The Matrix/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|Used by Neo and Trinity to resurrect each other.}}

* [[Screw Destiny]]: See [[The Messiah]] above.

* [[The Stoic]]: His voice is flat and his posture is collected.

* [[Superpower Lottery]]: He has [[Flying Brick|super strength, super reflexes and agility, flight, and can destroy machines with his mind.]]

* [[Pre-Explosion Glow]]: {{spoiler|His various deaths.}}

* [[Removing the Earpiece]]: In the first film, he briefly removes it to confide in Morpheus how much he's come to ''hate'' humans (as opposed to simply performing his function like other Agents). He stops wearing it entirely in the sequels, and sends it to Neo to "thank" him for setting him free.

* [[Sinister Shades]]

* [[Smith Will Suffice]]: He's the [[Trope Namer]] himself.

* [[Cool Shades]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Hero Dies]]}}: Not long before Neo does.

** In the Animatrix three other people refer Trinity as he before they meet her. This is apparently quite common.

* [[Verb This]]: Former [[Trope Namer]].

 

* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: Morpheus views every human who is unconsciously in the Matrix (which is 90% of mankind) as a potential enemy, and blasts them away without a second thought.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: A rare heroic example

 

=== The Oracle ===

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Playful Hacker]]: Mouse created the programme the Woman in the Red Dress.

* [[Red Shirt]]: Most of the crew become this trope during the film.

* [[Woman in White]]: Switch wears white in the Matrix.

The main antagonists of the series behind Agent Smith and all the other hostilities of the Matrix. After years of abuse at the hands of mankind, the early machines [[Turned Against Their Masters|turned against their creators]] and eventually declared war on mankind, leaving them in ruin. They created the Matrix to use the humans as an energy source after mankind blocked out the sun, allowing the humans to live peaceful but fake lives in a computer system. The machines use Sentinels to patrol the underground passages to eliminate any redpills or Zion citizens. The machines eventually decide to destroy Zion and send an army of Sentinels to wipe it out. In the third film, {{spoiler|Zion and the Machines make peace when Neo saves the Matrix from Agent Smith.}}

* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]

* [[Kill All Humans]]: For a time they wanted to do this, but changed their decision when they learnt humans could be used batteries.

* [[Killer Robot]]: The Sentinels are built to destroy human enemie

* [[Ace Pilot]]

* [[Sassy Black Woman]]

 

=== Link ===

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]

* [[Waistcoat of Style]]

 

=== Commander Locke ===

 

=== Captain Mifune ===

* [[And I Must Scream]]: {{spoiler|Captain Mifune is swamped by the Machine army, and dies with his face sliced and diced.}}

* [[Badass]]

 

=== The Kid ===

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: His "death" in the Animatrix story.

* [[Tagalong Kid]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Does this to Neo and mankind throughout the films.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Bane gains Smith's intelligence and deceit.

 

=== Rolan ===

* [[The Captain]]

* [[The Cynic]]

* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Goddamn!"

 

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Rama-Khandra.

 

=== The Trainman ===

=== Yoko ===

The protagonist of ''Beyond''. She is a normal teenage girl who loses her cat Yuki one day and goes out into the city to find it. She ends up in a ruined house that contains a glitch in the Matrix, which bends the laws of reality.

* [[Haunted House]]: Her plot revolves around one.

* [[Naive Everygirl]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Both in his monologue and out loud.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Unlike Neo, Ash had his bug implanted here (in his left). Trinity removes it with a special device, somehow without destroying his eye in the process, but it is still terrifying.

* [[Last-Name Basis]]: We never get his first name.

* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Has a fluffy cat named Dinah he keeps despite being broke.