- For the newer updated recognizer seen in Tron Legacy and Tron Evolution go to: Recognizer (Tron Legacy)
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| Recognizer | |
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| Vehicle Type | Hovering vehicle |
| Users | Flynn, Jet Bradley |
| Behind the scenes | |
A Recognizer (also known as a Reco by both programs and Users; Ram also called them Demons) is a hovering vehicle originally created by Kevin Flynn in 1981 for his video game Space Paranoids. However, when Ed Dillinger stole Flynn's games, the vehicles became part of the game grid and were used by the MCP's army to capture conscripts and programs. It is extremely big and made an unique ominous sound when hovering, similar to a helicopter. It captured programs by rotating its "legs" to make a single limb and literally "stomp" on the program, however this doesn't harm the program but just simply captures it. What happens exactly right after a program gets "stomped" on by a recognizer is currently unknown.
During his escape from the Game Grid, Flynn came across a destroyed recognizer and was, through his status as a user, able to bring it back to life. With his User powers, Flynn reactivated the recognizer and it automatically reassembled. The controls are, as Flynn pointed out to Ram, similar to arcade controllers. Flynn was able to clumsily pilot the recognizer to the main city of Tron, where he crashed it.
In Tron 2.0: Killer App (GBA), recognizers are fitted with a cannon, similar to the cannon of a tank. The position of the cannon on the recognizers body is on its shoulder. In Tron, Flynn stumbles upon what he thought was rubble, but turned out to be a recognizer cockpit. The recognizer can be flown by just 1 operator, although most carry 2, a driver and radar/radio operator. The total capacity is 1 driver, 1 radar operator, 1 radio operator, and a commander.
An updated version of a recognizer makes a brief appearance in the first theatrical trailer for Tron: Legacy. It can also be seen in the teaser trailer for Tron Evolution.
Recognizers can also be called on by Programs in Disk Arena who find a Recognizer power-up in Tron Evolution: Battle Grids. The Recognizer will then blast the enemy program from above, in time with the game disc which strikes that program.
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Trivia
Maximillian from the Black Hole
- The Recognizer has a slight resemblance to Maximilian the Robot from the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole. Its resemblance is probably a complete coincidence.
- The memorable sound of the Recognizers was created by sound designer Frank Serafine by simply modifying the "Helicopter" preset on the Prophet-5 synthesizer. The recognizer sound can be recreated on any synthesizer by adding a very fast LFO sine wave, to give it that helicopter sound.
- The recognizers were designed by Lisberger Studios animator and character designer John Norton. The recognizers are one of the few designs that stayed exactly the same from when Tron was planned to be an animated cartoon film. The simple shapes that made up the recognizer made it easy for MAGI to model the vehicles.