Tron List of Tron characters

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1.1 kevin flynn
1.2 clu
1.3 alan bradley
1.4 tron
1.5 lora baines
1.6 yori
1.7 walter gibbs
1.8 dumont
1.9 ed dillinger
1.10 sark
1.11 master control program
1.12 roy kleinberg
1.13 ram
1.14 crom
1.15 bit

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kevin flynn

kevin flynn former employee @ fictional software company encom , protagonist of first film. played jeff bridges.

at start of first film, manager of flynn s , video arcade impresses patrons skills @ games (unknown them) designed @ encom, remains determined find evidence ceo ed dillinger plagiarised flynn s work advance position within company. throughout of film, flynn travels around digital world, accompanying eponymous character tron; later discovers user, commands physical laws of digital world empowers him beyond abilities of ordinary program. eventually, enables tron destroy master control program shown oppress digital world, , upon return material world obtains evidence necessary expose dillinger, , becomes encom s ceo himself.

in novelization of film, flynn s name revealed kevin o. flynn.

clu

the clu (short codified likeness utility) program (cp) hacking program (also played jeff bridges) created flynn expose dillinger s plagiarism.

in film, seen operating tank in search uncover stolen data, captured master control program , absorbed it. information gained clu subsequently used against flynn tries escape game grid on light cycle.

alan bradley

alan t. bradley computer programming working partner of kevin flynn @ encom. portrayed bruce boxleitner.

at start of first film, creates tron program monitors communications between mcp , real world, finds progress confined. result, assists flynn in exposing dillinger. in film, tron addresses bradley username alan-one .

tron

tron security program (played bruce boxleitner) created bradley monitor communications between mcp , real world. main digital protagonist of first film.

in film, captured mcp , forced play on game grid, freed flynn , instructed bradley shut down mcp. code number ja-307020 .

lora baines

lora baines research engineer @ encom, ex-girlfriend of kevin flynn , then-current girlfriend of alan bradley. played cindy morgan.

she works 1 of assistants of walter gibbs in designing of laser teleports kevin flynn digital world, , creates yori program assists in derezzing procedure.

yori

yori input/output program (also played cindy morgan) created baines take charge of creation of digital simulations (such solar sailer) , assist de-rezzing procedure of digitizing laser.

the romantic interest of tron , flynn, yori reunited tron after rescues clutches of mcp, , helps tron , flynn reach core, combined efforts destroy mcp , factional programs.

walter gibbs

walter gibbs founder of encom, continues work @ scientist along lora baines, working on teleporting laser. after voicing concerns heavy restriction company mainframe computer in meeting ed dillinger, dillinger responds threatening him being dismissed. portrayed barnard hughes.

dumont

dumont guardian program (played barnard hughes) created dr. gibbs protect encom mainframe s i/o tower. has similar closeness yori gibbs had user, lora baines.

ed dillinger

ed dillinger senior executive vice president of encom , main antagonist of first film. played david warner.

dillinger worker in encom before plagiarising kevin flynn s original work, whereafter became senior executive . contributes rise of mcp controls encom mainframe , creates sark program acts mcp s second-in-command. flynn seeks evidence of dillinger s theft of work, dillinger authorizes mcp tighten security controls. when ed starts questioning mcp going against plans capture other programs, mcp threatens expose made video games. ed dillinger defeated when mcp destroyed , misdeed exposed yet relieved mcp no more.

his son ed dillinger, jr. appears in film s sequel (portrayed cillian murphy).

sark

commander red-sark command program (also played david warner) created dillinger serve chief lieutenant of mcp , secondary digital antagonist of first film.

he oversaw training of new programs kidnapped , brought game grid mcp, , known enter games himself time time. destroyed tron near end of film. in novelization, code number es-1117821 .

master control program

the master control program (mcp), voiced david warner , played barnard hughes, main digital antagonist of first film.

it artificial intelligence created encom founder walter gibbs , improved ed dillinger ruled encom s mainframe computer. during rule of mcp, many programs enslaved , forced play games against henchmen. gain information , power, mcp threatens reveal dillinger s plagiarism of flynn s creations public. dillinger used mcp administer company s computer network (in effect ai superuser); it, empowered dillinger, begins steal data other systems, , comes desire control of external corporations , governments. eventually, mcp destroyed flynn , tron.

before destruction, mcp ends of conversations dillinger computer programming phrase end of line . in sequel, tron: legacy, digital world has music club called end of line club , tribute master control program.

roy kleinberg

roy kleinberg 1 of encom s first computer programmers , co-worker of alan bradley. played dan shor.

he makes brief cameo @ start of first film, creates ram program makes connections between encom , unnamed insurance company , begins working in cubicle next bradley s. when bradley went ed dillinger being blocked system, kleinberg asks if have of popcorn, annoying bradley further.

he credited in film popcorn co-worker .

kleinberg appears in short film next day, included on blu-ray edition of tron legacy, , s in film name officially mentioned. leader of flynn lives movement along alan bradley.

ram

ram actuarial program (also played dan shor) created kleinberg work big insurance company before being captured mcp , forced play on game grid.

while involved in games, ram exceeds original programming become proficient gamer, , expresses fair amount of confidence in abilities while between contests; took pride in work actuarial program, seemed associate humanitarian purposes. injured game tank after escaping game grid flynn , tron, , later dies in company of flynn.

crom

ost_crom timid , pudgy accounting program, created full branch managing savings , loan bank programmer mr. henderson, captured mcp , forced play on game grid. played peter jurasik.

crom , flynn forced battle each other in ring game. flynn gains upper hand, refuses kill defenseless crom, twice defying sark s command so. sark derezzes piece of playing field crom hanging from, sends hapless program freefalling death until henderson re-created him updated ost_crom 2.

bit

the bit representation of bit (binary digit), , such capable of providing (0,1) answers question, through managed convey various emotions. bit appeared twice in movie, once @ beginning of movie companion clu , later companion flynn himself, , have more extensive role; has 2 minutes scheduling reasons. despite this, co-creators of max headroom, in book creative computer graphics, called 1 of memorable characters in film. @ time of film s release, character represented innovative use of vector graphics , morphing.

physically, bit represented within movie blue polyhedral shape alternated between compound of dodecahedron , icosahedron , small triambic icosahedron (the first stellation of icosahedron). when bit says answer yes , briefly changes yellow octahedron , when says no changes red 35th stellation of icosahedron; these resemble prismatic forms or 3-d versions of latin letters o , x , respectively.