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* PlayfulHacker: He cheerfully says that there isn't a firewall he can't take down. Again, his father (who, as you recall, programmed one of the most badass security programs ever made) is less than thrilled.

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* PlayfulHacker: He cheerfully says that there isn't a firewall he can't take down. Again, his father (who, as you recall, programmed one of the most badass security programs program ever made) is less than thrilled.



* SpinOffspring: Played a bit sideways in that Jet's the son of the other two human leads. (And in an ass-backwards way, [[TangledFamilyTree a younger brother to both Tron and Yori]]) [[note]] There's also a guess, somewhere between WildMassGuessing and full-blown {{Fanon}} that he might be [[WesternAnimation/TronUprising Beck's]] User, which would throw the trope for a full loop. [[/note]]

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* SpinOffspring: Played a bit sideways in that Jet's the son of the other two human leads. (And in an ass-backwards way, [[TangledFamilyTree a younger brother to both Tron and Yori]]) [[note]] There's also a guess, fan theory, somewhere between WildMassGuessing and full-blown {{Fanon}} that he might be [[WesternAnimation/TronUprising Beck's]] User, which would throw the trope for a full loop. [[/note]]



* MysteriousBacker: She does make sure Jet has the tools he needs to defend himself, but says little about herself. [[spoiler: Of course, there are ''reasons'' why she wouldn't openly state who she is under the circumstances.]]



* {{Expy}}: Abraxas in ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'' has a lot of the same corrupted traits, but a much more tragic backstory.

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* {{Expy}}: Abraxas in ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'' has a lot of the same corrupted traits, and a similar appearance, but a much more tragic backstory.



* PowersThatBe: They report only to F-Con's CEO. We never get a ''direct'' answer as to who that is. [[spoiler: He's implied to be Ed Dillinger Sr., one of the villains from the first film. However, given that he communicates mostly through email, we only hear him over the PA system, he's addressed via a camera in the ceiling, and the [[ActingForTwo trifecta]] that Creator/DavidWarner played in the film, it might not be Dillinger after all...]]



* ScaryBlackMan: Crown may not be physically imposing, but that does not make him any less threatening.

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* ScaryBlackMan: Crown may not be physically imposing, but that does not make him any less threatening. He's actually the one who successfully "persuaded" Alan to give up the information on the digitizer.
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* SpinOffspring: Played a bit sideways in that Jet's the son of the other two human leads. (And in an ass-backwards way, [[TangledFamilyTree a younger brother to both Tron and Yori]])

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* SpinOffspring: Played a bit sideways in that Jet's the son of the other two human leads. (And in an ass-backwards way, [[TangledFamilyTree a younger brother to both Tron and Yori]])Yori]]) [[note]] There's also a guess, somewhere between WildMassGuessing and full-blown {{Fanon}} that he might be [[WesternAnimation/TronUprising Beck's]] User, which would throw the trope for a full loop. [[/note]]
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* BadassBiker/ BadassDriver/BikerBabe: Her primary function is that of a lightcycle combatant. She's Encom's Champion of the lightcycle arena and hasn't ''any'' trouble going up against Users. ''Killer App'' amps it up by having her drive a tank ''and'' a Recognizer through enemy territory.

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* BadassBiker/ BadassDriver/BikerBabe: BadassBiker / BikerBabe: Her primary function is that of a lightcycle combatant. She's Encom's Champion of the lightcycle arena and hasn't ''any'' trouble going up against Users. ''Killer App'' [[BadassDriver amps it up up]] by having her drive a tank ''and'' a Recognizer through enemy territory.
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* BadassBiker/BadassDriver/BikerBabe: Her primary function is that of a lightcycle combatant. She's Encom's Champion of the lightcycle arena and hasn't ''any'' trouble going up against Users. ''Killer App'' amps it up by having her drive a tank ''and'' a Recognizer through enemy territory.

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* BadassBiker/BadassDriver/BikerBabe: BadassBiker/ BadassDriver/BikerBabe: Her primary function is that of a lightcycle combatant. She's Encom's Champion of the lightcycle arena and hasn't ''any'' trouble going up against Users. ''Killer App'' amps it up by having her drive a tank ''and'' a Recognizer through enemy territory.
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* SicklyGreenGlow: His entire motif. The server where you finally hunt him down is ''covered'' in radioactive green and looks ready to fall apart.
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* GoldColoredSuperiority: She appears as a gold colored, floating ball and is shown to be a full-blown AI on par with Master Control (or even Clu), but is very weak outside her dock. [[spoiler: When she goes bonkers from the bad code, she appears as a black-robed giantess with a gold mask]]
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* BlueIsHeroic: Sports elaborate cyan TronLines as part of his cyberspace armor. In the comics [[spoiler: Blue Jet is the clearly the heroic aspect, and implied to be the most accurate "copy" of Jet's personality, with Red and Green being sadistic and amoral, respectively.]]


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* BlueIsHeroic: Bright cyan TronLines, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair to match]].

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* NotAfraidToDie: At least, the [[spoiler: Blue Jet]] in the graphic novel.

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* NotAfraidToDie: At least, the [[spoiler: Blue Jet]] in the graphic novel.


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* CasualDangerDialogue: Z-lots tossing fireballs, ICP forces trying to gun him and Jet down, reformat wall closing in? Byte still takes the opportunity to indulge in pointless philosophical conversation while unlocking the necessary door.


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* LivingPolyhedron: Looks like a floating, glow in the dark blue paperweight and pulses when he speaks.
* MachineMonotone: But still manages an ''amazing'' degree of sarcasm.
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* [[spoiler: LoveFatherLoveSon]]: In a way at the end of the comics - when Jet.exe [[spoiler: rejects Jet's offer to [[BecomeARealBoy ascend to the User world]]]], Jet.exe is recompiled as an ordinary Program on Encom system and walks off into the system with her.

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* [[spoiler: LoveFatherLoveSon]]: In a way at the end of the comics - when Jet.exe (a Program compiled by Jet) [[spoiler: rejects Jet's offer to [[BecomeARealBoy ascend to the User world]]]], world]], Jet.exe is recompiled as an ordinary Program on Encom system and walks off into the system with her. ]]
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* [[spoiler: LoveFatherLoveSon]]: In a way at the end of the comics - when Jet.exe [[spoiler: rejects Jet's offer to [[BecomeARealBoy ascend to the User world]]]], Jet.exe is recompiled as an ordinary Program on Encom system and walks off into the system with her.

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* ComesGreatResponsibility: Comes to this conclusion as of the ''Ghost in the Machine'' graphic novel. He's still not really keen on User status, but figures that the best option is to make sure the Programs are safe.



* NotAfraidToDie: At least, the [[spoiler: Blue Jet]] in the graphic novel.
-->''"We've already had this discussion. If I don't [[spoiler: stop the MCP]], then who will? People like me, we'' '''created''' ''this universe. [[ComesGreatResponsibility We have a responsibility to keep it safe.]] These Programs they need me! […] I know I'm in danger – it's war! I could die, or get derezzed, or whatever. I'm a big boy, I get that."''



-->'''[=Ma3a=]:''' (in response to Jet's question about why she digitized him) ''My existance was threatened by the spread of the corruption...Alan-1 was not available. [Jet] was.'''

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-->'''[=Ma3a=]:''' (in response to Jet's question about why she digitized him) ''My existance existence was threatened by the spread of the corruption...Alan-1 was not available. [Jet] was.'''




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* BadassBiker/BadassDriver/BikerBabe: Her primary function is that of a lightcycle combatant. She's Encom's Champion of the lightcycle arena and hasn't ''any'' trouble going up against Users. ''Killer App'' amps it up by having her drive a tank ''and'' a Recognizer through enemy territory.
* BadassMindsThinkAlike: The plot of ''Killer App'' in a nutshell. Mysterious virus controlled by malevolent User? Mercury, you take the virus while Tron cuts off the naughty User's access.



* BikerBabe: Champion of the lightcycle arena and hasn't ''any'' trouble going up against Users.
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* ActionGirl: Champion of the Lightcycle arena, and well-versed in using a Rod Primitive as a crude, but nasty, melee weapon.

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* ActionGirl: Champion of the Lightcycle arena, and well-versed in using a Rod Primitive as a crude, but nasty, melee weapon. In the game Boy advance ''Killer App'' sequel, she was explicitly depicted as being ''equal to Tron'' in terms of combat ability.
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* FightsLikeANormal: Aside from the Mesh (Datawraith) weaponry, Jet's arsenal and the way they're used is the same as the Programs he's fighting.
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* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: In the final cutscene, Lora's personality takes over [=Ma3a=], smiles, calls Jet by his real name (not "Alan 2"), and gives him a final farewell.]]
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* MoneyDearBoy: [[invoked]] Baza refuses to be digitized until Crown offers to add another zero to the end of his paycheck. That changes Baza's mind.
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* PlayfulHacker: He cheerfully says that there isn't a firewall he can't take down. Again, his father (who, as you recall, programmed one of the most {{Badass}} security programs ever made) is less than thrilled.

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* PlayfulHacker: He cheerfully says that there isn't a firewall he can't take down. Again, his father (who, as you recall, programmed one of the most {{Badass}} badass security programs ever made) is less than thrilled.

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* GlassCannon/SquishyWizard: She can't take any damage, so there are at least a couple times where you have to defend her while she's vulnerable. However, given sufficient time [[spoiler: or bad code]] she can wipe out an entire battalion of ICP forces in an eyeblink. [[spoiler: {{Justified}} if you think about it - she ''is'' part User]].


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* SquishyWizard: She can't take any damage, so there are at least a couple times where you have to defend her while she's vulnerable. However, given sufficient time [[spoiler: or bad code]] she can wipe out an entire battalion of ICP forces in an eyeblink. [[spoiler: {{Justified}} if you think about it - she ''is'' part User]].
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* GlassCannon: She can't take any damage, so there are at least a couple times where you have to defend her while she's vulnerable. However, given sufficient time [[spoiler: or bad code]] she can wipe out an entire battalion of ICP forces in an eyeblink. [[spoiler: {{Justified}} if you think about it - she ''is'' part User]].

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* GlassCannon: GlassCannon/SquishyWizard: She can't take any damage, so there are at least a couple times where you have to defend her while she's vulnerable. However, given sufficient time [[spoiler: or bad code]] she can wipe out an entire battalion of ICP forces in an eyeblink. [[spoiler: {{Justified}} if you think about it - she ''is'' part User]].
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* GlassCannon: She can't take any damage, so there are at least a couple times where you have to defend her while she's vulnerable. However, given sufficient time [[spoiler: or bad code]] she can wipe out an entire battalion of ICP forces in an eyeblink. [[spoiler: {{Justified}} if you think about it - she ''is'' part User]].
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* EvilRedhead: Eva Popoff, auburn hair and the most power-hungry of the three.
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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Baza more or less rates a "D." He's the most reasonable of the three, and raises some objections to some of the crazier parts of it, but he's easily bribed or intimidated into compliance by Crown and Popoff.

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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Baza more or less rates a "D." He's the most reasonable of the three, and raises some objections to some of the crazier parts of it, the plan, but he's easily bribed or intimidated into compliance by Crown and Popoff.
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* ScaryBlackGuy: Crown may not be physically imposing, but that does not make him any less threatening.

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* ScaryBlackGuy: ScaryBlackMan: Crown may not be physically imposing, but that does not make him any less threatening.
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* LonelyRichKid: Implied. His family is certainly not hurting, financially, but between his mom's death and his dad's drowning his grief in work, Jet acted out a lot.



* UnwittingPawn: F-con played him like a kazoo to fork over company secrets and undermine Encom for their takeover. Then his invasion opens things up for F-con to perfect the process and send in the Datawraiths.

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* UnwittingPawn: F-con played him like a kazoo to fork over company secrets and undermine Encom for their takeover. Then his invasion opens things up for F-con to perfect the process and send in the Datawraiths.Datawraiths.

!!The F-Con Trio
Seth Crown, Esomond Baza, and Eva Popoff are the three F-con executives in charge of day to day operations and the Datawraith project.

* AmoralAttorney: Seth Crown has a Harvard Law degree
* BollywoodNerd: Baza is from Delhi, India and is in charge of the technical part of the scheme
* FauxAffablyEvil: All three of them. Crown is quiet, but menacing. Popoff attempts the Delores Umbridge method of barely-restrained condescension over a veneer of power-crazy, and Baza ''tries'' to pull this off, but is too much of a coward to actually be evil.
* GratuitousFrench: Eva Popoff. She was born in Lyons and English is roughly her fifth language.
* InhumanResources: Eva Popoff specializes in HR. She's also the most enthusiastic about uploading the Datawraith mercenaries into the system and hang the safeties.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Baza more or less rates a "D." He's the most reasonable of the three, and raises some objections to some of the crazier parts of it, but he's easily bribed or intimidated into compliance by Crown and Popoff.
* RagsToRiches: Implied with Crown. He was born in Harlem, New York and ended up getting several degrees from Ivy League universities.
* ScaryBlackGuy: Crown may not be physically imposing, but that does not make him any less threatening.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Crown doesn't raise his voice, or a fist, but that doesn't mean he isn't going to stop with outright threats. He also is the one who has the idea of [[spoiler: killing Alan by shooting him into the system as a test. He'll either die by digitization, be killed by Thorne's corrupted army, or be hunted down by the Wraiths.]].
* TerribleTrio: Crown (the leader, though he's TheDragon for F-con's CEO), Popoff (TheDragon for Crown), and Baza (a coward, but the guy with the technical know-how to pull off the scheme)
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* TheCorrupter / TheCorruption: Became a living virus once he was digitized, and proceeded to corrupt other Programs.

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* TheCorrupter / TheCorruption: TheCorrupter[=/=]TheCorruption: Became a living virus once he was digitized, and proceeded to corrupt other Programs.

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Son of Alan Bradley and Lora Baines-Bradley, digitized unwillingly by Ma3a to stop the infection of ENCOM.

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Son of Alan Bradley and Lora Baines-Bradley, digitized unwillingly by Ma3a [=Ma3a=] to stop the infection of ENCOM.



* DidNotGetTheGirl - At the end, Jet goes back to the analog world, and Mercury has to stay in her digital one.

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* DidNotGetTheGirl - DidNotGetTheGirl: At the end, Jet goes back to the analog world, and Mercury has to stay in her digital one.



* KidnappedByTheCall: Ma3a didn't warn him, much less ask for consent. Before he fully understands what's going on, he's digitized, has a disc shoved in his hands, and fighting for his life.

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* KidnappedByTheCall: Ma3a [=Ma3a=] didn't warn him, much less ask for consent. Before he fully understands what's going on, he's digitized, has a disc shoved in his hands, and fighting for his life.



* RightManInTheWrongPlace: He ran down to the lab because he heard the F-Con goons kidnap his father - only to have Ma3a activate the laser.
-->'''Ma3a:''' (in response to Jet's question about why she digitized him) ''My existance was threatened by the spread of the corruption...Alan-1 was not available. [Jet] was.'''

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* RightManInTheWrongPlace: He ran down to the lab because he heard the F-Con goons kidnap his father - only to have Ma3a [=Ma3a=] activate the laser.
-->'''Ma3a:''' -->'''[=Ma3a=]:''' (in response to Jet's question about why she digitized him) ''My existance was threatened by the spread of the corruption...Alan-1 was not available. [Jet] was.'''



(Ma3a for short). Holder of the digitization correction algorithms.

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(Ma3a ([=Ma3a=] for short). Holder of the digitization correction algorithms.



* BrainUploading

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* BrainUploadingBrainUploading: [[spoiler:She is in part the remains of Lora's brain patterns that where digitised right after Lora's death.]]



* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Ma3a is implied to be what remains of Jet's mother.]]
* LivingMacGuffin: Alan stored the necessary correction algorithms for the digitizer in Ma3a. F-Con wants the codes in order to put their Datawraiths into cyberspace, while Jet (and later, Alan) just want to get home safely.

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* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Ma3a [[spoiler: [=Ma3a=] is implied all but outright stated to be what remains of Jet's mother.]]
* LivingMacGuffin: Alan stored the necessary correction algorithms for the digitizer in Ma3a.[=Ma3a=]. F-Con wants the codes in order to put their Datawraiths into cyberspace, while Jet (and later, Alan) just want to get home safely.



* VirtualGhost: It's implied that her resemblance to Lora Baines-Bradley is more than just the "normal" doppelganger issue with Users and their Programs. An email explains that [[spoiler: When Lora was killed by the digitizing laser, part of her was left behind in the system. the grieving Alan compiled what was left of her with the Math Assitant AI to create Ma3a]].

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* VirtualGhost: It's implied that her resemblance to Lora Baines-Bradley is more than just the "normal" doppelganger issue with Users and their Programs. An email explains that [[spoiler: When Lora was killed by the digitizing laser, part of her was left behind in the system. the grieving Alan compiled what was left of her with the Math Assitant AI to create Ma3a]].[=Ma3a=]]].



* BigDamnHeroes [[spoiler: At the Datawraith Training Arena]]

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* BigDamnHeroes BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: At the Datawraith Training Arena]] Arena.]]



* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get the Guy]] - See above
* DivineDate: Downplayed. Remember, Programs think of human Users the way humans think of Gods.

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* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get the Guy]] - Guy]]: See above
above in Jet's section.
* DivineDate: Downplayed.Downplayed, since she and Jet don't actually date. Remember, Programs think of human Users the way humans think of Gods.



* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: At the re-format wall]].

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: At the re-format wall]].wall.]]



* YouShallNotPass: At the reformat wall, she fends off a half-dozen Z-lots to buy Jet enough time to escape with Ma3a and Byte.

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* YouShallNotPass: At the reformat wall, she fends off a half-dozen Z-lots to buy Jet enough time to escape with Ma3a [=Ma3a=] and Byte.



An upgraded version of the Bit from the movie. Byte is sent by Ma3a to assist Jet.

* DeadpanSnarker: Bits from the first film are snarky enough with just "yes" and "no." Byte has a full vocabulary available to insult Jet and anyone else in range.
* ExpositionFairy
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]] [[spoiler: Ma3a smashes him into a wall in a fit of rage.]]

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An upgraded version of the Bit from the movie. Byte is sent by Ma3a [=Ma3a=] to assist Jet.

* DeadpanSnarker: Bits from the first film are snarky enough with just "yes" and "no." "no". Byte has a full vocabulary available to insult Jet and anyone else in range.
* ExpositionFairy
ExpositionFairy: Byte explains a lot of things about cyberspace such as movement, weapons, various groups and so on.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]] [[spoiler: Ma3a KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler:[=Ma3a=] smashes him into a wall in a fit of rage.rage when under influence of the Tron Legacy Code.]]



* MauveShirt
* RobotBuddy

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* MauveShirt
MauveShirt: While not as important as Jet, Alan, Mercury or [=Ma3a=], Byte still plays a crucial role in the story, as without him, Jet would not know what to do. Then [[spoiler:he gets offed with no prior warning.]]
* RobotBuddy
RobotBuddy: He and Jet become good friends. [[spoiler:Jet isn't even given any time to grieve when Byte gets killed.]]



* DrunkWithPower / DrunkOnTheDarkSide: VERY much so.
* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself]]

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* DrunkWithPower / DrunkOnTheDarkSide: DrunkWithPower[=/=]DrunkOnTheDarkSide: VERY much so.
so. Enough in fact that he starts a ReignOfTerror with his essentially-zombified virus programs and causes huge amounts of damage in his self-proclaimed role as "Master User Thorne".
* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself]]DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Thorne is dying from his battle against the Kernel, but in his last moments he realizes what he has done, then helps Alan and Jet by telling them a way to infiltrate [=fCon=]'s network. Just seconds later, it's over for him.]]
* EvilOverlord: "Master User Thorne", as he calls himself, is this trope to a terrifying degree, with a horde of essentially-zombies, looking out to conquer all of CyberSpace to make it his own and convert everyone into his loyal minions.


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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:He manages a final good act in telling Alan and Jet how to infiltrate [=fCon=]'s servers, then dies for real.]]
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* HeroesPreferMotorCycles: He even wins a prototype (faster) cycle after making a successful wager with some system guards. The comics show he has a racing bike as his preferred transportation in the analog world.



* HeroesPreferMotorcycles: Encom's undefeated lightcycle champion, and her "test" for Jet was to see if he could keep up with her in a cycle arena.
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* AGodIAmNot: He's quick to tell Mercury that, if anyone's crude and unworthy of peaceful co-existence, it's the humans - not the Programs. Played up a lot more in the spin-off comic; once Jet realized what being a "User" ''means'' in the context of that universe, it sent him to HeroicBSOD. He never wanted that kind of responsibility or power.
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* {{Expy}}: Some elements of her seem to have carried over into [[TronEvolution Radia]], especially the shape of the headpiece.

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* {{Expy}}: Some elements of her seem to have carried over into [[TronEvolution [[VideoGame/TronEvolution Radia]], especially the shape of the headpiece.
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* MacGuffinGirl: Alan stored the necessary correction algorithms for the digitizer in Ma3a. F-Con wants the codes in order to put their Datawraiths into cyberspace, while Jet (and later, Alan) just want to get home safely.

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* MacGuffinGirl: LivingMacGuffin: Alan stored the necessary correction algorithms for the digitizer in Ma3a. F-Con wants the codes in order to put their Datawraiths into cyberspace, while Jet (and later, Alan) just want to get home safely.

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