Code Lyoko S1 E2

## Plot

The episode starts at science class. A chief engineer for a nearby nuclear power plant is teaching the kids. Jeremie asks him a question involving materialization. The engineer tells him that it's impossible. Ms. Hertz, the regular science teacher, notices that the projector has short circuited. Jeremie suspects that XANA is behind it. Jeremie looks at a map of the school when Aelita contacts him. However, Jeremie can't hear her because of problems with the school's network. He tries a different network, which works. Aelita hasn't noticed anything on Lyoko. Jeremie launches a scan to make sure. Jeremie later notices that there are 400,000 volts at a high tension pylon near school, which is way too high. As he starts talking to Aelita another power failure happens. Jeremie goes outside to check the pylon. It's literally bursting with electricity. He runs to the gym to talk to the others. Then he heads to the factory. Aelita has started to sense pulsations. Jeremie tells her that the activated tower is in the Desert Sector. He tells her to be careful. Awww. Jeremie calls Yumi. The others head to the factory. XANA's plan is to fully store all the energy into the pylon at school and unleash it all on the nuclear power plant. Which will create a short circuit which will cause it to go **BOOM**. The pylon can store **1,000,000** volts. Yikes. So, as Yumi put it: Nuclear sabotage. So if they fail on Lyoko **the entire region will be decimated (wiped out)**. Yumi wants to tell the authorities. Jeremie says that if they discover XANA, they'll pull all the plugs and lose Aelita. And the worst part? Aelita heard the whole thing. The group decides to vote on it. Yumi and Ulrich vote to tell the authorities. Jeremie and Odd vote to keep things quiet. Jeremie decides that since it's a tie they won't tell anybody. Yumi interprets this as telling everybody. Before things can get too heated, Aelita steps in. She says that since she's part of the group, she has a right to vote. She votes for telling the authorities. She doesn't want thousands of people to die just so they can save her. Yumi thanks her, obviously very grateful. Yumi will warn everyone while Odd and Ulrich go to Lyoko. Yumi warns the principal and engineer, but they don't believe her. The others can't find the tower, just an oasis. When Odd throws a rock into it however, he discovers that it's just a trick and there's no actual water. They all jump down and see the tower. When they get close they run into Krabs. One of them shoots Odd in the leg. A Krab chases after Aelita. Odd takes a hit that was meant for her and gets devirtualized. Ulrich uses Triplicate to confuse the Krabs. Yumi is so desperate to convince people that she tells them about Lyoko. Aelita barely activates the code in time. Jeremie activates an RTTP. The day is saved.

## Review

This was a good episode. There was a sub-plot involving Odd forming a rock band that I didn't mention because it was irrelevant and stupid. This was actually one of XANA's best plans, with really high stakes too. And this is only the second episode. Aelita once again shows her compassion with letting something bad possibly happen to herself in order to save thousands, probably millions, of people. Yumi demonstrates that she is the sensible one by insisting to tell people because stopping Armageddon is WAY over their heads. She knows when things go too far that they have to rely on someone else for help. Jeremie cares about Aelita a lot. Yes, he does have a crush on her. And yes, she returns those feelings. Another great episode that I highly recommend.