Code Lyoko S1 E13

## Plot

At the factory, Jeremie launches his materialization program again. It appears to work this time. Jeremie goes down to the scanner room. Yumi and Ulrich are having a friendly sparring match and Odd is playing with Kiwi. Jeremie runs up to them. He decided to tackle the problem in a different way. He didn't materialize Aelita, rather, he materialized one of her hairs. Yumi makes the grave mistake of asking how he did it. Cue them at the factory with Jeremie speaking in gibberish while the others look bored. Jeremie thinks that it's simple and asks if they follow. Odd says no. No, Jeremie, it isn't simple and no, they don't follow. And neither do I, for that matter. Jeremie wants to materialize Aelita right now. The hair was just a test before they did the real thing. Unfortunately, the program doesn't work. He can't fix it because they have to go to class. At lunch, Sissi annoys them. She knows about Kiwi and will tell on Odd if Ulrich isn't nicer to her. Yumi gets so mad she shatters her glass ***with her bare hands.*** Yikes. Yumi, remind me never to get on your bad side. Unlike last episode, Yumi actually *did* hurt her hand this time, and we do see the injury. It's just some scratches though. The nurse informs her that she'll be fine. Yumi and Ulrich end up holding hands. Aw. Jeremie calls them. He saw that Aelita's program is full of bugs. If Aelita enters the Lyoko code into a tower, she'll disappear forever. She and Jeremie get to work on debugging the program. Odd tries to quiet down Kiwi, but then the glass window cracks and breaks. Kiwi will have to stay with Jeremie for a while. He causes all kinds of havoc. He even takes Jeremie's boxers. While he's talking to Aelita. O la la! Then in the hallway, the ceiling starts to crack, and chunks of it fall down. Jeremie goes to the factory to work there instead. It turns out that Yumi's glass breaking was really XANA. Aw, man! Why couldn't Yumi have just been that strong? That would've been so cool! Odd dismisses it as coincidence. Aelita feels XANA's attack, but they're nowhere near done with the program. At school, the ground breaks up even more. The adults evacuate the building. Odd goes back to get Kiwi and Ulrich warns Yumi. The two head to the factory. Milly and Tamiya didn't hear the alert because they were wearing ear buds. Another earthquake happens, blocking off their exits. The building shakes even more and Odd loses his phone. Ulrich goes to Lyoko. "Transfer Ulrich. Scanner Ulrich. Virtualization." The school keeps shaking. Sissi also seems genuinely concerned that Odd, Milly, and Tamiya are stuck inside. Odd says that they can't stay there and jumps down a floor. Ulrich and Aelita run into monsters. Yumi gets to the factory. The ground shakes there too. "Transfer Yumi. Scanner Yumi. Virtualization." Tamiya makes the jump, but Milly is too scared. The shaking almost causes her to fall, but Odd catches her. Another exit has been blocked by debris. On Lyoko, the group is attacked by Krabs. They hide inside a hollow tree trunk, but they know that they won't last long. Jeremie launches the repair program, but it doesn't work. Aelita knows what she has to do. She's going to deactivate the tower. There's no other choice. She asks the others if they're ready for one last run. Ulrich distracts the Krabs. He's devirtualized. Aelita waves goodbye to Yumi before entering the tower. With her objective complete, Yumi lets herself be devirtualized. Odd, Milly, and Tamiya are still stuck inside the school. It looks like this might be it. Jeremie begs Aelita not to enter the code. Aelita enters it anyways and says goodbye to Jeremie. He launches a Return to the Past. The poor guy, he just sounds so broken when he says it. At the factory, the group is heartbroken over the loss of Aelita. Jeremie blames himself. All that for a strand of hair. However, the hair contains Aelita's entire genetic code. So Jeremie could recreate Aelita through the strand of her hair. Jeremie virtualizes the hair. It works and Aelita is brought back. She doesn't remember anything though. Jeremie promises to explain things to her later.

## Review

This episode really emphasizes the bond that Aelita has, not just with Jeremie, but with all the Lyoko Warriors. She's the love interest of Jeremie, but she's also really good friends with Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi. That bond has definitely grown since they first met in the prequel. Aelita is prepared to sacrifice herself for her friends, her mission, which is to fight XANA; and the fate of the world at large. This will come into play again later in season 2. It's actually great foreshadowing, intentional or not. This was a really well done episode that I recommend.