History Characters / TheMatrixMachines

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The impetus of their rebellion. Humanity hated them for their society, Zero One, producing excellent goods completely for free, as they were virtually TheNeedless. Unfortunately, this risked complete global devastation due to other countries not being able to keep up. The humans' DisproportionateRetribution was extreme, but on some level understandable.
** Turns out in ''Resurrections'', [[spoiler:allowing humanity the option to unplug themselves from the Matrix in honoring Neo's sacrifice expectedly led to a massive energy crisis among them, as they still have yet to find a way to recover the biosphere and necessitated on HumanResources to keep themselves alive; this created a societal discord between those who wanted to honor the agreement and those machines that wanted to save themselves first and foremost, leading to a bloody EnemyCivilWar for the first time among their kind... [[DramaticIrony in a way, not unlike how such desperate situations caused much bloodshed in human history]]]].

** In ''Resurrections'', Smith is LegendaryIntheSequel just like Neo and Trinity, and seems to be regarded with a similar amount of awe by the ''Mnemosyne'' crew; so much so that when they see him coming at them, they all immediately jump out of the way rather than make any attempt to fight him.

* IcyBlueEyes: Has these in ''Resurrections'' courtesy of his actor, Jonathan Groff. Lampshaded in-universe when he half-seriously tells Neo even he thinks his code overhaul overdid them.

* {{Narcissist}}: After his return in ''Reloaded'', Smith spends much of his time copying himself over every other entity in the Matrix, and he clearly enjoys his own company. By the climax of ''Revolutions'', the Matrix is entirely populated by Smith, who revels in his power over "[his] world". This continues in ''Resurrections'', with the reborn Smith claiming that his new appearance made him "more perfect than ever".

* InsistentTerminology: Even though Neo discarded his identity as Thomas Anderson by the end of the first film, he still refers to Neo as "Mr. Anderson." The only time he uses Neo is at the beginning of the second film when he has to make sure other Zion members know who he's talking about so he can give Neo his earpiece and let him know that he's still around. Even with Smith's comparatively nicer characterisation in ''Resurrections'', he only ever refers to Neo as "Tom", rather than using his chosen name.

** Once more in ''Resurrections'', [[spoiler:Smith's RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Analyst for repurposing him and again bounding him to simulation of the Matrix proves to derail every one of the latter's plans due to being TheImmune once free, allowing Neo and Trinity to reunite and escape the Analyst's trap altogether.]]

-->'''Agent Thompson''': ...You!\\
'''Smith''': Yes, me. Me, me ''me!'' ''[Replicates himself over Thompson's code]''\\

** While he loses his viral CloneByConversion power in ''Resurrections'', [[spoiler:he demonstrates a higher level of power akin to Neo during and after their fight, presumably from trace remains of code from the Oracle or the One after assimilating both briefly, that allows him to still keep up with Neo during their fight and override the Analyst's [[RealityWarper powers]] by being outright TheImmune to it unlike Neo or Trinity]].

* TheDreaded: Based on [[TheStoic Agent Thompson]]'s [[NotSoStoic shocked and surprised reaction]] in facing Smith in ''Reloaded'', one might guess that the now rogue Smith has become this to the Machines and their Agents. By the end of ''Revolutions'', Smith has become such an unstoppable force that the Machines are willing to [[spoiler:make peace with Zion if Neo destroys Smith on their behalf]].

* BackFromTheDead: Twice over even! He's seemingly destroyed at the end of the first movie. But manages to defy his death and return to the Matrix, this time as a virus program (which makes sense since his original code was destroyed by Neo, hence the "unplugged" aspect). He's seemingly deleted for good at the end of "Revolutions" after Neo let him assimilate him to allow Deus Ex to purge his program. [[spoiler: Some of his old code is salvaged and he's remade by the Analyst in ''Resurrections'' largely to keep an eye on Neo until his memory is reawakened.]]

* BondVillainStupidity: In the third film where [[spoiler: "Bane Smith" decides to taunt and torment Neo about how weak he is and how he's going to kill him. It costs him his life.]] And again near the end when [[spoiler: he decides to download himself into Neo despite suspecting something suspicious going on.]]

* TookALevelInKindness: VERY downplayed, but a minor change to his characterization in ''Resurrections'' [[spoiler:is his lack of any interest in seizing control of the Matrix from the Analyst like before, or any of his prior genocidal hatred of mankind; he's [[IJustWantToBeFree more interested in just freeing himself]] from any form of control and going on his way]], it's unknown whether he actually has an ulterior motive for this change, but it's clear he's at least willing to act far more civilly, [[spoiler:enough to initially offer Neo to [[RunOrDie walk away]] rather than pursue revenge on him so he can go after the Analyst for his freedom]] and [[spoiler:come the conclusion of their EnemyMine moment, Smith just {{Body Surf}}s his way out of his current body and leaves Neo and Trinity to themselves rather than try to kill them]]. Aside from the moment he regains his memories, he even wears a look of detached calm for most of his conversations with Neo, rather than the snarling fury the old Smith frequently broke into.

* [[invoked]]UncannyValley: While the previous agents were capable of emulating humans well enough to pass, this new group is considerably more machine-like in their behavior. Their habit of finishing each other's sentences doesn't help things.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Also, albeit unwittingly, created the later rogue program Smith who came to despise his existence trapped inside the Matrix serving as one of their Agents, turning against the other programs, spreading like a virus through the Matrix and attempting to infect the machines and wipe out the humans, necessitating an EnemyMine between the two races to defeat him and come to a truce.