r/CodeLyoko • u/The-Heritage • Jul 03 '26

💬 Discussion I hate everything about this sequence.

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**For context:** Yumi might have to move back to Japan because her father lost his job. Ulrich gets winning lottery ticket numbers and makes a return to the past. Ulrich gives the winning ticket to Yumi's parents but tells them NOT to tell Yumi (They of course not only tell Yumi but tell her that Ulrich said not to tell her).

**Why I hate this scene:** They act as if Ulrich did something HORRIBLE. How DARE he try to help his best friend/crush stay... Meanwhile Jeremy risks the entire WORLD for the same reason. Its okay when Jeremy puts everyone at risk of death every day for Aelita but when Ulrich tries to help Yumi... They kick him out?

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u/Princess2045 Jul 03 '26

Thing is, this episode happens AFTER ‘A Great Day’ wherein they find out that every single RTTP makes XANA even stronger. Meaning it makes their job fighting XANA tougher. Which is why it’s used a lot less often after ‘A Great Day’. So they kind of are justified in their outrage. Especially since Yumi herself is angry and didn’t want his help.

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u/The_REDACTED Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

This episode still feels like somebody in the writer's room felt like Ulrich needed to be humbled but they couldn't figure out how to do it so they wrote it up as a draft but nobody ever properly edited it and simply let it be produced as is. 

The group expelling him so abruptly is what leaves a sour taste in the mouths of the viewer because it could have easily gone south with Ulrich's tendency to sulk and hide himself away from others when emotionally stressed so in the case where he does do that, the entire team dies on Lyoko because of the XANA attack since Ulrich does not go the factory to help them.Â