Code Lyoko S1 E24

## Plot

Odd makes a comment to Jeremie about the others being "the real pros." After the day is saved again, he activates another RTTP. He notices that Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi are absent from class. But from their point of view, Jeremie is sulking and the world around them is acting strangely. Aelita tells Jeremie that they're not on Lyoko. Before they can do anything, Jeremie gets caught by Jim and sent to the principal's office. Aelita helps him out. She can also use the school's network, like XANA, but she doesn't need a tower. She manipulates the pipes to create some smoke that allows Jeremie to escape. She also feels pulsations. The scanners are empty. Before Jeremie arrived at the factory, Aelita captured some kind of transmission. It shows their three missing friends at Kadic. At first they think it's a recording, but Jeremie is in it. It's coming in live. XANA manufactured a world and designed it after the school. The kids are prisoners without even knowing it. Yumi is suspicious of the fake Jeremie though. They need to track the signal. Aelita will have to virtualize Jeremie, since he's the only one not in the false world. Jeremie is terrified of being virtualized, but he has to do it. Then: "Aelita, there's something I have to tell you. I'd much rather be entering a virtual world to find you waiting there for me." "So would I." Aw! "Scanner Jeremie. Virtualization!" Unfortunately, we never get to see what Jeremie looks like virtualized. In the novels, he looks identical to the Disney version of Peter Pan. In one fan made continuation of the series, he looks like a standard superhero, complete with a domino mask and skintight outfit. In the Ice Sector, Aelita finds a giant glowing ball, which is officially called a simulation bubble. That's the other world. Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd head to the fake factory. The real Jeremie is chased by the fake Jim, Herb, and Nicholas. Aelita arrives at the edge of the fake world in the Ice Sector. The fake Jeremie tries to trick the others into the scanners, but Yumi has her doubts. Then the real Jeremie shows up. It's impossible to tell which is which. The fake Jeremie reasons that the real Jeremie would never virtualize himself because he'd be too scared. However, Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd believe that he would virtualize himself if they were in danger. They believe the real Jeremie. Since XANA can't understand friendship, he breaks down and becomes *really, **really creepy***. He claims that they're all going to die. ***Oh my god, that voice.** That voice* ***(Shivers)***. Luckily, Aelita is able to save them by using her Creativity, which destroys the fake world. It's too bad she didn't enter it, so the others could get a one episode early sneak peek at what she'd look like as a human. Jeremie is devirtualized, and the others don't remember anything. When Aelita tells them what Jeremie did, they thank him, and the episode ends as they fight an army of monsters.

## Review

I liked this episode. Jeremie faced his fears, saved his friends, and got the respect he deserves. Even though it's only the first season, and Sharon Mann still had to get her Jeremie voice to where it usually is, I loved her voice acting as Jeremie, Aelita, and XANA as fake Jeremie in this episode. Like the slightly disappointed and upset tone when Jeremie launches the RTTP this time, and the conversation with Aelita while they're investigating and wondering if their mutual friends are dead. Even if they don't say the actual word, because censors. Seriously, this show was rated TV-Y7, but it got away with all sorts of dark and risque stuff, although the risque stuff wasn't as big of a deal in France. I guess their censorship guidelines or whatever are far less strict. Even though it was dubbed in house so to speak, I'm still amazed that other countries or networks didn't censor or digitally alter certain scenes, or cut or change certain lines. We see some female characters with just bras and underwear on, and other times they're flat out naked, although nothing is shown. In season 2, Odd even gets away with actually saying the word sex, as in sex appeal. Back to Sharon's phenomenal voice acting, there's also the "I swear it's slightly deeper or at least more monotone and uncaring" voice of XANA as fake Jeremie. The deep voice from the breakdown is David Gasman though, who voices a different character from season 2 onward. I wonder if that's where the crew got the idea for what happens to said character at the end of season 3 and most of season 4? After all, the spelling of Jeremie's name changed due to most fans thinking it was spelled with a y, and the crew paid attention to what fans were saying on the fledgling Internet at the time. I kept Jeremie's original spelling because I liked how unique it was and I thought it made him stand out more. This is the closest thing we ever get to an actual "physical" and voiced appearance for XANA. The rest of the time, he's an unseen, anonymous antagonist represented through his monsters, specters, and possessed people, animals, and objects.