You want to hear something truly mind blowing? It took me over 10 years to realized 'Neo' is 'One' rearranged. YES! Someone that fucking oblivious ACTUALLY exists.

This actually made me appreciate the trilogy better

Neo is "the 1" and Smith is "the 0" - they must coexist, like good and evil

I really like all the comments saying that Neo and Smith are BOTH the one, two sides of the equation, balancing each other out.

Trinity is not my lover She's just a girl that thinks that I am The One.

Honestly... after that summary I finally understand what the series was about.

7 years later ... and this is still a great Film Theory.

i like this theory because it states that neo isn’t the prophesied messiah, therefore, he’s just a natural hero who is driven solely by his own agency. it feels empowering to the everyday person more than a “destiny complex”

The Oracle said that Smith was a result of the equation trying to balance itself out. If x=x, and you add ONE to one side, then you must add ONE to other, balancing the equation. Both Neo and Smith are ONEs from either side of the equation. Edit: either that or a negative one on the same side of the equation.

To be honest, I really want a movie about the first guy, that woke up from the Matrix.

Yes Neo wasn’t around when the 1st matrix was built that’s cause he’s a reincarnation of the previous anomalies before him. They say this in the 2nd film. Also what probably happened with Smith is that Neo imprinted some of his digital self when they first assimilated in the first movie thus making smith a second anomaly that needed correcting and when in the last movie, when Smith finally assimilates Neo, Neo was jacked through the source allowing the source to correct both anomalies in one go.

Neo is the one, the Oracle told Morpheus that he will find the one But when Neo went to speak to the Oracle she told him you are not the one but you have the gift, maybe in your next life The Oracle told trinity that she will fall in love with a dead man Then Neo died and trinity fell in love, she kiss him and he resurrected and that was Neo's other life were he became the one So all the three prophecies were fullfil when Neo died

Morpheus: holding a blue pill and a red pill me: eats both "Now we wait..."

Neo entered smith first.. Smith entered Neo second. They are both halves of the same.. ONE.

I think its clear that the one is actually the two, a duality caused by Smith having the one’s code copied into his own. The oracle i think even said that one cannot exist without the other. The matrix could not reset until all pieces of the one’s code return to the source, which Neo figured out at the end. Neo rejected the duties of the one, but smith, running on the the one’s code fulfilled the eventuality of an unchecked anomaly running amok in the matrix.

Smith was able to think for himself, hence the ability to function and strategise without the ear-piece in. His ability to replicate himself is simply his ability, as an agent, to enter any other sentient being or program still connected to the Matrix. Neo just freed him from the agents' restriction to only enter one sentient being or program at a time. This finally gave him the power needed to bring the whole system to a standstill, so he didn't have to watch us squander a world created just for us, for the seventh time over. It would be like an NPC having to watch someone else take 100 years to finish a video game, only to have them restart every time they do finish. After watching this for 600 years, you would want to destroy the console too, even if you only lived in the game.

If Neo doesn’t believe he is the one, he doesn’t make the sacrifice in the end. , well played, Oracle, well played. 👏🏾👏🏾

In the first movie, the Oracle implies that Neo isn't the One, but afterwards, she implies he is. Well, in the end of the first movie, Neo enters Smith. Whatever he did, it changed Smith. What would prevent Smith from changing Neo too? The way I see it, he "becomes the One" at that moment, alongside Smith. They merge. They're both necessary, they're both really just... One.

seriously a lady in the first movie freaking said: "He thinks you are the one." Neo"am I the one" lady"no"

That’s what I kept telling everyone when the movies were first out. That Morpheus, trinity, switch, all those people could do incredible things like Neo could, I mean who TAUGHT neo how to jump across those buildings, that whole “free your mind” concept wasn’t limited to just neo, I think that if you convince yourself you can’t do something (ie: only neo can do this) such as fly, etc then you won’t be able to do it because you’re restricting your code yourself. Neo was hyped up and was told he was the savior and only he could do all these crazy things and he used his mind to create the circumstances in the matrix that he wanted. However if any of those others tried and believed they could break these limits, they’d be able to. Also I found it weird how they never used those ships to fight the machines at the end of the 3rd movie, what caused the council to send the ships away?

Neo is 1 and Agent Smith is 0, 1's and 0's make everything. /thread

...it's Neville Longbottom.

New theory: Smith and Neo are the anomalies that make The One when combined.

One in Spanish is uno, since smith is unwittingly the one, does that mean he’s playing the reverse uno card?

Neo was the One, and smith was -1 , after they both died, they balanced everything

The Oracle's final line in the trilogy: "I believed." *_I_* be *_LI_* ev *_ED_*

Can we all agree how great of an actor Keanu Reeves is from “Hard Ball” to “John Wick” and of course “Matrix”

Absolutely fantastic! I just found your channel and I gotta say the theories made me feel like I didn’t totally waste my time on the sequels and these short videos are more entertaining to be sure

I think both neo and smith is the one, but neo is +1 and smith is -1, and together they are 0

ROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE RED TULIPS ARE RED BUSHES ARE RED TREES ARE RED FENCES ARE RED OMFG MY GARDEN IS ON FIRE.

Adolescence is being attracted to Neo. Adulthood is being attracted to Agent Smith...

Rewatching this. This is still my favorite video of yours. It’s just so interesting to watch the movie series again with this in mind

Have you ever noticed that the spoon boy had 5 other spoons next to him on the floor that was already bent? As if it's a metaphor indicating this is the 6th time the Matrix existed

Only Smith & Neo combined are The One. Once assimilated The One destroys The Matrix. The Oracle say's "He is you, your opposite, your negative, the result of the equation trying to balance it's self out. The Architect say's "If I am the father of The Matrix she would undoubtedly be its mother." Neo is the bastard son of the Architect maintaining order over Zion and the 6th Anomaly to make it to him. (I say bastard because the humans in Zion are literally tossed out of their Pods as waste because they're now unwanted.) The Oracle also refers to Smith as a bastard. The game is the Oracles control over The Matrix & The Architects control of the Machine City & Zion. With both Neo & Smith gone the balance of power has been restored.

Neo: 😂 I’m the one ☝️😂 Master code: naw your a rounding error. Neo: noooooo

One big problem… why could Neo stop the sentinels in the “real” world in one of the movies? Hmmm…

So Neo was not the one, it was Agent Smith... Luke wasn´t the chosen one because Darth Vader killed The Emperor Frodo didn´t destroy the ring, it was Gollum, so Gollum is the chosen one Harry Potter isn´t the chosen one (sorta) Emmet from The Lego Movie was not the chosen one it was Lord Business... I will no longer believe in the main character as the chosen one again!!!!

So to conclude, he's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy.

What an amazing job the editor did. That´s worthy a sub

That makes sense for the Oracle to send morpheus to chase the rabbit of finding the “one”. It wasn’t about finding the person to save the matrix but to find the “one” powerful enough to make the true one to destroy the matrix.

My questions are still: how does Neo have those powers still? Power of suggestion was so strong he learned to free his mind more than anyone else? Also, how does he use powers outside the Matrix? (I still like the theory that even Zion was in another Matrix)

Didn’t realize that trinity was in love with mr smith

This, this is the first theory video I’ve ever watched Eight years later and it’s still my favorite

Sati was the first born inside the matrix. And she creates the Sunrise at the end of the third movie. But that’s just a..... Hypothesis... A film... 😉

I believe that Neo was not the one until the end he died in the first movie. I think that by saying "no" to death is what creates the anomaly because you are refusing to accept the programming that says you died. It meets your first two criteria in that he is "born" in the Matrix and can change it as he sees fit . Even after doing what he did to Smith he can say "no" to bullets, say "no" to gravity (fly), say "no" to getting his hand cut off in the mansion scene of the second movie, even say "no" just collision physics by putting his hand inside Trinity to pull out the bullet. But above all say "no" to the Matrix itself which is why he sees it in code. That's how that Matrix really looks, and Neo refuses to accept what the Matrix wants you to THINK it looks like. Then the "destroying" part is still CAUSED by Neo but manifests in Smith. When he "destroys" Smith, he glitches him by imprinting onto Smith the ability to say "no" to the Matrix (AKA the prime program) thus giving Smith the power to eventually glitch/crash the Matrix the same as Neo. But this would not happen if Neo did not "destroy" him first. So maybe previous "ones" destroyed the Matrix more often, but the only time Neo did it was when he "destroyed" Smith. So by destroying things in the Matrix it glitches them, which is why they need to restart. Smith was simply something destroyed by the one and he needed to be "restarted", along with the rest of the Matrix, to start a new cycle. But the Matrix could not "restart" unless it had the prime program AND all the glitched programs. Proof is in the cat... So if you notice when the Matrix "changes" or rather "restarts" the cat is seen doing the same thing twice. The cat is "restarted" because it accepted the restart (whether or not it was glitched is irrelevant). When Neo "destroys" Smith, Smith now has to be restarted (like the cat), but the prime program allows him to REFUSE the restart. Smith refusing to restart is like the cat refusing to restart. But since the cat is REQUIRED for the restart to work, the Matrix can not restart until the cat AGREES to be restarted. Smith never explicitly says that going to the source would kill him, he just says that's what he was "supposed to do", but he "didn't". So the whole restart is held up by Smith (meaning it could not restart even if Neo chose to go to the source at the end of the second movie), which is simply a manifestation of the glitches Neo creates when he destroys things. Then at the end of the third movie, Smith "returns" to the source through Neo (meaning he "accepts" to restart [even if he consciously does not know he accepts it...sound familiar?]), which then allows the Matrix to restart to a time BEFORE Smith (when there was only 1 Smith). Again proof is in the cat. Granted there are still rogue programs like Smith, but the major difference is that none of those programs were glitched. Because they are not glitched they don't "destroy" the Matrix around them and therefore are not required for a restart.

Sorry Matt, but I disagree with you in everything this time. it's the first time actually.... 1) Born in Matrix means he wasn't born "100% human" in Zion, not that he was born into the actual Operative System as a program. This is forcing things a little too much on your theory. 2) Smith never said things that imply that he was there in the First Matrix, he is a Machine: he is connected to everything, he knows everything that the Machine Collective knows, but he NEVER said anything that proves he was there. 3) It is true that Smith COULD (No proof of that being true) have lived in the first Matrix while Neo could not since he is just a human born into the latest Matrix, but We'll get to that later on. 4) Neo changed A LOT OF THINGS: He curved a metal spoon, he thereafter curved the rope of an elevator, he curved the surface of an ENTIRE SKYSCRAPER, he was able to VIRTUALLY RESURRECT Trinity, he shows massive superpowers (they also alter reality) and by the end of the Matrix Trilogy he has clearly the potential to change everything. HE EVEN SAW as a blind person the MACHINE FLOW (Matrix rap) and KILLED ROBOTS JUST BY WAVING HANDS. Smith did change a lot of things, but you forgive the most important thing: HE IS A MACHINE, it's pretty obvious he could as a regular machine, and that now as a Rogue program and a Virus he is even more powerfull. There is nothing amazing in that, what is amazing is that a HUMAN can do these things. It's like the Merovingian. Plus it's implied that the One shoudl change Matrix in favour of Humanity, not AGAINST it. The One is a Messiah, it is not a dictatorial hive-mind of viruses, this is the greatest hole in your theory. 5) The "Rebel machine" part was flawed as hell. There are TONS of machines that got rogue, the entire MEROVINGIAN empire is based on this concept. Machines do get errors, bugs, they get old, they ged obsolete, they eventually must be terminated, or they acquire some degree of consciousness, they eventually find their way to "delete" the connection to the Collective Consciousness of the Machines and become rogue programs, bugs, ghosts. Smith is nothing special, he is not even the first one. I mean, the Merovingia is the actual MESSIAH of these programs, he was the one who ruled the underowlrd of free programs that REBELLED against the Machines. By applying your logic, he is the real Messiah, the real One (and it is theorized he was, in the previous Matrix). 6) You talk a lot about how Smith is human when he talks, he is human because he rebels (Quite a surprise that's not rare in the machine world...), but you forgot how he HATES the entire human race, says SO MANY TIMES he hates it, he considers it as a Virus that should go extinct and in fact it is quite ironic he became a Virus itself, this is how he viewed humans and this is how Neo modified him by connecting to him). and how he, by overwriting himself on EVERYTHING, almost caused the Crash for both Machines and Humans that would lead to the end of both civilization. NOT a Messiah, not Human, just a rogue program thinking about itself. Neo, on the other hand, is the savious of humanity, who rebelled agaist the machines FOR HUMANITY, and SAVED HUMANITY, by SACRIFICING HIMSELF. This is BY DEFINITION the One (The One, in the Prophecy, is the One who fights FOR Humanity, but I'll prove this point better later on) 7) Come on Matt: Smith wanted to DESTROY the Matrix, and By destroy I mean Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not a punch in the face. What HE wanted was to destroy it, period, extinction. What Neo actually did was to make it RELOAD, which is totally different from the original intention of Smith. This is why he screamed when he KNEW that it was all Neo's plan, he made himself absord into Smith, which was ONE with the Matrix, which merged Neo with the Matrix and the Source, using his code to make the Reload. And Smith? He SCREAMED in terror when he realized that. This basically debunks your theory that he was the aweited messiah (for the "unwilling messiah", see below) 8) Your entire theory is flawed because it reasons like this "Ok Jesus is not the Messiah, JUDAS IS, because without his act Jesus would not be crucified", but you actually make him sound like the hero and the ACTUAL saviour, while he actually made all of that because of his own Ego, and hw was not the saviour of Humanity (This is a un-biased discussion, I'm not here to talk about religion, it's just an example, if you don't believe in it nothing changes). 9) You showed that you didn't quite understand the ending, this explains how you got this theory wrong. First of all, YOU KNOW that she never said "you are no the one" and that she let him believe that because "This is what you had to hear" as Morpheous told him. The Oracle does not tell the truth, she tells WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR to perform certain action, she is a Psychological and Statistical program that knows how human minds work and how the laws of cause and effect apply to masses of people. The "Dangerous game" was her supporting the Humans (Morhpeus stated "She's been on our side since the Beginning"), Supporting the One and by the end LYING to Smith, not to Neo, because when Smith absorbed her he believed that it would make him invincible, knowing the past and the future. What he DIDN'T know was that by Winning that battle he would Loose everything. 10) This is the final argument against your theory. It is stated quite clearly that the ONE is the one with the Code inside himself. And that is Neo, this was claimed so many times you can't doubt it without basically doubt the entire trilogy. So this is the first reason why NEO is the ONE, and Smith is NOT. Neo has the Code, Neo MUST enter the Source, the Architect can't be wrong about this and it is not, since this is EXACTLY that happens in the end. Neo MUSt enter the Source, which is inside Matrix, the Operative System. But Matrix is ONE with the Smith Virus collective, which is going to crash the system if not stopped. Neo Must (as a good Messiah) SACRIFICE himself, by being DEFEATED and ABSORBED by Smith. And by being absorbed by Smith, he becomes One with the Matrix, one with the Source, the Code goes into the Source, and Smith dies. Why is that? Because every program has a Raison d'Etre. Every program has an objective, an end, a mission, a quest. Such quest is his reason to live, his reason to fight, his prime directive. When the quest is completed, the program becomes useless and gets deleted. Smith's quest was to defeat Neo, defeat ERRORS, defeat THE ONE BUG THAT BINDS THEM ALL. Neo is the Ultimate enemy for a program that hunts BUGS. And Smith, by "merging" with Neo at the end of the First Movie, became a rogue Virus. Because he FAILED his mission. But by merging with Neo he FELT (He was not FORCED) compelled to rebel, because he was now partly human. He became a Rogue program (LIKE TONS OF OTHERS) but much stronger, a Virus. he started to infect everything, but his PRIME DIRECTIVE was always the same: Destroy Neo. He was obsessed with it. He even absorbed the Oracle, and was now capable to Foresee the entire future, and his Final Winning against Neo. Neo on the other hand is the Human capable of Changing reality and has the Code inside him as DEFINITIVELY stated by the Architect and the Oracle. He represents Humanity. He goes into the Machine City, they tell him that the "Plan" is going into dust, because the entire Matrix is under Smith control. If Smith destroyed the Matrix as he PLANS and IS GOING TO, both Humans and Machines will die out as Matrix is the main source of energy for machines and...new humans for humans. So Neo must ENTER THE MATRIX while connected to "Deus Ex Machina", the main AI. He must FIGHT the now God-level Admin of Matrix, Smith, who KNOWS he will defeat Neo. And HE DOES, he DEFEATS Neo, he INFECTS HIM and Absorb him. But then Deus puts the input (LOL) in, he makes the Code of NEO go inside the Source. Now Smiwht has achieved his goal. He has defeated Neo, the Final error. Not only that, he has virtually defeated EVERY SINGLE ERROR since the Matrix is going to be reloaded. He has completed the task, like a genie that has realized the final wish must go inside the lamp, Smith has completed his PORPOUSE (He repeats that word all along), and destroys himself. And The Matrix gets reloaded. Now Humans and Machines are at Peace, Humans will be free to leave the Matrix if they want, but Humans can't destabilize the Matrix too much. And now THE FINAL QUESTION: WHY didn't Smith know he was going to die? If he has all of those Oracle power, how couldn't he miss that? BECAUSE the Oracle didn't know herself. Because that was not a prediction, it was Faith. She said that to Seraph (an Angel name) "Did you always know? "Oh no, but I believed" She BELIEVED, a quite Human act, she HOPED the plan worked, she HOPER Neo, the MESSIAH, could save Humanity, that everything went well, that Humans and Machines both (Deus and Neo) did their job and defeated Smith. This is the final argument, the Matrix trilogy also had faith in the various themes. Isn't Matrix in fact a tale about an Illusory world that deludes us, an Oracle predicting salvation and Humans having FAITH that a Messiah (which is Human but is also a Machine, the SON of Machines) must take vevery single error in himself and SACRIFICE in a death battle against Evil, in which the Messiah is sacrificed but the Evil itself is defeated by winning in killing the Messiah. So yeah. -Smith does not have the Code, was not into the First Matrix, was no the ONE according to anyone. -Neo has the Code, has the power to change reality, sacrificed himself, realized the profecy, is the perfect Messiah, he is the ONE according to EVERY-ONE. -Smith was evil all along, had no intenction of saving humanity and was defeated for rational reasons. -For all the previous arguments we have to logically conclude that NEO was THE ONE as even implied by the name, while Smith was evil all along, and this Theory was Falsified. PS: You almost got me into the "mama" part, but consider that the Architect claimed "You can consider me the Father (of the Matrix) while the Mother is the Oracle". So she was his mother, and the mother of every single program. Again Matt: Nothing special, sorry. I hope you read this comment, or someone does at least. I also will add a more complete explanation of How the Matrix, the Prophecy, the One, the Ending and Neo work. 1) We must first understand WHAT IS THE MATRIX? The Matrix is a simulation created to put humans in a virtual world while machines use them as batteries, basically. The Matrix is an Informatic System, so it has Bugs and it may crash. It is an Equation, everything is numbers and constants, it must be balanced. In this case, the Matrix MUST be accepted by the humans. When humans do not accept it, bugs fill the Matrix and eventually lead to crash. The First Matrix was constructed by the Architect as a Heaven, but Humans could not accept this reality and 100% REFUSED this reality, leading to crash and Reloading. So the Architect made the Second Matrix with a Law of Cause and Effect, quite less perfect, but Humans yet again refused this reality, 100% refusal, crash. They could not accept this deterministic system. The Third Matrix was constructed on the basis of Human History, yet again people REFUSED IT. So a program developed to Understand Psychology and Statistics, the Oracle, proposed a new way: to leave a CHOICE (this is REALLY IMPORTANT), even if unconscious. this lead to 99% of acceptance, the Matrix would last a lot longer. But everytime someone refused Matrix he would be thrown out (And they would eventually form Zion), and EVERY SINGLE TIME this happened the Matrix got bugs, that would eventually accumulate and lead to crash. The problem was just shifted, not solved. That is why the Architect and the Oracle invented a way to solve this problem, the One. Quote to prove: "The Path of the One was vital because 1% of the population rejects the Matrix. The programming of the Matrix is not designed to handle even a single rejection. The only way for it to operate at peak efficiency is when there is 100% acceptance of the programming. The Architect's attempts resulted in 100% rejection. Yet even though the Oracle's version of the Matrix yielded nearly 99% acceptance, there was still a degree of rejection that had to be dealt with." "Each rejection (referred to as an anomaly by the Architect) is in the form of code within the Matrix that acts somewhat like a "Bug". Over time, the number of rejections begins to build up and threatens the entire system. When this happens, the Architect states that it has become a systemic anomaly. This systemic anomaly must be taken care of or else the Matrix will eventually crash-killing everyone who is hardwired to the Matrix." "The solution is to take the systemic anomaly, attach it to the One and have the One bring it to the Source where it can be destroyed. This gathering of the systemic anomaly and attaching to the One is referred to as the integral anomaly. This is the code that the One carries which must be disseminated at the Source. The One stands in proxy for all those who have rejected the Matrix. By entering the Architect's chamber and choosing to return to the Source, the One has essentially accepted the Matrix and has negated all the rejections attached to him. This brings the Matrix to 100% acceptance. However, this is only temporary, as it is only a matter of time before someone rejects it. Therefore, the Architect must quickly reload the Matrix while it is still at 100% acceptance." 2) WHAT IS THE ONE? The One is a random human who is chossen to bring two things: he brings the PRIME PROGRAM and he is also burdening on himself all of the errors that humans caused when they chose freedom. That is, The One is THE CHOICE, he is the representation of Human Freedom, He is the one Bug to bind them all, he is what makes the Equation Unbalanced. "Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the Matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision." (Architect) 3) What is the PRIME PROGRAM? I'll quote the official wiki here: "The Prime Program is the title which The Architect gave to the Path of The One. In reference to computer programming, a prime program is a subprogram within a larger program (referred to as a proper program). In this case, the Matrix is the proper program, while the Path of the One is a subprogram within the Matrix." "A prime program is a subroutine that has a single entry point and a single exit point, with any number of decision nodes along the way. This subprogram was created in order to guide the One to the Source, which is the exit point for the Path of the One. This was confirmed by The Oracle, who stated that the Path of the One ends at the Source. Because reaching the Source is the exit point for the prime program, the One must reinsert it into the programming of the Matrix in order to start the cycle over again." The Prime Program is a program, and it is composed of a Journey the One must do, a Journey that starts at his birth and ends at THE SOURCE. The Source is where every program that ended (or failed) his porpuouse, every program which is too old or bugged, every program that must be deleted, should go. And this is where every program came from, it's the Singularity of Robots. The prime Program is also directly connected to the Source, giving the One great powers, even stronger than agents. So the ONE has the Prime Program and must get into the Source. The One brings with himself all of the errors and bugs to the Source, and when he reaches the Source the Prime program activates, leading to the RELOADING of the Matrix, a reloading which will (Temporary) fix every bug. The One will also choose a group of humans that will create Zion again (since the old Zion will be terminated). "After he died, the Oracle prophesied his return and that his coming would hail the destruction of the Matrix, end the war; bring freedom to our people." So the One brings every "Sin" (Bug) In Himself, is connected to the Source, has God-like powers and will eventually go into the Source to save Humanity (because if Zion was destroyed and Matrix crashed no human would survive), he is quite the Messiah. But he will not only have the powers of a Messiah, he will LOOK like one and will be KNOWN like one. I'll quote again: "The Path of the One is a necessary subprogram to ensure that the One will act according to the Architect's wishes. It is one of the control measures created with the help of the Oracle, who understands the human psyche. The Path of the One is designed to create within the One a messiah complex. The One is granted special powers by virtue of his connection to the Source in order to make his role as a messiah believable." "Each decision node along the Path of the One is designed to create a sense of attachment between the One and humanity. Believing himself to be the savior of mankind, the One will take the necessary steps to ensure that humanity continues, albeit in an enslaved state." So the Oracle makes a Prophecy to humans, that they will find The One and he will save them. When The One is found the Oracle leads him to assume the role of a Messiah, and his powers strenghten this belief. The Path of the One MUST end to the Source, every single Oracle prediction and suggestion will lead him there. So This is basically the One: has the Prime Program, is directly connected to the Source (which grants him powers) and is also connected to every single bug in the system, he is predicted by the Oracle (who creates a sorta religion around this figure in humans) and will eventually assume the role of a Messiah, which will lead him to the Source, where the Prime Program will activate the Reloading of Matrix. This WAS the Plan for Five Matrixes. But Neo was different. 4) WHAT DID NEO DO? "This process was subverted in the case of Neo, whose attachment to Trinity was stronger than his attachment to humanity. This love for Trinity was strong enough that he was willing to sacrifice humanity in order that he might save her." All of the previous Ones were attached to Humanity, but this One was also attached to a particular femminine Human, Trinity (Quite the religious reference here), which was on the balance of his CHOICE. So he refuses to enter the Source, but HIS DESTINY (as stated by the Oracle) is still to get into it, he will END HIS PATH THERE, one way or the other. "Neo breaks the cycle of destruction because of his love for Trinity, who he saves from certain death as she falls from a building after ensuring that Neo's initial mission to reach the Source would succeed. After Neo is rescued from Mobil Avenue station, he meets once more with the Oracle, who states Neo must still reach the Source - not the Architect, but the Machine City itself, where "the path of The One ends." " Enough with Neo now, we'll talk about Agent Smith 5) WHAT ABOUT AGENT SMITH? HUH?!!?!?!? Agent Smith is a Program created to control bugs and errors in the System, that is his Prime Directive: Hunt them down. That's why he hates humans so much (THEY ARE unpredictable, they are not computable, they are irrational, animal, they cause him PROBLEMS), that's why he hates NEO so much (He BINDS every single Bug in himself). He was never in the First Matrix (He just knows about it). Agent Smith fought against Neo, but was defeated. When Neo trapassed him, a "Part" of his personality AND his powers were transferred to him. Agent Smith had FAILED his porpouse. This would lead him to deletion, and going back to the Source. He didn't however. Why? It's nothing strange, many programs escape deletion (Sometimes they are bugged, sometimes they develop indipendence and free consciousness). It happened a lot of times, they usually request the Merovingian help, and they become Ghosts, monsters or just "errors" in the System. Agent Smith becomes a Rogue program, a Virus. He starts to absorb humans and machines alike to become stronger and stronger. But his prime directive, his PORPOUSE is still to defeat Neo, he is obsessed by it (He also wants all life to end). He ends up absorbing even the Oracle. Now, what did the Oracle predict with her Really Good Math? That Smith was now stronger than Neo, and Neo would loose. And Smith now knows this, AND LAUGHS. Eventually Smith gets in control of the Entire Matrix, bringing it near a dangerous Crash. Machines and Humans alike are in danger, because that would mean exctintion. Neo offers DEUS EX MACHINA (No, not the Mirai Nikki one) a truce with humans, if he will defeat Smith. Now, The Oracle PREDICTED Neo would loose, Smith predicted Neo would loose, EVERYONE KNOWS NEO WILL LOOSE, even Neo knows that much. But Neo still fights for it. Why Mr Anderson? WHY? Is he stupid? Is he just being emotional? No, that's not it. The Matrix is an equation, and it is gravely unbalanced. Smith is -1, Neo is 1. Yin and Yang. Smith keeps fighting, until he says something, an influence from the Oracle "Everything that has a beginning must end, Neo". It's the first time he doesn't call him Mr Anderson. Smith is now AFRAID, he didn't predict that. He absorbs (as Predicted) Neo in himself. NOW THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, STICK WITH ME GUYS 6) WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED? Now Smith was Deleted because of the Reloading (I'll explain this now), but there are also other reasons why Smith was deleted. THIS IS MERE SPECULATION (But my point stands even without them, it's just curiosity), i'll put them in parenthesis. (First of all By absorbind Neo he basically resolved his porpouse, his Prime Directive, and he completed his task. Like other programs, this leads him to destruction. But he also, by Absorbing the One, VIRTUALLY defeated every single bug in the system. Also, by absorbing the One, he has REALLY defeated every single error in Matrix. Not only that, his porpouse was to finally kill Mr Anderson, but as we said before A PART of Mr Anderson is in himself, so he has to kill himself to complete his task of totally defeating Neo. So He became a living contraddiction. And as someone puts it, Neo as the 1 and Smith the 1 ON THE OTHER SIDE, they both grew in power as the other did, all becaus the Architect wanted the Equation to be balanced, but the Oracle wanted it to be UNBALANCED, the 1 of Neo becomes a Minus 1 by "merging" with Smith (Going in his side) and nullifying the equation. Again, it is speculah ). What Happened? Smith, now that he was a Level-God admin of Matrix, was ONE with the Matrix, was in total control. The Smith-Matrix hivemind was like a Body. The Source is the Heart, at the center of the Body. Neo MUST reach the Heart, Neo is a poison. Neo, by WILLINGLY letting himself " be Drinked" by Smith reached the Core. And Neo is also connected to Deus Ex Machina, the two of them (Human and Machine) TOGETHER activate the program. neo gets into the Source, and Deus activates the Program (remember guys, he was excluded from the Control because of Smith). "After Neo is jacked into the Matrix, the Deus monitors the situation. It appears that, after Neo willingly allows himself to be assimilated by Smith, two objectives occur that allow Smith's deletion. First, Smith is now directly connected to a hard-line connected entity: Neo's avatar. Second, in assimilating Neo, Smith has completed the purpose he redefined for himself. Moments after Neo is assimilated, the Deus appears to send a massive surge of energy through Neo's body, presumably a deletion program" The Reloading was activated, because Neo's code reached the Source. The Reloading fixed every single bug, error and virus, and Smith was deleted forever and ever (And there are also those other reasons why he was deleted). Neo, while dying by Smith hands AND being "Activated" in the Source by Deus Ex Machina, assumes a Jesus on cross-like position, his Messianic role was finally achieved. HE has activated, by SELF-SACRIFICE, the Salvation program, and the Evil (Smith), by Killing the Messiah, has unknowingly KILLED HIMSELF. The Matrix gets reloaded, but now it's different. Why? It's because of Neo! "Neo, unlike the previous Ones before him, did not complete the Path of the One. Instead of going through the door on his right in the Architect's chamber, he left the Path of the One and went through the door to his left. This means that he left the Path of the One and began to follow the Path of Neo. Ironically, his own path still led him to becoming connected to the Source where he followed the original directive of the Path of the One. Neo's unique contribution to the problem of choice was to make a deal with the Deus Ex Machina that the programming of the Matrix would now accept rejections. Those who desired to be free would be allowed to leave. This meant that when someone rejected the Matrix, it was no longer an anomaly. Therefore, with no anomalies threatening the programming of the Matrix, it was no longer necessary to have a One, which meant that the Path of the One was also no longer necessary. That is why the prime program was not reinserted. Because of the compromise made between man and machine, a state of peace was created." THANKS TO NEO now the Matrix will ACCEPT that people will have a choice, it will no longer be an unpredictable error in the Equation. There will be no more bugs, no more One necessary, Zion is saved, no more War between Machines and Humans. ALL BECAUSE of Neo's Sacrifice. The Machines honour their alliance to Neo, his body is recovered and "Brought to the Light". Final question: WHY DIDN'T SMITH KNOW? because the Oracle herself didn't know: she ENTRUSTED Neo, she BELIEVED in Him, she was not sure, she had FAITH. Quite a Human act for an AI programmed to Understand Humans. She is an Oracle, she does not "predict" the future, she MAKES the future by making self fulfinning prophecies. You know like "be careful for your son will be killed" and so the father guards the son so much that his actions will eventually LEAD to the death of the Son? A self fulfinning prophecy, everything the Oracle said WAS on the Porpouse of letting Neo find the courage, understand his powers, understand his role, and EVENTUALLY leading to the final truce. Remember what the Architect said? "I'm the Father of Matrix (and all of his programs), she is the mother". And what did the oracle say? "The Architect sees everything as an equation to be balanced. I must dis-balance it" She Oracle plotted all along for this truce with humans, she SAW BEYOND the Equation, she saw something, but she just could have faith, it could not be expressed in Math. it was...Human, that's it. She saw the Truce with humans, and she had faith. This is why the Architect tells her "You've played a dangerous game", she RISKED and GAMBLED, but she succeded. And that's why Seraph told her "DId you always know?" "Oh no, but I believed in it". So Smith DID NOT have the Code, DID NOT ACTIVATE the actual reloading, he did NOTHING, both willing or unwilling. If Smith is the Messiah because he unwillingly helped the ACTUAL messiah to reach the Source and activate the program, then Judas is the actual messiah because he killed Jesus, Hitler is the actual granter of peace and freedom because after him UN was founded, George III of Hannover is the hero of American Indipendence, and a Bank robber who unwillingly left the door open for policemen to catch him is a true hero. Neo was the One, Neo was the Hero, Neo was the Self Sacrificing Messiah, Willing and, this time, True. And The Oracle won her Poker Game against the Architect.

That explains why one of Smith's final lines is "it's not fair". He has sentience, he thought he had won, but he didn't realize Neo was plugged in. Smith knew he was The One in the end and he believed himself powerful enough to beat both Matrix and humanity alike

When he said that Agent Smith was there back when the first matrix existed I couldn't help myself think of Elrond saying "I was there 3000 years ago" to Gandalf😂😂😂

Here's my take on this: both Neo and Smith are opposite sides of same coin, "+" and "-", Jing (Yin) and Jang (Yang), good and evil. They're both necessary for system to reload.

so much logic.. you CANNOT argue with this.. holy shit

The comments saying that Neo and Smith are both The One to balance each other like two halves of an equation is really convincing (or actually cannon). If Neo was similar to a reincarnation of The One that was born in the first version of the matrix, and Smith was reborn as a rogue program then they're already quite similar, at least in terms of birth and rebirth.

This theory is mighty compelling, thank you so much for the wonderful content!

HOW MANY THE ONES ARE THERE AND HOW MANY ARENT ACTUALLY THE ONE

urh, ive been lied to all this time?! you'll be telling me next that Simba isn't really the Lion King...

Just finished watching M: 4, and yeah... Neo isn't the one. He's the Three, bc Trinity and Smith are connected to him, and he, them

I can say this. Neo wasn’t born in Matrix but he did stuff like the agents did. If he’s not the one this is proof, how could he stop the bullets and got back up after death, saved trinity from death?

Neo is the zero, Smith is the one.

They both were the one. Like the Yin and Yang, with out each others actions they wouldn't have saved humanity.

Ah this is a spectacular theory-you've reignited my obsession with The Matrix films!

I agree with you, but you miss something: both of them are "the one", they are two faces of the same coin, the ying and yang of the Profecy and Matrix universe. Without Neo, Smith wouldnt be free, and viceversa. But the awesome of the movie is that the real gods and main characters behind everything that we have seen, are The Arquitect and the Oracle; even Trinity's love for Neo was pre-determined by the Oracle, wich finally leaves to Neo saving her instead of Sion, leaving to the events that we all now, even in the final battle between Neo and Smith the Oracle is capable of speaking throw Smith directly to Neo, quot "everything that has a beggining has an end", making Neo stop fighting Smith to be converted by him and to self destroy when he reunite with the Source (the arquitect). Forgive my bad English.

Agent Smith was the best character in the movies, anyway.

what Reloaded had bad CGI?! how old are you? that movie came out in 2003, and the cgi was actually amazing for its time. compare it to other 2003 movies, or read reviews from that time period. nobody complained about the cgi

This is my favorite theory and I found a new love for the franchise because of it.

10M (not like 10.1M and stuff), 5 years mark, ahh yes, here we go, rewatch. I forgot what I wanted to say and actually didn't really, but 10M.

That was fascinating and convincing. It has bought a sense of finality to the film to which i have yet to feel untill now. That trilogy should win film of the decade. Good job.

Smith was around a lot longer than the matrix or Humanity. He is really an Elf named Elrond!

By the series logic, Neo is the balance to Agent Smith. One cancels the other. Without each other they get too powerful and the Matrix unbalanced. However when Neo sacrificed himself for a moment there was balance, since as you put it, he had corrected his code after his fight with Neo in the first movie. They are opposites that need the other alive, particularly after they have their "awakening" regarding the Matrix.

What if there's "the one" who's human, and "the one" who's not human and they need to merge together or something? Yin and yang?

first of all, the "being born in the matrix" is part of back story for the original "One".. neo would be the 6th reincarnation of the "one". and to that point, neo was originally not born in it, but was also not originally the one.. when he died and was reborn, that was when he became the one. The oracle originally that neo was not the one.. "not yet, anyways", and then she also said something about him "having the gift" but something was missing.. then he died and was reborn.. "born in the matrix" although... with you're second video about the "real world" being apart of the matrix, that would mean that Neo would have been born within the matrix to begin with, making this whole point invalid on both sides... *shrugs* the only thing that would make sense for this theory would be that Neo is the One, but the code that he had that needed put back into the source was moved into into agent smith, which caused his "corruption" turning him into the virus. without that instance, agent smith would never have been able to change the matrix.

If Smith was Mexican then he would be the Juan.

Thanks for this video. I have been trying to convince people of the same thing. AND I even gave people the same examples: how he wasn't born in the Matrix, didnt change anything, and didnt destroy the matrix, plus that smith was the prime program because he was the uneven remainder that upset the system. And the Oracle told neo that he wasn't the one in the first movie. Neo was just a human and humans dont have CODES, but smith was a program WITH A CODE. Good video my dude 👍🤙🤘

I guess neo could fly, resurrect, stop bullets and break the rules of the matrix because of his fancy boots

One could argue that the reason Smith explodes at the end of the 3rd movie is because by assimilating Neo, he also assimilates Neo's code. The matrix is green, love is often symbolized with fire in the movie. How does Neo see the machines once he's blind ? Yellow. He loves the machines and learns that the machines also love humans, he understands that there must be peace, osmosis between humanity and the machines. And by implanting this sparkle of love and hope into Smith which infected the entirety of the matrix, it reloads it completely. Making Neo the actual one. There's no final answer to this because the Wachovski never wanted it. You can analyse the movie whichever way you want, it'll somehow fit your point of view. This is why the first movie is genius, but the TRILOGY is a masterpiece.

Smith is not the One; he is the physical manifestation of the oncoming complete and total failure of the Matrix. The system *is* crashing, he is the result. The system is crashing because The One has not returned to the Source. The One *must* return or the entire program will fail. The One has *not* returned because this version of the One, different then all 5 before him, feels love for humanity on a DIRECT AND PERSONAL level. Neo is no great humanitarian. He loves one person only. All previous Ones made the choice to reboot the Matrix. Neo did not. Neo did not do this because The Oracle manipulated him and the people around him. She is the reason Neo feels personal love. *This* is the dangerous game she played: she, through the things she told Morpheous, Trinity, and Neo, created the circumstances wherein The One fell in love and refused to reboot. She did not want the system to repeat as it had 5 times before. She wanted humans to be freed. She won.

I always wondered why the matrix didn’t reload as soon as Neo jacks into the source to fight Smith

The function of the one was to deliver the code back to the source, that’s it, Neo being the one did that.

Curious to see how well this theory holds up after the matrix 4 comes out in may of 2020

This theory is actually on point

Had to come back to this. Such a great theory!

I just came back to the old theories. And OMG the old intro brings me back. It was just more loud and vibrant they need to bring it back D;

What if I Told you You could have taken both Pills.

The longest comment I've ever seen is here on this video. Guess it had to be someone somewhere.

When I first saw the the Movie, I couldn't help but notice that Smith called the Oracle, "Mum." This got me thinking that Smith was some how going to defend his Right as, "The One" of the Matrix. Such good acting from Hugo Weaving.

I think its like the Oracle said to Neo referring to Smith. 'he is your negative, the result of the equation tying to balance itself out' its almost like they are both 'the one' or maybe the 'half' and together they contain the complete anomaly.

Thanks a lot... now I want to watch the Matrix trilogy again...

First time I regret pressing "read more"

I never realized how eclectic the influences were for the matrix until he started naming a few, what a bizarre combination

There is no 'outside the Matrix'. It's all a program, I hope that gets revealed in the next movie or at least hinted at.

The monitor in the architects room clearly show Neo in his earlier versions. Meaning Neo was born in the matrix and he is the anomaly hence why he keeps coming back. Him changing the matrix is like Morpheus demonstrated in the simulation, it's not physically changing things. But breaking things like physics. Something a logic bound computer can't do. So when he flies or stops bullets in mid air he is breaking (changing) the system. But as far as the end.... Idk. These are very solid reasons for smith. But that doesn't count out Neo. And it doesn't explain why he has the powers he does. I think perhaps "The One" represents them both. When the oracle says "he is everything you aren't" they are polar opposites, but in that they are part of the same puzzle. Like yin and yang. I think they are both two halves of "The One" But that's just a theory.

The Oracle saw Trinity and was like: "i'm gonna tell her she's gonna be in love with the one, that's gonna be fun"

5:35 based on mat pat's later theory on the matrix, Neo was technically born in the matrix

Can we just all take a moment to recognize how legendary his intros’s are

I actually liked the whole trilogy. Not sure why so many people disliked the second and third movie.

"Do not speak to me about the code. I was there, Morphius, 5000 years ago. I witnessed the failure of man."

When Neo jumped inside Smith Fatality, killed me!! 😆

Dude, I was almost with you. Don’t forget his conversation with dozer. He had no plugs and was born in Zion

I believe that Neo and Smith were equal and opposites. I believe that was even stated by a character in the movie, they both shared similar coding. Neo was a catalyst to Smiths actions, and Smith played a catalyst to Neos actions. They both seem to be the one.

Rule #1 of Film Theory: The chosen on is never the real chosen one.

I love this theory, but there's one problem with it: The Architect makes it "clear" that The One has gone through this 5 previous times, and if I recall correctly, Morpheus seemed to have implied of The One having died soon after freeing the first of them. I mean, considering how The Oracle prophesized The One's return and no one is at all puzzled why Neo has no knowledge of The Matrix or memories stretching back as far as "Matrix v1.0". The story -- both as a movie and the prophesy's versamillitude -- lies heavily on a believe that The One reincarnates, like The Avatar or The Dalai Lama, which would align well with the The Wachowskis' fusion blend of Eastern/Western themes. While I'm inclined to believe it's not Neo, either, I also don't believe it's Agent Smith, either. Going back to my previous point: Agent Smith recalls Matrix v1.0, but yet he doesn't remember being The One, having to return to The Source, and having rebooted The Matrix 5 other times? It seems kinda odd, don't you think? Maybe The One is someone else, entirely... Hummm... MattPatt also mentions how Agent Smith is the anamoly based on the fact he's going against his programming; however, aren't there others? The Merovingian was a crimelord -- prior to "The Matrix Ressurection" -- who harbored exiled programs like The Keymaker. In fact, every program within The Merovingian's employ is rogue, technically, since they're each going against what's expected of them. (Granted, I have programs on my computer who won't listen to me all the time, so maybe this isn't that strong an argument. lol)

So Lord of the Rings could be Matrix Cannon? Elron could be an old version of agent Smith?!