Who is the main character?

[Taelia offline]

Wait a sec, Animenologist. If that's the case, if Jim and Sissi joined, what would that make them?

[MY85 offline]

Wait a sec. If that's the case, if Jim and Sissi joined, what would that make them?

Just new Team Lyoko members. They would never be the main stars or leaders of the show.

And if we're gonna talk about a leader, then it's Jeremie.

[Taelia offline]

I agree. It should be Jeremie. He's courageous, kind, loving and very chvalrous to Aelita. He cares about his friends' safety and protection more than anything else, and he can operate one mean supercomputer.

[Chosen_one offline]

In XANA's Kiss, I remember Jeremie saying

"You're not supposed to go to Lyoko unless I give the order!"

or something like that.

[Taelia offline]

Actually, that was more along the lines of "Cruel Dilemma", but close enough.

[Reesane offline]

The inter show revolves aroud XANA, so it would be safe to say that he is the main charetor.

[animenologist offline]

He is the main antagonist, so of course a lot of the show would focus on him. Whether you think main villains means main charcter depends on your pov. Do you believe Malificent from Sleeping Beauty to be the main character since all the trouble started with her? Do you believe Sin from FFX to be the main character because the story revolves around defeating it? Do you believe Naraku from Inuyasha is the main character, seeing as all the events taking place was due to the his direct actions? Villains are important, because what are heroes without villains and in that sense they are a main character. But as I've said, importance does not make THE main character, its focus.

[Chosen_one offline]

All the characters depend on each other. One character alone probably can't get anything done.

For example, in almost every episode someone dies on Lyoko, so they will need other people to go to Lyoko to protect Aelita.

[darkslip offline]

The main character would probably be jermie or alieta because jermie runs the computer and alieta deactivates the towers

[dr xana offline]

id say aelita is the main charecter but jerimies the best charecter





smileie wars:

[TaskForceLyoko offline]

It's a team show where no single character is the main one. Certain characters are needed to move the plot on a particular episode, but that doesn't make them the main character, only the character of focus. Look at it this way, if Xana was the "main" character, would you still watch if they changed Team Lyoko to a completely different group? If Jeremie and Aelita went on vacation together and the episode focused on the antics of Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd, would you skip that episode? Would you watch an episode focused on a day in the life of Odd? Ulrich and Yumi's relationship happenings(also known as U+Y Wildest Car Crashes)? The whole has become greater than its parts.

[Lyokofreak offline]

hmmm, maybe its Odd, you never know...

[LadyChaos offline]

It's a team show where no single character is the main one. Certain characters are needed to move the plot on a particular episode, but that doesn't make them the main character, only the character of focus.

Quite true, but I still think that Aelita would be considered the main character. Without her there's no deactivation of towers.
Jeremie's important because he runs the computer but Aelita can as well. If Jeremie weren't around Aelita could still transfer the others, upload their vehicles, and then transfer herself.

Rose

[TaskForceLyoko offline]

Quite true, but I still think that Aelita would be considered the main character. Without her there's no deactivation of towers.
Jeremie's important because he runs the computer but Aelita can as well. If Jeremie weren't around Aelita could still transfer the others, upload their vehicles, and then transfer herself.

Rose

But without Xana, there would be no need to deactivate towers....or have a show for that matter. But I doubt anyone would keep watching if Xana killed all the kids, and they were replaced with a new one. And apart from a very few episodes, Aelita really spends much of her time in Lyoko running and screaming for help. Like I said, each character is an important piece in the whole. We follow the group's adventures, not a single character's.

[Stonecreek]

It is a character-driven show. If even one of the characters were lost, then the show would lose a certain spark it had. The chemistry would be thrown off, and things would fall off from there. Every charcacter, down tot he one-time only people, are important and integral to the show. If one person were to emerge as a stronger character than the rest, the show would suffer from the increased attention on that character. So there is no main character; it's an ensemble effort.

[Akito offline]

I kind of agree with most of you guys that Aelita is does sort of steal the position of main character, as everyone revolves around her. Every mystery, cliffhanger, heroic action, etc. happen solely because of Aelita or has something to do with Aelita. Though that does not mean that she is snobbish star of the show, that just means she has the most attention.

This is sort of like a reference to the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Though Sonic is the main character of the franchise, he is not the main character of Shadow the Hedgehog, Knuckles Chaotix, Tails Sky Patrol, Tails & The Music Maker, Tails Adventure, or Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (note the second worst Sonic game ever ). In comparison, just because Yumi is in the center of the logo doesn't mean that she's the leader. It just means they put her in that order; thinking not that the hero is usually in the center. If you will, Jeremy is sort of the leader in my opinion as he gives the orders and operates the computer business.

Remember that I said I kind of agree with you all about Aelita being the main character. I also kind of agree that Jeremy is takes a bit of credit at being main. Without him, they would never have met Aelita and without them meeting Aelita, you can guess what happens.

Though still, you will notice that there is no main character. As Taelia said, it's like Teen Titans. Though Robin is the leader, he is not the main character. You can infer this because all the characters have their own special episode. So you have my point, correct? So this is just my point of view, so you don't have to take it if you don't want to. Primarily because I don't have the power to stop you

[Lani offline]

Most important character and main character are different for me, so yeah... I always saw Jeremie as the main character, and Aelita as the most important. Cuz yanno, if there was no Aelita, they'd all be dead by now :o

[SamBlob offline]

The most important characters are Aelita and XANA, for the reason stated earlier: they are the focal points of the plot of the show.

The main characters are the five members of Team Lyoko.

There is no one leader of Team Lyoko, but decisions and policy generally tend to be made by Jeremy, Aelita or Yumi. Jeremy's decisions are often modified or overruled by Yumi as a voice of reason and/or by Aelita as a voice of conscience.

At least, that's the way I see it. And I thought about this a *lot* at TVTome...

[Delritho offline]

I would say XANA is the main character....Without him there would be no Code Lyoko....The gang wouldn't of meet Aelita and would of never known about Lyoko...Hence XANA is the main character....



On an Off Topic note: Wouldn't it be cool if XANA took a human form and went to Kadic. but problem is why would he go to Kadic...So many questions which will be left un answered....Oh well....

[TaskForceLyoko offline]

Most important character and main character are different for me, so yeah... I always saw Jeremie as the main character, and Aelita as the most important. Cuz yanno, if there was no Aelita, they'd all be dead by now :o

If there was no Aelita, they could have just flipped the switch on the supercomputer and got rid of Xana from the start.

Step back and ask yourselves the question: Who's story or adventure are we following? That's the main character.

[SamBlob offline]

Step back and ask yourselves the question: Who's story or adventure are we following? That's the main character.

In the first season, I'd say it was Jeremy's story/adventure, as he tried to materialize Aelita. The second season was more about Aelita trying to cope with the real world and to find out what the visions meant. So if that is the criterion being used, then Jeremy was the main character in the first season and Aelita was in the second.

[Delritho offline]

Ok lets also ask ourselves another Question...Without XANA what would the gang be doing right now???

[TaskForceLyoko offline]

In the first season, I'd say it was Jeremy's story/adventure, as he tried to materialize Aelita. The second season was more about Aelita trying to cope with the real world and to find out what the visions meant. So if that is the criterion being used, then Jeremy was the main character in the first season and Aelita was in the second.

Those were pieces of the plot. Jeremie trying to materialize Aelita was part of the whole story, not the story itself. That's why we watched the team venture into Lyoko episode after episode, rather than watch 26 episodes of Jeremie hacking away on the keyboard for 26 minutes. Notice how little it's actually ever mentioned?

Same with Aelita and her past and coping. Although some episodes concentrated on it, it was never the complete focus of all the episodes of the season. The only constant was that we followed the adventures of the whole team.

Ok lets also ask ourselves another Question...Without XANA what would the gang be doing right now???

Xana is the antagonist, a plot point and nothing more. If he was replaced with another enemy, the story could continue. If he was absent for an episode, the show could still go on.

[SamBlob offline]

Ok lets also ask ourselves another Question...Without XANA what would the gang be doing right now???

Getting some sleep and getting on with their lives.

This is getting very chicken-and-egg and probably needs to stop.

[Delritho offline]

I could go for some fired chicken and some eggs right now....

Anyways I would say Lyoko is the main character...erm....Thing/Virtual Space....Anyway I really don't think there is a main character for Code Lyoko....Not all shows have a main Character.....