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Ship captain: That [i.e. 250,000 Sentinels approaching Zion] can't be - Morpheus: Why not? A Sentinel for every man, woman and child in Zion. That sounds exactly like the thinking of a machine to me. Morpheus: Link. Given your experience, I can't say I fully understand your reasons for serving aboard my ship. However, if you wish to continue to do so, I must ask you to do one thing. Link: What's that, sir? Morpheus: To trust me. Commander Lock: Dammit, Morpheus, not everyone believes what you believe!

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[Speaking before all Zionites gathered in a cavern] Zion, hear me! It is true what many of you have heard: the machines have raised an army and, as I speak, that army is drawing nearer to our home. [Congregants murmur, frightened and disturbed] Believe me when I say we have a difficult time ahead of us. But if we are to understand it, we must first shed our fear of it. I stand here now before you, truthfully, unafraid. Why? Because I believe something you do not? No! I stand here without fear because I remember. I remember that I stand here not because of the path that lies before me, but because of the path that lies behind me. I remember that for one hundred years, we have fought these Machines. I remember that for one hundred years, they have sent their armies to destroy us. And after a century of war, I remember that which matters most: WE ARE STILL HERE! [thunderous cheers] Tonight, let us make them remember! Tonight, let us shake these caves of earth, fire, steel and stone! Tonig

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Morpheus: What can you see, Neo? Neo: It’s strange; the code is somehow different. Morpheus: Encrypted? Neo: Maybe. Trinity: Is that good for us or bad for us? Neo: Well, it looks like every floor is wired with explosives. Trinity: Bad for us. Morpheus: Here we go. Maitre d’: Puis-je vous aider? :[Translation: Can I help you?] Morpheus: Yes, we are here to speak with the Merovingian. Maitre d’: Of course, he has been expecting you. Follow me.

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Merovingian: Aha, here he is at last. Neo, the One himself, right? And the legendary Morpheus. And Trinity, of course, si belle qu’elle me fait souffrir [Translation: so beautiful that it makes me suffer]. I have heard so much; you honor me. Please, sit, join us. This is my wife, Persephone. Something to eat? Drink? Hmm… of course, such things are contrivances like so much here. For the sake of appearances. Neo: No, thank you. Merovingian: Yes, of course, who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time? Château Haut-Brion 1959, magnificent wine, I love French wine, like I love the French language. I have sampled every language; French is my favorite – fantastic language, especially to curse with. Nom de Dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperies de connards d’enculés de ta mère. [Translation: Holy name of/God/dammit/sake pussy whore bitch asshole ass-fucked faggot] You see, it’s like wiping your ass with silk, I love it. Morpheus: You kn

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Persephone: If you want the Keymaker, follow me. [to man in washroom] Get out! I’m so sick of his bullshit. On and on, pompous prick. A long time ago, when we first came here, it was so different. He was so different. He was like you. I’ll give you what you want. But you have to give me something. Neo: What? Persephone: A kiss. Trinity: Excuse me? Persephone: I want you to kiss me as if you were kissing her. Neo: Why? Persephone: You love her. She loves you. It’s all over you both. A long time ago, I knew what that felt like. I want to remember it. I want to sample it. That’s all, just a sample. Trinity: Why don’t you sample this instead? [She holds up her gun to Persephone's head] Morpheus: Trinity. Persephone: Such emotion over something so small. It’s just a kiss. Neo: Why should we trust you? Persephone: If I don’t deliver you to the Keymaker, she can kill me. Neo: All right. Persephone: But you have to make me believe I am her. Neo: All right. Persephone: [Neo kisses her; she is n

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Link: [Detecting change on screen] Not again! Persephone: [she leads the three into a library with two goons watching The Brides of Dracula who immediately stand up startled] It’s all right, boys, they’re with me. These fellas work for my husband; they do his dirty work. They’re very good, very loyal. Aren’t you, boys? Cain and Abel: Yes, Mistress. Persephone: They come from a much older version of the Matrix, but like so many back then, they caused more problems than they solved. My husband saved them because they’re notoriously difficult to terminate. How many people keep silver bullets in their gun? [She holds up the gun and shoots one goon in the head and his body falls back onto a couch] You can either run to the restaurant and tell my husband what I have done, or you can stay there and die. [Other goon runs off] He’s in the ladies’ room... [To Nebuchadnezzar crew] Hurry. [She opens a revolving bookcase door and she leads them into a dungeon, opening a door to The Keymaker's workr

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Merovingian: Oh God, my God, Persephone, how could you do this?! You betrayed me! [Angrly speaks French] Persephone: Cause and effect, my love. Merovingian: Cause? There is no cause for this; what cause? Persephone: What cause? How about the lipstick you’re still wearing? Merovingian: Lipstick? Lipstick? What craziness you are talking about woman? [wipes his lips to examine] There is no lipstick. Persephone: [looks to Merovingian's pants before looking back] She wasn’t kissing your face, my love. Merovingian: Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai, woman, this is nothing, c’est rien [Translation: it's nothing], c’est rien du tout [Translation: it's nothing at all]. It’s a game; it is only a game. Persephone: So is this. Have fun. Merovingian: All right. All right. Let us find out where this goes. You two, get the Keymaker. [The twins phantasmographosize and sink completely into the floor] Trinity: That’s a nice trick. Keymaker: I cannot go back. [He runs out of the room with Trinity and Morpheus following]

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Trinity: Where are you going? Keymaker: Another way, always another way. Close it, quick. [A twin rushes to the door and thwarts the door shutting with an arm with Trinity pumping several rounds into the arm] Twin 1: Could we move along? [Twin 2 phantasmographosizes through the door with Trinity emptying an entire gun clip fruitlessly] Keymaker: Run! [He runs off to a vehicle to hotwire it for escape] Twin 2: [Twin 2 gets Trinity into a bind holding a blade to her neck] Step away from the door. [Morpheus relaxes grip on door and steps off] We owe you for that. Twin 1: [phantasmographosizes and back to default with bullet wounds and damaged clothing disappeared] Just like new. Twin 2: Drop your weapon. [The Keymaker gets their attention and Trinity runs to the vehicle and Morpheus fights both the twins simultaneously] Morpheus: Stay with him. Trinity: What about Neo? Morpheus: He can handle himself. Trinity: [to the Keymaker] Get in the back.

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Neo: Oh shit. Link: Operator. Neo: Link, where am I? Link: You’re not gonna believe this, but you’re all the way up in the mountains. Neo: [incredulously] Really. Link: Yeah, it’s gonna take me a while to get up an exit. [senses danger on his monitors] Oh shit. Neo: What? Link: Those Twin things are after Morpheus and Trinity, and I don’t have a way to get 'em out. Neo: Where are they? Link: Middle of the city, 500 miles due south. [Neo flies off]

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Oracle: You have the sight now, Neo. You are looking at the world without time. Neo: Then why can't I see what happens to her? Oracle: We can never see past the choices we don't understand. Neo: Are you saying I have to choose whether Trinity lives or dies? Oracle: No! You've already made the choice. Now you have to understand it.

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Trinity: Be careful. Neo: Hello. Seraph: You seek the Oracle. Neo: Who are you? Seraph: I am Seraph. I can take you to her. But first, I must apologize. Neo: Apologize for what? Seraph: For this. [He and Neo have a huge martial arts fight] Good. The Oracle has many enemies. I had to be sure. Neo: Of what? Seraph: That you are The One. Neo: You could’ve just asked. Seraph: No. You do not truly know someone until you fight them. Come, she’s waiting. Link: Where the hell’d they go? Neo: [Walking in a hallway with several doors on both sides] These are back doors, aren’t they? Programmer access. Neo: How do they work? Seraph: The code is hidden in tumblers. One position opens a lock. Another position opens one of these doors. Neo: Are you a programmer? Seraph: [shakes head] Neo: Then what are you? Seraph: I protect that which matters most. [He brings Neo to the Oracle who is sitting on a bench in a courtyard]

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The Oracle: Well, come on. I ain’t gonna bite ya. Come around here, and let me have a look at ya. My goodness, look at you! You turned out all right, didn’t you? How do you feel? Neo: I, uh... The Oracle: I know you’re not sleeping. We’ll get to that. Why don’t you come and have a sit this time? Neo: Maybe I’ll stand. The Oracle: Well, suit yourself. Neo: [sits down] I felt like sitting. The Oracle: I know. So. Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way. Neo: You’re not human, are you? The Oracle: Well, it’s tough to get any more obvious than that. Neo: If I had to guess, I’d say you’re a program from the machine world. So is he. [referring to Seraph] The Oracle: So far, so good. Neo: But if that’s true, that can mean you are a part of this system, another kind of control. The Oracle: Keep going. Neo: I suppose the most obvious question is, how can I trust you? The Oracle: Bingo! It is a pickle, no doubt about it. The bad news is there’s no way if you can really know whether I’m here t

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Smith: Mr. Anderson! Did you get my package? Neo: Yeah. Smith: Well, good. Morpheus: Smith. Link: Whoever it is, he’s not reading like an agent. Smith: Surprised to see me? Neo: No. Smith: Then you’re aware of it. Neo: Of what? Smith: Our connection. I don’t fully understand how it happened. Perhaps some part of you imprinted onto me, something overwritten or copied. That is, at this point, irrelevant; what matters is that whatever happened, happened for a reason. Neo: And what reason is that? Smith: I killed you, Mr. Anderson, I watched you die… With a certain satisfaction, I might add, and then something happened. Something that I knew was impossible, but it happened anyway. You destroyed me, Mr. Anderson. Afterward, I knew the rules, I understood what I was supposed to do but I didn’t. I couldn’t. I was compelled to stay, compelled to disobey. And now here I stand because of you, Mr. Anderson, because of you I’m no longer an agent of the system, because of you I’ve changed – I’m unp

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Agent Jackson: You. Smith: Yes me. Me, me, me. Agent Jackson/Smith: Me too.

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Trinity: You always told me to stay off the freeway. Morpheus: Yes, that’s true. Trinity: You said it was suicide. Morpheus: Then let us hope... [loads up gun] that I was wrong.

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Twin 1: We are getting aggravated. Twin 2: Yes, we are.

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Keymaker: There’s a building. Inside this building there’s a level where no elevator can go, and no stair can reach. This level is filled with doors. These doors lead to many places, hidden places, but one door is special. One door leads to the Source. This building is protected by a very secure system. Every alarm triggers the bomb. Vector: Bomb? Did he say bomb? Keymaker: But like all systems, it has a weakness. The system is based on the rules of a building. One system built on another. Morpheus: Electricity. Keymaker: If one fails, so must the other. Niobe: No electricity, no alarms. Ghost: But you’d have to take out a whole city block to kill the power to a building like that. Keymaker: Not one, 27. Vector: 27 blocks? Keymaker: There is a power station. It must be destroyed. Niobe: There must be some kind of failsafe. Keymaker: Yes, there is an emergency system. The core network of the grid must be accessed. The emergency system must be deactivated. Soren: Then what do you need us

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Computer Room Technician: Christ, what happened in here? Computer Room Guard: Hold it right there, little lady. Smith: If you can’t beat us, join us. Neo: Morpheus! Link: Still no sight of them. I don’t know what they’re doing, but they only got 2 minutes left. One minute! Trinity: Come on. Come on. Please. Smiths: Kill them. Link: They’re in. I don’t believe it. Keymaker: It was meant to be. Morpheus. That door will take you home. [to Neo] You’ll know which door. Hurry, Neo. Link: Trinity, I got some serious activity headed your way. [To Morpheus] We got a serious situation, sir. Morpheus: Oh, no.

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The Architect: Hello, Neo. Neo: Who are you? The Architect: I am the Architect. I created the Matrix. I have been waiting for you. You have many questions, and though the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize, it is also the most irrelevant. Neo: Why am I here? The Architect: Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the Matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which, despite my sincerest efforts, I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control, which has led you, inexorably, here. Neo: You haven't answered my question. The Architect: Quite right. ...Interesting, that was quicker tha

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The Architect: The first Matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect; it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equalled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being. Thus I redesigned it, based on your history, to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection. Thus the answer was stumbled upon by another: an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the Matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother. Neo: The Oracle. The Architect: Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99% of all test subjects accepted the program as long as they were given a choice, even if th

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Roland: Lock was right. He guessed that the machines would cut off the mainlines in and out of Zion. He thought a counterattack might surprise them. It sounded good. We figured we had a shot, until someone screwed it up. Colt: An EMP was triggered before we could get in position. Mauser: Five ships were instantly downed. Colt: When the machines broke through, it wasn’t a battle. It was a slaughter. Link: Was it an accident? Some sort of malfunction? AK: No one knows. Roland: Someone does. Morpheus: Who? Roland: Once the machines were done with us, they started digging again. We made a quick pass to look for survivors. Link: You found one? Roland: Only one.