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| TRON: Legacy: It's Your Call: Initiate Sequence | |
| Media Type | Book |
| Story | Carla Jablonski |
| Release Date | 2010 |
TRON: Legacy: It's Your Call: Initiate Sequence is a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style book by Carla Jablonski that loosely follows Sam Flynn's experiences in the film TRON: Legacy. The book allows the reader to decide Sam's actions, determining the events of the story and how the story ends.
Official Description[]
"Sam Flynn is the rebellious 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer who disappeared when Sam was just a child. When Sam looks into his father's disappearance, he finds himself pulled into the same world of brutal programs. In this Choose Your Adventure Story It's up to YOU, to decide the fate of his world!"
Contents[]
The main storyline closely follows the events of TRON: Legacy, but there are a few standout differences besides those attributable to the reader's choice. Quorra, for example, is not captured on the Rectifier, instead accompanying Sam to reclaim Flynn's disc. The two endings furthest along in the main storyline are also significantly different: Rinzler is present at the Portal instead of Clu, and both Flynns survive the events of the story.
Other storylines veer wildly from the main plot and may branch considerably on their own. In some, Sam never discovers the Grid and must learn to survive in the real world. In others, he may make or spurn alliances with rebel programs, succeed or fail at escaping through the Portal, and risk numerous gruesome deaths in his quest to find his father. A ten-year-old gamer boy, Alex, may also accompany Sam to the Grid and affect his activities there. The most frequent types of endings involve death or permanent residence in the system.
The branching plotlines allow a more thorough exploration of the story's world, introducing details absent elsewhere. Several characters seem to "feel" when Sam is on the Grid; the desk which houses the system wails and physically chases Sam if he hits "NO" instead of opening the Portal; ghost programs, "programs that have been deleted but exist in shadowy form at the edges of the Grid," throng the dilapidated lower levels of Tron City, urging those who approach to follow them; a stadium near the Arena hosts a game of "tiddledywinks," requiring a program to supply the players with boxes of fresh "winks" to keep the game flowing; and Users who enter the Sea of Simulation may be gradually swallowed by its energies and mutate into "something no longer human."
Characters[]
The book's events are presented in second person from the perspective of Sam Flynn. Returning characters from TRON: Legacy include Kevin Flynn, Alan Bradley, Quorra, Rinzler, Clu, Gem, Jarvis, Zuse, and Bartik, as well as Sentries and Black Guards, Sam's dog Marv, and an action figure of Tron.
There are also a number of characters unique to Initiate Sequence. Alex, a curly-haired ten-year-old boy, wears braces and describes himself as a gamer who has been sneaking into Flynn's Arcade for years; his small size confuses programs, who refer to him as a "mini." Tyler, a stuntman, and his friends Kyle and Luke are "bike freaks" whom Sam has seen around while practicing stunts. Tyler's sister, stunt coordinator Jax, can offer Sam an entry-level job in the entertainment industry, potentially leading to gigs as a stunt rider. On the Grid, Veltor, a large burly man, and Kindra, a woman with a shaved head, are Bartik's closest rebel associates, appearing in several storylines.
Trivia[]
- Because the book is based on early drafts of TRON: Legacy, certain details differ from the film (aside from those caused by the reader's choices). For example, the program on Sam's team during the light cycle tournament that is credited as "Purple Gaming Program" actually has purple circuitry in the book (as opposed to green in the film). In addition, there is only one MP3 program at the End of Line Club instead of two.