Code Lyoko Evolution

Name: Code Lyoko Evolution
Genre: Animation, Action
Rating: 57.9
Cast: Léonie Berthonnaud, Marin Lafitte, Gulliver Bevernaege-Benhadj, Quentin Merabet, Mélanie Tran

2013Ended1 season26 episodes~24 min/epNot Rated

Jérémie, Aelita, Yumi, Ulrich, Odd and William return to their daily lives as students of Kadic College. But XANA, the multi-agent program that had become their mortal enemy and that they had managed to destroy in their previous adventures, reappears. The Lyoko Warriors reactivate the supercomputer in order to return to Lyoko, discover the reasons for this reappearance and put an end to it before the Earth is threatened again.

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Reception

Is Code Lyoko Evolution worth watching?

Code Lyoko Evolution's Midcredits score is the 13^th percentile of all shows, from 646 ratings across 2 sources. 51% liked it (rated it 7 or higher out of 10).

Midcredits score

How well it was received

13^th percentile

Better received than 13% of shows

15^th Animation13^th 2010s

Acclaim10^th

Approval19^th

Acclaim

Mixed

How much people like it

58 /100

10^th percentile of all shows

11^th Animation11^th 2010s

Rating distribution

12345678910

votes at each rating level (1–10)

Big peaks at both ends — people either love this or bounce off it hard.

Approval

How many liked it

51% liked it

19^th percentile of all shows

22^nd Animation18^th 2010s

51% rated it 7–1049% rated it 1–6

Reach

How many have seen it

39^th percentile

633 ratings across platforms

25^th Animation45^th 2010s

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 45% in 30 days

What reviewers say

Common ground

Both fans and detractors agree the show is a divisive hybrid of live-action and CGI that tries to continue the original with mixed execution and a less threatening XANA.

Fans praised

Live-action amplifies the contrast between the real world and Lyoko more than the original's animation
CGI and virtual world action look good, with improved detail over the original series
New antagonist Tyron is played out well, though introduced late

Detractors panned

Live-action acting is poor, with actors looking like they barely try and characters miscast
Specters walk slowly and aren't threatening, undercutting XANA's menace
Plot is inconsistent, with repetitive character writing and a cliffhanger ending

What stands out

Effects and spectacle60

CGI and virtual world look better and more detailed, but character designs (e.g., William's hair) and towers draw mixed reactions

Atmosphere45

Live-action grounds the real world, but virtual world looks more like Tron, dividing opinion

Originality40

Reviving XANA and adding Tyron feels derivative; live-action/CGI mix is ambitious but not fresh enough

Plot and storyDivisive35

Inconsistent and ignores source material; code-stealing premise works on paper but falls flat in execution, ending on a cliffhanger

ActingDivisive30

Mixed; some actors fit roles (William, Jim, Laura), but Aelita and Yumi feel flat or grouchy, and many say effort is lacking

CharactersDivisive30

Repetitive writing, Aelita's role downplayed, and character designs criticized; new Laura seen as unnecessary (a female Jeremy)

Pacing30

Slow specter chases and dragged episodes; few set pieces land

TensionDivisive25

XANA is less threatening; specters are non-scary and slow, lacking the original's intimidation

Episodes

1 season

Season 1 · 2013 · 26 episodes

S1E1
XANA 2.0
Jan 5, 201325 min
Enjoying their normal lives, Jeremy Belpois, Ulrich Stern, Odd Della Robbia, Yumi Ishiyama and Aelita Schaeffer soon discover that there is trouble still brewing at Kadic Academy. Even worse, the five best friends discover that their old and greatest virtual enemy - the evil, sentient and autonomous artificial intelligence/multi-agent system XANA - is somehow back and even stronger and more dangerous than ever before, as a highly evolved and modified version of itself. XANA now wants to take back its power - source codes that were implanted in the electromagnetic parts of the bodies of Aelita, Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi during the time of its supposed "destruction" in order to gain control over the world network once again. The war against XANA is far from over, and the five Lyoko Warriors are back in action.
S1E2
Cortex
Jan 5, 201325 min
After successfully reprogramming the Skid, Jeremy and the four other Lyoko Warriors discover another Replika in the Digital Sea called the Cortex. They intend to learn more about this mysterious, ever-changing sector. Meanwhile, William finds himself accepted temporarily into the group and aids them in the Cortex. Aelita also finds something very mysterious about her late father in the Cortex's interface.
S1E3
Spectromania
Jan 5, 201325 min
When a kid goes up to hug Aelita, he leaves and comes back and does the same to Yumi. Jeremy immediately realizes that XANA has sent a specter to retrieve the codes it implanted into four of its greatest enemies to regain its full strength and power. So they go to Lyoko and attempt to deactivate the tower in the Desert sector while Odd stays at the school to hold it off, but the situation escalates when Aelita gets hit and is devirtualized. She guides Yumi from Earth, supposing that XANA's source codes can allow the others to deactivate towers. Her theory is correct and Yumi deactivates the tower, only to reveal another one masked by the first's signal; another spectre is somewhere on Earth.
S1E4
Mrs Einstein
Jan 19, 201325 min
A new girl-genius and highly gifted teenage girl named Laura Gauthier tries to join the quintet at Kadic Academy. She humiliates Jeremy by correcting his mistakes on a complex exercise in class. Aelita suddenly is resentful and suspicious of this new girl, who seems to want to discover their secret. Meanwhile, Jeremy informs his four friends that he has programmed a new vehicle that is made for travelling through the Cortex easily called the Megapod. Once on the Cortex, they are impressed by the new cruiser, which Yumi ends up driving. Unfortunately, Laura follows William to the factory and discovers the lab and Supercomputer, which she is very interested in. During a battle with several Krabes, Aelita, Odd and Ulrich are devirtualized, leaving Yumi trapped in the Megapod. With Laura's help, Jeremy fixes the bugged vehicle and Yumi is returned to Earth just before the Megapod falls into the Digital Sea.
S1E5
Rivalry
Jan 26, 201325 min
William is yet again rejected by the group, but when he asks Yumi for her help on a project she happily agrees, much to Ulrich's disdain. The dislike between the two grows when XANA creates a spectre of William to attack Yumi, and the two almost have a fistfight in the gym. Soon after deactivating the tower, another one appears. Odd, Aelita and Yumi cannot return to Lyoko as they were there not long ago, so it's up to Ulrich and William to put their differences aside and get Ulrich to the tower to deactivate it. At first the two are showing off and trying to outdo each other, but after William saves Ulrich from falling into the Digital Sea, they call a truce, allowing Ulrich to deactivate the tower. Once back on Earth, William is fully accepted into the group as the sixth Lyoko warrior.
S1E6
Suspicions
Feb 2, 201325 min
Aelita is determined to discover if her father really is involved in XANA's miraculous and mysterious return. So she, Odd, Ulrich and William go to the Cortex, with Odd piloting the Megapod to help her; as Yumi chose to stay behind to set up a fundraising party in the gym, enlisting the aid of a shy boy named Remi. He tries to help but accidentally breaks the sound system. Meanwhile, in the heart of the Cortex, the walls start to go haywire and devirtualizes Odd and Ulrich, leaving William to save Aelita before he, too, is devirtualized. Back on Earth, they go to help Yumi with the boy, who has been possessed by XANA. In Sector Five, Aelita goes to the spot where she last saw her father, and asks if he has anything do with XANA being reborn and resurrected.
S1E7
Countdown
Feb 9, 201325 min
Samantha Suarez - Odd's former sweetheart and girlfriend - enrolls at Kadic, and the boy eagerly pursues her. At the same time, he is being pursued by a polymorphic specter, which XANA is able to create due to its new increase in strength and power. The others go to Lyoko to deactivate the tower but are all devirtualized by a giant wall of Bloks. Odd destroys the wall using a scanner eyepiece programmed by Jeremy and deactivates the tower. Meanwhile, Jeremy's computer is set on repairing a corrupted video file recovered from the Cortex. Eventually the task is completed and the gang watch the clip of Franz Hopper, furious at an employee who stole some documents of his. He fires the man and storms out, but the man remains in the room and laughs, calling Franz too naïve. Aelita identifies the man as Professor Tyron though she had never heard of him before.
S1E8
Virus
Feb 16, 201325 min
Jeremy tries to create a virus to destroy the Cortex, however it doesn't work and the group discusses what to do. They decide to bring Laura to the factory and Odd steals her tablet and runs, with Laura chasing after him. When she gets there the gang explains about XANA and the Cortex and that they need her help, which she accepts to give. She easily fixes the problem and they launch the virus and a return to the past. Laura forgets everything, but thanks to a few hidden commands in the virus, the code for the return to the past was altered to exclude Laura, causing Laura to start having memory flashbacks of her time in the lab. She follows the memories to the sewers. William (who was left on Earth) tries to stall her, but fails, and Laura ends up back at the lab. Meanwhile, Ulrich and Yumi encounter Ninjas in the Cortex for the first time, but are unable to defeat the new monsters and are sent back to Earth in no time.
S1E9
How to Fool XANA
Feb 23, 201325 min
Jeremy and Aelita program false source codes that will destroy any specter that tries to take them from a Lyoko Warrior, and tests it using Ulrich as a guinea pig. Ulrich is told to wait at school until he spots a specter and deliberately touch it to transfer the fake source codes to it to test if they work. A specter with hypnotic abilities appears the same day. If the specter manages to catch someone's gaze, it can send them into a trance-like state which the specter can use to approach a Lyoko Warrior and take their actual source codes without them fighting back. Ulrich manages to test the false source codes and destroys the specter, but it knocks him unconscious for a while. Jeremy decides not to try it again as it is too risky.
S1E10
The Warrior's Awakening
Mar 2, 201325 min
The gang return to the Cortex to get data on the mysterious Ninjas. Ulrich opts out of the mission because he has a karate competition to attend, and Jim won't let him skip it. The others don't fare well against the Ninjas until Ulrich arrives, offering them advice that Jim passed on to him; be unexpected. With the advice given by Ulrich, and a new-and-improved, unusually effective bo staff weapon programmed for Yumi, she manages to defeat the three Ninjas easily and gathers the data. In it they find a video clip of Professor Tyron addressing several humans dressed in ninja-like costumes. Ulrich wins the competition and gives his trophy to Jim, thanking him greatly for his advice.
S1E11
Rendezvous
Mar 9, 201325 min
Jeremy is woken up by the Superscan when it picks up two activated towers. He warns the others, and just as they're leaving Aelita receives a message from an unknown sender asking her to meet them in a nearby building. While she's thinking about it, Laura comes and asks why she's not in class, then realizes that the others are at the factory. Aelita tells her to go on ahead, which she happily does. Aelita then goes to the meeting place and finds a blonde-haired woman there; her long-lost mother, Anthea. They share a warm mother-daughter embrace. Jeremy offers Laura the controls and goes to find Aelita, realizing her "mother" is actually a spectre, and tries to convince her of it. Aelita doesn't believe him and returns to the spectre. Meanwhile, Laura figures out XANA's strategy; activating the two towers one after the other in a specific sequence of prime numbers.
S1E12
Chaos at Kadic
Mar 16, 201325 min
A computer error causes the science test scores at Kadic to be messed up, as well as bugging up the rest of the computer system with it. Jeremy is alerted to an activated tower and he, Aelita, Odd, Ulrich and Laura go to the lab to check it out. Laura's dad is called to the school as a result of the marks mix-up and he calls her back to the principal's office. He expresses his doubt in her abilities and his wish for her to go to another school. Laura insists on staying, deciding to show him the Supercomputer as proof of what she can do. Meanwhile, the others explore Lyoko looking for the activated tower that's nowhere to be found. Jeremy eventually picks it up in the Cortex and sends them there to take care of it. When Laura and her dad arrive, Aelita goes back to the lab to get them out of Jeremy's way so the mission can be completed. The tower is deactivated and a return to the past is launched.
S1E13
Friday the 13th
Mar 23, 201325 min
S1E14
Intrusion
Mar 30, 201325 min
The gang has planned a routine data gathering mission in the Cortex. However, Ulrich opts out of the mission when he finds out that Yumi wrote some negative things about him. While in the Cortex being attacked by Ninjas, Yumi can't stop thinking about Ulrich. She gets herself devirtualized on purpose just to go talk to him and work things out. The two soon reconcile. Meanwhile, a Ninja, not defeated in the fight in the Cortex, follows the Megapod back to the Skid, then hangs onto the Skid all the way back to the hangar in Sector Five. William ends up being left alone to fend off the Ninja, which is heading for the Core of Lyoko itself. Ulrich is called in and easily destroys the Ninja with his sabers, but it plants a sinister-looking device on the bottom of a platform in Sector Five before it disappears.
S1E15
The Codeless
Apr 6, 201325 min
S1E16
Confusion
Apr 13, 201325 min
S1E17
An Assured Professional Future
Apr 20, 201325 min
S1E18
Obstinacy
Apr 27, 201325 min
S1E19
The Trap
Dec 12, 201325 min
S1E20
Espionage
Dec 13, 201325 min
Jeremy manages to develop a program that will allow the gang to hack Tyron's surveillance system and spy on him, both using video and sound, and potentially speak to Anthea. When the gang go to the Cortex to implement it, all but Aelita are devirtualized by Ninjas when they tip off an unforeseen security system. Aelita opts to stay in the Cortex's core to wait for her mother to appear, asking for a clone to replace her at the school while she's gone, which causes enough problems of its own. In the end, Aelita is able to speak to her mother, convincing her that she is alive before she, too, is devirtualized by Ninjas. The experience initially leaves her feeling very sad, but after Jeremy assures her that Anthea got the message, her spirits are rekindled.
S1E21
False Pretenses
Dec 14, 201325 min
While the Lyoko Warriors prepare to take advantage of a sunny afternoon, XANA launches an attack, sending them a polymorphic specter disguised as...them, constantly changing its appearance! Plus, not content with fighting unexpected specters at the school, our heroes are confronted with false avatars of themselves on Lyoko. Paranoia will soon settle in. And it's chaos on Lyoko as more false avatars keep showing up one after the other.
S1E22
Mutiny
Dec 15, 201325 min
S1E23
Jeremy's Blues
Dec 16, 201325 min
S1E24
Temporal Paradox
Dec 17, 201325 min
S1E25
Massacre
Dec 18, 201325 min
S1E26
Final Mission
Dec 19, 201325 minFinale

Watch experience

What is Code Lyoko Evolution like to watch?

Conclusions only — categories and positions, no plot detail.

Earnest, light and charged — an even-paced watch that leaves you unsettled.

Themes

Friendship
Purpose
Coming of age

Setting

Contemporary
Science fiction
Institutional
Alternate dimension

Story

Overcoming the monster: A threat menaces the hero's world and must be defeated.

What it asks of you

Even-paced
Full focus
Affecting
Open-ended

How it leaves you

Unsettling
Bittersweet

Feelings

Tense
Thrilling
Hopeful

Style

Adventurous
Exuberant: Bursting with energy and joy in its own filmmaking.

ToneFeelDemandexact position · filled zone: the category

What it asks of you

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Full focus

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

What it feels like

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Light

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Heaviest: middle

Told as

Three-actCase of the week plus an arcOne continuous story

ToneThe series plays its sci-fi conflict with earnestness, combining live-action realism with CGI virtual world, maintaining a sincere heroic tone.

The rideEpisodes often swing between quiet school-life scenes and high-stakes virtual battles, with the middle of the season typically raising the emotional and narrative stakes.

StructureEpisodes typically follow a three-act structure: XANA attacks, the warriors enter Lyoko, and they defeat the threat.

Episode formatThe series combines self-contained missions against XANA with a season-long arc involving character development and the overarching threat of XANA's resurgence.

Season formatThe story continues directly across the single season, with episodes building on each other to develop the XANA threat and the characters' relationships.

How it leaves you

what you carry away

Why it leaves you this wayThe series ends on a cliffhanger with XANA paralyzed and Tyron's threat unresolved, leaving viewers unsettled by the open ending.

How it ends · evidence

Bittersweet ending

Story archetype

where it sits among all shows

Every story archetype, clockwise from the top

Monster 18% (this title): Predator 7% · Tyrant 3% · Invasion 2% · Oppressive state 3% · Corporate villainy 1% · Institutional injustice 1% · Class system under 1% · Technology turns under 1% (this title) · Inner demon 1%
Rags 3%: Underdog triumph 2% · Social ascent 1% · Fame and fortune under 1% · Rise and fall under 1% · Hidden worth revealed under 1%
Quest 6%: Treasure hunt 1% · Rescue 2% · Mission 4% · Journey home under 1% · Pilgrimage under 1%
Voyage 2%: Portal fantasy under 1% · Fish out of water 1% · Survival ordeal under 1% · Time displacement under 1% · Descent under 1%
Comedy 12%: Romantic comedy 2% · Comedy of errors 3% · Farce 2% · Buddy comedy 1% · Comedy of manners 2%
Tragedy 4%: Hubris 1% · Obsession under 1% · Corruption arc 1% · Doomed love 1% · Crushed by fate 1%
Rebirth 7%: Redemption 1% · Healing 3% · Liberation 2% · Second chance 1%
Mystery 8%: Puzzle 1% · Investigation 6% · Enigma 1%
No archetype 40%

Overcoming the monster: A threat menaces the hero's world and must be defeated. · Technology turns: Technology people rely on becomes the threat (The Terminator).

18% of shows fit this archetype

Why this archetypeThe series follows the Lyoko Warriors combatting the reawakened computer virus XANA, a creation that has turned against its creators.

What it's about

7 groups · 53 themes

Every theme, clockwise from the top

Bonds 31% (this title): Romantic love 10% · Marriage 2% · Family bonds 22% · Parenthood 1% · Friendship 18% (this title) · Loyalty 7%
Self 27% (this title): Identity 20% · Coming of age 9% (this title) · Aging under 1% · Self-worth 7% · Ambition 14% · Purpose 16% (this title) · Memory 3% · Obsession 2%
Power 7%: Power 5% · Corruption 3% · Greed 2% · Class 4% · Oppression 2% · Freedom 4%
Morality 11%: Justice 14% · Duty 2% · Revenge 1% · Guilt 1% · Redemption 3% · Forgiveness under 1% · Sacrifice 2% · Betrayal 3% · Deception 6%
Survival 9%: Survival 12% · War 1% · Violence 2% · Mortality 2% · Grief 4% · Trauma 5% · Mental illness under 1% · Addiction under 1% · Illness and disability under 1%
Society 10%: Community 25% · Isolation 3% · Prejudice 2% · Displacement 1% · Faith 1% · Tradition vs change 3% · Fame 5% · Legacy 3%
Ideas 5%: Fate 1% · Free will under 1% · Truth 6% · Hope 4% · Nature 3% · Art 2% · Technology 1%

Bonds

FriendshipPurposeComing of age · 9% of shows

Celebrates its themeCosmic stakesEnsemble lead

How it treats its themeThe show centers on the enduring friendship of the Lyoko Warriors as they balance their secret double lives with the recurring threat of XANA, with the mission giving them purpose and forcing them to grow.

StanceThe series celebrates the power of friendship and teamwork in the face of overwhelming technological odds, framing the heroes' unity as their greatest strength.

The world

ElectronicOrchestral modernSupportive music · hybrid

SettingA French boarding school (Kadic Academy) and the digital world of Lyoko, accessed via supercomputers.

MusicThe music would likely blend electronic synths for virtual sequences with orchestral cues for emotional beats, typical of early 2010s French CGI series.

Content guide

Is Code Lyoko Evolution okay for kids?

Not Rated

Code Lyoko Evolution is not rated. As of August 29, 2026, Midcredits content scores put its sexual content at minimal (0/100). It has too few votes to rank yet.

Ratings in 3 other countries