Code Lyoko S4 E30

## Plot

At the cafeteria, the whole group seems anxious, except for Yumi. Sissi puts a GPS tracking chip on Ulrich to finally find out what the group's secret is. They head to the factory to shut down the supercomputer once and for all. However, Jeremie can't bring himself to do it. They take a vote, and Yumi is the only one who wants to shut it down. Sissi sees that they hang out at the abandoned factory, and decides to check it out after they leave. Later on, Jeremie tells Yumi that turning on the supercomputer led to him making friends. He's worried that if they shut it down, they won't be friends anymore. Yumi tells him that their friendship is too strong for that. In gym class, Odd tells Ulrich that he'll miss the adventure. However, Ulrich points out that he'd finally have time for music and sports, so his life won't be boring. Plus he'd have more time for flirting. Because of their talking and jokes though, Jim sends them to the principal's office. While on the way, Odd asks Ulrich why he didn't want to shut the supercomputer down. He liked being a hero. Yeah, but you can still do that, just in a more realistic way. You could be a firefighter, or a police officer, or a paramedic, or a doctor, or a scientist. Ulrich would definitely have to improve his grades though. Sissi discovers the computer lab, and starts watching Jeremie's diary. After class, William asks Yumi if they've shut the supercomputer down. She says they haven't yet, because the others aren't ready. He agrees with her that it's crazy, because the supercomputer is incredibly dangerous. True, but still, XANA is dead. That means no more monsters. As long as technology like it doesn't fall into the wrong hands, they're all good. In my mind, the Evolution series doesn't exist. Yumi thinks they're just nostalgic, but says she isn't. At the very least, she and William are on better terms than they were in the previous episode. Also, I kind of wish that after everyone else accepted that they were ready to move on, Yumi revealed that she'd miss everything too, and was just pretending to be okay with it. Plus, come on, William should've been there! Sissi is horrified at all the stuff she learns from watching Jeremie's diary. He and Aelita talk about her reason for not shutting down the supercomputer. It's pretty obvious. Shutting it down means saying goodbye to her past, and to her father. It was all so terrible, and yet great at the same time. But now, it's time to move onto something new; something more carefree. Jeremie is starting to think that way too. He says it's crazy to think about all they did, and no one will ever know anything about it. However, Sissi reveals that she knows everything, and is going to tell her father, who is still scolding Ulrich and Odd. Luckily, her father doesn't believe her. Ulrich meets Yumi by a bench. The others are at the factory, and are going to launch their last RTTP, so Sissi won't remember anything. It seems like Ulrich had a different reason for not wanting to shut down the supercomputer: He liked being with Yumi. She assures him that there will be plenty of other good times without Lyoko. They hold hands, but before they can do anything more, like kiss, or even just hug, the Return to the Past is launched. So if XANA is dead, that means they can basically do an RTTP whenever they want now, right? Two words: Lottery numbers. Yes, I know Ulrich already did that and gave the money to charity, but still. Not an absurd amount of money, just enough to fund college for all five of them, and maybe William too… Actually, that would be an absurd amount of money, at least here in the U.S. And don't even get me started on healthcare. In the cafeteria, Ulrich catches Sissi with the GPS locator, and tells her that they don't have any secrets. If she wants to stay friends with them, then she should stop trying to mess it up. She's touched that they consider her a friend. This time, everyone is ready to shut down the supercomputer. The series ends with everyone waving goodbye and smiling at the camera.

## Review

Believe it or not, I actually thought I wouldn't like this episode, because it's a clip show. However, it's still very emotional, and there's actually plenty of original footage. It's just a really good epilogue. Not perfect all the time, but still good, much like this show in general was. I liked this season, but I wish they had been to more replicas, or had Aelita's music subplot last more than three episodes, instead of focusing on filler episodes about Jeremie's cousin or Kiwi. Still, it's far better than season 1, which was almost nothing but filler episodes. I really like this show. The jokes are funny, and some are surprisingly adult for a show aimed at children. I love all the characters, especially Aelita, but you should already know that by now. I love the score. It's simple, but memorable. You can easily tell what's going to happen by listening to the music. What's an emotional moment, what's a scary moment, etc. You can probably find all of the scores on YouTube. They were composed by Herman Martin and Serge Tavitian. All of the voice acting is amazing, especially for such a small cast. I especially love Sharon Mann, who voiced Jeremie and Aelita. Ulrich was voiced by Barbara Weber-Schaff, Odd was voiced by Matthew Gétczy, Yumi was voiced by Mirabelle Kirkland, and William was voiced by David Gasman. No, I don't plan on reviewing *Code Lyoko: Evolution*, and not just because only one episode is in English. It's the 5th episode, and the 100th one overall. I would love to see a revival that's actually good*,* and follows the rules and continuity of the original show. Like maybe Code Lyoko: Reloaded, which would've had the characters in high school. Except in the English dub at least, all of the main characters are already in high school… Oops. Maybe further in high school, with William and Yumi as seniors and the others as juniors? Odd's possible bio was my favorite. He's matured somewhat, but still loves flirting and cracking jokes, and is majoring in fine arts, which actually makes sense if you go back and rewatch the original series. His GPA wasn't great, but it was better than Ulrich's, because he got good grades in art class. He also drew a picture of all five of them from memory for Jeremie's birthday gift, played the music for the school play, and made a music video, as well as a film. His parents say he's very creative, and he once told someone that it runs in the family when referring to Aelita. He also folded a test into an origami crane or swan, although it took him four hours to do so. I'm sure there are other examples that I'm forgetting. He's very resourceful and creative in a fight. Reloaded would've finally made Ulrich and Yumi an official couple, and possibly Jeremie and Aelita too. In fact, I think Jeremie would've become a well known, possibly white hat hacker, and could've been virtualized again. It's also possible that Aelita would've been menaced by the men in black again, for holding the key to XANA's final destruction. We may have even learned more about her past and what happened to her mother, and I mean in a more satisfying, believable, and realistic way than Evolution did it, where it added a bunch of plot holes and basically butchered the continuity. As for William, he would've been accepted back into the group. Basically, Reloaded was the first draft version of Evolution, including the live action. Ugh. There are some fan made animations, and for being fan made and a labor of love, I guess they're pretty good? I don't know much about animation. Speaking of which, it's crazy to compare an episode of season 1 to season 4. The change in CGI is astounding. Sure, it's not quite at the level of quality of the CGI of *ReBoot* in its third and fourth seasons, but still. I guess Evolution's CGI was okay, but I could never get used to the live action, or the new look of Lyoko and the characters. It just reminds me too much of *Tron*. While I loved the first movie and the *Uprising* series, it has its own unique identity. With Evolution, it didn't help that I had no idea what the actors were saying, or if their acting was any good. Why would you cast actual teenagers for half of the main cast, but then cast adults for the other half? It makes no sense. Tell the company that owns the rights to *Code Lyoko*, Dargaud Media, that we'd like at least one more season, and we'd like it to be fully animated! You hear that Moonscoop? Mediatoon? That's the sound of many 2D/3D animation sci-fi action adventure drama/comedy fans, demanding that we finally have a clear resolution! And we wouldn't mind you guys wiping Evolution from canon either! Just pretend it never existed. Or make it a weird dream of Aelita's or something to cope with her father's death and her mother's disappearance, we'll believe it! I'm just saying, even years after the show ended, I've heard people compare XANA's eye symbol to something semi-similar in RWBY volume 8 chapter 1 (2020), and the sentimonster Hack-San from *Miraculous Ladybug* season 4 (2021) is a deliberate reference to it. The creator of that show, Thomas Astruc, worked on season 1 of *Code Lyoko* as a storyboard artist, as well as *Totally Spies*, which has been revived twice! As opposed to Winx Club, which has basically been rebooted twice in 20 years and seems to have suffered from constant delays and various production troubles since season 5. Back to *Miraculous* though, Hack-San is a phonetic anagram of XANA, which is really clever. The wiki and website are still being run, edited, and visited to this day. Unfortunately, Moonscoop filed for bankruptcy in 2014 after *Code Lyoko: Evolution* ended on a cliffhanger, with no plans for a second season. We're probably never going to get an official followup. At least there's always dedicated fan content! All of the episodes are currently available for free on YouTube, in multiple languages, and it was even added back onto Netflix in October 2020, after being taken down in 2014 due to Moonscoop's aforementioned bankruptcy. There's also a fan game where you play as Jeremie and get to operate the supercomputer and basically tell the other Lyoko Warriors what to do. Look, I, like many other people, am tired of sequels, spin-offs, reboots, etc., and would prefer to see original content, but I'm not completely opposed to revivals of old IPs either, like *Codename: Kids Next Door* for example, especially since it feels like Cartoon Network in particular has brought back every other IP in some way except for that one.