Tip-Top Shape

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"Tip-Top Shape" is the forty-seventh episode of the French animated television series Code Lyoko. It premiered in France on January 25, 2006 and in the United States on October 28, 2005

[edit] Summary

During the school physicals, XANA possesses the school nurse and has her kidnap Aelita. The rest of the group beats her to the Factory, but has no way to get Aelita from the far more powerful nurse. Having no other choice, Jeremie decides to test out an experiment which will give a person the same powers as one possessed by XANA. To do this, he has to activate a tower like XANA. His turn green instead of red. Odd volunteers, and is enhanced by a ghost of Jeremie's design. This allows Odd to fight the nurse effectively while the others deactivate the Tower. This fortune doesn't last, however. XANA is able to take over Jeremie's Tower, reversing the effect of the ghost to drain Odd's energy. Now the group has to deactivate not only the original Tower, but the Tower that's draining Odd's energy.

[edit] Recap

It's time for class physicals at Kadic Junior High School. The various students in the building are discussing their various problems, such as Hervé's acne, Juilen Xao's near-sightedness, or Odd's scrawniness. Julien is trying to memorize the eye chart to avoid getting glasses. Odd still refers to himself as svelte. Sissi talks to Ulrich about how her medical record is perfect—perfect weight curve, perfect height curve, everything. Jeremie is talking to Aelita about her lack of any medical record or vaccinations. He's worried that they'll learn she isn't completely human. She's sure everything will be fine, saying that Jeremie seems to find her human enough. The nurse calls in Jeremie, Julien and Odd to start.

In the school-based medical center, Yolande Perraudin does little more than confirm what each already knew. Odd is indeed scrawny and Julien is not only near-sighted, but has a bad memory on top of it. Aelita and Sissi are next. Sissi finds out that she's five pounds overweight, not that she'll accept it as true. Aelita asks about her missing medical record, which Yolande assures her won't be a problem. Meanwhile, Jeremie's computer picks up an activated Tower. He has Ulrich wait for Aelita while he and Odd head to the Factory. Yolande is XANA's target and is possessed by the black ghost. A scream from Sissi alerts Ulrich to this, but XANA-Yolande has already left with a kidnapped Aelita.

At the Factory, Jeremie is informed of XANA-Yolande's possession. He locks down the elevator to slow her down. Seeing as how they can't deactivate the Tower, he has a new idea to try out. He's going to make his own ghost to possess one of his friends. That way, they can fight on the same terms with a possessed human.

On the Factory Floor, XANA-Yolande arrives with Aelita. She finds the elevator disabled and heads for the access corridor. Ulrich shows up to delay her. XANA's victims always get stronger with each possession, and today is no exception. XANA-Yolande has the ability to form energy into concentrated spheres to attack her enemies with them. Ulrich isn't much of a match for the attacks.

Back in the Lab, Jeremie starts his test by activating a Tower in the Mountains Sector. His activated Tower is green instead of XANA's trademark red. He uses his own ghost to possess Odd. Unlike XANA's victims, Odd is in complete control of his cognizant abilities.

Back on the Factory Floor, Aelita has managed to get away from XANA-Yolande and escaped through Machine Room B (the lower assembly line). However, she's trapped at the entrance to the corridor. XANA-Yolande eventually knocks out Ulrich and heads back to get Aelita. As she does, Odd comes out from the corridor and attacks her. Both are evenly matched. Odd plays for time while Aelita and Ulrich escape.

In the Factory's subterranean Hydroelectric Utility Station, XANA-Yolande and Odd fight to see who is better. Odd seems to do better at first, using the abilities he just got as if he'd always had them. XANA-Yolande is eventually sent into a Water Processing Channel by a blast from Odd.

After being sent to Lyoko's Forest Sector, the others head for the Tower on their Vehicles. Along the way, they encounter a couple of Krabes. Ulrich slices one down the middle with his Katana and Yumi takes care of the other with her Tessen Fan. A Kankrelats shows up to attack Ulrich and lands a hit. It's destroyed just as quickly.

Back in the Factory, Odd starts to lose his powers. He calls Jeremie to find out why. Jeremie isn't quite sure, but not too surprised either. As Odd continues fighting, Jeremie loses control of the Tower he activated to XANA. The effects translate to Odd, who loses all of his powers from the possession. Instead of controlling Odd, XANA is just going to pump all of his energy until it kills him. Powerless, Odd is forced to run, losing his cell phone to XANA-Yolande along the way.

On Lyoko, the group is informed of Odd's situation. Aelita and Yumi head to the Mountain Sector. Ulrich stays behind to guard the other Tower. A Krabe is there, but it's easily destroyed by Ulrich. Three more Kankrelats arrive to join the fight. Ulrich uses his Overbike to wipe out all three in a single hit.

In the Mountain Sector, XANA has made the entire region insivible. All that can be seen is the fog surrounding the invisible peaks. Similarly, his monsters are protected by the same effect. An unknown number of Hornets take out Yumi's Vehicle, causing both her and Aelita to plummet. Guided by Jeremie, they're able to catch a ledge. He continues to guide them across the unseen landscape. Eventually, they get close to the Tower. This is when the invisible Hornets come back for round two. Yumi covers Aelita as she heads to the tower. The Hornets manage to force Yumi off the edge, but she grabs on just before falling.

Back in the Factory, Odd is eventually knocked out by XANA-Yolande. Knowing that he'll die anyway, she heads back to the corridor. Aelita manages to shut down the Tower just before her wildcard friend dies.

Back on Lyoko, the landscape and monsters reappear. There was ground under Yumi the whole time, it seems. The two Hornets, now visible, are destroyed by her. Jeremie brings up the Overboard and they head back to the first Tower.

In the Forest Sector, Ulrich has Triplicated himself and is dealing with a Blok, a Krabe and three Kankrelats. The Block is the first to go. The Krabe goes next. Alone, the three Kankrelats are no match for Ulrich. His two Clones take out two in a flash. They torture the third by kicking it into the air before removing it from play. Aelita and Yumi arrive as he Fuses himself into one person again. When Yumi asks where the monsters went, Ulrich just asks "What monsters?"

Back in the Lab, XANA-Yolande arrives to cause trouble. Odd arrives, too, but isn't any match for her. Both Jeremie and Odd are about to get blasted when Aelita shuts the Tower off. Yolande's possession subsides and she collapses.

Back at the school, Sissi is trying to explain what happened, making sure to include the weird stuff in her story. Neither the Headmaster nor Jim believes her. The whole story reminds Jim of when he used to work in a Psychiatric Hospital. As always, he'd rather not talk about it. The others show up with Yolande so Sissi doesn't seem quite as crazy. Yolande remembers nothing and believes Aelita's story of how she went out to get some air through the window. As the others walk off, Sissi demands an explanation. Odd wards her off by commenting her on her extra five pounds. Sissi is still in denial about it. Odd tries to tell her that no one's perfect, to which she responds by pointing out his scrawniness. Odd still insists he's svelte, getting a good laugh from the others. The episode ends on that.

[edit] Memorable Quotes

Jeremie: Oh Odd! Am I glad to see you!

Odd: Yeah, I'm glad to see me too!

Ulrich: The girls are coming, we better clean up!

Odd: Jeremie, I'm losing power. Is that supposed to happen?

Jeremie: Uhhh...

Odd: That's what I thought. You’re using your "I hate to say it, but you bombed the exam" voice.

Yumi: Odd, how do you feel?

Odd: Fully charged!

Odd: Instead of being XANAfied, we're gonna be Jeremiefied!

Yolande: You've got the heart of an athlete Odd, but you look a little skinny to me. Are you sure you're eating enough?

Jeremie: By enough, do you mean more than an elephant?

Ulrich: (to Odd) Go on Rambo! Blow 'em away!

Odd: I am not scrawny, I'm svelte!

Ulrich: Any news from Odd and his private nurse? The last time I checked the atmosphere was electric.

Jeremie: He should be hanging in there, for now that is.

Jim: Reminds me of when I worked at a Psychiatric Hospital.

Headmaster Delmas: You worked in a Psychiatric Hospital?

Jim: I'd rather not talk about it.

Odd: (nervously) If this ends badly, Jeremie, you promise to look after Kiwi?

Jeremie: If this ends badly, there'll be nobody left to look after Kiwi!

Preceded by: "Déjà Vu"

Code Lyoko episodes

Followed by: "Is Anybody Out There?"