they assemble the clues that Franz left them and discover the room in question. It contains an old video cassette that Franz left as a farewell present to his daughter. In it, Franz explains that he was a member of a secret project in Carthage, Switzerland. He left the project with his wife Anthea when they realized that it was harmful to humanity. Following this, the men of Carthage kidnapped Anthea and badly injured Aelita's head, forcing Franz to virtualize her onto Lyoko with the consequences that we know well: the shutting down of the Supercomputer by Hopper and the death of XANA. He leaves two missions to his daughter in the video: one is already one, it's to deactivate XANA and the Supercomputer. The second is more complex: find Anthea Schaeffer, Aelita's mother. The next day, the heroes prepare to go back to school without knowing that Eva Skinner, possessed by XANA, will be there too.
In season two, Grigori Nectaplums, a worrying man, accompanied by two bloodthirsty hounds, overequipped with weapons, car and long-distance surveillance equipment, arrives in town. He installs microphones and cameras at Kadic and at the Hermitage. This dangerous man has been charged with a mission by Hannibal Magog, nicknamed "The Magician" as he's a tricky one. He bears a golden tooth and is a key player in the organization of the Green Phoenix. Grigori's mission is final: keep the Lyoko warriors under surveillance in order to confirm the existence of Franz Hopper's Supercomputer and track it down. During his mission, Grigori successively attacks Odd's father, then Yumi and William's parents. His operating procedure is simple. After stunning them, he copies their memories to disks with a futuristic glove, then he leaves the adults haggard and disoriented, partially amnesic. However, the Green Phoenix doesn't seem to be the only organization interested in the Supercomputer. In Washington, Dido, a woman very high-up in an organization with governmental influence, catches wind of the Green Phoenix's movements. She contacts The Magician, her enemy, and the exchange is heated because the two organizations have visible differences that they will have to set aside one day. Dido is curt...Hopper's file has been reopened after 12 years of being closed. The arrival of Grigori, his investigations at the Hermitage and his aggressive actions end up alerting the heroes. Looking into Aelita's past, they interrogate Ms. Hertz, who was Franz Hopper's lab assistant when he worked at Kadic. She is very flustered by the questions. Dismissing the heroes, she entrusts a "Schaeffer" dossier to the principal. The heroes steal it. Inside, as well as a multitude of codes, they discover an address in Brussels. When Ulrich, Yumi, And William go there, they come across one of Hopper's prototypes. Before furthering their research, the two teens are forced to flee, threatened by agents in Dido's organization. They escape just in time and go back to Kadic. Dido, informed of the incident, decides to contact her retired officer, within range of Kadic Academy. On her end, Aelita finds one of her old friends: Richard Dupuis. Twelve years have now passed for him but he co-operates with the heroes to figure out a mysterious coded message received on his personal computer. Aelita takes advantage of the situation to learn more about her past life on Earth. Unfortunately things get worse: Aelita's nightmares and cases of sleepwalking take her to the secret room in the Hermitage, inside which she discovers a second hidden room. In this room, yet another replica of the Supercomputer generating a virtual world. Inside it, Aelita is confronted by memories left by her father. She there learns that years ago, her father deserted Project Carthage when he learned that it was going to be used for military means. Helped by a certain Major Steinbeck (in reality Ms. Hertz), he found refuge in the Hermitage with Aelita while his wife Anthea was kidnapped by The Magician. Aelita and Jeremy decide to wait before completing their exploration of the replica and to maybe learn more about Anthea's fate first. Unfortunately, as all this is happening, XANA, in Eva Skinner's body, is approaching the group of heroes, winning their trust. After stealing the Schaeffer file from Jeremy and putting it back in the principal's office, she seduces Odd then leads him into a trap and takes control of the teen as well as Eva.
In season 3, While the young heroes and Richard meet up for debriefing, they decide to go explore the final part of the Mirror, the one Aelita hadn't yet been to. They are unaware that XANA, divided into two parts, is controlling both Odd and Eva Skinner. At the same time, Grigory Nictapolus tells his employer Hannibal Mago, the boss of the Green Phoenix terrorist organisation, that he was localised Hopper's Supercomputer in the old factory. Without further hesitation, Hannibal Mago flies to Paris with his entire army and personal secretary: Memory, a mysterious woman with red hair. As soon as they land, Hannibal and his troops take control of the factory, turning the Supercomputer back on and begin work on their evil schemes. The men in black, government agents ordered by Dido to surveille Mago, are neutralised by Nictapolus. The heroes enter the Mirror. Odd (under XANA's control) and Yumi are virtualized into the virtual world that contains Hopper's memories. Unfortunately, the rest of the heroes are unable to follow them: Ulrich's father, Walter, who turns out to have once been an agent for the men in black but had his memory wiped, was called back into action by Dido. He cuts the power to the Hermitage, rendering the scanner in the secret room unusable and blocking access to the virtual world. His task complete, he is stunned to run into Jeremy, Aelita, Ulrich, Eva and Richard. The group of heroes split in two, discoveries are made in both worlds. The group still on Earth, led by Jeremy, interrogates Ulrich's father. They then decide to go confront professor Hertz, whose secret identity they had uncovered. On their end, Odd and Yumi visit the final level of the Mirror and make their own discoveries. It is also revealed that Hopper, helped by his collaborators, had reconstructed the Supercomputer in the old factory. Among said collaborators were Hertz, and the parents of Odd, Yumi, Jeremy and Ulrich. However, Walter, Ulrich's father, betrayed them by selling them out to the government. Deciding to erase all trace of their activities, Hertz used a memory-snatching machine on Walter so he would forget where the factory was located. Then, she also erased the memories of the Ishiyamas, Robert Della Robbia and Michel Belpois. The heroes also learn that the Supercomputer in the factory generates the three virtual worlds: Lyoko; the First City, which Ulrich and Yumi had discovered in Brussels; and the Mirror, accessible via the Hermitage. In reality, Lyoko is a firewall put in place to isolate the First City and the deadly weapon it contains: the Castle. A program that allows a user to virtualise anything from the virtual world. Hertz finally accepts to help. To repair the scanner in the Hermitage, damaged by Walter, she calls the heroes' parents and returns their memories with the memory-snatching machine. Walter repents and also decides to make up for his past act of treason. Hertz and Jeremy finally get in contact with Dido to propose an alliance against the Green Phoenix. Dido, wanting more than anything to stop Mago from using the Supercomputer's Castle as a weapon, accepts. In the Mirror, things get tough. Through Odd, XANA discovers Hopper's past. He then discovers the things he had long forgotten: originally, he had been a friendly artificial intelligence whose role it was to stop anyone from using the Castle in the First City for evil means. Back then, Hopper sent Aelita to the virtual world so she could become friends with XANA and teach him about human emotions. Following this, XANA had been infected by the Castle. He had acquired immeasurable powers on the virtual world, but had lost his human emotions and memories as a consequence. Shaken by this discovery, XANA leaves Odd's body and takes an appearance of his own in the Mirror. Yumi then discovers that their enemy has returned, and flees into the depths of the Mirror. Jeremy's group, assisted by their parents and professor Hertz, goes to the Hermitage. They repair the scanner. Eva and Ulrich are sent into the First City to protect the Castle from the Green Phoenix. Odd and Yumi are brought back from the Mirror, while Aelita goes there to negotiate with XANA. XANA asks Aelita about the artificial intelligence he used to be. He asks the girl to help him become human. Aelita explains that it wouldn't be possible. XANA, annoyed, leaves her and disappears into the memories within the Mirror. The other half of XANA, virtualized in the First City through Eva, then reveals himself. Ignoring Ulrich (who decides to follow him) and leaving Eva's inanimate virtual body behind, he decides to explore the world. Hopper's ghost appears in the City and leads them to the Castle. The people still on Earth turn in for the night at Kadic. At the factory, Magog discovers that adults cannot be virtualized. He orders Grigori to kidnap Jeremy. The henchman does so and captures the boy genius in his room at Kadic, in the middle of the night. In the hands of the Green Phoenix, Jeremy discovers Memory's true identity. She is Aelita's mother: Anthea Hopper, who had been kidnapped years earlier. She had her memory wiped by the memory-snatching machine. Magog blackmails Jeremy and forces him to virtualize onto Lyoko to open a passage to the First City and the Castle. Jeremy has no choice but to obey, or Magog will kill Memory. He is virtualized and goes to the Core of Lyoko to open the passage. In doing so, he finds Ulrich and Eva in the First City...and more importantly, he allows the half of XANA that had been with them to come back to Lyoko and retake control of the virtual world. This done, XANA contacts Magog and makes a proposition: Magog will be able to use the Castle for his own plans, and in exchange, XANA asks that Magog make him human. Magog accepts, with absolutely no intention of keeping the promise. The Green Phoenix takes rather radical action. They take over the Hermitage and encircle Kadic with barricades, cutting the school's communications and stopping anyone from entering or leaving. The heroes, Hertz and their parents are trapped. The men in black are called to the rescue. But, before they can arrive, XANA materializes an army of robots using the Castle. The robots attack Kadic. The students and our heroes survive the battle and make camp in the dormitory. By cutting the power, they deprive the robots of their source of energy, meaning they can no longer recharge. The opposing army must flee... However, the deed is done: they have ransacked Hertz's office and taken a file containing part of the Code Down, one of Hopper's mysterious inventions that has the power to completely destroy the virtual worlds...
== Characters ==
* Jeremie Belpois (French: Raphaëlle Bruneau; English: E.G. Daily) - A fifteen-year-old computer genius and top student in class, Jeremy was the one who originally found the Supercomputer in the nearby abandoned factory and turned it on, beginning the group's struggle against X.A.N.A.. He is a bit confused about the odd movements of Eva when she joined the team but he is glad to have someone to help him in earth. Once the Lyoko Warriors start fighting the Cortex to find Anthea, Jeremy returns to his workaholic nature, often staying up late to work on programs such as the virus he intends to use to destroy the Cortex. He is able to outsmart both Grigori Nectaplums and the Green Phoenix most of the time.
* Yumi Ishiyama (French: Géraldine Frippiat; English: Janice Kawaye) - A fairly reserved student who lives near and attends Kadic. She is the oldest of the group. She is of Japanese descent. She was initially very resistant to the idea of turning the Supercomputer back on again after Jeremy's idea of an unknown replica on his laptop. She practices judo with Ulrich, whom she has a mutual crush on, though it's not as obvious as Ulrich's crush on her. She's good friends with William, who's in her class, and doesn't like the idea of excluding him from the group now that the supercomputer is back on. On Lyoko, Yumi's main weapons are a pair of Tessen fans which appear in her hands at will. Later on, Jeremy programs her a pink-and-white bō staff as well which she uses throughout the 3 seasons so far. Her superhuman balancing skills enable her to scale platforms quite easily without falling. Her one-and-only power of telekinesis, which has been given a somewhat greater boost since the reboot's 3rd season is used often in the series.
* Ulrich Stern (French: Marie-Line Landerwyn; English: Jason Griffith) - A more reserved member of the group, Ulrich has a hard time sharing his feelings. His parents pressure him to achieve well in school, but he has difficulty learning and living up to their expectations. In his off-time he practices karate and judo with Yumi, whom he has a crush on. He often butts heads with William, who he sees as a friendly rival. On Lyoko, Ulrich wields dual katanas. His "super sprint" ability allows him to dash at high speeds and to run on walls, and his "triplicate" power lets him create two clones of himself which he controls mentally to confuse his targets. His "triangulate" ability is used often as it gives more of an advantage in battles.
* Odd Della Robbia (French: Raphaëlle Bruneau; English: Nancy Cartwright) - The comic relief of the group and a bad student who isn't interested in studying. He shares a dorm with Ulrich, where he keeps his dog, Kiwi. He is considered a ladies' man and spends most of the series pursuing the new girl, Eva Skinner. On the virtual worlds of Lyoko and the Cortex, Odd is like a cat, having a tail and clawed gloves which he can use to climb walls. He can summon an additional set of gauntlets over his gloves that shoot many blue six "laser arrows" all at once, wiping out several monsters or ninjas from a distance, something he was incapable of doing in the reboot. As with the original show, his only psychic ability of "future flash" is never given back to him nor his once spatial ability of teleportation but he got Jeremie to upgrade/modify weaponry and greatly strengthen each of their superpowers.
* Aelita Schaeffer (French: Sophie Landresse; English: Grey Griffin) - Primarily known by her alias, Aelita Stones, she's the smartest of the group alongside Jeremy. Her father, Franz Hopper, created the Supercomputer, Lyoko and X.A.N.A., and ultimately sacrificed himself to try and stop X.A.N.A. once and for all. Aelita sometimes struggles with the reality of his death and the return of the enemy he died trying to defeat. She has a strong bond with Jeremy but still feels iffy about his interactions with Eva Skinner. After she finds out that her mother, Anthea, is alive and working for Project Carthage 2.0 Aelita is determined to contact her so that they can reunite. On Lyoko, Aelita has pointed elf ears and the ability to summon a pair of white-and-pink angel wings in order to fly and carry another with her. Her "weapon" is her "energy fields," orbs of pure pink electricity that can be thrown to destroy an enemy from a distance. She can also generate a large energy shield made of the same sort of pink plasma by combining it with her creativity.
* William Dunbar (French: Mathieu Moreau; English: Seth Green) - An overconfident student in Yumi's class. William is willing to return to Lyoko dispite what the rest of the team thinks due to the ninjas being able to make a warrior one of their own. However, he eventually regains their trust and is allowed to fight alongside them. He still has feelings for Yumi but is more respectful of her boundaries. He has a friendly rivalry with Ulrich. On Lyoko, he regained his black outfit and some of his powers from his time under X.A.N.A.'s control: enhanced strength and "Supersmoke," which allows him to transform into a cloud of black smoke, move at great speed and even fly. His weapon is a giant sword which can release disc-shaped shock waves that can wipe out two monsters and Ninjas from a distance. And William now could deactivate towers due to his possession of XANA have him access the keys of Lyoko.
* Eva Skinner (French: Chantal Macé; English: Lisa Ortiz) - Eva is just an ordinary girl living in California in the United States. She's a huge fan of the Subdigitals and is excited to have backstage access to their next concert. But when given a DVD, Eva unwittingly opens a file and falls under X.A.N.A.'s spell, who was using the band's fanbase to spread over the Internet again. Eva forgets everything and becomes unaware of X.A.N.A.'s actions in her body. She becomes determined to go to France and to Kadic, where the Lyoko Warriors are. She makes it to Kadic as a transfer student, not able to speak very fluent French. Within a few days she has mastered the language, surprising everyone. She makes good friends with Aelita and Odd instantly falls in love, eagerly trying to get to know her. She lives in an empty house in town, lying to everyone that she is staying with relatives. She begins to realize that carrying out the final part of her mission isn't going to be too easy, especially with her blossoming friendship with Aelita, but she doesn't give up. One day, Odd comes over to her house to ask her out. He's sadly disappointed when he realizes that she is in fact being controlled by X.A.N.A., and he is possessed in turn. The two then never leave each other's side, constantly holding hands and pretending to be a couple. X.A.N.A. then uses Odd's key position in the group to infiltrate Franz Hopper's original version of Lyoko, the Sandbox, located in the Hermitage. Meanwhile, Eva, Ulrich and Jeremy are captured by the terrorist group the Green Phoenix and taken to Lyoko, Eva appearing dressed in Subdigitals clothing. Achieving its goal of reaching the virtual world, X.A.N.A. releases the two kids. Eva becomes conscious in the virtual world, not knowing anything that happened since she opened the file. She is a little confused about Ulrich and Jeremy, their clothing and language (she finds she can speak French without having learned it), but very happy about her own clothing. She simply sits back and enjoys the scenery in the virtual world while Ulrich and Jeremy work out what to do next.
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