The Matrix/Trivia


 * Actor Allusion:
 * Keanu Reeves starred in Johnny Mnemonic, as a character who could have a jack placed straight into the back of his head. It is also a film about telepresence.
 * Joe Pantoliano lying about a car accident in a movie directed by the Wachowskis... why is that so familiar?
 * Doing It for the Art: While watching the "Lady in the Red Dress" scene, some may notice the same people passing Neo and Morpheus more than once. Production goof? Nope, all extras in the scene are actual twins. They searched all over Sydney for twins and brought them in to demonstrate how Mouse, writing the Agent training program, got lazy and just copy-pasted the same models over again instead of making unique ones. Did you notice that... or were you staring at the lady in red?
 * Dyeing for Your Art / Important Haircut: "Spoonboy"'s mum was very reluctant to have his beautiful locks shaved off.
 * Executive Meddling: Dropping the original idea of Human Resources being a vast neural net for the more literal concept of human batteries because Viewers are Morons. Giving all the other stuff that has to be explained (or not) in this trilogy, one wonders why this idea was so difficult to put across.
 * Killer App: The Matrix was this for the DVD format.
 * The Other Darrin: Mary Alice replaces Gloria Foster as the Oracle in Revolutions, as Foster died shortly before filming began. It's justified in-universe with a story about Ramachandra selling her original shell's termination code to the Merovingian in exchange for his daughter's safety.
 * The Other Marty: Aaliyah was originally cast as Zee, but she died in a plane crash in the midst of filming her role; her completed scenes were reshot by Nona Gaye.
 * Star-Making Role: Hugo Weaving and Monica Bellucci in particular, going from semi-obscure straight into the mainstream after this movie. For Keanu Reeves however, this was more of a Type-Cementing Role.
 * Trope Namer: This series named the following tropes:
 * A Glitch in the Matrix
 * Matrix Raining Code
 * Matrix Hypothesis, a subset of Recursive Reality
 * Red Pill, Blue Pill
 * Answers to The Name of God, formerly named "Smith will suffice"
 * Your Mind Makes It Real
 * What Could Have Been: Originally, Will Smith was offered the role of Neo, but turned it down for his part in Wild Wild West.