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* JewishAndNerdy: He has a pronounced New York Jewish accent and is essentially a pencil pusher.

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An ENCOM scientist.

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An ENCOM scientist.
scientist. Gibbs founded ENCOM, originally running it out of his garage, before Dillinger took over, and doesn't approve of Dillinger's methods.


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* KickedUpstairs: By Dillinger.
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The up-and-coming programmer at ENCOM whose ideas for video games were stolen by Dillinger, causing him to attempt the hacking of the system, leading to his termination. When the MCP digitizes him to stop his latest hacking attempt, he discovers that he has power over the new world he's in.

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The up-and-coming A former programmer at ENCOM whose ideas for video games were stolen by Dillinger, causing Dillinger. Dillinger subsequently fired him from the company to silence him. When we meet him, Flynn has spent at least a year seeking evidence of Dillinger's theft, with no success. Alan and Lora enlist him to attempt the hacking help them put an end to Dillinger's abuse of the system, leading to his termination. When power, but the MCP digitizes him responds to stop his latest hacking attempt, he discovers that he has power over the new world he's in.
their efforts in a way none of them could have predicted.



* DidNotGetTheGirl: Broke up with Laura, and briefly kisses Yori.

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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:DidNotGetTheGirl: Broke up with Laura, Lora before the film, and briefly kisses Yori.Yori]].



* HeroicSacrifice: Thinks jumping into the laser will cause this, but it simply rematerializes him back into reality.

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Thinks jumping into the laser will cause this, but it simply rematerializes him back into reality.reality]].



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: YourMileageMayVary on whether "jerk" is exactly the right word, but he is an immature, slightly perverted ("She still leave her clothes all over the floor?") guy who uses his hacking skills to dodge his phone bills, after all...
* LastKiss: With Yori.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: YourMileageMayVary on whether "jerk" is exactly the right word, but he is an immature, slightly perverted ("She still leave her clothes all over the floor?") guy who uses his hacking skills to dodge his phone bills, after all...
JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* [[spoiler: LastKiss: With Yori.Yori]].



* MessianicArchetype: From the programs' perspective he is a literal divine being who descends from on high, joins the fight against evil, and returns to his own world by sacrificing himself to save program-kind.

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* MessianicArchetype: From the programs' perspective he is a literal divine being who descends from on high, joins the fight against evil, and returns [[spoiler:returns to his own world by sacrificing himself to save program-kind.program-kind]].



* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters



* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: [[spoiler:Sark becomes a giant after the MCP transfers all its functions to him]].

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: [[spoiler:Sark *[[spoiler:AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Sark becomes a giant after the MCP transfers all its functions to him]].



* MrExposition: He gives Crom, and by extension the audience, the low-down on the MCP's regime and the game grid.



A banking program.

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A banking program.
program conscripted into the games.

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!! Lora

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!! LoraLora Baines (Cindy Morgan)






!!Walter Gibbs

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!!Walter GibbsGibbs (Barnard Hughes)






[[caption-width-right:239:"I fight for the Users!"]]

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[[caption-width-right:239:"I fight [[caption-width-right:239:"That's Tron. He fights for the Users!"]]Users."]]



A security program that threatens the Master Control Program's plans to infiltrate and take over government computers. Held prisoner by Sark as a Game Grid gladiator when Flynn first sees him.

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A security program program, written by Alan, that threatens the Master Control Program's plans to infiltrate and take over government computers. Held prisoner by Sark as a Game Grid gladiator when Flynn first sees him.him.



* CatchPhrase: "I fight for the Users!"



* ReligiousBruiser






* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Sark becomes a giant after a dying MCP transfers all its functions to him.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Sark [[spoiler:Sark becomes a giant after a dying the MCP transfers all its functions to him.him]].



One of the programs Flynn used to try to hack the MCP.

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One of the programs Flynn used to try to hack into the MCP.ENCOM system.

* DefiantToTheEnd



* TheSacrificialLamb

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* TheSacrificialLambSacrificialLamb



!! Yori
The program counterpart to Lora.
* TheEngineer: She designed to Solar Sailer that gets them out of the city and most of the way to the fight with Master Control.
* LastKiss: With Flynn as Flynn jumps into the beam.
* LingerieScene: Cut from the final release, but seen on DVD.

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!! Yori
The
Yori (Cindy Morgan)
A
program counterpart to Lora.
* TheEngineer:
written by Lora. She designed appears to Solar Sailer that gets them out of be a 3D simulation program and may play a role in the city and most of the way to the fight with Master Control.
* LastKiss: With Flynn as Flynn jumps into the beam.
* LingerieScene: Cut from the final release, but seen on DVD.
digitization process.




!! Ram
An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Flynn and Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.

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\n* TheEngineer: She designed the Solar Sailer that gets them out of the city and most of the way to the fight with Master Control.
* [[spoiler:LastKiss: With Flynn as Flynn jumps into the beam]].
* LingerieScene: Cut from the final release, but seen on DVD.


!! Ram
Ram (Dan Shor)
An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Flynn and An ally to Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.eventually Flynn.

* ActionSurvivor



* GoOutWithASmile
* SacrificialLion

!!Dumont

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* GoOutWithASmile
[[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* SacrificialLion

!!Dumont
[[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]

!!Dumont (Barnard Hughes)






!!Crom

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!!Crom!!Crom (Peter Jurasik)






!!Sark's Lieutenant
An unnamed program that assists Sark.
* TattooedCrook: Is the only program to have TronLines on his skin.


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* TurbulentPriest: Guardians serve a priest-like role in the system, and he maintains the last free tower. He's cranky and embittered for a good reason, but he's just fine with being a pain in the ass.
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* DeadpanSnarker
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* MessianicArchetype: From the programs' perspective he is a literal divine being who descends from on high, joins the fight against evil, and returns to his own world by sacrificing himself to save program-kind.

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* NoPlaceLikeHome: although his goals do eventually shift from "get home" to "free the system".



* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: although his goals do eventually shift from "get home" to "free the system".



!! Alan Bradley (BruceBoxleitner)

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!! Alan Bradley (BruceBoxleitner)(Bruce Boxleitner)



* EvenEvilHasStandards - Dillinger balks when MCP expresses desire to hack into the Pentagon and Kremlin.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards - EvenEvilHasStandards: Dillinger balks when MCP expresses desire to hack into the Pentagon and Kremlin.



!! TRON (BruceBoxleitner)

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!! TRON (BruceBoxleitner)(Bruce Boxleitner)
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* CoolOldGuy
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* BadassBookworm / BadassNormal / UnintentionalBadass: Ram seems pretty damn good at the gladiator games he was forced into despite being an actuarial program with no security features.

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* BadassBookworm / BadassNormal / UnintentionalBadass: BadassUnintentional: Ram seems pretty damn good at the gladiator games he was forced into despite being an actuarial program with no security features.
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* BadassBookworm / BadassNormal / UnintentionalBadass: Ram seems pretty damn good at the gladiator games he was forced into despite being an actuarial program with no security features.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards - Dillinger balks when MCP expresses desire to hack into the Pentagon and Kremlin.

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* PlayfulHacker



* LawfulGood: As a computer security program, Tron fights for the Users.



* FunnyAneurysmMoment: When Flynn's talking to his Program, calling him "dogged and relentless." [[TronLegacy Clu 2.0]] certainly does have those traits...

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* CompleteMonster: Even the MCP thinks Sark has become "brutal and needlessly sadistic."



* FunnyAneurysmMoment: When Flynn's talking to his Program, calling him "dogged and relentless." [[TronLegacy Clu 2.0]] certainly does have those traits...



* TheEngineer: She designed to Solar Sailer that gets them out of the city and most of the way to the fight with Master Control.




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* LingerieScene: Cut from the final release, but seen on DVD.
* TheChick




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* DefiantToTheEnd
* ObiWanMoment: Sark's troops storm the gates of his tower, intending to arrest him and drag him to certain de-rez. He calmly (but sarcastically) addresses Sark as just another Program seeking communion with a User.


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* DeadpanSnarker: Despite only being able to say "yes" and "no."

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* CatchPhrase: "I fight for the Users!"




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* TronLines: Blue, with a large T on his chest made of light squares.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: YourMileageMayVary on whether "jerk" is exactly the right word, but he is an immature, slightly perverted ("She still leave her clothes all over the floor?") guy who uses his hacking skills to dodge his phone bills, after all...


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* NoPlaceLikeHome: although his goals do eventually shift from "get home" to "free the system".
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\"I don\'t pay you...\" was Sark


* FlatEarthAtheist: Refuses to believe in Users.

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* FlatEarthAtheist: Refuses to believe in Users.Is not one himself, but promotes the attitude among the programs.



* IDontPayYouToThink: Tells a program "I do the thinking around here."




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* SacrificialLion

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* ActionHero
* FriendlySniper: Is an expert at throwing his disc.



* SacrificalLamb

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* SacrificalLamb
SacrificialLamb

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* LastKiss: With Yori.




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* NerdsAreSexy
* TrappedInAnotherWorld




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* NerdsAreSexy




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* SweaterGirl

!!Walter Gibbs
An ENCOM scientist.
* NerdGlasses




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* MeaningfulName: TRON means "trace on," similar to his functions in the game. Also abbreviated from "electronic."
* NameTron
* SupportingProtagonist

[[quoteright:185:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/185px-Master_control_program-1-_8870.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:185:"End of line."]]



* AIIsACrapshoot



* EvilSoundsDeep



* IDontPayYouToThink: Tells a program "I do the thinking around here."
* InstantAIJustAddWater
* LudicrousPrecision
* NayTheist
* SerkisFolk
* SinisterGeometry




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* YouWillBeAssimilated: Kills programs and takes on their functions.




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* FantasticRacism
* NayTheist
* RobotsEnslavingRobots
* WeCanRuleTogether: Offers Tron a place by his side.




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* LastKiss: With Flynn as Flynn jumps into the beam.




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* CoolOldGuy




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A banking program.
* SacrificalLamb

!!Sark's Lieutenant
An unnamed program that assists Sark.
* TattooedCrook: Is the only program to have TronLines on his skin.


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A binary digit resembling a compound of dodecahedron and icosahedron, Bit can only say "yes" or "no" when asked a question, and is used by other programs for advice.
* BigNo: Says "No no no no no" when scared.
* BigYes: Says "Yes yes yes yes yes" when amused.
* RobotBuddy
* VerbalTic: Only says "yes" and "no."
* ZeroesAndOnes

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[[caption-width-right:223:"Greetings, programs!"]]




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* ActionSurvivor
* AudienceSurrogate
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Broke up with Laura, and briefly kisses Yori.
* GodInHumanForm: As a User to the programs.
* HeroicSacrifice: Thinks jumping into the laser will cause this, but it simply rematerializes him back into reality.
* HollywoodHacking
* MasterOfUnlocking




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* GlassesPull
* NerdGlasses




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* CorruptCorporateExecutive




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* HotScientist



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[[caption-width-right:239:"I fight for the Users!"]]




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* LawfulGood: As a computer security program, Tron fights for the Users.




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* BigBad
* FlatEarthAtheist: Refuses to believe in Users.
* HugeHolographicHead
* VerbalTic: "End of line."



TheDragon to the MCP, with Dilinger's face and voice.

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TheDragon to the MCP, with Dilinger's face and voice.
voice. Runs the gladiatorial games.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Sark becomes a giant after a dying MCP transfers all its functions to him.
* CompleteMonster: Even the MCP thinks Sark has become "brutal and needlessly sadistic."
* TheDragon



One of the programs Flynn used to try to hack the MCP. The SacrificialLamb.

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One of the programs Flynn used to try to hack the MCP. The SacrificialLamb.
MCP.
* HollywoodHacking
* TheSacrificialLamb
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl


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* GoOutWithASmile

!!Dumont
A Tower Guardian who is nearly killed by the MCP for trying to help the heroes communicate with the real world.

!!Crom

!!Bit

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!Humans
!! Kevin Flynn (JeffBridges)
The up-and-coming programmer at ENCOM whose ideas for video games were stolen by Dillinger, causing him to attempt the hacking of the system, leading to his termination. When the MCP digitizes him to stop his latest hacking attempt, he discovers that he has power over the new world he's in.



!! TRON (BruceBoxleitner)
A security program that threatens the Master Control Program's plans to infiltrate and take over government computers. Held prisoner by Sark as a Game Grid gladiator when Flynn first sees him.



!! Commander Sark (DavidWarner)
TheDragon to the MCP, with Dilinger's face and voice.

!! Kevin Flynn (JeffBridges)
The up-and-coming programmer at ENCOM whose ideas for video games were stolen by Dillinger, causing him to attempt the hacking of the system, leading to his termination. When the MCP digitizes him to stop his latest hacking attempt, he discovers that he has power over the new world he's in.

!! CLU (JeffBridges)
One of the programs Flynn used to try to hack the MCP. The SacrificialLamb.



!! Yori
The program counterpart to Lora.

!! Ram
An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Flynn and Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.

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!Programs
!! Yori
The
TRON (BruceBoxleitner)
A security
program counterpart to Lora.

!! Ram
An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into
that threatens the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Master Control Program's plans to infiltrate and take over government computers. Held prisoner by Sark as a Game Grid gladiator when Flynn and Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.
first sees him.



The BigBad. An artificially intelligent program used by Dillinger to advance his career at ENCOM by assimilating the functions of all the other programs on their mainframe. It eventually begins planning to take over other systems, like the U.S. Military's computers, and even overcomes Dillinger's control. Inside the computer world, the MCP is a totalitarian dictator attempting to stamp out even the belief in users.

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The BigBad. An artificially intelligent program used by Dillinger to advance his career at ENCOM by assimilating the functions of all the other programs on their mainframe. It eventually begins planning to take over other systems, like the U.S. Military's computers, and even overcomes Dillinger's control. Inside the computer world, the MCP is a totalitarian dictator attempting to stamp out even the belief in users.users.

!! Commander Sark (DavidWarner)
TheDragon to the MCP, with Dilinger's face and voice.

!! CLU (JeffBridges)
One of the programs Flynn used to try to hack the MCP. The SacrificialLamb.

!! Yori
The program counterpart to Lora.

!! Ram
An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Flynn and Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.
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!! Alan Bradley

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!! Alan BradleyBradley (BruceBoxleitner)



!! TRON

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!! TRONTRON (BruceBoxleitner)



!! Ed Dillinger

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!! Ed DillingerDillinger (DavidWarner)



!! Commander Sark

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!! Commander SarkSark (DavidWarner)



!! Kevin Flynn

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!! Kevin FlynnFlynn (JeffBridges)



!! CLU

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!! CLUCLU (JeffBridges)



!! Master Control Program

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!! Master Control ProgramProgram (voice of DavidWarner)

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* Alan Bradley: One of the programmers at ENCOM, with big nerdy glasses and a hot-air popcorn machine, he created TRON, a security program that threatens the Master Control Program's abilities to infiltrate and take over government computers.

* Ed Dillinger: CorruptCorporateExecutive responsible for the Master Control Progam, and Flynn's termination from ENCOM. He is now Senior Executive Vice President thanks to his "contribution" to the company line.
** Commander Sark: TheDragon to the MCP, with Dilinger's face and voice.

* Kevin Flynn: The up-and-coming programmer at ENCOM whose ideas for video games were stolen by Dillinger, causing him to attempt the hacking of the system, leading to his termination.

* Lori: One of the programmers at ENCOM, specializing in laser research and digitizing objects. Also the current love interest of Alan Bradley, and the former love interest of Kevin Flynn.

* Ram: An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Flynn and Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.

* Master Control Program

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* !! Alan Bradley: Bradley
One of the programmers at ENCOM, with big nerdy glasses and a hot-air popcorn machine, he created TRON, a TRON.

!! TRON
A
security program that threatens the Master Control Program's abilities plans to infiltrate and take over government computers.

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computers. Held prisoner by Sark as a Game Grid gladiator when Flynn first sees him.

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Ed Dillinger: Dillinger
The
CorruptCorporateExecutive responsible for the Master Control Progam, and Flynn's termination from ENCOM. He is now Senior Executive Vice President thanks to his "contribution" to the company line.
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Commander Sark: Sark
TheDragon to the MCP, with Dilinger's face and voice.

* !! Kevin Flynn: Flynn
The up-and-coming programmer at ENCOM whose ideas for video games were stolen by Dillinger, causing him to attempt the hacking of the system, leading to his termination.

* Lori:
termination. When the MCP digitizes him to stop his latest hacking attempt, he discovers that he has power over the new world he's in.

!! CLU
One of the programs Flynn used to try to hack the MCP. The SacrificialLamb.

!! Lora
One of the programmers at ENCOM, specializing in laser research and digitizing objects. Also the current love interest of Alan Bradley, and the former love interest of Kevin Flynn.

* Ram: !! Yori
The program counterpart to Lora.

!! Ram
An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Flynn and Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.

* !! Master Control ProgramProgram
The BigBad. An artificially intelligent program used by Dillinger to advance his career at ENCOM by assimilating the functions of all the other programs on their mainframe. It eventually begins planning to take over other systems, like the U.S. Military's computers, and even overcomes Dillinger's control. Inside the computer world, the MCP is a totalitarian dictator attempting to stamp out even the belief in users.
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* Jet Bradley: Son of Alan Bradley, who goes into the conputer matrix to find Kevin Flynn, missing decades previously.

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** Commander Sark: TheDragon to the MCP, with Dilinger's face and voice.



* Ram: An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Flynn and Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.

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* Ram: An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Flynn and Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.match.

* Master Control Program
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* Lori: One of the programmers at ENCOM, specializing in laser research and digitizing objects. Also the current love interest of Alan Bradley, and the former love interest of Kevin Flynn.

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* Lori: One of the programmers at ENCOM, specializing in laser research and digitizing objects. Also the current love interest of Alan Bradley, and the former love interest of Kevin Flynn.Flynn.

* Ram: An actuarial program for an insurance firm conscripted into the gladiatorial games. He is teamed with Flynn and Tron and manage their daring escape from the death match.
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* Lori: One of the programmers at ENCOM, specializing in lazer research and digitizing objects. Also the current love interest of Alan Bradley, and the former love interest of Kevin Flynn.

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* Lori: One of the programmers at ENCOM, specializing in lazer laser research and digitizing objects. Also the current love interest of Alan Bradley, and the former love interest of Kevin Flynn.
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Alan Bradley: One of the programmers at ENCOM, with big nerdy glasses and a hot-air popcorn machine, he created TRON, a security program that threatens the Master Control Program's abilities to infiltrate and take over government computers.

Jet Bradley: Son of Alan Bradley, who goes into the conputer matrix to find Kevin Flynn, missing decades previously.

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* Alan Bradley: One of the programmers at ENCOM, with big nerdy glasses and a hot-air popcorn machine, he created TRON, a security program that threatens the Master Control Program's abilities to infiltrate and take over government computers.

* Jet Bradley: Son of Alan Bradley, who goes into the conputer matrix to find Kevin Flynn, missing decades previously.

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* Ed Dillinger: CorruptCorporateExecutive responsible for the Master Control Progam, and Flynn's termination from ENCOM. He is now Senior Executive Vice President thanks to his "contribution" to the company line.

* Kevin Flynn: The up-and-coming programmer at ENCOM whose ideas for video games were stolen by Dillinger, causing him to attempt the hacking of the system, leading to his termination.

* Lori: One of the programmers at ENCOM, specializing in lazer research and digitizing objects. Also the current love interest of Alan Bradley, and the former love interest of Kevin Flynn.

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