Chuck Versus the Leftovers
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"Chuck Versus the Leftovers" is the tenth episode of the fourth season
of Chuck
. It originally aired November 29, 2010. Chuck Bartowski
's mother
(Linda Hamilton
) comes over for "Thanksgiving
leftovers
" dinner the day after the holiday. Morgan Grimes
and the rest of the Buy More
crew deal with the busiest shopping day of the year
.
, Russia
, Alexei Volkoff
(Timothy Dalton
) informs Mary Elizabeth Bartowski
(Linda Hamilton
) that Chuck Bartowski
is still alive. He tells her to use his top assassins to kill Chuck.
In Burbank, California
, the assassins attack Chuck and Sarah
with knives. After Chuck fights one of them with a "strip kick" he and Morgan Grimes
learned, Mary arrives and kills the assassins. They take Mary to Castle. After Chuck begins arguing with Mary, Casey
and Sarah lock him out while they interrogate Mary.
Meanwhile, Volkoff and several agents infiltrate the Buy More
carrying AK-47
s to "rescue" Mary. Morgan spots them and crawls into the ventilation system. Just after he alerts Team Bartowski, Volkoff cuts off the cell phone signal and demands Mary's return. Casey uses the facility's weapons system to lower several minigun
s from the ceiling, but one of Volkoff's computer experts K.K. hacks into the system and disarms them. Volkoff threatens to kill everyone-starting with "the fat man" and "the Indian"-if he does not receive Mary. When he calls her "my love," Mary reveals to the team that Volkoff is in love with her.
Meanwhile, Casey and Morgan meet up in the vent and make a plan. Morgan goes to save Jeff and Lester, and Casey gives him a gun and goes to arm the miniguns. However, Morgan steps on tacks and is captured, but Casey saves him and locks him in a closet. Casey himself is then captured. Taking Sarah's advice, Chuck threatens to harm Mary if Volkoff and his men do not leave. Deciding that he would rather Mary die than live without him, Volkoff threatens to lower a thermite explosive in the elevator and incinerate everyone in Castle. However, he promises to leave peacefully if they deliver Mary.
Chuck and Sarah deliver Mary, and Volkoff uses Casey as leverage for them to put their weapons down. When Volkoff betrays Chuck and prepares to kill him as a romantic gesture to Mary, she reveals that Chuck is her son. As Volkoff forgives Mary for letting Chuck live, Ellie
calls and tells Chuck to come to her "Thanksgiving
leftovers
" dinner (as she and Devon were working on the actual holiday). Volkoff deduces from an "employee of the month" plaque that Chuck's last name is Bartowski and Ellie is his sister. He decides to attend the dinner to prove that he can be part of the family.
As they enter Ellie and Devon's apartment, Volkoff threatens Chuck that if the dinner is not perfect he will "take it out" on the people Chuck loves. Volkoff explains to Ellie what happened with Mary, and in the process forces Sarah to grant Mary her freedom. Chuck informs Devon who Volkoff really is and convinces him to go back to Chuck's apartment, alert the CIA
, and bring back a gun. After delivering the gun to Sarah, Devon pretends that he and Ellie are being called back to the hospital so they can leave and the dinner will end. Volkoff is aware that Chuck tried to trick him and Sarah holds him at gunpoint. After Mary holds Sarah at gunpoint to stop her, Volkoff brandishes a gun and prepares to shoot Sarah to punish Chuck. However, Mary informs Volkoff that if he harms her family in any way, she will not love him, she will not leave with him, and she will "end" him. Before Mary and Volkoff leave, Chuck tells her that he trusts her.
Back at the Buy More, Morgan prepares to rescue Casey, Jeff, and Lester by taping a gun to his back. He feigns surrender and tries to shoot the Volkoff agents, but finds that he cannot reach the gun. Volkoff informs an agent named Barbara (Monet Mazur
) that the mission is over and they are free to go.
Devon orders Chuck to keep Ellie out of the spy world. He also gives Chuck Stephen's laptop and leads him to a new Intersect.
and Morgan lock up after Black Friday
, Barbara begs Morgan to let her in, offering to do anything for a Bondesen 7G smart phone, but Morgan refuses because he is already dating Alex. However, Jeff and Lester have already stolen a large pile of the phones from the store and given them "Jeffster!" labels to finance their demo
. When they let Barbara in the store, she drugs them and lets Volkoff in.
Later, Morgan is locked in the closet and discovers the stash. After they are let free, Morgan and Casey put Jeff and Lester in the closet. When Big Mike finds them, he makes them remove the stickers and return the merchandise to the sales floor.
's laptop presents Ellie a memory problem which she solves by doing MRI
s on herself. She saw that Stephen was trying to store information in the brain but was going about it the way of an engineer, and not how the brain actually stores information. She uploads this information into the computer and it prompts for another password "1 or 11". She does not know the answer to this question. Later after they have had dinner with Mary and Volkoff, Devon gives the laptop to Chuck. Realizing the question is a reference to blackjack
, Chuck inputs as a password "Aces, Charles" and the laptop activates again, and flashes (essentially repeating the original process from Bryce Larkin
's email) Chuck with a version of the Intersect
. Chuck falls on his back, but flashes on kung fu to jump back up.
".
", which was also centered around terrorists instigating a hostage crisis, the episode is largely presented as a homage to and parody of Die Hard
. In an attempt to surprise Volkoff agents who have Casey, Jeff, and Lester held hostage, Morgan (shirtless and with bandaged feet) tapes a gun to himself and feigns surrender, repeatedly saying "Yippee-ki-yay", the first part of John McClane
's catchphrase. The character K.K. is believed to be a reference to the Die Hard character Theo, repeating the line "And the quarterback is toast!".
The episode contains a number of other references. Mary says "Come with me if you want to live", a line first uttered by Kyle Reese
to Hamilton's character in The Terminator
and subsequently in every sequel
, as well as the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. In a game of charades, Chuck guesses The Bourne Identity
and Batman Forever
. After relearning kung fu from the Intersect, Chuck says "I know kung fu...again" in reference to The Matrix
, where Neo
says the same thing after "learning" kung fu in a similar manner.
Chuck (season 4)
The fourth season of Chuck was announced on May 13, 2010. Having initially ordered 13 episodes, NBC ordered an additional 11 on October 19, 2010 for a total of 24 episodes....
of Chuck
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
. It originally aired November 29, 2010. Chuck Bartowski
Chuck Bartowski
Charles Irving "Chuck" Bartowski is the main and titular character of the American fiction television show Chuck on NBC. He is portrayed by Zachary Levi.-Character profile:...
's mother
Mary Elizabeth Bartowski
Mary Elizabeth Bartowski is a character on the television series Chuck. Mary is the estranged mother of Chuck and Ellie Bartowski. She is portrayed by Linda Hamilton.-Biography:...
(Linda Hamilton
Linda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Sarah Connor in The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast, for which she was nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy...
) comes over for "Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving (United States)
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. It has officially been an annual tradition since 1863, when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be celebrated on Thursday,...
leftovers
Leftovers
Leftovers are the uneaten edible remains of a meal after the meal is over, and everyone has finished eating. Food scraps that are not considered edible are not regarded as leftovers, but rather as waste material; any remaining edible portions constitute the leftovers.The ultimate fate of leftovers...
" dinner the day after the holiday. Morgan Grimes
Morgan Grimes
Morgan Guillermo Grimes is a major character on the television series Chuck. He is portrayed by actor Joshua Gomez, and is the best friend of Chuck Bartowski....
and the rest of the Buy More
Buy More
Buy More is a fictional big box electronics retail chain in NBC's action-comedy series Chuck. The Buy More is a parody of similar chains, particularly Best Buy....
crew deal with the busiest shopping day of the year
Black Friday (shopping)
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season, similar to Boxing...
.
Main plot
In MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Alexei Volkoff
Alexei Volkoff
Alexei Volkoff is the alias and alter ego of Hartley Winterbottom , a fictional character on the television series Chuck. Volkoff is the head of Volkoff Industries. For the first six episodes of the fourth season, he was an unseen character, directing his operatives from behind the scenes...
(Timothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton
Timothy Peter Dalton ) is a Welsh actor of film and television. He is known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill , as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett , an original sequel to Gone with the Wind...
) informs Mary Elizabeth Bartowski
Mary Elizabeth Bartowski
Mary Elizabeth Bartowski is a character on the television series Chuck. Mary is the estranged mother of Chuck and Ellie Bartowski. She is portrayed by Linda Hamilton.-Biography:...
(Linda Hamilton
Linda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Sarah Connor in The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast, for which she was nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy...
) that Chuck Bartowski
Chuck Bartowski
Charles Irving "Chuck" Bartowski is the main and titular character of the American fiction television show Chuck on NBC. He is portrayed by Zachary Levi.-Character profile:...
is still alive. He tells her to use his top assassins to kill Chuck.
In Burbank, California
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....
, the assassins attack Chuck and Sarah
Sarah Walker (Chuck)
Sarah Lisa Bartowski is the alias of one of the main characters of the fictional television show Chuck on NBC. She is portrayed by Yvonne Strahovski and is one of two agents assigned by the NSA and CIA to protect Chuck Bartowski after he unwittingly downloads the secret government computer known...
with knives. After Chuck fights one of them with a "strip kick" he and Morgan Grimes
Morgan Grimes
Morgan Guillermo Grimes is a major character on the television series Chuck. He is portrayed by actor Joshua Gomez, and is the best friend of Chuck Bartowski....
learned, Mary arrives and kills the assassins. They take Mary to Castle. After Chuck begins arguing with Mary, Casey
John Casey (Chuck)
Colonel John Casey is portrayed by actor Adam Baldwin on the television show Chuck on NBC. Prior to the episode "Chuck Versus the Tic Tac," he was partnered with CIA agent Sarah Walker to protect Chuck Bartowski....
and Sarah lock him out while they interrogate Mary.
Meanwhile, Volkoff and several agents infiltrate the Buy More
Buy More
Buy More is a fictional big box electronics retail chain in NBC's action-comedy series Chuck. The Buy More is a parody of similar chains, particularly Best Buy....
carrying AK-47
AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...
s to "rescue" Mary. Morgan spots them and crawls into the ventilation system. Just after he alerts Team Bartowski, Volkoff cuts off the cell phone signal and demands Mary's return. Casey uses the facility's weapons system to lower several minigun
Minigun
The Minigun is a 7.62 mm, multi-barrel heavy machine gun with a high rate of fire , employing Gatling-style rotating barrels with an external power source...
s from the ceiling, but one of Volkoff's computer experts K.K. hacks into the system and disarms them. Volkoff threatens to kill everyone-starting with "the fat man" and "the Indian"-if he does not receive Mary. When he calls her "my love," Mary reveals to the team that Volkoff is in love with her.
Meanwhile, Casey and Morgan meet up in the vent and make a plan. Morgan goes to save Jeff and Lester, and Casey gives him a gun and goes to arm the miniguns. However, Morgan steps on tacks and is captured, but Casey saves him and locks him in a closet. Casey himself is then captured. Taking Sarah's advice, Chuck threatens to harm Mary if Volkoff and his men do not leave. Deciding that he would rather Mary die than live without him, Volkoff threatens to lower a thermite explosive in the elevator and incinerate everyone in Castle. However, he promises to leave peacefully if they deliver Mary.
Chuck and Sarah deliver Mary, and Volkoff uses Casey as leverage for them to put their weapons down. When Volkoff betrays Chuck and prepares to kill him as a romantic gesture to Mary, she reveals that Chuck is her son. As Volkoff forgives Mary for letting Chuck live, Ellie
Ellie Bartowski
Eleanor Faye "Ellie" Bartowski Woodcomb, M.D., Ph.D., is the older sister of title character Chuck Bartowski on the television series Chuck. She is portrayed by actress Sarah Lancaster.-Biography:...
calls and tells Chuck to come to her "Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving (United States)
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. It has officially been an annual tradition since 1863, when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be celebrated on Thursday,...
leftovers
Leftovers
Leftovers are the uneaten edible remains of a meal after the meal is over, and everyone has finished eating. Food scraps that are not considered edible are not regarded as leftovers, but rather as waste material; any remaining edible portions constitute the leftovers.The ultimate fate of leftovers...
" dinner (as she and Devon were working on the actual holiday). Volkoff deduces from an "employee of the month" plaque that Chuck's last name is Bartowski and Ellie is his sister. He decides to attend the dinner to prove that he can be part of the family.
As they enter Ellie and Devon's apartment, Volkoff threatens Chuck that if the dinner is not perfect he will "take it out" on the people Chuck loves. Volkoff explains to Ellie what happened with Mary, and in the process forces Sarah to grant Mary her freedom. Chuck informs Devon who Volkoff really is and convinces him to go back to Chuck's apartment, alert the CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
, and bring back a gun. After delivering the gun to Sarah, Devon pretends that he and Ellie are being called back to the hospital so they can leave and the dinner will end. Volkoff is aware that Chuck tried to trick him and Sarah holds him at gunpoint. After Mary holds Sarah at gunpoint to stop her, Volkoff brandishes a gun and prepares to shoot Sarah to punish Chuck. However, Mary informs Volkoff that if he harms her family in any way, she will not love him, she will not leave with him, and she will "end" him. Before Mary and Volkoff leave, Chuck tells her that he trusts her.
Back at the Buy More, Morgan prepares to rescue Casey, Jeff, and Lester by taping a gun to his back. He feigns surrender and tries to shoot the Volkoff agents, but finds that he cannot reach the gun. Volkoff informs an agent named Barbara (Monet Mazur
Monet Mazur
Monet Happy Mazur is an American actress, model and musician.-Personal life:Mazur was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Ruby Mazur, an illustrator who has worked in the record industry and at one time was the manager of Billy Joel. Mazur has four siblings: Nicholas, Cézanne, Matisse...
) that the mission is over and they are free to go.
Devon orders Chuck to keep Ellie out of the spy world. He also gives Chuck Stephen's laptop and leads him to a new Intersect.
Buy More
After Big MikeBig Mike
Michael Barnett, better known by his stage name Big Mike, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was originally a member of Convicts with Houston rapper Mr. 3-2. Its album would be the first of many releases Mike would put out on Houston-based Rap-A-Lot Records...
and Morgan lock up after Black Friday
Black Friday (shopping)
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season, similar to Boxing...
, Barbara begs Morgan to let her in, offering to do anything for a Bondesen 7G smart phone, but Morgan refuses because he is already dating Alex. However, Jeff and Lester have already stolen a large pile of the phones from the store and given them "Jeffster!" labels to finance their demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
. When they let Barbara in the store, she drugs them and lets Volkoff in.
Later, Morgan is locked in the closet and discovers the stash. After they are let free, Morgan and Casey put Jeff and Lester in the closet. When Big Mike finds them, he makes them remove the stickers and return the merchandise to the sales floor.
Stephen's legacy
StephenStephen J. Bartowski
Stephen J. Bartowski is a recurring character on the television series Chuck portrayed by actor Scott Bakula. Stephen is the estranged father of Chuck and Ellie Bartowski, and under the government codename "Orion" was the chief designer of the Intersect....
's laptop presents Ellie a memory problem which she solves by doing MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...
s on herself. She saw that Stephen was trying to store information in the brain but was going about it the way of an engineer, and not how the brain actually stores information. She uploads this information into the computer and it prompts for another password "1 or 11". She does not know the answer to this question. Later after they have had dinner with Mary and Volkoff, Devon gives the laptop to Chuck. Realizing the question is a reference to blackjack
Blackjack
Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...
, Chuck inputs as a password "Aces, Charles" and the laptop activates again, and flashes (essentially repeating the original process from Bryce Larkin
Bryce Larkin
Bryce Larkin is a recurring character on the spy comedy series Chuck on NBC. Bryce is the ex-college roommate and fraternity brother of the series' main character, Chuck Bartowski and was formerly partnered and once romantically involved with Chuck's CIA handler Sarah Walker. Bryce was responsible...
's email) Chuck with a version of the Intersect
The Intersect
The Intersect is a fictional secret technology appearing in the television series Chuck. Within the series, it is used to house and analyze large quantities of encoded data...
. Chuck falls on his back, but flashes on kung fu to jump back up.
Production
Series star Zachary Levi directed this episode. This was the second time Levi directed a Chuck episode, after his television directorial debut in "Chuck Versus the BeardChuck Versus the Beard
"Chuck Versus the Beard" is a third season episode of the television series Chuck. It originally aired March 8, 2010, and was the television directorial debut of series star Zachary Levi...
".
Continuity
- The final password to the laptop is "Aces, Charles". This line was first mentioned as a "dad quote" in "Chuck Versus the IntersectChuck Versus the Intersect"Chuck Versus the Intersect" is the pilot episode of the American action-comedy television series Chuck. The episode was directed by McG and written by series co-creators Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak...
", first uttered by Stephen in "Chuck Versus the Dream JobChuck Versus the Dream Job"Chuck Versus the Dream Job" aired on April 6, 2009. It is the 19th episode of the series' second season. Chuck interviews at Roark Industries to investigate a possible virus, while his father, Stephen J. Bartowski, returns home.-Plot summary:...
", and several times since. - Chuck says "I know kung fu...again" referring to "Chuck Versus the RingChuck Versus the Ring"Chuck Versus the Ring" is the second season finale of Chuck, which aired on April 27, 2009. The day of Ellie and Devon's wedding arrives, but Chuck finds himself forced to protect both his sister and the event from a vengeful Ted Roark....
" (which, in turn, referenced The MatrixThe MatrixThe Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
). The music played is identical to that in the earlier episode. - It is the first time since "Chuck Versus the AnniversaryChuck Versus the Anniversary"Chuck Versus the Anniversary" is the fourth season premiere of Chuck. It originally aired September 20, 2010. When the CIA gains control over the Buy More, Chuck Bartowski begins searching for his mother . Sarah and Casey follow a trail to Russia as they investigate the mysterious Volkoff...
" that we see the Buy MoreBuy MoreBuy More is a fictional big box electronics retail chain in NBC's action-comedy series Chuck. The Buy More is a parody of similar chains, particularly Best Buy....
as a CIA base with weapons. - This is the first time Sarah and Casey have witnessed Chuck upload an Intersect, with the exception of the Fulcrum intersect
- Before passing the laptop to Chuck, Stephen's programming prompts Ellie to solve a neuro-biology problem. This could explain the negative effects the Intersect has on the brain, as she states that her father approached the brain "like a computer", which is why some of the information she saw is incorrect.
Cultural references
Much like "Chuck Versus Santa ClausChuck Versus Santa Claus
"Chuck Versus Santa Claus" is the eleventh episode of the second season of Chuck, and the 24th overall episode of the series. The episode was directed by Robert Duncan McNeill and written by Scott Rosenbaum. It originally aired December 15, 2008....
", which was also centered around terrorists instigating a hostage crisis, the episode is largely presented as a homage to and parody of Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which...
. In an attempt to surprise Volkoff agents who have Casey, Jeff, and Lester held hostage, Morgan (shirtless and with bandaged feet) tapes a gun to himself and feigns surrender, repeatedly saying "Yippee-ki-yay", the first part of John McClane
John McClane
John McClane is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Die Hard film series, portrayed by Bruce Willis.-Development and description:...
's catchphrase. The character K.K. is believed to be a reference to the Die Hard character Theo, repeating the line "And the quarterback is toast!".
The episode contains a number of other references. Mary says "Come with me if you want to live", a line first uttered by Kyle Reese
Kyle Reese
Kyle Reese is the primary character in the first Terminator film, the posthumous father of John Connor, and the love of Sarah Connor. He is played by Michael Biehn in the first Terminator films, Jonathan Jackson in the television series, and played as a teenager by Anton Yelchin in Terminator...
to Hamilton's character in The Terminator
The Terminator
The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, co-written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr., and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton. The film was produced by Hemdale Film Corporation and distributed by Orion Pictures, and filmed in Los...
and subsequently in every sequel
Terminator (franchise)
The Terminator series is a science fiction franchise encompassing a series of films and other media concerning battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent machine network, and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race....
, as well as the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. In a game of charades, Chuck guesses The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency . The film also stars Franka...
and Batman Forever
Batman Forever
Batman Forever is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is a sequel to Batman Returns , with Val Kilmer replacing Michael Keaton as Batman...
. After relearning kung fu from the Intersect, Chuck says "I know kung fu...again" in reference to The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
, where Neo
Neo (The Matrix)
Thomas A. Anderson is a fictional character and the main protagonist in The Matrix franchise, as well as having a cameo in The Animatrix short film, Kid's Story. He was portrayed by Keanu Reeves in The Matrix Trilogy and The Animatrix. Andrew Bowen provided Neo's voice in The Matrix: Path of Neo...
says the same thing after "learning" kung fu in a similar manner.