History Characters / CodeLyokoLyokoWarriors

* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: There's no real reason for him to be a samurai in Lyoko. He's not even Japanese (he's actually German). But damn, it sure is cool. [[note]] Though considering his outright love and admiration for the Japanese culture and the notorious DarkAndTroubledPast of Germany's history during both World Wars that they started (especially the atrocities under the Nazi regime), it's justified Ulrich would want nothing to do with his ancestral homeland.[[/note]]

* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: There's no real reason for him to be a samurai in Lyoko. He's not even Japanese (he's actually German). But damn, it sure is cool. [[note]] Though considering his outright love and admiration for the Japanese culture and the notorious DarkAndTroubledPast of Germany's history during both World Wars that they started (especially under the Nazi regime), it's justified Ulrich would want nothing to do with his ancestral homeland.[[/note]]

* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking French, Odd apparently knows Chinese (which he uses while in Yumi's body to speak with her parents, creating a rather awkward scene with them) and knows Italian and a little bit of Russian. Making him and Yumi, who can speak Japanese and French, the only members of the team to speak multiple languages, with Odd speaking 4 languages.

* BrilliantButLazy: Odd, while generally known for having bad grades, can be surprisingly bright when he wants to. A notable example is in "A Great Day" where he has no trouble answering Mrs. Hertz's questions after one Return to the Past, and only gets better with the following. Another example is in "Crash Course" where he flawlessly virtualizes Yumi at the right spot [[BigDamnHeroes at the right time to save Aelita]] despite ''having slept during Jérémie's whole computing lesson''! Even more impressive is that Odd also knows at least 3 languages (his native French, Chinese and a small basic knowledge of Russian).

* FaceHeelTurn: Heavily downplayed. He does not become evil ''per se'', but he does reveal the secret to his girlfriend Brynja in "Kadic Bombshell", leading to him being kicked out, and to Brynja's shenanigans on the Supercomputer almost killing the heroes. Fortunately, he gets better when he sees that Brynja is little more than an AttentionWhore.

** Don't ever call or mistake Yumi as Chinese or even attempt to talk to Yumi in Chinese, Sissi found this out the hard way with the former which Yumi snapped at her for and Odd regularly does the latter to annoy her, as he can't speak Japanese.[[note]] UsefulNotes/{{China}} and UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} have a notorious national cultural rivarly that dates back centuries.[[/note]]
** Don't ever insult Yumi's homeland or it's culture, Jim earned a well deserved DeathGlare from Yumi for mispronouncing Manga as "Japanese mahn-goes."

* {{Expy}}: Her shoulder-length hairstyle and outright serious demeanor, makes Yumi look very similar in appearance to [[Anime/DragonballZ Androids 17 and 18]] from ''Dragonball Z'' (making the similarities even more noticeable both characters have noticeably big foreheads), bonus points for Yumi hailing from the country where the much beloved Anime-Manga series is made.

* TwoGirlsToATeam: Aelita and Yumi are the only two female members of the team by the time the series start. This trope used to be {{averted}} in the prequel, since Sissi was one of the original founding members of the team....''briefly''. After she was kicked out due to revealing the group's identity to the world, this trope started to be PlayedStraight. However, it was {{subverted}} in the novels when American transfer student Eva Skinner joined the team.

* TwoGirlsToATeam: Aelita and Yumi are the only two female members of the team by the time the series start. This trope used to be {{averted}} in the prequel, since Sissi was one of the original founding members of the team....''briefly''. After she was kicked out due to revealing the group's identity to the world, this trope started to be PlayedStraight. However, it was {{subverted}} in the novels when Eva Skinner joined the team.

* AbusiveParents: Ulrich has an emotionally abusive dad who only seems to care his son's grades, and, if Ulrich's talk is anything to go by, rarely even talks to him. (Ulrich even mentions in season 3 that his father hasn't spoken to him in ''a year''.) Not to mention his mother who acts as an enabler by simply sitting by and watching her husband harshly berate their son (even scolding Ulrich when he dares to talk back to him).

* CallingTheOldManOut: In the season 3 finale, his father comes to Kadic to talk to him about his bad grades. At first, Ulrich silently submits himself to his criticisms; then his father suggests his friends are a bad influence on him, and Ulrich finally snaps:

* InterchangeableAsianCultures: It's stated he likes [[ForeignCultureFetish Japanese culture]] (and he respects a few customs for Yumi's sake), despite being of German descent, which is presumably the reason his Lyoko avatar is a Japanese samurai, rather than a German themed warrior [[note]]considering Germany's rather DarkAndTroubledPast under control of the notorious Nazi regime and during both World Wars, it's justified Ulrich would want nothing to do with his German heritage[[/note]]. However, the martial art he practices is [[UsefulNotes/{{Silat}} Pencak Silat]], which is Indonesian. Might be justified in real life, as Pencak Silat was somewhat of a fad in France and Netherlands around TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium.

** In Episode 58, Johnny asks him for help with [[PrecociousCrush his feelings]] for Yumi. Ulrich does [[SarcasmMode what any reasonable person would do to a ten-year-old]] and offers him advice that'll both embarrass him and make Yumi hate him, Yumi calls him out on it.

* WellDoneSonGuy: A whole Ulrich-centered episode has him constantly seeking approval from his ultra-exigent father. He gets it in the end... [[spoiler:at the apparent cost of his father's life]]. And then promptly has it ResetButton'd. Poor guy.

** Ulrich is pretty much the strongest Lyoko Warrior for most of the show's run. His katana can one-shot monsters, reflect lasers, block a Megatank's blast and doubles as a thrown weapon. Not only that, but he gets '' two'' very versatile Lyoko powers that come with no drawbacks at all.

* AttackReflector: His katana can be used to deflect the Monsters' laser.

* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: There's no real reason for him to be a samurai in Lyoko. He's not even Japanese (he's actually German). But damn, it sure is cool.

The only extravert of the Team, and an incorrigible smart-aleck. He dresses in flashy, clashing colors, mostly purple and yellow. Though physically petite compared to the rest of the team, he is an adrenaline junkie, just the type to go for extreme sports. Also a passable student; his strengths are in the languages and artistic classes. He's [[KidAnova a big flirt]] who's dated about every girl in his grade (most of them for only a day or two) as well as a few others. He has smuggled his small dog, "Kiwi", into the dormitories. In Lyoko, his avatar is a Cat Boy version of himself, including claws and a tail. He has heightened agility and stamina in this form, and can shoot "Laser Arrows" from his forearms -- which, for a time, tended to run out of ammo at the worst possible moments. This shortage was resolved in Season 2 at the expense of another of Odd's powers, the "Future Flash" which offered spontaneous visions of [[YouCantFightFate the mostly immutable immediate future]]. This left Odd with the short end of the stick powers-wise, a fact lampshaded in Season 3's "Triple Trouble" when Jérémie tries to give Odd a teleportation ability, [[MesACrowd but ended up making two clones]] for him instead, and the clones wind up not disappearing when no longer needed. At least he still has a marginally useful [[DeflectorShields energy shield]], granted as part of the Season 2 power realignment. He is from UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}.

* FaceHeelTurn: Heavily downplayed. He does not become evil ''per se'', but he does reveal the secret to his girlfriend Brynga in "Kadic Bombshell", leading to him being kicked out, and to Brynga's shenanigans on the Supercomputer almost killing the heroes. Fortunately, he gets better when he sees that Brynja is little more than an AttentionWhore.

* FamilyOfChoice: A result of being FireForgedFriends. Given that Yumi is the only one with much contact with her family, Aelita is presumably an orphan, and Odd and Ulrich have strained relationships with their families, the Lyoko Warriors gradually form their own tight-knit family. William is the only one not included in the "family" both due to the fact that he was recruited for his abilities rather than his friendship with the heroes and later on, his xanafication that led to sour relations with the other Lyoko-warriors, Aelita aside.

* CuteBruiser: In the pilot, she is able to match Ulrich in hand-to-hand combat in the real world. She is also very strong for her age, able to tear a screwed-in metal grate out of the ground (not without efforts) as seen in "Revelation".

* {{Expy}}: Her shoulder-length hairstyle and outright serious demeanor, makes Yumi look very similar in appearance to [[Anime/DragonballZ Androids 17 and 18]] from ''Dragonball Z'', bonus points for Yumi hailing from the country where the much beloved Anime-Manga series is made.

* {{Goth}}: Wears almost all black clothes throughout Seasons 1-3, she wears slightly brighter clothes in Season 4. Her Lyoko Avatar on the other hand is the polar opposite as she wears an extremely bright Geisha outfit.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When William requests to join the team for the last battle, Yumi violently rejects him and refuses to let him on Lyoko, arguing XANA might seize the opportunity to control him again. Ironically, this is exactly what happens... except XANA is able to control him through a tower because he is still on Earth and hasn't been virtualized enough times. As if it is some sort of revenge, William then proceeds to gives a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Yumi, which in real life would have left her with broken bones, ''at least''.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Even though she had her occasional moments, Yumi is pettier and more sensitive in Season 4. Highlights include her being angry with Ulrich in "Lab Rat" for forgetting her birthday, disowning Hiroki in "Lost at Sea" for stealing her diary, believing that Ulrich sold an EmbarrassingOldPhoto of Yumi to the Kadic News, even though Ulrich wouldn't do that (granted, he did take the fall for Odd) in "Cold Sweat", and harshly rejecting William's help in "Fight to the Finish". It's likely this stemmed from the prolonged stress that her XANA battles caused her over the series, as noted above in DesignatedVictim and IJustWantToBeNormal, as she always states how badly she just wants a normal life. She gets better come "Echoes", where the group [[spoiler:shuts down the Supercomputer]] and is very happy about it. At this point, she's more in line with her CoolBigSis personality, being on better terms with William despite rejecting his help earlier, and comforts Ulrich about living without Lyoko.

* CharacterDevelopment: Starts from being a big JerkWithAHeartOfGold to becoming more grounded and mature than Yumi in Season 4, coming to accept their JustFriends relationship (even though everyone knows that is far from the case). He's also the one to [[spoiler:mend fences with Sissi in the finale.]] He doesn't ''quite'' get past his rivalry with William, however, [[spoiler:criticizing him for his LeeroyJenkins attitude that got him caught by the Scyphozoa despite Odd being ''much'' worse in that department.]]

* CreateYourOwnVillain: His unwarranted rejection of Sissi after her "betrayal" of him and the group is what sets her off to become the school's AlphaBitch and a thorn in the group's side. He eventually seems to realize this and by Season 4 is nothing but polite to Sissi even when annoyed by her, culminating in him [[spoiler:inviting her back into the group as a friend.]]

* InterchangeableAsianCultures: It's stated he likes [[ForeignCultureFetish Japanese culture]] (and he respects a few customs for Yumi's sake), despite being German, which is presumably the reason his Lyoko avatar is a Japanese samurai. However, the martial art he practices is [[UsefulNotes/{{Silat}} pencak silat]], which is Indonesian. Might be justified in real life, as pencak silat was somewhat of a fad in France and Netherlands around TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium.

* JustFriends: With Yumi. At first, the idea of this leaves him frustrated, but by season 4, he seems to have made peace with it.[[spoiler:But by the end of the show, it's left unclear if their relationship is solved or not as they hint at wanting to re-explore their romance again.]]

** In Episode 58, Johnny asks him for help with [[PrecociousCrush his feelings]] for Yumi. Ulrich does [[SarcasmMode what any reasonable person would do to a ten-year-old]] and offers him advice that'll both embarrass him and make Yumi hate him.

* MeaningfulName: "Stern" for TheStoic. His name also is derived from the Germanic word for "chief"; fitting as he sometimes leads the charge against XANA.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Yumi. According to the SeriesFinale "Echoes", they eventually will... but it was ''highly'' tentative.

* BeserkButton: Yumi has two which are related to her Japanese roots:
** Don't ever call or mistake Yumi as Chinese or even attempt to speak to Yumi in Chinese, Sissi found this out the hard way with the former which Yumi snapped at her and Odd regularly does the latter to annoy her.[[note]] UsefulNotes/{{China}} and {{UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} have a famous rivarly that dates back centuries.[[/note]]
** Don't ever insult Yumi's homeland or it's culture, Jim earned a well deserved DeathGlare from Yumi for mispronouncing Manga as "man-goess."
* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking her native Japanese (which she only does with she's with her parents and her brother Hiroki), Yumi can also speak fluent French just as well, making her the only member of the gang to speak two different languages, next to Odd who can speak French, Italian, Chinese (ironically in a FreakyFridayFlip episode where he swapped bodies with ''Yumi'' no less) and Russian.[[note]]Though when it actually came time for Yumi to speak one Japanese line while on the phone back in Season 2, in the English dub, her English VA Mirabelle Kirkland accidentally said Kon'nichiwa こんにちは (the Japanese word for "hello") on the phone as a greeting, which in Japanese customs is considered to be impolite as they're supposed to say Moshi Moshi もしもし while on the phone (another version of "hello", which is the proper greeting). Her Japanese dub VA goes with the proper greeting.[[/note]]

* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking her native Japanese (which she only does with she's with her parents and her brother Hiroki), Yumi can also speak fluent French just as well, making her the only member of the gang to speak two different languages, next to Odd who can speak French, Chinese (ironically in a FreakyFridayFlip episode where he swapped bodies with ''Yumi'' no less) and Russian.[[note]]Though when it actually came time for Yumi to speak one Japanese line while on the phone back in Season 2, in the English dub, her English VA Mirabelle Kirkland accidentally said Kon'nichiwa こんにちは (the Japanese word for "hello") on the phone as a greeting, which in Japanese customs is considered to be impolite as they're supposed to say Moshi Moshi もしもし while on the phone (another version of "hello", which is the proper greeting). Her Japanese dub VA goes with the proper greeting.[[/note]]

* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking French, Odd apparently knows Chinese (which he uses while in Yumi's body to speak with her parents, creating a rather awkward scene with them) and knows a little bit of Russian. Making him and Yumi, who can speak Japanese and French, the only members of the team to speak multiple languages, with Odd speaking 3.

* BadassAdorable: Cute as a button in the real world that later learns the dangerous [[KamehamehaHadoken Energy Field]] by herself off-screen, a pink energy blast that while unwieldy is ''very powerful'' that can OneHitKO most of XANA's forces without having to hit their XANA eyes, included the [[TheDreaded Megatank]] which would normally give the gang a major headache.

* BrilliantButLazy: Odd, while generally known for having bad grades, can be surprisingly bright when he wants to. A notable example is in "A Great Day" where he has no trouble answering Mrs. Hertz's questions after one Return to the Past, and only gets better with the following. Another example is in "Crash Course" where he flawlessly virtualizes Yumi at the right spot [[BigDamnHeroes at the right time to save Aelita]] despite ''having slept during Jérémie's whole computing lesson''!

* FaceHeelTurn: Heavily downplayed. He does not become evil ''per se'', but he does reveal the secret to his girlfriend Brynga in "Kadic Bombshell", leading to him being kicked out, and to Brynga's shenanigans on the Supercomputer almost killing the heroes. Fortunately, he gets better when he sees that Brynga is little more than an AttentionWhore.

* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking French, Odd apparently knows Chinese (which he uses while in Yumi's body to speak with her parents, creating a rather awkward scene with them) and knows a little bit of Russian. Making him and Yumi, who can speak Japanese and French, the only members to speak multiple languages.

* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking her native Japanese (which she only does with she's with her parents and her brother Hiroki), Yumi can also speak fluent French, making her the only member of the gang to speak two different languages, next to Odd who can speak French, Chinese (ironically in a FreakyFridayFlip episode where he swapped bodies with ''Yumi'' no less) and Russian.[[note]]Though when it actually came time for Yumi to speak one Japanese line while on the phone back in Season 2, in the English dub, her English VA Mirabelle Kirkland accidentally said Kon'nichiwa こんにちは (the Japanese word for "hello") on the phone as a greeting, which in Japanese customs is considered to be impolite as they're supposed to say Moshi Moshi もしもし while on the phone (another version of "hello", which is the proper greeting). Her Japanese dub VA goes with the proper greeting.[[/note]]

* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking her native Japanese (which she only does with her parents and brother Hiroki), Yumi can also speak fluent French, making her the only member of the gang to speak two different languages.[[note]]Though when it actually came time for Yumi to speak one Japanese line while on the phone back in Season 2, in the English dub, her English VA Mirabelle Kirkland accidentally said Kon'nichiwa こんにちは (the Japanese word for "hello") on the phone as a greeting, which in Japanese customs is considered to be impolite as they're supposed to say Moshi Moshi もしもし while on the phone (another version of "hello", which is the proper greeting). Her Japanese dub VA goes with the proper greeting.[[/note]]

The tallest and oldest of the group, alongside William. A good student, she is a Japanese national at the boarding school, living off-campus with her family (she's the only member of the group to actually hail and be born from the Far East, as Yumi's birthplace is Kyoto, Japan). She is one grade above the rest of the Team, which proves sometimes problematic. While she may have feelings for Ulrich, Yumi is exasperated by his inability to articulate his crush. Her virtual form is a Japanese Geisha before changing out the Japanese Geisha outfit for a streamlined Ninja spandex outfit with a collapsible razor-edged fan, with which she can deflect energy bolts. The fan can be thrown as a ranged weapon, [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang returning to her hand after an attack]]. Yumi also exhibits [[MindOverMatter telekinetic power]] over several objects of the Lyoko landscape -- most often boulders in the Mountain or Desert sectors. A running joke among fans is XANA's tendency to [[DesignatedVictim single her out for attack]].

* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking her native Japanese (which she only does with her parents and brother Hiroki), Yumi can also speak fluent French, making her the only member of the gang to speak two different languages.[[note]]Though when it actually came time for Yumi to speak one Japanese line while on the phone back in Season 2, her English VA Mirabelle Kirkland accidentally said Kon'nichiwa こんにちは (the Japanese word for hello) on the phone as a greeting, which in Japanese customs is considered to be impolite as they're supposed to say Moshi Moshi もしもし (which is the proper greeting)[[/note]]

* {{Expy}}: Her shoulder-length hairstyle and outright serious demeanor, makes Yumi look very similar in appearance to [[Anime/DragonballZ Androids 17 and 18]] from ''Dragonball Z'', bonus points for Yumi hailing from the country where the beloved Manga is made.

* {{Goth}}: Wears almost all black clothes throughout Seasons 1-3, she slightly wears brighter clothes in Season 4. Her Lyoko Avatar on the other hand is the polar opposite as she wears an extremely bright Geisha outfit.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Out of all the team, she is the one to be the least comfortable with the struggle against XANA, as it forces her to routinely lie to her family (something she hates to do due to her Japanese customs as she's routinely dishonouring them), [[DesignatedVictim frequently exposes her to XANA's attacks]] and generally makes her life more complicated. By the end of the series, she is, excluding William, the only one eager to shut down the Supercomputer and move on to a Lyoko-free life. This is averted in her diary: back in the end of Season 1, she clearly states that she will miss Lyoko... but given that she didn't know how ''long'' the conflict with XANA would last...

* MsFanservice: Shares this role with Sissi. Yumi's had numerous risqué scenes including of dancing in a pool, bathing and kissing some boys, she's also the most stacked of the gang (with Aelita being right behind her). And at one point in the series, Yumi gets attacked by XANA-fied possessed plant vines that looks very similar to ''tentacle hentai'' with some vines even ''groping'' Yumi's breasts for a split second (not helping matters is Yumi is Japanese, in which such scenes would be right at home in her home country).

* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking her native Japanese (which she only does with her parents and brother Hiroki), Yumi can also speak fluent French, making her the only member of the gang to speak two different languages.[[note]]Though when it actually came time for Yumi to speak one Japanese line while on the phone back in Season 2, her English VA Mirabelle Kirkland accidentally said Konnichiwa (the Japanese word for hello) on the phone as a greeting, which in Japanese customs is considered to be impolite as they're supposed to say moshi moshi (which is the proper greeting)[[/note]]

The tallest and oldest of the group, alongside William. A good student, she is a Japanese national at the boarding school, living off-campus with her family (she's the only member to actually hail from the Far East). She is one grade above the rest of the Team, which proves sometimes problematic. While she may have feelings for Ulrich, Yumi is exasperated by his inability to articulate his crush. Her virtual form is a Japanese Geisha before changing out the Japanese Geisha outfit for a streamlined Ninja spandex outfit with a collapsible razor-edged fan, with which she can deflect energy bolts. The fan can be thrown as a ranged weapon, [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang returning to her hand after an attack]]. Yumi also exhibits [[MindOverMatter telekinetic power]] over several objects of the Lyoko landscape -- most often boulders in the Mountain or Desert sectors. A running joke among fans is XANA's tendency to [[DesignatedVictim single her out for attack]].

* BilingualBonus: In addition to speaking her native Japanese (which she only does with her parents), Yumi can also speak French, making her the only member of the gang to speak two different languages.

->Voiced by: Mathieu Moreau (French), Creator/DavidGasman (English), Alexei Mayén (Latin American Spanish), Pablo Sevilla (European Spanish), Masaru Uekura (Japanese), Janusz Wituch(Polish)

* NakedOnArrival: Averted. When she is materialized on Earth in the end of season 1, she appears fully clothed. This aversion is relevant because it [[spoiler:foreshadows the revelation that Aelita isn't an artificial inteligence but a human girl all along]].

%%* NerdGlasses: Up to Meganekko levels.

** {{Expy}}: Her shoulder-length hairstyle and outright serious demeanor, makes Yumi look very similar in appearance to [[Anime/DragonballZ Androids 17 and 18]], bonus points for Yumi hailing from the country where the beloved Manga is made.

* OneHeadTaller: Not exactly one head, but she's notably taller than Ulrich, making her the tallest of the group. She takes from her mother, obviously, who is also taller than her father. {{Averted}} by ''Evolution'' which due to being played by the far shorter Creator/MelanieTram in live action, Yumi is no longer the tallest of the group.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: The palest of her friends, with very black hair to match.

->Voiced by: Sophie Landresse (French), Sharon Mann (English), Creator/XochitlUgarte (Latin American Spanish), Olga Velasco (European Spanish), Creator/YuShimamura (Japanese), Creator/BeataWyrąbkiewicz (Polish)