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Encyclopedia > Cypher (The Matrix)
Cypher firing a gun at Tank
Cypher firing a gun at Tank

Cypher is a fictional character from the movie The Matrix played by Joe Pantoliano. Image File history File links Cypher_Firing_Gun. ... Image File history File links Cypher_Firing_Gun. ... The Matrix is a film first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (Andy and Larry). ... Joe Pantoliano (born September 12, 1951) is an American actor. ...


His full name is Louis Cypher or Lou Cypher (pronounced Lucifer), although he was referred to as "Mr. Reagan" by Agent Smith. Lucifer as depicted in Collin de Plancys Dictionnaire Infernal (1863) Lucifer is a Latin word made up of two words, lux (light; genitive lucis) and ferre (to bear, to bring), meaning light-bearer. ... From www. ...

In the first film of the trilogy, Cypher is one of the rebels from Morpheus' hovercraft the Nebuchadnezzar. His character is bald and he has a moustache. Although he may have been idealistic at first, Cypher has grown tired of the Man/Machine war within the Matrix. Harshly disillusioned by the grim existence living on a hovercraft and tired of following Morpheus and his blind faith of the Prophesy, he soon starts to wish he'd never exited the Matrix in the first place. This prompts him to strike a deal with the Agents. At the beginning of the movie, he nearly gets Trinity killed by Agent Smith in successfully proving to the Agents that he, "the informant," was legitimate. Fishburne as Morpheus in The Matrix Revolutions 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. ... The Nebuchadnezzar is a hovercraft captained by Morpheus in the Matrix trilogy. ... From left to right: Agents Brown, Smith, and Jones Spoiler warning: Agents are a group of characters in the The Matrix Trilogy. ... Trinity is the central female fictional character in The Matrix universe, played by actress Carrie-Anne Moss in the films The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. ... From www. ...


Cypher secretly meets with the Agents once more, agreeing to turn Morpheus over to them if the Agents will return Cypher's body to the Matrix power plant with no knowledge of the Matrix, and rich and famous to boot.


Despite his crush on Trinity, he overcomes this to betray his comrades and kills most of the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar, but is then killed by Tank.


One of Cypher's most famous quotes from the movie is "Ignorance is bliss", which he utters while speaking with Agent Smith, referring to the state of people inside the Matrix.


How Did Cypher Meet The Agents Clandestinely?

It is believed that it normally takes at least two people to jack into the Matrix from a hovercraft (one crew member and one Operator), how did Cypher communicate to the Agents without being caught by his fellow crewmates? In his scene where he speaks with Agent Smith, Cypher is seen eating a steak. However, it appears he is not, in fact, jacked into the Matrix here, but managing the Operator consoles to speak with Smith. He is interrupted by Neo and shuts down screens where he was speaking with the Agent. How can Cypher truly taste the steak while not actually jacked in? Operator (The Matrix) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... From www. ... Neo is the name of the central fictional character from the movie The Matrix and its sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. ...


A logical solution that answers the above question revolves around the fact that we do not fully understand the additional functions of the "jack-in chair" and the Operator console. The likely answer was that Cypher was indeed jacked in to the Matrix in the (at minimum) two instances where he tips off the Agents to Trinity at the start of the movie, and with his conversation with Smith.


As was seen during Neo's use of the chair for the first time in "The Matrix", there is a pause between insertion of the data-needle and the pressing of the "LOAD" button by Tank. Further, at the end of the sequence, Neo can be heard saying, "Get this thing out of me" referring once again to the data-needle still in his skull. This implies that merely inserting the data-needle does not automatically link a person to the Matrix (film events later show that premature removal of a data-needle from a mind linked within the Matrix will result in death). An Operator may control when the data-needle is active, whether before or after it is inserted, and could do so by the console's computer control.


Cypher may have been programming the console to automatically activate the data-needle at a certain time to jack himself in, and to auto-dial a hardline to extract himself at a specified time when Neo interrupted him. When Cypher realizes that he is not the only one still awake, he immediately turns off all the monitors of the Operator console, preventing Neo from seeing what he was doing. This possibility has more credibility as Neo's interruption scene immediately precedes the meeting with Smith.


Viewers may wonder as well why it would not seem unusual that Cypher was awake to begin with while all others were asleep. The likely explanation for this comes from the start of the film, where Trinity relieves Cypher's shift earlier than expected. This implies that at least one crew member of the Neb is on-station at all times to monitor systems, bluepills as well as stand guard against a Sentinel sneak-attack. Spoiler warning: Bluepill is a term that describes a human whose mind is imprisoned within and unaware of the truth about The Matrix, a computer-generated world set at the end of the 20th Century. ...


Is Reality More of Perception or Tangibility?

Cypher's choices in the real world raised a lot of questions for philosophers, such as: would one stay in the harsh real world, or the excellent dream world? Simulated reality describes a hypothetical environment that, although experienced as real, is actually a highly detailed simulation of reality. ...


It is likely that, aside from the satanic reference noted above, that Cypher refers to the computer term of "null" or "zero", suggesting he is an opposite in beliefs to The One (Neo).


Original Concept: In one of the early drafts of the script the Wachowski brothers had written Cypher as someone Morpheus had pulled out the Matrix, believing him to be The One. This version illustrates more Cypher's distain for Morpheus and the Man/Machine war in general.

The Matrix series: The Matrix | The Matrix Reloaded | The Matrix Revolutions
The Animatrix "Final Flight of the Osiris" | "The Second Renaissance" | "Kid's Story" | "Program" | "World Record" | "Beyond" | "A Detective Story" | "Matriculated"
Games Enter the Matrix | The Matrix Online | The Matrix: Path of Neo
Main characters Neo | Trinity | Morpheus | Smith | Agents | Oracle
Secondary characters Apoc | Architect | Bane | Cas | Cypher | Dozer | Ghost | Kamala | Keymaker | Kid | Link | Lock | Merovingian | Mouse | Niobe | Persephone | Rama Kandra | Sati | Seraph | Sparks | Switch | Tank | Trainman | Twins
Cast and crew Wachowski brothers | Keanu Reeves | Laurence Fishburne | Carrie-Anne Moss | Hugo Weaving | John Gaeta | Geof Darrow
Ships in Zion's fleet Brahma | Caduceus | Gnosis | Icarus | Logos | Mjolnir (Hammer) | Nebuchadnezzar | Novalis | Osiris | Vigilant | Other ships
Other topics The Matrix character names | Matrix (fictional universe) | Original Soundtrack | The Matrix Revisited | The Ultimate Matrix Collection
Related articles Bullet time | Cyberpunk | Digitalism | Martial arts film | Messiahs in fiction and fantasy | Virtual reality


 

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