Triplicate — codelyoko

Triplicate is one of Ulrich's unique abilities on Lyoko, giving him the power to make two clones of himself. Each clone only has one life point, but is fully capable of dealing damage. If his clones are still alive after their enemy has been defeated, Ulrich can reverse the split and merge back into one using Fusion. Additionally, he has an attack he can perform by getting into a triangle formation with both of his clones, Triangulate.

While the clones are very easy for enemies to pick off, they can kill monsters. Their swords can also be used by Ulrich and even other avatars. Also, while Ulrich's clones are just as capable as he is in combat, they seem to vary in intelligence. Sometimes not even able to speak, they are merely puppets to Ulrich and do whatever he tells them to do. Other times, they are very intelligent, being able to speak, think, and even act like Ulrich, taunting X.A.N.A.'s monsters and or kicking them into the air for fun. For example, a Kankrelat in Tip-Top Shape.

In Sabotage, the supercomputer was suffering from numerous bugs that affected both the Lyoko Warriors and the monsters. Ulrich tried using Triplicate against a single Tarantula, but because of the bugs, neither of his clones appeared. In Nobody in Particular, it was shown that X.A.N.A. Ulrich can use Triplicate as well as he did to devirtualize Odd who was trying to stop him from destroying the Core of Lyoko.

In the fourth season, he used this cloning ability only once; against X.A.N.A. William in Double Take. Unfortunately, William quickly figured out the real Ulrich used Super Smoke to devirtualize him before he and his two clones could even attack.

In Evolution, Ulrich uses triplicate once to defeat a Ninja in Intrusion. A clone is devirtualized when the real Ulrich is devirtualized too.

Times When Used

Season One

Season Two

Season Three

Season Four

Double Take

Evolution

Intrusion

Trivia

It is unknown when Ulrich discovered this ability since it was not used in X.A.N.A. Awakens.
When Ulrich's clones are still alive, he almost always uses Fusion to merge again after their target is defeated, but it's never actually stated what benefits, if any, fusing gives to the real Ulrich.
- One potential benefit is that, due to their low amount of Life Points, fusing with his clones may allow Ulrich to 'save' his clones for later use, although he never actually does this.
In Quest for Infinity, Triplicate is the only way to get the lava from the head of a certain type of Volcanoid away in order to damage and destroy it.
In Code Lyoko Evolution, if one clone is devirtualized, the second clone disappears as well.
It is shown that if the original Ulrich is devirtualized, the other two clones disappear along with him.