Code Lyoko S1 E1

## Plot

The episode starts with the theme song. IT. IS. AWESOME! This version is my favorite because it focuses on individual characters and shots, instead of multiple ones at once which can make things overwhelming, which is what they do in later seasons. The English version is sung by Noam Kaniel. The episode starts with two tiny child reporters, Milly and Tamiya, filming the news about Kadic Academy having a school prom that night. Sissi may be crowned Prom Queen, like she was last year. Sissi makes fun of Milly and Tamiya. She tells Milly that no one would want to go with her to prom. Milly tries to prove her wrong by asking Ulrich to be her date. However, Ulrich turns her down because he's too old for her, and he promised to go with Yumi. Milly runs away, crying. Jeremie contacts Aelita, who is in the Desert Sector. Jeremie is making progress on his materialization program. Milly is crying on her teddy bear. XANA's symbol appears on her computer. Tamiya does admit that Ulrich could have been nicer to Milly. XANA can control electricity. When Milly leaves her teddy bear in the garden shed, XANA possesses it. After a series of bizarre incidents, Odd volunteers to go to Lyoko solo while Ulrich looks for any other weird activity. Odd and Jeremie go to the factory. Aelita hasn't noticed any strange activity, but they can look closer. Ulrich notices giant footprints at school. Odd is sent to Lyoko. "Transfer Odd. Scanner. Virtualization." Odd and Aelita inspect a crater that goes on forever. Ulrich finds out about the bear. Aelita says that if it's under XANA's control, it'll become much angrier and attack anyone, especially XANA's enemies. Realizing that Yumi could be in danger, Ulrich runs to her house. Monsters attack Aelita and Odd. They have no choice but to slowly climb down the crater. Odd suddenly has a vision of Aelita falling down the crater. They all have unique abilities. Odd has visions of the future, Ulrich has super speed and can make two copies of himself, and Yumi has telekinesis. Ulrich and Yumi run away from the teddy bear, which has grown giant sized. A small avalanche of rocks makes Aelita lose her balance and fall into the crater, exactly like in Odd's vision. Odd jumps after her and catches her, while he holds onto the rock face with his claws. Aelita finds a passageway that may lead to the tower. The bear continues to chase after Ulrich and Yumi, crushing empty cars. They hide in a building. They blush when they accidentally brush up against each other. They head to the school to evacuate everyone. Aelita and Odd run into a new type of monster. It looks like a boulder. They find the activated tower, but the monster is right in front of it. It opens up to reveal its symbol. This is also how it fires. It fires a wave of red energy at Odd, but he dodges it. Then he lands on it and hits it with a laser arrow, thus destroying it. Aelita enters the tower and ascends to a small platform. The school has been evacuated, but Ulrich is still inside with the bear. It raises its paw to smash him. Yumi hears glass shattering and runs back inside. Aelita gets to the platform and enters the code just in time. Yumi, Ulrich, and the other students are safe. Jeremie RTTPs to take care of the damage. White light engulfs the tower, the factory, and the school. This time when Milly asks Ulrich to the dance, he says yes. Yumi's okay with that. Sissi is in disbelief. The best part? Tamiya caught the whole thing on tape.

## Review

This was a good episode. A teddy bear as a monster wasn't XANA's best or most frightening plan though. RTTP stands for Return to the Past. Tamiya and Milly seem incredibly young for boarding school. Yumi is a special case since she lives close by. The group's special abilities aren't that important; they don't use them that much anyways. This episode starts three specific trends. First, that Aelita always walks into the tower instead of runs, even though there are lives at stake. Second, the code is always entered right before someone is about to be killed. Third, all the footage of Aelita in the tower looks ***exactly the same***. This gets old very quickly, since she goes into a tower at least once an episode. The good news is that all of this gets better later on. As far as premieres go, this was a good episode, but there was a lot to drag it down.