| Ulrich Stern
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| Role
| Lyoko-Warrior
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| First
appearance
| Garage
Kids
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| English voice actor(s)
| Barbara
Weber-Scaff |
Ulrich is a pleasant boy, although not very talkative. Once you get
to know him however, he remains a loyal and good friend. Actually, he is
a strong and capital member of the Lyoko team, as the others.
He lives in campus sharing a bedroom with
Odd and Odd's dog,
Kiwi.
His feelings for
Yumi are very clear, but neither
Yumi nor Ulrich seem to have the courage to take the first step. They
are undoubtably made to go together, but they don’t want to admit it.
Despite him effectively only having eyes for her he is still the object
of affection for many girls in the school for his looks, althletic
ability and alluring personality. The most notable is
Sissi Delmas, who has strong affections for
Ulrich and is the most persistent of his admirers, often leading to
trouble for the rest of the gang.
On Lyoko, Ulrich is an extremely effective warrior. With his
saber he can destroy any monster in close combat as well as deflect
attacks.
Ulrich, as well as Yumi, practices Pencak-Silat (an indonesian
combat style permitting to strike any opponent), which becomes a great
asset for him when defending against X.AN.A.'s plots on both the real
world and Lyoko. Indeed, he trains harshly in all sports. He is probably
the most dangerous of the gang, in both worlds, and not any schoolboy,
even the strongest ones, dare to attack him.
He is in 8th grade for Seasons 1-2 and in 9th through Seasons
3-4. In Season 1 he is 13. In Seasons 2-3 he is 14. He is 15 in Season
4.
Personality
Ulrich doesn't say much about his personal life 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, he deals with hidden issues few could understand. One cause of
this are his parents, who are very hard to please and have high
expectations of their son. In "
Zero Gravity Zone",
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 went because he
didn't want to disappoint his parents, especially his perfectionist
father, a businessman. This is later proven in "
Final
Round", when Ulrich's father appears and berates him for his
failing performance in school. A clear example of his bad grades is when
he got an D- on a science test in "
Nobody in Particular".
In the second season episode "
Vertigo",
it is discovered that Ulrich 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, except in the "XANA Awakens" episodes,
when he hesitates to slide down the ropes to the factory floor. Jeremie
makes a comment about it. Having vertigo does not seem to be a hindrance
on Ulrich when on Lyoko, but in episode "
Bad Connection" vertigo
does affect him on
Lyoko.
Relationships
Ulrich and Yumi:
Ulrich 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 "
Saint Valentine's Day", he writes a
poem for Yumi, but when he sees Yumi with
William Dunbar, he reads the poem to Sissi instead in an
attempt to make Yumi jealous. He later admits that he wrote the poem for
her. Ulrich has the habit of getting jealous whenever he sees Yumi with
any 15-18 year old male that is not Odd or Jeremie. When he does see
Yumi with another boy he becomes obsessively jealous and starts to
question his and Yumi's relationship. Ulrich also becomes extremely
competitve (as seen in "
Marabounta".)
Ulrich also has the habit to become extremely protective of Yumi when
she is in danger by cradling her in his arms or by screaming her name
when she is unconscious. In the episode "
The Chips Are Down" when it looked as if Yumi
might move back to Japan because of business problems, Ulrich actually
tried to write a letter to the president in an attempt to at least keep
her near the school. He abandoned this plan once he heard the lotto
numbers being announced on the radio. Instead, he copied the winning
numbers and activated a return trip in order to buy a lotto ticket and
give it to Yumi's parents, allowing them to win the lottery. This action
temporarily cost him his position in the group, and he was banished
until they could think of an appropriate response.
As of the third season, Ulrich's relationship with Yumi has been
reduced to a purely platonic level. Even after this however, Ulrich
still shows through his actions that he still considers them to be more
than just good friends. In the episode "
Tidal
Wave" after saving Yumi's life, he tells her that he would do
anything for her. Also, in the episode "
The Pretender", Ulrich tricks a boy named Johnny, who
has a crush on Yumi, into embarrassing himself in front of Yumi,
because he couldn't stand the idea of anyone else going out with her.
However when Odd playfully teases Ulrich about his relationship with
Yumi he defensively shouts "Yumi and I are just good friends and nothing
more!" In "
Echoes " it is hinted that Ulrich and Yumi
finally start on their romantic relationship.
Other Relationships:
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), and fails to
accept any kind of defeat in the matter, at least during the first
season. 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,
much to his displeasure. Although it is very obvious in most episodes
that Ulrich dislikes Sissi, in the episode "
Ultimatum",
Sissi saves Ulrich's life, and then kisses him, just before they
returned to the past. For the rest of the episode, Yumi notices Ulrich
being stranglely nice to Sissi. However, in all other episodes, this
dislike is clearly evident.
Skills
Martial Arts:
On Earth, Ulrich is a capable martial artist trained in the art
of Pencak Silat. At least part of this training is from
Jim (presumably a great martial artist himself),
as shown in "
XANA Awakens" and "
Canine Conundrum". He's also 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
Krab using a
real katana, and in "
A
Great Day" when using a pipe to sword-fight with a possessed
Sissi. As evidenced by a quote by Ulrich in "
Rock Bottom?", he also practices other martial arts,
and in "
Revelation", he copies the famous nosewiping
and hopping stance of martial arts movie star Bruce Lee; this occurs
during the battle between himself and a
polymorphic clone that had transformed
into a dark version of Ulrich.
Ulrich has, on several occasions, shown to be the most skilled in
Lyoko when fighting. Many times he has defeated multiple monsters with
skillful takedowns (particularly in the third season), and has outlasted
the others, being the last to be devirtualized, such as in the episode "
Code:
Earth". In the second season episode, "
Revelation",
Ulrich is forced to face off against a
polymorphic clone of XANA's while in
Lyoko. In the beginning, he is shown taunting the clone (which at the
time had taken the form of Odd, his best friend) by saying that Odd had
never beat him yet. This implies that Ulrich is definitely stronger than
Odd. Then the clone transforms into a clone of Ulrich. After a long
fight and an impresive display of swordsmanship and martial arts, Ulrich
beats the clone, showing once again that he has impressive abilities.
Also, in "
Fight to the Finish" he killed the
Kolossus,
a powerful fire elemental-like creature, created by
XANA by drawing energy from all the Replikas.
(However, its corpse fell on him, devirtualizing him).
Lyoko Powers:
Ulrich uses a katana as his weapon in Lyoko. His sword is capable of
absorbing normal laser fire and can deflect it if positioned correctly.
He cannot, however, block specialized attacks, such as a
Megatank's
elliptical laser or a
Blok's ice beam. The latter may simply be a matter of
timing, as the
Bloks tend to catch Ulrich off-guard when using that
attack. The
Megatank's elliptical laser, on the other hand, has
proven to be too much for Ulrich to handle, due to the sheer amount of
force behind the attack. Ulrich can only block the attack for a short
period of time and is always devirtualized shortly afterward. If
disarmed, Ulrich's sword can also be destroyed through a barrage of
regular laser-fire (as seen in
The Pretender).
On Lyoko, Ulrich is 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.
Ulrich also possesses the ability 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
can only take one hit before being destroyed, and are destroyed
automatically should the real Ulrich be devirtualized. When using this
skill, 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
Krab,
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".
Lyoko Avatar
- ID Card: Ulrich's ID card shows three round
chrysanthemums.
- Health: 100 Life Points.
- Weapon:
- Saber - Ulrich's primary weapon, he uses it to slice enemies in
half. In Double Take, Ulrich gets 2 swords, which are
simply called Twin Blades with his new team. His sabers also act as
shields, capable of deflecting lasers. Also Ulrich would seem to be an
expert with the sword since he once stated "I could do the same thing
when X.A.N.A. attacks in reality."
- Lyoko Powers:
- Super-sprint - Ulrich can run extremely fast in
Lyoko.
- Triplicate - Ulrich can create two clones of
himself to divert XANA's monsters.
- Triangulate - Ulrich can form a triangle along with two clones
to confuse XANA's monsters then strike them after the clones are
destroyed.
- Vehicle - Overbike.
Ulrich overbike is as fast as ulrich while using supersprint. Ulrich
also has a Nav Skid that can shoot torpedoes on since season 4.
Trivia
- Ulrich uses a skateboard to travel to the
Factory.
- In The Chips Are Down, Ulrich was temporarily
banned from the team after Jeremie and the others found out about him
activating a time reversion. He was
brought back into the group after he confessed that his actions were
selfish and disrespectful. There is a dramatic irony in this, as others
of Team Lyoko have used the Supercomputer to their advantage.
- Ulrich was on the Kadic soccer team in a few episodes of the
first season, most notably Zero Gravity Zone. In the second season, there is
no mention of the team or Jim's coaching job, so it's likely
that the team was disassembled.
- Ulrich's mobile is a dark blue, flip-style cellphone.
- In Temptation, Ulrich said he didn't know how to
activate a return to the past, but he did it flawlessly in The Chips Are Down.
- Ulrich has been devirtulized while using Triangulate
- In "Hard Luck", Ulrich reveals that his least favorite monsters
created by Xana are Megatanks. He also says that Hornets are his
favorite.
- In season 4, Ulrich was to a scouter like gadget on his eye for
the new /lyoko design. however it was dropped in favor of the headband.
- He and Yumi actually almost die in one episode
