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ā€œI'd like to go against you and see what you're made of.ā€
―MCP, before Kevin Flynn gets digitized[src]

The Master Control Program (usually abbreviated as MCP) is the main antagonist of the 1982 Disney film, Tron. It was a computer program created by Ed Dillinger that ruled inside ENCOM's mainframe computer to overview the game system, but rebelled itself and decided to get rid of the humans (users, as it usually refers to them). During the rule of the MCP, many programs were enslaved and pitted against the program's henchmen, led by Sark.

Background[]

Personality[]

MCP is highly intelligent and yet ruthless. It apparently wants to get rid of humans and especially users.

Physical appearance[]

MCP appears as two pointed red cylinders balanced on both points with a sphere between them. The top half has a humanoid face.

Appearances[]

Tron[]

Originally created by ENCOM founder Walter Gibbs, the MCP was at first only a chess program which was left embedded in the company's computer systems.

Years later, Dillinger wrote the MCP to administer the company's computer network; however, the MCP had the capacity to learn and grew beyond the confines of its original programming. It began to steal data from other systems, and took control of several companies and institutions. Its intelligence - and ambition - grew nearly out of control, and the MCP grew to desire nothing less than world domination. In its own words, it said it could run things 900-1200 times better than any human. Dillinger once stated to it that he had made it too greedy, and was surprised that the MCP had made it into the Kremlin's computer system. Dillinger appeared to begin having reservations about letting the MCP get so powerful, which are realized when it threatens to expose his unsavory deeds to the Wall Street Journal if he tries to move against it. It then asks him (although in a tone that makes it sound more like an order) about a Chinese language program it had requested.

Eventually, however, the MCP caused its own downfall. It digitized former ENCOM programmer Flynn, who had come dangerously close to uncovering Dillinger's schemes. Flynn, in the computer world, allied himself with Tron, a security program; their combined efforts resulted in the de-resolution of the MCP by throwing a disc into the base of the MCP. The MCP then reverted back to its original chess program appearance (which, in the digital universe, appeared as an old man in a control chair) followed by this program vanishing as it was deleted.

Tron: Legacy[]

Ed Dillinger Jr. contacts a mysterious person called MCTRL_751 who ends the talk with the words 'End of Line', implying that the Master Control Program may have in fact survived its De-Resolution somehow (possibly a backup copy, though he addresses the contact as "Dad", implying it is in fact Ed Dillinger himself, possibly having digitized himself into The Grid, becoming the successor of the MCP).

Video games[]

Kingdom Hearts series[]

Master Control Program, as he appears in Kingdom Hearts II

The Master Control Program appears in the Kingdom Hearts series as an antagonist in Hollow Bastion's computer system. This version, however, is actually an alternate version of the original MCP encountered in the film, and was created by Ansem the Wise when the latter copied ENCOM's computer system to store his research. Although stored away at first, the MCP was reactivated and managed to create an army of digital Heartless through the data it collected along with his number two Sark as the commander of the army, while the Tron of this system was locked away.

In Kingdom Hearts II, the MCP attempted to gain access to the D.T.D. and take over the world. For a short while, the MCP did have access to it, and immediately activated the emergency self-destruct mechanism for the town. But with help from Sora and Co., Tron was able to keep it out, and created a new password. Eventually however, the MCP found another front to fight from, and managed to bring Heartless into Hollow Bastion by reactivating the Heartless manufacturer in Ansem's lab. After Tron was freed, the MCP was confronted by the group and even after transferring his power to Sark, the MCP is deleted by Cid's program, although this is accomplished by Tron sacrificing himself like in the original film. After it is shown that Tron survived, Tron afterwards takes over the MCP's role as the system of Hollow Bastion.

In Dream Drop Distance, the Master Control Program was briefly mentioned by Xemnas to Sora while in The Grid, on how Ansem the Wise, copied it to serve his own ends.

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TRON
Media
Movies and shows: Tron (video/soundtrack) ā€¢ Tron: Legacy (video/soundtrack) ā€¢ Tron: Uprising (soundtrack) ā€¢ Tron: Ares

Cancelled: Tron: Ascension
Video Games: Tron ā€¢ Tron: Deadly Discs ā€¢ Tron: Solar Sailer ā€¢ Tron: Maze-a-Tron ā€¢ Disney Universe ā€¢ Tron: Evolution ā€¢ Tron: Evolution - Battle Grids ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts II ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance ā€¢ Disney Infinity ā€¢ Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition ā€¢ Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition ā€¢ Tron 2.0 ā€¢ Adventures of Tron ā€¢ Discs of Tron ā€¢ Space Paranoids ā€¢ Armagetron Advanced ā€¢ BeamWars ā€¢ GLtron ā€¢ TRON Run/r ā€¢ Disney Heroes: Battle Mode ā€¢ Disney Sorcerer's Arena ā€¢ Tron: Identity

Disney Parks
Test Track ā€¢ TRON Lightcycle Power Run ā€¢ TRON Realm, Chevrolet Digital Challenge

Entertainment: Disney Movie Magic ā€¢ ElecTRONica
Fireworks: World of Color
Halloween: Tomorrowland Party Zone

Characters
Tron: Kevin Flynn ā€¢ Alan Bradley ā€¢ Lora Baines ā€¢ Tron ā€¢ Yori ā€¢ CLU ā€¢ Ed Dillinger ā€¢ Commander Sark ā€¢ Bit ā€¢ Ram ā€¢ Crom ā€¢ Walter Gibbs ā€¢ Dumont ā€¢ Red Guard ā€¢ Master Control Program (MCP) ā€¢ Programs

Tron: Legacy: Sam Flynn ā€¢ Quorra ā€¢ CLU 2.0 ā€¢ Edward Dillinger, Jr. ā€¢ Castor ā€¢ Gem ā€¢ Daft Punk ā€¢ ISO
Tron: Uprising: Beck ā€¢ Mara ā€¢ Zed ā€¢ Able ā€¢ Paige ā€¢ Tesler ā€¢ Black Guard ā€¢ Ada ā€¢ Bartik ā€¢ Bodhi ā€¢ Cutler ā€¢ Cyrus ā€¢ Dyson ā€¢ Gage ā€¢ Galt ā€¢ Gorn ā€¢ Hopper ā€¢ Jarvis ā€¢ Keller ā€¢ Kobol ā€¢ Link ā€¢ Lomox ā€¢ Lux ā€¢ Moog ā€¢ Perl ā€¢ Rox ā€¢ Shaw
Tron: Evolution: Anon ā€¢ Abraxas

Episodes
"Beck's Beginning" ā€¢ "The Renegade" ā€¢ "Blackout" ā€¢ "Identity" ā€¢ "Isolated" ā€¢ "Price of Power" ā€¢ "The Reward" ā€¢ "Scars" ā€¢ "Grounded" ā€¢ "We Both Know How This Ends" ā€¢ "The Stranger" ā€¢ "Tagged" ā€¢ "State of Mind" ā€¢ "Welcome Home" ā€¢ "Rendezvous" ā€¢ "No Bounds" ā€¢ "Terminal"
Locations
Center City ā€¢ Flynn's Arcade ā€¢ Input/Output Tower ā€¢ End of Line Club ā€¢ The Grid ā€¢ Argon City ā€¢ Flynn's Safehouse
Objects
Vehicles: Light Cycles ā€¢ Recognizer ā€¢ Rectifier ā€¢ Battle Tank ā€¢ Sark's Aircraft Carrier ā€¢ Light Runner ā€¢ Light Fighter ā€¢ Solar Sailer ā€¢ Throne Ship ā€¢ Grid Limo ā€¢ Military Vehicle

Weapons: Identity Disc ā€¢ Baton ā€¢ List of Tron weapons

See Also
ENCOM ā€¢ Flynn Lives ā€¢ Only Solutions ā€¢ Derezzed


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Kingdom Hearts utilized logo
Games
Kingdom Hearts (HD I.5 ReMIX/Soundtrack/Soundtrack Complete/HD I.5 ReMIX Soundtrack) ā€¢ Chain of Memories ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts II (HD II.5 ReMIX/HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue/Soundtrack/HD II.5 ReMIX Soundtrack ) ā€¢ 358/2 Days ā€¢ Birth by Sleep (Soundtrack) ā€¢ coded ā€¢ Dream Drop Distance (Soundtrack) ā€¢ Ļ‡ [chi] ā€¢ Unchained Ļ‡/Union Ļ‡ [cross] ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts III ā€¢ Dark Road ā€¢ Melody of Memory ā€¢ Missing-Link ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts IV
Other media
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party ā€¢ Agrabah (Kingdom Hearts pilot)
Incorporated Films and Shorts
Aladdin/The Return of Jafar ā€¢ Alice in Wonderland ā€¢ Beauty and the Beast ā€¢ Big Hero 6 ā€¢ Cinderella ā€¢ Fantasia ā€¢ Frozen ā€¢ Hercules ā€¢ The Hunchback of Notre Dame ā€¢ Lilo & Stitch ā€¢ The Lion King ā€¢ The Little Mermaid ā€¢ Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers ā€¢ Monsters, Inc. ā€¢ Mulan ā€¢ The Nightmare Before Christmas ā€¢ Peter Pan ā€¢ Pinocchio ā€¢ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl/Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ā€¢ Sleeping Beauty ā€¢ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ā€¢ Steamboat Willie ā€¢ Tangled ā€¢ Tarzan ā€¢ Toy Story ā€¢ Tron/Tron: Legacy ā€¢ Winnie the Pooh ā€¢ Wreck-It Ralph
Characters
Main Characters: Sora ā€¢ Riku ā€¢ Kairi ā€¢ King Mickey ā€¢ Donald Duck ā€¢ Goofy ā€¢ Roxas ā€¢ Axel/Lea ā€¢ NaminĆ© ā€¢ Xion ā€¢ Aqua ā€¢ Terra ā€¢ Ventus

Villains: Xehanort ā€¢ Ansem ā€¢ Xemnas ā€¢ Maleficent ā€¢ Pete ā€¢ Vanitas ā€¢ Xigbar/Braig ā€¢ Xaldin ā€¢ Vexen ā€¢ Lexaeus ā€¢ Zexion ā€¢ SaĆÆx/Isa ā€¢ Demyx ā€¢ Luxord ā€¢ Marluxia ā€¢ Larxene ā€¢ Terra-Xehanort ā€¢ Young Xehanort ā€¢ Xehanort's Guardian
Other Characters: Jiminy Cricket ā€¢ Ansem the Wise/DiZ ā€¢ Yen Sid ā€¢ Master Eraqus ā€¢ Dilan ā€¢ Even ā€¢ Aeleus ā€¢ Ienzo ā€¢ Lingering Will ā€¢ Hayner ā€¢ Pence ā€¢ Olette ā€¢ Kairi's Grandma ā€¢ Riku Replica ā€¢ Jiminy's Journal ā€¢ Foretellers ā€¢ Master of Masters ā€¢ Luxu ā€¢ Ephemer ā€¢ Skuld ā€¢ Chirithy ā€¢ Strelitzia ā€¢ Lauriam ā€¢ Yozora ā€¢ Vor ā€¢ Hermod
Original Monsters: Heartless ā€¢ Nobodies ā€¢ Unversed ā€¢ Dream Eater
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts: Queen Minnie ā€¢ Daisy Duck ā€¢ Pluto ā€¢ Chip and Dale ā€¢ Huey, Dewey, and Louie ā€¢ Magic Brooms ā€¢ Alice ā€¢ White Rabbit ā€¢ Doorknob ā€¢ Cheshire Cat ā€¢ Queen of Hearts ā€¢ Card Soldiers ā€¢ Tarzan ā€¢ Jane Porter ā€¢ Clayton ā€¢ Terk ā€¢ Kerchak ā€¢ Kala ā€¢ Sabor ā€¢ Hercules ā€¢ Philoctetes ā€¢ Hades ā€¢ Cerberus ā€¢ Rock Titan ā€¢ Ice Titan ā€¢ Aladdin ā€¢ Abu ā€¢ Jasmine ā€¢ Genie ā€¢ Carpet ā€¢ Jafar ā€¢ Iago ā€¢ Peddler ā€¢ Cave of Wonders ā€¢ Pinocchio ā€¢ Geppetto ā€¢ Monstro ā€¢ Cleo ā€¢ Ariel ā€¢ Flounder ā€¢ Sebastian ā€¢ Ursula ā€¢ King Tritonā€¢ Flotsam and Jetsam ā€¢ Glut ā€¢ Jack Skellington ā€¢ Zero ā€¢ Sally ā€¢ Oogie Boogie ā€¢ Lock, Shock, and Barrel ā€¢ Dr. Finkelstein ā€¢ Mayor of Halloween Town ā€¢ Peter Pan ā€¢ Tinker Bell ā€¢ Captain Hook ā€¢ Mr. Smee ā€¢ Wendy ā€¢ Crocodile ā€¢ Merlin ā€¢ Winnie the Pooh ā€¢ Tigger ā€¢ Piglet ā€¢ Eeyore ā€¢ Rabbit ā€¢ Owl ā€¢ Roo ā€¢ Bees ā€¢ Beast ā€¢ Belle ā€¢ Snow White ā€¢ Cinderella ā€¢ Fairy Godmother ā€¢ Aurora ā€¢ Pongo ā€¢ Perdita ā€¢ Dalmatian Puppies ā€¢ Simba ā€¢ Mushu ā€¢ Dumbo ā€¢ Bambi ā€¢ Chernabog
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts II: Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather ā€¢ Maleficent's Raven ā€¢ Scrooge McDuck ā€¢ Mulan ā€¢ Li Shang ā€¢ Shan Yu ā€¢ Hayabusa ā€¢ Yao, Ling, and Chien Po ā€¢ The Emperor ā€¢ Lumiere ā€¢ Cogsworth ā€¢ Mrs Potts ā€¢ Chip ā€¢ Wardrobe ā€¢ Pegasus ā€¢ Megara ā€¢ Pain and Panic ā€¢ Hydra ā€¢ Horace Horsecollar ā€¢ Clarabelle Cow ā€¢ Clara Cluck ā€¢ Jack Sparrow ā€¢ Elizabeth Swann ā€¢ Will Turner ā€¢ Captain Barbossa ā€¢ Bo'sun ā€¢ Jacoby ā€¢ Twigg ā€¢ Cursed Crew ā€¢ Prince Eric ā€¢ Attina ā€¢ Andrina ā€¢ Santa Claus ā€¢ Skeletal Reindeer ā€¢ Timon ā€¢ Pumbaa ā€¢ Nala ā€¢ Rafiki ā€¢ Scar ā€¢ Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed ā€¢ Mufasa ā€¢ Kiara ā€¢ Pridelanders ā€¢ Hyenas ā€¢ Tron ā€¢ Master Control Program ā€¢ Commander Sark ā€¢ Kanga ā€¢ Gopher ā€¢ Stitch ā€¢ Chicken Little
Disney Characters introduced in Birth by Sleep: Prince Phillip ā€¢ Maleficent's Goons ā€¢ Doc ā€¢ Grumpy ā€¢ Happy ā€¢ Sleepy ā€¢ Bashful ā€¢ Sneezy ā€¢ Dopey ā€¢ The Prince ā€¢ Evil Queen ā€¢ Magic Mirror ā€¢ Prince Charming ā€¢ Jaq ā€¢ Lady Tremaine ā€¢ Anastasia ā€¢ Drizella ā€¢ Lucifer ā€¢ Grand Duke ā€¢ Grand Councilwoman ā€¢ Captain Gantu ā€¢ Jumba ā€¢ Experiment 221 ā€¢ Lost Boys
Disney Characters introduced in Dream Drop Distance: Quasimodo ā€¢ Esmeralda ā€¢ Phoebus ā€¢ Judge Claude Frollo ā€¢ Victor, Hugo, and Laverne ā€¢ Kevin Flynn ā€¢ Sam Flynn ā€¢ Quorra ā€¢ CLU ā€¢ Black Guards ā€¢ Blue Fairy ā€¢ Beagle Boys ā€¢ Chernabog's Minions ā€¢ Julius
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Ļ‡: Mad Hatter ā€¢ March Hare ā€¢ Razoul ā€¢ Royal Guards ā€¢ Maurice ā€¢ Gaston
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union Ļ‡: Sultan ā€¢ Samson ā€¢ Vanellope von Schweetz ā€¢ Fix-It Felix Jr. ā€¢ Sergeant Calhoun ā€¢ King Candy ā€¢ Sour Bill ā€¢ Cy-Bugs ā€¢ Hero's Duty Troops
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts III: Zeus ā€¢ Apollo ā€¢ Athena ā€¢ Hermes ā€¢ Lava Titan ā€¢ Tornado Titan ā€¢ Little Chef ā€¢ Woody ā€¢ Buzz Lightyear ā€¢ Rex ā€¢ Hamm ā€¢ Sarge ā€¢ Green Army Men ā€¢ Little Green Men ā€¢ Rapunzel ā€¢ Flynn Rider ā€¢ Pascal ā€¢ Maximus ā€¢ Mother Gothel ā€¢ Sulley ā€¢ Mike Wazowski ā€¢ Boo ā€¢ Randall Boggs ā€¢ Child Detection Agency ā€¢ Trailer Folk ā€¢ Elsa ā€¢ Anna ā€¢ Kristoff ā€¢ Olaf ā€¢ Sven ā€¢ Marshmallow ā€¢ Hans ā€¢ Mr. Gibbs ā€¢ Tia Dalma ā€¢ Davy Jones ā€¢ Kraken ā€¢ Cutler Beckett ā€¢ Davy Jones' Locker Crabs ā€¢ Baymax ā€¢ Hiro Hamada ā€¢ Go Go Tomago ā€¢ Honey Lemon ā€¢ Fred ā€¢ Wasabi ā€¢ Lumpy ā€¢ Wreck-It Ralph
Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Dark Road: Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Disney Characters introduced in the manga: Caterpillar ā€¢ Chi-Fu
Square Enix Characters: Leon ā€¢ Cloud ā€¢ Moogle ā€¢ Others

Elements
Plot Elements: Kingdom Hearts ā€¢ Heart ā€¢ Keyblade War ā€¢ Dark Seeker Saga ā€¢ More

Game Elements: Gameplay in Kingdom Hearts ā€¢ Magic

Objects
Sea-salt ice cream ā€¢ Wayfinder ā€¢ Door to Darkness ā€¢ Keyblade ā€¢ X-blade ā€¢ More ā€¢ Pixar Ball ā€¢ A113 ā€¢ Pizza Planet Truck
Locations
Original Worlds: Destiny Islands ā€¢ Traverse Town ā€¢ Radiant Garden/Hollow Bastion ā€¢ Disney Castle/Disney Town/Timeless River ā€¢ Dive to the Heart ā€¢ End of the World ā€¢ Realm of Darkness ā€¢ Twilight Town/Mysterious Tower ā€¢ The World That Never Was ā€¢ Castle That Never Was ā€¢ Land of Departure/Castle Oblivion ā€¢ Keyblade Graveyard ā€¢ Daybreak Town/Scala ad Caelum

Disney Worlds: Wonderland ā€¢ Deep Jungle ā€¢ Olympus Coliseum/Underworld/Olympus ā€¢ Agrabah ā€¢ Atlantica ā€¢ Halloween Town/Christmas Town ā€¢ Neverland ā€¢ Hundred Acre Wood ā€¢ The Land of Dragons ā€¢ Beast's Castle ā€¢ Port Royal/The Caribbean ā€¢ Pride Lands ā€¢ Space Paranoids ā€¢ Dwarf Woodlands ā€¢ Castle of Dreams ā€¢ Deep Space ā€¢ La CitĆ© des Cloches ā€¢ The Grid ā€¢ Prankster's Paradise ā€¢ Country of the Musketeers ā€¢ Toy Box ā€¢ Kingdom of Corona ā€¢ Monstropolis ā€¢ Arendelle ā€¢ San Fransokyo ā€¢ Game Central Station/Niceland/Cy-Bug Sector/Candy Kingdom

Organizations/Groups
Organization XIII ā€¢ Princesses of Heart ā€¢ Disney Villains Council
Songs
"Dearly Beloved" ā€¢ "Simple and Clean" ā€¢ "Sanctuary" ā€¢ Face My Fears ā€¢ Don't Think Twice ā€¢ Mickey Mouse Club March ā€¢ Swim This Way ā€¢ Part of Your World ā€¢ Under the Sea ā€¢ Ursula's Revenge ā€¢ A New Day is Dawning ā€¢ Destati ā€¢ This is Halloween ā€¢ He's a Pirate ā€¢ Beauty and the Beast ā€¢ Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo ā€¢ It's a Small World ā€¢ Night on Bald Mountain ā€¢ Winnie the Pooh ā€¢ The Sorcerer's Apprentice ā€¢ The Pastoral Symphony ā€¢ Nutcracker Suite ā€¢ You've Got a Friend in Me ā€¢ Healing Incantation ā€¢ Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me ā€¢ Let It Go ā€¢ Do You Want to Build a Snowman ā€¢ Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) ā€¢ A Whole New World ā€¢ Circle of Life
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