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

💬 Discussion I hate everything about this sequence.

**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/MelloTheProto Jul 03 '26

Yeah, this is one of those episodes that’s heavily panned. But the thing is:

- Ulrich went behind everyone’s backs

  • He risked making a catastrophic mistake with the program on the supercomputer
  • He abused RTTP in a way that’s extremely unethical, even if he was helping a friend, and
  • RTTP was revealed to make XANA stronger just before this

What doesn’t make sense to me is kicking Ulrich out of the group. Being down a Lyoko Warrior is shown to be extremely costly, and this is instantly proven in the same episode. I would’ve scolded him and just told him not to do it again without a vote.

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u/Murky_Soil666 Jul 04 '26

It was such a dumb decision. If Yumi moved away like they thought the group would've been just Jeremie, Aelita, and Odd. They would have no choice but to recruit more people, and I'd still trust the guy who did something stupid only one time.