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Ulrich Stern is a character from the French Animated Television Series '' Code Lyoko ''. DESCRIPTION Ulrich is the silently strong introvert of the group. He is 13 years old, 5.12' and weighs 99.2 pounds. On Earth, Ulrich wears a jersey with a vest over it and he wears Cargo Pants over his legs, all varying shades of green. In the first season episode ''Killer Music'', the jersey is shown as a non-sleeved shirt. His shoes are white. At night, he wears a white jersey and green shorts. Ulrich's Lyoko attire is somewhat modeled after a Samurai . The outfit comes complete with a karate headband and a Katana (called a saber in the English version). He wears Tabi over his feet. The back of Ulrich's Lyoko ID card shows three round symbols, believed to be stylized Chrysanthemum s, a type of Japanese flower. DISCUSSION Ulrich would seem to be the bravest member of the group. In the second season episode "Vertigo", it is discovered that he has Vertigo , which is a chemical disorder that causes dizziness. He shows signs of it when attempting to climb a rock wall, which reveals the condition to his friends. It hasn't seemed to affect him before this point. Having vertigo does not seem to be a hinderance on Lyoko , since it doesn't stop him from fighting Xana's Monsters on cliffs or scaling walls in an attempt to destroy them. He doesn't say very much and is evasive when someone asks him about himself or his family. He seems to have trouble opening up to people and hides his feelings in order to use them all the more explosively in action. Whenever someone is in danger, his feelings appear very quickly. The first example of this is in the first season episode "Killer Music", when Odd is about to be sent to the hospital. A similar situation occurs in the second season episode "Cold War", where he tells Yumi that he needs her and screams when she seems to have died. Though on the outside Ulrich appears to be fairly emotionally strong, many would argue that he constantly deals with hidden issues few could understand. One cause of this would undoubtedly be his parents, who, as we find out in "Zero Gravity Zone", are very hard to please, and have high expectations of their son. Earlier in that same episode, Jeremie berates Ulrich for going to the soccer game instead of helping to fight Xana, which upset Ulrich. Odd explained Ulrich's reasoning after he had left the room. He has a close relationship with Yumi, based on observation from a distance and repressed admiration, though both he and Yumi constantly waver between just friends and more than that. This admiration can sometimes cause him to do things that one might consider to be stupid. For example, in the episode "The Chips Are Down", when it looked as if Yumi might move back to Japan, Ulrich actually tried to write a letter to the president in an attempt keep her near the school. He abandoned this plan once he heard the lotto numbers being announced on the radio. Instead, he copied the numbers and activated a Return Trip in order to win the lotto. This action cost him his position in the group, and he was temporarily banished until he could think about what he did wrong. Earlier, in the episode "Saint Valentine's Day", he writes a poem for Yumi. Yumi is not the only person interested in Ulrich; Emily , Milly , Sissi , and Tamiya have also expressed interest in him. Sissi is the most notable of the four since she's the most persistent in trying to get him to like her back (usually through mean-spirited jokes or pranks towards him and his friends). Quite often, Ulrich has been forced to take one for the team in regards to her, meaning he had to distract Sissi to protect their secret or fake being nice to her while the others took care of the problem. Ulrich was, and likely still is, one of the Strikers for the Kadic soccer team. He's quite good at the sport, being basically the game-winning element on the team. Jim even says so in the episode "Zero Gravity Zone". The soccer team is not mentioned or seen after this episode. SKILLS On Earth, Ulrich is a capable martial artist trained in the art of Pencak Silat . It is unknown who taught him, however. He's also a capable with a sword, which is his main weapon in Lyoko . He demonstrates this talent outside of Lyoko in the episode "A Bad Turn" when protecting Yumi from a materialized Krabe . It can also be surmised that Odd and Ulrich regularly spar (where is not made clear) from a comment that Ulrich makes to Xana's Polymorphic Clone when it was in Odd's form: "You're wasting your time, Xana. Odd has never beaten me yet!" This would seem to suggest that they have sparred before, and that Ulrich has always been the victor. This has never actually been seen on-screen. In Lyoko, Ulrich's natural talents are enhanced. By using his sword, Ulrich is able to absorb and deflect enemy laser attacks. The sword is even capable of blocking a blast from a Megatank , though only for a limited time due to the sheer amount of force behind the blast. He is also able to move many times faster than an ordinary human at will, and can do so indefinitely. This enables him to further defy the already lessened laws of physics in Lyoko, allowing him to scale walls and propel himself great distances. In the second season, he gains an ability called "super sprint." This allows him to run even faster for short periods of time. His increased speed and sword talent allow him to block most laser attacks so long as he focused on doing so. Ulrich also possesses the ability to create to clone himself. He can create two at a time, and can only do so once per trip to Lyoko. The clones appear to be controlled by Ulrich through Telepathy . The clones have every ability he does, with the exception of cloning themselves. They also have only one life point, which Ulrich pays each time he creates them, so they can only take one hit before being destroyed. In their normal form, called "triplicate," Ulrich simply creates the clones as assistants. At first, Ulrich's control of these clones seemed rudimentary at best, since they would often be easily hit. As the series has progressed, his control of them has refined. In the episode "Tip-Top Shape", he was able to use his clones to fight three groups of monsters (a Krabe, a Blok , and three Kankrelats ) without losing a single clone to his opponents. He even toyed with the final Kankrelat, having one of his clones kick it into the air so he could strike it in mid-flight. The clones can also be used in a second manner, called "triangulate." In this instance, Ulrich and the clones form a triangle around their target. A silhouette of Ulrich then runs around the perimeter of that triangle, forming a golden barrier. This is meant to confuse the target so Ulrich can destroy it. After the technique is finished, any remaining clones revert to their assistant state. The clones can also be drawn back into Ulrich in a process called "fusion." Ulrich uses the Overbike, a one-wheeled Motorcycle (monocycle) developed by Jeremie to enable faster travel in Lyoko. It's capable of flight, but does not do so normally. In fact, is the only vehicle of the three that does anything other than hover. There is a sheath for his sword on the bike. TRIVIA
To tell you how much I flip, VOICE ACTOR INFORMATION Ulrich is voiced by Barbara Weber-Scaff in the English version of '' Code Lyoko ''. EXTERNAL LINKS |