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Secondary characters
|  |  | "These blueprints were never to be taken out of the safe, Tyron. My instructions were clear. (...) You were going to use them?"
#07 Countdown |
A key figure in the plot of Code Lyoko, the heroes' story crosses with Aelita's father's once again in this new adventure. Unfortunately having perished during the fight against XANA, Franz doesn't come back. However, Aelita finds photos and videos of him in the Cortex Supercomputer. She soon finds out why: the machine belongs to an ex-associate of his, who betrayed him by stealing the blueprints for the Supercomputer: Lowel Tyron.
 | Actor: Hugues Massinat
Episodes of appearance
#02 The Cortex
#07 Countdown
#16 Confusion
Notes
Because the chronology of Evolution is different to Code Lyoko's, we find videos of Franz Hopper dating from 2003...even though he was on Lyoko in 1994 in the animated series. |
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| |  | "Leave him alone! He's just not himself!"
#23 Jeremy's Blues |
A charismatic woman and one of the heroes' main teachers when they were in eighth grade, Ms Hertz is still teaching that same class, now in ninth grade. She hands out report cards to Odd, Jeremy, Ulrich and Aelita (episode 12 "Chaos at Kadic"). However, she's only there to give them maths and science classes. Still very inflexible when it comes to discipline, she sends any students who dare defy her straight to the principal. She doesn't play a role in this new conflict against XANA...except when a spectre takes her appearance (episode 23 "Jeremy's Blues").
 | Actress: Sophie Fougère
Episodes of appearance
#04 Lady Einstein
#05 Rivalry
#09 The Bait
#10 A Time to Fight
#12 Chaos at Kadic
#20 Espionage
#23 Jeremy's Blues
Notes
Like many secondary characters, Ms Hertz's physical appearance changed a lot in Evolution, and her role became representational. |
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| |  | "But your daughter is doing tremendously here. She has assimilated very well with her peers, and seems very happy."
#12 Chaos at Kadic |
Mr Delmas, the principal of Kadic Academy, manages the everyday matters that all school principals must manage. He seems very uneasy when confronted with disapproving looks like the one Mr Gauthier gives him. He's also very naive when Tyron comes to Kadic, leaving him alone with Aelita despite her clear unease. Generally speaking, he's helpless against XANA's attacks at Kadic (episode 12 "Chaos at Kadic"). He listens to students and he's able to help them out (like when he gave Yumi the gym in episode 06 "Suspicion"), but he can also dodge their problems: for example, in episode 07 "Countdown," he shrugs off concerns about academic overload by giving them free orange juice at the 10AM break.
A spectre take his appearance in the same episode.
 | Actor: Eric Soubelet
Episodes of appearance
#06 Suspicion
#07 Countdown
#12 Chaos at Kadic
#17 A Bright Career Ahead
#26 The Final Mission
Notes
Like many secondary characters, Mr Delmas's physical appearance changed a lot in Evolution, and his role became almost representational. Now he's just a difficultly comical character who lacks his former charisma. |
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| |  | "Go see your friends. What are you waiting for?"
#09 The Bait |
As the only girl who's stolen Odd's heart, Samantha is pretty unique. After moving to the other side of the country, she came back to Kadic as a boarder after being expelled from a few other schools. She finds Odd and the two turtle doves immediately start flirting again.
The beginning of their relationship is hindered by XANA attacks targeting Odd (episode 07 "Countdown") or that require his presence on Lyoko (episode 09 "The Bait"). Odd finally wins Samantha's favour by gifting her a mountain of flowers (episode 13 "Betting on Odd").
 | Actress: Louise Vallat
Episodes of appearance
#07 Countdown
#09 The Bait
#13 Betting on Odd
Notes
In the original series, Odd had a crush on a girl named Samantha Knight, who had black skin. Although Evolution's Samantha has a different surname and we can therefore say she's not the same character, the similarities between the two led a lot of fans to be upset that Samantha Knight had been whitewashed. |
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| |  | "I can give you some fashion advice. Not to judge or anything, but pink and black together..."
#21 Imposters |
Sissi (short for Elizabeth) Delmas is the principal's daughter. Sissi has a long history with the heroes. For a long time, she had an ambiguous relationship with them, spending most of her time trying to rain on their parade...while saving their day when the going got tough.
After they originally won their battle against XANA, the heroes felt they should be less mean to her and make peace with her. Today, Sissi seems to have matured and lost interest in the Lyoko Warriors. She doesn't cling to them like she used to. She rarely appears during the second war against XANA. The relationship between her and the group is still somewhat tense, as seen when she clashes with Odd (episode 09).
She decides to tag along uninvited on Aelita and Yumi's girls' day out (episode 21 "Imposters"). She makes trouble for them by not leaving their side during a XANA attack, so Aelita disguises Sissi as Aelita in order to fool the spectre. Sissi gets through it with a good scare and a return to the past. Aelita thanks her by inviting her on the girls' day out.
 | Actress: Britanny Haynes
Episodes of appearance
#09 The Bait
#21 Imposters
Notes
Sissi had black hair in Code Lyoko; she's blonde in Code Lyoko Evolution. This seemingly unexplained and unjustified change was one of the modifications that wasn't well received by old fans. Sissi's role has also become much less significant, both to the plot and as a secondary character. |
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| |  | "My daughter is dead. Who are you?"
#20 Espionage |
A key figure in Code Lyoko's mysterious backstory, Anthea Hopper (Aelita's mother) wasn't seen much at all in the animated series, because she disappeared before Hopper and Aelita's escape to Lyoko. Aelita's mother was presumed dead, leaving Aelita with nothing but a handful of memories.
This is why it's a terrible shock for Aelita to discover that she's still alive and working with Tyron, the man who betrayed her father (episode 18 "Resolve"). Unable to speak to her and missing a lot of answers, Aelita manages to contacting her (episode 20 "Espionage" and tells her that she's still alive, to Anthea's amazement.
Aelita embarks on a quest to find her mother through social networking...unsuccessfully. A new shock awaits Aelita when Tyron arrives at Kadic. He's been married to Anthea for 5 years, and is therefore Aelita's legal guardian. He blackmails her, telling her that if Jeremy doesn't abort his attack on his Supercomputer, Aelita won't be able to see her mother ever again. The heroes still proceed with the mission and Tyron leaves (episode 26 "The Final Mission").
But dozens of questions remain unanswered. What's Anthea's real status with regards to Tyron? Is she a prisoner, being forced to record the video message? Is she simply being manipulated by Tyron? Or is she truly on his side? The heroes know so little about it that they're unable to tell fact from fiction, and Aelita has a long way to go before she finds her mother.
 | Actress: Sandrine Rigaux
Episodes of appearance
#11 Rendezvous (spectre)
#18 Resolve
#19 The Trap
#20 Espionage
#26 The Final Mission
Notes
Anthea no longer has pink hair like she did in the original animated series. |
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