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Code Lyoko S2 E19

## Plot

XANA launches another attack. And then before you know it, they're all virtualized on Lyoko. That was fast. But when they get to the tower, it suddenly deactivates itself. Then XANA activates another tower in the ice sector. Which again deactivates itself. Jeremie tells the others to go to lunch while he tries to figure everything out. Aelita stays with him so they can get the work done faster. XANA activates *another* tower and takes control of… the weather. So XANA is now Storm. Okay. Let me guess, the stupid stuff at the beginning was just to pad out the run time? Either that, or XANA decided to trick them with fake attacks so they'd be separated from each other. That's actually really clever. It starts snowing all over the city. It soon turns into an insanely cold blizzard, and Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd are stuck at school. While helping out a visitor who got in an accident, the tree he hit falls over. Yumi pushes Ulrich out of the way, but she's pinned down and can't move. Ulrich stays with her while Odd keeps heading to the factory. Aelita goes to Lyoko alone so she can deactivate the tower. Odd goes to Lyoko and saves Aelita from the Scyohozoa before he's devirtualized. Aelita deactivates the tower and they go back in time before Yumi freezes to death.

## Review

This was an okay episode. A typical "deactivate the tower and go back in time so one of us doesn't die" thing. It's always cool to see the kids act like heroes in the real world, where they don't have their weapons or powers.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E40

## Plot

The sixteen people who made it into Battle Bladers are introduced, along with Doji, the master of ceremonies. He introduces the "random" pairings for the first round. Ginga is battling Yu, Benkei is battling Tobio, Kenta is battling Tetsuya (kick his ass right outta the show!), Teru is battling the fortune teller, and Hyoma, Tsubasa, and Kyoya are battling other members of the Dark Nebula. Hikaru has to battle Ryuga. This isn't going to end well for her. Everyone realizes that Doji has rigged the pairings, since all of their opponents are with the Dark Nebula. Ginga encourages everyone else to defeat their Dark Nebula opponents and eventually take down Ryuga once and for all, but Hikaru seems to be in shock. Or someone forgot to animate her. The first battle is Benkei vs. Tobio. Benkei wins. The second battle is Kenta vs. Tetsuya, which Kenta wins. Yu congratulates him, but he talks to Ginga and the others instead. He and Benkei will be battling each other in the second round. Teru battles the fortune teller, but he loses. The next battle is Ginga vs. Yu. Naturally, it takes up the rest of the episode's runtime. Neither Starblast Attack nor Tornado Wing work against Libra, who gets rid of the tornado in a split second with a shockwave. It can fire its sonic wave like a bullet. Libra creates a sandstorm. When a super sonic blast finally hits Pegasus though, Ginga's trusty bey is still spinning. At the moment of impact, Pegasus created a vacuum around itself, and the vibrations had no effect. Yu uses Inferno Blast, and Ginga uses Storm Bringer. A bright blue light fills the area, engulfing the stadium and the screen. Libra falls out of the sky. The winner is Ginga with his Storm Pegasus. Yu is shocked that he lost, but Ginga tells him that he's a good blader, and he'd be happy to battle him again at any time. Everyone is cheering them both on for having such a great battle. Yu finally understands why Kenta likes Ginga so much. Because he's *not* evil?
Angel's Friends S1 E52

## Plot

Reina drops everyone on the ground. Miki isn't in her line of sight, and she tries to attack her, but her powers don't work, even her wings. Reina drained everyone's powers, and starts using them against them. She'll let them return to their homes if they give her the key. If they refuse, she'll kill them and take it by force. Arkhan tries to stall for time, and Raf realizes that she still has her telepathy when she hears his thoughts. He tells her that her angelic nature is exceptionally strong because it was transformed from her human nature. The powers acquired with passion and hard work are far more valuable than ones given freely at birth. Arkhan tells Raf to release the life inside her. She unlocks her chromatic essence, which is the color of the sky, the seven seas, etc. Reina tries to touch her with a tentacle, but it burns her. Arkhan says that Raf is an angelic star. She transforms, and a bright blue light spreads throughout the city. She hears her mother, and wakes up in the infirmary. The teachers, angels, and devils are there. She's been asleep for three days. Reina was imprisoned in limbo again, but this time inside the Black Sphere. She vows to return and exact her revenge. The portraits were returned to their rightful place in the Golden School. Now the room can only be accessed with two angels and two devils, and the incantation will be changed every day. The humans are back to normal, and don't remember anything from their time as Reina's puppets. Raf says she never would've been able to defeat Reina without everyone else's help, especially her father sacrificing himself for her. Arkhan says she'll see him again one day. Everyone graduated from the first stage of their guardian angel and guardian devil training, and the school year is over, so they're on vacation. Before Raf leaves for Angie Town, she and Sulfus talk to each other. She admits that she fell for him, and tried to leave without saying goodbye because she thought it would be too hard, and he agrees. She thinks it'll do them some good to get away for awhile, and tells Sulfus that she felt her mother, and thinks that she's alive. She flies off, and it's confirmed that she's right about her birth mother, Angelie, being alive. Two people, a man and a woman, are keeping her in what looks like a cave in a magic sleep, but they know that she was able to telepathically reach her daughter in spite of that obstacle. They agree that Raf is becoming too powerful an angel, and her mother's location won't remain hidden from her for much longer. The woman says that Raf must never find her mother. This is basically all a cliffhanger for season 2, but before that, there's a movie. Oh joy, another movie review. Yay…
Beyblade: Metal Masters S2 E4

## Plot

Ginga and Masamune train for the World Championships, but when they get to the stadium they discover that Ginga is already a member of Japan's team, since he won Battle Bladers, so he can't compete in the competition. Only the top four bladers will move past the qualifying round. Kenta and Benkei fail to qualify. The final bladers are Yu, Tsubasa, Masamune, and Kyoya. The two winners between the four will be on the team. Yu and Masamune will battle each other next. After a fierce battle, Masamune wins. Although Yu is upset that he lost and won't be on the team, he and Masamune had a lot of fun during the battle. Tsubasa and Kyoya will battle each other next to see who earns the final spot.
Code Lyoko S4 E14

## Plot

This time, Ulrich and Yumi are in the lab in the Amazon. They're cornered by giant cybernetic spiders. Suddenly, we flashback to several hours earlier, but instead of a subtitle, we're helpfully informed by… Principal Delmas? This might just be weirder than the mystery male/female narrator of PR:WF. Sure, the female was revealed to be an adult Alyssa telling the story to her young students, but what about the male narrator? Why did it suddenly switch from male to female? Why was narration even necessary? In gym class, the kids are practicing vaulting. Surprisingly, Odd nails it. He's given four hours of detention by Jim for snarking at him. The others think he deserved it, because he can be pretentious, and brags about himself all the time. He bets Ulrich that he can go 24 hours without bragging. Everyone heads back to the Forest Replica, and Ulrich and Yumi are teleported into the Amazon lab this time. This time, Jeremie has a map of it, and is able to guide them. They can't get the door to the room with the supercomputer open. Last time, Aelita used her digital power to open it. It reminded me of her creativity. Jeremie says he'll figure out something, but Ulrich destroys the panel with his saber, which doesn't open the door. Now they have to cut the power to the door's locking mechanism. Yumi stays by the supercomputer to destroy it while Jeremie guides Ulrich to the generator. There's an activated tower on the replica. Odd and Aelita are attacked by William and three Hornets. Yumi hears a noise and goes to investigate. The cybernetic spiders broke out of the vivarium. They're being controlled by XANA. They attack Yumi, and she runs away. Ulrich slices up the generator, which gets rid of the energy field and short circuits the supercomputer. This takes care of the spiders. The replica starts disappearing, and so do the monsters. William falls into the digital sea. However, the power comes back on in the lab, and an alarm blares. Everything is restored. There's a backup generator somewhere. Aelita will deactivate the tower while Odd fights William, who's returned. He turns him into smoke. Yumi and Ulrich are devirtualized by the spiders, and return to the Skid. Jeremie found the backup generator. He teleports Odd to the lab. He has to destroy the generator, and fast, because Tarantulas are firing on the now defenseless Skid. The spiders are guarding the generator. Aelita is almost at the tower, but she's attacked by Hornets and devirtualized. Odd is on his own. He demolishes all the spiders, and uses his last arrow to destroy the generator. He's teleported back to the Skid. Ulrich and Yumi finally wake up. The replica is destroyed for good this time, along with the monsters. The next day, Jeremie tells Ulrich what Odd did, and that he hasn't bragged about it once. He does soon after, but he doesn't care about losing the bet.
Code Lyoko S2 E4

## Plot

In Sector 5, Aelita is able to collect more data on XANA. Jeremie analyzes it in hopes of finding an anti-virus for her. It's a Monday at 3:00 in the morning. Sissi overhears Jeremie and Aelita talking about how her identity is fake. Sissi records the conversation. The next day, it's a Tuesday at 7:00 AM. Sissi blackmails them to tell her the whole story and be a part of their group, otherwise she'll tell her father. When they try to steal the tape, she goes to tell her father, but they use an RTTP. It's Tuesday again at 7. Except they didn't activate the RTTP. XANA used the data they collected in Sector 5 to take control of the Return to the Past program. He's activated a tower. "Transfer Yumi. Transfer Aelita. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Aelita. Virtualization!" Ulrich and Yumi fight the monsters while Odd takes Aelita to the tower. Since they're all on Lyoko, no one can stop Sissi from playing the recording for her father. Yumi is devirtualized. XANA activates another RTTP. For some reason, Aelita is still on Lyoko. This time, XANA possesses Sissi. Ulrich and Odd rescue Jeremie from her. Jeremie and Odd head to the factory while Ulrich stays behind to fight Sissi. Jeremie figures out that XANA increased his power using the Return to the Past. Aelita is cornered by the Scyphozoa. Yumi and Odd save her and escort her to the tower. Jeremie is able to figure out the code to stop XANA from returning to the past again. Aelita enters the code and saves Ulrich from Sissi. Her recording was also destroyed in the process. It's finally Wednesday, and things are back to normal. They have to be careful about how they use the Return to the Past function though. So, I'm assuming Sissi's possession also caused her to lose her memories.

## Review

This was a good episode. XANA's plan was pretty smart. In season 1, they used the RTTP every episode, but now they can only use it when they really have to, because if they use it carelessly, then they're just helping XANA.
Code Lyoko S1 E20

## Plot

XANA is up to no good again. There's a robot competition coming up. XANA is using the factory to construct robots to fight the kids in the real world. Jeremie's robot is a life size replica of Kiwi. In the final is Herb's Iron Sissi vs Jeremie's Kiwi 2.0. The first to score 5 baskets wins. On Lyoko, Aelita feels pulsations, but can't contact Jeremie. Aelita runs into monsters. Believe it or not, *Herb wins*, 5-4, but I think he sabotaged Jeremie. Kiwi 2.0 just broke apart! That little cheater! Milly and Tamiya recorded the whole thing. They caught Herb cheating. Before Jeremie can confront him, a robot starts attacking students. It's XANA's robot. Jeremie and Odd go to the factory, and Yumi and Ulrich deal with the robot. The robot sabotaged the supercomputer, so Jeremie can't send Odd to Lyoko. Jeremie and Odd fix the computer, and Yumi and Ulrich need Herb's advice on how to deal with a giant killer robot. Odd goes to Lyoko. "Transfer Odd. Scanner Odd. Virtualization!" Odd and Aelita go the long way around to avoid the monsters. Herb reconfigures Miss Hertz's drill. It drills a hole into the back of the robot. It cuts the wires and saves Yumi and Ulrich. They head to the factory. There's another robot there. Ulrich deals with it while Yumi heads to the scanner. Before the others can jump onto the rotating platform with the tower, Odd is devirtualized. Yumi shows up to help. Aelita enters the tower and puts in the code, saving Ulrich in the process. "Return to the Past now!" This time, Herb's cheating doesn't work and Jeremie wins the competition.

## Review

This was an okay episode, but I'm sick of all the filler. Literally almost every episode is filler! It's so boring!
Code Lyoko S3 E4

## Plot

Men in black approach Mr. Delmas and accuse him of being a bomber. The other night a computer of a large weapons manufacturer was hacked, and the trail led them to the school. Specifically, a phone line. They search Jeremie's room. Why is it that writers never understand how law enforcement works? They'd need a warrant to search his room, or at least one to blatantly spy on him. Plus they have no proof other than a phone line. I'm surprised the government is only *now* becoming aware of this stuff, even with the return to the past. Then again, this is a boarding school in France, and these guys could work for "Project Carthage", so all laws are thrown out the window. In case you didn't realize it, I have no clue how the French government or French espionage works. They put a tracer on Jeremie so they can track him. Remember how I said the plot of the last episode was stupid? That was before I saw this one. XANA launches an attack, and the kids head to the factory. The agents and Jim follow them. They don't see an activated tower. It looks like XANA messed with the super scan again. Jeremie is arrested. Why? They have no evidence that he's done anything wrong. And why wouldn't someone call his parents? Odd devirtualizes Ulrich so he can see what's going on after Jeremie doesn't respond. XANA activates a tower in the mountain sector. He possesses the stupid agents. Oh. I thought they were under XANA's control the whole time so he could gain access to the supercomputer. That would've explained all the disregard for due process. Guess I was wrong. The scanners are disconnected, so Yumi, Odd, and Aelita can't be devirtualized, or they'll disappear forever. Ulrich has to run the supercomputer. One of the agents tries to destroy the supercomputer. If it's destroyed, Lyoko and the others will disappear forever anyways. Since Ulrich doesn't know how to get the scanners back online, he goes downstairs to fight the agent. Jeremie was able to make it back, but now they have two agents to deal with. Aelita deactivates the tower, and they explain what happened to Jim. They launch an RTTP so he'll forget everything. I admit it, this episode was actually kind of funny, in a really stupid kind of way.
Angel's Friends S1 E25

## Plot

Raf and Sulfus face off, and Reina decides on the location of the final challenge. An explosion occurs. Everyone is okay except for Arkan and Temptel, who are unconscious for a few moments. They were the closest to the blast when the fake orb blew up. And Raf and Sulfus are missing entirely. Reina sent them back in time, 1,000 years ago to be precise. The two wind up in a rain forest and deduce that it's another trap since they can't hear their teams. Reina was imprisoned in limbo because of a sacrilege that she committed, and only another one can free her. Raf and Sulfus decide to not fight since this clearly isn't the tournament anymore. They decide to observe where they are from higher up. They see two immortal figures and decide to follow them. They see that it's Tyco and Sai, who are basically gender switched versions of themselves in the past.
Cinderella Girls S2 E6

## Plot

Miku and Riina fight over what direction their unit should go in. Meanwhile, Mishiro is looking at a picture of Natsuki, the rock idol Riina and Miku met in episode 1. Rin sings with Nao and Karen. They're really good together, but Uzuki is uncomfortable. Mishiro overhears them singing, and something shifts in her demeanor. Riina overhears New Gen, Karen, Nao, and Mika talking about how Director Mishiro is starting a rock band with Natsuki. Riina talks to Natsuki about the rock band. Riina, despite her image, knows little to nothing about actual rock music. She starts learning all she can right away. However, she starts zoning out during work. Miku is worried that she's been pushing too much of what she wants to do onto her. The two start acting really nice and awkward around each other instead of fighting. Rika jokes that they might split up, but Uzuki takes her seriously for a second and gets worried. Mishiro won't let the band decide their direction. "Professionals" will handle their outfits and the music. Miku and the producer talk about Riina's odd behavior. Minami and Anastasia tell Miku that they saw Riina and Natsuki take off earlier on her bike. The producer wants to talk to Riina, but he remembers what Miku told him about having faith in them too. Natsuki watches their concert. During the show, Riina messes up a dance move and bumps into Miku. They talk things out after the concert. Natsuki overhears them. The producer tells Riina that she has a message. Natsuki, Riina, and Miku perform a rock cover of the song Over! with all the Cinderella Girls watching. Natsuki takes Riina's advice. If you think it's rock, then it is. Natsuki backs out of the rock band Mishiro had planned. She has a back up plan though. It involves Nao, Karen, and Rin. During the credits, Miku, Riina, Natsuki, and Nana Abe hang out together and Natsuki and Nana Abe join Asterisk, at least for the fall concert and the winter ball.

## Review

This was a good episode. We haven't seen much of the producer for season 2. The girls are really starting to handle problems on their own more. Unfortunately, as we'll see later, they don't always handle them the right way, in my opinion at least. I think Natsuki and Nana Abe joining Asterisk will be… interesting, even if it isn't permanent. I'm honestly not sure. Episode 22, aka Season 2 Episode 8 just aired yesterday. As of this writing, at least. And yes, I know I'm dating this by doing that.
Angel's Friends S1 E45

## Plot

Raf tells Sulfus what she plans to do, and asks for his help. He reminds her that Reina used her servant to sneak into the portrait room. This is why you need security cameras in sensitive places where things could be easily stolen. He refuses, not because he's afraid, but because Raf isn't acting like an angel. Uri wakes up, and sees that she's not in their bedroom. She didn't sleep there last night. The girls have noticed that she seems different lately. They decide to talk to her first before they tell Arkhan. She's trying to find the secret incantation to enter the Room of Portraits in the library. When the girls see her right before class starts, she claims that she was studying angelic history for the test today. Sweet didn't know they had a test. She begs Miki to tell her some answers, and she reluctantly agrees. Raf tries to read Arkhan's mind to get the incantation, but he notices and kicks her out of the class. He thinks she was trying to get the answers to the test. Uri tells her that she's worried about her. Raf says she has to pursue this alone, and just asks that she trust her. She does, and they hug again. Throughout the episode, Sulfus keeps running into Raf, and he keeps refusing to help, because this is something that angels just don't do. Raf finally manages to spy on Arkhan and Temptel reciting the incantation when they open the door to the Room of Portraits to free Cox, her ladybug. "Casket of the Secrets, Sanctuary of the Earthly Ones, Room of Every Portrait, the Custodian asks to enter." "Casket of the Secrets, Sanctuary of the Earthly Ones, Room of Every Portrait, the Temptress asks to enter." Reina is spying on Raf. She tells Malachia to prepare to transport a mountain of portraits out of a very large room.
Angel's Friends S1 E8

## Plot

Edward is mugged by Charles, the guy he won the money from in poker. Yay, he's still alive! But now he's a criminal. Or at the very least he wants revenge on Edward for what he did. Temptel and Arkan spend the day in the archives, looking for information on what will happen if a devil and an angel fall in love. Malachia, disguised as a librarian, gives them a book that tells about an angel, Tyco, and a devil, Sai, who fell in love. When they kissed though, it brought about the end of a civilization. Oh. Arkan and Temptel are determined to keep Raf and Sulfus apart. Meanwhile, Kabale wants to convince Edward to take revenge on Charles, and Sweet has to convince him not to. The challenge is a BMX race, which Kabale wins, but only because she cheats. Kabale tells Edward who robbed him and convinces him to take revenge. He starts heading towards Charles' house. Sweet transforms into a police officer and accuses him of being a vigilante. She convinces him to forgive Charles, who comes out to apologize for what he did. The two friends make up, and Sweet wins the challenge. Reina's plan is coming along perfectly. She knows that the more Arkan and Temptel try to separate Raf and Sulfus, the more they'll want to see each other.

## Review

Trust me, this show is about to get much more interesting. By the halfway point at least.
Angel's Friends S1 E14

## Plot

Raf and Sulfus run from the Minotaur. Meanwhile, the girls fight off the eagles, but it takes a while. Raf and Sulfus use their powers to fight off the Minotaur. Neither one is willing to leave the other behind. Sulfus discovers a picture of Tyco and Sai kissing. Raf and Sulfus prepare to face the Minotaur, even if it means dying. (But I thought they were immortal? Or are they like Tolkien elves or something?)

## Review

Wow. That took less than 5 minutes. For me to write what happened, that is. It's so boring and repetitive!
Best Friends Whenever

Best Friends Whenever was a Disney Channel show that premiered on June 26, 2015, and ended on December 11, 2016. A second season was released, but I didn't think it wasn't anywhere near as good as the first, and it was even shorter than the first season, at only 12 episodes, so I won't review it. Only thirty episodes? Really Disney? They would try time travel as part of the main premise again half a decade later with another show called Secrets of Sulphur Springs. Despite having even less episodes per season, it at least got a third one. Heck, some shows don't even get a second one, like Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion. What is it with me and falling in love with certain Disney shows despite my problems with the company as a whole? And the fact that the shows I specifically love don't seem to go very far? Sofia the First was the last Disney show that I watched and fell in love with that got a fourth season, and it ended in early September 2018. It's now almost five years later in late March 2023. I went to college, graduated, got two low paying jobs, etc. My little brother is a full blown teenager in high school now, with a driver's license and everything. Some of his old friends are going to college soon.

## Season 1

Episode 1: "A Time to Travel" Episode 2: "A Time to Cheat" Episode 3: "A Time to Say Thank You" Episode 4: "A Time to Jump and Jam" Episode 5: "A Time to Rob and Slam" Episode 6: "The Butterscotch Effect" Episode 7: "Shake Your Booty" Episode 8: "Jump to the Future Lab" Episode 9: "Cyd and Shelby's Haunted Escape" Episode 10: "When Shelby Met Cyd" Episode 11: "Cyd and Shelby Strike Back" Episode 12: "The Girls of Christmas Past" Episode 13: "A Time to Double Date" Episode 14: "Jump to the 50's" Episode 15: "Diesel Gets Lost in Time" Episode 16: "Fight the Future: Part 1" Episode 17: "Fight the Future, Part 2" Episode 18: "Fight the Future: Part 3"
Angel's Friends S1 E12

## Plot

Uri, Sweet, and Miki have discovered that Raf is missing. Same thing with Cabiria, Kabale, and Gas for Sulfus. They find the notes, and Uri, Sweet, Cabiria, and Kabale go investigate. They realize that someone set a trap for the two and kidnapped them. They jump through the vortex in the challenge room and end up in a forest. They have to work together to save their friends. This is the one thing Reina didn't plan. She makes a Black Sphere and orders Malachia to use it to get rid of them. Raf and Sulfus can't break free because they're immortal, so they transform into humans. They find that the door is already open. Meanwhile, the girls split up and take different paths. Cabiria and Kabale are attacked by eagles and Uri and Sweet are attacked by a bear, all thanks to Malachia.

## Review

This is so exciting! I can't wait to see what happens next!
Angel's Friends S1 E49

## Plot

The girls return to school, and the devils tell them what they missed. They have 44 hours left. Raf has a plan to get the portraits back. It's absolutely crazy, and there's a chance she could be killed, but she has to risk it. She tells the teachers that she's going to infiltrate the wolf's den. Malachia realizes that he's been suffering the same fate as the rest of the humans for as long as he can remember when he sees Raf arrive. Reina invites her in. She claims that she wants to live with her, and points out that she's not an angel or a devil. She says she's just like her now. Reina says that Malachia is her puppet, just like the other humans, and she doesn't know what to do with them anymore. Malachia overhears her. Raf says she'll love her like a mother. Reina knows what she's trying to do, but Raf offers to prove her loyalty with a test. She has to destroy the Golden School. She agrees to do it, and Reina goes with her. Everyone pretends that Raf has betrayed them, and she pretends to fight Sulfus, Kabale, and Cabiria. They "go down" in one hit, and Raf uses Enflame to seemingly destroy the Golden School. Uri and Miki act devastated. Reina agrees to let Raf into the mansion, and the two leave. It's revealed that the school and its destruction was just a massive hologram created by Sweet. The real school is still standing. Everything else is up to Raf, and she's all alone.
Angel's Friends S1 E9

## Plot

All the students have to become humans for the next 12 hours, and can't return to the Golden School unless it's an emergency. It's part of their training for watching over humans. Malachia has to make sure that Raf and Sulfus are alone together. The two end up on the beach after their go karts go out of control. They both get the feeling that someone did this, but they don't know who or why. Apparently angels and devils have a sixth sense. They're summoned back to their teachers before anything can happen though.

## Review

Their teachers are being kind of rude. Then again, the last time it happened it destroyed an entire civilization, so maybe they have a right to be worried. And there's the fact that Reina wants to free herself from limbo.
Angel's Friends S1 E21

## Plot

Arkan canceled classes for the day to investigate what's been happening in limbo. Edward's father is supposed to pick him up, but he never does it because he's always busy with work. Edward's parents are separated. Raf goes with Sweet to watch him, while Gabe decides to give her some free time. Misha decided the same thing about Sulfus. Malachia releases the spider again, presumably to bite Raf and Sulfus again. Except it bites Gabe and Misha, who instantly fall in love with their charges and go to check on them. Kabale brought Sulfus with her to help with Edward. Edward does something bad without either side interfering though, by almost running over some pedestrians. They all decide to work together so Edward doesn't get hurt. Reina's plan is to make Sulfus and Raf jealous of their guardians. Arkan meets with the High Spheres, who call Raf the chosen one. They refuse to let him speak about a legend of a neutral one though.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E29

## Plot

Aw, a Kenta focus episode! Yeah, this is exactly what I need! In a tournament, Kenta's third round battle is interrupted by someone named Sora. Unfortunately, he is not the *Kingdom Hearts* character, or even one of the *Ninjago: Dragons Rising* characters, of the same name. He claims to be Ginga's apprentice (Gag me). He wants to battle against Kenta. He tries to copy Ginga's special move, but just ends up accidentally sending his own bey out of the stadium. Everyone laughs at him and he runs off. He obviously made up the part about being Ginga's apprentice, and is just a really big fan of his. He learns that Kenta is friends with Ginga. After a montage of them hanging out together, Sora still hasn't copied Ginga's special move and doesn't want to take a break. Kenta tells him that his bey probably has its own unique special move and way of battling. Ergo, he should try to figure that out instead of trying to copy his idol. Kenta and Sora enter a competition to get 500 beypoints. It's an obstacle course. Kenta is in the lead, and Sora has a late start. However, Sora uses all of his bey's power to catch up, knock down all of the other opponents, and is in the lead. However, he loses control, which allows Kenta to close the gap. Whoever gets to the top of a waterfall wins. However, a log threatens to send them back. Kenta uses Sagittario's special move to push the log back, and Sora's bey helps him. Another log drops down though, and Sora doesn't know what to do. He unlocks his own unique special move. However, his bey still falls down. He still has to figure out the landing. This means that Kenta wins. Sora decides that he's not good enough yet to enter Battle Bladers. He also leaves Kenta, saying that they both need to travel their own path.

## Review

This was a lot like the first episode, with Kenta filling in Ginga's role and Sora filling in Kenta's old role. Odd, since Sora at least looks older than Kenta, yet he's more immature. I know that the rest of the fan base loves this guy, but I'm just not a fan of him. Make no mistake, he's no Tetsuya, but he feels like a younger, whiny pre character development version of Masamune, a character who will debut in the next season.
Beyblade: Metal Masters S2 E43

## Plot

Masamune hurt his arm after his battle with Zeo, so he can't battle again. He wonders what Zeo was talking about when he said Toby would die if he lost. Ginga will have to face Jack and Damian one after the other. Zeo wakes up, and Dr. Ziggurat tells him that Toby's medical treatment will continue. Before Jack and Ginga can battle, Ryuga shows up, which makes Hikaru freak out again. He reminds Jack that he owes him a battle, making himself the third supplementary member of Gan Gan Galaxy. He's only doing it to settle the score with Dr. Ziggurat. Ginga decides to take a chance and trust him with the battle. He's able to defeat Jack, but Ziggurat doesn't care, because he still got all of the data on L-Drago and its capabilities. However, Ryuga says that isn't all he's got, and launches Meteo L-Drago at Ziggurat's viewing window, which breaks it, and the glass cuts him. Ryuga tells him that he'll settle his vendetta against him one day. As he's leaving, he tells Ginga that he won't accept him losing to those fake bladers in the next match. Before it started, Ryo and Hikaru told the kids everything the WBBA had learned about Dr. Ziggurat and HD Academy. Most of the bladers they recruited weren't highly skilled, like Jack. In just a few weeks, people that were at the bottom of the rankings suddenly became much stronger. They learn who the owner and manager of HD Academy and Team Starbreaker is. He's an expert on energy engineering and neurology. A few years back, he resigned from all of the organizations he belonged to and founded his own company, Hades Incorporated. That's where the HD part of HD Academy comes from. They think he wants to show off the results of his research through beyblade. They show them footage of Zeo and Jack's battles. A change started to happen in their bodies. Sometimes during battle, world class bladers can experience dramatic jumps in power, but neither Zeo nor Jack were exceptionally skilled at all. Their rate of increase makes no sense. Ziggurat has found a way to draw out their hidden strength without any training at all. Technically, it's not strictly against the rules, since he's only drawing out the hidden talents that the bladers already possessed. Most of the students from HD Academy couldn't withstand the sudden change, suffered physically and mentally as a result, and had their careers as bladers cut short. The last three standing were the only ones in the country that could withstand the arrangements, and Masamune finally understands what Zeo meant when he said he became a test subject, and if he didn't show results, he and Toby were done for. Everyone is angry at Ziggurat for how far he's willing to go just to show the success of his research. While the WBBA was conducting their investigation, they discovered that it had close ties to the Dark Nebula. It was really in the control of Dr. Ziggurat. He probably wanted to use the dark power to further his research, but then Ginga foiled those plans by defeating and saving Ryuga. The battle between Damian and Ginga starts.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E35

## Plot

Benkei has entered a huge battle royale with 99 other bladers to win 1,500 bey points. And the last blader to enter is Ryuga, who makes a dramatic entrance with L-Drago. Tsubasa and Yu are also there. All of the other beys charge at L-Drago, with Benkei's Bull leading them. Ryuga defeats them all in a blast of purple light though, without even having to leave the Dark Nebula helicopter. There's one month left until Battle Bladers, and Ryuga is finally making appearances at matches, obliterating all of his opponents. At this rate, he'll get 50,000 points in no time. Ginga, Madoka, Kenta, and Hyoma hear about his return. Ginga has 18,000 points. Tsubasa and Yu are watching Tobio and Ryutaro's matches. They're pretty good, but they're no match for Ryuga, who defeats them both at the same time. At Dark Nebula's HQ, Doji is informed of Ryuga and Ginga's progress. He's annoyed that Ginga may not even make it to Battle Bladers, since he would be a fine meal for L-Drago. He wonders how his points suddenly dropped to zero. They're holding Tetsuya in a cell to find out more information. Thank you so much! Doji and Merci see Tsubasa running around the hallways. Once a month, Merci has to shut down for maintenance, and Tsubasa knows it's his only time to move around freely. He enters the control room where all the data on Ryuga and L-Drago is kept. He watches Ginga and Ryuga's battle, and learns that L-Drago uses dark energy to absorb its opponent's strength at the moment of impact. He wonders how it can do that, but there's no data on that, and he takes out a USB drive. Yu frees Tetsuya. No! What do you think you're doing, you annoying little brat! Before Tsubasa can give the drive to his eagle on the roof, Yu and Doji confront him. Yu came back to get him in trouble, and Doji allowed Merci's maintenance so Tsubasa would feel safe and reveal his plans. He's been a spy all along. He wants to defeat L-Drago himself. He fights all the other Dark Nebula members, and easily defeats them. However, Ryuga shows up.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E23

## Plot

Yu explains that Battle Bladers is a nationwide tournament of one on one battles to decide the best blader in the whole country. Everyone's excited, but then Doji shows up. The Dark Nebula is the tournament's "sponsor." Yu is a member of the organization. Because of the rules of the survival battle, the BBA *has* to cooperate, no matter what. Their hands are tied. To make sure not just anyone can enter, it's decided that a blader must get 50,000 bey points to enter the competition. And Ryuga will also be competing. Battle Bladers will take place in 3 months. Yu praises and looks up to Ryuga since he was the only person who has ever beaten him, and the reason he joined the Dark Nebula back in episode 20. Back at the B-Pit, the gang knows that the Dark Nebula plans to let L-Drago absorb everyone's power in their beys until it's unstoppable. Kenta needs 40,000 more points to qualify, Benkei needs 30,000 more, and Ginga needs 10,000. The group plans on leaving town and going their separate ways for awhile until Battle Bladers. They meet Hyoma, Hikaru, and Kenta's friends at the coliseum. They're going to try and enter Battle Bladers too. So– Oh god, Tetsuya. Ignore! Everyone has an 8 person battle before they all go their separate ways.

## Review

So, I guess this was an okay episode. At the very least, the first half was good.
Cinderella Girls S2 E5

## Plot

On Totokira Academy, the Cherry Blossom class visits. It's really just some other girls from the other variety show, including Nana Abe, plus Chieri, Kanako, and Anzu. This episode tries to hand us the ridiculously stupid idea that Kirari and Anzu are the same age. That is to say, 17. Please, if Anzu is 17, then I'm Katy Perry. She looks like she's 10 or younger, and she's as tall as Miria, who's 11. There's just no way. Both Kanako and Chieri were nervous when they were being filmed. The producer has news for Kirari and Anzu. There's going to be a new segment featuring them because they have good chemistry. Chieri and Kanako will be on it too. They'll be doing taped interviews. Chieri tries to find a four leaf clover for good luck, but can't. Kanako gives her cookies shaped like clovers instead. The location shoot is for favorite characters. Unfortunately, the girls don't do too well. They trip, stand in the shot, can't get people to stop, and are very shy. Luckily, things go well enough that they decide to use it anyways. The producer tells them to use this experience to do better next time. Kanako is on a diet. She wants to focus her energy, because if she doesn't focus, she'll mess up. New Generations invites Karen and Nao to be a part of Cinderella's Ball. Kirari gives the producer some candy. While on the way to the new location shoot, Chieri and Kanako run into Sachiko's group. They were all on the game show together. Today they speak to a glass art craftsman. He can tell they're not really interested in glass art. Before they can do anything, Kanako faints. Anzu asks Kirari what she really thinks about working with her. The producer gives Kanako and Chieri the candy Kirari gave him. He forbids Chieri from using the word frog as her crutch. Kirari says that she likes working with Anzu and it makes her feel happy. Then Kirari lays on her and we get this: "I love being with you, Anzu-chan." Anzu tells Kirari… that she's heavy and pinches her nose. Okay. Sachiko and the others give Kanako and Chieri some advice before leaving. The girls go back into the shop and do much better.

## Review

This was an okay episode. I'd ship Kirari and Anzu, but like I said, I don't think they're the same age. Plus, it feels more like a babysitter and child relationship. I liked Chieri and Kanako in this episode. They're so sweet!
Code Lyoko S1 E21

## Plot

Ulrich is practicing soccer. He scores every goal. He's on the school soccer team. Sissi is a cheerleader. At least, she's trying to be. Yumi is walking when suddenly her feet aren't on the ground. This time, XANA is somehow messing with Earth's gravity. Aelita spotted an activated tower in the Mountain. Ulrich can't go because of his soccer game. While I agree with Jeremie that saving the world is more important, Ulrich has an immense amount of pressure on him to win this game. Plus, they've done other missions before with just two people. Ulrich's parents are coming to the game, and his dad is a real jerk. Even Aelita understands. Yumi, Odd, and Jeremie head to the factory. Aelita is meditating in the Mountain Sector when Jeremie contacts her. "Transfer Yumi. Transfer Odd. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Odd. Virtualization!" Jeremie tries to hack into the network to buy them some time. XANA is going to acquire more power from the science lab's generators. Ms. Hertz is in there. Ulrich is the only one who can save her. He fakes a knee injury to get out of the game. Meanwhile, Odd and Yumi battle monsters on Lyoko. Ulrich saves Ms. Hertz. Aelita uses her creativity to make a bridge to walk across. She's not being hurt by any of the lasers fired at her. But then one of the lasers causes her to lose her balance and fall. The Hornets follow her. It was just a decoy used by the real Aelita to lure the monsters away. Ulrich saves his parents. Aelita enters the tower and puts in the code just in time. "Return to the Past now!" Ulrich is able to play in the game, and this time his friends can come.

## Review

Sigh. Yet another average filler episode.
Code Lyoko S3 E2

## Plot

Jeremie is running for 9th grade representative against Odd. Meanwhile, Yumi is going on a field trip. XANA takes over a tower to possess everyone on the bus to try and kill her. She runs away and contacts the others right before Jeremie has to give a speech. He thinks that Odd can't handle the responsibilities that come with being student rep, and they fight. William, who was given detention, overhears them talking about Yumi being in trouble and XANA and the activated tower. He sneaks off to follow them. Ulrich heads to the forest to help Yumi while Aelita and Odd go to Lyoko. William and Ulrich have to work together to save Yumi. Aelita is attacked and possessed by the Scyphozoa. Now she's under XANA's control and Odd has to fight her. He doesn't do so well and has to deal with a Tarantula. Aelita enters the way tower (the tower used to head to a different sector) and inputs something called Code: XANA. It basically deletes the forest sector, including the activated tower, so at least Yumi and Ulrich are safe. Aelita is back to normal, and Jeremie manages to rematerialize her and Odd before they fall into the digital sea. William thinks he dreamed the whole thing after waking up back in detention. XANA plans on destroying all the sectors so they'll have no way to get to Sector 5 and he can destroy the heart without them interfering. Jeremie has to figure out a way to virtualize them directly into the sector. Everyone, including Jeremie, plans on voting for Odd for student rep and he wins.
Angel's Friends S1 E4

## Plot

Uri is upset because she "gained weight," despite looking exactly the same. Maybe she didn't adjust her scale? Her pet is a firefly. Oh, the angels and devils use their pets to transform into their human forms. Some mean girls make rude comments to her human, Jennifer. She starts having self esteem issues. Sulfus discovers that his burn mark is gone and gives his glove to Gas. Malachia needs the glove for Reina though. Cabiria has to convince Jennifer to change her look. She makes fun of Uri's "weight gain" and decides that the challenge will be rhythmic gymnastics. Her pet is a spider. She cheats when Uri starts winning, so she gets the first move with Jennifer. She convinces her to go inside a beauty salon. Uri styles her, and when Jennifer looks in the mirror she decides that this isn't her. Since the challenge was to see if Jennifer could become a different person, Uri won. Cabiria points out that now no one will ask her to the autumn dance, but it looks like Andrew likes her. Uri is happy the way she is. Gas throws the glove away and Malachia takes it. Reina wants the glove because it has the memory of when his hand was burned.

## Review

I liked this episode. Be yourself, don't change for anyone else, etc. Pretty obvious kids message.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E26

## Plot

Doji and Yu are watching a match with Tsubasa in it, looking for new Dark Nebula recruits. Tsubasa defeats one of their agents. No one really knows who he is, and they can't find any information on him. Doji wants to recruit him, but doesn't have to go to the trouble. Tsubasa goes to the Dark Nebula HQ himself and offers his skills in exchange for money. Even Doji is surprised. And it takes *a lot* to surprise Doji. Tsubasa easily defeats three opponents at once. He wants to battle Ryuga, but he has to fight Yu instead. Tsubasa makes Yu angry enough to use his special move, which makes a hole in the building and short circuits Merci. Eagle is creating a shock wave that cancels out Libra's. In the end, it's a tie. However, Tsubasa reveals that he was holding back during that battle too. Doji accepts him as a member of the Dark Nebula.

## Review

It might be too early to call it, but I'm guessing that Tsubasa's a double agent. This was a good episode.
Angel's Friends S1 E38

## Plot

Malachia is flying a plane, and drops flyers all over the Golden School advertising a Halloween party being thrown at Reina's mansion. Jennifer, Andrew, Edward, Matthew, Helen, and Julia decide to go. Arkhan gives the angels permission to go, but only if they go in their angelic forms, and he reminds them to protect their charges at any cost. However, the girls want to go in their terrestrial forms and wear Halloween costumes, and Arkhan eventually agrees. Temptel also gives the devils permission to go. Sulfus has a good idea for a costume, but he wants it to be a surprise. So does Raf, whereas the other girls have no idea what to dress up as. They decide to visit their charges and see how they dress. Jennifer decides to wear a skeleton costume. Edward is going as a vampire. Uri dresses up as a witch, Miki a ghost, and Sweet a pumpkin. The devils are disgusted when they see that Sulfus is dressed like an angel, and the girls are similarly shocked to see that Raf dressed up as a devil. As the guests arrive, Reina says this is one night they won't forget for a long time. Ironic, considering what actually happens during the night. She eventually puts the humans to sleep and erases everyone's memories of the night except Raf's and Sulfus's.