'''Beck's Beginning''' is the premiere episode of ''[[TRON: Uprising]]''.
'''Beck's Beginning''' is the premiere episode of ''[[TRON: Uprising]]''.
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==Plot Synopsis==
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==Plot==
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[[Beck]] works at [[Able]]’s garage with his friends [[Bodhi]], [[Zed]], and [[Mara]]. He enjoys his job, but not as much as the disc games he and his friends wouldotherwiseplay.
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[[Beck]] was a mechanic who worked at [[Able|Able's]] [[Able's garage|garage]] with his friends [[Bodhi]], [[Zed]], and [[Mara]]. He enjoyed his job, but not as much as the [[Identity Disc|disc]] games he and his friends played on theirtimeoff.
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As the group of friends enjoyed some recreational time together in a friendly disc game, a military battalion led by [[General Tesler]] arrived and took over their playing field. Tesler informed the people of [[Argon City]] that the city was now under occupation. When a giant statue of [[Clu 2|Clu]] was dropped in the center of the game field, Bodhi protested, and, to Beck’s horror, was derezzed by a guard. Deciding to fight back against the Occupation, Beck used Bodhi's [[Recoder|recoding tool]] on his disc, modifying his light suit to look similar to [[Tron|Tron's]]. He then scaled the statue, removed its head, and dropped a light grenade inside the hollow frame to destroy it.
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A guard reported the statue’s destruction to Tesler, along with the observation that the culprit looked like Tron. Clu entered and denied this claim, saying that Tron was dead. Tesler responded by sending his second-in-command, [[Paige]], to find the masked renegade.
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Beck dispatched two of the [[Black Guard]] that pursued him after the statue’s destruction, but was confronted by Paige, resulting in a protracted fight. Boarding a light copter, Beck overpowered its pilot, but damaged the flight controls in the process and was forced to abandon the craft to Paige and bail out over the [[Outlands]].
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Asthegroupoffriendsenjoysomerecreationaltimetogetherin a friendlydiscgame, a militarybattalion, ledby[[GeneralTessler]],arrives and takesovertheirplayingfield.TesslertheninformsthepeopleofArgonCitythatthecityisnowunderoccupation.Whenagiantstatueof Clu isdroppedin the centerofthegamefield, Bodhiprotestsandisderezzedbyaguard, muchto Beck’s horror. Decidingtofightbackagainst the Occupation, Beckuseshisrecoderon his disc to modifyhislightsuittolooksimilarto[[Tron]]’s.Hethenscalesthestatue, removesitshead,anddropsalightgrenadeinsidetodestroy it.
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Repairinganabandoned[[LightCrawler|lightcrawler]],Beckheadedforhome,but found himself pursued by a [[Tron|maskedprogram]]with red circuits. Unable to escape, he was soon overpowered. Awakening from a stuncharge, hefoundhimselfboundhand and footinalargechamber;hiscaptor,stillmasked,approachedtointerrogatehim.TheprogramchallengedBeck'sactivities;Beckwasdefiant,assumingthathiscaptor was loyal to Clu,andsecretlystarted using the recodertodisablehisbindings. Once free, hegrabbedhisdiscandlungedat thestranger, whohad been anticipating this and easily dodged Beck’s attack. Theirverbalexchangecontinuedthroughout the fight, andwhenBeckexpresseddetermination to fightClunomatterwhatittook,thestrangerunmaskedandrevealedhimselfto beTron, sayingthatBeckwasrightaboutonething:“I’mnotdead.”
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Aguardreportsthestatue’sdestruction to Tessleralongwiththeobservationthat the culpritlookedlikeTron.Cluenters and refutesthisclaim,sayingthat Tron isdead.Tesslerrespondsbysendinghissecond-in-command, [[Paige]], tofindthismaskedrenegade.
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Tronexplainedhowhewasprogrammed to defendthe[[Grid]],andhowhe was betrayed by Clu. He showed Beck the horrificinjuriespreventinghimfromtaking back the Grid, and triedtoconvinceBeckto join him and become the next Tron inafightagainsttheOccupation;butBeck, faced with the Grid's legendary hero, wasconsumedwith self-doubt. Despite Tron's entreaties, Beck declined the offer and returned toArgonCity.
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Once Beck dispatchestwoofthe[[BlackGuard]]thatpursuedhimafterthestatue’s destruction, he is confronted byPaigeandthey get into a protractedfight.Boardingalightcopter,Beckoverpowersthepilot,butdamages the flightcontrolsintheprocess.Heisthenforcedtoabandonthecraftandbailsoutover the[[Outlands]].
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Back the garage, Beck headeddownstairsandwasgreetedbyPaigeandatroopofguards, who confronted thegarageworkerswith a recordingoftheRenegade'sactivities.PaigeinformedthemthatTeslerwasbringing the GamestoArgonandthatuntiltheimposterwasturnedin,“volunteers"wouldberoundeduptocompete.
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Afterrepairinganabandonedlightcrawler,Beckheadsforhome,butfindshimselfpursuedbya masked program. Unable to escape, heissoonoverpoweredandcaptured.Hethenawakens to discoverthatheisbeingheldcaptiveinalargechamber and thatsameprogramapproaches to interrogatehim. As the strangerproceedstoquestionhim, Beck secretlystartsusinghisrecoderto to disablehisbindings.Oncefreeofhisbindshegrabshisdisc and lunges at the stranger, whowasanticipatingthis and dodgesBeck’sattack. HethenknocksBeck’sdiscto the groundandcontinues to fend him off. Theirverbalexchangecontinuesthroughout the fight, and eventuallythestrangersimplyunmaskshimself, saying that Beckwasrightaboutonething. “I’mnotdead,”hesaysashislightsuitanddiscchange to revealthatheisactuallyTron.
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BeckandhisfriendsdiscussedtheRenegadethenextdayatwork;Maraapprovedofthe masked program's activities, but Zed believed sedition would just cause trouble. Able pulled Beck aside momentarily to warn him against making waves under the new, dangerousconditions,butwhentheysteppedoutof Able's office they werehorrified to seeTesleralreadyroundingupprograms--ZedandMaraamong them -- for the Games. Despite Able's warning, Beck secretly donned his Tron disguise again and pursuedthe[[LightRail|light rail]] transporting his captive friends to the[[Coliseum (Argon City)|Coliseum]]. Jumping onto the train,heencountereda[[Unmasked Guardsman|Black Guard]], who viciously defended the train. Beck gainedtheupperhandandappearedready to dereztheGuardsman,butinsteaddetachedthelastcarfromthetrain and was left behind with it, leaving the rapidly disappearing soldier confused at why he was spared. The car Beck detached turned out to be empty, and he activated his lightcycle to chase the train again; getting ahead of it, hebrokethelight beam's supports and causedthe train tocrash. TheBlackGuardtookhimby surprise as he searched the fallencarsfor his friends, but remembered how Beck had spared him, he showed him to the right car instead of capturing him.The two programs freed the prisoners and watched them escape. However,GeneralTeslerarrived,derezzed the Guard for aiding the Renegade, and attackedBeckwithhisenhancedextendable gauntlets, telling him that he'dneverbeable tosaveeverybody. Duringthefight, BeckwasabletocutoffTesler'sgauntlets,causing him to fallintoalightrailbeam; the furious general, carried off at high speed, was eventually rescued by Paige.
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Tronexplainshowhewasprogrammed to defend the [[Grid]],andhow he wasbetrayedbyClu.HetriestoconvinceBecktojoinhim and become the next Tron inafightagainst the Occupation, but Beck's selfdoubthas the youngprogramdecliningateveryturn. Beck thenreturns to ArgonCity.
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BeckreturnedtoTron’s hideout in the Outlands and announcedhimselfready to undergo training to become the nextTron. Tron proclaimedthat he wasn’tready,buthewouldbe.Tronthenremovedhisidentitydisc and separated it into two halves, exchanging one for half of Beck's disc. Beck combined the white half of Tron'sdiscwithhisblack half and puts the combined disc on; Tron did the same, his light suit turning black as Beck's hadbeen,while Beck now acquired the whiteoutfitTronhadwornin the old days. Beck'snewmentor sealed the exchange with the words, “Come, we have a lot of work to do...Tron.”
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Backthe garage Beck learns of a new development on the workshop floor. He heads downstairs to find a small group of guards and Paige are in the garage showing the workers a recording of Beck as Tron, and requesting that this rogue program be handed over. Tron is dubbed the Renegade since the army doesn’t believe him to actually be Tron. Paige then informs them that the games will be coming to Argon and until the imposter is turned in, “volunteers” for the games will be rounded up.
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==Cast==
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*[[Elijah Wood]] as [[Beck]]
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*[[Bruce Boxleitner]] as [[Tron]]
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*[[Emmanuelle Chriqui]] as [[Paige]]
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*[[Mandy Moore]] as [[Mara]]
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*[[Nate Corddry]] as [[Zed]]
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*[[Lance Henriksen]] as [[General Tesler|Tesler]]
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*[[Reginald VelJohnson]] as [[Able]]
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*[[Paul Reubens]] as [[Pavel]]
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*[[Tricia Helfer]] as [[The Grid|Voice of the Grid]]
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*[[Fred Tatasciore]] as [[Clu 2|Clu]]
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The next day Beck is horrified to see Tessler rounding up programs for the games, including his friends. Beck dons his black Tron guise and pursues the light rail being used to transport his captive friends. He jumps onto the rail and fights a Black Guard. Beck gains the upper hand and appears ready to derez the Guardsman, but instead breaks the connection of the last car, leaving the soldier confused at why he was spared. Beck opens the car only to see that it is empty and activates his light cycle to catch up with the rail. Beck gets ahead of the rail and breaks the light beam causing it to crash, yet leaving the captive programs uninjured. The Guardsman then helps him find and free his friends, but is then derezzed by Tessler for helping the Renegade. Tessler and Beck fight and Beck is able to throw Tessler into a rail light beam sending Tessler off at high speed. An angry Tessler is picked up by Paige in a light copter.
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==Crew==
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Beck returns to Tron’s hideout in the Outlands and tells him that he is ready to undergo training to become the next Tron. Tron proclaims that he isn’t ready, but he will be. Tron then removes his disc and separates it into two halves, one white and one black, which causes his light suit to change black. He then gives the white half to Beck who gives Tron half of his disc. Beck combines the white half with his black half and puts the disc on, giving him Tron’s light suit. Tron completes the exchange with the words, “Come, we have a lot of work to do, Tron.”
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==Chronology==
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*Next Episode: [[TRON: Uprising S01E02 The Renegade, Part 1| The Renegade part 1]]
Latest revision as of 05:41, January 4, 2013
This article is written from a Real World perspective.
Beck was a mechanic who worked at Able'sgarage with his friends Bodhi, Zed, and Mara. He enjoyed his job, but not as much as the disc games he and his friends played on their time off.
As the group of friends enjoyed some recreational time together in a friendly disc game, a military battalion led by General Tesler arrived and took over their playing field. Tesler informed the people of Argon City that the city was now under occupation. When a giant statue of Clu was dropped in the center of the game field, Bodhi protested, and, to Beck’s horror, was derezzed by a guard. Deciding to fight back against the Occupation, Beck used Bodhi's recoding tool on his disc, modifying his light suit to look similar to Tron's. He then scaled the statue, removed its head, and dropped a light grenade inside the hollow frame to destroy it.
A guard reported the statue’s destruction to Tesler, along with the observation that the culprit looked like Tron. Clu entered and denied this claim, saying that Tron was dead. Tesler responded by sending his second-in-command, Paige, to find the masked renegade.
Beck dispatched two of the Black Guard that pursued him after the statue’s destruction, but was confronted by Paige, resulting in a protracted fight. Boarding a light copter, Beck overpowered its pilot, but damaged the flight controls in the process and was forced to abandon the craft to Paige and bail out over the Outlands.
Repairing an abandoned light crawler, Beck headed for home, but found himself pursued by a masked program with red circuits. Unable to escape, he was soon overpowered. Awakening from a stun charge, he found himself bound hand and foot in a large chamber; his captor, still masked, approached to interrogate him. The program challenged Beck's activities; Beck was defiant, assuming that his captor was loyal to Clu, and secretly started using the recoder to disable his bindings. Once free, he grabbed his disc and lunged at the stranger, who had been anticipating this and easily dodged Beck’s attack. Their verbal exchange continued throughout the fight, and when Beck expressed determination to fight Clu no matter what it took, the stranger unmasked and revealed himself to be Tron, saying that Beck was right about one thing: “I’m not dead.”
Tron explained how he was programmed to defend the Grid, and how he was betrayed by Clu. He showed Beck the horrific injuries preventing him from taking back the Grid, and tried to convince Beck to join him and become the next Tron in a fight against the Occupation; but Beck, faced with the Grid's legendary hero, was consumed with self-doubt. Despite Tron's entreaties, Beck declined the offer and returned to Argon City.
Back the garage, Beck headed downstairs and was greeted by Paige and a troop of guards, who confronted the garage workers with a recording of the Renegade's activities. Paige informed them that Tesler was bringing the Games to Argon and that until the imposter was turned in, “volunteers" would be rounded up to compete.
Beck and his friends discussed the Renegade the next day at work; Mara approved of the masked program's activities, but Zed believed sedition would just cause trouble. Able pulled Beck aside momentarily to warn him against making waves under the new, dangerous conditions, but when they stepped out of Able's office they were horrified to see Tesler already rounding up programs -- Zed and Mara among them -- for the Games. Despite Able's warning, Beck secretly donned his Tron disguise again and pursued the light rail transporting his captive friends to the Coliseum. Jumping onto the train, he encountered a Black Guard, who viciously defended the train. Beck gained the upper hand and appeared ready to derez the Guardsman, but instead detached the last car from the train and was left behind with it, leaving the rapidly disappearing soldier confused at why he was spared. The car Beck detached turned out to be empty, and he activated his lightcycle to chase the train again; getting ahead of it, he broke the light beam's supports and caused the train to crash. The Black Guard took him by surprise as he searched the fallen cars for his friends, but remembered how Beck had spared him, he showed him to the right car instead of capturing him. The two programs freed the prisoners and watched them escape. However, General Tesler arrived, derezzed the Guard for aiding the Renegade, and attacked Beck with his enhanced extendable gauntlets, telling him that he'd never be able to save everybody. During the fight, Beck was able to cut off Tesler's gauntlets, causing him to fall into a light rail beam; the furious general, carried off at high speed, was eventually rescued by Paige.
Beck returned to Tron’s hideout in the Outlands and announced himself ready to undergo training to become the next Tron. Tron proclaimed that he wasn’t ready, but he would be. Tron then removed his identity disc and separated it into two halves, exchanging one for half of Beck's disc. Beck combined the white half of Tron's disc with his black half and puts the combined disc on; Tron did the same, his light suit turning black as Beck's had been, while Beck now acquired the white outfit Tron had worn in the old days. Beck's new mentor sealed the exchange with the words, “Come, we have a lot of work to do... Tron.”
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