The Matrix Transcript Courtesy of Tim Staley (timstaley@aol.com) (Cellular) Cypher Yeah. Trinity Is everything in place? Cypher You weren't supposed to relieve me. Trinity I know, but I want to take your shift. Cypher You like watching him, don't you? You like watching him. Trinity Don't be ridiculous. Cypher We're going to kill him, do you understand that? Trinity Morpheus believes he is the one. Cypher Do you? Trinity It doesn't matter what I believe. Cypher You don't, do you? Trinity Did you hear that? Cypher Hear what? Trinity Are you sure this line is clean? Cypher Yeah, of course I'm sure. Trinity I better go. (Hotel room) Cop Freeze, Police. Hands on your head. Do it. Do it now. (Street) Agent Smith Lieutenant... Lieutenant Oh shit. Agent Smith Lieutenant, you were given specific orders. Lieutenant Hey, I'm just doing my job. You give me juris- my diction crap, you can cram it up your ass. Agent Smith Your orders were for your protection. Lieutenant I think we can handle one little girl.... I sent two units. They're bringing her down now. Agent Smith No Lieutenant, your men are already dead. (Hotel room) Trinity Morpheus, the line was traced, I don't know how. Morpheus I know, they cut the hard line. There's no time, you're going to have to get to another exit. Trinity Are there any agents? Morpheus Yes. Trinity God-dammit. Morpheus You have to focus, Trinity. There's a phone at Wells and Lake. You can make it. Trinity All right. Morpheus Go. (Rooftop) Cop That's impossible. (Building) Trinity Get up Trinity. Just get up. Get up. (Street) Agent Brown She got out. Agent Smith It doesn't matter. Agent Jones The informant is real. Agent Smith Yes. Agent Jones We have the name of their next target. Agent Brown The name is Neo. Agent Smith We'll need a search running. Agent Jones It has already begun. (Neo's apartment) Neo What? What the hell?... Follow the white rabbit?... Who is it? Choi It's Choi. Neo Yeah. Yeah. You're two hours late. Choi I know, it's her fault. Neo Got the money? Choi Two grand. Neo Hold on. Choi Hallelujah. You're my savior, man. My own personal Jesus Christ. Neo You get caught using that... Choi Yeah, I know. This never happened. You don't exist. Neo Right. Choi Something wrong, man? You look a little whiter than usual. Neo My computer, it... You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're awake or still dreaming? Choi Mm, all the time. It's called Mescaline. It's the only way to fly. Hey, it just sounds to me like you need to unplug, man. You know, get some R and R. What do you think, DuJour? Shall we take him with us? DuJour Definitely. Neo I can't, I have work tomorrow. DuJour Come on, It'll be fun. I promise. Neo Yeah, sure, I'll go. (Club) Trinity Hello Neo. Neo How do you know that name? Trinity I know a lot about you. Neo Who are you? Trinity My name is Trinity. Neo Trinity. The Trinity? That cracked the IRS d-base? Trinity That was a long time ago. Neo Jesus. Trinity What? Neo I just thought, um...you were a guy. Trinity Most guys do. Neo It you on my computer. How did you do that? Trinity Right now all I can tell you is that you're in danger. I brought you here to warn you. Neo Of what? Trinity They're watching you, Neo. Neo Who is? Trinity Please just listen. I know why you're here, Neo. I know what you've been doing. I know why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night you sit at your computer. You're looking for him. I know, because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told me I wasn't really looking for him. I was looking for an answer. It's the question that drives us mad. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question just as I did. Neo What is the Matrix. Trinity The answer is out there, Neo. It's looking for you. And it will find you, if you want it to. (Neo's apartment) Neo Oh shit. Oh shit shit. (Office) Mr. Rhineheart You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously you are mistaken. This company is one of the top software companies in the world because every single employee understands that they are part of a whole. Thus if an employee has a problem, the company has a problem. The time has come to make a choice, Mr. Anderson. Either you choose to be at your desk on time from this day forward or you choose to find yourself another job. Do I make myself clear? Neo Yes, Mr. Rhineheart, perfectly clear. FedEx man Thomas Anderson? Neo Yeah, that's me. FedEx man Ok, great. Have a nice day. Neo Hello. Morpheus Hello Neo. Do you know who this is? Neo Morpheus. Morpheus Yes. I've been looking for you, Neo. I don't know if you're ready to see what I want to show you, but unfortunately you and I have run out of time. They're coming for you, Neo, and I don't know what they're going to do. Neo Who's coming for me? Morpheus Stand up and see for yourself. Neo What, right now. Morpheus Yes, now. Do it slowly. The elevator. Neo Oh shit. Morpheus Yes. Neo What the hell do they want from me? Morpheus I don't know, but if you don't want to find out I suggest you get out of there. Neo How? Morpheus I can guide you but you must do exactly as I say. Neo Ok. Morpheus The cubicle across from you is empty. Neo What if they... Morpheus Go, now...Stay here for just a moment. When I tell you, go to the end of the row, to the office at the end of the hall. Stay as low as you can.... Go, now.... Good. Now, outside there is a scaffold. Neo How do you know all this? Morpheus We don't have time, Neo. To your left there's a window. Go to it.... Open it. You can use the scaffold to get to the roof. Neo No way. No way. This is crazy. Morpheus There are two ways out of this building. One is that scaffold, the other is in their custody. You take a chance either way. I leave it to you. Neo This is insane. Why is this happening to me? What did I do? I'm nobody.... Shit.... I can't do this. (Street) Trinity Shit. (Interrogation) Agent Smith As you can see, we've had our eye on you for some time now, Mr. Anderson. It seems that you've been living two lives. In one life, you're Thomas A. Anderson, program writer for a respectable software company, you have a social security number, you pay your taxes, and you help your landlady carry out her garbage. The other life is lived in computers, where you go by the hacker alias Neo and are guilty of virtually every computer crime we have a law for. One of these lives has a future, and one of them does not. I'm going to be as forthcoming as I can be, Mr. Anderson. You're here because we need your help. We know that you've been contacted by a certain individual, a man who calls himself Morpheus. Now whatever you think you know about this man is irrelevant. He is considered by many authorities to be the most dangerous man alive. My colleagues believe that I am wasting my time with you but I believe that you wish to do the right thing. We're willing to wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh start and all that we're asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known terrorist to justice. Neo Yeah. Wow, that sound like a really good deal. But I think I got a better one. How about I give you the finger... and you give me my phone call. Agent Smith Um, Mr. Anderson. You disappoint me. Neo You can't scare me with this Gestapo crap. I know my rights. I want my phone call. Agent Smith Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is a phone call if you're unable to speak.... You're going to help us, Mr. Anderson whether you want to or not. (Neo's apartment) Morpheus This line is tapped, so I must be brief. They got to you first, but they've underestimated how important you are. If they knew what I know, you'd probably be dead. Neo What are you talking about. What...what is happening to me? Morpheus You are the one, Neo. You see you may have spent the last few years looking for me, but I've spent my entire life looking for you. Now do you still want to meet? Neo Yes. Morpheus Then go to the Adam Street Bridge. (Car) Trinity Get in. Neo What the hell is this? Trinity It's necessary, Neo. For our protection. Neo From what. Trinity From you. Take off your shirt. Neo What? Switch Stop the car. Listen to me, Copper-top. We don't have time for twenty questions. Right now there's only one rule, our way or the highway. Neo Fine. Trinity Please, Neo. You have to trust me Neo Why? Trinity Because you have been down there, Neo. You know that road. You know exactly where it ends. And I know that's not where you want to be.... Apoc, lights. Lie back, lift up your shirt. Neo What is that thing? Trinity We think you're bugged.... Try and relax.... Come on. Come on. Switch It's on the move. Trinity Shit. Switch You're going to loose it. Trinity No I'm not. Clear. Neo Jesus Christ, that thing's real? (Lafayette Hotel) Trinity This is it. Let me give you one piece of advice. Be honest. He knows more than you can imagine. Morpheus At last. Welcome, Neo. As you no doubt have guessed, I am Morpheus. Neo It's an honor to meet you. Morpheus No, the honor is mine. Please, come. Sit down. I imagine that right now you're feeling a bit like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole? Hm? Neo You could say that. Morpheus I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo? Neo No. Morpheus Why not? Neo Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life. Morpheus I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is but it's there, like a splinter in your mind driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about? Neo The Matrix? Morpheus Do you want to know what IT is? The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. Neo What truth? Morpheus That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind.... Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.... Remember, all I'm offering is the truth, nothing more.... Follow me.... Apoc, are we online? Apoc Almost. Morpheus Time is always against us. Please, take a seat there. Neo You did all this? Trinity Uh-huh. Morpheus The pill you took is part of a trace program. It's designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signal so we can pinpoint your location. Neo What does that mean? Cypher It means buckle your seat belt, Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye. 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. (Oracle's place) Priestess Hello, Neo. You're right on time.... Make yourself at home, Morpheus. Neo, come with me.... These are the other potentials, you can wait here. Spoon boy Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth. Neo What truth? Spoon boy There is no spoon. Neo There is no spoon? Spoon boy Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. Priestess The Oracle will see you now. Oracle I know you're Neo. Be right with you. Neo You're the Oracle? Oracle Bingo. Not quite what you were expecting, right? Almost done. Smell good, don't they? Neo Yeah. Oracle I'd ask you to sit down, but your not going to anyway. And don't worry about the vase. Neo What vase? Oracle That vase. Neo I'm sorry. Oracle I said don't worry about it. I'll get one of my students to fix it. Neo How did you know? Oracle What's really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything. You're cuter than I expected. No wonder she likes you. Neo Who? Oracle Not too bright, though. You know why Morpheus brought you to see me? Neo I think so. Oracle So, what do you think? You think you're the one? Neo I don't know. Oracle You know what that means? It's Latin. Means `Know thyself'. I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Being the one is just like being in love. No one can tell you your in love, you just know it. Through and through. Balls to bones. Well, I better have a look at you. Open your mouth, say Ahhh. Neo Ahhh. Oracle Okay. Now I'm supposed to say, `Umm, that's interesting', but then you say... Neo But what? Oracle But you already know what I'm going to tell you. Neo I'm not the one. Oracle Sorry kiddo. You got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something. Neo What? Oracle Your next life maybe, who knows? That's the way these things go. What's funny? Neo Morpheus. He...he almost had me convinced. Oracle I know. Poor Morpheus. Without him we're lost. Neo What do you mean, without him? Oracle Are you sure you want to hear this? Morpheus believes in you, Neo. And no one, not you, not even me can convince him otherwise. He believes it so blindly that he's going to sacrifice his life to save yours. Neo What? Oracle You're going to have to make a choice. In the one hand you'll have Morpheus' life and in the other hand you'll have your own. One of you is going to die. Which one will be up to you. I'm sorry, kiddo, I really am. You have a good soul, and I hate giving good people bad news. Oh, don't worry about it. As soon as you step outside that door, you'll start feeling better. You'll remember you don't believe in any of this fate crap. You're in control of your own life, remember? Here, take a cookie. I promise, by the time you're done eating it, you'll feel right as rain. Morpheus What was said was for you and for you alone. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank They're on their way.... What is that? (Lafayette Hotel) Neo Whoa, deja vu. Trinity What did you just say? Neo Nothing, I just had a little deja vu. Trinity What did you see? Cypher What happened? Neo A black cat went past us, and then another that looked just like it. Trinity How much like it, was it the same cat? Neo Might have been, I'm not sure. Morpheus Switch, Apoc. Neo What is it? Trinity Deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank Oh my God. (Lafayette Hotel) Morpheus Let's go. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank They cut the hard line, it's a trap. Get out. (Lafayette Hotel) Mouse Oh no. Oh no. Cypher That's what they changed. We're trapped. There's no way out. Morpheus Be calm. Give me your phone. Trinity They'll be able to track it. Morpheus We have no choice. (Cellular) Tank Operator. Morpheus Tank. Find a structural drawing of this building. Find it fast. Tank Got it. Morpheus I need the main wet wall. (Lafayette Hotel) Agent Smith Eighth floor. Agent Brown Eighth floor. Morpheus Switch, straight ahead. Apoc Neo. I hope the Oracle gave you some good news. (Cellular) Tank Another left, that's it. Morpheus Good. (Lafayette Hotel) Agent Brown Where are they? Police They're in the walls. They're in the walls. Cypher It's an agent. Trinity Morpheus. Morpheus You must get Neo out. He's all that matters. Neo No. No, Morpheus. Don't. Morpheus Trinity, go. Trinity Go. Neo We can't leave him. Trinity We have to.... Cypher, come on. Agent Smith The great Morpheus. We meet at last. Morpheus And you are. Agent Smith Smith. Agent Smith. Morpheus You all look the same to me. Agent Smith Take him. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank No. (Phone) Tank Operator. Cypher Yeah, I need an exit fast. Tank Cypher? Cypher Yeah, there was an accident. God-damn car accident. All of a sudden, boom. Somebody up there still likes me. Tank Gotcha. Cypher Get me out of here fast. Tank Intersection of Franklin and Erie, an old TV repair shop. Cypher Right. (Cellular) Trinity Tank, it's me. Neo Is Morpheus alive? Cypher Is Morpheus alive, Tank? Tank They're moving him. I don't know where to yet. Trinity He's alive. We need an exit. Tank You're not far from Cypher. Trinity Cypher? Tank I know. He's at Franklin and Erie. Trinity Got it. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank Got him. Cypher Where are they. Tank Making the call. Cypher Good. (Repair shop) Trinity You first, Neo. (Nebuchadnezzar) Cypher Shoot. Dozer No. (Repair shop) Neo I don't know, it just went dead. (Cellular) Cypher Hello, Trinity. Trinity Cypher? Where's Tank? Cypher You know, for a long time, I thought I was in love with you. I used to dream about you. You're a beautiful woman, Trinity. Too bad things had to turn out this way. Trinity You killed them. Apoc What? Switch Oh God. Cypher I'm tired, Trinity. I tired of this war. I'm tired of fighting. I'm tired of this ship, being cold, eating the same God-damn goop everyday. But most of all, I'm tired of that jack-off and all of his bullshit. Surprise ass-hole. I bet you never saw this coming, did you? God, I wish I could be there, when they break you. I wish I could walk in just when it happens. So right then, you'd know it was me. Trinity You gave him Morpheus. Cypher He lied to us, Trinity. He tricked us. If you'da told us the truth, we woulda told you to shove that red pill right up your ass. Trinity That's not true, Cypher, he set us free. Cypher Free? You call this free? All I do is what he tells me to do. If I had to choose between that and the Matrix, I choose the Matrix. Trinity The Matrix isn't real. Cypher I disagree, Trinity. I think the Matrix can be more real than this world. All I do is pull the plug here. But there, you have to watch Apoc die. (Repair shop) Apoc Trinity. Switch No. (Cellular) Cypher Welcome to the real world, huh baby. Trinity But you're out, Cypher. You can't go back. Cypher Oh no. That's what you think. They're going to reinsert my body. I go back to sleep, and when I wake up, I won't remember a God-damn thing. By the way, if you have anything terribly important to say to switch, I suggest you say it now. Trinity No, please don't. (Repair shop) Switch Not like this. Not like this. (Cellular) Cypher Too late. Trinity God-damn you, Cypher. Cypher Don't hate me, Trinity. I'm just the messenger, and right now I'm going to prove it to you. If Morpheus was right, then there's no way I can pull this plug. I mean if Neo's the one, then there'd have to be some kind of a miracle to stop me. Right? I mean how can he be the one if he's dead? You never did answer me before. If you bought into Morpheus' bullshit -- come on -- all I want is a little yes or no. Look into his eyes, those big pretty eyes. Tell me. Yes or no. Trinity Yes. Cypher No. (Nebuchadnezzar) Cypher I don't believe it. Tank Believe it or not, you piece of shit. You're still gonna burn. (Repair shop) Neo You first. (Nebuchadnezzar) Trinity You're hurt. Tank I'll be all right. Trinity Dozer? (Office) Agent Smith Have you ever stood and stared at it, marveled at it's beauty, it's genius? Billions of people just living out their lives, oblivious. Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to be a perfect human world. Where none suffered. Where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost. Some believed that we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world. But I believe that as a species, human beings define their reality through misery and suffering. The perfect world would dream that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from. Which is why the Matrix was redesigned to this, the peak of your civilization. I say your civilization because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization which is of course what this is all about. Evolution, Morpheus, evolution, like the dinosaur. Look out that window. You had your time. The future is our world, Morpheus. The future is our time. Agent Brown There could be a problem. (Nebuchadnezzar) Neo What are they doing to him. Tank Breaking into his mind. It's like hacking into a computer, all it takes is time. Neo How much time? Tank Depends on the mind. Eventually it will crack and his alpha patterns will change from this to this. When it does, Morpheus will tell them anything they want to know. Neo Well what do they want. Tank The leader of every ship is given codes to Zion's mainframe computer. If an agent got the codes and got into Zion's mainframe, they could destroy us. We can't let that happen. Neo Trinity. Tank Zion's more important than me or you or even Morpheus. Neo Well there has to be something that we can do. Tank There is. We pull the plug. Trinity You're going to kill him? Kill Morpheus? Tank We don't have any other choice. (Office) Agent Smith Never send a human to do a machine's job. Agent Brown If indeed the insider has failed, they'll sever the connection as soon as possible, unless... Agent Jones They're dead, in either case... Agent Smith We have no choice but to continue as planned. Deploy the sentinels immediately. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank Morpheus, you're more than a leader to us. You're our father. We'll miss you always. Neo Stop. I don't believe this is happening. Tank Neo, this has to be done. Neo Does it? I don't know, I... this can't be just coincidence. It can't be. Tank What are you talking about? Neo The Oracle. She told me this would happen. She told me that I would have to make a choice. Trinity What choice?... What are you doing? Neo I'm going in. Trinity No you're not. Neo I have to. Trinity Neo, Morpheus sacrificed himself so that he could get you out. There's no way that you're going back in. Neo Morpheus did what he did because he believed I am something I'm not. Trinity What? Neo I'm not the one, Trinity. The Oracle hit me with that too. Trinity No. You have to be. Neo Sorry, I'm not. I'm just another guy. Trinity No, Neo. That's not true. It can't be true. Neo Why? Tank Neo, this is loco. They've got Morpheus in a military controlled building. Even if you somehow got inside, those are agents holding him. Three of them. I want Morpheus back too, but what you're talking about is suicide. Neo I know that's what it looks like, but it's not. I can't explain to you why it's not. Morpheus believed something and he was ready to give his life for what he believed. I understand that now. But that's why I have to go. Tank Why? Neo Because I believe in something. Trinity What? Neo I believe I can bring him back.... What are you doing? Trinity I going with you. Neo No you're not. Trinity No? Let me tell you what I believe. I believe Morpheus means more to me than he does to you. I believe if you were really serious about saving him you are going to need my help. And since I am the ranking officer on this ship, if you don't like, I believe you can go to hell. Because you aren't going anywhere else. Tank, load us up. (Office) Agent Smith I'd like to share a revelation during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we are the cure. (Cellular) Tank Okay. What do you need, besides a miracle? Neo Guns. Lots of guns. (Construct) Trinity Neo, no one has ever done anything like this. Neo That's why it's going to work. (Office) Agent Smith Why isn't this serum working? Agent Brown Perhaps we're asking the wrong questions. Agent Smith Leave me with him. Now. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank Hold on, Morpheus. They're coming for you. They're coming. (Office) Agent Smith Can you hear me, Morpheus? I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place, this zoo, this prison, this reality, whatever you want to call it. I can't stand it any longer. It's the smell, if there is such a thing. I feel saturated by it. I can taste your stink. And every time I do I feel I have somehow been infected by it. It's repulsive, isn't it? I must get out of here. I must get free and in this mind is the key, my key. Once Zion is destroyed there is no need for me to be here, don't you understand? I need the codes. I have to get inside Zion, and you have to tell me how. You're going to tell me or you're going to die. (Lobby) Guard 1 Please remove any metallic items you're carrying, keys, loose change. Holy shit. Guard 2 Backup. Send backup. Soldier Freeze. (Office) Agent Brown What were you doing? Agent Jones He doesn't know. Agent Smith Know what? Agent Brown I think they're trying to save you. (Elevator) Neo There is no spoon. (Office) Agent Smith Find them and destroy them. (Rooftop) Pilot I repeat, we are under attack. Neo Trinity. Help. Agent Brown Only human. Trinity Dodge this.... How did you do that? Neo Do what? Trinity You moved like they do. I've never seen anyone move that fast. Neo Wasn't fast enough. Can you fly that thing. Trinity Not yet. (Cellular) Tank Operator. Trinity Tank, I need a pilot program for a V-212 helicopter. Hurry.... Let's go. (Office) Agent Smith No. (Helicopter) Neo Morpheus, get up. Get up, get up.... He's not going to make it.... Gotcha. (Rooftop) Neo Trinity. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank I knew it. He's the one. (Rooftop) Morpheus Do you believe it now, Trinity? Neo Morpheus. The Oracle, she told me I'm... Morpheus She told you exactly what you needed to hear, that's all. Neo, sooner or later you're going to realize, just as I did, there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. (Cellular) Tank Operator. Morpheus Tank. Tank God-damn. It's good to hear your voice, sir. Morpheus Need an exit. Tank Got one ready. Subway station, State and Balboa. (Rooftop) Agent Smith Damn it. Agent Brown The trace was completed. Agent Jones We have their position. Agent Brown The sentinels are standing by. Agent Jones Order the strike. Agent Smith They're not out yet. (Subway station) Neo You first, Morpheus. Trinity Neo, I want to tell you something, but I'm afraid of what it could mean if I do. Everything the Oracle told me has come true. Everything but this. (Nebuchadnezzar) Trinity Neo. Tank What just happened? Trinity An agent. You have to send me back. Tank I can't. (Subway station) Agent Smith Mr. Anderson. (Nebuchadnezzar) Trinity Run, Neo. Run! What is he doing? Morpheus He's beginning to believe. (Subway station) Agent Smith You're empty. Neo So are you. Agent Smith I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson. (Nebuchadnezzar) Trinity Jesus, he's killing him. (Subway station) Agent Smith Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability. That is the sound of your death. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson. Neo My name is Neo. (Nebuchadnezzar) Trinity What happened? Tank I don't know. I lost him. Oh shit. Trinity Sentinels. How long? Morpheus Five, maybe six minutes. Tank, charge the EMP. Trinity You can't use that until he's out. Morpheus I know, Trinity, don't worry. He's going to make it. (Street) Man Shit, that's my phone. That's my best phone. (Cellular) Tank That's unknown. Neo Mr. Wizard, get me the hell out of here. Tank Got a patch on an old exit, Wabash and Lake. Neo Oh shit.... Help. Need a little help. Tank Door.... Door on your left. No, you're other left.... Back door. (Nebuchadnezzar) Trinity Oh no. Morpheus Here they come.... He's going to make it. (Cellular) Tank Fire escape at the end of the alley. Room 303. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank They're inside. Trinity Hurry, Neo Morpheus Can't be. (Hotel) Agent Smith Check him. Agent Brown He's gone. Agent Smith Goodbye, Mr. Anderson. (Nebuchadnezzar) Trinity Neo, I'm not afraid anymore. The Oracle told me that I would fall in love, and that man, the man who I loved would be the one. And so you see, you can't be dead. You can't be, because I love you. You hear me? I love you.... Now get up. (Hotel) Neo No. (Nebuchadnezzar) Tank How? Morpheus He is The One. Trinity Neo. (Phone) The One I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you, a world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries, a world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.