TRON: Legacy

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The film opens with a flashback to 1989 as Kevin Flynn - now the CEO of ENCOM - tells his son Sam a story about his adventures in the Grid and about how he, Tron and Clu discovered something amazing and miraculous. Sam asks about it but is told to wait for next time as Kevin leaves for work. It then cuts to a montage of events and news reports about Kevin's disappearance, which has not only jeopardized ENCOM's future, but orphaned Sam.

In the present day, the now-adult Sam breaks into the ENCOM Tower and , despite the efforts of the board - including the son of Ed Dillinger (uncredited Cillian Murphy) steals Encom's new software, releasing it online. After being chased to the top of the tower by a security guard, Sam reveals himself and attempts to freefall off the tower only for his parachute to snag on a traffic light, and he is arrested shortly after freeing himself.

Sam eventually makes bail and returns to his apartment and is met by Alan Bradley, who tells him about a page he received from his Dad's office in the arcade. Reluctantly following the tip, Sam locates a hidden doorway behind the arcade's Tron game which leads him to a secret workshop. He begins searching through his father's computer and unknowingly activites a digitizing ray which transports into the digital world. As the confused young man takes his leave and steps out onto the Grid, he is spotted by a Recognizer, and the programs within assign him to the Games.

He is taken down to the Armoury Sirens, to be clad in armour and given an Identity Disc. Upon arriving in the Disc Wars Arena he narrowly manages to survive and spends his final round battling against Rinzler, who recognizes Sam as a User after seeing him bleed. Clu, who has been watching the events, has Sam brought to his lair. As the two talk, Sam believes he is speaking to his father. However, Clu denies this and has him sent to the Lightcycle arena while a mysterious figure watches them.

Sam is teamed with several other programs in the ensuing race againt Clu and his followers, but ends up as the sole survivor of his group. He is saved from deresolution by the stranger who - while driving away in a Light Runner - introduces herself as Quorra. She takes him to a secret hideaway "off the grid" where Sam is reunited with his father. Over dinner, Kevin answers Sam's biggest question, regarding where he went all those years ago. Kevin relates how he was able to access The Grid, and brought along Tron, as well as Clu to help him create his perfect world. Kevin also reveals that the miracle he mentioned before his disappearance was the birth of ISOs - a brand new form of program created by the Grid itself. However, altercations arose when Clu felt 'imperfections' were rampant on The Grid. Clu then proceeded to take over by ambushing Kevin and Tron. Tron protected Kevin, but was derezzed in the process. Kevin then escaped into seclusion, but also was witness to Clu destroying the ISOs, as he believed they were not part of the perfect plan.

Later, Sam argues with his dad as he believes they can still make their way to the portal - which will remain open for eight Grid-world hours - and return home, but Kevin objects, citing that this is exactly what Clu would want: a prime oppurtunity to steal Kevin's Identity Disc and use the information stored inside to manipulate the portal. Kevin is also certain that it was Clu who sent the page to Alan.

Realzing that Sam is frustrated at being unable to help, Quorra tells him of a program called Zuse who could be of assistance. His mind made up, Sam takes off in Kevin's Lightcycle and keeps guards off his trail by handing the lightcycle away to another program as a distraction. Unfortunately, Clu traces the vehicle's point of origin and investigates Kevin's hideout only to find it empty.

As Sam explores the city he crosses paths with the Armoury Siren known as Gem, who offers to take him to where he needs to go. He accepts and they arrive at the End of Line Club. Gem calls on club owner Castor who reveals himself to be Zuse. However he betrays Sam to Clu and although Quorra and Kevin intervene, Quorra's arm is derezzed in the ensuing brawl, Kevin's disk is stolen as the trio escapes, and the club is ultimately bombed when Clu double-crosses Castor and Gem.

Kevin and Sam continue to argue over what to do next and decide to take a Solar Sailer to the portal. As Kevin reconstructs Quorra's arm he reveals she is in fact the last ISO. As Sam and Kevin bond with each other, Quorra reboots her system and finds out that Kevin saved her.

The trio eventually find the Rectifying Room and realize Clu is making an army by forcibly reprogramming programs to escape into the Real World to "perfect" it. As they try to find their way out, Kevin recognises Rinzler as his old friend Tron, who was not derezzed, but has lost his memories after being reprogrammed by Clu. Quorra then passes the men her disc and distracts Rinzler so that they can track down Clu. Meanwhile Clu has Kevin's disc in place and as he is revealing his grand plan to his army, he is presented with - and insulted by - Quorra. Upon recognizing her as an ISO, Clu dismisses her after mentioning he has something special in mind for her.

After the Flynns contemplate their next move, Kevin seeks transport for them to escape in while Sam makes his way up to Clu's lair and takes Kevin's disk. After a failed attempt to quiz Clu's henchman Jarvis on Quorra's whereabouts, Rinzler returns to the lair with Quorra and engages Sam once again, with Sam emerging victorious after knocking Rinzler off a ledge. Sam and Quorra use a digital wing-like parachute to make their escape and meet up with Kevin in the Light Jet hangar. Clu then finds the disk gone and derezzes Jarvis for letting them escape before he and his henchmen give chase in their own Light Jets.

Sam is sent to the turret of the jet and manages to blast everyone except Rinzler and Clu out of the sky. As he is ordered to fire at Sam, Rinzler begins to regain his memories of being Tron and turns against Clu with the battle cry "I Fight for the Users!" As the pair battle in mid-air, Clu wins and flies after the heroes once again while Tron is left sinking to the bottom of the Sea of Simulation, being restored to himself in the process and regaining his white circuit coloration.

As the trio head toward the portal, Kevin asks Quorra to do something for him. Upon reaching their destination they are confronted by Clu, who insits he was simply following the directive Kevin programmed into him: to make a perfect world. Kevin rebutts, stating that he made a mistake in doing this and apologizes to Clu for realizing too late that they couldn't perfect the Grid. However, Clu attacks him and the bridge to the portal breaks off, separating the group. Clu then tries to steal Kevin's disk but is surprised to find Quorra's disk, and chases after Sam and Quorra as they activate the portal. Just before Clu reaches them, Kevin absorbs his counterpart into himself, destroying them both and engulfing the Grid in a tremendous explosion.

Back in the real world at long last, Sam keeps the master key in the form of a microchip-shaped necklace and pages Alan, telling him he was right about everything and will take control of ENCOM with Alan as chairman. As he leaves the arcade, he finds Quorra outside and she asks what they will do now. Sam then takes her on a ride on his motorcycle, showing her the real world.

Memorable Quotes for TRON: Legacy

 [from trailer]
runaway: You won, OK? This is just a *game!*
Clu: Not any more.
[kills the runaway]
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Sam Flynn: Dad?
Kevin Flynn: Sam.
Sam Flynn: Long time.
Kevin Flynn: You have no idea.
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[from trailer]
Sam Flynn: Alan, you're acting like I'm going to find him sittin' at work, just, "Hey, kiddo, lost track of time."
Alan Bradley: Wouldn't that be something.
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[from trailer]
Alan Bradley: I promised you that if I ever got any information about your dad, I'd tell you first, right? I was paged last night; came from your dad's office at the arcade.
Sam Flynn: So?
Alan Bradley: "So?" That number has been disconnected for twenty years! Two nights before he disappeared, he came to my house. He said he was about to change everything - science, medicine, religion. He wouldn't have left that, Sam. He wouldn't have left you.
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[from trailer]
Alan Bradley: Sam, I was paged last night.
[holds up the pager for Sam to see]
Alan Bradley: The page came from your dad's office at the arcade. That number's been disconnected for twenty years!
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[from trailer]
Sam Flynn: Who are you?
[the stranger's helmet opens to reveal Clu's face]
Sam Flynn: Dad.
[Clu steps up to Sam]
Clu: I'm not your father, Sam. But, I'm very very happy to see you.
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[from trailer]
Sam Flynn: What am I supposed to do?
Siren Jem: Survive.
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[from trailer]
Quorra: Your father was the creator.
Sam Flynn: Where do I find him?
Quorra: Make it there alive. And he'll find you.
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[from trailer]
Clu: Your move, Flynn. Come on!
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[from trailer]
[Sam has just been brought into the Tron System]
Sam Flynn: This isn't happening!
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[from trailer]
[to the two DJs in the club]
Castor: Change the scheme! Alter the mood! Electrify the boys and girls if you'd be so kind.
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[from trailer]
[after suiting up in the Tron suit for the first time]
Sam Flynn: This can't be good.
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Clu: Out there is a new world! Out there is our victory! Out there is our destiny!
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[First lines]
Kevin Flynn: The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships, motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day...
7 Year Old Sam Flynn: You got in!
Kevin Flynn: Heh heh. That's right, man... I got in!
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Kevin Flynn: Your old man's about to knock on the sky and listen to the sound.
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Sam Flynn: [after the Sirens cut off his clothes] It has a zipper.
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Quorra: [Quorra is showing Sam the book collection] Just between you and me, Jules Verne is my favorite. Do you know Jules Verne?
Sam Flynn: Sure.
Quorra: What's he like?
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Sam Flynn: I've come to meet Zuse.
Castor: [smiling] You. Just. Did.
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Sam Flynn: [after Quorra runs off] What's she doing?
Kevin Flynn: Taking herself out of the equation.
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Kevin Flynn: [sees Sam rescue Quorra] Radical, man.
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Clu: End of Line, man.
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Kevin Flynn: [as he's being chased by Tron] Tron, what have you become?
Tron: Go Flynn. Run!
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Tron: I fight for the users!
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Siren #3: [regarding Sam while equipping him with his armor and identity disk] He's different.
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Rinzler: [see blood on Sam's suit] User!
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Sam Flynn: Now that is a BIG door.
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[last lines]
Quorra: What's next Sam?
Sam Flynn: Guess we're suppose to change the world.
Sam Flynn: Come on, I want to show you something.
[boards motorcycle]
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Kevin Flynn: Sam you
[pause]
Kevin Flynn: You're messing with my Zen thing, man!
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Kevin Flynn: Life has a way of moving you past wants and hopes.
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Kevin Flynn: Some things are worth the risk.
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Kevin Flynn: In there is a new world! In there is our future! In there is our destiny!
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Security Program: Identify yourself.
Kevin Flynn: I'm taking this vehicle.
Security Program: You're not authorized!
[Flynn hits the guard on his head]
Security Program: Right away sir. Watch your step please as you board the aircraft.
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Kevin Flynn: Bio-digital jazz man.
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Kevin Flynn: The only way to win the game is not to play.
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Clu: Flynn! Am I still to create the perfect system?
Kevin Flynn: ...Yeah?
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Kevin Flynn: I had a feeling you'd be here.
Clu: The cycles haven't been kind, have they?
Kevin Flynn: No, you don't look so bad.
Clu: I did everything... everything you ever asked!
Kevin Flynn: I know you did.
Clu: I executed the plan!
Kevin Flynn: As you saw it...
Clu: You- You promised that we would change the world, together. You broke your promise...
Kevin Flynn: I know. I understand that now.
Clu: I took this system to it's maximum potential. I created the perfect system!
Kevin Flynn: The thing about perfection is that it's unknowable. It's impossible, but it's also right in front of us all the time. You wouldn't know that because I didn't when I created you. I'm sorry, Clu. I'm sorry...
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Kevin Flynn: It's amazing how productive doing nothing can be.
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Sam Flynn: [the Sirens have formed a circle around Sam] Uh, can somebody tell me what the...
Sam Flynn: [two of the Sirens hold up their pointer fingers which light up and begin dragging their finger down Sam's sides which cut away Sam's clothes] ... Hey, Hey. It's got a zipper...
Sam Flynn: [a new uniform materializes over Sam] This can't be good.
Computer Voice: Attention, Program. You will receive, an identity disc. Everything you do, or learn, will be imprinted on this disc. If you, lose your disc, or fail, to follow commands, you will be subject to immediate de-resolution.
Siren Jem: [the identity disc is attached to Sam's back, Sam's eyes flash] Marrying complete, disc activated and syncronized, proceed to games.
Sam Flynn: Games?
[the Sirens back away and return to their compartments. Sam sees one of the Sirens hesitating before stepping into her chamber]
Sam Flynn: What am I supposed to do?
Siren Jem: Survive.
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Sam Flynn: [Alan has come to visit Sam in his storage container/apartment, which has "Dumont Shipping" on the outside and overlooks the harbor] Why are you here, Alan?
Alan Bradley: [holds up his pager] I was paged last night...
Sam Flynn: Oh, Man! Still rockin' the pager, Alan? Heh, He he! Good for you!
Alan Bradley: [looks down at the pager and smiles, then back to Sam] Yeah, your, dad once told me, I, I had to sleep with it, and I still do. The page came from your dad's office at the arcade.
Sam Flynn: [looking at a magazine, pauses] So.
[puts the magazine down]
Alan Bradley: So? That number's been disconnected for twenty years! Sam, two nights before he disappeared, he came to my house. "I've cracked it!" He kept saying. Now he was talking about genetic algorithims, quantum teleportation, he said he was about to change everything... uh, uh, Science, Medicine, Religion! He wouldn't have left that, Sam.
[sits down next to Sam and playfully punches him in the arm]
Alan Bradley: He wouldn't have left you.
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Quorra: [talking to Sam, in Flynn's guest room at his safehouse] There's someone I once knew. A program named Zuse, who fought alongside the ISOs. I, haven't seen him in a long time. But they say, he still runs the underground, manages the dissident factions, forges data, for the rogue programs. Moves them around the grid. They say he can get anyone, anywhere.
Sam Flynn: Where do I find him?
Quorra: [hands Sam a glowing data disc] This is his sector. Make it there alive, and he'll find you.
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Sam Flynn: Who are you?
[the helmet around the figure in front of Sam dematerializes to reveal Flynn's face as the age he was when he disappeared]
Sam Flynn: [gasps] Dad...
Clu: [grins evilly] Sam. Look at you, man. Look at the *size* of you. How did you get in here?
Sam Flynn: I got your message.
Clu: Oh. So, it's just you?
Sam Flynn: Yeah.
Clu: Just you...
[the stranger walks around Sam as if surveying him]
Clu: Isn't this something?
Sam Flynn: You look the same...
Clu: Oh, a lot's happened Sam, more than you can imagine.
[to the guard behind Sam]
Clu: Disc.
[Holds out his hand to the guard behind Sam, which hands over Sam's disc]
Clu: Let's have a look...
[the disc displays all of Sam's memories up to that moment]
Clu: Got it. Hm. I expected more...
[the stranger hands Sam's disc back to the guard and resumes his pacing]
Sam Flynn: So, you were trapped in here?
Clu: That's right.
Sam Flynn: And you're in charge?
Clu: Ah, right again. Two for two.
Sam Flynn: So, can we just go home now?
Clu: Not in the cards. Not for you...
Sam Flynn: [Confused] That's a hell of a way to treat your son.
Clu: Oh, *that*.
[He walks closer to Sam]
Clu: I'm not your father, Sam. But I'm very, very happy to see you...
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Castor: Greetings, Program! I'm Castor! Your host! Provider of any and all, entertainment, and diversions,
[bows]
Castor: at your service.
Sam Flynn: [nods] I'm looking for Zuse.
Castor: [smiles] Indeed.
[raises eyebrows]
Castor: Many are.
Sam Flynn: Where can I find him?
Castor: *This*, prettiness
[takes Sam by the arm]
Castor: is a conversation best had behind closed doors. Perhaps we should retire to my, private lounge.
[Sam and Castor step forward, glowing steps materialize in front of them which lead up]
Castor: Ah! Designed it myself, you know! It's true! I'm steppin' away for moment, boys!
[motions to the DJ's in the window above with a flourish of his cane]
Castor: Change the speed, alter the mood, Electrify the boys and girls! If you would be, so kind!
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Kevin Flynn: Quorra, I dreamed of Tron, first time in years.
Quorra: It's a sign.
Kevin Flynn: [laughs] A sign, my dear apprentice, of a weary soul. I'm afraid something's happened
Quorra: Something has happened. We have a guest.
Kevin Flynn: There are no guests, kiddo.
Kevin Flynn: [Quorra stands up and turns around in front of the man, who turns around and gets up. He stares in disbelief] Sam...
Sam Flynn: Long time...
Kevin Flynn: You have no idea.
[walks to Sam]
Kevin Flynn: You're, You're here?
Kevin Flynn: [walks across the room to stand in front of Sam, gasps and hugs him tightly] You're here!
Sam Flynn: [Sam does not reach up to return the embrace. Confused and in disbelief, instead, he stands, being held by his father] I'm here.
Kevin Flynn: [hugs Sam tighter, then slowly releases and steps back] You're big.
Sam Flynn: [looks up and down at his father, bewildered] You're...
Kevin Flynn: [nods, and finishes his son's statement] Old.
Kevin Flynn: [as Quorra watches the renuion in wonder] How did you get here?
Sam Flynn: Alan came over
Kevin Flynn: Bradley?
Sam Flynn: He got your page. I found your office under the arcade.
Kevin Flynn: [confused] Page? Oh the page. Of course.
Quorra: [walking up to them] Clu had him on the light cycle grid. I intervened
Kevin Flynn: oh. Dinner soon. We'll talk then.
[He heads to the balcony. Sam becomes emotional again]
Quorra: He never thought he'd see you again.
Sam Flynn: Yeah.
[Sam nods and looks in his father's direction]
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Quorra: [Sam has just been rescued by Quorra. She holds out her hand in a handshake while driving] I'm Quorra!
Sam Flynn: [looks back at the pursuing light cycles] They're turning around!
Quorra: Not by choice. Their vehicles aren't designed to go off grid. They'll not function on this terrain.
Sam Flynn: What about us?
Quorra: Ha Ha! Obviously not.
Sam Flynn: Where are you taking me?
Quorra: Patience, Sam Flynn. All of your questions will be answered soon.
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Sam Flynn: [notices his Disk Wars opponent] I have a three-inch version of you on my shelf!
Announcer: Combatants Three and Eleven - Disc Wars.
Disc Opponent #1: [ignites Identity Disk and throws it at Sam, narrowly missing]
Sam Flynn: You definitely didn't do that!
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Clu: Kevin Flynn! Where are you now?
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Richard Mackey: [Sam had just hacked the ENCOM data center, stole the OS-12 source and placed a video of his dog its place] Does anyone know where the master file is?
Alan Bradley: [smiling confidently and showing a tablet computer] I do. It's on the web.
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Alan Bradley: Excuse me
Richard Mackey: Yes... Alan
Alan Bradley: Given the prices we charge to students and schools, what sort of improvements have been made in Flynn... I mean, um, ENCOM OS-12?
Richard Mackey: This year we put a "12" on the box.
[Board laughs. Bradley looks at Mackey coldly]
Edward Dillinger: OS-12 is the most secure operating system ever released. The idea of sharing our software or giving it away for free disappeared with Kevin Flynn.
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Sam Flynn: You can't steal something that's designed to be given away free.
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Kevin Flynn: Wait, what's your plan?
Sam Flynn: I'm a user, I'll improvise.
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Jarvis: [to Clu after the introductions on the light cycle grid] Excellent words, sir. We're you pleased with my execution? The crowd seemed quite energized.
Clu: It wasn't meant for them.
[the baton case opens and Clu picks his baton out of it. Jarvis turns to Sam, holding out as if to avoid standing near him. Sam picks out the other baton]
Sam Flynn: What's this? What do you do with this?
[holding it like a sword]
Jarvis: I'll give you a hint, not that.
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