History Trivia / Tron

* BlackSheepHit: It was a product of the Disney Dark Age [[note]] Lasting from Walt's death in 1967 to the release of ''Film/TheLittleMermaid'' in 1989, a period where the company was in disarray due to a lack of clear leadership, cut-rate animation, Creator/DonBluth's defection to start his own studio in frustration with the way things were run, and losing their lock on the "family film" market due to Creator/GeorgeLucas and Creator/StevenSpielberg [[/note]] where the studio was throwing anything it could at the proverbial wall and hoping it stuck. A live-action soft sci-fi film with heavy-duty religious themes and an astonishing amount of graphic violence isn't a typical Disney flick (at least not until TheNewTens), and it's one of the only products of the Disney Dark Age that made a lasting impression on pop culture.

** Boxleitner and Morgan would go on to do ''Series/BringThemBackAlive'', and a RoleReprisal in VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh

* ThoseTwoActors: Boxleitner and Morgan would go on to do ''Series/BringThemBackAlive'', and a RoleReprisal in VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh

* BlackSheepHit: It was a product of the Disney Dark Age [[note]] Lasting from Walt's death in 1967 to the release of ''Film/TheLittleMermaid'' in 1989, a period where the company was in disarray due to a lack of clear leadership, cut-rate animation, {{Creator/DonBluth}}'s defection to start his own studio in frustration with the way things were run, and losing their lock on the "family film" market due to Creator/GeorgeLucas and Creator/StevenSpielberg [[/note]] where the studio was throwing anything it could at the proverbial wall and hoping it stuck. A live-action soft sci-fi film with heavy-duty religious themes and an astonishing amount of graphic violence isn't a typical Disney flick (at least not until TheNewTens), and it's one of the only products of the Disney Dark Age that made a lasting impression on pop culture.

** Inverted with the ''{{VideoGame/TRON}}'' arcade game (whose cabinet is briefly seen) which was released just shortly before the movie (and spawned both a sequel and a few home games). The movie received not one, but ''two'' arcade games: ''TRON'' and ''Discs of TRON''. ''Discs'' was originally supposed to be part of the former, but was cut for time. Interestingly, the "Grid Bugs" appear in the game ''TRON'', but only receive a comment in the movie ''TRON''!

* DuelingMovies: Shared one with ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' and ''[[Film/{{Annie1982}} Annie]]'' during summer 1982. ''ET'' wins out, but all three remain beloved movies to this day.

* ShoutOut: A double-shot in ''Series/OnceUponATime.'' In a Season 1 episode, Regina burns down a playground, then "makes up for it" by buying her fairy-tale obssessed AgentMulder son a video game system. The kid's game of choice is ''Space Paranoids.'' Emma even looks at the game and comments "it's all in the wrist." Then, in the Season 2 episode "Welcome to Storybrooke," a hapless father and son (Kurt and Owen Flynn) wander into the cursed town. The plotline has a few creepy parallels to the [[{{Film/TronLegacy}} filmed sequel]], and Kurt shouts to his boy "find your uncle!" Given the Encom billboard they passed in the opening, the existence of Flynn's games in the OUAT universe, the surname, the ''Legacy''-meets-Creator/StephenKing plot, and the fact that the same team of writers behind the show wrote ''{{Film/TronLegacy}}'', it's at least an educated guess said "uncle" was Kevin.

* ShoutOut: A double-shot in ''Series/OnceUponATime.'' In a Season 1 episode, Regina burns down a playground, then "makes up for it" by buying her fairy-tale obssessed AgentMulder son a video game system. The kid's game of choice is ''Space Paranoids.'' Emma even looks at the game and comments "it's all in the wrist." Then, in the Season 2 episode "Welcome to Storybrooke," a hapless father and son (Kurt and Owen Flynn) wander into the cursed town. The plotline has a few creepy parallels to the [[{{Film/TronLegacy}} filmed sequel]], and Kurt shouts to his boy "find your uncle!" Given the Encom billboard they passed in the opening, the existence of Flynn's games in the OUAT universe, the surname, the ''Legacy''-meets-{{Creator/StephenKing}} plot, and the fact that the same team of writers behind the show wrote ''{{Film/TronLegacy}}'', it's at least an educated guess said "uncle" was Kevin.

* ProductionPosse: A retroactive example: This film would be the first time Disney would partner up with Taiwanese company Creator/WangFilmProductions, then known as Cuckoo's Nest, who responsible for most of the film's optical effects.

* BlackSheepHit: It was a product of the Disney Dark Age [[note]] Lasting from Walt's death in 1967 to the release of ''Film/TheLittleMermaid'' in 1989, a period where the company was in disarray due to a lack of clear leadership, cut-rate animation, {{Creator/DonBluth}}'s defection to start his own studio in frustration with the way things were run, and losing their lock on the "family film" market due to Creator/GeorgeLucas and Creator/StevenSpielberg]] where the studio was throwing anything it could at the proverbial wall and hoping it stuck. A live-action soft sci-fi film with heavy-duty religious themes and an astonishing amount of graphic violence isn't a typical Disney flick (at least not until TheNewTens), and it's one of the only products of the Disney Dark Age that made a lasting impression on pop culture.

* SameContentDifferentRating: The film originally had a PG rating in Australia, but was reclassified as G in 2010 when the sequel was released in spite of the graphic contents of both films; ''Legacy'' got a PG rating, [[BlooderAndGorier despite]] being more warrant of an M ([=PG-13=]) rating.

** Creator/JeffBridges was not the original or intended choice for Flynn. According to Lisberger the character of Flynn was originally envisioned as a thinner, more stereotypical "nerdy" type of guy as one might imagine a computer programmer to look as opposed to Bridges, who is a fairly big, rugged, stocky man, but he just brought so much energy to the role that they just had to cast him.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Send this one to theSeries/ BabylonFive fans. The future Captain Sheridan is obvious. The future Centauri ambassador is a bit harder to spot.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Send this one to the BabylonFive fans. The future Captain Sheridan is obvious. The future Centauri ambassador is a bit harder to spot.

** The director asked Peter O'Toole to play Dillinger... however, he ''really'' wanted to play Tron and even went so far as to go jumping up and down on beds and furniture just to prove he was still nimble enough for such a physically demanding job.

** JeffBridges was not the original or intended choice for Flynn. According to Lisberger the character of Flynn was originally envisioned as a thinner, more stereotypical "nerdy" type of guy as one might imagine a computer programmer to look as opposed to Bridges, who is a fairly big, rugged, stocky man, but he just brought so much energy to the role that they just had to cast him.
* {{Word of God}}: All of the programs retain their User's personality. For example, Cindy Morgan was told that Yori retains some vague memory of her user (Lora) having a romance with Flynn at one time.

** All programs have the same actor as their Users: Flynn and Clu, Alan and Tron, Lora and Yori...[[note]] Three actors in the franchise have had three different roles in it. Warner, as noted above played a trifecta of villains. Bridges played Flynn and both the good Clu 1.0 and the evil Clu 2.0, and Morgan played Lora, Yori, and [=Ma3a=] in VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh [[/]]

** All programs have the same actor as their Users: Flynn and Clu, Alan and Tron, Lora and Yori...

* ShoutOut: A double-shot in ''Series/OnceUponATime.'' In a Season 1 episode, Regina burns down a playground, then "makes up for it" by buying her fairy-tale AgentMulder son a video game system. The kid's game of choice is ''Space Paranoids.'' Emma even looks at the game and comments "it's all in the wrist." Then, in the Season 2 episode "Welcome to Storybrooke," a hapless father and son (Kurt and Owen Flynn) wander into the cursed town. The plotline has a few creepy parallels to the [[{{Film/TronLegacy}} filmed sequel]], and Kurt shouts to his boy "find your uncle!" Given the Encom billboard they passed in the opening, the existence of Flynn's games in the OUAT universe, the surname, and the ''Legacy''-meets-Stephen King plot, and the fact that the same team of writers behind the show wrote ''{{Film/TronLegacy}}'', it's at least an educated guess said "uncle" was Kevin.

* HeyItsThatGuy
** Show this one to a ''Series/BabylonFive'' fan. Boxleitner's obvious, [[Creator/DavidWarner as is the guy after the Holy Grail]], but the future Centauri ambassador is harder to spot...
** And you might also notice that [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Mr. The Kid]] plays Ram.
** Prior to ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', in which he plays Lovejoy (the bodyguard of [[BigBad Cal]]), Creator/DavidWarner's triple-play as Dillinger, Sark and [[spoiler: the Master Control Program]] would've been considered one of his most famous roles.
** [[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter Jason Voorhees]] is one of the guards.
** Looks like Walter Gibbs [[{{Film/TheLostBoys}} retired to Santa Clara, and got really annoyed with all the damn vampires.]]

* ThrowItIn: When the prints came back from Taiwan, there were often errors in the frames that looked like flashes of light. Since it would cost ''way'' to much to have it done over, Lisberger had a EurekaMoment and realized, of ''course'' the computer world would have ''electric glitches''. So, basically, he added a sound effect and it became ''atmosphere''.

* ThrowItIn: When the prints came back from Taiwan, there were often errors in the frames. Since it would cost ''way'' to much to have it done over, Lisberger had a EurekaMoment and realized, of ''course'' the computer world would have ''electric glitches''. So, basically, he added a sound effect and it became ''atmosphere''.

** Prior to Film/{{Titanic}}, in which he plays Lovejoy (the bodyguard of [[BigBad Cal]]), Creator/DavidWarner's triple-play as Dillinger, Sark and [[spoiler: the Master Control Program]] would've been considered one of his most famous roles.