Neo:
Did you...
Morpheus:
Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was
real. What if you were unable to wake from that dream.
How would you know the difference between the dream world
and the real world?
Neo:
This can't be...
Morpheus:
Be what? Be real?
Trinity:
It's going into replication.
Morpheus:
Apoc?
Apoc:
Still nothing.
Neo:
It's cold. It's cold.
Morpheus:
Tank, we're going to need a signal soon.
Trinity:
We've got fibrillation.
Morpheus:
Apoc, location.
Apoc:
Targeting almost there.
Trinity:
It's going into arrest.
Apoc:
Lock, I've got him.
Morpheus:
Now, Tank. Now. (Nebuchadnezzar)
Morpheus:
Welcome to the real world. We've done it, Trinity. We've
found him.
Trinity:
I hope you're right.
Morpheus:
I don't have to hope. I know it.
Neo:
Am I dead?
Morpheus:
Far from it.
Dozer:
He still needs a lot of work.
Neo:
What are you doing.
Morpheus:
Your muscles have atrophied, we're rebuilding them.
Neo:
Why do my eyes hurt?
Morpheus:
You've never used them before. Rest, Neo. The answers are
coming.
Neo:
Morpheus, what's happened to me? What is this place?
Morpheus:
More important than what is when.
Neo:
When?
Morpheus:
You believe it's the year 1999 when in fact it's closer
to 2199. I can't tell you exactly what year it is because
we honestly don't know. There's nothing I can say that
will explain it for you, Neo. Come with me. See for
yourself. This is my ship, the Nebuchadnezzar. It's a
hovercraft. This is the main deck. This is the core where
we broadcast our pirate signal and hack into the Matrix.
Most of my crew you already know. This is Apoc, Switch,
and Cypher.
Cypher:
Hi.
Morpheus:
The one's you don't know, Tank and his big brother,
Dozer. The little one behind you is Mouse. You wanted to
know what the Matrix is Neo? Trinity.... Try to relax.
This will feel a weird.
(Construct)
Morpheus:
This is the construct. It's our loading program. We can
load anything from clothing, to equipment, weapons,
training simulations, anything we need.
Neo:
Right now we're inside a computer program?
Morpheus:
Is it really so hard to believe? Your clothes are
different. The plugs in your arms and head are gone. Your
hair is changed. Your appearance now is what we call
residual self image. It is the mental projection of your
digital self.
Neo:
This...this isn't real?
Morpheus:
What is real. How do you define real? If you’re talking
about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can
taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals
interpreted by your brain. This is the world that you
know. The world as it was at the end of the twentieth
century. It exists now only as part of a
neural-interactive simulation that we call the Matrix.
You've been living in a dream world, Neo. This is the
world as it exists today.... Welcome to the Desert of the
Real. We have only bits and pieces of information but
what we know for certain is that at some point in the
early twenty-first century all of mankind was united in
celebration. We marveled at our own magnificence as we
gave birth to AI.
Neo:
AI? You mean artificial intelligence?
Morpheus:
A singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of
machines. We don't know who struck first, us or them. But
we know that it was us that scorched the sky. At the time
they were dependent on solar power and it was believed
that they would be unable to survive without an energy
source as abundant as the sun. Throughout human history,
we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate it
seems is not without a sense of irony. The human body
generates more bio-electricity than a 120-volt battery
and over 25,000 BTU's of body heat. Combined with a form
of fusion the machines have found all the energy they
would ever need. There are fields, endless fields, where
human beings are no longer born, we are grown. For the
longest time I wouldn't believe it, and then I saw the
fields with my own eyes. Watch them liquefy the dead so
they could be fed intravenously to the living. And
standing there, facing the pure horrifying precision, I
came to realize the obviousness of the truth. What is the
Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer generated dream
world built to keep us under control in order to change a
human being into this.
Neo:
No. I don't believe it. It's not possible.
Morpheus:
I didn't say it would be easy, Neo. I just said it would
be the truth.
Neo:
Stop. Let me out. Let me out. I want out.
(Nebuchadnezzar)
Trinity:
Easy, Neo. Easy.
Neo:
Take this thing off me. Take this thing...
Morpheus:
Listen to me...
Neo:
Don't touch me. Stay away from me. I don't want it. I
don't believe it. I don't believe it.
Cypher:
He's gonna pop.
Morpheus:
Breathe, Neo. Just breathe.
Neo: I
can't go back, can I?
Morpheus:
No. But if you could, would you really want to? I feel I
owe you an apology. We have a rule. We never free a mind
once it's reached a certain age. It's dangerous, the mind
has trouble letting go. I've seen it before and I'm
sorry. I did what I did because...I had to. When the
Matrix was first built, there was a man born inside who
had the ability to change whatever he wanted, to remake
the Matrix as he saw fit. It was he who freed the first
of us, taught us the truth. As long as the Matrix exists
the human race will never be free. After he died the
Oracle prophesied his return and that his coming would
hail the destruction of the Matrix and the war, bring
freedom to our people. That is why there are those of us
who have spent our entire lives searching the Matrix
looking for him. I did what I did because I believe that
search is over.... Get some rest, you're going to need
it.
Neo:
For what?
Morpheus:
Your training.
Tank:
Morning, did you sleep? You will tonight, I guarantee it.
I'm Tank, I'll be your operator.
Neo:
You don't...you don't have any...
Tank:
Holes? Nope. Me and my brother, Dozer, we're both one
hundred percent pure, old fashioned, home grown human,
born free right here in the real world. A genuine child
of Zion.
Neo:
Zion?
Tank:
If the war was over tomorrow, Zion is where the party
would be.
Neo:
It's a city?
Tank:
The last human city. The only place we have left.
Neo:
Where is it?
Tank:
Deep underground, near the earth's core where it's still
warm. Live long enough you might even see it. God-damn,
I...I got to tell you, I'm fairly excited to see what
you're capable of, if Morpheus is right and all...I'm not
supposed to talk about this, but if you are...a very
exciting time. We got a lot to do. We got to get to
it.... Now, we're supposed to start with these operation
programs first, that's a major boring shit. Let's do
something more fun. How about combat training.
Neo:
Jujitsu? I'm going to learn Jujitsu?... Holy shit.
Tank:
Hey Mikey, I think he likes it. How about some more?
Neo:
Hell yes. Hell yeah.
Morpheus:
How is he?
Tank:
Ten hours straight. He's a machine.
Neo: I
know Kung Fu.
Morpheus:
Show me.
(Construct)
Morpheus:
This is a sparring program, similar to the programmed
reality of the Matrix. It has the same basic rules, rules
like gravity. What you must learn is that these rules are
no different that the rules of a computer system. Some of
them can be bent. Others can be broken. Understand? Then
hit me if you can.... Good. Adaptation, improvisation.
But your weakness is not your technique.
(Nebuchadnezzar)
Mouse:
Morpheus is fighting Neo.
(Construct)
Morpheus:
How did I beat you?
Neo:
Your too fast.
Morpheus:
Do you believe that my being stronger or faster has
anything to do with my muscles in this place? You think
that's air you're breathing now?... Again.
(Nebuchadnezzar)
Mouse:
Jesus Christ, he's fast. Take a look at his
neural-kinetics, they're way above normal.
(Construct)
Morpheus:
What are you waiting for? You're faster than this. Don't
think you are, know you are.... Come on. Stop trying to
hit me and hit me.
(Nebuchadnezzar)
Mouse:
I don't believe it.
(Construct)
Neo:
I know what you're trying to do.
Morpheus:
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.
Tank, load the jump program.... You have to let it all
go, Neo, fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.
Neo:
Whoa. Okie dokie. Free my mind.
(Nebuchadnezzar)
Mouse:
So what if he makes it?
Apoc:
No one's ever made the first jump.
Mouse:
I know, I know. But what if he does?
Apoc:
He won't.
Mouse:
Come on.
Trinity:
Come on.
(Construct)
Neo:
All right, no problem. Free my mind. Free my mind. All
right.
(Nebuchadnezzar)
Mouse:
Wha...what does that mean?
Switch:
It doesn't mean anything.
Cypher:
Everybody falls the first time. Right, Trin?
(Nebuchadnezzar)
Neo:
I thought it wasn't real.
Morpheus:
Your mind makes it real.
Neo:
If you're killed in the Matrix, you die here?
Morpheus:
Your body cannot live without the mind.
Cypher:
I don't remember you bringing me dinner. There is
something about him, isn't there?
Trinity:
Don't tell me you're a believer now?
Cypher:
I just keep wondering, if Morpheus is so sure, why
doesn't he take him to see the Oracle?
Trinity:
Morpheus will take him when he's ready.
(Construct)
Morpheus:
The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy.
But when you're inside, you look around. What do you see.
Business men, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very
minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we
do, these people are still a part of that system, and
that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most
of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many
of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the
system that they will fight to protect it. Were you
listening to me Neo, or were you looking at the woman in
the red dress?
Neo:
I was...
Morpheus:
Look again. Freeze it.
Neo:
This...this isn't the Matrix?
Morpheus:
No. It's another training program designed to teach you
one thing. If you are not one of us, you are one of them.
Neo:
What are they?
Morpheus:
Sentient programs. They can move in and out of any
software still hard wired to their system. That means
that anyone we haven't unplugged is potentially an agent.
Inside the Matrix, they are everyone and they are no one.
We are survived by hiding from them, by running from
them. But they are the gatekeepers. They are guarding all
the doors. They are holding all the keys, which means
that sooner or later, someone is going to have to fight
them.
Neo:
Someone?
Morpheus:
I won't lie to you, Neo. Every single man or woman who
has stood their ground, everyone who has fought an agent
has died. But where they have failed, you will succeed.
Neo:
Why?
Morpheus:
I've seen an agent punch through a concrete wall. Men
have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but
air. Yet their strength and their speed are still based
in a world that is built on rules. Because of that, they
will never be as strong or as fast as you can be.
Neo:
What are you trying to tell me, that I can dodge bullets?
Morpheus:
No Neo. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready,
you won't have to.
(Nebuchadnezzar)
Tank:
We've got trouble.
Morpheus:
Did Zion send word?
Dozer:
No, another ship. Shit. Squiddies. We've been in crick.
Neo:
Squiddy?
Trinity:
A sentinel. A killing machine designed for one thing.
Dozer:
Search and destroy.
Morpheus:
Set her down right over there.... How're we doing, Tank?
Tank:
Power off line. EMP armed and ready.
Neo:
EMP?
Trinity:
Electromagnetic pulse. Disables any electrical system in
the blast radius. It's the only weapon we have against
the machines.
Neo:
Where are we?
Trinity:
There old service and waste systems.
Neo:
Sewers?
Trinity:
They used to be cities that spanned hundreds of miles.
Now these sewers are all that's left of them.
Morpheus:
Quiet.
Cypher:
Whoa, Neo. You scared the bejeezus out of me.
Neo:
Sorry.
Cypher:
It's okay.
Neo:
Is that...
Cypher:
The Matrix? Yeah.
Neo:
Do you always look at it encoded?
Cypher:
Well you have to. The image translators work for the
construct program. But there's way too much information
to decode the Matrix. You get used to it. I...I don't
even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette,
red-head. Hey, you a... want a drink?
Neo:
Sure
Cypher:
You know, I know what you're thinking, because right now
I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking
it ever since I got here. Why, oh why didn't I take the
blue pill?... Good shit, huh. Dozer makes it. It's good
for two things, degreasing engines and killing brain
cells. So, can I ask you something? Did he tell you why
he did it, why you're here? Jesus. What a mind job. So
you're here to save the world. What do you say to
something like that? A little piece of advice. You see an
agent, you do what we do. Run. Run your ass off.
Neo:
Thanks for the drink.
Cypher:
Sweet dreams.
(Restaurant)
Agent
Smith: Do we have a deal, Mr. Reagan.
Cypher:
You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that
when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain
that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you
know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss.
Agent
Smith: Then we have a deal?
Cypher:
I don't want to remember nothing. Nothing. You
understand? And I want to be rich. You know, someone
important, like an actor.
Agent
Smith: Whatever you want, Mr. Reagan.
Cypher:
Okay. I get my body back into a power plant, you insert
me into the Matrix, I'll get you what you want.
Agent
Smith: Access codes to the Zion mainframe.
Cypher:
No, I told you, I don't know them. I can get you the man
who does.
Agent
Smith: Morpheus.
(Nebuchadnezzar)
Tank:
Here you go, buddy. Breakfast of champions.
Mouse:
If you close your eyes it almost feels like you're eating
runny eggs.
Apoc:
Yeah, or a bowl of snot
Mouse:
Do you know what it really reminds me of? Tasty Wheat.
Did you ever eat Tasty Wheat?
Switch:
No, but technically, neither did you.
Mouse:
That's exactly my point. Exactly. Because you have to
wonder now. How did the machines know what Tasty Wheat
tasted like. huh?. Maybe they got it wrong. Maybe what I
think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted like
oatmeal or tuna fish. That makes you wonder about a lot
of things. You take chicken for example, maybe they
couldn't figure out what to make chicken taste like,
which is why chicken tastes like everything. Maybe
couldn't figure out...
Apoc:
Shut up, Mouse.
Dozer:
It's a single cell protein combined with synthetic
aminos, vitamins, and minerals. Everything the body
needs.
Mouse:
It doesn't have everything the body needs. So I
understand that you've run through the agent training
program. You know, I wrote that program.
Apoc:
Here it comes.
Mouse:
So what did you think of her?
Neo:
Of who?
Mouse:
The woman in the red dress? I designed her. She,
um...well she doesn't talk very much, but...but if you'd
like to meet her, I can arrange a much more personalized
meeting.
Switch:
Digital pimp, hard at work.
Mouse:
Pay no attention to these hypocrites, Neo. To deny our
own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us
human.
Morpheus:
Dozer, when you're done, bring the ship up to broadcast
depth. Wer'e going in. Taking Neo to see her.
Neo:
See who?
Tank:
The Oracle.... Everyone please observe the fasten seat
belt and no smoking signs have been turned on. Sit back
and enjoy your ride.
(Lafayette
Hotel)
Morpheus:
We're in.... We'll be back in an hour.
(Car)
Morpheus:
Unbelievable, isn't it.
Neo:
God.
Trinity:
What?
Neo:
I used to eat there. Really good noodles. I have these
memories from my life. None of them happened. What does
that mean?
Trinity:
That the Matrix cannot tell you who you are.
Neo:
And the Oracle can?
Trinity:
That's different.
Neo:
Did you go to her?
Trinity:
Yes.
Neo:
What did she tell you?
Trinity:
She told me...
Neo:
What?
Morpheus:
We're here. Neo, come with me.
(Apartment
Building)
Neo:
So is this the same Oracle that made the prophecy?
Morpheus:
Yes. She's very old. She's been with us since the
beginning.
Neo:
The beginning...?
Morpheus:
Of the resistance.
Neo:
And she knows what, everything?
Morpheus:
She would say she knows enough.
Neo:
And she's never wrong.
Morpheus:
Try not to think of it in terms of right and wrong. She
is a guide. She can help you to find the path.
Neo:
She helped you?
Morpheus:
Yes.
Neo:
What did she tell you?
Morpheus:
That I would find the one.... I told you I can only show
you the door. You have to walk through it.
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