Monday, January 25, 2021

CODE LYOKO: RETURN TO THE PAST, NOW: EPISODES 68 AND 69-GET YER MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER!

 Opening Act (Ironic it is the first episode today) is a filler episode, But it's an Important Filler Episode!



It's Lunchtime and the Boarding school Canteen is abuzz of big news: Chris, the drummer of the Band Subdigitals, is Visiting Kadic, Turns out He has an Uncle on the Faculty, which is revealed to be Jim.

Chris Arrives to Screaming Fans and Huge Acclaim to the school. The Drummer is holding auditions for Talented Children to open their concert as a DJ. Delmas cancels Lessons as everyone in school Auditions, and Aelita would like to, but Jeremy reminds her that recreating the Forest sector and programming "THE SHIP" is too important, leading Aelita to be crestfallen and distracted!

With everyone Not up to snuff, and Odd blowing his chance, Chris leaves the auditorium for a break. Chris Hears Music from the Auditorium (Played by a late-running Aelita, who then leaves the room crying!) Chris returns to the once again, empty room, only to be attacked by XANA!



Milly and Tamiya walk by the Heroes, Sans Jeremy, who tells them Chris is looking for the "Cinderella Dj" as they put it! Aelita runs towards the Staff room where Chris is standing to hand him her Demo....except it's not Chris....it's a spectre, who shocks Aelita, making her drop her Demo and Brazenly Carries her Past Milly and Tamiya to the factory.

Finding Aelita's Demo. Odd confronts Chris in an attempt to look in his eyes for the telltale Mark of xana. If it's not possession it's must be a spectre. Chris and Jim involve themselves after Odd says too much,Ultimately fighting the spectre and buying enough time to save Aelita in the new Forest sector, we also get new Animations for the transfer sequence-revealing the new Civilian costumes and returning to the clothes they usually were up to this point. WHOOPS!

One return to the past to wipe Jim and Chris' memory and Jeremy had delivered Aelita's Demo to Chris, Winning the competition to be the opening act and starting Aelita's Endgame Arc: A life after XANA!

Wreck Room is also a filler, But it's not as important, Fake William is somehow elected to be Curator of the school's new Rec Room, But he's too Stupid and Naive to perform anything properly, Meaning Odd, Yumi and Ulrich are left behind to Cover, while the Genius Couple Try and track down William via the Digitized DNA sequence of Fake William

Of Course, Somthing Goes Wrong and Fake William, Being a Spectre, Reverts to something akin of the real William, An Over-competitive Jackass, who trounces Jim in Ping-pong over and over, at least it keeps him distracted from killing everyone! Forcing Aelita into the Dessert, Unfortunately, Aelita's ability to Enter Towers is also Bugged!

The Tower is Took over and XANA/FAKE WILLIAM Attacks Yumi. When Aelita See's William Slaying Krabbes, She's convinced Xana can't control 2 Williams at Once and the Real William is Free from XANA's Control!

(SIGH....HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEING DOING THIS NOW, AELITA ? 1994?)


With Ulrich Stuck with Sissi when the others spilt up, only Odd and Yumi make it too the Factory. Fake William chases Sissi and Ulrich to the roof of the school ending with them fighting to hang on! William Slaughtering Odd and Yumi's avatars, Jeremy Fixes The Bug and Aelita deactivates the tower causing a return to the past just as Ulrich and Sissi fall from the roof. And So they Make Sissi the Curator in the new timeline, It Doesn't seem like much but making the Selfish Brat care for people will set up her Endgame for season 4.

Sorry for the Short Review, But as of Next month, I am Rewriting most of last years reviews with the Storyline chapters for Sabotage By Sleep. Please follow my Twitter when these Remasters are finished.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

CODE LYOKO, RETURN TO THE PAST NOW! EPISODES 66-67: INNOCENCE LOST

 2021

THE FIRST REVIEW OF THE YEAR

THE LAST SEASON OF THE SHOW

The Beginning of the End!

PREVIOUSLY ON CODE LYOKO...

After mission after Mission that forced Jeremie to Reset Time, thus making XANA stronger, The Warriors elected to Add William to their ranks despite his obsession with fellow Warrior Yumi.

In A mixture of Badly timed annoyances and Overconfidence, XANA Possessed William, who one shots Aelita and does the same to the Lyoko Code Data, Erasing The Virtual World forever. Deep in the Digitial Sea (The Pure Unformed Code of the internet.) Xana has Molded William into his image. Despite Seemingly losing all their sources, Jeremie gets a message from an unlikely Ally: Franz Hopper, Aelita's Father and the Creator of Both Lyoko and Xana, who was assumed Dead!

So We start With Episode 66-William Returns

So we get new Opening Credits for the last season with all the changes I will get to when they happen, and as we get to the title screen, the stark reminder of no Map, Lyoko is gone forever.

To cover William's disappearance, Jeremie uses the Voice Distortion Device to trick Principal Delmas onto thinking William has returned to Canada. Though if William's family should turn up it will be a different story, However Aelita is confident that Franz's Algorithm will do it's job, recreating a Partial Lyoko!

Since the last Episode, the Effects of how each warrior acted towards their respected annoyances is now canon, for Jeremy (Who's name is now being spelt as the common spelling!) Jumping out the window and legging it have left them unfriended by Millie and Tamiya, but the Junior Reporters are not just mad at Jeremy...But at all his class, since Sissi used her position as Principal's Daughter to become Editor of the ailing Kadic Herald.

That Night at the Factory, despite Reservations of Trusting Franz again.The Partial Lyoko is created, Namely the Artificial Sun and Sector 5-Carthage-Inside it! When the Team return home, and with Xana's home turf re-existing, that night a transporter pod opens and a familiar face walks out!

Jim finds Odd the next morning and hands him a newspaper, Jim's past as an actor in a musical film as being found out and the groundskeeper blames Odd, who found out about it in Season 3. Odd tells Sissi Blackmail is Bad, M'kay!...Only because Odd was going to use the film to blackmail Jim in the first place but got talked down by his friends! When Sissi asks about William's disappearance, the cover story is used...Until William himself turns up!

Taken to one Side, William claims he doesn't remember anything after being possessed by XANA. Jeremy's scan reveals William is not possessed, nor has Xana have control over the only tower on Sector 5. With that being said he finds it impossible that someone would be able to survive the Digital sea without outside help or being recoded by his DNA.

Saving Aelita from being hounded by Sissi, William Reveals he is not possessed by Xana, but a willing  Agent, who can turn on the power when he pleases! and Aelita is Kidnapped. Odd is punished by Jim to recreate every scene of Paco the King of Disco in Jim's old costume, as he film's it!



With a Crash and a thud, William and an Unconscious Aelita is Virtualized on Lyoko as William Levitates Her Prone Body out the Central Room. Ulrich is virtualized First as Jeremy reveals since he recreated Carthage, the Sector no longer changes it's appearance every time anyone enters it! But not the Monsters, they are still there!



In conjunction with having being giving Yumi's Telekinetic powers, Xana has also gifted William with Supersmoke, An Upgrade of Ulrich's Super Sprint, Turns William into a Fast Moving Shadow, Faster anything than his former love rival can put out! Yumi arrives at the factory as Odd's Humiliation continues! Jim Learns a lesson about meme Culture, Even silly and terrible things can be loved, As he is swarmed by fans. Odd Uses the distraction to escape.

Aelita is Carried to By William, Just as Yumi is Virtualised. Odd finally makes it, As William and his victim mount a Manta to escape Carthage, But with no other sectors,Jeremy realizes Xana plans to Drown Aelita in the Digital Sea and Destroy her forever!

OH NO(!)

It's not like she survived that already or Touching Virtual Water can be Nerfed for Plotline Convenience! Ulrich is taken out just as Odd arrives.

We See a Close up of the Artificial Sun of Lyoko

And the Digital Sea Below as Aelita come to, Yumi is thrown by William and Odd uses his arrows before Yumi gets Erased by the Digital Sea (AGAIN!)

Odd saves Aelita, Just as William returns to the Digital Sea,Back to Xana. And So the Episode Ends with Jim Forgiving Odd and embracing his past as He Performs as Paco, King of Disco in School Assembly.

Episode 67 Double Take-With All the Sleepless Nights, Recreating Lyoko Upgrading The Avatars, Studying and Covering for William's Absence, Jeremy has done something drastic to pass his requirement of Gym and use to the free time to continue doing all this: Create a Spectre to pose as him in Gym class, But only because Jim has threatened that William be physically seen before Curfew, Scuppering Jeremy's planned unveiling of the new Equipment.

Fake Jeremy is more athletic, and talks like a Jive-turkey, who chats up Yumi in front of Aelita and beats up Odd when he Suspects Xana!

Getting a call from the Real Jeremy, he confirms the fake is a spectre powered by an activated tower in the newly created Desert Zone, Which is invaded by William, who reveals another stolen power Gifted by XANA-An Upgraded CODE: XANA that doesn't need to be installed inside a tower, just near one! Turning Fake Jeremy into XANA/FAKE JEREMY, Though it's actually a struggle for Control Between the two!

A fight between A briefly Controlled fake Jeremy and Odd in Gym class is the excuse to make sure Fake Jeremy is secured in a broom closet, When William gains full control the fight gains the attention of Pricipal Delmas, who XANA/FAKE JEREMY blasts with energy. While Aelita, Ulrich and Yumi head to the Factory and gain new Avatars

SIGH....
I HATE THE SEASON 4 AVATARS!

I don't like that these costumes now make the 13-16 YEAR OLDS Pass as adults! All the Uniqueness and cultural nods are now replaced by generic boiler suits! Ulrich's Pants now have a giant Ball Window that is awkwardly big for pants for a boy his age! Odd's upper chest and arms are armoured, which makes to sense for a ranged fighter to have. The Worst offender is Yumi's costume, No longer a Geisha, Yumi is just a Generic Ninja, In a time where Avatar, Power Rangers Ninja Storm and Naruto existed all at the same time. It would help if she gains new powers like the others but Nope! Also Aelita must have given Jeremy one hell of a side-eye for her boyfriend to give her an armoured Bustier, a Transulent Skirt and Hot Pink Kinky Boots!

The New Suit have New Weapons and Gear, Ulrich has 2 swords now, and Since Fall from Great heights has being Aelita's schtick, she now has a star shaped bracelet that give her Pink Angel Wings!

After William Shows us how percptive he is, Killing the Real Ulrich after using Triplicate, Aelita deactivates the tower. Yumi is cornered by William who tussles with her hair, like he's fighting the brainwashing, only to push her into the sea below. That's when Odd debuts his costume officially! and only good thing about this costume is after this episode i never have to see the pissing dog on his chest ever again!

After a Return to the past to cover up the Attack on Delmas Jeremy finds a new use for the Spectre: Having it pose as William til they can get the real one back! The Copy looks and sounds like him but is naive and doesn't understand figures of speech!

But this marks the End of Innocence of our Adventure, This no longer a Secret Game, or a virtual fairytale where the princess now lives on Earth! The Heroes are covering up a grievous mistake: a friend has become a terrorist, and in this final Season, the fight against XANA bleeds into this world as the new avatars will grant them powers in reality, making teenagers pass off as adults fighting Professional Soldiers. Friendships will be tested, Overconfidence will broken, and could the love of 2 genius stand up to what will happen?

For Now we are finished, Join me Again when Aelita's Future after XANA is reviewed as we look at Opening Act and Wreck Room! When we....

RETURN TO THE PAST 

NOW!