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The Kadicians
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Gilles Fumet
"Ulrich Stern! There were so many spelling errors in this assignment that at first I thought it was written in some obscure and primitive language...
But no, in fact, it was in English, unfortunately. I've given you an F+! The plus to give you room to do worse next time."
#64 Double Trouble
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#4 Log Book
#26 False Start
#32 Saint Valentine's Day
#35 The Chips Are Down
#40 Attack of the Zombies
#43 XANA's Kioss
#54 Lyoko Minus One
#57 Aelita
#59 The Secret
#62 Nobody in Particular
#64 Double Trouble
#91 Bad Connection |
Role: History and geography teacher
Personality and role in the series:
Friendly teacher gifted with a good sense of humour, he gives his lessons in a sometimes daunting manner! He's much less severe than Ms Hertz; he tolerates many more things (like the use of phones in class)! The worst punishment he's dished out is sending students out of class, he's not a very annoying adult!
This bodes well for our heroes when they have to fight XANA, as they can leave by just asking the teacher's permission (episode 54 “Lyoko Minus One”).
We realise that he's sometimes quite pleased with himself and he voluntarily flatters himself when he learns that Ulrich and Odd were supposedly preparing a big historical show in his honour (episode 59 “The Secret”).
Note:
He lodges at Kadic as in episode 40 “Attack of the Zombies”, he's there at night!
What's rather unusual is that he's always wearing a scarf, day and night, in class and outside!
Brigitte Meyer
 "What is all this noise about?!"
#31 Mister Pück
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#10 The Girl of the Dreams
#31 Mister Pück
#37 Common Interest
#38 Temptation
#42 A Fine Mess
#48 Is There Anybody Out There ?
#69 Wreck Room
#84 Guided Missile
Role: Maths teacher
Personality and role in the series:
A very strict and uncompromising teacher! She's feared by the students and doesn't tolerate horseplay, evenby the good students like Jeremy!
Her classes are placed under the sign of the order and the large mathematical theorems in the year 8/9 curricula. |
Rachel Kensington
"All the world's a stage, and all men and women merely players!"
#24 Ghost Channel
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#24 Ghost Channel
#70 Skidbladnir
#85 Kadic Bombshell
Role: English teacher
Personality and role in the series:
Screen time in the series: 8 seconds |
Gustave Chardin
"Welcome, cinema lovers, to this special screening of 'Mandibles and Purple Mauve,' the latest creation of our own Odd Della Robbia. Please do forgive me for not having seen this work yet, I understand however, that the film cleverly combines fiction with documentary. Truth, in short, but, in the end, what is truth?"
#91 Bad Connection
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#4 Log Book
#50 Contact
#60 Temporary Insanity
#62 Nobody in Particular
#91 Bad Connection
Role: Art teacher |
Personality and role in the series:
An eccentric art teacher!
Probably the only teacher who believes Odd to be a star student, in addition to his classes, he also takes charge of the cultural sphere at Kadic: the theatrical productions like in episode 60 “Temporary Insanity” and the showing of short films during screenings.
He's extremely tolerant artistically speaking and this personality trait reflects on his tastes: he likes the energy of young life, improvisation and mixing genres. In fact, he finds himself very enthralled when Odd and Ulrich (fallowing one of XANA's tricks) literally derail in the middle of a play, massacring the original text.
He has, in original to his classics, "young" cultural references such as the game Mortal Stombat.
Mr Mirti
"Don't you move! I'll be right back."
#41 Ultimatum
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#41 Ultimatum
#62 Nobody in Particular
Role: Music teacher
Personality and role in the series:
Screen time in the series: 12 seconds |
Mr Caggia
 "La lupa che allatta Romolo e Remo é il simbolo di Roma. Romolo e Remo erano gemelli. Secondo la leggenda, Romolo ha fondato la città di Roma..."
#55 Tidal Wave
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#35 The Chips Are Down
#55 Tidal Wave
Role: Italian teacher
Personality and role in the series:
Although hardly present in the series, Mr Caggia does what one would expect from an Italian teacher: be attractive. |
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| | Hans Klotz
"He says the school psychologist has been observing me for a long time. And he thinks that I'm...an...overly gifted student."
#11 Plagued
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#11 Plagued
#25 Code: Earth
Role: School psychologist
Personality and role in the series:
This character is the academic and guidance advisor at Kadic Academy! He's never very troublesome in the heroes' fight, except when he wants to send Jeremy to a special school, because he's gifted! Luckily Jeremy goes out of his way to fail the IQ and logic tests the counsellor wanted him to pass. This man is afraid of rats and seems a little timid.
Note:
In episode 11, he introduces himself as Mr Simone. |
Yolanda Perraudin
"Actually, since today is nutrition day, our school nurse, Yolanda Perraudin, is going to speak to you and tell you what you should eat in order to have a great shape!"
#55 Tidal Wave
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#00 XANA Awakens (parts 1&2)
#7 Image Problem
#9 Satellite
#13 Just in time
#17 Amnesia
#18 Killer Music
#25 Code Earth
#35 The Chips Are Down
#38 Temptation
#43 XANA's Kiss
#47 Tip-Top Shape
#55 Tidal Wave
#57 Aelita
#73 Replika |
Role: School nurse
Personality and role in the series:
School nurse, she has the job of taking care of the numerous injuries that occur at the school. This can vary from the disinfection of a simple superficial cut to calling an ambulance to deal with a coma or giving advice for excessive plantar perspiration.
She comes into the spotlight of the series when she is XANAfied in episode 47 “Tip-Top Shape” and kidnaps Aelita to take her to Lyoko! However, she has to face off against a Jeremified Odd. She loses all memory of the events when the tower is deactivated!
By nature she is calm and understanding. Yolanda rarely loses her composure faced with the problems our heroes meet during their adventures and several times, she has dealed with them patiently. Never becoming angry and rarely panicking. She has a certain slightly sarcastic sense of humour, which Sissi bears the brunt of in episode 47 “Tip-Top Shape”.
Only Jim has managed to exasperate her a little, which doesn't stop her from chastising the teacher amicably when he goes overboard (episode 73 “Replika”).
Notes:
Yolanda confesses to us in episode 43 “XANA's Kiss” that she's already engaged and will soon be married!
In season 1 of the English dub, Yolanda's first name is said to be Dorothy. It changes to Yolanda (or Yolande) in season 2.
Gaston Lagrange
"Odd...I didn't want to, but they said I had to cook healthy and well-balanced meals from now on..."
#55 Tidal Wave
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#9 Satellite
Role: Head cook
Personality and role in the series:
He's never appeared on our screens but stays behind the scenes to make sure the students are eating well. His only significant role is to fill Odd's stomach, unless the boy needs to eat healthy! |
Rosa Petitjean
"With everything you put away I just don't understand how you can still be so scrawny!"
#51 Revelation
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#11 Plagued
#28 Unchartered Territory
#38 Temptation
#40 Attack of the Zombies
#45 Cold War
#51 Revelation
#55 Tidal Wave
#63 Triple Trouble
#69 Wreck Room
#83 Hard Luck
#91 Bad Connection
#93 Down to Earth |
Role: Cook
Personality and role in the series:
Rosa is the lady who cooks meals at the cafeteria. It's she who makes sure each person eats their portion. She doesn't have much of an important role, but she always makes us laugh by commenting on Odd's attitude while maintaining a certain complicity with the student, pitying him having to stick to the strict culinary regimes!
However, she was XANAfied once, in episode 38 “Temptation”, when the heroes were well and truly afraid of finishing their spaghetti and meatballs!
Rosa is a good being, her physique proves that she must revel in good food! She's very close to the students and even if she gives the impression of being shy, beware of still waters! We see very clearly in episode 45 “Cold War” that even if TV impresses her, she's not one to be put down!
She's also just and refuses to give a student helpings at the expense of another!
Compassionate, she is reluctant to make dishes that aren't tasty and favours taste over a balanced diet. Not very professional from a certain point of view!
We discover she is very emotional faced with a zombie army in episode 40 “Attack of the Zombies”, when she constantly faints!
Michael Riley
"Sabotage?"
"Yes... By Michael Riley possessed by XANA."
#61 Sabotage
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#12 Swarming Attack
#40 Attack of the Zombies
#61 Sabotage
#91 Bad Connection
Role: Groundskeeper
Personality and role in the series:
He's a member of Kadic's personnel like any other who tends to the park's upkeep, which can be somewhat difficult when XANA sends hornets to attack. The heroes, thanks to him, have the luxury of a lovely green area to run through before plunging into the sewers!
XANA took control of him once in order to sabotage the Supercomputer. |
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Theo Gauthier
"I just moved into town. Wow, I like this school already!"
#16 Claustrophobia
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#16 Claustrophobia
Personality and role in the series:
Theo arrives in the middle of the year at Kadic and he immediately falls for Sissi's charms! He quickly wins her attention by winning a soccer match for her, but even more, he wins Herb's animosity, who sees the arrival of his rival to be evil! The heroes are sympathetic for Theo, protecting him from Herb's traps.
After a Return to the Past, Theo becomes more interested in Yumi, however he doesn't pursue her... We continue to see Theo in the classrooms, but no longer of much importance. |
Emily Leduc
"Me be honest? You and Emily have been together for two months without a word, and you tell me to be honest?"
#22 Routine
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#12 Swarming Attack
#22 Routine
#54 Lyoko Minus One
#57 Aelita
Personality and role in the series:
Emily is a young, pretty girl, attractive and cool, from year 9. In episode 22 “Routine”, while Ulrich is seriously doubting his relationship with Yumi, he notices that Emily fancied him and then started to spend more time with the young girl. This created an anger crisis for Yumi, which largely evolved things between her and Ulrich.
We learn later that Emily dated Odd (episode 57 “Aelita”). |
Heidi Klinger
"Jeremy? Would you mind telling me why you kissed me in front of Odd?!"
#43 XANA's Kiss
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#43 XANA's Kiss
#57 Aelita
Personality and role in the series:
Heidi is also an attractive girl, from year 8. In one episode, she is Odd's preferred target, who wants to add her to his list of girls he's dated! One of XANA's polymorphic clones takes advantage of this to take Jeremy's appearance in order to embarrass the girl in front of Odd and sow discord within the group (episode 43 “XANA's Kiss”)!
We also learn later that she dated Odd (episode 57 “Aelita”). |
Johnny Cleary
"Your sister's really gorgeous!"
#53 Straight to Heart
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#53 Straight to Heart
#58 The Pretender
#75 Hot Shower
#86 Canine Conundrum
Personality and role in the series:
Johnny starts at Kadic Academy at the same time as Hiroki, who he's friends with (episode 53 “Straight to Heart”). He is however in love with Yumi, without knowing how to express it. Ulrich, before redeeming himself, abuses this situation by telling him to stick to Yumi, for which she gets angry at him.
He and Hiroki come to Yumi's aid by picking a lock in episode 75 “Hot Shower”. He also fell victim to the Kiwi 2 attack in episode 86 “Canine Conundrum”. |
Bringa Heringsdötir
"...and that's not very good for our mission. Your girlfriend is...coming between us, and..."
#85 Kadic Bombshell
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#85 Kadic Bombshell
Personality and role in the series:
Present at Kadic for one episode, Bringa is Sissi's Icelandic penpal. Femme fatale, this beautiful girl soon attracts the attention of all Kadic and makes the boys fall for her one by one, even Jeremy and Ulrich. It's Odd however who goes out with her and this budding relationship severely threatens the group's cohesion. Odd breaks rule number 1 by taking Bringa to the lab to impress her. She touches the Supercomputer as it's running a program, creating bugs on Lyoko.
Odd is then excluded from the group. He dumps his girlfriend, realising that she's more narcissistic than in love with him. Bringa makes Sissi jealous and is therefore quickly sent to Sissi's cousin's place in the countryside. |
Patrick Belpois
"Well then, Belpois, got a little family company? Oh, looks like you'd rather not talk about it. Happens to me sometimes too!"
#88 Cousins Once Removed
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#88 Cousins Once Removed
Personality and role in the series:
Patrick is Jeremy's cousin. Not really friends, they carry old grudges behind them, creating animosity. At summer camp, Jeremy was abandoned while Patrick was popular. In fact, Patrick is a more cool, trendy teen.
He arrives with intentions to reconcile. He is met with a very cold-natured Jeremy. Despite that, he continues to be nice to his cousin: when Sissi and Herb want to snoop around on Jeremy's computer, he intervenes...up until their XANAfication. Injured, Patrick is saved by the Return to the Past.
After that, Jeremy becomes friends with Patrick. He, however, doesn't stay at Kadic like he'd expected. |
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| |  |  "I'm not just any piece of work. To be specific, I'm a digitally-generated random polymorphic energy field controlled by a basic, non-evolving behavioural program."
#93 Down to Earth
Appearances
The clone doesn't appear in the first three seasons.
#67 Double Take
#69 Wreck Room
#80 Dog Day Afternoon
#81 A Lack of Goodwill
#93 Down to Earth |
Role in the series
"Well, at least for now, nobody thinks what he says is stupid... They think he's, like, a comedian."
#69 Wreck Room
William's clone, though it appears special, is an old one of XANA's recipes made with Jeremy sauce: the polymorphic clone. With the disappearance of William on Lyoko in episode 65 “Final Round”, the problem of justifying the year 10 student's absence arose. At first he used his vocal synthesiser to pass himself off as Mr Dunbar and invent an excuse for William to give to the principal, but this alibi wouldn't hold for long. As a consequence, now having his hands on a Lyoko he'd just recreated with the help of Franz Hopper (episode 66 “William Returns”), Jeremy activates a tower for his own use and generates a clone as XANA had often done.
This clone had the unique goal of having the appearance of William and replacing him at the school as discreetly as possible...or not!
William's clone strayed from this route twice. Since its appearance, XANA tried to take control of the tower generating it on Lyoko (episode 69 “Wreck Room”). It achieved its goal and the clone became a dangerous adversary for our heroes.
After this incident and a Return to the Past, Jeremy took precautions. The clone remained nevertheless the same: a polymorphic clone. And it therefore kept the usual characteristics: superhuman physical abilities, immunity to pain, weakness to electricity.
From there, the heroes, while on a trip through the Network, found that the clone was a valuable ally. Come to the factory under the impulse of the somewhat snoopy Milly and Tamiya, the clone stumbled upon the real William, who XANA had materialised to destroy the Supercomputer. Allying with the “good guys”, he confronted his original model in a very violent fight. He even had the advantage at one point.
Unfortunately, William, taking Jeremy's place at the terminal, stops the program generating the clone, causing it to explode into a billion digital particles (episode 81 “A Lack of Goodwill”).
Besides these pretty exceptional events, the clone is confined to its basic role: replace William. It's deactivated by Jeremy during William's return.
The little plus brought to the series by the clone resides above all in its comical personality!
Character
"Well...we haven't got any other choice. We'll have to make a copy of William to replace him here at the Academy."
#67 Double Take
The clone has a personality. Nevertheless, it was designed by Jeremy to have a basic behavioural pattern. The clone must simply react to what people say to it and in no case take any initiative.
The clone's personality proves faulty, however.
The clone is incapable of understanding humour and the figurative meaning of sentences. As a consequence, it's constantly confusing things and uttering empty remarks after taking each word literally. How embarrassing for the heroes when it's promoted to supervisor of the rec' room!
The clone also has behavioural defects. It is sometimes, for example, incapable of unlocking doors because it turns the key the wrong way.
This behavioural anomaly of course doesn't go unnoticed. Though most of the Kadicians take his mistakes for great jokes, Sissi realises that something is up. Yumi must distract the pest in episode 80 “Dog Day Afternoon” to make sure she doesn't discover their trick. She makes Sissi believe that she was dating William and that love was making him crazy.
The situation becomes critical however when William's parents come to visit their child (episode 93 “Down to Earth”). They quickly find out that the idiotic clone doesn't really resemble the rebellious teen they know.
Luckily, the heroes free William in the meantime and deactivate the clone.
Although, the clone surprised the gang once (episode 81 “A Lack of Goodwill”). It imitated the other students as they were being stupid (catapulting a glass of water in the cafeteria). Horrified, Jeremy realised that the programs used to shape the clone's personality were identical to the ones that formed XANA's.
Everything therefore suggests that the clone would have had a severe adolescence crisis if the heroes hadn't deactivated it in the end.
Note
We remark that, with the costume changes between seasons 3 and 4, the clone is seen wearing new clothing that the original William never had, which goes against the fact that the clone is supposed to not be able to take initiative.
Furthermore the error in episode 81 “A Lack of Goodwill” in which the real William leaves the scanners dressed in this new clothing, we find that, once back on Earth, he adopts this new clothing accordingly. | | |
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