CODE LYOKO: RETURN TO THE PAST NOW! EPISODE 74-75: PUSHING LIMITS

 "I Rather Not Talk About It", the 74th episode, Is off Course A Jim Centred Episode. Jeremy, Concerned about the fighting fitness of his team, Convinces Jim to train them on his day off in a Boot Camp.

One may ask What 5 teenagers, (3 With no Martial Arts Training) Can possibly Learn from a Former (Possibly Discharged) Drill Sargent turned High school Groundskeeper (Keep that in mind, as Jim's lives on campus!), 

But keep in mind we now live In a world where there is a video game where eating giant burgers and running a treadmill with a cat is all the training you need to shoot God in the face!

The 5 are Subjected to Boot Camp Level Exercise, and Drill Sargent Nasties, most of them Directed towards Jeremy. Heroes take a Break and Yumi asks Jim about his past. Jim recants the stories that he can talk about. such as his times as a lifeguard, a scuba driver and Bodyguard for the President. Though Jeremy Thinks Jim is a liar and sees Jim in his head as a Lifeguard at a Kiddie Pool, A pool Cleaner and a Custodian at the Secret Service. In the Forest Zone, Xana Activates a Tower. The Heroes are attacked by a wild boar. Jim proves to be the real deal fighting the animal, But when Xana possesses it, it's a different story. XANA/WILDBOAR charges Jeremy, But Jim is Laid Out and Knocked Silly. Ulrich causes a Distraction for the Boar as Aelita, Yumi and Odd head to the factory, Jeremy Staying Behind to tend to Jim, whose leg is Broken.

Because Jeremy and Franz rebuilt Lyoko from scratch, it would stand to reason A new Source Sphere was Made...What makes NO SENSE is having it in the EXACT same Place it was for Xana to attack it and possibly destroy it!

On Real World, Jeremy has used Some plants to camouflage the cave he found as shelter, as well as created a rudimentary splint for Jim's leg. However Jim points out via smell the fronds are Peppermint and Boars hunt by smell, Jeremy needs to Disguise there scents somehow!

Yumi and Odd engage William in Carthage, while Ulrich and Aelita head to the forest sector. The Solution to the scent problem is also the Problem itself: they rub the peppermint on themselves. It now dark so hopefully the boar has terrible eyesight!

On the Forest Zone, Xana has manipulated the terrain again to make the Tower invisible. The Boar chases Jeremie to the boot camps obstacle course. With Odd Defeated, Yumi Attacks and Destroys William. Aelita Deactivates the tower as Jim rescues Jeremy and so the episode ends With Jim on A Crutch, But Jeremy didn't use a Return Trip to erase Jim's Memories. Jeremy and Jim now respect each other and they will need his training in the future!

Hot Shower (Celestial Body in French!) Sees a Comet making it's path to Earth. While the Skid is in the Digital sea searching for William or Franz using it's new Sonar, Yumi's 9th Grade class (THIS IS A CONTINUITY ERROR, SHE'S IN 10TH!) is stuck with Hiroki and Johnny's 5th grade in a diorama contest about the Solar System, Johnny asks to be teamed with Yumi, much to her embarrassment!

In the Factory, Jeremy is watching Exposistion News,(Exposistion News! Plot Details on the hour, every hour!) Tell us that if the comet passing earth today would hit Earth it would cause an Extinction Event, however We finally have an explanation to why there is a Satellite with a DEATH LASER IN SPACE in episode 9: it's for blasting Meteorite!

As you May except. XANA rehacks the Death Laser to aim at the comet, changing it's Trajectory to France, with it's point of impact being the factory, Jeremy plans to Majora's Mask the situation, ie: use the return to the past as many times until the problem is solved.

The skid is stuck in a firewall, meaning heroes can't return to Lyoko, The government has covered up the comet's landing so well, that no-one believes her! Even Jim says something racist! ("I told you Eating Raw Fish is not good for your Brain!" ACTUAL FUCKING QUOTE!) It's only when the meteorites are visible is when action is taken. Aelita Breaks the Firewall with the Computer Science skill of running at it really hard! Jeremy casually Hacks a NATO Satellite as KADIC academy is evacuated, under the guise of a Fire Drill. Jeremy Phones Yumi for her to retrieve his laptop, As Authorization requires two remote sources to for control over the Death laser, of course 2 episodes go by and once again, side characters follow one of the Warriors, this time Hiroki and Johnny.

The Skid Accelerates thorugh Broadband to the Desert Zone, Yumi is told to Connect the laptop to the satellite dish on the roof of the school! But  the door is locked. Turns out Hiroki and Johnny are expert Lock-pickers..... somehow, and Yumi gets to the roof, Jeremy gets through but XANA is pushing them back. XANA's one trick mind in destroying earth so Aelita can't escape Costs It, as Aelita is no targeted for attacks. When she Realises this the others Devirtualizes her. causing Xana's forces to retreat and XANA to Destroy the Meteor Itself, Now XANA does not have the satisfaction of killing Aelita! A return to the past erases the boys involvement in todays adventure, Though Yumi realsies that having a lock on her bedroom is now useless!

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CODE LYOKO, RETURN TO THE PAST NOW!: EPISODES 72-73: WHY MUST I BE A SIDE CHARACTER IN LOVE?

 After wasting 5 minutes of the show with Odd Collecting Girlfriends, we truly open to Jeremy Giving the others a Briefing. He comes out with it: He and Aelita are too dangerous for Xana to be kept alive! And they have being the targets of Xana's direct attacks. If the worse should come to the worse, Jeremy wants to make sure that the others can use the Super-Calculator at his level.

Given that Yumi ballsed up the easiest mission possible, Ulrich used the Return program to cheat the lottery, and Odd...Well at least he has his health!

I think Einstein has his work cut out for him! Also Off-Screen It seems Xana attacked Yumi and Ulrich at the swimming pool and by the way they are blushing, Wardrobe Malfunctions happened!

Y'KNOW! FOR KIDS!

While THE 3 have to cancel their plans, Aelita continues to Audition for the Subdigitals in her Arc. While it's a missed Opportunity for the others to accuse Jeremy of favoritism, Aelita has a 1 in 3 chance to succeed. Meanwhile the others don't understand a thing, And Odd is barley virtualized by Ulrich to the ice zone! Xana Launches an Attack, activating a tower on the Mountain Zone! Xana Teleports a Spectre in the form of a Man in Black to Dispatch Ulrich and Electrocute Jeremy, off screen! Jeremy lives but is unconscious, But before he was lost, he told them where the tower is!

With Ulrich in Jeremy's shoes, Odd in a different zone and Yumi running off on a hunch Aelita is in danger, the stakes cannot be higher! Aelita gets the text message and runs for her safety, right into the Spectre, but Yumi is there to rescue her. Ulrich accidentally teleports The overbike instead of the overboard! Button Mashing, Ulrich uncovers a countdown. Aelita explains that it's Jeremy's Delayed Virtualization Program (The One he used to met Aelita in First Contact). Ulrich into position to be virtualized.

Aelita Arrives to Guide Odd, Before He, Ulrich and Aelita convene on the Mountain Zone, The Spectre Returns to Beat Up Yumi, And William is here with some Krabbes, Ulrich Stabs Odd's Avatar to save Yumi in the real World. The Spectre is Dispersed by the Electrical Charge from the Loose wires, But Odd Virtualizes Yumi despite The Spectre reforming and when it does, Odd will be alone!

Yumi sacrifices herself to save for Ulrich to fell William and Aelita deactivates the tower and the spectre destroyed. Jeremy commends the others for working the supercalculator and Aelita gets the DJ Job and so episode 72 ends with Odd Implying like Yumi and Ulrich, Aelita and Jeremy had a similar Wardrobe Malfunction in the Gym when Xana attacked them off-screen!

Episode 73-Replika, in the Digital Sea, the Warriors found a Mass that Jeremy Surmised to be a New Base of Operations For Xana, a Replica of Lyoko.

A chain of Lies and Midadventures causes Odd and Aelita to be sent to Detention and for Sissi's Goons Nicolas and Herve to see the rest go to the Factory, because i suppose even Sissi's Lackies need an endgame, they were given new costumes too, i suppose!

Being Given Detention ( Odd for skipping Class, and Aelita for lying about it!) Aelita takes up Nicolas' offer of a date, Rather that spend anymore time with Odd! When Aelita breaks it off (Seriously, in the next scene Jeremie is there to remind Aelita and us, that they are Dating!) Nicky-Boy then asks Herve if he wants to have the same "Fantastic Experience in the Moonlight!)

No it's not Cartoon Network being WOKE 15 Years before Steven Universe! (FAT LOT OF GOOD IT DID IN THE UK!), Turns out Nicolas wanted a spotter for Night-fishing under the bridge that connects the factory. Where France's answer to Beavis and Butthead spies our heroes heading to the factory to explore the Digital Sea!

The Bumbling Goofs Explore the factory, the only way Comedy Henchmen know how! The Skid moors itself in the Replika of the Forest Zone, and only the Forest Zone. Jeremey Surmises that the Digital Sea, which is the entirety of the internet must contain more of these Replikas!

Ulrich and Yumi have had enough of the others and made Odd and Aelita guard the skid while they do recon! But they are outmatched by the attacking Megatanks, Jeremy redirects power from the Supercalculator to the Skid's Shields. Deactivating the Return to the past. Thankfully Jeremy sees no reason to use that to cover there tracks tonight.

THEN NICOLAS AND HERVE TURN UP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_asNhzXq72w

William also joins the party, while Jeremy leaves the Control to Outsmart Nicolas and Herve (AN EASY TASK!), Yumi and Ulrich return but not before Odd is sent back. 

Odd has a plan to get rid of the two Dipsticks but it requires Aelita and Jeremy to "Keep an Open mind!"

Odd's Plan is ....

   

Having Herve and Nicolas "catch" Odd and Aelita Kissing!

The next morning, Jeremy slightly peeved, tells the others that Replikas must be powered by other Supercalclators all over the world.... Which makes sense! Keep in mind in the season 2 and beyond end credits, Franz headed a Team of Scientists and as we find out from the other missions, All of them where Naughty Boys! Jeremy wants to Deactivate the SuperCalculators via travel by the Replikas and teleport into the real world to that local, but the risk is deadly, He is now working on a way to Virtualise the Powers into the real World!

But that is a Problem for next time, as of right now, Sissi doesn't believe what her goons saw, after all it's common knowledge that Aelita is Odd's "Cousin"

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CODE LYOKO: RETURN TO THE PAST NOW!: EPISODES 70-71: THE SKIDBLANIR ARC

 As stated in Opening Act, Jeremy and Aelita were working on Programming what Jeremy referred to a "ship". We open on the Two with Odd throwing a tennis ball around sensitive machinery like the idiot he is! He does tell the audience that the ship is a submarine and we Cut to Ulrich and Yumi cuddling in their sleep, though waking causes them to be embarrassed, Possibly due to them only seeing each other because of the guilt of keeping William a secret, rather than it being a real relationship.

As the Heroes Return to Kadic in the Dead of Night, Jeremy tells them that the Sub's Power core must be installed at 4pm Sharp. If not The Core will React like a Black Hole and Destroy everything Virtual: I Don't know why they just don't use it to kill Xana for sure with it, But If we take Aelita's Black Hole Analogy at Face Value, It will mean the Internet as Whole will be Destroyed.

Though Jeremy Interjects stating only ALL HIS programs will be erased, letting Xana Run roughshod as it will take Jeremy Months to re-write programs from Scratch.

However, a known student couple, caught working in their Pajamas in Jeremy's room by the Caretaker Jim, is seen as a serious offence of the Boarding Arrangements by Monsieur Delmas who gives the Genius Couple Detention with Jim in Charge!

The others Ask how they will continue today's plan, Aelita shockingly just says they plan to run away from Jim, After all, IT'S JUST JIM!...Jim However in a show of Competence and maybe the Deja Vu is back, tails Jeremy and Aelita til 4 o'clock, With Odd trying to rescue the 2 with Silly plans like Pretending Jim has won the lottery and Wind up Mice, and to make Matter Worse, William has Commanded a Battalion of Kreepers to Sabotage the Submarine!

Using Morse Code with his watch, (After His phone is confiscated and the others, Via Human Ladder try to aid his escape!) Yumi tells them about the attack, at the Factory the boys Virtualize to Carthage with Yumi has Mission Control, with Jeremy sending co-ordinates remotely as Aelita distracts Jim!

IF THEY MADE THIS THING INTO A TOY, THEN CODE LYOKO WOULD NEVER HAVE BEING PUSHED TO CN'S WEBSITE, YES SADLY WE ARE AT THE STAGE WHEN CARTOON NETWORK UK DID TO CODE LYOKO WHAT THEY DID TO STEPHEN UNIVERSE, AND NEITHER SHOW WILL EVER HAVE THEIR FINAL EPISODE TELEVISED!

We See the Submarine and it's Massive, it looks like a Turtle mixed with Squid tentacles, than a commonplace Submarine! Delmas arrives and confiscates the laptop off Jeremy and leaves Yumi Hanging. Ulrich fights William. Odd fights an increasing number of monsters, Yumi trying handle everything and Jeremy haggling with Jim for his computer back, All uphill Battles. That's when Yumi thinks outside the box and calls unlikely help, Her Brother Hiroki and his Creepy Friend Johnny to Unleash Odd's Dog Kiwi to distract Jim, and it works! The Genius Couple are Inbound

Jeremy takes his place, as the Girls are virtualised, just as Odd is Destroyed, Ulrich is destroyed by his own sword when William Disarms him. The Sub's Shields are Depleted and we only have 5 minutes left. In a shock to me, It's Aelita who defeats William, With him gone the Monster retreat without a leader and Jeremy installs the Engine Core.

In the Hermitage, The heroes try to Think of a name, It's when Aelita finds a Book belonging to her Father, a book on Norse Legends. She was told a story of a longship that could even travel on land and always reached it's destination.

The Ship's name was....

Skidbladnir!

Episode 71 is Maiden Voyage, We finally see new Civilian Clothes for our heroes and side characters though at first glance at Jeremy, It's seemed like a Pallet swap, I'll get into the changes when I Finish the season and the series!

We open Properly with a Gym Class on Rock Climbing where Jim says something Surprisingly Profound!

"Only by Challenging Yourselves, You can move Mountains, and then Climb them!"

Jeremy is called First and falls in front of the class. Despite Aelita's attempts of Comforting him, Jeremy fells inadequate about his body, to the point he doesn't hear the full Announcement by Mr. Delmas about today's Fire Safety Day, which classes have being cancelled for!

During the Maiden Voyage from Carthage, the Navigation System Bugs up Leaving them all Literally dead in the water, Without a Guiding System, the shields will run out of power and Everything will Dissolve, But Jeremy has a back-up system in his room....except he learns from Jim that the announcement he didn't listen to was that Dorms are out of Bounds and Guarded for a realistic Fire Drill!. Jeremy felt inadequate about his Body is now forced to LE PARKOUR! over the school Roof!

In the Digital Sea, Something's Immense Gravity is drawing the Skid closer, When Aelita realizes, it's not Lyoko, she pulls away and straight into a pair of new Monsters, Laser Shooting Eels later Christened Kongres!  

Jeremy finds his CD-ROM and Returns to the lab, but he needs time. Thankfully the Tentacles can Detach into 3 X-Fighter like pods called Skid-Navis to Attack the Eels. Jeremy Remote Fixes the Navigation and the Pods reattach to the Skidbladnir as it Returns to Carthage.

On Solid Ground, Jeremy explains that the Gravitational Force was a Replika of Lyoko and possibly XANA'S New Base of Operations and they will explore it...Just not today!

And we will Join them, When we Review Crash Course and Replika, Next week when we...

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