History Characters / Tron

* MachineMonotone: Unlike almost all of the other programs. Granted, he was the only one from a different system.

* XanatosGambit: As an EstablishingCharacterMoment! He's called up to Dillinger's office and talks about the software he's working on. Oh, yes. It's an independently-run security monitor software. Yes, he's been working on it for a while and submitted the proper memos. Yes, he's kept Gibbs informed. Oh, it will watch dog Master Control. Yes, it's capable of shutting down Master Control. Is there a problem? If Dillinger and Master Control destroyed Tron without firing Alan, it would draw suspicion and Alan could try again. If they fired Alan, then it would likely cause Gibbs to investigate, which would expose them. If Alan were allowed access to Tron (which happened), they would also get exposed and shut down. No matter what, Alan would win. Master Control's only real option was to speed up the timeline on taking over both ends of the Cold War.

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For characters that debuted in ''Film/TronLegacy'' and tropes that apply to characters here that also appeared in the sequel, please see [[Characters/TronLegacy that movie's page]]. See also the [[Characters/TronUprising character page]] for ''TronUprising.'' Characters from ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Tron 2.0]]'' also [[Characters/TronTwoPointOh have their own page]].

* ReligiousBruiser: Bordering on ThePaladin. He explicitly states that he fights for [[TheMaker Users]], particularly his creator, Alan. Much of the reason he was sent to the Games was because he refused to abandon that faith. [[spoiler:It's probably dimmed significantly come the WesternAnimation/TronUprising era]].

* ReligiousBruiser: Bordering on ThePaladin. He explicitly states that he fights for [[TheMaker Users]], particularly his creator, Alan. Much of the reason he was sent to the Games was because he refused to abandon that faith. [[spoiler:It's probably dimmed significantly come the TronUprising era]].

* HotScientist: She's brilliant as the co-inventor of the digitizing laser and is horned after in-universe by Flynn, Alan and TRON.

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

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mercilessly trolls Lora and Alan when they come by to help him out. (Lora clearly got fed up with his shtick ages ago.) Between the films, he has a bad habit of taking his friends and allies for granted. However, it's never done out of malice, and he's very willing to risk his life or even give it for his loved ones if it comes down to it.

** ChessmasterSidekick: He becomes this to Flynn once the plan is in place to break into Encom, and between the films, becomes the man who put Flynn's big ideas for Encom into practical reality.

* ShoutOut: To Allen-Bradley, a brand of computer equipment.

** {{Downplayed|Trope}} at the end of the film [[spoiler:after Flynn's documentation of Dillinger's plagiarism is displayed on his desk screen, and he realizes his game is up. He says nothing, but the look on his face is enough]].'

* [[TheMissusAndTheEx The Mister and the Ex]]: Alan as the Mister, Flynn as the ex.

!! Lora Baines

* SmallRoleBigImpact: On screen for roughly ten minutes, and effectively written out of the sequels (dead in one canon, stuck in Washington DC for the other) but ''she'' co-invented the laser that got the whole franchise started, she was the one who persuaded Alan that they needed to warn Flynn, and she came up with the plan to break them into Encom and become a PowerTrio. Oh, and wrote Yori on top of all that.

* KickedUpstairs: Dillinger wanted him out of the way.

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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Yes, he's the biggest badass in {{cyberspace}}. He's also a very loyal and sweet guy. He's visibly shaken when it looks like Flynn and Ram were killed. When he's running through the city, an urgent call from his User pending, he goes to rescue his girlfriend first (and if you believe that DeletedScene, go back to her place for a while). His KingdomHearts incarnation is even more so.

* NeverFoundTheBody: The last we see of the MCP is an old man furiously typing on a keyboard, then disappearing into the darkness. WordOfGod hinted it was a SequelHook.

* LivingPolyhedron: Changes between a light blue icosahedron and a stellated dodecahedron when idol. Changes to a yellow octohedron when saying yes or a second stellation of an icosahedron when saying no.

!! TRON

!! Kevin Flynn (Creator/JeffBridges)

!! Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner)

!! Ed Dillinger (Creator/DavidWarner)

!! Lora Baines (Cindy Morgan)

!! TRON (Bruce Boxleitner)

* TronLines (Imagine that): Blue, with a large T on his chest made of light squares.

!! Master Control Program (voice of Creator/DavidWarner)

!! Commander Sark (Creator/DavidWarner)

!! CLU (Creator/JeffBridges)

!! Yori (Cindy Morgan)

!! Ram (Dan Shor)

!!Dumont (Barnard Hughes)

!!Crom (Peter Jurasik)

* SweaterGirl: Wears a white angora sweater at the end of the movie.

* PlayfulHacker: His opening scene is trying to hack into Encom, and his orders to Clu 1.0 indicate he's used his computer skills for a few unsavory purposes.

* NotAsYouKnowThem: Following the events of the movie, CLU was rebuilt and vastly upgraded into a powerful Admin program who later became the BigBad of the [[Film/TronLegacy sequel]]. Some fans consider them the same character because they have the same name and actor, but they have very distinct functions and characterization. Others refer to this Clu as "Clu 1.0" and the ''Film/TronLegacy'' one as "Clu 2.0"
* SacrificialLion: To prove that the MCP is a jerk

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mercilessly trolls Lora and Alan when they come by to help him out. (Lora clearly got fed up with his shtick ages ago.) Between the films, he has a bad habit of taking his friends and allies for granted. However, it's never done out of malice, and he's very willing to risk his life or even give it for his loved ones if it comes down it it.
%%* LastKiss: [[spoiler: With Yori]].

%%* NerdsAreSexy

%%* SarcasmMode: He's usually never ''off'' this mode.
* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: although his goals do eventually shift from "get home" to "free the system".

* TheCreon: In the ExpandedUniverse, he becomes Flynn's second in command, and has no interest in taking the company himself. He's a programmer, not a businessman, and does his best work out of the spotlight. [[spoiler: [[Film/TronLegacy Twenty years and change later]], he is very happy to let Sam Flynn be the flamboyant "face" of the company and run interference with the press while he makes the ''real'' decisions behind the scenes.]]

%%* NerdsAreSexy
%%* NiceGuy

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: He's anything but flashy or charismatic, withers if put in the spotlight, and the most cautious of the PowerTrio. However, it's ''his'' software that actually stands a chance of shutting down Master Control. [[spoiler: And even ''twenty years of brainwashing'' couldn't completely override all the safeties Alan put in.]]

%%* HotScientist

%%* NerdGlasses

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: TRON's Badass cred is established in his very first appearance, where he is seeing taking on four other Programs in a blatantly-unfair disc duel...''and wins.'' Then he raises his disc to the sky, as if dedicating his victory to the Users.
* FriendlySniper: Is an expert at throwing his disc.

* ReligiousBruiser: Bordering on ThePaladin. He explicitly states that he fights for [[TheMaker Users]], particularly his creator, Alan. Much of the reason he was sent to the Games was because he refused to abandon that faith. [[spoiler: It's probably dimmed significantly come the TronUprising era]].
* ThreeLawsCompliant: Will not injure a User, or by inaction allow Users to come to harm? Check. [[spoiler: This is a big plot point in the sequel.]] Obeys orders given by Users unless it comes into conflict with the first law? Check. Will fight to preserve his own life ''unless'' it comes into conflict with the first two directives? [[spoiler: Check, and tragically so]].

* HugeHolographicHead: And the UncannyValley is Grand Canyon deep, emphasizing what undiluted NightmareFuel he is to the programs. Although upon his final defeat, [[spoiler: the holographic walls come down to reveal his original true form- an incredibly aged chess program whose face slowly fades out, as Dumont had noted prior; see InstantAiJustAddWater entry.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[spoiler:Sark might be terrifying in his giant form, but he's also slow and lumbering.]]
** YMMV on the impractical: [[spoiler:Sark demonstrates his power by deflecting Tron's multi-striking disc ''with his bare hand''. If not for Flynn's intervention, it's entirely possible Tron would have lost.]]

* SacrificialLamb / SacrificialLion: To prove that the MCP is a jerk

* TheChick: Definitely the emotional anchor for the group inside the Grid, and no apparent combat ability.

!! Kevin Flynn (JeffBridges)

!! CLU (JeffBridges)

* ThreeLawsCompliant: Will not injure a User, or by inaction allow Users to come to harm? Check. [[spoiler: This is a big plot point in the sequel]] Obeys orders given by Users unless it comes into conflict with the first law? Check. Will fight to preserve his own life ''unless'' it comes into conflict with the first two directives? [[spoiler: Check, and tragically so]].