Twins (The Matrix)
The Twins are a duo that feature in The Matrix.
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History
The Twins were a pair of programs that were created by the Machines that resided in the Matrix. They were said to be creations of one of the earlier incarnations of the Matrix but came to be Exile programs. In the current incarnation of the world, they came to operate as henchmen to the Merovingian.
During the chase, they pursue Morpheus, Trinity, and The Keymaker in an SUV; one of them firing a submachine gun at their targets' fleeing vehicle. The chase continues to the expressway where a Twin uses his abilities to the fullest trying to get The Keymaker. The anomaly is detected by Agents who soon join the chaos also gunning to eliminate the Keymaker. At one point of the chase, Morpheus is forced out of his badly damaged vehicle which stops at an overpass. The Twins attempt to run him over but Morpheus manages to side step at the last second, slicing through the side of the car damaging it just enough to make it veer sideways. The Twins' vehicle then flips over as they grapple with the steering wheel. Quickly taking advantage of the moment, Morpheus shoot at the exposed undersides of the SUV and unloaded his automatic pistol where he successfully hits the gas tank causing the car to explode. Both of The Twins were propelled into the air by the powerful explosion and they assume their non-corporeal form in an attempt to escape getting killed.
Overview
In appearance, the Twins were a pair of programs that took the form of albino humans with long hair who wore sunglasses and wore white clothes. They rarely spoke but when they did it was in a slow-paced English accent where they spoke to the other as 'we' rather than 'i'.
A unique ability of the Twins was the power to take a non-corporeal form that allowed them to phase through any solid matter, avoid gunfire and other weapons, explosions or other such attacks. Upon phasing back into corporeal form, any physical damage they may have previously taken was reset thus healing them in the process. They have the ability to take non-corporeal form that allows them to phase through any solid matter, avoid gunfire and other weapons, explosions etc. Upon phasing back into corporeal form, any physical damage they may have previously taken will be reset: Trinity emptied an entire pistol magazine into one of the twins arms and end up slashing Trinity's right arm with a straight razor after which it casually phased in and out of its corporeal form for a moment to heal 'just like new'.
The only real drawback of phasing into non-corporeal form is that the Twins will not retain any physical momentum they had when they were corporeal, such as when using vehicles, elevators, etc. A Twin can actually move fast enough to overtake a speeding car on a highway, but apparently they have to concentrate in order to do this. Morpheus was able to force one from their car by trying to stab it with a sword, which the Twin then phased-out to avoid: because it was stabbed unaware, it didn't think to keep its momentum moving along with the car until it was too late.
They were skilled martial artists and proficient with the use of bladed weapons. The Twins are skilled martial artists and proficient with the use of a knife, or straight razor. The Twins are able to fight even in the close confines of a car with ease.
Notes
- The Twins were created by The Wachowskis with them being portrayed by actors Adrian Rayment and Neil Rayment where they appeared in the setting of The Matrix.
In other media
Video games
- In Enter the Matrix, the Twins appeared as antagonists in the setting of the 2003 action-adventure video game. The Twins were shown attempting to stop Niobe and Ghost from escaping the Merovingian's mansion via a car chase in the multi-leveled garage. In this incarnation of the characters they do not wear their trademark glasses. Their smoking, overturned vehicle can be briefly seen on an overpass at one point during the highway chase level.
- In The Matrix Online, the Twins appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game. For unknown reasons, the Twins were rendered offline. However, The Merovingian had synthesised cheat codes based on those drunk by the Unlimit officer Beirn that allowed him to retrieve and reforge the fragmented and heavily dissipated RSIs of the Twins. This led to them being brought them back online with the use of their RSI code and a cheat file that was extracted from Beirn, a prisoner who was an officer in the Unlimit organization. His operatives were tasked with finding the partially reconstructed pieces, which were successfully secured and combined, returning the Twins to fully functional states.
Appearances
- The Matrix:
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