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Revision as of 01:36, 7 February 2011
A gridbug rezzes in the Sea of Simulation.
A Gridbug is a creature in the Computer World that causes glitches. They can derezz programs and cause havoc through out an entire system. The size of a gridbug is not entirely known, but in TRON: The Ghost in the Machine (Issue 5), they were depicted as about the size of large insects. They usually appear in large numbers, as seen, for example, in the TRON arcade game. Their counterpart in the real world would probably be programming bugs that disrupt system activity. In Tron 2.0 Killer App it is shown that Grid Bugs spawn from hives.
In the movie, TRON, they have a very short appearance, as Tron, Yori and Flynn fly over a group of gridbugs in the Solar Sailer. Yori comments on them:
| “ | This isn't going to be easy. If those gridbugs get us, we've had it. | ” |
In User Error, gridbugs make an appearance as AI. They seem to have the same traits as Viruses, firing corrupted blobs at the player.
Although their biggest official appearance is probably the TRON Arcade Game, they have appeared in many things.
In TRON: Betrayal, Gridbugs frequently appear in swarms that disintegrate buildings. They are seen as glowing blue clouds (though one panel shows them as having a more bug-like look). They are first shown chasing Flynn and Tron, who fled on Lightcycles. Another swarm almost results in the derezzing of Ophelia, but Tron saves her. Clu blames the ISOs for the later swarms, saying they may attract or even create the gridbugs.
Behind-the-scenes
Their appearance in the original film is confusing because they're never seen or mentioned after this scene. Earlier drafts of the movie's script allude to a big scene with gridbugs, but the scene was not a part of the final script. However, this explains why they were in the TRON arcade game - when the game was in development the movie was still in development as well. The developers needed something to work from, so pulling from the script that they already had they created the Gridbug Swarm.
The fourth draft of the script has little mention of the gridbugs as well.
456 SOLAR SAILER DECK 456
We see Flynn looking back the way they came. Yori is at the controls,
with Tron beside her, his arm around her shoulders, looking at Flynn.
FLYNN
What about our friend - Sark?
TRON
Probably decided not to pursue us,
The Sea of Simulation is tricky..
lot of illusions...rough navigating.
Programs have a way of just...
disappearing here.
FLYNN
Not us, I hope.
TRON
(shakes his head,
indicates disk)
Not with this disk. I'm going to
check on the beam connection, Yori.
You two can keep a watch out for
grid bugs.
They were designed by the same person who designed the recognizer, John Norton.
Other Appearances
A grid bug hive and grid bug in Tron 2.0 Killer App
Tron 2.0: Killer App (GBA) features Gridbugs as enemies, and shows that they spawn from hives. Unless the hives are destroyed, a new Grid Bug will spawn for each one destroyed. As well, there is a Cheat option in the game that allows one to play as a Grid Bug in the main storyline. This game also shows that Grid Bugs can turn their head and blink.
In the rogue-like computer game, Nethack, Grid bugs are one of the many enemies, and often one of the first encountered. The in-game description of them is followed by a quote from the novelization of the film. In the tty mode of the game, where everything is ASCII, grid bugs are represented by a small purple lowercase x. In the visual version of the game, it appears that the sprite is the same sprite as the arcade game.
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