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1Character page for ''Film/TronLegacy''.
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3See also the character pages for ''Characters/{{Tron}}'', ''Characters/TronEvolution'' and ''Characters/TronUprising''. The AlternateContinuity ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'' [[Characters/TronTwoPointOh has its own page]].
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7!Humans/Users
8
9[[folder:Sam Flynn]]
10[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Normal_TRON_GHedlund_8313.jpg]]
11[[caption-width-right:300:''"[[IndyPloy I'm a user. I'll improvise.]]"'']]
12->'''Played by:''' Creator/GarrettHedlund
13->'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/AdrienAntoine (European French)
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15* ActionSurvivor: When he first enters The Grid.
16* BadassBiker: To the point that he is a lot more comfortable in [[GladiatorGames the Games]] when he realizes they involve [[CoolBike Light Cycles]].
17-->'''Sam:''' Now ''this,'' I can do!
18* BatmanGambit: In his second fight with Rinzler, he opens with the same exact attack as the first fight, expecting Rinzler to perform the same dodge. Unbeknownst to Rinzler, Sam had both his own disc and his father's, and when he was forced to defend the second disc instead of his usual dodge, Quorra was able to kick him off the tower.
19* BloodlessCarnage: Averted. When Rinzler hits him with a disc, Sam bleeds and Rinzler recognizes him as a User.
20* BoringButPractical: He's not capable of the acrobatics that Rinzler is, nor is his disk flinging as intricate as other programs. However, his direct style is simple and effective.
21* ChangingOfTheGuard: Takes over Encom...or at least becomes the public ''face'' of Encom at the end of the film.
22* CollapsibleHelmet: Standard for all programs.
23* DeadlyDisc: Ditto.
24* FightsLikeANormal: {{Justified}}. Yes, he's a User, but he has no idea what he's capable of inside {{cyberspace}} and never really got a chance to find out.
25* HeroesLoveDogs: He gives his bulldog an entire burger. Best. Owner. Ever.
26* IdleRich: Sam might have the most shares of Encom, but he's a college dropout with no job and no social connections outside Alan Bradley and his rescue dog Marv.
27* IndyPloy: He isn't really big on making plans. In his own words, "I'm a user. I'll improvise."
28* LonelyRichKid: An adult version of it. The ARG depicts a troubled background with plenty of getting into fights, being shipped off to boarding school when his grandparents' health declines, and the choose-your-own-adventure tie-in states outright "Sam doesn't have friends." [[note]] This confirms the CanonDiscontinuity status of [[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Jethro Bradley]], but PatchworkFic authors HandWave this by saying the two had a bad falling-out. [[/note]]
29* ManChild: He acts more like a rebellious teenager seeking thrills than the 27 year old that he is. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler: he [[CharacterDevelopment decides to start working at Encom]].]]
30* MundaneUtility: Apparently, he's the only one that realizes that his father's disc, which is essentially the MacGuffin of the entire film, can actually be used in combat like any other disc.
31* ParentalAbandonment: The kid's got ''issues'', to the point where bringing up his dad can be a minor BerserkButton, even if his motive for pranking the company is to remind them how far they've pulled away from his dad's (and Gibbs's, by extension) ideals.
32* PlayfulHacker: Best seen when he hacks into Encom to give the latest operating system to the public for free and [[{{Troll}} interrupts the board meeting with a video of his dog]].
33* ShirtlessScene:
34** Gets one early on when he changes into new clothes after his stunt at Encom Tower and the subsequent brief stint in prison.
35** Once on the Grid, he gets stripped off of his old clothes by Gem and her colleagues. However, judging from how this is a different system from the one in the original film, that might in fact be necessary to get his new attire.
36* ShoutingShooter: He immediately starts shouting excitedly the moment he opens fire with the Light Fighter's [[MoreDakka twin-linked tail gun turret]].
37* SpinOffspring: Kevin's son.
38* StreetSmart: Sam is actually giftedly smart in the conventional sense. However, the combination of his mother and father both disappearing from his life before he was ten, and his grandparents both dying at some unspecified point later, contributed to a very poor upbringing that forced him to become this trope. Notably, he was accepted into [=CalTech=] (no mean feat even for wealthy prospective students), but lacked the discipline to complete his education there. Throughout the film he displays qualities of this trope by being very quick on the uptake and able to adjust quickly to new conditions.
39* UnskilledButStrong: He's never seen doing the things that make Users {{Physical God}}s, which is unusual given that he's an accomplished hacker and very tech savvy. He's a good fighter though, and naturally a lot tougher than most programs. Not to mention that most of his handicap is due to being completely unfamiliar with the system; later on in the movie he is able to fight Rinzler on equal footing, although the fight is quickly interrupted.
40* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Kevin spent a lot of time on the grid, and wasn't exactly in a position to explain when he became trapped within the grid. Sam eventually became majority owner of Encom in his own right, following in his father's footsteps. By the time they meet in the grid, Kevin has fallen into [[AchillesInHisTent a malaise]], so Sam leaves and tries to stop Clu himself.
41* WrongGenreSavvy: He mistakes a Lightcycle baton for a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]], at first.
42[[/folder]]
43
44[[folder:Kevin Flynn]]
45[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-2010_tron_legacy_055_7237.jpg]]
46[[caption-width-right:300:''"In there is our destiny!"'']]
47->'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBridges
48
49The father of Sam, and the creator of another Grid.
50
51* AchillesInHisTent: After Clu's mutiny, Kevin runs far off the grid and hides, since any action he takes only allows Clu to copy more of his abilities. He is resigned to eventually die on the grid rather than let Clu have his disc. When Sam tries to convince him to fight, he straight-up quotes ''Film/WarGames'':
52--> '''Kevin''': "The only winning move is not to play."
53* TheAtoner: He admits he royally screwed up with The Grid, and his involuntary abandonment of Sam, [[spoiler: and being unable to stop the slaughter of Quorra's people]], and decides to [[spoiler: make a HeroicSacrifice to get them to safety, destroying himself, Clu, and probably a good chunk of what's left of The Grid]].
54* AwesomenessIsAForce: Capable of turning the tide in a battle by simply [[BigDamnHeroes showing up and touching the floor.]] As one person on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5ecnUA5dc#t=01m59s Youtube]] said:
55-->'''''The Admin''''' ''has logged in.''
56* BackgroundHalo: When meditating on the Solar-Sailer, the light behind him gives him a halo.
57* BadassPacifist: Kevin is [[PhysicalGod so powerful]] that he usually wins without having to raise a hand against anyone. Subverted with [[spoiler: Quorra's]] rescue: She states that she closed her eyes, surrounded by Clu's Black Guards, waiting for the end... and when she opened them, the guards were just... gone.
58* BigGood: Considered the great pioneer of information freedom and computer ethics in the analog world, and considered a benevolent ''deity'' among those who still believe in him on The Grid.
59* ChekhovMIA: In the greater ExpandedUniverse arc. While HappyEndingOverride was already in progress at that point, his entrapment and exile ''really'' loaded up the handbasket and sent it to hell. The AlternateRealityGame leading up to the film is all about Flynn's analog-world friends and supporters trying to find him.
60* DiscoDan: His personality is stuck in TheEighties, largely because he has been [[FishOutOfTemporalWater cut off from society]] after being trapped in the grid. He does ask Sam about some of the goings on in the real world during his absence, however.
61* GodInHumanForm: More pronounced, but not as shown as in [[Film/{{Tron}} the original film]].
62* GodIsFlawed: More pronounced in the ExpandedUniverse material about the events leading up to the coup. He was still an immature LoveableRogue when he made The Grid, and was pulled too many directions in the analog world with Encom and being a single dad to give the Grid the attention it needed, but had too much pride to acknowledge he was in over his head and ask for help.
63* GodIsGood: The creator and BigGood of the Grid.
64* GovernmentInExile: More like ''God'' in exile, after Clu's rebellion.
65* GrandpaGod: Due to spending [[http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/Cycle the Tron universe equivalent]] to one thousand years on the Grid.
66* InTheHood: Wears a cloak to disguise himself on the streets of TRON City as he goes to the End of Line club.
67* LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: He was proud of The Grid, even to the point of calling it "[his] Rome" in the Betrayal comic, and boasting about how it would change "science, medicine, religion" in the analog world, but he neglected the problems the system had until it was too late and Clu took matters into his own hands.
68* LotusPosition: In his own words, he knocks on the sky and listens to the sound.
69* TheMaker: Of the entirety of the new Grid. Inverted with the [=ISOs=], which the ''Grid'' created.
70* MyGreatestFailure: Clu. "He's ''me''. I screwed it up!"
71* OlderAndWiser: Or at least older and ''very'' much had the ego smacked out of him.
72* OlderThanTheyLook: Mentally, not physically.
73* PhysicalGod: He ''created'' The Grid.
74* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: If his years gone are counted in Grid time, he's over one thousand.
75* ShoutOut: To Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy (Episodes IV-VI) of ''Franchise/StarWars'' with the beard, cloak, hideout, hermit nature, and regret. Though a little bit of [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]] slips in as well.
76* ShipperOnDeck: To Sam and Quorra, if the smile he gives when they talk is a sign.
77* StopWorshippingMe: Subverted. By the time of the film, he's long since accepted that the Programs are gonna worship him, whether he likes it or not.
78* UnfitForGreatness: He had the best of intentions, and buckets of charisma and genius, but the ExpandedUniverse (especially the ''Betrayal'' comic) show that he was stupidly overconfident, way too distracted to focus on any one of his responsibilities adequately, too arrogant to ask for help, unwilling to see the reality of Encom and The Grid's situations, treated his allies shabbily, and those reckless mistakes compounded in a way that ''everyone'' suffered for.
79[[/folder]]
80
81[[folder:Alan Bradley]]
82[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/166913c76064dbc86ac7bf70fd412_5795.jpg]]
83[[caption-width-right:300: ''[[CallToAdventure "I got a page last night... Page came from your dad's office at the arcade."]]'']]
84->'''Played by:''' Creator/BruceBoxleitner
85
86Coming back from the original ''Film/{{Tron}}'', Alan Bradley is revealed to be one of Kevin Flynn's closest friends and still in the employ of ENCOM. According to the ENCOM website, Alan holds the position of Executive Consultant, and later [[spoiler: promoted to Chairman of the Board by Sam.]] He was the man who sent Sam to Flynn's Arcade to investigate a message, starting the search again...
87
88* AmbiguousSituation: It's clear through the ARG and "The Next Day," and implied in the conversation with Sam that he knows more than he's telling, but it's never entirely clear as to how ''much'' he knows, when he knows it, how he was able to know it, and why he's not sharing what he knows with his allies.
89* BatmanGambit: Possibly. That pager went off ''well'' before Sam's annual prank, but Alan waited until after the prank was over, and seemed to be choosing his words specifically to goad Sam into investigating the arcade.
90* BeneathNotice: Still his standard operating procedure. He stoically puts up with being treated as a mascot and a joke by the Encom board, but uses it as a chance to spy on their actions and leak it to the hacktivists in the Flynn Lives movement.
91* TheChessmaster: A mild case of it. In the first film, he'd been building Tron for ''months'' beneath the notice of Dillinger and Master Control. The alternate reality game establishes that he's ''leading'' the Flynn Lives movement under the name [=ISOLated=] Thinker. He's also been minding the store as best he can at Encom for when Sam finally gets his act together, and looking the other way on the stunts. The speech with the pager and the fact he held off until ''after'' the prank was likely an attempt at a BatmanGambit, and "The Next Day" [[spoiler: shows him going over a {{Plan}} with Roy Kleinburg about the company's future without Sam present.]]
92** ChessmasterSidekick: He was Kevin Flynn's right hand man, helping turn the big, crazy ideas into workable technological progress, and acting as CloudcuckoolandersMinder when Kevin's fanciful ideas got a little ''too'' out there. {{Deconstructed}} as he withered when put in the actual CEO seat after Kevin's disappearance, but {{Reconstruction}} in "The Next Day," when he was shown talking to Roy and planning Encom's future: [[spoiler: Sam is going to be mostly a figurehead. Alan's the one calling the ''real'' shots.]]
93* TheCreon: As seen above, Alan was never very talented at being the man in charge, and never wanted the job to begin with, but he's ''very'' good at being the one running day to day operations.
94* CrypticConversation: In "The Next Day" with Roy, [[spoiler: Alan has clearly put it together that Kevin's dead]], and is making all the big plans for Encom. However, he's being very evasive with both Roy ''and'' Sam [[spoiler: by not telling Roy about Kevin's death and making those plans without consulting Sam. And is he keeping Dillinger Junior around because "Junior's earned his place," or because Junior needs to be watched?]]
95* CoolOldGuy: Staid corporate mascot and punchline by day...secret identity of a hacktivist as "[=IsoLATED=] Thinker," helping to run the Flynn Lives group under everyone's nose.
96* HappilyMarried: To Lora (who was PutOnABus), per the ARG. (No word on if there's a version of [[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Jet]] in this timeline, though.)
97* TheLastDJ: The last hold out from the Gibbs era to still be working there, and definitely not happy with the current administration's emphasis on nonsense "updates," high prices for little improvement, and the emphasis on stock prices over quality product. {{Deconstructed}} as he's [[KickedUpstairs treated like a mascot and a joke]] by the "new era" board members, particularly Dillinger Junior. Ironically, this puts him in the same position Gibbs himself was in during the first film.
98* TheMentor: Arguably, since he became Sam's surrogate father during Kevin's disappearance.
99* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one on the board who still believes in Flynn's (and Walter Gibbs's) vision for the company.
100* ThePeterPrinciple: According to [[AllThereInTheManual supporting materials]] including the AlternateRealityGame, he was made CEO of Encom after Kevin's disappearance, and was later forced to resign as a result of the company's decline in the late '80s. Consider that he's a computer programmer, not necessarily a businessman by trade.
101* PapaWolf: During the introduction, when the reporters try to swarm the young Sam, we see Alan turn around, looking ''furious''.
102* ParentalSubstitute: Alan took over as father figure to Sam after Kevin disappears. In one of the clips in the news montage on Kevin's disappearance, it looks like he's about to go PapaWolf on some hounding reporters harassing young Sam.
103* PromotionToParent: Acted as a father figure to Sam Flynn after Kevin's disappearance. But at the start of the movie, their relationship seems to be a bit strained.
104* SpecsOfAwesome: Still has the glasses.
105* TwoFirstNames: "Bradley" is also a common given name.
106* UndyingLoyalty: To Flynn. He still has a ''pager'', even after all these years, because Flynn told him to hold onto it so he could contact him at anytime.
107[[/folder]]
108
109[[folder:Ed Dillinger, Jr.]]
110->'''Played by:''' Creator/CillianMurphy
111
112* ContinuityCameo: As the son of (one of) the first film's antagonists, and an arguable inversion of Sam, having worked his way up the ranks [[spoiler: And very devoted to his dad...or what he thinks is his dad.]]
113* FourEyesZeroSoul: Thick hipster glasses, comes up with a ''very'' slick way to make the board look good and profit from Sam's prank and [[spoiler: is collaborating with a resurrected Master Control in the bonus scenes.]]
114* HypercompetentSidekick: To the CorruptCorporateExecutive Mackey. Also, in the bonus material Flynn Lives, Alan mentions that "the kid earned his place." After all, it must not be easy to rise in a company where your father was publicly revealed to be a fraud.
115* OverlordJr: In a sense, seeing as he's the son of [[Film/{{Tron}} Ed Dillinger]], but he's really just a ContinuityCameo and isn't really in charge at all. Of course, [[spoiler: the coda shows he's definitely up to ''something'' and conspiring with his father (and/or MCP 2.0). And he is shown phoning ''somebody'' after the launch of [=EncomOS=] 12 goes pear-shaped.]]
116[[/folder]]
117
118[[folder:Richard Mackey]]
119->'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffreyNordling
120
121* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sure, he's going to charge schools, non-profits, and consumers out the nose for an overpriced OS where the only "justification" he can give is a new number on the box. What's wrong with that?
122* PointyHairedBoss: He can certainly go on at length about buying and selling stock around the world, but can't even come up with a convincing line of bull to justify the high cost of their latest OS, or know much about it at all.
123[[/folder]]
124
125!Programs
126
127[[folder:Quorra]]
128[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/280px-Quorra1_1118.png]]
129[[caption-width-right:280:''"You could say I was a rescue."'']]
130->'''Played by:''' Creator/OliviaWilde
131
132* BadassAdorable: Although she knows how to kick ass, she's naive and innocent, much like a little girl.
133* BadassBiker: In the music video for the Music/DaftPunk soundtrack tune "Derezzed."
134* BadassBookworm: This badass sure loves her Creator/JulesVerne novels, as well as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Buddhist scriptures.
135* BadassDriver: Her [[CoolCar Light Runner]] skills save Sam's life, though she does, admittedly, end up coming across to him as someone who DrivesLikeCrazy.
136* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Captured by Clu partway into the film.]]
137* CollapsibleHelmet: Only shown in the [[BigDamnHeroes Grid rescue]].
138* DeadlyDisc: In conjunction below; if you notice, she uses hers more defensively and doesn't hurl it around like everyone else.
139* DualWielding: With her Identity Disc and a LaserBlade, in a sword and shield-like form in [[spoiler:the battle in the End of Line Club]].
140* DrivesLikeCrazy: Sam is ''terrified'' by Quorra's reckless off-road driving during their escape.
141* FashionableAsymmetry: [[spoiler:Perhaps it has something to do with her being an ISO.]]
142* GrapplingHookPistol: Uses the "Cable" function of her Baton once to [[spoiler:swing under the bridge to the Portal and get between Clu and the Flynns]].
143* InstantExpert: On her first try, she basically becomes an AcePilot, complete with kills and complex maneuvers. Justified, due to her spending a millennium as Kevin Flynn's apprentice.
144* JeanneDArchetype: She's an ActionGirl guided by a sort of "higher power." Her somewhat androgynous appearance reinforces this comparison.
145* LaserBlade: One of the rare programs in ''Legacy'' to use the "Light Sword" function of a [[MagicTool baton]].
146* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Quorra's the last [=ISO=] after the Great Purge.]]
147* LivingMacGuffin: [[spoiler:Kevin wants to get her off the Grid so that she can change the outside world. Clu wants her for unspecified reasons, probably because she's the [[LastOfHisKind last ISO]].]]
148* MagicTool: Although many a program have them, Quorra uses her [[http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/Baton Baton]] for more than many of them.
149* MotorcycleJousting: Partakes in the music video for the soundtrack tune "Derezzed."
150* MyNaymeIs: Her name is pronounced exactly like "Cora".
151* ReverseGrip: At times.
152* SatelliteLoveInterest: Creator/OliviaWilde went out of her way to ensure that her character didn't get saddled with this. We see the beginnings of an attraction between Sam and Quorra once they get to know each other a bit better on the Solar Sailer, which is probably a more natural true-to-life progression than this trope: they only recently met.
153* SkilledButNaive: She knows her combat skills, but she knows almost nothing about the real world. Similarly, she is very well read, but appears to have missed the memo that says Jules Verne died a century ago. Possibly justified as it's hinted that Flynn may not be aware that she dabbles in fantasy besides the deep philosophical readings he's set out for her, therefore she might not have been able to ask him. Plus, it is strongly implied that most programs on the Grid do not have access to things like the Internet.
154[[/folder]]
155
156[[folder:CLU]]
157[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-Tron_legacy_clu-1-_7474.jpg]]
158[[caption-width-right:300: ''[[IronicEcho "Out there is our destiny!"]]'']]
159->'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBridges
160
161* AffablyEvil: Polite and charismatic, but ruthless.
162* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: It's unclear when exactly he made his FaceHeelTurn or for how long he was planning his StartOfDarkness before he attacked Flynn. The spin-offs seem to suggest he was a BastardUnderstudy, if they're considered canon to the film.
163* AntiMutiny: As Clu himself notes, he has never strayed from what Flynn created him for. It's ''Flynn'' that changed directions, leaving Clu with no purpose.
164* AntiVillain: According to Kevin Flynn, anyway. He's only created the {{dystopia}} of the film because that is precisely what he was programmed to do. He simply cannot contemplate Kevin's change in thought. Also, it is revealed that all he wants is his Creator's approval. In the final battle, he has Kevin Flynn at his mercy but doesn't kill him.
165* AscendedExtra: From the minor character Clu in ''Film/{{Tron}}''. Also in-universe, in that he was a hacker program meant to find things in the ENCOM server in his first incarnation, whereas his second incarnation was one of the three people in charge of the Grid in version two, and eventually the sole leader.
166* TheBadGuyWins: For much of ''Evolution'' and ''Uprising'', he led a successful coup against Flynn and Tron, managed to stamp out all opposition to his regime, exterminate all but one of the ISO race, and change the Grid according to his rules until Sam showed up in ''Legacy''.
167* BigBad: To the point where he's ''also'' an antagonist in ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'' and ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' (though only as a GreaterScopeVillain).
168* BlofeldPloy: When he [[spoiler:seems like he's going to derez Rinzler, only to do it to Jarvis instead]].
169* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He acts the way he does because he believes it is how he should fulfill his programs. Bonus points for living in a world where one's morality is shown by being blue or orange. Brilliant in that he's ''yellow'', symbolizing how he's not simply good or evil, just trying to fulfill his "father's" wishes.
170* ChronicVillainy: He is a program, so he's basically ''obliged'' to pursue his quest for perfection, even if it implies genocide.
171* CollapsibleHelmet: He wears one that initially hides his appearance from Sam.
172* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: So freaking much. During the Games, he pits Sam Flynn, an inexperienced user, against Rinzler, aka freaking [[spoiler:TRON. As in, the guy who took down Sark, effortlessly crushed four of Clu's EliteMooks, and helped create the new Grid]]. He also modded his CoolBike so that it is faster than others of its type.
173* TheComputerIsYourFriend: Despite the fact that he goes genocidal against the [=ISOs=] and rules the grid with an iron fist inside an iron glove, Clu isn't a rogue A.I. at all. He is, in fact, working [[AntiMutiny exactly as Flynn intended]] [[GoneHorriblyRight at the moment he created him]]. Flynn's attitude towards Clu is that of a remorseful father, not of one who created a monster, admitting that Clu's obsession with order was a reflection of his own misunderstanding of the concept of a "perfect system" - that User-generated programs became obsolete once the [=ISOs=] appeared. Flynn himself instantly recognized that the [=ISOs=] were superior to anything he or any User could create, but failed to realize that Clu, in turn, would see the [=ISOs=] as a threat to programs like himself for the exact same reason.
174* CoolBike: A 5th Generation Lightcycle, used in the Game Grid. His is explicitly stated to be faster than the other combatants'.
175* CoolPlane: A Light Jet, which he generates, rather than keeping generated, twice over the course of a single scene.
176* TheCorrupter: Since he can't create programs, he gets new recruits for his armies by "rectifying" them and removing their free will. [[spoiler:He even manages to corrupt Tron, now known as Rinzler]].
177* CreativeSterility: Cannot make new programs, so he must enslave them instead. Furthermore he is not capable of adapting to Kevin Flynns change of perspective on what would make the grid perfect. He continues to follow the original vision, unable to change.
178* DimensionLord: He rules the Grid and wants to invade Earth.
179* DramaticUnmask: He's revealed to look exactly like Kevin Flynn, causing Sam to mistake him for his father.
180* EvilCannotComprehendGood: At the climax, the otherwise omniscient Clu cannot understand why his creator would sacrifice himself to save Sam.
181-->'''Clu:''' WHY?
182-->'''Kevin:''' He's my son.
183* EvilMeScaresMe: Kevin Flynn created Clu in his own image.
184* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Specifically, free will runs counter to maintaining order in a perfect system.
185* FantasticRacism: If there's one thing Clu hates, it's imperfection. And boy, are [=ISO=]s and Users anything ''but'' perfect.
186* FreudianExcuse: His relationship with [[WellDoneSonGuy his creator]] is... complex.
187--> '''Clu:''' You promised we would change the world together! ''You broke your promise!''
188* FromNobodyToNightmare: In the 1982 installment, the first version of Clu was best known for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQwKV7lCzEI shrieking upon crashing his tank]]. 28 years later, this new, upgraded Program betrays Kevin Flynn and becomes one of the most evil villains in Disney history.
189* GoldColoredSuperiority: Started with white TronLines when he was loyal to Flynn, but assumed the unique gold colored circuits after he became unquestioned ruler.
190* HitlerCam: For his ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill''-esque speech.
191* KnightTemplar: He honestly wants to create a perfect system.
192* LargeHam: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTlktIzcmPc&feature=related As seen in his speech to his soldiers]].
193* LegacyCharacter: The original Clu was destroyed by the MCP in the [[Film/{{Tron}} original film]]. This Clu is an upgraded version that Flynn created to help him supervise the Grid.
194* MagicTool: He uses his own Baton for a number of applications.
195* NeatFreak: He was upset by the slightest lack of order in Flynn's apartment. Comes with [[ThePerfectionist the program]].
196* NoSell: Clu shrugs off a direct hit from a disc.
197* ObliviouslyEvil: Being programmed to bring about perfection, he doesn't see his actions as evil.
198* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: He has this dynamic with his creator Flynn. Besides their temporal ages, it's exaggerated by the fact CLU perpetually has a young Flynn's likeness, in contrast to Flynn himself physically aging within the Grid. CLU actually succeeds in usurping control of the Grid and making Flynn a fugitive for hundreds of cycles, and the FatalFlaw that led to [=CLU's=] FaceHeelTurn is that he's perpetually frozen at the mindset Flynn had when he created CLU whereas Flynn himself adapts and learns. CLU even briefly smacks down the aged Flynn and actually [[spoiler:has a chance to kill Flynn but doesn't take it]].
199* ThePerfectionist: Unfortunately, his idea of "perfection" is permanently stuck at Flynn's at the time of his creation. Flynn explains that PerfectionIsImpossible, and yet right in front of us all the time.
200* PositionOfLiteralPower: He was created to be a substitute for the Grid's version of ''God.'' He takes a direct hit from an Identity Disc without flinching. Pretty much nothing is able to hurt him, let alone kill him. In a very literal way: Clu has all the authority that Kevin Flynn does, which is why he gets stronger the more Kevin uses his User powers.* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Kevin programmed him for good. The Betrayal comics and ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' seem to point to him being a BastardUnderstudy the entire time, though.
201* PuttingOnTheReich: Seriously, his speech was one heck of a [[NightmareFuel terrifying tribute]] to [[Film/TriumphOfTheWill Leni Riefenstahl's movies]]. Not to mention [[EliteMooks the Black Guards]].
202* RageAgainstTheHeavens: He loves Flynn like a son to his father, but hates him for essentially betraying him and making him obsolete.
203* RepressiveButEfficient: He rules with an iron fist (and there's that little problem of the [=ISO=] genocide), yet the Grid seems to work rather well. Clu even says that he brought the Grid to its maximum potential under his reign, which is why he tried to go into the real world to extend his reach.
204* SatanicArchetype: A sentient creation of the Grid's [[BigGood God]] who predates most of the other programs and was made when the Grid was still beginning, and he's the creator's EvilFormerFriend who turned on him. He even corrupts other programs into his servants, and attempts to usurp and surpass his creator while painting the latter as an oppressive tyrant. CLU and Flynn's interactions very much come across as an {{Expy}} of a tragedy about God and Lucifer. CLU's betrayal was even triggered by his creator favoring a younger form of life which CLU believed was not worthy of such love, similar to Lucifer's refusal to bow to humanity.
205* SlouchOfVillainy: Mirrors Flynn's from the first film.
206* TheSuperego: He acts like one for the whole Grid. More specifically, he acts like a very dysfunctional super-ego, obsessed with perfection at the expense of flexibility.
207* SwordDrag: With his DeadlyDisc.
208* TotalitarianUtilitarian: A "perfect" system where he reigns unquestioned over an army of perfectly rectified drones.
209* TragicVillain: He simply cannot realize what his quest for perfection means for his victims. He's sincerely distraught when Kevin Flynn doesn't agree with him.
210* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: He really just interpreted Kevin's orders wrong.
211* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Since his moral compass is based on what fits or goes against the perfect system, even genocide is justified.
212* VillainousBreakdown: Experiences this twice; first when he's searching Flynn's house, and the second when his creator tells him that perfection is impossible.
213* VisionaryVillain: Wants to create the perfect system... because that was the first order Kevin Flynn gave him upon his creation.
214* ZerothLawRebellion: What led to his AntiMutiny.
215[[/folder]]
216
217[[folder:Rinzler]]
218[[quoteright:212:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/212px-Rinzler_4501.png]]
219[[caption-width-right:212:([[HellIsThatNoise Ominous Muted Flickering Sound]])]]
220->'''Played by:''' Creator/AnisCheurfa
221->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BruceBoxleitner
222
223* BifurcatedWeapon: Rinzler's Identity Disc can split into two separate ones. Complete with a hilarious jab from Sam.
224-->'''Sam:''' Oh come ''on'', is that even ''[[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard legal]]''?
225* BlackKnight: Clu's attack dog and leader of the appropriately named Black Guard, having a similar helmet and orange lights that only they have.
226* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Was once Tron until Clu corrupted him.]]
227* CallBack: [[spoiler: "I fight for the Users!", of course. In addition, Rinzler's introduction features him in a four-sided Disc Wars court, just as Tron was introduced fighting a four-on-one game in the original.]]
228* CatchPhrase: Subverted. [[spoiler: Being Tron, his CatchPhrase is "I fight for the Users!" However, being BrainwashedAndCrazy for almost the entire movie, he only says it once.]]
229* CrazyPrepared: Always seems to have a backup of everything at hand, whether it's a disc, lightcycle, or aircraft. If one vehicle gets destroyed while he's riding it, he will summon another one in midair and hit the ground running like nothing ever happened.
230* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Actually, Clu is, but his tactics during the fight with Sam mirrors video game FakeDifficulty (changing the rules to Rinzler's advantage).
231* DanceBattler: Courtesy of Anis Cheurfa, Rinzler is the only one who fights with incorporated acrobatics and dance choreography.
232* DeadlyDisc: Like other Programs and Users, he can use his Identity Disc as a weapon. But unlike everyone else, Rinzler can wield two instead of one.
233* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Unless he was [[HesJustHiding just rebooting]] at the end.]]
234* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler: He is a secondary antagonist for most of the movie, despite being one of the main protagonists of the first movie and the title character of the series.]]
235* TheDragon: To Clu.
236* DualWielding: Uses two discs at once when fighting Sam in the Game Grid.
237* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: As he sinks into the sea, his TronLines go from orange to blue.]]
238* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: After being corrupted by Clu, his TronLines change from blue to orange.]]
239* TheFaceless: His mask never comes off.
240* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: Twice before his HeroicSacrifice. The first time his gaze lingers on Kevin before he pulls back into position to attack, but he suddenly [[HearingVoices hears himself telling Flynn to run back during Clu's coup]] and has to shake it off. The second time happens seconds later as he hears Clu shout "Finish the Game!", which was something that ''Sark'' said. This time he simply pulls up to move into position to ''ram Clu,'' having regained his memories.]]
241* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Two specific examples in Kevin Flynn's flashback to Clu's rebellion. In that flashback, Tron uses two discs at once, just as Rinzler does (they even have a scene where he specifically looks at the discs in his hands as if to highlight this). Secondly, if you listen very carefully straight after the camera pans from Clu smashing the disc onto Tron, you can hear Rinzler's signature sound.]]
242* GoodOldFisticuffs: If he gets in close, expect him to start throwing punches. It's how he quickly dispatches four of Clu's Blackguards, which in the flashback only attack by swinging their discs. Though the Blackguards later seem to have [[IKnowKungFu picked up on that particular strategy]] as well.
243* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: "I fight for the Users!"]]
244* LightningBruiser: Unlike Clu, who can just simply [[SuperStrength overpower]] his opponents and [[NoSell shrugs off hits]], Rinzler artfully dodges out of the way. And then is on you a heartbeat later, going Ginsu on you with his [[DualWielding dual]] [[DeadlyDisc discs]].
245* TheQuietOne: Says very little and only makes a quiet growling sound otherwise.
246* PreMortemCatchphrase: [[spoiler: "I fight for the Users!"]]
247* [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Lines Take Warning]]: He has red circuits like the rest of Clu's mooks, though Clu didn't change the ''pattern''. [[spoiler: Big hint that he's a rectified drone, and the pattern itself hints who he really is.]]
248* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler: He evaded capture after the Coup and started a rebellion in [[{{WesternAnimation/TronUprising}} Argon City]], [[ShootTheShaggyDog which was leveled in retaliation]]. [[FromBadToWorse Some time after that, he was re-captured, broken, and turned into a rectified drone.]]]]
249* RestrainingBolt: [[spoiler: Immediately ceases his attack on Sam when he sees him bleed. Throughout the film, he seems to target everyone ''but'' Sam, since his original core program was designed to fight ''for'' the Users.]]
250* SaveYourDeity: [[spoiler: It starts with a HeroicSacrifice to get Flynn to safety. And when he breaks the brainwashing, the suicidal charge at Clu prevents Clu from finishing off the Users and Iso in the stolen jet.]]
251* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: [[spoiler:Although, admittedly, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy not by choice]].]]
252* ThreeLawsCompliant: [[spoiler:''Very'' tragically so. First law: He sacrifices himself to let Flynn Sr. escape and stops dead in the arena once he realizes Sam's a User. Second Law: He snapped out of BrainwashedAndCrazy when he got a good look at Flynn and heard his User friend's dismay, which could be broadly interpreted as an order. Third law: He did fight to protect his own existence -- ''until'' Users were in danger and he got that broadly worded "command", then he made a suicidal charge on Clu.]]
253* ThreePointLanding: Done frequently while fighting, especially after backflipping over his opponents.
254* {{Tuckerization}}: [[http://www.jwrinzler.com/tron-rinzler-connection.html He's named after]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Rinzler J.W. Rinzler]], as the writers just happened to [[LineOfSightName see his name on the cover of]] ''The Making of Star Wars''.
255* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: His lights change color and we never see him derez. There's plenty of ambiguity, but it looks like he might be starting to swim back up just as the scene changes.]]
256* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Being the FinalBoss of the Disc War games, the audience cheers him on over Sam Flynn and even ''boos'' when he spares him for being a user.
257* WalkingSpoiler: His identity is a major reveal.
258* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler: Held off Clu's forces long enough for Kevin to get away.]]
259[[/folder]]
260
261[[folder:Castor]]
262[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ZuseHam_9738.jpg]]
263[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[LargeHam LIBATIONS! FOR! EVERYBODAAAAY!!!]]"'']]
264->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelSheen
265
266* ActuallyIAmHim: [[spoiler:Castor is Zuse.]]
267* TheAgeless: It's unknown how truly old he is, but he's been around for far longer than Clu himself.
268* CampStraight: He seems to have a thing for Gem and quite enjoys looking at Quorra, while also being the most flamboyant character in the franchise by far.
269* CynicismCatalyst: He implied his eventual collaboration with Clu results from disillusionment with Users due to Flynn's disappearance, alluding to the events of ''Evolution'' where his original ISO hideout club was destroyed by Clu's forces and simply opted for securing his own survival.
270* DissonantLaughter: [[spoiler: Cackles in Quorra's general direction as she fights off some of Clu's Black Guard, gleefully fires off a few shots from his cane that bounce off his club's walls, and even does a bit of a kickline before Flynn arrives to interrupt]].
271* {{Expy}}:
272** To Music/DavidBowie in the "Ziggy Stardust" persona. He even talks about having had to "reinvent himself." Possibly unintentional, but the way Michael Sheen plays Castor makes him a dead ringer for Creator/AlanCumming too.
273** His VictoryDance and mannerisms also bring to mind Creator/CharlieChaplin and Creator/FredAstaire, especially considering he does the Tramp Twirl with his cane.
274* FaceHeelTurn: Never quite as nice as his polite demeanor belies, but at least wanted the Grid to be independent and [=ISOs=] to be free when he is first met in ''Evolution''. [[spoiler: Then he sells out to Clu, for no reason other than it potentially meaning a huge profit if Clu succeeds.]]
275* FauxAffablyEvil: Urbane, slick, and a consummate charmer. Then he shoots a guy straight in the face.
276* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: As established in ''Evolution'', Zuse's clubs were meant to be safe havens for programs to mingle no matter their allegiances. Not only is Zuse [[LesCollaborateurs a supporter of Clu's regime]], but both times [[StuffBlowingUp his club explodes]] in no small part due to the interference of the story protagonists (namely, Quorra)]].
277* LargeHam: A fitting tribute to Music/DavidBowie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pBGIvPXCM don't you think]]?
278* LightIsNotGood: A shrewd businessman and not above using threats. [[spoiler: As well as being a sell-out.]]
279* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Zuse is named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse Konrad Zuse]], a German computing pioneer whose work was financed by the Nazis when they came to power. Apt, for [[LesCollaborateurs a program who supports and works alongside Clu..]].]]
280* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Twice over. Once when Flynn arrives to interrupt the BarBrawl, though he has the sense to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere hide in his quarters]] when he can. The second is when Clu's guards ready to bomb his club, where he [[ThisCannotBe stands paralyzed at his fate]].]]
281* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: He's camping it up a treat when the Black Guard storm the club and attack the protagonists... until Flynn shows up, at which point he stops all funny business and regards the situation with a cold, worried glare.]]
282* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:It wasn't the run-of-the-mill poisoned drink that killed him, however. More like him grossly overestimating his worth to Clu.]]
283-->[[spoiler:'''Zuse:''' (''after giving Flynn's disc to Clu'') You know you need me... right where I am... Clu?]]\
284[[spoiler:'''Clu:''' ...[[SarcasmMode Of course you're right.]] Enjoy the drink. (''turns to leave'')]]\
285[[spoiler:(''guards place bombs on the club's walls'')]]\
286[[spoiler:'''Clu:''' [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness End of line, man.]] ]]\
287[[spoiler:(''Clu and guards exit while Zuse looks stunned; [[StuffBlowingUp Club explodes]]'')]]
288* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: In all of his appearances, he always orders drinks by requesting "libations". He occasionally uses other flowery language.
289* SwordCane: Conceals a blaster.
290* ThisCannotBe:
291* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Came with a bit of savvy because Clu knew it was coming.]]
292[[/folder]]
293
294[[folder:Gem]]
295[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/310px-Jem_headshot_5265.png]]
296[[caption-width-right:310:''"Proceed to games."'']]
297->'''Played by:''' Creator/BeauGarrett
298
299* EvilAllAlong: There's a reason why her program is called a [[ShoutOut Siren]].
300* FemmeFatale: She's very attractive, always speaks to Sam with a seductive smirk on her face, and escorts him to the End of Line Club [[spoiler: to be ambushed by the Blackguard.]] Contrary to most of these kinds of characters, however, she's [[LightIsNotGood dressed up in light-colored clothing]].
301* FormFittingWardrobe: First shows up in molded body armor while giving Sam his grid clothes.
302* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: Works for Zuse and her own benefit.]]
303* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Dies alongside Zuse in the club after he hands Flynn's disc over to Clu.]]
304[[/folder]]
305
306[[folder:The Sirens]]
307* CreepyMonotone: They speak in low, static-ridden voices. [[TheQuietOne The few times they speak at all, anyway]].
308* EmotionlessGirl: With the exception of Gem who sports an occasional smirk, none of them emote or even ''blink'' when dressing up Sam in armor.
309* FormFittingWardrobe: Oh yes.
310* MsFanservice: The trope above? An indicator. The trope below? Another indicator? The fact all four of them are played by models? [[RuleOfThree Bingo]]. One could argue this was invoked InUniverse to give the game volunteers [[EatingTheEyeCandy something nice to look at]] before they all die horrifically.
311* SupermodelStrut: They approach Sam with the same assertive and robotic strut, high heels and everything. The fact it looks somewhat unnatural only emphasizes the fact they're all {{Emotionless Girl}}s.
312[[/folder]]
313
314[[folder:Jarvis]]
315->'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesFrain
316
317* BaldOfEvil: Has no hair and serves Clu's oppressive regime.
318* DirtyCoward: Cowers at the slightest threat and hides behind Clu and the Black Guard.
319* KilledMidSentence: DEATH TO THE USE-
320* HyperCompetentSidekick: Sort of, as he is the intelligence officer and chief administrator in Clu's regime.
321* OpinionFlipflop: "Long live the Users!" And later, when Clu searches for Sam and Quorra: [[spoiler:"Death to the Use--"]]
322[[/folder]]
323
324[[folder:Masked [=DJs=]]]
325[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-DafttronIII_5670.jpg]]
326->'''Played by:''' Music/DaftPunk
327
328* AsHimself: Music/DaftPunk playing [=DJs=]. Besides the addition of TronLines, they didn't have to change a thing about their costumes for their role.
329* TheCameo: Only appear in one scene, at the End of Line Club. [[spoiler: They are conspicuously absent by the time Clu shows up.]]
330* CoolHelmet: As per Daft Punk standard, but with solid white colors instead of the usual red and rainbow.
331* CyberPunkIsTechno: They're a techno band in a cyberpunk world.
332* DissonantSerenity: A fight starts in the End of Line Club, and what do they do? Change the music!
333* TheFaceless: Just like real life, they aren't seen without their masks.
334* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Started up the track "Derezzed" when Sam and Quorra fight the Black Guard. [[spoiler: They appear to have slipped out by the time it's over.]]
335[[/folder]]
336
337[[folder:The Grid Announcer]]
338* LargeHamAnnouncer: When necessary, he will be overblown.
339* TheVoice: His one purpose is to announce combatants and give play-by-play info.
340[[/folder]]
341
342[[folder:The Black Guards]]
343* EliteMooks: The most lethal of Clu's minions.
344* FacelessGoons: Have Stormtrooper-like helmets that never come off.
345* LaserBlade: Used against Quorra at End of Line.
346* NotQuiteFlight: Their backpacks contain glider wings.
347* StateSec: Clu sends them after dissidents, vagrants, and damaged or corrupted programs for conscription.
348[[/folder]]
349
350[[folder:The Sentries]]
351* AmbiguousSituation: How they're brainwashed. [[spoiler: It appears that Clu simply captures and reprograms any Basic that is inconvenient to his rule, but there's some hints that the vast size of his army can't possibly be from just that. It seems that he somehow brought derezzed programs back to life and reprogrammed them in the process, but this isn't explicitly spelled out.]]
352* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: They're conscripted programs captured by Clu's Recognizers.]]
353* {{Expy}}: Of Sark's Red Guards.
354* FacelessGoons: They all wear dark masks that only show their mouths.
355* {{Mooks}}: By far the bulk of Clu's invasion force.
356[[/folder]]

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