The Trap (Code Lyoko episode)
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"The Trap" is the fourteenth episode of the French animated television series Code Lyoko. It premiered in France on December 3, 2003 and in the United States on May 6, 2004.
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[edit] Summary
A year after first discovering the supercomputer and Aelita, the group decides to throw a surprise party for the virtual girl. Sissi catches wind of the party, and follows Ulrich and Yumi to the Factory. On the way there, XANA possesses the abandoned manufacturing plant as a whole. Jeremie and Odd are the first to arrive at the Factory, finding the elevator to be inoperable. They head off to find the fuse box. Once Ulrich and Yumi arrive there, Sissi confronts them about it. They tell her to leave, but XANA's earlier possession allows him to trap all three in the elevator and drop them to the bottom of the shaft. Sissi and Yumi come out without injury, but Ulrich's arm is broken in the fall. Meanwhile, Jeremie and Odd have to deal with the possessed Factory equipment.
[edit] Recap
The episode begins in the Factory. In the paper and wire-strewn executive office area (seen from the front of the Factory, that "ship's bow" full of bay windows), odd happenings are going on. In the computer control room, an entire wall of monitors that haven't been activated in years suddenly flash to life, each one displaying the Eye of XANA. In the room containing the Assembly Line below the Factory Floor the conveyor belts begin moving and various plugs, cranes and automated drills come to life.
It is night at Kadic Junior High School and Jeremie is talking to Aelita via his desktop computer. He tells Aelita that it is her 'first birthday', explaining that it's been one year since they first discovered her and Lyoko -- the "birth" of their friendship. Jim can be heard yelling at Odd and Ulrich in the hallway, asking if they're asleep. Realizing that Jim might yell at him too, Jeremie stops his work and gets to bed.
Later the next day, Jeremie proposes that they throw a party for Aelita. Ulrich and Yumi go to the Factory early, not realizing that Sissi, suspicious about their activities, has followed them. She confronts them on the Factory Floor and gets into the Factory Lift with them, which unexpectedly closes and traps them inside. The lift falls at rapid speed before finally stopping in the shaft a long way below the Lab. Ulrich's arm is broken in the fall, and Sissi is knocked out cold. Ulrich is conscious and tells Yumi to use the shaft's maintenance ladder in order to reach the Lab. As Yumi begins her ascent, she comments that she has a slight fear of heights.
Jeremie and Odd arrive at the Factory and find the lift is not working. They take an alternate route through the machine rooms in the forefront of the Factory. As the two descend the steps into the Assembly Line (cleverly shut down by XANA so that it looks inactive), Odd comments in wonder that he forgot what the machine rooms looked like. Jeremie contemptuously calls the rusting machines pieces of junk. Suddenly, the mechanical contraptions activate and attempt to kill the two. A robotic plug on tractor treds picks up Jeremie by his shirt and deposits him a conveyor belt that ends with a mechanical crusher. Odd rescues Jeremie, but is put on the conveyor belt by another automated plug. He sees a ceiling crane running along its track. Once positioned overhead, the plug comes down rapidly and tries to crush Odd's face. Odd parries with a metal rod, which the plug wrenches out of his hands. After escaping the conveyor belt with his friend's help, Odd and Jeremie evacuate the Assembly Line. They run for the Turbine Room, which is on the way to the Lab. Jeremie sees an excess amount of steam emitting from the boilers and sees them shaking and rumbling ominously. The genious suspects the boilers are also part of the trap. Odd asks Jeremie if he's good at running. Jeremie replies by saying "I'm better at math than gym." Odd says, "Math isn't going to help you here." The two make a run for it and miraculously make it to the other side of the chamber before the boilers rupture and detonate, spewing shrapenel and steam that would have otherwise killed the two boys.
After running the gauntlet they make it to the Lab. Jeremie sends Odd to the Scanner Room through a hatch in the floor, and transfers, scans and virtualizes him into Lyoko. Yumi makes it up to the Lab seconds later, and Jeremie sends her to Lyoko as well.
In the lift, Sissi has awoken and is frightened. Ulrich comforts her, and she binds his broken arm in a sling, asking if she is a good nurse. But as soon as the two start a conversation, water has started to leak into the lift shaft through a crack in the wall. It enters the lift, gradually filling it up. Ulrich tries to hold the ceiling hatch closed, but finds it impossible with his broken arm and cannot stop the flow. Under great strain, he lets go and allows the lift to flood.
On Lyoko, Odd and Yumi destroy the attacking monsters with a barrage of laser arrows and Japanese war fan. The two manage to get Aelita to the Tower just in time. Aelita deactivates it as Ulrich and Sissi are about to drown, and Jeremie activates a time reversion.
Back in the past, Jeremie, Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi are in Jeremie's Dormitory, crowded around Jeremie's computer. Aelita is on the screen, wondering what this is about. They reveal a cake with a single candle on it to celebrate Aelita's birthday.
Sissi, Hervé, and Nicolas sneak to the open door to Jeremie's dorm to watch. Aelita asks what is going on and is confused. Yumi says they're sending her something from their world. Jeremie holds up a birthday cake to the still-confused Aelita and the group says in chorus "Happy Birthday, Aelita!" Amid the festivities, Ulrich notices Sissi at the door and she tries to hide. Ulrich, remembering her kindness before the time reversion, smiles at Sissi. Hervé comments to Nicolas, saying that it is idiotic to celebrate a computer's birthday. Sissi, pleased by Ulrich's reaction to her presence, declares birthdays for inanimate objects a good idea, and tells Hervé and Nicholas to get a cake for tomorrow to celebrate the birthday of her make-up kit.
[edit] Memorable Quotes
- Aelita: And am I supposed to do something?
- Odd: Yeah! Save me a piece of cake!
- Yumi: One track mind!
- Jeremie: Don't listen to that glutton.
- Odd: Speak for yourself four-eyes!
- Yumi: Calm down you guys!
- Sissi:(After seeing the cake for Aelita) Well, I think it's a great idea!
- Odd: Too bad this isn't Lyoko... at least I have super powers THERE !
- Ulrich: I swear, if we get out of here alive, I promise to be nicer to you in the future, Sissi.
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Escaping the Elevator
In the elevator, Sissi and Ulrich could have floated on top of the water, something most people can do, especially ones with access to Kadic's pool. It could've worked even with Ulrich's broken arm. This way, they could have escaped the elevator and avoided drowning. (Although Ulrich would've needed Sissi's help to climb through the hatch.)
[edit] Cinematic Notes
- At one point, Jeremie tells Yumi that her point loss is too high, but Odd is the only one getting hit with enemy fire.
- During the battle on Lyoko, Jeremie reads that Yumi's lifepoint count is 10 and that Aelita's is 80. Aelita had used her creativity prior to this count, meaning that she would have had less than 80 lifepoints.
| Preceded by: "Just in Time" |
Code Lyoko episodes | Followed by: "Laughing Fit" |
