Preceding unsigned comment added by XG-Raven ( talk If there are no objections, I'm thinking this may be of enough value to include in the "other uses" portion of the article as an additional pop-culture reference. I'm thinking that people that are old enough to remember Jefferson Airplane would get reference, but it may very well pass over the heads of younger viewers. Especially given that Morpheus mentions Wonderland and the pills in the same scene. "Follow the White rabbit" and "Wonderland" are clearly references to Alice in Wonderland, and the red and blue pill seems inspired by the Jefferson Airplane song that was inspired by Alice in Wonderland. BLUE PILL VS RED PILL MOVIEWhen watching these scenes in the movie, I can't help but see a slight resemblance between the pop-culture references between the movie and song. By taking the red pill he ultimately became a larger-than-life savior, whereas the blue pill would have allowed him to continue his life as a "small" insignificant person in the Matrix. This ultimately leads to the encounter with Morpheus where he is offered the choice between the two pills.Īlthough the pills did not physically make him larger or smaller, it can be argued that this could be a metaphorical comparison. In the film, Neo was told to "follow the white rabbit" follows a girl with a white rabbit tattoo to a club, where he meets Trinity for the first time. In the Jefferson Airplane song "white rabbit", the lyrics start with "one pill makes you larger, one pill makes you small" and had a reference to "chasing rabbits." One point about the red and blue pills that stick out to me is the reference to Alice and Wonderland as told by the group Jefferson Airplane. One thing I've noticed in this wikipedia page, I'm not seeing any clear mention of the red and blue pills possibly relating to Alice in Wonderland in the song "White Rabbit." 37 New political usage beyond Men's Rights Movement.34 Original research about Total Recall.32 Ingesting the red pill in one moment.31 Feminist-inspired laws and culture as means of benefiting some men at the expense of others, and some women at the expense of others.26 I've removed the reference to /r/TheRedPill.20 Was it popularized by the Matrix or invented?.
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