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* AirJousting: Neo and Agent Smith, several times in their final battle.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Persephone.
* AmmunitionBackpack: A variation on this with the Zion defenders' APU mecha suits, which would chamber ammunition ("knuckle-up") by lifting the guns behind them and magnetically attaching the chains. The ammo itself was contained in crates that slotted into the back of the suit and had to be loaded in by support personnel.
* AmmunitionBackpack: A variation on this with the Zion defenders' APU mecha suits, which would chamber ammunition ("knuckle-up") by lifting the guns behind them and magnetically attaching the chains. The ammo itself was contained in crates that slotted into the back of the suit and had to be loaded in by support personnel.
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* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Some of the secondary characters pull a BigDamnHeroes moment by flying their hovercraft into the dock and activating the EMP, shutting down every robot in the place -- [[NiceJobBreakingItHero only to be informed by the general that this has also disabled all of their best defenses against the next wave]].
%%* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Persephone.
* AmmunitionBackpack: A variation on this with the Zion defenders' APU mecha suits, whichwould chamber ammunition ("knuckle-up") by lifting the guns behind them and magnetically attaching the chains. The ammo itself was is contained in crates that slotted into the back of the suit and had has to be loaded in by support personnel.
%%* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Persephone.
* AmmunitionBackpack: A variation on this with the Zion defenders' APU mecha suits, which
* ArmorPiercingResponse:
** As things look grim for the defenders of Zion, they realize that if the Hammer gets inside, it can use its EMP to wipe out the Sentinel army. Commander Lock, who's leading Zion's defense, protests that if that happens, all the [=APUs=] will be disabled, and they'll lose the dock. Lock's lieutenant tells him, "Sir, we ''already'' lost the dock." While [[JerkassHasAPoint Lock isn't wrong about the drawbacks of using the EMP]], he realizes that it's their only hope of survival and orders that the gate be opened.
** Near the end of the FinalBattle, Neo's answer to Smith's "[[WhyWontYouDie Why do you persist?]]" rant is simply "Because I choose to." Cue Smith's VillainousBreakdown.
** As things look grim for the defenders of Zion, they realize that if the Hammer gets inside, it can use its EMP to wipe out the Sentinel army. Commander Lock, who's leading Zion's defense, protests that if that happens, all the [=APUs=] will be disabled, and they'll lose the dock. Lock's lieutenant tells him, "Sir, we ''already'' lost the dock." While [[JerkassHasAPoint Lock isn't wrong about the drawbacks of using the EMP]], he realizes that it's their only hope of survival and orders that the gate be opened.
** Near the end of the FinalBattle, Neo's answer to Smith's "[[WhyWontYouDie Why do you persist?]]" rant is simply "Because I choose to." Cue Smith's VillainousBreakdown.
* AuraVision: Neo can see Smith's aura [[spoiler: when Smith hitches a ride into the real world.]] Neo retains this ability even after [[spoiler: he becomes blind, allowing him to see the Machines.]]
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* BattleInTheRain: Neo and Smith in the end of the movie.
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* BadGuyBar: The Merovingian and his wife are lounging at Club Hel -- so that Trinity, Morpheus and Seraph have to "[[ToHellAndBack fight their way through Hell]]" to rescue Neo.
* BattleInTheRain: The final showdown between Neo and Agent Smithin at the end climax of the movie.film. Rain or falling water shown inside the Matrix has always been a representation of the MatrixRainingCode. In this case, it's also showing that the Matrix's programming is going to hell in a handbasket faster than usual because of Smith's meddling.. It took several months during the movie's production to perfect the right type of raindrop for the scene. In the "making of" bonus features on the DVD's, the special effects people explain that to have the rain actually show up the way it does on film (normally, even very heavy rain is nearly invisible on film), they had to have truly absurd amounts of water coming down, on the level of thousands of gallons per minute, accomplished with a very large tank and constantly recycling the water in much the same manner as water parks.
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* BattleInTheRain: The final showdown between Neo and Agent Smith
* BigBad:
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* BrokenPedestal: In the wake of the revelations of ''Reloaded'' (and knowing now he was an UnwittingPawn this entire time), Morpheus (and to a lesser extent Trinity) is understandably ''not'' particularly happy to see the Oracle again during their sole scene together.
** Played with when Neo has his final conversation with her. While Neo's likewise not happy about the deception either, he also has to swallow his anger because he still needs her. There are still questions from the confrontation with the Architect and his stint in Mobil Avenue -- questions that ironically ''only'' the Oracle can answer.
** Played with when Neo has his final conversation with her. While Neo's likewise not happy about the deception either, he also has to swallow his anger because he still needs her. There are still questions from the confrontation with the Architect and his stint in Mobil Avenue -- questions that ironically ''only'' the Oracle can answer.
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* BrokenPedestal: BrokenPedestal:
** In the wake of the revelations of ''Reloaded'' (and knowing now he was an UnwittingPawn this entire time), Morpheus (and to a lesser extent Trinity) is understandably ''not'' particularly happy to see the Oracle again during their sole scene together.
** Played with when Neo has his final conversation withher. the Oracle. While Neo's likewise not happy about the deception either, he also has to swallow his anger because he still needs her. There are still questions from the confrontation with the Architect and his stint in Mobil Avenue -- questions that ironically ''only'' the Oracle can answer.
** In the wake of the revelations of ''Reloaded'' (and knowing now he was an UnwittingPawn this entire time), Morpheus (and to a lesser extent Trinity) is understandably ''not'' particularly happy to see the Oracle again during their sole scene together.
** Played with when Neo has his final conversation with
* BrutalBrawl: Smith and Neo have a confrontation in the real world, due to Smith infecting a human member of the resistance, which allows Smith to possess the guy. Unlike the flashy, stylized martial arts confrontations that the series is known for (which all take place inside the virtual world of the Matrix) this one is notably just two men wrestling and trying to smash each other into any hard surface or grab anything that can be used as a weapon.
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: After the setup and foreshadowing of the previous two films, it's revealed the entire Trilogy is, at its core, essentially one giant chess match between the Oracle and the Architect (with the former ultimately successfully ending the Matrix cycle and bringing about a peace between the Machines and Humanity).]]
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* CerebusCallBack: Sati is baking cookies with The Oracle before her and Seraph's unfortunate encounter with [[TheVirus Agent Smith]]. When the Oracle asks what happened to Sati, [[spoiler:The Smith that used to be Sati replies with something that she said to her while they were baking.]]
--->'''The Oracle:''' What did you do to Sati?\\
'''Smith:''' Cookies need love like everything does.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: After the setup and foreshadowing of the previous two films, it's revealed the entire Trilogy is, at its core, essentially one giant chess match between the Oracle and the Architect (with the former ultimately successfully ending the Matrix cycle and bringing about a peace between the Machines and Humanity).]] ]]
* CombatBreakdown: Neo and Smith engage in an aerial battle above the city, [[KungFuSonicBoom creating massive shockwaves]], with Smith gaining the upper hand when he gives Neo one hell of a MeteorMove sending them crashing back to earth, and after much [[NietzscheWannabe monologuing]], the battle is reduced to a slightly high-powered version of GoodOldFisticuffs in a six-foot crater.
--->'''The Oracle:''' What did you do to Sati?\\
'''Smith:''' Cookies need love like everything does.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: After the setup and foreshadowing of the previous two films, it's revealed the entire Trilogy is, at its core, essentially one giant chess match between the Oracle and the Architect (with the former ultimately successfully ending the Matrix cycle and bringing about a peace between the Machines and Humanity).
* CombatBreakdown: Neo and Smith engage in an aerial battle above the city, [[KungFuSonicBoom creating massive shockwaves]], with Smith gaining the upper hand when he gives Neo one hell of a MeteorMove sending them crashing back to earth, and after much [[NietzscheWannabe monologuing]], the battle is reduced to a slightly high-powered version of GoodOldFisticuffs in a six-foot crater.
* ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing: Trinity, in the real world, gets tied up by Smith in Bane's body. She's thrown down into a hatch where some conveniently placed sharp things were broken earlier.
* DeathByDisfigurement: Neo [[EyeScream has his eyes burned out of their sockets]]. Apparently this is enough to require that both he and his girlfriend Trinity have to die.
* DeathIsDramatic: Trinity and Neo both receive exaggerated death scenes. Trinity is impaled by metal beams after she crashes a ship into the Machine City, and spends more than five minutes saying her goodbyes to Neo before dying, and as for the title character himself, he is carried away on a metal platform, while other machines look on, because he finally managed to destroy the entire Agent Smith program.
* DeathIsDramatic: Trinity and Neo both receive exaggerated death scenes. Trinity is impaled by metal beams after she crashes a ship into the Machine City, and spends more than five minutes saying her goodbyes to Neo before dying, and as for the title character himself, he is carried away on a metal platform, while other machines look on, because he finally managed to destroy the entire Agent Smith program.
-->'''The Merovingian''': Are you really willing to die for this man?\\
'''Trinity:''' ''*cocks pistol*'' Believe it.
* DramaticThunder: The final battle between Neo and Agent Smith at the end of the film takes place during a rainy, violently stormy night.
'''Trinity:''' ''*cocks pistol*'' Believe it.
* DramaticThunder: The final battle between Neo and Agent Smith at the end of the film takes place during a rainy, violently stormy night.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Occurs as [[spoiler:Trinity is dying [[KilledOffForReal for real this time]]; she tells Neo that she regretted saying "I'm sorry" rather than "I love you" before she died the last time]].
* EpilepticFlashingLights: Occurs when BigBad Smith absorbs Neo in the Matrix and the Deux Ex Machina (no, not THAT DeusExMachina) unplugs Neo in the real world. This disconnects Smith from the Matrix, causing each and every of his multiple selves to suffer epileptic glowing from the eyes over the next few minutes and [[EverythingIsBetterWithExplosions explode]].
* EveryoneJoinTheParty: Subverted during the climax, wherein the 9 BILLION copies Agent Smith made of himself just stand around and watch Smith 1.0 and Neo fight.
* EveryoneJoinTheParty: Subverted during the climax, wherein the 9 BILLION copies Agent Smith made of himself just stand around and watch Smith 1.0 and Neo fight.
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* EvilLaugh: Agent Smith after absorbing [[spoiler:the Oracle]], [[FauxSymbolism representing the randomness he gains]].
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* EvilLaugh: Agent Smith after absorbing [[spoiler:the Oracle]], [[FauxSymbolism representing the randomness he gains]].gains.
* FallingIntoTheCockpit: Captain Mifune is mortally wounded and tells Kid to take control of his APU and keep fighting. When Kid says he didn't complete the training program, Mifune smiles and says "neither did I".
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* FirstTimeInTheSun: Trinity gets a nice eyeful of sunshine [[spoiler:shortly before she dies]].
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* FinalSpeech:
** After being massively lacerated by attacking Sentinels, Captain Mifune lives long enough to tell the Kid to open the gate so the Hammer can enter the Dock.
** Despite been impaled, Trinity manages to keep talking for a while. Mostly about how she's really glad she gets to give a speech ''this'' time. Half the speech is lead-up to TheReveal that she is impaled (Neo [[spoiler:being blind]], didn't notice at first).
* FirstTimeInTheSun:Trinity gets a nice eyeful Near the end of the movie, Neo and Trinity, in their scrambling battle to reach the Machine City, manage to break above the omnipresent cloud layer and see the sky, glorious in sunshine [[spoiler:shortly before she dies]].and pink clouds, becoming the first humans to do so in centuries. Trinity in particular is impressed, and this event gives balance to [[spoiler: her death soon after]].
** After being massively lacerated by attacking Sentinels, Captain Mifune lives long enough to tell the Kid to open the gate so the Hammer can enter the Dock.
** Despite been impaled, Trinity manages to keep talking for a while. Mostly about how she's really glad she gets to give a speech ''this'' time. Half the speech is lead-up to TheReveal that she is impaled (Neo [[spoiler:being blind]], didn't notice at first).
* FirstTimeInTheSun:
* ForeseeingMyDeath: The Oracle foresees her death / assimilation by the rogue Agent Smith, as evidenced by her calm, unsurprised demeanor when he finally arrives at her current place of residence.
* FreeFallFight: Neo has a climactic battle against Agent Smith where both combatants fly and float in the air, at one point one slamming the other into the ground. This and some other acrobatic scenes were filmed on NASA's Vomit Comet zero-G training plane.
* FreeFallFight: Neo has a climactic battle against Agent Smith where both combatants fly and float in the air, at one point one slamming the other into the ground. This and some other acrobatic scenes were filmed on NASA's Vomit Comet zero-G training plane.
* GrandInquisitorScene: Inverted when Smith confronts the Oracle (a villain confronting a heroic inquisitor). He mirrors the scene in her kitchen from the first movie and is desperately trying to provoke her into lecturing ''him'' about the system and choice and fate, but she just sits there passively and tells him to GetItOverWith.
* HeroicResolve: When Neo and Agent Smith face off in their final battle, Smith has Neo beaten down on the floor and says this tirade:
-->'''Smith:''' Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting?...You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?\\
'''Neo:''' Because I choose to.
-->'''Smith:''' Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting?...You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?\\
'''Neo:''' Because I choose to.
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* HitStop: Neo punching Smith in the face provides the page image.
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* HeroicSecondWind: Zigzagged. After Smith delivers a truly exemplary NietzscheWannabe speech, he asks the beaten Neo why the hell he even bothers to keep fighting. Neo stands and says, "Because I choose to." Cue asskicking, followed by Smith rejuvenating and beating Neo to a pulp again, only for Neo to get up ''again'', [[spoiler:THEN Smith manages to infect Neo, and finally Neo [[HeroicSacrifice uses his defeat]] to provide a link between Smith and the computer that created him, allowing it to simply delete him]].
* HighAltitudeBattle: Neo and Smith fight while flying under their own power as part of the FinalBattle.
* HitStop: Shown when Neopunching punches Smith in the face provides the page image.during their BattleInTheRain.
* HighAltitudeBattle: Neo and Smith fight while flying under their own power as part of the FinalBattle.
* HitStop: Shown when Neo
* HopeSproutsEternal: The rainbow and the cat at the end of the movie.
* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake: Neo and Smith's final confrontation goes on for at least 10 minutes with both not really showing that any of the battle is affecting them until the very end.
* HumongousMecha: Humanity fights off a flood of enemy machines with 20' tall humanoid mecha. The pilots are almost completely exposed in the suits, making them pretty worthless once the machines get close. The Watchowskis explain that the machines tore through armor like butter, meaning there was no point it keeping it there if it was just going to be useless anyway.
* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake: Neo and Smith's final confrontation goes on for at least 10 minutes with both not really showing that any of the battle is affecting them until the very end.
* HumongousMecha: Humanity fights off a flood of enemy machines with 20' tall humanoid mecha. The pilots are almost completely exposed in the suits, making them pretty worthless once the machines get close. The Watchowskis explain that the machines tore through armor like butter, meaning there was no point it keeping it there if it was just going to be useless anyway.
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* ImmediateSequel: Adding to the TwoPartTrilogy vibe.
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* ImmediateSequel: Adding The movie's plot picks up right where ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' ended off, adding to the TwoPartTrilogy vibe.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Just before Neo leaves on his trip to the machine city to make his Heroic Sacrifice, he has a final exchange with Morpheus, in a callback to their original meeting.
-->'''Neo:''' It was an honor, sir.\\
'''Morpheus:''' No. The honor is still mine.
-->'''Neo:''' It was an honor, sir.\\
'''Morpheus:''' No. The honor is still mine.
* KnockbackSlide: Played with during the final fight between Neo and [[BigBad Smith]]: at one point, they hit each other and go flying in opposite directions. Neo makes an elegant ThreePointLanding while Smith crashes into the ground and slides several yards. It's played with in that in that the ground slides with him.
* LongSongShortScene: "Navras" is a chilling-but-energetic]] piece [[OminousLatinChanting with haunting Sanskrit lyrics]]. It's not played at all during the movie, it's played during the credits and the song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9qqLrdOzDg 9 minutes long]].
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* MeteorMove: How Smith weakens Neo enough to defeat him.
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* MeleeATrois: It is the humans vs. the Machines vs. [[TheStarscream Smith]] and his clones. By the end of the movie, Smith is a sufficient threat to unite the other two against him, leading to a ceasefire.
* MeteorMove:How Smith weakens performs a Multihit Meteor, grievously wounding Neo enough to defeat him.him in the fistfight that followed.
* MeteorMove:
* MinusWorld: The Train Man's "Mobile Ave" is a limbo-like construct which isn't actually part of the Matrix itself, but which Exiles use to go back and forth between the Matrix and the Machine mainframe.
* MortalWoundReveal: Trinity gets a mortal wound shortly before arriving the core of the Matrix in the real world. Unlike the usual case, this is not a case of BehindTheBlack as Neo himself is blind at that point (and [[spoiler:unlike in the previous film where Neo managed to revive her from a similar wound in the Matrix, she dies for real since this wound is received in the real world]]).
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Neo knew going in [[spoiler:he could not defeat Smith without "balancing the equation", i.e. negating both of them]].
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* NeverMyFault: Lock tears into Morpheus and the others for detonating the ''Mjolnir'' EMP and serving up the Dock to inevitable Sentinel reinforcements. However, just a few minutes earlier, Lock had made a similar observation to his Lieutenant and his subordinate countered that they'd ''already'' lost the Dock. Much as it hurt to admit, Lock grimly accepted it ''was'' the only play they had left. Lock's reaction is justified, as seeing Morpheus involved with this stunt (not to mention Niobe standing with him) is only reigniting Lock's hatred of the ''Nebuchadnezzar'' Captain.
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* NeverMyFault: Lock tears into Morpheus and the others for detonating the ''Mjolnir'' EMP and serving up the Dock to inevitable Sentinel reinforcements. However, just a few minutes earlier, Lock had made a similar observation to his Lieutenant and his subordinate countered that they'd ''already'' lost the Dock. Much as it hurt to admit, Lock grimly accepted it ''was'' the only play they had left. Lock's reaction is justified, as seeing Morpheus involved with this stunt (not to mention (and Niobe standing stands with him) is only reigniting Lock's hatred of the ''Nebuchadnezzar'' Captain.
* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: Neo gives a rather brief, but effective, one to Smith, when the latter demands to know '''''why''''' Neo persists in fighting him.
-->'''Neo:''' Because I choose to.
-->'''Neo:''' Because I choose to.
* PowerCableAttack: Smith!Bane blinds Neo using a broken power cable. Neo uses his newly acquired "See ArtificialIntelligence soul" ability to kill Smith!Bane by knocking his head off.
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* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler: Smith comes ''very'' close to figuring out the Oracle's deception just before he assimilates her. He's ''rightly'' suspicious of why she's chosen to wait for him rather than flee and correctly deduces she must have a purpose. Notice that the Oracle then intentionally asks him about Sati's fate (which she would already know). This interrupts Smith's train of thought, distracting him and preventing him from following his deductions to their logical conclusion until it's too late.]].
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* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler: Smith ProperlyParanoid:
** [[spoiler:Smith comes ''very'' close to figuring out the Oracle's deception just before he assimilates her. He's ''rightly'' suspicious of why she's chosen to wait for him rather than flee and correctly deduces she must have a purpose. Notice that the Oracle then intentionally asks him about Sati's fate (which she would already know). This interrupts Smith's train of thought, distracting him and preventing him from following his deductions to their logical conclusion until it's too late.]].
** [[spoiler:Smith comes ''very'' close to figuring out the Oracle's deception just before he assimilates her. He's ''rightly'' suspicious of why she's chosen to wait for him rather than flee and correctly deduces she must have a purpose. Notice that the Oracle then intentionally asks him about Sati's fate (which she would already know). This interrupts Smith's train of thought, distracting him and preventing him from following his deductions to their logical conclusion until it's too late.]].
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* ProphecyTwist: The Prophecy was that The One would reach The Source and end The War. [[spoiler: And it happened - just not the way anyone expected.]]
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: A LampshadeHanging version, where Bane/Smith, holding Trinity as a hostage, explains to Trinity that, while the best thing for Neo would be to just fry them both with his plasma gun, instead he's going to do exactly what the trope prescribes. He then taunts Neo by saying he is bound to Put Down His Gun And Step Away, which he does.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: A LampshadeHanging version, where Bane/Smith, holding Trinity as a hostage, explains to Trinity that, while the best thing for Neo would be to just fry them both with his plasma gun, instead he's going to do exactly what the trope prescribes. He then taunts Neo by saying he is bound to Put Down His Gun And Step Away, which he does.
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* ProphecyTwist: The Prophecy was that The One would reach The Source and end The War. [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And it happened - just not the way anyone expected.]]
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: A LampshadeHanging version, where Bane/Smith, holding Trinity as a hostage, explains to Trinity that, while the best thing for Neo would be to just fry them both with his plasma gun, instead he's going to do exactly what the trope prescribes. He then taunts Neo by saying he is bound to Put Down His Gun And Step Away, which hedoes. does.
* QuizzicalTilt: Trinity during the Club Hel fight. When one of the Merovingian's gravity-defying guards dodges a kick by leaping onto the ceiling, she tilts her head -- then does her signature midair pose and kicks him so hard he's embedded in the wall.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: A LampshadeHanging version, where Bane/Smith, holding Trinity as a hostage, explains to Trinity that, while the best thing for Neo would be to just fry them both with his plasma gun, instead he's going to do exactly what the trope prescribes. He then taunts Neo by saying he is bound to Put Down His Gun And Step Away, which he
* QuizzicalTilt: Trinity during the Club Hel fight. When one of the Merovingian's gravity-defying guards dodges a kick by leaping onto the ceiling, she tilts her head -- then does her signature midair pose and kicks him so hard he's embedded in the wall.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Could arguably be the reason why Neo took so long to realise that Bane was possessed by Smith; he was so used to thinking of Smith as being 'confined' to the Matrix that the idea that Smith might be able to manifest in the real world took a while to fully register as a possibility.
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* ReconcileTheBitterFoes: A large portion of the film revolves around Neo traveling to the Machine City to call for an end to the war between humans and machines, [[spoiler:in order to allow him to stop [[BigBad Agent Smith]] from destroying both races]].
* RecordNeedleScratch: Averted. When Morpheus's team breaks into club Hel, The Merovingian shouts for silence. The scene then cuts to a [=DJ=] scratching on two turntables looking up... then hitting the "stop" button on his deck.
* RefugeInAudacity:Could arguably be the The reason why Neo took so long to realise that Bane was possessed by Smith; he was so used to thinking of Smith as being 'confined' to the Matrix that the idea that Smith might be able to manifest in the real world took a while to fully register as a possibility.
* RecordNeedleScratch: Averted. When Morpheus's team breaks into club Hel, The Merovingian shouts for silence. The scene then cuts to a [=DJ=] scratching on two turntables looking up... then hitting the "stop" button on his deck.
* RefugeInAudacity:
* ResistanceIsFutile: During his VillainousBreakdown, Smith spends a good long while ranting about the pointlessness of Neo's resistance and [[StrawNihilist life in general.]]
-->"You must able to see it, Mister Anderson, you must know it by now! You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting!"
* RidiculouslyDifficultRoute: The humans have to fly their ship through the maintenance tunnels to get back to the city in time to join the fight against the machines. The tunnels are only marginally wider than the ship itself and have several hairpin turns. Fortunately for humans, Niobe is an AcePilot.
-->"You must able to see it, Mister Anderson, you must know it by now! You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting!"
* RidiculouslyDifficultRoute: The humans have to fly their ship through the maintenance tunnels to get back to the city in time to join the fight against the machines. The tunnels are only marginally wider than the ship itself and have several hairpin turns. Fortunately for humans, Niobe is an AcePilot.
* ScrewDestiny: During the final showdown, Agent Smith asks Neo why he continues to fight in the face of inevitable defeat; his reply is: [[BadassBoast "Because I choose to."]]
* SpentShellsShower: Gets taken to extreme in the CGI battle for Zion.
* SphereOfDestruction: Neo and Agent Smith's final battle produces several [[KungFuSonicBoom perfectly spherical shockwaves]] (made especially visible by the torrential rain).
* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: The Zion ship ''Hammer'' tries to sneak past the army of Sentinels by reducing its power output. Unfortunately this causes the ship to drop dangerously low in the tunnel and [[SoMuchForStealth it scrapes against some wreckage, alerting the Sentinels and sending them in pursuit]], ending in a running battle.
* SphereOfDestruction: Neo and Agent Smith's final battle produces several [[KungFuSonicBoom perfectly spherical shockwaves]] (made especially visible by the torrential rain).
* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: The Zion ship ''Hammer'' tries to sneak past the army of Sentinels by reducing its power output. Unfortunately this causes the ship to drop dangerously low in the tunnel and [[SoMuchForStealth it scrapes against some wreckage, alerting the Sentinels and sending them in pursuit]], ending in a running battle.
* StormingTheCastle: Inverted with [[spoiler:the machines attacking and invading Zion just before Neo makes the deal that saves humanity]].
* SuicideMission: Neo and Trinity's mission to the machine city. [[spoiler:Both of them die there, but the mission is still a success]].
* SuicideMission: Neo and Trinity's mission to the machine city. [[spoiler:Both of them die there, but the mission is still a success]].
* {{Tagline}}: [[ArcWords "Everything that has a beginning, has an end."]]
* TechnicolorDeath: The explosive death/destruction of [[spoiler:Agent Smith and all of his duplicates after being erased from the Matrix]].
* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: Trinity kills one of the Meronvingian's guards with his own gun.
* VictoriousChorus: Near the end of the movie, when the [[spoiler:Agent Smiths]] are being destroyed, the chorus starts singing triumphantly.
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** He starts out cool and collected if slightly cocky, but as the fight against Neo progresses, you can clearly see that Neo's tenacity slowly starts to get to him. At one point, he gives a monologue to Neo about how the things he's fighting for are meaningless, and devolves in composure to the point where he outright ''screams'' at Neo asking him why he persists, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood physically unable to understand why Neo would keep going at this point]]. When Neo gives his answer ("Because I choose to"), Smith pretty much loses it.
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** He starts out cool and collected if slightly cocky, but as the fight against Neo progresses, you can clearly see that Neo's tenacity slowly starts to get to him. At one point, he gives a monologue to Neo about how the things he's fighting for are meaningless, and devolves in composure to the point where he outright ''screams'' at Neo asking him why he persists, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood physically unable to understand why Neo would keep going at this point]]. When Neo gives his answer ("Because I choose to"), Smith pretty much loses it.
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* VillainWorld: By the climax of the film, the Matrix is wholly populated by [[spoiler: Agent Smith's copies]]. Of course, the Matrix was ''already'' a Villain World run by ruthless machines, but now it has been take over by an OmnicidalManiac.
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* WallRun: The Club Hel fight scene, with {{Mook}}s doing CombatParkour ''on the ceiling, upside down'' (justified as them being A.I. programs living in the Matrix, so TheComputerIsACheatingBastard is in effect here). Said scene also has Trinity repeating her aforementioned maneuver to get the drop on her target.
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* WeakerInTheRealWorld: Smith, a powerful rogue computer program, can only interact with the real world by possessing the body of someone that he had taken over in the Matrix, and he notes that real human bodies are really weak compared to the abilities he's used to possessing in the Matrix. And when Neo and the body possessed by Smith fight in the real world, there are no fancy martial arts, no gravity-defying jumps or displays of SuperStrength that both showed in the Matrix, just a pair of guys awkwardly grappling and trying to slam each other into walls or grab anything that can be used as a weapon.
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* WeWillMeetAgain: After Neo defeats Agent Smith (in Bane's body), Smith tells him "It's not over."
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* WhenItRainsItPours: The rainstorm in the climax resembles the "raining code" iconic to the series [[RuleOfSymbolism as a way of showing]] the instability of the Matrix itself.
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* WhyIsntItAttacking: A ZergRush of Sentinels is about to overrun Zion, only to stop at the last second. Morpheus soon realizes that Neo must be up to something, holding them back.
* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: Neo realizes that he could have defeated Smith by doing absolutely nothing. He just has to [[spoiler:let Smith replicate in him]].
* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: Neo realizes that he could have defeated Smith by doing absolutely nothing. He just has to [[spoiler:let Smith replicate in him]].
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* WrapAround: The Trainman's subway, whose wrap-around occurs for being an UnnaturallyLoopingLocation ruled by the Trainman himself, who traps Neo during the start of the movie.
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* YouWereTryingTooHard: Neo [[spoiler:allows himself to be assimilated by Agent Smith after realizing that the two of them are evenly matched. The Machine God uses the new connection to eliminate Smith and all of his clones at once]].
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* MassOhCrap: As soon as the ''Hammer'' crashes into the dock, every single Sentinel attacking Zion breaks off and hurtles its way up the entry shaft, desperately trying to [[OutrunTheFireball escape the range of its EMP blast]]. Not one of them makes it.
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** This is the fatal mistake [[spoiler:Smith makes in the climax. He didn't realize that Neo was jacked into the Matrix and broadcasting directly from the Machine City rather than from a Zion ship as might be expected. So when he assimilates Neo, Smith unwittingly gives the Machines (or more precisely, the Source) a direct means of purging him and his corruption from the system.]]
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** ContinuityOverlap: In addition to picking up immediately following ''Reloaded'', ''Revolutions'' also begins immediately following the ending of ''Enter the Marix''. The film even opens with Roland and the ''Mjolnir'' trying to locate the now-missing ''Logos'' (which was downed by their own EMP at the end of the game).
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* AllThereInTheManual: Similarly to ''Reloaded'', aspects of the film make more sense after playing ''Enter the Matrix'' (specifically Niobe's meeting with the Oracle, the in-universe explanation for the Oracle's recasting, and the Trainman's first appearance). Access to ''The Animatrix'' (specifically "The Second Renaissance") also benefits the narrative (such as the concept of the Machine City 01 being established there).
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* StockFootage: Serpah's very first scene in the film (calling Morpheus from a payphone) is actually reused footage from ''Enter the Matrix''.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: If you looks closely at the bench that the Oracle sits on at the film's end, there's a little sign. What does it say? ''"[[spoiler:In memory of Thomas Anderson]]."''
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** When Smith and Neo crash into the city streets during the final showdown, the building (which in real life is the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Sydney) destroyed by their touchdown is the same one near where Neo made his final call at the end of the first film. In fact, if you look closely before the crash, you can even spot the Telephone Booth Neo used.
** If you looks closely at the bench that the Oracle sits on at the film's end, there's a little sign. What does it say? ''"[[spoiler:In memory of Thomas Anderson]]."''
** When Smith and Neo crash into the city streets during the final showdown, the building (which in real life is the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Sydney) destroyed by their touchdown is the same one near where Neo made his final call at the end of the first film. In fact, if you look closely before the crash, you can even spot the Telephone Booth Neo used.
** If you looks closely at the bench that the Oracle sits on at the film's end, there's a little sign. What does it say? ''"[[spoiler:In memory of Thomas Anderson]]."''
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* HeroicBSOD: Downplayed, but Morpheus is more or less in one for much of the film. While he's obviously not catatonic and ''is'' functional, he's also a shell of his former self. His drive and confidence have been seriously damaged by the revelations of ''Reloaded'' and the truth behind the Prophecy of the One.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: A variation with Smith. While he ''was'' an Agent in the original film, he was also one of many such programs policing the Matrix (to say nothing of one of countless programs inside the system). However, thanks to the sequels, the Trilogy's climax now sees Smith becoming a nihilistic and apocalyptic threat that will take down the Machines and Zion with him if not stopped.
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** Played with when Neo has his final conversation with her. While Neo's likewise not happy about the deception either, he also has to swallow his anger because he still needs her. There are still questions from the confrontation with the Architect and his stint in Mobil Avenue -- questions that ironically ''only'' the Oracle can answer.
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* UnwittingPawn: Neo's final conversation with the Oracle reveals that [[spoiler:the unplugged Smith ironically was one to the Machines during ''Reloaded''. Smith's compulsion to not return to the Source and to instead go rogue are revealed to have actually been a result of the Architect's attempts to counter the systemic imbalance presented by the One's emergence. Had Neo returned to the Source as the Architect intended, Smith would've likely been wiped and reset with the next Matrix cycle. But because Neo ''didn't'', Smith's now tipped the systemic imbalance in his favor and the Machines have no control over him.]]
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* UnwittingPawn: Neo's final conversation with the Oracle reveals [[spoiler:Smith ironically was one to the Machines during ''Reloaded''. Smith's compulsion to not return to the Source and to instead go rogue was actually a result of the Matrix (and the Architect's attempts) trying to counter the systemic imbalance presented by the One. Had Neo gone back to the Source at the end of the last film as the Architect intended, Smith would've been wiped and reset. But because Neo ''didn't'', Smith's now tipped the systemic imbalance in his favor and the Machines have no control over him.]]
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Sparks completely vanishes from the film after the ''Logos'' is brought back online.
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* OutsideContextProblem: Smith-as-Bane to Neo and the other Zion characters. This is part of the reason why Neo has trouble initially accepting the reveal (to say nothing of the other Zion characters not understanding ''why'' "Bane" has seemingly gone psychotic). The idea of a Matrix Program overwriting someone's self-image and downloading themselves into the Real World is absolutely insane and unprecedented (as Agents have ''never'' displayed this kind of ability). Justified, though, as Smith has now become a virus and thus has access to abilities he ''didn't'' possess as an Agent.
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* ForbiddenZone: The Machine City. According to Roland states, no human vessel's ever gotten within a 100 kilometers of 01 for more than a century. It's a suicide mission, which is why he refuses to allow Neo to journey there with the ''Mjolnir''.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Downplayed, but if you pay attention, you'll realize that the ''Nebuchadnezzar'' survivors don't actually bring the ''Mjolnir'' and ''Logos'' characters up to speed on the revelations of ''Reloaded''. The other characters know ''something'' went wrong with the Prophecy and the One, but not the ''why'' or ''how''. Considering revealing the truth would've meant revealing the entire Matrix was one unending cycle, it's understandable.
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: After the setup and foreshadowing of the previous two films, it's revealed the entire Trilogy is, at its core, essentially one giant chess match between the Oracle and the Architect (with the former ultimately successfully ending the Matrix cycle and bringing about a peace between the Machines and Humanity).]]
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* ContinuityNod: The Machine City is 01 from ''The Animatrix''. Aerial shots during the ''Logos'' crash show that despite the passage of half a millennia, it still has the basic underlying architectural layout from "The Second Renaissance".
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* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:While everyone agrees something's off with "Bane", Morpheus (and then later Trinity and Neo initially) don't notice that his vocal cadences are a dead ringer for Agent Smith's. Justified, as they're distracted by the countdown to the siege of Zion (and also the very idea of an Agent making the jump into the Real World by assimilating someone's self-image is an idea that nobody in the Resistance could've anticipated.]]
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** This is the fatal mistake [[spoiler:Smith makes in the climax. He didn't realize that Neo was jacked into the Matrix and broadcasting directly from the Machine City rather than from a Zion ship as might be expected. So when he assimilates Neo, Smith unwittingly gives the Machines a direct means of purging him and his corruption from the system.]]
** [[spoiler:While everyone agrees something's off with "Bane", Morpheus (and then later Trinity and Neo initially) don't notice that his vocal cadences are a dead ringer for Agent Smith's. Justified, as they're distracted by the countdown to the siege of Zion (and also the very idea of an Agent making the jump into the Real World by assimilating someone's self-image is an idea that nobody in the Resistance could've anticipated.]]
** This is the fatal mistake [[spoiler:Smith makes in the climax. He didn't realize that Neo was jacked into the Matrix and broadcasting directly from the Machine City rather than from a Zion ship as might be expected. So when he assimilates Neo, Smith unwittingly gives the Machines a direct means of purging him and his corruption from the system.]]
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: A variation with Smith. While he ''was'' an Agent in the original film, he was also one of many such programs policing the Matrix. However, thanks to the sequels, the Trilogy's climax now sees Smith becoming a nihilistic and apocalyptic threat that will take down the Machines and Zion with him if not stopped.
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* NeverMyFault: Lock tears into Morpheus and the others for detonating the ''Mjolnir'' EMP and serving up the Dock to an inevitable Sentinel reinforcements. However, just a few minutes earlier, Lock had made a similar observation to his Lieutenant and his subordinate countered they'd ''already'' lost the Dock. Much as it hurt accept, Lock grimly conclude it ''was'' the only play they had. Justified, as seeing Morpheus involved with this stunt (not to mention Niobe standing with him) is only reigniting Lock's hatred of the ''Nebuchadnezzar'' Captain.
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* OutrunTheFireball: A variation once the ''Mjolnir'' reaches Zion. The attacking Sentinels run like hell back up their invasion tunnels to avoid the imminent EMP detonation. Points for trying, but they all still end up getting fried.
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** Happens again in the climax when [[spoiler:Smith unwittingly speaks the Oracle's final message to Neo. He instantly realizes something's ''very'' wrong here. He then retreats from Neo rather than finishing him off. He's outright frightened, correctly concluding this is some kind of trick. But then Neo goads him and Smith just can't stop himself from assimilating his rival despite his suspicions.]]
