Rinzler

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Rinzler
Biographical information
Physical description
Circuitry Color	Orange
Gender	Male
Other information
Allies	Clu 2 Jarvis
Out of universe information
Actor	Anis Cheurfa
Appearances	Tron Legacy

Rinzler is Clu 2's right hand man and enforcer. He is an exceptionally skilled warrior and the elite combatant in all games in the Grid. He has the ability to use two Light Discs in battle.

In Legacy

Rinzler first appears as the final opponent of the Disc Wars, where he identifies Sam Flynn as a User after seeing Sam bleed and brings the young man into Clu's custody. Later, he is summoned when Quorra interrupts the Lightcycle race, but is unable to prevent her from rescuing Sam. Despite the setback, he continues to assist Clu 2, acting as a personal enforcer and right-hand man.

After Quorra, Sam and Kevin Flynn escape the End of Line Club, he is tasked with tracking them down. Upon being spotted by the elder Flynn, he is immediately identified as Tron, who was believed to be derezzed but has instead been "repurposed" by Clu against his will.

Quorra later distracts Rinzler by allowing herself to be captured so that Kevin and Sam can reclaim Kevin's Identity Disk and reach the portal back to the real world. As Sam attempts to retrieve the disc, Rinzler appears, and the two briefly engage in a disc fight that sees Rinzler knocked over a nearby ledge. However, he recovers and pursues the three heroes in his Light Jet along with Clu and the other Black Guards. In the following fight, he and Kevin Flynn manage to make eye contact, and Kevin again refers to him as Tron and asks what he has become. Shortly thereafter, Rinzler begins to experience flashbacks to when he - as Tron - had saved Kevin, and is able to overcome his reprogramming, stating Tron's iconic line: "I fight for the Users."

Now free, he deliberately crashes his Light Jet into Clu's, derezzing both jets and allowing the three heroes to escape. Clu and Rinzler briefly scuffle as they fall, but Clu succeeds in stealing Rinzler's baton, allowing him to create a new Light Jet and leaving Rinzler to plummet into the Sea of Simulation below.

As he drifts through the ocean, his circuitry flickers and eventually reverts from orange to blue as his systems reboot.

Features

Rinzler has a jet-black helmet and red-orange circuitry similar to the Black Guards, who are his subordinates. Prior to his corruption, as Tron, Rinzler first acquired his signature dual Light Discs in a fight with Clu's Black Guards. Rinzler emits a sinister, guttural growl under his helmet like a predator attempting to strike fear in his prey.

Trivia

• Rinzler bears a striking resemblance to Vanitas from the Kingdom Hearts franchise.