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7	'''The Nebuchadnezzar''' \| [[Characters/TheMatrixMnemosyne The Mnemosyne]] \| [[Characters/TheMatrixPrograms Programs of the Matrix]] \| [[Characters/TheMatrixZion Zion]] \| [[Characters/TheMatrixIo IO]] \| [[Characters/TheMatrixMachines The Machines]] \| Characters/TheAnimatrix-]]]]]
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10	The crew of the ''Nebuchadnezzar''.
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12	[[foldercontrol]]
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14	[[folder:In General]]
15	* BadassCrew: Neo is TheChosenOne and can manipulate the Matrix to an extent. The rest are all capable fighters in their own right, with Morpheus and Trinity in particular being able to hold their own against or even defeat powerful opponents.
16	* BadassLongcoat: Also common attire for them in the Matrix. Primarily worn by Neo and Morpheus.
17	* CoolShades: Most of them wear these in the Matrix.
18	* DwindlingParty:
19	** [[spoiler:Mouse is killed by a S.W.A.T. team. Dozer, Apoc and Switch are killed by Cypher, who in turn is killed by Tank for his treachery. Tank dies some time in between ''The Matrix'' and ''Reloaded'', and Trinity dies in ''Revolutions''. Neo is taken away by the Machines in the third film, leaving Morpheus as the only member of the original crew.]]
20	** [[spoiler:Neo and Trinity both return in ''TheMatrixResurrections''. However, Morpheus is dead per the events of ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline''.]]
21	* FiveTokenBand: Morpheus, Dozer, Link and Tank (black male)[[note]]Tank's actor Marcus Chong is black on his father's side and Chinese on his mother's[[/note]], Trinity and Switch (white female), Mouse and Cypher (white male), Apoc (Maori male) and Neo (Chinese-American).
22	* LaResistance: They are one of many crews serving the human rebellion against the machines.
23	* MeaningfulName:
24	** Neo's name is both an anagram for the word "One" and the Latin word for "new". His given surname in the Matrix was Anderson; "Ander" is the Greek word for "man", making Neo a "New Son of Man".
25	** Morpheus helps wake people from the [[LotusEaterMachine Matrix]]. He is named after the Greek god of dreams.
26	** Trinity is named after the Holy Trinity of the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost in Christian theology. Trinity is the force who guides Neo to his "salvation," as well as commanding Neo to rise up from his apparent death in the first film, implying a further parallel between her character and God. This parallel is further developed in the fourth movie, where [[spoiler:she gains the same powers as Neo]].
27	** Mouse's name works on two levels: he is short and scrawny, and is also a PlayfulHacker.
28	** [[TheBigGuy Dozer's]] name is derived from "bulldozer".
29	** Cypher works on multiple levels:
30	*** In the computer language, a cipher is an encryption which changes every letter into another one so that other people cannot read the message. [[spoiler:Cypher pretends to be loyal to the resistance, while plotting to betray them. This is also reflected in his request to Smith to have his memories erased.]]
31	*** Cipher is also an archaic term for the number zero. As Neo is the human who will free humanity from the Machines, [[spoiler:Cypher could be his human opposite, being a human whose betrayal of humanity would keep them subservient to the Machines]]. As explained by Joe Pantoliano in an interview, [[spoiler:Cypher was also scouted to be a potential "One" before falling from grace]].
32	*** In cryptography, Lucifer was the name given to several of the earliest civilian block ciphers. As mentioned above, [[spoiler:Cypher is a FallenHero]].
33	*** Cypher [[spoiler:asks to have his memory erased and to be brought back as an actor]]. [[spoiler:Smith]] refers to him as "Mr. Reagan", suggesting Cypher is the setting's equivalent of UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, who was an actor before getting into politics and was suffering from Alzheimer's from the 90s to the 2000s.
34	** Link is the crew's MissionControl while they are in the Matrix. In other words, he is their "link" to the physical world.
35	** Switch's name becomes this if you are aware of the original intention of the character. The idea was that Switch would be male in the physical world and female in the Matrix.
36	** Apoc's name could be short for "apocrypha", which refers to works outside of accepted canon of scripture. Apoc is a rebel trying to free humans from the false reality the Machines have imprisoned them in.
37	* VirtualRealityWarper:
38	** The human "redpill" hackers who work within the Matrix are able to bend the laws of its "reality" to perform superhuman feats within limits: empowering themselves with downloaded knowledge, making themselves stronger and faster than most human beings, and making absolutely impossible jumps appears to be the extent of their abilities.
39	** The ultimate example is Neo: as "the One," he has the power to not only bend the rules of the Matrix but break them. Normally, he only uses this for things like flying and stopping bullets in mid-air, though occasionally his powers extend to more impressive feats like telekinesis, phasing through flesh to retrieve bullets, restarting stopped hearts and destroying Agents. Lore indicates that his power extends to warping the very nature of the Matrix itself -- to the point that the first One released the first pod-born humans from captivity through sheer force of will.
40	* WeakButSkilled: With the exception of [[StrongAndSkilled Neo]], all of them qualify as this in the Matrix. They lack raw power of Neo and the Agents, but make up for it with skill and brains.
41	[[/folder]]
42
43	[[folder:Neo]]
44	!!Thomas A. Anderson / Neo
45	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/neo_matrix_5146.png]]
46	[[caption-width-right:300:''"I know Kung-Fu."'']]
47	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Neo in ''The Matrix Resurrections''.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thematrixresurrectionsneo_0.png[softreturn]''"I still know Kung-Fu."''[[/labelnote]]]]
48	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KeanuReeves
49	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/KeanuReeves (''Enter the Matrix'', ''The Animatrix''), Andrew Bowen (''Path of Neo'')
50	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Creator/MartinSoto (Latin-American Spanish, ''The Matrix'') Creator/SalvadorDelgado (Latin-American Spanish, ''Reloaded''), Creator/ReneGarcia (Latin-American Spanish, ''Revolutions''-''Resurrections''), Creator/JeanPierreMichael (European French), Creator/RikiyaKoyama (Japanese), Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese, ''The Matrix''-''Revolutions''), Mitsuru Miyamoto (Japanese, ''The Matrix'')
51	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMatrix'' \| ''[[Anime/TheAnimatrix The Animatrix: Kid's Story]]'' \| ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections''
52
53	->''"My name... Is '''Neo'''."''
54
55	The protagonist of the film series and the ChosenOne to liberate mankind from the virtual world where the machines have imprisoned them. His Matrix identity is Thomas A. Anderson, a software company office employee and computer hacker. He gets freed from the Matrix by Morpheus and his crew, and gradually learns about his destiny.
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57	* TheAce: Morpheus might be the captain of the Nebuchadnezzar, but Neo's the star player.
58	* AllLovingHero: Turns out he was designed by the Machines to behave this way so that he would save humanity and continue the status quo.
59	* AmazonChaser: In ''Resurrections'', with his memory wiped and meeting "Tiffany" for the first time, he claims that he feels better than ever after she mentions wanting to break the jaw of a guy she dislikes.
60	* AMFMCharacterization: In his first scene, he's listening to "Dissolved Girl" by Music/MassiveAttack on his headphones.
61	* AntiAntiChrist: As ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' revealed, the purpose of The One was actually yet another method of machines controlling humanity in that The One would spare some people in Zion before Zion is destroyed and then the cycle continues, and there were several "The Ones" before Neo and his predecessor. However, Neo rejects this path, and ends up granting humanity true freedom after destroying Smith, and himself in the process.
62	* AntiHero: In the first movie he kills anyone who stands in his way, growing out of it to become TheHero.
63	* BackFromTheDead:
64	** After being gunned down by Agent Smith in the first film, Neo, with the help of [[ThePowerOfLove Trinity]], awakens to his power as the One and gets back up.
65	** Following his death in ''Revolutions'', Neo has somehow returned in ''Resurrections''. [[spoiler:It's revealed that the Machine faction that wanted to keep the Matrix going rebuilt Neo's body and revived him in order for him to serve as the basis for a remade Matrix.]]
66	* BadassLongcoat: The duster from the lobby scene in the first movie. In the sequels, part of his standard getup in the Matrix is a coat styled after a priest's cassock.
67	* BadassNormal: Even before he became The One, he was among the handful of those, if not the ''only'' person, who was actually successful in taking out an Agent empty-handed.
68	* BarrierWarrior: Famously unlocks this power and stops a hail of bullets in its tracks at the end of the first movie, and comes to use it more and more over time. By the time of ''Resurrections'', it's as essential an offensive weapon as his actual punches and kicks.
69	* BattleCouple: He grew into this with Trinity.
70	* BigGood: Due to being [[TheChosenOne The One]].
71	* BroughtDownToBadass: In ''Resurrections'', Neo initially lacks the full power he demonstrated in ''Reloaded'' and ''Revolutions'', but he still has some limited telekinetic power in the Matrix, as well as still possessing all the martial arts skills he learned in the first film.
72	-->'''Neo:''' I still know kung fu.
73	* CharacterDevelopment: Through his encounters, he learns that the conflict between humans and the machines is not so [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]] after all.
74	* TheChosenOne: The Prophecy made him into one. [[spoiler:Turns out it's just more manipulation by the machines]].
75	* CoolShades: A ''Matrix'' trademark.
76	* TheCracker: He was a hacker as a bluepill. Apparently, he found out about the Matrix through this.
77	* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler:His dead body was positioned this way when being taken in ''[[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions Revolutions]]]].''
78	* DeadpanSnarker: Downplayed; Neo is normally very serious, especially after embracing his powers as the One, but he's not above letting out a quip from time to time. For example, in ''Reloaded'', he greets three Agents with a casual "hiya, fellas", dryly congratulates Smith on his "liberation", and he lets out a bit of exasperated sarcasm while talking to Link later in the film.
79	-->'''Link:''' Whoa. You're not gonna believe this, but you're in the mountains.\
80	'''Neo:''' ''[surrounded by said mountains]'' [[SarcasmMode Really]]?
81	* {{Determinator}}: Why does he keep going? Because he can, and because he chooses to.
82	* DisabilitySuperpower: In ''Revolutions''. [[spoiler: After the Smith-possessed Bane [[EyeScream burns his eyes out]] with a severed power cable, he develops a sort-of AuraVision, allowing him to "see" anything connected to the Source (which is everything) as a golden light. The result is that he actually sees way more than anybody else.]]
83	* DistressedDude: One could argue Neo is this, due to being apprehended by agents on multiple occasions, such as the first film where a tracking bug is placed in his belly button. Sometimes Trinity saves him and other times he saves himself.
84	* DoesntLikeGuns: After the first film, he no longer uses firearms when jacked into The Matrix. Although, it's more down to no longer needing them than disliking them.
85	* DoNotCallMePaul: "My name... Is Neo." However, Smith almost always calls him Mr. Anderson in the sequels and Neo doesn't say either of these to him.
86	* EndearinglyDorky: Has shades of this, especially in the first film. Announcing that he knows kung fu, being unaware of Trinity's crush when being told by the Oracle and falling off a building after failing to imitate Morpheus to name a few.
87	* EyeScream: [[spoiler:He loses his eyes in ''Revolutions'' when the Smith-possessed Bane shoves a severed power cable in his face, but they’re repaired in ''Resurrections''.]]
88	* FollowTheWhiteRabbit: Neo is told to do this through his computer, and shortly after follows a girl with a white rabbit tattoo to Trinity, and then Morpheus, and beyond. [[spoiler:Again in ''Resurrections'' as Bugs showing off rabbit tattoo convinces him again.]]
89	* GoneHorriblyRight: According to the Architect, The One is explicitly designed to have an affinity for humanity. This is so that he/she will choose to save some humans rather than watch them all die when the cycle mentioned above repeats. However, Neo is such an AllLovingHero and so in love with Trinity that he would rather risk everything to save everyone. [[spoiler:Luckily for all concerned, Smith's threat gives Neo a major bargaining chip when negotiating with the Machines]].
90	* GoodIsNotSoft: Neo is a very kind man and a true hero, but he won't hesitate to go through anyone who gets between him and his goals.
91	* GunsAkimbo: Neo's general preference in armed combat is this. The lobby scene in the first movie alone features Neo's almost exclusive use of several pairs of guns.
92	* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Has his eyes completely burned by Bane!Smith, but kills him anyway thanks to his machine-like vision. However, they are fixed in the process of his resurrection by the Analyst.]]
93	* TheHero: Considered as "The One," after all.
94	* TheHeroDies: At the end of ''Revolutions'', [[spoiler:he commits a HeroicSacrifice to stop Agent Smith]].
95	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He sacrifices himself to bring peace to Zion]].
96	* InstantExpert: Justified since information can be downloaded directly into the brain.
97	* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: He should've been more careful for what he wished to know about The Matrix. He gets his computer hacked, he's chased about and "bugged" by Agents. Shortly after being forcefully and painfully ejected from the Matrix, he learns the truth about the Matrix and completely loses it for a bit. He gets a little fun when learning how to bend the rules of virtual reality, but when Agent Smith and others put them to the ultimate test, he's bludgeoned silly before having the full mag of a Desert Eagle emptied into him. Even after getting EnlightenmentSuperpowers, he realizes they have a limit. He can hardly get a moment's peace with Trinity because of all the hero worship he gets. His purpose eludes him until he realizes that Smith, a fatalistic abomination, must kill him to save everyone in and out of the Matrix. He learned that YouCantFightFate, but you can trick it.
98	* LegacyCharacter: Zion legend had it that the guy before Neo was powerful enough to make the Matrix his own playground and freed the first of the rebels to found Zion. Upon death, he was prophesied to one day return and free all humans from the Matrix finally ending the war. [[spoiler:It's later revealed in ''Reloaded'' there were actually 5 Ones prior to Neo. Each of Neo's predecessors met with the Architect who gave them a SadisticChoice of either letting all humans die with the Matrix crashing or selecting 23 people to found the new Zion after the previous one was destroyed. This was all part of a ViciousCycle by the Machines of perpetually rebooting the Matrix to continue enslaving humanity. In other words, the "prophecy" of the One returning to save the Zionites happened '''''6 times''''', and it was only with the sixth time that it stuck.]]
99	* LivingBattery: Like most humans, he used to be a prisoner in the Matrix producing energy for the machines while believing a fantasy. [[spoiler:After his death, the machines revive him due speculating that his powers of the One could produce even more energy for them than with legions of humans, which turns out to be true provided he is near to Trinity.]]
100	* MeaningfulName: "Anderson" can be translated as "Son of Man" (a moniker traditionally ascribed to UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}), hinting at his destiny as [[MessianicArchetype the savior of humanity]]. More subtly: since "Anderson" is the name that Neo chooses to ''reject'' in favor of his chosen identity, it also hints at his story being an allegory for the trans experience (an interpretation confirmed as intentional by the creators); "Ander" can be translated as "man", while the suffix "-son" means "male child", both of which allude to traditional masculinity, symbolically hinting at the story being about casting aside one's assigned gender. This is reinforced by Smith taunting Neo by calling him "'''Mr.''' Anderson", meaning that he effectively calls him "Mr. Man-Boy".
101	* MessianicArchetype[=/=]CompositeCharacter: While he is deliberately designed to be Jesus of their era, he also takes cues from Buddha, founder of Buddhism:
102	** He leaves all of his worldly possessions behind to go on a quest, in which at the end he comes upon a world-view epiphany (aka Obtains Enlightenment), then spends time as a humble teacher.
103	** Generally for all Ones, once he dies, his followers will know he will come back in another person's body via Reincarnation.
104	** Specific to Neo, he fights for everyone (machine and humans), and asks for peace instead of surrender.
105	** He also shares other things that Buddha and Jesus had in common, like being humble, but not a pushover.
106	* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: The above-mentioned line, [[spoiler:after which he smashes Smith into the ceiling in the first show of his power as [[TheChosenOne The One]]]].
107	* NiceGuy: Even before he becomes The One. After all, what can be nicer than helping his landlady take out the garbage?
108	* NotInKansasAnymore: When he first wakes up in reality. Right before this, Cypher warns him:
109	-->'''Cypher:''' Buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy, 'cause Kansas is going bye-bye!
110	* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Downplayed; while fighting the Merovingian's henchmen in ''Reloaded'', Neo stops one of their swords with his bare hand, leaving a small cut. The Merovingian points out that Neo is "just a man" and can presumably be beaten. Neo, however, still thoroughly demolishes all of his opponents; just because he's not invincible doesn't mean they stood a chance.
111	* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:60 years pass between ''Revolutions'' and ''Resurrections'', but physically Neo has only aged around 20 years because of modifications the Machines made to his body.[[labelnote:Note]]Assuming that Neo was around the same age as his actor was during the events of ''Revolutions'' (Keanu Reeves was 39 by the time ''The Matrix Revolutions'' was released in 2003) then that would make Neo around the ballpark of 100 years old![[/labelnote]]]]
112	* OneManArmy: In ''Reloaded'', he fights against the Merovingian's goons. Even though one injures him, all of them go down to him. And the more said about that fight he had with many Smith clones, the better.
113	* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:This is used by both him and Trinity to resurrect each other.]]
114	* RealityWarper: Played with and to a certain extent. He has abilities like this only when he's ''inside'' the Matrix as they derive from the Source and he only acquires them after he's officially revealed to be the One. However, the ending of ''Reloaded'' and the entirety of ''Revolutions'' shows a few of these abilities extend into the real world as well.
115	* ScrewDestiny: See the spoiler at the top.
116	* SignificantAnagram: Neo can be scrambled to be spelled as One, as in "[[TheChosenOne The One]]."
117	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:The ''[[VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo Path of Neo]]'' game, maybe.]]
118	* TheStoic: His voice is flat and his posture is collected.
119	* SupermanSubstitute: He's a FlyingBrick and MessianicArchetype who is considered humanity's last and greatest hope. He had a mild-mannered civilian identity, has a committed relationship with a confident, dark-haired woman, and his main enemies (the Machines and Smith) are not so different from Brainiac and Luthor.
120	* SuperpowerLottery: He has [[FlyingBrick super strength, super reflexes and agility, flight]], [[{{Technopath}} and can even disable machines with his mind]].
121	* TakingYouWithMe: At the end of ''Revolutions'', [[spoiler:he dies after destroying Agent Smith and freeing Zion]].
122	* TookALevelInBadass:
123	** Actually, several levels for that matter. Went from a rebellious geek who [[WimpFight can't fight at all]] to a world-class martial artist in 10 hours, thanks to NeuralImplanting.
124	** Taken even further when he chooses to be The One, gaining powers inside the Matrix, and further still, when he starts gaining outside of it.
125	* VirtualRealityWarper: As "the One," he has the power to not only bend the rules of the Matrix, but break them. Normally, he only uses this for things like flying, stopping bullets in mid-air and occasionally destroying Agents, but from time to time, he performs more elaborate feats like [[spoiler: removing a bullet from Trinity by phasing his hand through her chest and bringing her back to life via physically touching her heart.]] lore indicates that his power extends to warping the very nature of the Matrix itself - to the point that the first One is said to have released the first pod-born humans from captivity through sheer force of will.
126	* WalkingArmory: In the first film, he carries a ridiculous number of guns underneath his BadassLongcoat in the Lobby Scene. Around a dozen by some counts.
127	* WhatBeautifulEyes: Mocked by Cypher in the first film.
128	* WorfHadTheFlu: Downplayed in ''Resurrections''. Neo is able to still fight once he regains his memories, but the new programs are updated and fight faster than him, [[spoiler:Smith]] included. This is all presumably done by [[spoiler:The Analyst]] to keep him in check and not become as powerful as he was before.
129	[[/folder]]
130
131	[[folder:Trinity]]
132	!!Trinity
133	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trinity_matrix_9776.png]]
134	[[caption-width-right:300:''"Dodge this."'']]
135	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Trinity in ''The Matrix Resurrections''.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thematrixresurrectionsstrinity.png[softreturn]''"We were on our way to remake your world."''[[/labelnote]]]]
136	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/CarrieAnneMoss
137	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Nancy [=MacKenzie=] (Latin-American Spanish, ''The Matrix'' and ''Reloaded''), Rebeca Patiño (Latin-American Spanish, ''Revolutions''-''Resurrections'') Danièle Douet (European French), Creator/KeikoToda (Japanese, ''The Matrix''), Yurika Hino (Japanese)
138	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMatrix'' \| ''[[Anime/TheAnimatrix The Animatrix: A Detective Story]]'' \| ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections''
139
140	->''"It's the question that drives us, Neo. It's the question that brought you here."''
141
142	The second-in-command of Morpheus' crew and Neo's eventual love interest. She is an amazing fighter and steals most of the fight scenes during the trilogy.
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144	* ActionGirl: Her introductory scene establishes her as a more than competent fighter.
145	* ActionGirlfriend: She and Neo are a BattleCouple.
146	* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She usually keeps to herself and is unfettered.
147	* BadassLongcoat: She dons a trenchcoat in the Matrix, though she drops it later.
148	* BattleCouple: With Neo.
149	* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: Trinity is more abrasive than Morpheus, being his NumberTwo; she drags Neo's foot down when Morpheus goes to fight Smith to let the others escape and later tells Neo that if he doesn't like Trinity helping to bring back Morpheus then he can go to hell.
150	* CameBackStrong: In ''Resurrections'', [[spoiler:she’s not only brought back to life, but gains the same powers of the One as Neo.]]
151	* CoolShades: A ''Matrix'' trademark.
152	* GivenNameReveal: [[spoiler: ''Resurrections'' gives her the name Tiffany. She absolutely hates it. Though it's not really a "reveal" as the Analyst implies at the end of the movie that it's a name he himself came up with as a joke, so it's not Trinity's original bluepill name.]]
153	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In ''Revolutions'', she dies when [[spoiler:she gets impaled by power cables after their hovercraft crashes]].
154	* MeaningfulName: She's one of the three most significant members of the ''Nebuchadnezzar'' crew, and one of three who remains with the crew until the war's final days--making her part of a "trinity". She's also one of the two most important people in the life of Neo (who's [[MessianicArchetype a messianic figure]] destined to save humanity), making the term's biblical connotations all the more fitting.
155	* NumberTwo: She is the first mate of the ''Nebuchadnezzar''.
156	* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:60 years pass between ''Revolutions'' and ''Resurrections'', but physically Trinity has only aged around 20 years because of modifications the Machines made to her body. They have advanced medical technology from centuries of growing humans, and they spared no expense in keeping her and Neo alive as long as possible.]]
157	* SamusIsAGirl / ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: Neo believed Trinity to be a man before meeting her, and in ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'', three other people refer to Trinity as "he" before they meet her. This is apparently quite common, yet they're not that surprised to learn Trinity is a she.
158	-->'''Neo:''' Jesus, ummm...\
159	'''Trinity:''' What?\
160	'''Neo:''' Well, it's just, um... I thought you were a guy.\
161	'''Trinity:''' ''(Slight smile)'' Most guys do.
162	* SpannerInTheWorks: It turns out that the prophecy of "The One" was actually [[spoiler:manufactured by the Machines as part of an elaborate scheme to keep humanity under their thumb]], and Neo has been [[spoiler:an UnwittingPawn of the Machines all along]]; his true purpose isn't to defeat the Machines and free humanity, it's [[spoiler:to reboot the Matrix and choose a new generation of free humans to rebuild Zion after it's destroyed--ensuring that [[ViciousCycle humanity's struggle against the Machines will continue indefinitely]] with no chance of success]]. The Machines just didn't count on "The One" falling in love, and certainly didn't count on Neo's love for Trinity being so strong that [[ScrewDestiny he would willingly turn his back on his "destiny" to save her]], throwing their entire plan out of whack. Notably, we learn that Neo is actually [[spoiler:the ''sixth'' person to take up the mantle of "The One"]], yet there's no indication that [[spoiler:any of his predecessors]] had an equivalent of Trinity in their lives...meaning that she may very well be one-of-a-kind.
163	* StatuesqueStunner: She is taller than most of the men. Well, Carrie-Anne Moss is actually 5'8", which isn't particularly tall, but Trinity fights wearing ''high heels'' which make her look taller.
164	* TheUnchosenOne: While Neo is the prophesied savior, Trinity is just another human resistance fighter. [[spoiler:However, the Analyst deduces in ''Resurrections'' that Neo needs Trinity to become the One, as his powers manifest based on his desire to protect her. This relationship between the two is so strong that not only does it produce magnitudes more energy for the Matrix, it also turns ''Trinity'' into such an anomaly that, once she finally awakes, she also attains the powers of the One.]]
165	* {{Troll}}: In ''Resurrections'' she toys with [[spoiler:the Analyst by breaking his jaw, slicing him at the neck, rewinding the effect after each attack and joking about both with Neo - as the latter stands back and watches while petting Deja Vu.]]
166	* VerbThis: Her "Dodge this." comment to the Agent she [[BoomHeadshot head-shoots]] in the first movie served as the former TropeNamer. She pulls a similar line on Persephone in ''Reloaded'' when Persephone asks to sample "the feeling of love" from Neo.
167	-->Why don't you sample this instead? points her gun at Persephone
168	* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: She will not hesitate to end you if you hurt Neo. She even pulls a gun on Persephone when she demands a kiss from him.
169	[[/folder]]
170
171	[[folder:Morpheus]]
172	!!Morpheus
173	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/125781_1232250004771_300_257_5074.jpg]]
174	[[caption-width-right:300:''"You think that's air you're breathing now?"'']]
175	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LaurenceFishburne
176	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Arturo Casanova (Latin American Spanish, ''The Matrix'' and ''Reloaded''), Creator/GerardoVasquez (Latin-American Spanish, ''Revolutions''-''Resurrections''), Creator/PascalRenwick (European French, 1999-2005)
177	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMatrix'' \| ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline''
178
179	->''"I'm trying to free your mind, Neo, but I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it."''
180
181	The most notorious terrorist in world of the Matrix and the captain of the ''Nebuchadnezzar''. He is the first who reveals the existence of The Matrix, and becomes Neo's mentor and teacher.
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183	* TheArtifact: In ''Revolutions'', with his character arc having been completed, he spends most of the film as Niobe’s sidekick.
184	* BadassLongcoat: An ankle-length snakeskin duster, no less.
185	* BaldOfAuthority: He is bald and TheLeader of the Nebuchadnezzar crew.
186	* BaldMystic: In the first film, Morpheus acts as Neo's spiritual and mental guru, introducing him to the world of the Matrix and training him both as a fighter and as a thinker to fulfill his role as TheChosenOne.
187	* BenevolentBoss: He lets himself get captured by Agent Smith so that Neo can escape.
188	* BigGood: He's this even though Lock leads the rebels in Zion. This is mainly in the first movie until he is usurped by Neo himself. As the most infamous terrorist in the Matrix, he's the main symbol and inspiration that people have in the fight against the Machines.
189	* BringIt: The most important thing he taught Neo? That awesome stance.
190	* TheCaptain: His official role is as the captain of the ''Nebuchadnezzar''; everything else is his personal mission.
191	* ContemplateOurNavels: He's very prone to go into philosophical lectures.
192	* CoolShades: Super-reflective pince nez sunglasses. They don't even have earpieces, only a nose bridge.
193	* CurbStompCushion: Though Agent Smith easily beat Morpheus into submission in the first movie, Morpheus managed to get in a few good hits and block many of Agent Smith's relentless attacks until caving in.
194	* DeadpanSnarker: He's usually more straight-laced than Neo but he has a moment when Smith says he wants everything and Morpheus has this to say:
195	-->Would that include a bullet from this gun.
196	* AFatherToHisMen: The crew of the Neb would follow him to their deaths without hesitation.
197	* HeroicBSOD: He didn't take it very well when he learned everything he believed in was "another system of control."
198	-->I have dreamed a dream... But now that dream has gone from me.
199	* ItHasBeenAnHonor: "The honor is mine / is still mine."
200	* TheMentor: Fulfills every aspect [[spoiler:except the "dying to save the hero" bit; the closest he comes to this is allowing himself to be captured so the others can escape. Neo ''refusing'' to leave him behind is one of his most important decisions]].
201	* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Defied by Neo in the first movie, and it sticks that way. Morpheus is the only lead to make it through the trilogy.]]
202	* MrExposition: He delivers several key [[InfoDump Info Dumps]] to Neo in the first movie; The Oracle picks up the slack in the sequels.
203	* NiceGuy: He says he owes Neo an apology for shocking him with the reality of the real world. He also doesn't mind other people not believing what he believes about the One, as his conversation with Locke in Reloaded shows.
204	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Is the captain of the Nebuchadnezzar, and before Neo ascends as 'The One', the strongest fighter in the crew. And even afterwards, he's still one of the better fighters in the story and manages to defeat an Agent mostly on his own.
205	* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: He wakes people up from the illusion world they live in. Morpheus is the Greek God of dreams.
206	* ReverseArmFold: Likes to assume this position.
207	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Uses very big words during some of his talk.
208	* SingleTear: At the end of ''Revolutions'' when the war ended. In a way, the prophecy ''did'' come to pass.
209	* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:He passed of old age during the 60 years between ''Revolutions'' and ''Resurrections''.]]
210	* SupportingLeader: Despite being TheLeader of the Nebuchadnezzar crew, Neo is TheHero of the story.
211	* ThereIsNoTry: "Stop ''trying'' to hit me and ''hit'' me!"
212	* TookALevelInBadass: Went from getting his ass kicked by Smith in the first film to being able to fight evenly with Johnson, an upgraded agent, in ''Reloaded''.
213	* TookALevelInJerkass: He's still a NiceGuy, but in ''Revolutions'', he's quite short tempered with Niobe when she tells him to keep up, most likely a result of him being done over by the prophecy.
214	* WaistcoatOfStyle: At least in ''Reloaded''.
215	* WellIntentionedExtremist: A rare heroic example.
216	* WhatMeasureIsAMook: 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. {{Justified\|Trope}} since, as he explains to Neo, anyone in that situation can become an Agent at any moment.
217	* TheWorfEffect: When Neo and Morpheus first start training, Morpheus is shown handling him with ease for most of the fight and seems to be both skilled and insightful. Agent Smith establishes just how much of a threat he is when he effortlessly beats down Morpheus in a fight. Though Morpheus did state to Neo back in the training simulation that everyone who had stood their ground against an Agent (before then) died.
218	* TheWorldIsNotReady: He explains that most people are not ready to be freed, as they've become dependent on the system. He goes on to explain that some are "so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it."
219	* WorkingWithTheEx: He works the guns on the ''Mjolnir'' while Niobe pilots as they race to Zion in ''Revolutions''.
220	[[/folder]]
221
222	[[folder:Cypher]]
223	!!Cypher/Mr. Reagan
224	[[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cypher_6.jpg]]
225	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JoePantoliano
226	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Genaro Vasquez (Latin American Spanish), Gilles Tamiz (European French)
227	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMatrix'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo''
228
229	->''"Ignorance is bliss."''
230
231	A crew member of the ''Nebuchadnezzar''. [[spoiler:He's actually a spy for the Machines]].
232	----
233	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He apparently had feelings towards Trinity.
234	* BaldOfEvil: Unlike the crew, who are shaved-headed in real life, Cypher is bald both in The Matrix and reality.
235	* BeardOfEvil: He also has a natty goatee.
236	* BrokenPedestal: He's grown to despise his mentor Morpheus for taking him from the Matrix.
237	* CoolShades: A ''Matrix'' trademark.
238	* DeadpanSnarker: The snarkiest of the crew, without a doubt.
239	* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Despite killing Dozer, Apoc & Switch, he doesn't get far in his traitorous rampage as Tank quickly annihilates him.]]
240	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:He makes a deal with the Machines to doom Zion in exchange for being plugged back into the Matrix.]]
241	* {{Foil}}:
242	** Like Neo, Cypher did not take the reality of The Matrix and humanity's fate well but while the former was able to quickly get over it, the latter did not to the point of making a deal to be reinserted into The Matrix with his memory erased.
243	** Neo is a HumbleHero and [[TheChosenOne The One]] with a number of abilities no other Red Pill human has demonstrated while Cypher doesn't even display the normal superhuman abilities, as well one of the requirements for being reinserted is to be made "someone important" such as a politician or a movie star.
244	** The DealWithTheDevil the two make with the Machines is a perfect symbolism: Cypher's would've led to the death of every person in Zion and dooming humanity to being trapped in The Matrix. Neo's is made to bring a truce between the two forces and gave his life to ensure it, one of the caveats was humans being free to choose to leave.
245	* GreenEyedMonster: He expresses some jealousy towards Trinity's affection of Neo.
246	* HighVoltageDeath: He dies when [[spoiler:Tank]] fries him with a plasma gun.
247	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: At first he seems like a cynical but loyal member of the rebellion. [[spoiler:Then he's revealed to be working to capture Morpheus.]]
248	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Tank kills him with the very same LightningGun he used to kill Dozer.]]
249	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: After he killed most of his team, he began to boast how nothing would stop him from unplugging and killing Neo. Cue Tank frying his ass with a plasma gun.]]
250	* TheMole: [[spoiler:He spies on the crew for the Agents.]]
251	* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: If his bald head and natty goatee is enough of an indicator]].
252	* RageAgainstTheMentor: He hates Morpheus for taking him from the Matrix and rants how if he had told him 'the truth,' Cypher would've told him to 'shove the redpill up his ass.'
253	* TheResenter: He comes to hate Morpheus for "lying" in order to have him leave The Matrix, stating that any person who was told the truth before taking the red pill would've "shoved it up his [Morpheus'] ass."
254	* TheSociopath: While Agent Smith is an [[AIIsACrapShoot Artificial Intelligence]], Cypher is a cold and murderous human.
255	* TeamKiller: [[spoiler: After his betrayal, he kills two members before trying to kill Neo]].
256	* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:He's horrified about Tank surviving and aiming a weapon at him.]]
257	[[/folder]]
258
259	[[folder:Link]]
260	!!Link
261	[[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/link_32.jpg]]
262	[[caption-width-right:278:''"Goddamn, it's good to be home again."'']]
263	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HaroldPerrineau
264	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Creator/ArturoMercado (Latin American Spanish, ''Reloaded''), [[Creator/AlfonsoObregonInclan Alfonso Obregón]] (Latin American Spanish, ''Revolutions''), Daniel Lobé (European French)
265	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' \| ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo''
266
267	->''"All I know is that ship needs an operator. And right now that operator's me."''
268
269	The new operator on the ''Nebuchadnezzar'', Link is Tank and Dozer's brother-in-law, married to their sister Zee. He provides comic relief for the films, often being bamboozled by Neo's powers.
270	----
271	* BigYes: His reaction to Neo saving Morpheus and the Keymaker on the freeway.
272	* HeelFaithTurn: Link is given a religious pendant by his wife to bring him home, but he does not share her faith. By the end of the films, Link is so happy to have survived that he swears never to take it off.
273	* MuggleBestFriend: Link thinks Morpheus is crazy but is starting to believe in him because of Neo's powers.
274	* PlayfulHacker: While he's just as serious about his Operator duties as Tank was, Link seems to have a more loose and carefree attitude overall.
275	* PluckyComicRelief: His reactions to the events in the second film are hilarious.
276	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: When Creator/MarcusChong, who played Tank in the original film, left the film after a contract dispute it was established that operator Tank had died in between the first and second film. Link, who plays much the same role, suddenly appeared as his brother-in-law.
277	[[/folder]]
278
279	[[folder:Tank]]
280	!!Tank
281	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tank_18.jpg]]
282	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MarcusChong
283	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Creator/JesseConde (Latin American Spanish), Maurice Decoster (European French)
284	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMatrix'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo''
285
286	->''"We're supposed to start with these operation programs first, but that's major boring shit, so let's do something a little more fun. How about... Combat training."''
287
288	Tank is the ''Nebuchadnezzar'''s Operator, who oversees the team's operations in The Matrix and controls the various training simulations. He's very close to Dozer, his older brother.
289	----
290	* TheCracker: As the ship's Operator, he sets up the hack that gets the crew into The Matrix, then monitors the coding to let the team know what's going on and download hacks to them.
291	* KilledOffscreen: He's mentioned in the opening of ''Reloaded'' as having died from his injuries, while he was definitely alive at the end of the original.
292	* MadeOfIron: Tank stoically fights through the pain of his plasma burns to resume his Operator duties.
293	* MissionControl: In charge of putting Neo and the others inside The Matrix as well as getting them out.
294	* MutualKill: He manages to kill Cypher and save the day, but eventually dies offscreen from the wounds Cypher inflicted on him.
295	* OhCrap: During the "déjà vu" sequence when he realizes that [[spoiler:their exits have blocked by newly-created brick walls]] and then says "Oh no" when they both realize [[spoiler:Mouse is trapped in the safe house]].
296	* PlayfulHacker: He's effortlessly friendly to Neo and is thrilled at his potential of being The One. Neo starts to see some of that potential himself when Tank skips the red tape and uploads a ton of combat data for him to use in the Matrix.
297	* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:Spoken to Cypher]].
298	-->"Believe it or not, you piece of shit, you're still gonna burn!"
299	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Marcus Chong's behind the scenes behavior was the reason Tank got removed from the sequels.
300	* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Tank dies at some point between the first and second movie from his injuries.
301	[[/folder]]
302
303	[[folder:Dozer]]
304	!!Dozer
305	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dozer_5.jpg]]
306	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AnthonyRayParker
307	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Francisco Colmenero (Latin American Spanish)
308	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMatrix''
309
310	The pilot of the ''Nebuchadnezzar''. He's very close to Tank, his younger brother.
311	----
312	* AcePilot: Dozer pilots the ''Nebuchadnezzar'' during the scene that introduces the Sentinels.
313	* BigBrotherInstinct: Lunges after [[spoiler:Cypher]] after he attacked Tank with the plasma gun.
314	* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: He dies trying to stop [[spoiler:Cypher]] from killing the crew after he returns from The Matrix and shoots Tank.
315	* BigNo: Gives one as his last words as [[spoiler:he lunges at Cypher, notifying Cypher to him and getting himself killed]].
316	* GeniusBruiser: He gives the explanation of the food goop's components during the breakfast scene.
317	* HighVoltageDeath: [[spoiler:Cypher]] fries him with a plasma gun after shooting Tank.
318	* MilitaryMoonshiner: He brews up some sort of liquor in his spare time.
319	-->''"It's good for two things: de-greasing engines and killing brain cells."''
320	* OhCrap: When he sees that [[spoiler:Cypher]] attacked Tank.
321	[[/folder]]
322
323	[[folder:Mouse]]
324	!!Mouse
325	[[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mouse_1.jpg]]
326	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MattDoran
327	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Music/RicardoSilva (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ChristopheLemoine (European French)
328	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMatrix'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo''
329
330	->''"To deny our impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human."''
331
332	The youngest crew member of the ''Nebuchadnezzar'' and the programmer of the virtual reality training simulation program.
333	----
334	* AwesomeButImpractical: His last stand involved using two custom made fully automatic shotguns, one in each hand. The recoil of which causes him to not hit a single SWAT member before [[spoiler:they take him down]].
335	* BloodFromTheMouth: As he is being [[spoiler:riddled with bullets]] in the Matrix while screaming, his body [[spoiler:is shown jerking and twitching in his chair, then going limp with blood running from his mouth]].
336	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Despite being trapped, he chooses to go out in style [[spoiler:fighting against the S.W.A.T. teams]].
337	* DitzyGenius: He's a good hacker but he thinks going up against professionally trained sub-machine gun welding SWAT cops with two fully automatic shotguns is a good idea [[spoiler:it gets him killed.]]
338	* TheHedonist: His offer to hook Neo up with the woman in the red dress (along with revealing she's a character program he made), followed by his rebuttal of Switch and Apoc's teasing and line about denying impulses, hint at a rather perverted side to him. In the safe house within the Matrix, before [[spoiler: the machines spring their trap and he gets killed by a SWAT team]], he's seen looking at a centerfold of the woman in the red dress (there wearing red lingerie) while he waits for everyone else.
339	* MotorMouth: He has a tendency to slip into this when excited, which is most of the scenes he's in.
340	* MultipleGunshotDeath: He gets repeatedly shot down [[spoiler:by the police]].
341	* OhCrap: Mouse says "Oh, no." when he discovers [[spoiler:he is trapped inside the safe house with no chance of escaping as the S.W.A.T. team is about to barge into it]].
342	* PlayfulHacker: Builds training programs and then alters them for... more fun purposes like inserting ladies in red dresses.
343	* PluckyComicRelief: [[ShooOutTheClowns That ends]] [[spoiler:the second he gets backed into a corner and the armored personnel under the command of the Agent overwhelm him with their combined gunfire, leaving him dead as a doornail]].
344	* ShooOutTheClowns: The film gets darker [[spoiler:after he gets offed]].
345	[[/folder]]
346
347	[[folder:Switch]]
348	!!Switch
349	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/switch_9.jpg]]
350	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BelindaMcClory
351	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Cristina Camargo (Latin American Spanish), Ivana Coppola (European French)
352	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMatrix'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo''
353
354	->''"Listen to me, copper-top. We don't have time for 20 Questions. Right now, you have two choices: Our way, or the highway."''
355
356	A member of the crew of the ''Nebuchadnezzar''. Unlike the mental projections of other crews, who usually wear dark clothes and sunglasses, Switch wore white clothes and yellow-orange, translucent sunglasses.
357	----
358	* AmbiguouslyGay: Along with her masculine haircut and suit, her comment about Mouse being "the digital pimp, hard at work!" after he tries to hook Neo up with the woman in the red dress, along with Mouse referring to her and Apoc as "hypocrites," implies that she may have taken Mouse up on that very offer.
359	* MauveShirt: [[spoiler:Cypher kills her shortly after Apoc, in the same manner.]]
360	-->'''Switch:''' Not like this... Not like this.
361	* CoolShades: Wears yellow-orange sunset sunglasses.
362	* DeadpanSnarker: She's a lot more skeptical than the optimistic Trinity.
363	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Isn't particularly welcoming to the One, but is firmly on the side of good.
364	* LightIsGood: While most of the main characters sport [[DarkIsNotEvil black leather or dark suits in the Matrix, along with dark sunglasses]], Switch stands out in a white suit and yellow-orange sunset shades, to match her shocking bleach-blonde hair.
365	* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: The original intention for the character which didn't make the final version of the film. Switch was supposed to appear female within the Matrix and male in the real world (with different actors playing each presentation). Her androgynous appearance and final words are often seen as a nod to this dropped plot thread.
366	* VasquezAlwaysDies: She's more of a hardened ActionGirl than Trinity and the first one to die.
367	[[/folder]]
368
369	[[folder:Apoc]]
370	!!Apoc
371	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/apoc.jpg]]
372	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JulianArahanga
373	!!!'''Dubbed By:''' Creator/ArturoMercado (Latin American Spanish)
374	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMatrix'' \| ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo''
375
376	->''"I hope the Oracle gave you some good news."''
377
378	A crew member of the ''Nebuchadnezzar''.
379	----
380	* NiceGuy: He's low-key more welcoming to Neo than Switch is and he gives Neo his pistol when the Agents trap them in the Hotel.
381	* SacrificialLion: He is the first to be killed by [[spoiler:Cypher]], who yanks his Matrix jack out of his head.
382	* TheStoic: He is the most cool and collected of the group, and seems to have little patience for Mouse's jibber-jabber.
383	* TakeUpMySword: The first gun Neo took possession of was Apoc's who handed it to him prior to Morpheus' capture. [[spoiler:Cypher kills him later on.]]
384	* WeHardlyKnewYe: Of all the characters of the Nebuchadnezzar to perish, the audience definitely knew him the least. He was a stoic, no-nonsense guy and that's it.
385	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / TheMatrixNebuchadnezzar