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In the Matrix universe, a Bluepill and sometimes Blue Pill is a term that describes a human whose mind is unaware of the truth about the Matrix. The Matrix is the virtual reality simulation that is the main setting of the Matrix series of science fiction films, comics and games. ...


The subject may be completely unaware since birth as a pod-born human, or at some point be presented with a choice and chose The Matrix.


In The Matrix, the first feature film of the Matrix series, Morpheus finds a computer hacker who called himself Neo. Morpheus then offers Neo a choice of ingesting a red pill or a blue pill. The Matrix is a science fiction/action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano and Hugo Weaving. ... The Matrix series spans major motion pictures, Japanese-style animation, and video games in an attempt to tell a story thats part science fiction, part modern myth, with elements of cyberpunk, computer science, philosophy of mind, Hinduism, Christianity, Gnosticism, Buddhism, classical mythology, and other influences. ... Morpheus in The Matrix Revolutions Morpheus as he styled himself in The Matrix Reloaded Morpheus is the name of a fictional character (played by Laurence Fishburne) in the science fiction films, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions. ... A computer hacker is someone who enjoys getting around the technical limitations of computer systems. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe.

Others like Cypher who have already chosen the red pill, although maybe idealistic at first, have grown tired of the truth. Harshly disillusioned by the grim existence and following Morpheus and his blind faith, Cypher soon starts to wish he'd never left the Matrix in the first place.

I know what you're thinking, 'cause 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?

This prompts him to strike a deal with the Agent Smith. Cypher secretly meets with Agent Smith betraying Morpheus over to them if the Agents will return Cypher with no knowledge of the Matrix. Part of his new reality includes being rich and famous. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


This term also was used at the beginning of the third Matrix feature film, The Matrix Revolutions. When the operator of the hovercraft Hammer searches within the Matrix for Niobe and Ghost, he says: A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... The Matrix Revolutions is the third and last film in the The Matrix trilogy. ... The Mjolnir is a hovercraft in the Matrix trilogy. ... Niobe Niobe (played by actress Jada Pinkett Smith) is the captain of the Logos in the video game Enter the Matrix and the two feature films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. ... Ghost is the name of a fictional character (played by Anthony Wong) in the computer game Enter the Matrix, and the science fiction films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. ...

I got nothing, sir. No sign of Niobe or Ghost. Nothing but bluepills.

A bluepill is the opposite of a redpill. Redpill is a term that describes a human that has been freed from the Matrix, a fictional computer-generated world set at the end of the 20th Century. ...


Background

After a catastrophic war where humans lost against a race of intelligent machines that they originally created, humans are grown in massive fields by the Machines and placed in pods where they live out their lives in a virtual reality, unaware that they are living in a dream world. In return for this captivity where actual human bodies are kept docile, the Machines gain the use of the human brains as subprocessing units for the Matrix as well as generating some electrical power from their bodies. Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment, be it a real or imagined one. ...


The job of Zion hovercraft crews were to find human minds within the Matrix that questioned its reality and have their minds ejected from the Matrix and their bodies removed from the powerplant. To do this, they met with the person in secret, away from Agents or others who could jeopardize the operation or the safety of the crew. In the The Matrix films, Zion was the last human city, which existed deep underground to hide itself from its enemies as well as for warmth. ... Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith in The Matrix. ...


Based on the events surrounding the central character Neo as seen in the original movie, The Matrix, an authorized member of the crew offers the prospective human a choice of digesting a red-colored pill, which would activate a trace program that allowed the crew to locate the human's body in the Matrix powerplant. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Matrix is a science fiction/action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano and Hugo Weaving. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


If the person refuses the offer to discover the truth about the Matrix, the person is instructed to take a blue-colored pill, which would likely activate a program jump in the human's mind (similar to what was done to Neo after his interrogation by Agents in the original movie) and return them to their homes or business to return to life in the Matrix.


In the original Matrix movie, Morpheus stated that after one took the blue pill, they would wake up in their bed with all of the current events having been only a dream, a prospect which would easily allow an unready or unwilling person to dismiss everything that had happened as nothing more than a very odd dream.


A story in The Matrix Comics involves a woman who rejects a red pill offered by Morpheus and the depression she experiences as she continues life within the Matrix, trapped by her own fear.


See also

The Matrix series
The MatrixThe Matrix ReloadedThe Matrix Revolutions
The Animatrix: Final Flight of the OsirisThe Second RenaissanceKid's StoryProgramWorld RecordBeyondA Detective StoryMatriculated
Soundtracks: The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score The Matrix Reloaded: The Album The Animatrix: The AlbumThe Matrix Revolutions: Music from the Motion PictureEnter the Matrix: Original Soundtrack from the Videogame • The Matrix: Path of Neo - Music from the Video Game
Video games: Enter the MatrixThe Matrix OnlineThe Matrix: Path of Neo
Characters: NeoTrinityMorpheusAgent SmithAgentsOracleArchitectNiobeMerovingianPersephoneSatiSeraphTwinsDeus Ex MachinaMinor human charactersPrograms and machines
Locations: The Matrix universeMega CityClub HelMobil Ave.Zero One (Machine City)ZionShips from The Matrix series
Cast and crew: Wachowski BrothersKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossHugo WeavingJada Pinkett Smith • Owen Paterson • John GaetaGeof DarrowSteve Skroce
Other topics: The Matrix ComicsThematic motifsMatrix digital rainThe Matrix character namesThe Matrix RevisitedThe Ultimate Matrix Collection • Matrix cell phone • BluepillRedpill
Related topics: Bullet timeCyberpunkDigitalismThe Hero's JourneyMartial arts filmSimulated realityVirtual realityThe Official Matrix ExhibitCadillac CTS
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