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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Clu. The look on his face during his flashback and when {{spoiler|Kevin reintegrates with him}} is just heartrending. After all, he was simply trying to fulfill his objective in the only way he knew how, and while Kevin developed as a person, the arrogance he'd left Clu with -- including the belief that he knew best and was already perfect -- was a driving force behind many of his actions. Considering that he was a program, he lacked the broadness of mind which humans like Kevin and his son Sam have.
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Several announcements about the film got this reaction, especially Jeff Bridges ''and'' Bruce Boxleitner returning as Kevin Flynn and Alan Bradley/Tron respectively, as well as [[Daft Punk (Music)|Daft Punk]] [[Cyberpunk Is Techno|composing the soundtrack]].
** [[Topless Robot|Rob Bricken.]] Possibly the most vocal, rabid fandom... er, "[[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|rejoicing]]" to ever come from a single person.
* [[Anvilicious]]: The board room scene doesn't even ''attempt'' to hide its criticism of current software design and business practices. Also ironic that this is [[The Man Is Sticking It to Thethe Man|in a Disney film, given the stance the company generally takes towards copyright infringement]].
{{quote| '''Alan Bradley:''' Given the prices we're charging to students and schools, what improvements have been made in ''Flynn''… er, I mean, ''Encom'' OS 12?<br />
[[Beat]]<br />
'''CEO:''' ''(who has no real idea)'' ... yeah this year we put a "12" on the box. }}
** Then again, [http://www.aintitcool.com/node/47947 this analysis of the film] argues that ''Tron: Legacy'' is actually an attack on idea that all information MUST be free, and it makes some very good points.
* [[Award Snub]]: Despite getting critical and audience-based praise for its [[Visual Effects of Awesome|Visual Effects]] and [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Soundtrack]], neither of these things were nominated for the [[Academy AwardsAward]]s. Instead, it got nominated for ''Best Sound Editing...''
* [[Badass Decay]]: Kevin Flynn is less proactive in this film than he was in the first one, instead withdrawing himself from the Grid because of his inability to defeat Clu. To paraphrase [[Dilbert]], he's actively waiting for change, which happens when Sam arrives. Once he does, the old Kevin Flynn begins to reemerge.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Castor
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* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Castor/Zeus
* [[Memetic Molester]]: Judging by the [[Kink Meme]] for this fandom, Clu headed here faster than a stolen light-cycle.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: '''[[Rage Against the Heavens|"KEVIN FLYNN!!!]] [[Large Ham|WHERE ARE YOU]] [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20200304194448/https://www.youtube.com/all_commentswatch?v=2qwrGZYThJ0 NOW?!"]'''
** "Out there is a new world! OUT THERE IS OUR VICTORY!!! Out there... is our destiny!"
** "[[The Mole|"The game has changed"]], son of Flynn!" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5ecnUA5dc\].
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** Flynn's {{spoiler|confrontation with Clu}} has hints of the parable of the Prodigal Son {{spoiler|(a father figure accepting/welcoming back his wayward son)}}.
* [[Sequelitis]]:
* [[Show Accuracy, Toy Accuracy]]: In the opening scene set in 1989, Kevin Flynn shows Sam an action figure of Tron. This may look like [[Product Placement]], but a Tron action figure with the light-up gimmick seen only in modern-day ''TRON: Legacy'' toys never actually existed in [[Real Life]].<ref>''[[Tron (Film)|Tron]]'' action figures from 1982 were molded in colored transparent plastic with circuitry painted over it. The discs glowed in the dark, and the figures had only five points of articulation.</ref> The only reason for its inclusion seems to be to serve as a [[Chekhov's Gun]] establishing the [[TheConway's Game of Life|T tetromino]] pattern on Tron's chest, to clue viewers in {{spoiler|when they later see the same pattern on Rinzler's chest}}.
* [[Strangled Byby the Red String]]: Carefully averted. Since at the end of the movie, {{spoiler|Quorra becomes flesh and blood in the real world}}, if {{spoiler|her romantic interactions with Sam had been even a little more direct}}, a lot of viewers probably would have been left feeling like the whole thing was just a convinientconvenient plot device that would {{spoiler|let the two of them passionately make some [[Half-Human Hybrid|hybrid babies]]}}. Instead, they intentionally downplayed it, with it at most being a big [[Ship Tease]]. Which is actually a good thing, since the audience is actually left curious about what will happen next, instead of rolling their eyes at what could have otherwise been painfully obvious.
** [[Word of God|Olivia Wilde]] said that this was done intentionally -- she knew that the romance would ring false.
* [[Tear Jerker]]
** {{spoiler|"I fight for the Users."}}
** If that wasn't bad enough, how about the flashback {{spoiler|when Kevin Flynn sees the genocide of the ISO programs and realizes that there's nothing he could do to stop it?}} I mean... damn.
** In [[Fridge Horror|Fridge terms,]] the scene where Kevin reveals to his son that {{spoiler|[[Last of His Kind|Quorra is the last ISO]] and all of Kevin's efforts to disguise her as a regular program. The scene when she tells Sam how she escaped the genocide only [[It Gets Worse|makes it worse.]]}}
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** Tron is becoming this in the Fandom, {{spoiler|especially all after all the crazy brain-screwing he's been through at the hands of Clu}}.
** Kevin Flynn. All the guy wanted to do was to create a better world, and he gets stuck in the Grid for decades instead while his own program takes over. Decades in our world, thousands in his.
** [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Clu in the backstory. Less so in the present day, but you still feel bad about what got him where he is now.
 
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