History Characters / CodeLyokoVillains

* ''Tarantulas'' (''Tarentules'') -- XANA's apparent first attempt at [[MinMaxing min-maxing]] its monsters: they have more Life Points than any other monster barring the Scyphozoa (as of its Season 2 rollout), the Eye of XANA weak point is small and located at the back of the head, and their mobility is largely sacrificed for high-speed firing of the [[ArmCannon laser cannon stubs on their arms]]. Their threat at first was immense, as a single one devirtualized ''every'' Lyoko Warrior in one go; later though, the team has learned to deal with them, and they aren't nearly as dangerous.

** ArtificialStupidity: The monsters occasionally commit ridiculous mistakes, sometimes even shooting each other. This is lampshaded in "Marabounta", where Odd, while [[spoiler:giving instructions to some of the Blocks XANA sent to help them against the Marabounta]], mentions that "the only thing stupider than one Blok is two Bloks". In many respects this seems to be due to being somewhat literal-minded and overly obedient. They stick to their given goal or objective even when it's clear that isn't working. For example, when given the task of forming a firing line between the enemy and an activated tower, they do exactly that but are at a loss for what to do when the line is broken or when the enemy receive vehicle support that make them capable of going over the wall. Or as mentioned below, when ordered to search for and destroy the Lyoko Warriors, they continue to do so even if it prevents them from meeting a much worse fate like falling into the Digital Sea.
** AttackItsWeakPoint: No matter how much life points they have, it is possible to [[OneHitKill kill them instantly]] if you manage to hit the part of their body marked with the Eye of XANA. The only known exceptions to this rule are the Kolossus ([[spoiler:you need to hit on ''both'' of his two marks]]) and the Scyphozoa (who does react and fly away when hit, but doesn't die).
** ConvulsiveSeizures: Most monsters shake violently before dying. The Scyphozoa squirms in agony when it absorbs junk data, like when it took the memory from Aelita's clone.
** DefeatEqualsExplosion: Most of them explode upon dying, although the conflagration is harmless to others. The Kolossus is an exception, as it does not explode, instead collapsing as the lava parts of its body cool down to rock. Because of this, it is still capable of taking down a Lyoko Warrior as it dies, as Ulrich found out when the falling Kolossus fell on top of him.
** DemotedToExtra:
*** The Megatanks got hit with this during Season 4, only appearing in two episodes. This was probably due to their OneHitKill lasers being a StoryBreakerPower concerning the Replika plotline, which was displayed in Episode 73, where their firepower was enough that Jérémie had to reroute energy from the Supercomputer itself just to make sure that the ''[[CoolShip Skidbladnir]]'' wouldn't be instantly destroyed.
*** The Hornets would also suffer from this during Season 4, only appearing in three episodes (79, 81, and 83), and were replaced by the Mantas whenever an aerial monster was needed.
*** The Scyphozoa is another that got hit with this in Season 4. After being a huge menace towards the Lyoko Warriors throughout Seasons 2 and 3, it ends up only making two appearances throughout the final season. Part of the issue is that its role as TheDragon for XANA got replaced by XANA-William.
** DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Some of the monsters's weapon design clearly evokes... bodily processes. Mantas excrete their flying landmines through a visible orbicular hole in their rear end, Krabes fire their vertical lasers from between their legs, and Hornets can squirt liquid from their lower body stingers.
** EnergyWeapon: All monsters, with the exception of the unique ones (Scyphozoa, Kalamar, Kolossus), primarily attack with SlowLaser. Apart from the Kankrelats, though, they all have unique methods of attack as well.
** EpilepticFlashingLights: Whenever they're wounded.
** HarmlessFreezing: Zig-zagged. The Blok's ice beam can be fired in a continuous stream and freezes targets in place, either freezing limbs or the entire avatar. While the former only restricts movement, the latter will drain life points and if it hits a weak enough avatar, will cause devirtualization.
** HitPoints: Unlike the Lyoko Warriors, who all have 100 Lifepoints, the monsters all have varying amounts. Tarantulas have the most, while Kankrelats have the least.
** AnIcePerson: Blocks are able to fire beams of ice at the warriors that can be used to immobilize them or cause instant devirtualization.
** ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: They ''do'' gets some shot to the heroes, and even sometimes succeeds in devirtualizing them, but most of the time, they miss their target, especially when said target is Aelita.
** ImplacableMan: The Scyphozoa stalks its victim relentlessly and cannot be destroyed, only temporarily incapacitated.
** TheJuggernaut: The Kolossus is huge, powerful and pretty much unstoppable by conventional means. While most monsters are weak enough that other parts of their bodies can be damaged to either immobilize them or be sufficient in destroying them, the Kolossus' body is impervious to damage. Even a program that freezes its bottom half while it is half-submerged in a lake barely fazes it. The only way to kill it, which Ulrich figures out in the next to last episode, is to strike the Eyes of XANA on its face and arm simultaneously.
** NiceJobFixingItVillain: It has happened for the monsters to keep firing on a hero about to fall in the Digital Sea -- thus saving him or her from being stuck by timely devirtualization.
** MechaMooks: Well, mecha-and-flesh mooks. Or just something completely different -- XANA is surprisingly creative in design for an AI program.
** NoBodyLeftBehind: They explode when killed and don't even leave a trace.
** OneHitKill: Megatanks can devirtualize the Lyoko Warriors with just one hit, and later the Kolossus is also shown to be able to do the same.
** PlayingWithFire: Bloks can shoot fiery rings which usually cause a OneHitKill.
** PowersAsPrograms: Justified, since they literally are programs. XANA is able to manipulate them exactly in that fashion: downloading them, modifying them, copying them, etc.
** RentAZilla: The Kolossus is a giant RockMonster bigger than anything else on Lyoko and capable of destroying anything in a single hit. [[spoiler:As shown when it one-shots the ''Skidbladnir'' at the end of the series.]]
** RoboCam: They apparently see through the XANA eye, with the exception of Tarantulas, who seem to see through the little red slits on their nose.
** SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence: Bricks (except the Scyphozoa). Bloks seem to have some degree of intelligence, curiously enough, as they have been seen glancing at one another and emitting confused noises when a Lyoko Warrior evades them, and ambushing them from unexpected angles.
** TheSpeechless: They do not seem to have human intelligence, and do not speak beside shrieking, roaring or other unintelligible sounds.
** SuperDrowningSkills: With the exception of the Kongres, the Sharks and the Kalamar. Justified though, since this is Lyoko, where falling in the Digital Sea equals being disintegrated for them. Landbound monsters can sink in ordinary bodies of water that you can find on the Ice Sector, but as they are designed to work in land, their performance in water tends to be disastrous.
** TopHeavyGuy: The Kolossus has short, stubby legs compared to its massive upper body.
** WeHaveReserves: XANA can create as many of them as he wants, so he has no qualm about sacrificing them if necessary.
** XtremeKoolLetterz: Most of their names are normal words in French and English, just modified with these to make them look cool. Kankrelat, for example, is just the French word for "cockroach," except with all of the "Cs" replaced with "Ks". Justified since Odd's the one who named them and everyone just ran with it.

[[caption-width-right:200:[[BigBad Instant evil]], [[FacelessEye just add]] [[SigilSpam symbol]].\\

[[labelnote:Click here to see his real-world avatar]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_code_lyoko_s01___03mkv_snapshot_0548769.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* VillainousRescue: He unexpectedly helps the heroes against the Marabounta in "Marabounta", purely out of self preservation, and saves William from the Digital Sea in "Final Round" after Lyoko's destruction in order to turn him into his {{Dragon}}.

[[caption-width-right:200:[[BigBad Instant evil]], [[FacelessEye just add]] [[SigilSpam symbol]].]]

* {{Expy}}:
** XANA could be seen as a digital version of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]]. He's an UnseenEvil who represents himself with a symbol of a FacelessEye, controlling an army of monsters, and he has the power to corrupt people and items alike to serve him. Also like Sauron, he has an association with [[EvilTowerOfOminousness tall towers.]]
** He could also be seen as a G-rated version of [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream AM]], a malevolent supercomputer who can alter reality.
** In the novels, he is eventually materialized, and looks exactly like William. What keeps this out of IdenticalStranger territory is that William doesn't exist in the novels.

* AllInTheManual: The very existence of this character isn't brought up directly in the original series. Rather the information given is from an [[http://cdal.over-blog.com/article-interview-sophie-decroisette-partie-2-122910086.html interview]] with the headwriter Sophie Decroisette, who also co-written the backstory with Jérôme Mouscadet between Season 1 and Season 2.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is responsible for the downfall of Franz Hopper, making almost everything that happens in the series his fault. He is also alive at the time the original series takes place but remains "dormant".
* MadScientist: Well, when he is an enemy of Franz Hopper and caused his downfall...

* UnseenEvil: This character isn't seen in the series and Decroisette stated that the backstory where this character orginated wasn't utilized in ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'' suggesting that this character is neither Tyron nor the characters seen in a group photograph in the dossier on Waldo Schaeffer from the season 2 - 4 ending.

* {{Expy}}: XANA could be seen as a digital version of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]]. He’s an UnseenEvil who represents himself with a symbol of a FacelessEye, controlling an army of monsters, and he has the power to corrupt people and items alike to serve him. Also like Sauron, he has an association with [[EvilTowerOfOminousness tall towers.]]

* ''Sharks'' (''Rekins'') -- [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks Shark-like monsters]] also native to the Digital Sea. Fire torpedoes instead of lasers.

* BerserkButton: According to Jérémie, him activating a tower truly enrages XANA, as the program will often go out of its way to hijack it. Or just Jérémie in general, XANA really hates the boy's guts.

* UltimateEvil: Besides the FacelessEye, he never uses any kind of Lyoko form, and the closest thing to a physical form that he has in the real world is as a massive billowing cloud of slimy, black smoke.

See his section (Season 4 Avatar) [[Characters/CodeLyokoLyokoWarriors here]].

* ArchEnemy: To the Lyoko Warriors and Franz Hopper. More personally, he seems to really ''hate'' Jérémie.

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