Vertigo (Code Lyoko episode)
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"Vertigo" is the forty-fourth episode of the French animated television series Code Lyoko. It premiered in France on January 11, 2006 and in the United States on October 24, 2005
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[edit] Summary
After a trip to Carthage, Jeremie believes he has the data necessary to cure Aelita's virus. While the two work on the cure, Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi go to a rock climbing contest. Odd races against Hervé, who is no match Odd. William then goads Ulrich into racing, despite his obvious reluctance. During the race, Ulrich gets dizzy and falls. Yumi realizes that he must have vertigo. Ulrich, embarrassed, runs off. Meanwhile, Jeremie finds the anti-virus and gives it to Aelita. Despite some problem with the application, it seems to work. However, this does not last. An error in the anti-virus causes her to turn invisible. On top of that, she can't enter the Towers on Lyoko, making it impossible for her to stop XANA's latest attack, which is a possessed pack of wolves which target Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi.
[edit] Recap
The episode starts out in Sector Five. The Transport Orb flies into the Arena and drops off the whole gang. After a short wait, the main door opens and the three-minute timer starts up. On their way to the switch, three Creepers arrive to cause trouble. Jeremie locates the switch and sends Odd to hit it due to its location on the wall. Odd is hit a couple times on his way up as Ulrich and Yumi deal with the Creepers. Yumi knocks out two of them with Ulrich's help. The third chases Odd down and delivers a kill shot just as he's about to hit the switch. Luckily for the others, his hand reaches the switch before he devirtualizes completely.
After a short elevator ride, the others arrive at the Celestial Dome. Aelita gets to work on the Carthage Interface while the others stand guard. Soon, Mantas hatch to impede their progress. They hatch on the opposite side of the sector, however, giving the others some breathing time. This time is cut short by the arrival of the last Creeper. It devirtualizes Yumi just as Aelita finishes her work on the panel. Ulrich makes short work of the Creeper and Jeremie sends the Overbike so the two can escape. During their escape, the Mantas show off a new trick. It seems they have the ability to drop their floating mines from a hold on their underbellies. None of these mines manage to hit Aelita or Ulrich.
Back on Earth, Jeremie gets to work with the data Aelita retrieved. Aelita stays with him to help. He says that it contains virus code that might help cure Aelita. Odd mentions that there's a rock climbing contest. Ulrich doesn't want to go, but he won't say why. Yumi manages to convince him to come, but not before making a quip about how Odd found a sport where being scrawny is a plus. Odd takes offense to this "scrawny" comment and tells Yumi that he prefers to be called, "svelte."
At the Gymnasium, Odd is racing Hervé to the top of the built-in rock wall. Odd easily wins the contest since Hervé falls halfway up. Ulrich is up next, but still refuses to go. Even a challenge by William won't move him. However, after some of Yumi's encouragement, it does the trick. While climbing, a scene from Ulrich's point of view shows his vision blur. He becomes dizzy, suggesting he has a fear of heights. William is far ahead of him, teasing him with comments about how he's Spider-Man. Ulrich ends up falling. Sure enough, it turns out he has vertigo. He won't directly admit it, but his silence says it all. He leaves the Gym to go sulk. Yumi tries to follow, but Odd suggests that he needs some time alone.
At the Factory, Jeremie's analysis reveals that he's found the antivirus. Both Aelita and Jeremie are understandably excited about the discovery. Jeremie is somewhat reluctant to apply the antivirus immediately, but Aelita convinces him to do it. During the process, an error occurs. Jeremie rushes to the Scanner Room to force the doors open. Aelita seems fine despite the problem. They head off to go tell the others.
At the school, Odd and Yumi have no luck finding Ulrich. Aelita and Jeremie arrive and give them the good news. Yumi thinks that they should find Ulrich before shutting XANA down. When informed of what happened, Jeremie knows exactly where to find Ulrich. Odd and Yumi head there.
In the Park, Ulrich is sitting by a tree breaking sticks in half. He hears some rustling which turns out to be Odd and Yumi. It appears he's gotten over his loss for the most part. Suddenly, a pack of wolves arrive, with the glint of XANA in their eyes. They're similar to the ones from Aelita's previous visions. The group is forced to run for their lives.
While waiting for her friends in Jeremie's room, Aelita starts having a headache. She insists that it's nothing, but Jeremie doesn't seem convinced. She heads back to her room to lie down. On the way, her hands begin to disappear. Sissi shows up and starts going on about how Aelita will never get a date with the way she dresses. All the while, more and more of Aelita disappears. By the end of Sissi's speech, Aelita is completely incognito. Jeremie finds an activated Tower around the same time. The door to his room opens, by seemingly no one. Aelita can be heard talking, but not seen. Jeremie searches blindly about for her moving towards her voice. He finds her, but her exclamation at him suggests his hands didn't find her in the best way. He calls the others on the way to the Factory, but only gets Yumi's voicemail.
Back in the forests, the group is forced to climb a small cliff. Odd and Yumi make it up fine, but Ulrich doesn't fare as well. One of the wolves grabs his shoe. Ulrich is able to kick the wolf off. Odd and Yumi continue to encourage him. He eventually makes it near the top, but loses his footing. Yumi catches him and drags him the rest of the way up. They're now able to get ahold of Jeremie. Since the wolves have them trapped, they can't help.
At the Factory, Aelita is forced to go to Lyoko alone. She is visible on Lyoko, and happy to be so. Jeremie gives her the Overwing to ferry to the Tower. The trip is uneventful, since not one monster attempts to stop her. The reasoning for this is made clear when she reaches the Tower. The structure is inside a cave at the base of a river. Several stepping stones are on the water to provide a path. When Aelita tries to enter it, she bangs her head on the surface. It seems the antivirus has made it so the Tower doesn't recognize her.
In the woods, more wolves manage to corner the group at the top of the cliff. A punch from Ulrich reveals that they're illusions. They shake them off easily, but Ulrich gets too close to the edge and falls. The trees along the way slow him enough to prevent injury. They continue to wave away the illusions until only three wolves are left. These three are quite real. Jeremie calls and tells them about Aelita. Ulrich stays to distract the wolves while Odd and Yumi head to the Factory.
On Lyoko, the Scyphozoa arrives to get Aelita. She isn't quite so frightened this time, and freezes the overgrown jellyfish in an ice pillar. She uses her Creativity a second time to make a new bridge since the pillar is blocking the old one. Two Hornets arrive to keep her trapped. Odd and Yumi arrive and head for the Tower. A Megatank drops by to stop them. It manages to take out Yumi's Overwing and subsequently Yumi herself. Odd dodges several shots from it and crashes his Overboard directly into the monster's Eye of XANA, destroying both. Odd continues his trip to the Tower.
In the woods, Ulrich has managed to stay a step ahead of the wolves. He heads for the Factory, with them hot on his heels. He calls Jeremie as he arrives, but his call is cut short when the wolves tackle Ulrich. Jeremie can see both Ulrich and the wolves wrestling in the Cathedral Hall thanks to the cameras.
Back at the cave, the Scyphozoa cuts itself free and grabs Aelita. Odd arrives, but can't get by the Hornet guards. Since they aren't paying attention, he decides to swim under to avoid them. He pops up directly under the Scyphozoa and chases it off, as Aelita heads for Tower. The Hornets come by to stop her, but give up when she gets inside.
Ulrich is tired from fighting the wolves and tries to climb down a dangling cable. He makes it about halfway down before falling. Yumi wants to help when the wolves surround him. However, Jeremie assures her that the Tower is nearly deactivated. Aelita deactivates it just as the wolves start tugging on Ulrich's limbs. Jeremie launches a return trip since Ulrich doesn't seem in the best of shape.
At the Gym again, Ulrich openly admits he has vertigo when William challenges him. He also happens to know of William's arachnaphobia (fear of spiders). It seems Sissi found out somehow and told him. William is annoyed by it, obviously. As the group leaves the Gym, Odd questions Aelita on what being invisible is like. He says he always wondered what it would be like and even mentions Sue Storm (Invisible Woman) from the Fantastic Four.
[edit] Memorable Quotes
- Sissi: (to Aelita) How can you expect a guy to notice you someday? I'm not talking about Jeremie, of course. He's already married to a computer chip.
- William: Come on, huh Spider-Man? You spinning a web or did you fall asleep?
- (Hervé and Odd are climbing up the rock wall)
- Odd: You should have left your zits down there, huh Hervé? They're too heavy.
- Yumi: Come on Ulrich. For once, Odd's found a sport where being scrawny is a plus!
- Odd: Hey! I am not scrawny! Hah… I'm svelte. It's not the same!
- Jeremie: Aelita? How do you feel? Say something!
- Aelita: Something.
- Jeremie: If you can make jokes as bad as Odd, then you must be okay.
- Odd: I'm king of the world!
- William:First one to the top!
- (Ulrich and Yumi stare at William)
- William:Well?
- Ulrich:No thanks.
- William:You chicken! You have vertigo or what?
- Ulrich:Yeah, what about it? No worse than being afraid of spiders.
- William:(Raises eybrows) Hmm?
- William:Hey! How did you know that?
- Ulrich:I have my spies.
- (Ulrich and William turn to see Sissi smiling and laughing lightly)
- Ulrich:Anyway, (Ulrich walks away) see ya around Spider-Man! (Yumi walks away)
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Cinematic Notes
- During several scenes in this episode, the bottom half of Odd's red undershirt is white.
[edit] Culture Notes
[edit] Japannese Culture
- In Yumi's voice mail message, Yumi says "konnichiwa". When saying hello on the phone in Japan, you say "moshi moshi" instead.
[edit] Allusions to the Real World
- Odd: I'm king of the world!
This references a famous scene from the 1997 movie, Titanic where Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Jack Dawson shouts out this line.
- Odd makes reference to Sue Storm from the Fantastic Four, a famous superhero group in Marvel Comics.
[edit] Continuity Errors
- Jim was in the gymnasium during the beginning of the episode, but after the return trip, he is nowhere to be found.
| Preceded by: "Xana's Kiss" |
Code Lyoko episodes | Followed by: "Cold War" |
