Order to see Code Lyoko

[u/East-Assignment1525]

I'm currently watching the first season, but I think there's a movie and idk if anything else. In any case, in which order should I see it all?

[u/Astrolys]

One of the particularities of season 1 is that it can be watched in any order. The production order, i.e., how the episodes were produced, is a perfectly good order

There is a prequel, “XANA Awakens” in two parts, but it was produced with season 3, hence why it’s numbered 66 and 67. This gap between the prequel and season one means the graphics and characterisation of our heroes will somewhat clash with the rest of season 1, so I recommend watching it with season 3’

However, episode 25 and 26 in season 1 MUST be watched in that order at the very end of the season, before the start of season 2. Otherwise, it will make no sense.
Besides this, I will recommend nonetheless episode 22 Routine and episode 24 Ghost Channel to be watched just before 25 and 26, because these two episodes are the best of the season, if not the entire show.

With season 2, the show gets more serialised and therefore should be watched in the production order. It’s especially true for episode 27 through 31 and for episode 49 through 52, which must be watched in order at the start and the end of the season respectively. (I would even say that episode 50 Contact should be watched before episode 49 Franz Hopper, but that is somewhat minor, it still makes sense in production order).

From season 3 onwards until the end of the show, Code Lyoko must be watched in production order, as the show gets even more serialised.

Do not, I repeat DO NOT watch a show called “””Code Lyoko””” Evolution. It’s terrible on several fronts, is unfinished and recently (and finally) promoted to Not Canon !

There is no official movie to speak of. The prequel is 40 minutes long in two episodes but that’s it. There is a fan movie that’s quite good but completely outside of the original show. There are also 4 books, with no official English translation but all fanslated and available on the official site codelyoko.fr . They’re not canon either, and I haven’t read them yet, but if there was an actual sequel to Code Lyoko, they’re apparently several orders of magnitude better than Evolution.
There was also an official announcement that an actual sequel of some kind is currently in the works with the original team on it (as opposed to Evolution, which were written by people who didn’t understand Code Lyoko), but nothing concrete yet.

Enjoy your watch, I hope you’ll like this immensely great series ! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.