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Agents are a group of characters in ''The Matrix'' franchise. They are sentient computer programs carefully disguised like average-looking human males,〔 displaying a high-level of artificial intelligence.〔("The Matrix Trilogy" ). SparkNotes. Retrieved 3 December 2014.〕 Agents are representatives within the Matrix fictional universe.〔 They are guardians within the computer-generated world of the Matrix, protecting it from anyone or anything (most often Redpills) that could reveal it as a false reality or threaten it in any other way.〔 Agents also hunt down and terminate any rogue programs, such as The Keymaker, which no longer serves a purpose to the overall Machine objective.〔("The Matrix" ). Common Sense Media. Retrieved 3 December 2014.〕 They physically appear human, but have a tendency to speak and act in highly precise and mechanical ways.〔 ==Physical aspects== Agents wear dark green business suits lined with a gold fabric, white dress shirts, black dress shoes, dark green neckties with a silver bar clip, square sunglasses, and a communication earpiece. These features are copied from the attire for plainclothes agents of the United States Secret Service, as well as those of the Men in Black conspiracy or the stereotypical G-Man/FBI official. All Agents are Caucasian males (with a minor exception of African-American Agent Perry and female Agent Pace from ''The Matrix Online'' game), which also provides a dynamic compared to the majority population of Zion, containing many diverse cultures and walks of life. With the exception of Agent Pace, Agents also tend to have common Anglo-Saxon names such as Smith, Jones, Brown, etc. They have sideburns, and their hair is either slicked back or side-parted. Matrix Agents carry Desert Eagle handguns in shoulder holsters that are concealed beneath their suit jackets. In addition to proficiency in the use of firearms, all Agents are masters of the martial arts and hand-to-hand combat. Agents are programmed to be extremely agile, allowing them to perform superhuman feats such as leaping great distances, while possessing exceptional reflexes; on one occasion Smith managed to directly counter a punch from Morpheus with a punch of his own to Morpheus's still-moving fist. They can briefly move at speeds fast enough to evade gunfire, at least in most circumstances; contact shots are effective, as are weapons with an extremely high rate of fire, such as that from a “minigun” as seen in the first ''Matrix'' film. They seem to be impervious to pain, or to have an extremely high tolerance for it; when Neo shoots one Agent with a minigun, he shows no visible reaction to several bullets piercing his arm. They can only be "killed" by wounds that would be instantly lethal to a human; trauma to the head, heart, upper spine, and so on. They can suffer superficial wounds, as seen in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' when Morpheus cuts an Agent's cheek with a sword. However, being injured or "killed" is only a minor obstacle. Agents can transfer themselves into other bodies at will, including those of Bluepills—humans directly connected to the Matrix. Apparently, Agents have no "original" bodies, but even at their creation are over-written on the virtual signal of a human plugged into the Matrix. Hence, killing their current human "shell" will only delay an Agent long enough for it to transfer into another nearby Bluepill human. Actually, destroying a specific Agent program is virtually impossible. They can only possess Bluepills, however, and thus Zion rebels are unaffected (only Smith, as a virus, had the ability to take over Redpills by copying himself over them). For this reason, areas with a high population density (crowded apartment buildings, market places, freeways, etc.) are usually avoided by the Zion rebels. To date, it is unclear whether or not an Agent can shift ''back out of'' the body of a Bluepill, at will, without harming or killing them. Agents possess superhuman strength, performing feats such as tearing open a car's roof with one hand and delivering punches that can shatter solid concrete. Agents also seem significantly less stunned by punches and kicks than a human would be, although a sufficiently strong attack to a vital body area can stagger them, such as when Neo briefly stunned Smith by jabbing fingers into his throat. Agents can only act within the boundaries of the Matrix, and as a result, they must obey the laws of physics set within its system. Thus, while they can perform feats of incredible strength and endurance, they cannot walk through walls, stop bullets, fly unassisted, etc. They can bend the rules, but they cannot outright break them. The only exception to these limits occurs in the first film, wherein Agent Smith appears to plant a suggestion in Neo's mind that his (Neo's) mouth has sealed itself, although this could have been a temporary rewrite of the code of Neo's residual self-image (RSI) from the source rather than a regular ability possessed by conventional Agents. With the exception of Smith, who seems intellectually superior to his colleagues (and far more ambitious), Agents show little or no emotion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agent (The Matrix)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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