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Finish the game! |
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—Sark, reprimanding a program who tries to escape the battle arena. |
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| Sark | |
| Biographical information | |
| User | Ed Dillinger |
| Derezzed Date | 1982 |
| Status | Derezzed |
| Physical description | |
| Circuitry Color | Red |
| Gender | Male |
| Other information | |
| Functions | Commander of the MCP's army |
| Equipment | Identity Disc |
| Vehicles | Sark's Carrier Light Cycle Escape Pod |
| Allies | MCP Sark's Lieutenant Guard |
| Out of universe information | |
| Actor | David Warner Corey Burton (Kingdom Hearts II) |
| Appearances | TRON Kingdom Hearts II TRON RUN/r Fall Guys |
| Gallery | |
Sark (full program name SARK-ES-1117821) is the secondary antagonist in TRON.
History[]
Sark was written by Ed Dillinger and became the commander of the MCP's army and overseer of the games fought on the Game Grid. He was a merciless and evil program, willing to do anything that pleased the MCP. Sark was in charge of forcing the programs that believed in the users to play video game type gladiator games with personnel from Sark's Army as the opponents. He looked forward to playing the gladiator games when he had the chance. So ruthless was Sark that he was described as "brutal and needlessly sadistic" by the MCP himself.
When Kevin Flynn was brought into the Game Grid for "pushing" the MCP in the real world, Sark expressed some apprehension to squaring off against a user. The MCP tortured Sark until he saw his leader's point of view and instructed him that Flynn was to be in the games until he dies playing. Upon Flynn's arrival, Sark educated him and other captured Programs of Identity Discs, and pitted Flynn against Crom in a game of Cesta. After Crom was knocked down and left hanging for his life however, he ordered for the game to be finished, and at the press of button, he killed Crom. Sark thought of eliminating Flynn, though was reminded by the MCP of what he had wanted to happen to Flynn and thus, Sark spared him and sent him to play in a Light Cycle game.
During the a light cycle match, when Flynn, Tron, and Ram all escaped the game grid, Sark relentlessly pursued the renegades, his Light Tanks derezzing Ram. Sark later questioned Dumont about the presence of Tron, though Dumont hesitated in revealing Tron's location to Sark, prompting Sark to take Dumont due to his reluctance. Sark was instructed to round up the remaining renegade programs and bring them to the MCP. With all his enemies in one place, the MCP felt a presence on the Mesa outside its core, Tron. Sark went forward to deal with the program saying that Tron should have joined his ranks because they would have "made a great team."
After a fierce disc battle, Sark suffered a mortal blow from Tron that was so powerful the Commander's own disk was split in two trying to block the shot. Tron's disc cut right through Sark's head and scalped him.
Sark was saved and resurrected by the MCP, who granted him all of his functions to stop Tron, enlarging him in the process. As Sark and Tron battled, Flynn jumped into the MCP's communication beam distracting the MCP long enough for Tron to get his disc in. Sark was derezzed when his master perished.[1]
Other appearances[]
Sark in Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II[]
Sark appears as an antagonist in the Kingdom Hearts II. After Sora, Donald, and Goofy are transported to a copy of the ENCOM system, Sark introduces himself to Sora as "Commander Sark". Sora mocks Sark and insults him enough to electrocute Donald and Goofy in order to show his authority to him.
Afterwards, Sark converses with the MCP and sends Donald, Goofy, and Sora to a Light Cycle arena once they return to copy of the ENCOM system. Sark later encountered them with Tron, and they fought, though Sark was defeated when Tron launched his disc at his skull.
Sark was brought back whenever the MCP gave Sark all of his functions, enlarging him and allowing him to be able battle the four heroes once more. Sark was weakened by Sora however, which allowed Tron and Sora to destroy the MCP, which derezzed Sark as well.
Xbox Live Marketplace[]
Sark's costume is available in the Xbox Live Marketplace for $2.99.
Sark in TRON RUN/r
TRON RUN/r[]
Sark appears as a playable character in TRON RUN/r. Like all characters in the game, the color of his circuitry is interchangeable.
Sark in Fall Guys.
Fall Guys[]
Sark appears as a playable outfit in Fall Guys. He was added into the game on May 24, 2021, and his top costs 700 Show-Bucks while his bottom costs 500 Show-Bucks. Sark was notably absent from the Tron Costume Pack and was instead made available through the game's shop.
Trivia[]
- Sark's first death is considered one of the most graphic deaths to occur in a Disney film, as his brain becomes completely exposed after Tron's Identity Disc cuts through his skull. The death was graphic enough to give the film a PG rating.[2]
- The director of the original TRON felt guilty casting a British actor as the main villain in the film. However, he was satisfied with David Warner's performance and talent.
- Several of Sark's lines are repeated in TRON: Legacy:
- His speech to the new conscripts is repeated in part nearly word-for-word in the Armory of the disc arena as Sam Flynn is given his Identity Disc.
- Clu commands Rinzler to "Finish the game!" when ordering him to take the killing shot at the Flynns and Quorra - the same command Sark gives to programs who refuse to end their opponents' lives on the Game Grid.
- Sark is misspelled as "Zark" in the Commodore 64 port of Discs of TRON.
- Voice actor Corey Burton based his portrayal of Shockwave in The Transformers off of David Warner's portrayal of Sark in the original TRON film.[3]
- Corey Burton would later go on to portray Sark in Kingdom Hearts II.