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Trinity

CHARACTER · THE MATRIX

Trinity

Appears in
The Matrix (1999)
Played by
Carrie-Anne Moss

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Trinity is a character in the film The Matrix (1999), played by Carrie-Anne Moss.

11 Interesting Facts About Trinity

Interesting Facts (7)

  1. #001

    Costume designer Kym Barrett has said Trinity's outfit was made from cheap PVC because the budget was far tighter. Neo's coat was likewise no costly fabric: a wool blend bought at $3 a yard.

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  2. #002

    An ad for Tastee Wheat appears in the scene where Morpheus, Trinity and Seraph chase the Trainman. Tastee Wheat had come up in The Matrix (1999), when Mouse tried to describe what food was like in the real world.

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  3. #003

    As Morpheus, Trinity and Seraph take the elevator to the Merovingian's club, Morpheus presses the red "HELP" button to go down. The "P" has been scratched off, so the button reads "HEL."

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  4. #004

    Trinity breaks into the power station computers with a genuine hack. Using Nmap version 2.54BETA25, a real port-scanning tool used by network administrators and hackers alike, she locates a vulnerable SSH server and exploits it with the SSH1 CRC32 exploit from 2001.

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  5. #005

    Around the 29:30 mark, Tiffany (Trinity) says she loves motorcycles and builds them with her friend Kush. Off screen, Keanu Reeves is a devoted motorcycle enthusiast who co-founded Arch Motorcycle Company with his friend Gard Hollinger, where the two of them build bikes. She also says she likes Trinity's Ducati. The following scene shows a brief wheelie in silhouette on Keanu's Arch motorcycle.

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  6. #006
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    Sets from Dark City (1998), among them rooftops, buildings and other exteriors, were reused here. The rooftops Trinity runs across at the start of the film are the same ones John Murdoch runs across in Dark City. Both films concern humanity held inside a carefully built illusion by outsiders, which led to claims that The Matrix had copied Dark City; in fact, The Matrix was written long before Dark City came out.

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  7. #007
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    After The Oracle tells Neo he is not the One, she says: "You got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something. Your next life, maybe". The line proves true by the film's end: after Smith kills Neo, Trinity brings him back, finally making him the One.

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Easter Eggs & References (2)

  1. #008

    Neo's first scene chatting with his friends (the ones who take him to the nightclub where he meets Trinity) is full of foreshadowing. One friend calls him "my savior, my own personal Jesus Christ", then, after hearing the strange story about his computer, jokes "you need to unplug, man".

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  2. #009
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    The hotel and room number Neo is sent to after the subway fight are the same ones where Trinity waits for the police at the start of the film.

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Deeper Meaning (1)

  1. #010
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    When Neo first gets into the car with Trinity, Switch calls him "Coppertop." The word is her slang for Duracell batteries, the same brand Morpheus shows Neo while explaining how humanity became an energy source.

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  1. #011

    Carrie-Anne Moss did her own shots as Trinity at the start of the film, as well as all of the wire stunts throughout.

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