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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]]'' 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 [[The 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 by 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 convinient 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.
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