Post by DSkillz on Feb 9, 2014 22:21:27 GMT
Agents (The Matrix)
Agents are a group of characters in The Matrix franchise. They are sentient computer programs, displaying high-level Artificial Intelligence, and are representatives, or "Agents", within the Matrix fictional universe. They are guardians within the computer-generated world of the Matrix. Something akin to the anti-virus of the Matrix, guarding it from anyone or anything (most often Redpills) that could reveal it as a false reality or threaten it in any other way. Agents also hunt down and terminate any rogue programs, such as The Keymaker, which no longer serve a purpose to the overall Machine collective. They appear physically human, but have a tendency to speak and act in highly precise and mechanical ways.
Agents wear dark green business suits lined with a gold fabric, white dress shirts, black dress shoes, a silver bar tie clip to complement the tie, square sunglasses, and a communication earpiece. However, in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, Agent Smith wears a black suit instead of a dark green one, angled sunglasses, instead of square sunglasses, and no earpiece unlike the other Agents, but he did have the same appearance and attire from the first film. These features are copied from the attire for plainclothes agents of the United States Secret Service, as well as those of the Men in Black conspiracy or the stereotypical G-Man/FBI official. All Agents are Caucasian males (with a minor exception of African-American Agent Perry and female Agent Pace from The Matrix Online game), which also provides a dynamic compared to the majority population of Zion, containing many diverse cultures and walks of life. With the exception of Agent Pace, Agents also tend to have common Anglo-Saxon names such as Smith, Jones, Brown, etc. They have sideburns, and their hair is either slicked back or side-parted. Matrix Agents carry Desert Eagle handguns in shoulder holsters that are concealed beneath their suits. In addition to proficiency in the use of firearms, all Agents are masters of the martial arts and hand-to-hand combat.
Agents are programmed to be extremely agile, allowing them to perform superhuman feats such as leaping great distances, while possessing exceptional reflexes; on one occasion Smith managed to directly counter a punch from Morpheus with a punch of his own to Morpheus's still-moving fist. They can briefly move at speeds fast enough to evade gunfire, at least in most circumstances; contact shots are effective, as are weapons with an extremely high rate of fire, such as that from a “Minigun” as seen in the first Matrix film. They seem to be impervious to pain, or to have an extremely high tolerance for it; when Neo shoots one Agent with a minigun, he shows no visible reaction to several bullets piercing his arm. They can only be "killed" by wounds that would be instantly lethal to a human; trauma to the head, heart, upper spine, and so on. Although very resistant, Agents can bleed (Morpheus cuts an Agent on The Matrix Reloaded in the cheek with a sword).
However, this "death" is only a minor obstacle. When an agent is killed, it can simply transfer itself to another body, as agents have the ability to take over Bluepills - humans directly connected to the Matrix. Apparently, Agents have no "original" bodies, but even at their creation are over-written on the virtual signal of a human plugged into the Matrix. Hence, killing their current human "shell" will only delay an Agent long enough for it to transfer into another nearby Bluepill human. Actually destroying a specific Agent program is virtually impossible. They can only possess Bluepills, however, and thus Zion rebels are unaffected (only Smith, as a virus, had the ability to take over redpills by copying himself over them). For this reason, areas with a high population density (crowded apartment buildings, market places, freeways) are usually avoided by the Zion rebels.
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MetaCortex Database
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Warner Bros.
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Agents wear dark green business suits lined with a gold fabric, white dress shirts, black dress shoes, a silver bar tie clip to complement the tie, square sunglasses, and a communication earpiece. However, in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, Agent Smith wears a black suit instead of a dark green one, angled sunglasses, instead of square sunglasses, and no earpiece unlike the other Agents, but he did have the same appearance and attire from the first film. These features are copied from the attire for plainclothes agents of the United States Secret Service, as well as those of the Men in Black conspiracy or the stereotypical G-Man/FBI official. All Agents are Caucasian males (with a minor exception of African-American Agent Perry and female Agent Pace from The Matrix Online game), which also provides a dynamic compared to the majority population of Zion, containing many diverse cultures and walks of life. With the exception of Agent Pace, Agents also tend to have common Anglo-Saxon names such as Smith, Jones, Brown, etc. They have sideburns, and their hair is either slicked back or side-parted. Matrix Agents carry Desert Eagle handguns in shoulder holsters that are concealed beneath their suits. In addition to proficiency in the use of firearms, all Agents are masters of the martial arts and hand-to-hand combat.
Agents are programmed to be extremely agile, allowing them to perform superhuman feats such as leaping great distances, while possessing exceptional reflexes; on one occasion Smith managed to directly counter a punch from Morpheus with a punch of his own to Morpheus's still-moving fist. They can briefly move at speeds fast enough to evade gunfire, at least in most circumstances; contact shots are effective, as are weapons with an extremely high rate of fire, such as that from a “Minigun” as seen in the first Matrix film. They seem to be impervious to pain, or to have an extremely high tolerance for it; when Neo shoots one Agent with a minigun, he shows no visible reaction to several bullets piercing his arm. They can only be "killed" by wounds that would be instantly lethal to a human; trauma to the head, heart, upper spine, and so on. Although very resistant, Agents can bleed (Morpheus cuts an Agent on The Matrix Reloaded in the cheek with a sword).
However, this "death" is only a minor obstacle. When an agent is killed, it can simply transfer itself to another body, as agents have the ability to take over Bluepills - humans directly connected to the Matrix. Apparently, Agents have no "original" bodies, but even at their creation are over-written on the virtual signal of a human plugged into the Matrix. Hence, killing their current human "shell" will only delay an Agent long enough for it to transfer into another nearby Bluepill human. Actually destroying a specific Agent program is virtually impossible. They can only possess Bluepills, however, and thus Zion rebels are unaffected (only Smith, as a virus, had the ability to take over redpills by copying himself over them). For this reason, areas with a high population density (crowded apartment buildings, market places, freeways) are usually avoided by the Zion rebels.
Links:
Wikipedia
MetaCortex Database
Copyright Owner/Official Site
Warner Bros.
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L: