Kevin Flynn
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| Kevin Flynn | |
| Biographical information | |
| Birth Date | N/A (possibly 1949) |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Functions | Hacker/Programmer (former ENCOM programmer), Arcade Owner, Video game designer |
| Programs | Clu |
| Allies | Tron, Ram, Yori, Alan Bradley, Lora Baines, Dumont, Crom, Bit |
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| Actor | Jeff Bridges |
| Appearances | Tron, TR2N, mentioned in Tron 2.0 |
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Kevin Flynn was a computer programmer who in 1982, created some of the most best-selling video games by the company ENCOM, including Space Paranoids, Matrix Blaster, Vice Squad and Lightcycles. During the development of his games, the code for the games he had written were stolen by another ENCOM programmer named, Ed Dillinger and was fired. In order, to get the evidence needed to prove that he created the games, he hacks into the ENCOM mainframe with help from Tron programmer Alan Bradley and Flynn's ex-girlfriend Lora Baines. While hacking into the system, Dillinger's administrative program, Master Control Program discovered his presence and digitized him into the computer via a digitizing laser gun located behind the terminal he was using. Flynn became the first human to set foot inside cyberspace and met programs, Tron, Ram, Yori as well as Sark and the MCP itself. Through the help of Tron and Ram, Flynn destroyed the MCP and got his evidence back. In 1983, Dillinger was fired from his position as Executive VP and Flynn was rehired.
During his time as the VP of Creative Development, he created Tron, an arcade game based on his experience inside the computer with Tron. Encom experiences enormous success as the largest video game company in the world. Meanwhile, Flynn was married and has a son named, Sam. However in 1985, Flynn's wife passed away and left Encom to create "a digital frontier that will reshape the human condition."'
In 1989, Flynn disappeared mysteriously and left behind Sam. It wasn't until twenty years later that Sam got a tip that led him to his father.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Background
Flynn's hometown is Paramus, New Jersey, where he was born around in the early 1950s. In 1980, Flynn got his doctorate from CalTech and joined Encom. He eventually became a lead software engineer created the games he is most famous for: Space Paranoids, Matrix Blaster, Vice Squad and Lightcycles. In 1981, he bought Flynn's Arcade and filled it with bunches of arcade classics, including his own games. However, a competing Encom programmer Ed Dillinger used the secret functions he embedded into the Encom mainframe administrative program, Master Control Program and stole Flynn's code for his video games and claimed the games as his own creations. Dillinger get promoted while Flynn is fired from Encom.
[edit] Tron
After being fired by Dillinger, Flynn tries to hack into the Encom mainframe via his terminal at his arcade. He used his best program, Clu to obtain the evidence but was caught by the MCP. Due to Flynn's actions, Dillinger, who's worried that Flynn will find the stolen evidence, decides to enforce additional security by shutting down all access from the mainframe; including access for the Encom programmers working on their programs. Among those affected is Alan Bradley who can't work on his security program, Tron.
Unable to find incriminating evidence about the plagiarism personally, he gets help from his former lover Lora & her boyfriend Alan Bradley, who decide to help Flynn get direct access to computer systems that may hold the incriminating evidence. Their plan was to have Flynn forge a Group 6 access so that Alan can gain access to Tron again. Then Alan would command Tron to shut down the MCP, which would gain access to Flynn's stolen file.
Lora takes Flynn to her terminal, which was located in the Laser Bay laboratory of the Encom building. Lora was working on an experimental laser technology that transported matter via a laser. Kevin Flynn accesses the terminal and almost immediately, the MCP notices his actions and prepares to fire the laser at Flynn to stop him from getting his file. Flynn is hit by the laser and is taken into cyberspace.
Shortly after Flynn was digitized, he met Ram, a program who explained to him that he was "a guest of the Master Control Program", and that they were forced to play video games. Flynn responded by boasting that he "plays video games better than anybody". Flynn didn't realize that the games he was going to play were life or death "gladiator" games and soon realized that all of these captive programs were fighting for their lives. Shortly after Flynn's first game (a ring game with an ally conscript, Crom) Flynn, Ram and Tron were sent to the Game Grid to play a lightcycle game. Flynn, having written the lightcycle game program, knew the opponents routes and weaknesses and escaped through a crack in the Game Grid wall that one of Sark's gladiators crashed into.
Through his adventures in the computer world, Flynn is able to access the incriminating evidence he needs to prove that Dillinger stole his video games. Flynn takes over Dillinger's former job.
[edit] 1990s
At around 1990 or 1991, Flynn became depressed and distant, despite his job and his friends. It seemed he "needed" to go back to the computer world. Eventually, he resigned his job at ENCOM and disappeared.
[edit] Tron: Legacy
[edit] Trivia
- According to the 4th draft of the script for Tron, Flynn's hometown is Paramus, New Jersey.
- A popular theory why Kevin Flynn jump into the MCP was to commit suicide to get out of the computer realm since there is no way of getting out of this hopeless situation unless by dying
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 Flynn driving a yellow Lightcycle |
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 The Avatar Flynn From Ze Ball Breaker |
