Connecting Names

Since we all know that most people and things in the Matrix have names that have mythological or technological connections, I thought it would be fun to have a thread where we find these connections and post em here.

For example, I'll use Morpheus and the Nebuchadnezzar.

Character: Morpheus
Connection: Morpheus was the name Greek God of dreams.
Why?: The theme of dreaming was used throughout the first film.

Ship: Nebuchadnezzar
Connection: King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon from the Bible.
Why?: The theme of dreaming was used throughout the first film, and King Nebuchadnezzar had bizarre dreams of the fall of his kingdom. King Neb was quoted by Morpheus in Reloaded: "I once had a dream, and now that dream is gone from me."

Give it a go, see what you can find!

Oops! I think this is what the Matrix Encyclopedia is... 😮

Nevermind, no it isn't...

right! yup we'll post stuff but erm It'll take a while before someone posts something sensible

Fairly blatant and slightly off topic.

Neo's "friend" in M1 is named Choix.
Choix = 'choice' in French. Whole fuzzing theme of the Matrix much? 🙂
And we all thought he was so insignifcant... well, I didn't. I thought we was cool.

AI.

The Merovingin is named after a line of French kings (hence his fondness of the rench language). I don't know all the details, but they were greed like the Merv and were somehow connected to Jesus.

Ikobe> you were almost right, but his name doesn't end with 'x'...it's just Choi...

and this has been done exhaustively before...

Well I haven't been here exhaustively before, Jedi, sorry... 😮

Captain Roland of the Mjolnir was named after Roland, a French hero celebrated in medieval chansons de geste as the nephew of Charlemagne and defender of Christianity who was killed in battle against the Saracens at Roncesvalles in A.D. 778.

i know, i'm sorry, just get tired of rewriting the same thing over and over again...and i totally forgot about Roland...thanks

😂 Quite alright, and you're welcome. 🙂

Also, we all know Mouse is named after a rodent right? Well, another meaning for mouse is a timid, cowardly person. Mouse chose the biggest guns they had and was kind of a nerd, so what do you think?

the best one is the one of Anderson itself,

Anderson has two German words in it: "anders", which is different in english and "ändern" which means change.

but what's even more amazing is this:

Ander = Man in greek
Son = well... son

Anderson = "Son of man" = Jesus

Neo Anderson would mean "New son of man".

I'm sure you'd heard that one before but it's still cool 😉

Is there any sig with Soren, Logos, Niobe or the Machine City's name "01"?

I think I figured out where Soren came from. I don't know if this is the one though. Click the link (duh)
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kierkegaard/

Here's another one in general
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/9175/neo/matrixnames.html

APOC - in the original script for Matrix, Neo recognizes him as the hacker who wrote the "Four Horsemen" virus. I can only assume then, that APOC is short for APOCALYPSE

An oldie but one that still gets me to this day - mainly due to the fact that it is in the 1st movie:

The name of the room where Neo meets Morpheus for the first time, is called "The Lafayette Room". The name of the scene was dubbed "The lafayette pill scene by the Directors and this is how they described the ending of the Matrix Storyline (Not Revolutions, but the Matrix world):

With silver shells and lafayette pills along an assembly row.

Want to know the significance?

General Marquis de Lafayette was one of the leaders of the American 'Revolution' in 1775. He was appointed a Major General on August 1st, 1777. His famous saying was "Why not?"

Fill in the blanks and see why it is relevant 🙂

Agent Smith - Agent Smith’s license plate in Reloaded: “IS 5416.” This corresponds to this Bible verse: “Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.”

sifer>With silver shells and lafayette pills along an assembly row.

explain this more please

Originally posted by black 4ngel
the best one is the one of Anderson itself,

Anderson has two German words in it: "anders", which is different in english and "ändern" which means change.

but what's even more amazing is this:

Ander = Man in greek
Son = well... son

Anderson = "Son of man" = Jesus

Neo Anderson would mean "New son of man".

I'm sure you'd heard that one before but it's still cool 😉

thomas - doubting thomas
he doesnt believe the world around him in M1

Cain and Abel - Abel dies, Cain survives. Biblical Cain kills Abel. Biblical Cain had a mark put on his hand. Lycanthropes (Dobermen) have the pentagram on their hand.

what does NEO mean?