Why is Neo chosen?

In 2008, Neo was selected by Empire as the 68th Greatest Movie Character of All Time... Neo is also an anagram of "one", a reference to his destiny of being The One who would bring peace. There are claims that a nightclub in Chicago inspired the name of the character.
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Why was Neo chosen in the Matrix?

But as a characteristic of the Oracle, Neo is merely just random. But because of Trinity and Morpheus, they indirectly fulfilled the prophecy and created The One. He was randomly chosen. So he gets the title The Chosen One.
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Was Neo the only chosen one?

One of the biggest twists in The Matrix: Reloaded was that Neo wasn't the first One - the Chosen One who would save humanity from extinction in the war with the Machines — and there were several hints to this twist in both the first and second films.
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What is the purpose of Neo?

NEO aims to automate the management of digital assets through the use of smart contracts, with the eventual aim of building a distributed network-based smart economy system.
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Is Neo actually The One?

By The Matrix Online, Neo is the last One and the Path of the One is complete. It is also revealed that the Machines select and breed each One.
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Why is Neo so special?

Neo has carried, since his conception, the Matrix's source code known as the Prime Program. This gives him the ability to freely manipulate the simulated reality of the Matrix, similar to the authority a system administrator has over a given system. He manifests these abilities as various superhuman powers.
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Is Neo human or a program?

I don't think he was born in the human farms, but he is a program imprinted onto a human brain. In Reloaded, Smith shows that this is possible when he copies himself onto the humans body, allowing him to answer the phone and enter the real world.
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Why can Neo see after he is blinded?

By going blind, Neo obtains a "third eye" through which he can perceive the true nature of things, instead of being fooled by their external appearances. It is this true sight that guides him through the climax of the series and allows him to defeat Agent Smith.
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Why can Neo stop the Sentinels?

His new “system admin” privileges allowed him to control sentinels and forced them to shut down even outside the Matrix.
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How did Trinity get Neo's powers?

In The Matrix Resurrections, Trinity develops the same reality warping powers as Neo after being reawakened to her true identity. By touching hands, Neo and Trinity can let out a powerful telekinetic shockwave and she is later able to manipulate the appearance of the Analyst with just snaps of her fingers.
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Is Trinity more powerful than Neo now?

By the end of The Matrix Resurrections, Trinity and Neo appear to have the same powers and are now both The One within the virtual world.
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Why did the Oracle tell Neo he wasn't The One?

The Oracle's role was not to tell Neo that he was the One, but to set him on the right journey. She had to set him on an adventure of self-discovery. One final point to make comes right after the Oracle tells Neo that he's waiting for something.
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Is Neo The One or Trinity?

The Matrix trilogy presents Neo as The One, the destined savior of mankind, but The Matrix Resurrections turns that on its head by adding Trinity. Neo's status as The One in The Matrix universe is thrown into question by The Matrix Resurrections, which makes Trinity part of The One as well.
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Is Neo or Agent Smith The One?

In the end, Neo and Agent Smith fuse together, which means that Smith joins with the source, which is the stated eventual goal of The One. So basically, Neo isn't so much The One, as he is the conduit by which Agent Smith is used to be the One.
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Are Neo and Trinity The One?

Neo and Trinity are both “the One.” It's important to remember that the entire idea/concept of the One was a result of a systemic anomaly; one which was necessary to continue the overall function of the Matrix in general.
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Why can Trinity Fly Now?

As Neo flails below her, Trinity holds his hand, perfectly level in the air. She's gained the ability to fly — a power that was previously only available to Neo and Agent Smith. She lifts Neo into the air, and they wake up safe with the hovercraft crew.
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Did the Sentinels create the Matrix?

Sentinels were created in the late 21st century and live on the robotic country 01. After the Machines took the humans and the Architect created the Matrix, the Sentinels are the most prominent Machinists.
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Why do the machines need Zion?

Zion exists because the machines need it to survive

As the Architect (the program responsible for designing the Matrix) explains in The Matrix Reloaded, all of the series' events up until the present storyline have been orchestrated. This includes the prophecy of the One.
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How did Neo's eyes heal?

During the fight, Smith's avatar uses an electrical cable to blind Neo, scarring his face. While his powers allow him to regain a type of sight, Neo remains physically blinded for the rest of the film, still wearing bloodied bandages over his eyes at the time of his death.
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Does Nero lose his eyes?

If you look at Neo's eyes in that shot, they're burned, just as they were in "Revolutions." Bane, the human whose body was assimilated by Agent Smith just before exiting the Matrix, uses a power cable to completely burn out Neo's eyes.
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How are Neo's eyes fixed?

Bane cauterizes Neo's eyes with a power cable, blinding him; however, Neo discovers an ability to perceive the world as golden light. Neo kills Bane, and Trinity pilots them to the Machine City.
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Where did Neo's body go?

The Matrix Revolutions ended with Neo succumbing to wounds inflicted by Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), his body being carried away by the Machines that had provided him with a entry to the Matrix. Earlier in the film, Trinity died in a hovercraft crash.
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Is Neo a glitch in the Matrix?

In The Matrix, when inside the simulation, Neo (Keanu Reeves) experiences déjà vu when a black cat passes him twice. What does this glitch signify? A momentous scene in 1999's The Matrix is when Neo witnesses a black cat replicate exact behavioral twitches twice down a hallway, making him say, “Whoa.
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Why did Neo let Smith win?

Neo is blinded in the fight, but discovers that his new awareness of Machine technology allows him to perceive Smith's essence despite his destroyed eyes, allowing him to take Smith by surprise and kill him.
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