What was Morpheus's name?

Radaeron

If he was born in Zion then they must have had some kind of surgery to put in the ports and holes SMILEY

.. Which I doubt.

Trikraft

To my knowledge, Morpheus' true name has never been revealed in any Matrix mythology, movies or extended stories. Morpheus was freed at an early age, but it is entirely possible that maybe he decided not to have a name, a name given to him by a system he rejected and hated. Like Malcolm Little, a man we know as Malcolm X. He didn't use the surname he had, because it was against his beliefs to use what he called his "slave name". As such, Morpheus could have never used it, and it would fall out of favor and be lost.

As far as the Agents not calling him by his proper name.....you got me....I sense a plot hole.

Message Edited by Trikraft on 08-23-2005 08:09 AM
Message edited by Trikraft on 08/23/2005 04:09:18.

[CoZ]LostProphet

Yes, and he jacked into the Matrix using the "Hopes, prayers and witchcraft" method.

shadows_of_pain wrote:
I
thought he was born in Zion, never was a redpill...I am probly wrong
though since there is other posts in here that say otherwise

**Fugitiv3**

it was definitely Cowboy Curtis.

proof:

http://matrixpeewee.ytmnd.com/

**Megarittz**

Shouki wrote:

Maybe when he was alive we should of asked him...

What do you mean, "when he was alive?"

The ignorance of these people...

MammothTusk

2Megaritz. Uknow, he is kinda dead already for 2 months...

**Super_Jenius**

The Sentinel gives us a clue:

Yet
my contact downtown says there's a full-on red alert for
this ersatz Morpheus character (real name:
We're not T. Elling).

**Tefnut**

It is also possible that Morpheus just never appeared on the Agents' radar. They did a search to find out that Neo was "Mr. Anderson." Morphy could have led an overly cautious life until he was removed from the Matrix, and the machines have no idea what his slave name was, and he does not feel inclined to share it.

NumberXVI

Re:
I've been thinking about this one. now, I played
Enter the Matrix. In it, Niobe calls several contacts to tell the other
ships to meet. She get's an answering machine with Morpheus' voice
saying. "Welcome to the Daniel's Institute of Dream Interpretation."
Perhaps Morpheus (God of Sleep and Dreams) Blue Name is Daniels

I do agree with this statement... I remember looking at some info on
MxO or the movies that that his name is Daniel but I don’t recall where
but I am positive it is Daniel. if I remember i will post where i got
my info.

**CountZero_MxO**

I believe Foxxdie addressed the Daniel's Institute reference already, and remember it was only ONE of many ways that Morpheus and Zion's Operatives fronted themselves in the Matrix.

As for Morpheus's Bluepill name, he was unplugged very early in his life and as depicted in the Matrix Comics Vol.1 and mentioned earlier in this thread, he was a shaven-headed Buddhist-robed acolyte looking remarkably similar to one of the Oracle's 'potentials'.

When the Oracle's potentials were liberated to Zion, they were referred to as 'the Orphans' and if Morpheus was one of her 'orphans' and a 'potential' then it would be easy to stay under the Agent radar and remain nameless in the Bluepill world. The special relationship Morpheus has with the Oracle could be interpreted as motherly to a son and she seems to know more about him than anyone. Not to mention that even after the Oracle is revealed to be a Machine Program, Morpheus still seeks her advice and guidance which indicates a bond and trust relationship extending beyond the casual.

So, maybe his anonymity as an Orphan in the Bluepill Matrix and his guidance as a 'potential' by the Oracle before his liberation to Zion protected him from being named by the system. When his purpose was revealed to him, the name Morpheus was either given to him or he took it as his own understanding the role he would play in Zion's future. The Machine Agents never 'met' Morpheus which is why the were hunting him, and they would have referred to him using the name he was known by as a dangerous 'terrorist' and Zion operative.

**EndlessVoid**

By the way... Neo isn't the only one who gets called by his bluepill name by an Agent in the films.
When Agent Smith takes Cypher out to dinner, he refers to him as "Mr. Reagan." I don't know if the name has any further symbolism, but Cypher does express interests in not being able to remember anything, and being made "someone important... like an actor."

- Void

**DarkRevenantW**

Morpheus was called Morpheus by the Agents because he earned the respect. Remeber Morpheus had been fighting the war in The Matrix all his life while we only saw Neo fighting in the war for less than a year, the Agents had no respect for him. Then when he died and then finally came back and THe One was in him I guess that is when Neo earned his respect.

**GamiSB**

True that the name Daniel could have just been a front but just the symbolism behind it and everything else tied to morpheus shows that it could have been his name. Truth is its never stated and once again the bros left that as one of the many things you can just make up for yourself.

symbea

I'll probably get this wrong but am I right in saying Smith was the only agent that called Neo "Mr. Anderson", because the agents do refer to him as neo in the first film. Maybe it's just Smiths favoured name to call him as that is what he was used to calling him. And morpheus was just what he learnt his name to be.

**cloudwolf**

well the respect idea is kinda flawed because neo defeated smith saving both zion and the machine culture but in past mxo events they still referred to him as mr. anderson so if your theory is correct he still hasnt earnt their respect

:smileytongue:

EDIT: bloody typos, pfft

Message Edited by cloudwol on 09-06-2005 10:58 AM
Message edited by cloudwolf on 09/06/2005 01:58:14.