Kevin Flynn

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Kevin Flynn
Biographical information
Birth Date	N/A (possibly 1949)
Physical description
Gender	Male
Other information
Functions	Hacker/Programmer (former ENCOM programmer), Arcade Owner, Video game designer
Programs	Clu
Allies	Tron, Ram, Yori, Alan Bradley, Lora Baines, Dumont, Crom, Bit
Out of universe information
Actor	Jeff Bridges
Appearances	Tron, TR2N, mentioned in Tron 2.0

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Kevin Flynn is a computer programmer whom, while working at a company called, ENCOM, had his video games stolen by another ENCOM programmer named, Ed Dillinger and was exploited unfairly.

[edit] History

[edit] Background

Flynn's hometown is Paramus, New Jersey, where he was born in about 1949. As a young adult, he had a relationship with Lora Baines, but the two eventually broke it off. Kevin worked as an ENCOM programmer, but got fired after his video games were stolen by Ed Dillinger.

[edit] Tron

After being fired by Dillinger and unable to find incriminating evidence about the plagiarism personally, he eventually gets help from his former lover Lora & her current boyfriend Alan Bradley, who decide to help Flynn get direct access to computer systems that may hold the incriminating evidence.

The computer system that Kevin Flynn accesses, though, is guarded by the Master Control Program, which uses an experimental laser technology to transport Flynn into the computer world.

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.

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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.

Spoilers end here.

[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] TR2N

Flynn, 25 years after his original trip to the computer world.

Through the TR2N proof-of-concept trailer, it is confirmed that Kevin Flynn will return for the long-awaited sequel to Tron. In the trailer, he is shown having a beard, and wearing simple clothing while inside the computer world. When he first appears in the trailer, he seems to be meditating and around him are various objects found in the real world, such as candles and metal bowls.

[edit] Trivia

According to the 4th draft of the script for Tron, Flynn's hometown is Paramus, New Jersey.

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