The Nebuchadnezzar Crew

Character Analysis

There are a lot of other crew members aboard the Nebuchadnezzar that we should devote a little time and space to.

There's Mouse, the young, energetic one who's full of questions and theories and seems to relish creating things (mainly virtual women). He is the one who makes us question experiences in the Matrix as accurate due to their subjective nature. How can they really know what Tasty Wheat tastes like? What things in the physical world were simulated incorrectly? Mouse is the first to die and his youth makes his death all the more painful.

Then there's Dozer. He doesn't say much except to rain on Mouse's parade about the Tasty Wheat. He screams as he charges at Cypher and then he is electrocuted to death: sizzle.

His brother, Tank, plays a little larger role. Tank is a follower of Morpheus and is used to juxtapose the suspicious Cypher. He is very excited and hopeful about Neo being The One, and is also our main source for the little information we get about Zion, the final human city. He ends up surviving Cypher's attack and saving Neo and Trinity.

Next up is Apoc. He doesn't do a whole lot. He drives things and is usually partnered with Switch.

Speaking of Switch, she is the only real-world female in the film besides Trinity. She has a few one-liners and orders Neo around when they pick him up in the car. She is killed alongside Apoc when Cypher unplugs them both while they're trapped in the Matrix.