| Tron: Uprising | |
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| Composer | Joseph Trapanese |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
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| Executive producer | Charlie Bean |
| Editor | Sean Coyle |
| Running time | 22-31 minutes |
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| Network | Disney XD |
| Release | May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18) – January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28) |
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Tron: Uprising is an Americananimatedscience fiction television series produced byDisney Television Animation. Set in theTronfictional universe, the series takes place between the events of the filmsTron (1982) andTron: Legacy (2010). The series was mainly directed byCharlie Bean, who also acted as executive producer, while Justin Springer,Edward Kitsis, andAdam Horowitz served as consulting producers.[2] It revolves around Beck, a young program who becomes involved in an insurrection inside the computer world of the Grid.
A total of 19 episodes were produced and aired onDisney XD in the United States from May 18, 2012, to January 28, 2013.[3][4][5]
Beck is a young, anthropomorphized computer program who becomes involved in arevolution inside computer world of the Grid against the villainous Clu and his henchmen. Beck adopts the persona of legendary warrior Tron and becomes the enemy of General Tesler. Subsequently, he is trained by the actual Tron, who also mentors him to grow into a courageous and powerful leader.[6][7]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | "Beck's Beginning" | Charlie Bean | Edward Kitsis &Adam Horowitz | May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18) | 1.79[9] | |
After his city is invaded and a friend killed by Clu's soldiers, a young program named Beck takes the name of "Tron" and, aided by the real Tron, fights back. (31-minute prelude episode, initially produced as a 10-segment miniseries.) | ||||||
| 2 | "The Renegade, Part 1" | Charlie Bean | Story by : Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Written by :Kamran Pasha & Adam Nussdorf & Bill Wolkoff | June 7, 2012 (2012-06-07) | 0.58[10] | |
As Tron trains Beck, Beck begins to doubt that he can be the next Tron. While trying to evade security, Beck lands in a prison transport and is taken to the games. Meanwhile, Zed falls for a female named Perl and brings her to the garage to show her his work, where she steals Able's classic ENCOM 786.
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| 3 | "The Renegade, Part 2" | Charlie Bean | Story by : Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Written by : Kamran Pasha & Adam Nussdorf & Bill Wolkoff | June 14, 2012 (2012-06-14) | 0.37[11] | |
When Beck and Cutler are thrown into a deathmatch, Cutler forfeits and Beck has to return as the Renegade to rescue him. | ||||||
| 4 | "Blackout" | Charlie Bean | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | June 21, 2012 (2012-06-21) | 0.54[12] | |
Beck is sent by Tron to destroy an Occupation-manned energy drill causing power blackouts in Argon City before its destructive power destabilizes the Grid. | ||||||
| 5 | "Identity" | Charlie Bean | Bill Wolkoff | June 28, 2012 (2012-06-28) | 0.38[13] | |
When Beck's identity disc is stolen on the Light Rail, his memory begins to unravel. Hoping to prevent permanent memory loss or identification as the Renegade, he and Tron go to Purgos, Argon City's closest neighbor, to recover it.
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| 6 | "Isolated" | Charlie Bean | André Bormanis | July 5, 2012 (2012-07-05) | 0.36[14] | |
After stealing a valuable data cube from General Tesler's ship, Beck (as the Renegade) is chased by Paige over the Sea of Simulation. When they crash on a destabilized island, Paige reflects on the events that led her to becoming a soldier of the Occupation.
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| 7 | "Price of Power" | Charlie Bean | Adam Nussdorf | July 12, 2012 (2012-07-12) | 0.35[15] | |
Beck intercepts a disk modification that enhances the physical abilities of any program who wears it, but it has some unfortunate side effects. | ||||||
| 8 | "The Reward" | Charlie Bean | Story by : André Bormanis Written by :Scott Nimerfro & André Bormanis | October 19, 2012 (2012-10-19) | N/A | |
When General Tesler offers a reward, as well as the lifting of Argon City's curfew, for the capture of the Renegade, programs all over Argon City began to falsely accuse each other. | ||||||
| 9 | "Scars, Part 1" | Charlie Bean | Bill Wolkoff | October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26) | N/A | |
Dyson, once Tron's lieutenant and now high-ranking in Clu's takeover, comes to Argon City to check up on Tessler. | ||||||
| 10 | "Scars, Part 2" | Charlie Bean | Bill Wolkoff | November 2, 2012 (2012-11-02) | N/A | |
Beck seeks to stop Tron from killing Dyson. | ||||||
| 11 | "Grounded" | Charlie Bean | Adam Nussdorf | December 3, 2012 (2012-12-03) | N/A | |
A furious Tesler publicly challenges the Renegade to appear in Argon Square and surrender himself, promising to free additional prisoners and end the curfew if he does so. Beck accepts the challenge and narrowly escapes capture. Able later reveals that he knows that Beck is the Renegade. | ||||||
| 12 | "We Both Know How This Ends" | Charlie Bean | Adam Nussdorf & Akela Cooper | December 10, 2012 (2012-12-10) | N/A | |
Able heads to the Outlands to confront Tron over his use of Beck as the Renegade, leaving Mara in charge of the garage. | ||||||
| 13 | "The Stranger" | Charlie Bean | Scott Nimerfro & Adam Nussdorf and Ryan Mottesheard | December 17, 2012 (2012-12-17) | N/A | |
On a trip to Gallium City through a storm, Beck discovers a one-way portal. He also learns that he wasn't the first program that Tron had trained as a renegade. | ||||||
| 14 | "Tagged" | Charlie Bean | Adam Nussdorf & Bill Wolkoff | December 24, 2012 (2012-12-24) | N/A | |
The Renegade recruits three programs who caught his attention by tagging the grid with the message, "Tron Lives." He discovers one of them is Mara.
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| 15 | "State of Mind" | Charlie Bean | Story by : Mark Litton Written by : Bill Wolkoff & Adam Nussdorf | December 31, 2012 (2012-12-31) | N/A | |
Tesler uses a mind-control agent to build an army. When Mara falls victim to it, Zed and the Renegade work together to help rescue her. | ||||||
| 16 | "Welcome Home" | Robert Valley | Story by : Scott Nimerfro & Donna Thorland & Adam Prince Written by : Scott Nimerfro & Donna Thorland | January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07) | N/A | |
Beck tries to rescue a fleeing government scientist before Paige and the Occupation finds her; Paige and Beck become passengers on the same runaway train and Beck must save the innocent programs on the train without revealing his identity.
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| 17 | "Rendezvous" | Charlie Bean | Bill Wolkoff | January 14, 2013 (2013-01-14) | N/A | |
Beck and Paige go out on a date, and Paige begins to see Beck's views. Meanwhile, Pavel tests the augmentation boost, but Paige catches him, misconstruing Beck's advice. Tired of her interference, Pavel plots to get rid of Paige once and for all, while Beck decides that an appearance by the Renegade may finally win Paige over.
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| 18 | "No Bounds" | Charlie Bean | Story by : Scott Nimerfro & Donna Thorland Written by : Scott Nimerfro | January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21) | N/A | |
Cyrus, seeking revenge on Beck and Tron, impersonates the Renegade and kills an innocent program. With the city against him, Beck is forced to make the difficult choice of saving Tron or his friends. | ||||||
| 19 | "Terminal" | Charlie Bean | Scott Nimerfro & Adam Nussdorf & Donna Thorland | January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28) | N/A | |
Tron tells Beck that he is dying and that the only way to stop his illness is to use the Occupation's new super recognizer. | ||||||
The series features an animation style that mixes2D animation andCGI animation.[16][17] The look of the series was inspired byStar Wars: The Clone Wars,ThunderCats, andAeon Flux.[3]
Director Charlie Bean explained "the idea was to create a distinct style for the CG show not seen elsewhere on television or in film."[18] He worked closely with art directorAlberto Mielgo, character designerRobert Valley (animation artist for theGorillaz music videos) and lead vehicle designerDaniel Simon, who was previously responsible for many vehicle designs in theTron: Legacy feature film, including the light cycles.[19] Mielgo won thePrimetime Emmy Award for his art direction in 2013.[20]
In December 2010, it was announced thatElijah Wood,Bruce Boxleitner,Lance Henriksen,Emmanuelle Chriqui,Mandy Moore,Paul Reubens,Nate Corddry andReginald VelJohnson would voice characters in a television series based on theTron franchise, titledTron: Uprising.[6][7]
On January 14, 2013, producer Edward Kitsis responded to rumors of cancellation by stating, "I don't know what the future [ofTron: Uprising] is now. I know at the present, I can say we need more viewers."[21] Disney XD moved the program in thebroadcast schedule to Monday mornings at 12:00 AM Eastern until the first season episodes finished airing on January 28, 2013. No more episodes ofTron: Uprising were ever produced following the airing of the final episode.
A trailer for the series, with avoice-over byBruce Boxleitner, was released online in May 2012 (2012-05).[22] and on the home video releases ofTron: Legacy, on April 5, 2011 (2011-04-05).[17] Disney XD presented CGI models of characters, concept art, and the original trailer that was with the home releases ofTron: Legacy atSan Diego Comic-Con in 2011.[23][24] Disney released the first, pre-season episode on May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18), in which the full 31-minute episode was featured on Disney XD on Demand,YouTube,Facebook,iTunes a week earlier. The prelude episode was broadcast only onDisney Channel, and was originally going to be a 10-part miniseries.
On May 9, 2013, it was announced that Disney had reached an agreement withNetflix whereinTron: Uprising would appear on the streaming service, however it was removed one year later.[25] The full series was later added for streaming onDisney+, which was released in November 2019.[26]
The series is scored byJoseph Trapanese, who arrangedDaft Punk'sscore forTron: Legacy.[3] A soundtrack album for the score was released digitally andmanufacture on demand CD byWalt Disney Records on January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08).[27] Trapanese later digitally released twoextended plays for the show featuring additional tracks not heard on the initial product:Tron: Uprising - Hero EP in 2015 andTron: Uprising - Occupied EP in 2020.
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The series premiere earned mostly positive reviews. IGN gave the episode "Beck's Beginning" a ranking of 8 out of 10.[28] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 5 critics' reviews for the first season are positive.[29]
| Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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| 40th Annie Awards[30] | Best Animated Special Production(Episode: Beck's Beginning) | Tron: Uprising | Nominated |
| Character Design in a Television Production(Episode: The Renegade, Part 1) | Robert Valley | Won | |
| Production Design in a Television Production(Episode: The Stranger) | Alberto Mielgo | Won | |
| Storyboarding in a Television Production(Episode: The Reward) | Kalvin Lee & Robert Valley | Nominated | |
| 65th Primetime Emmy Awards[20] | Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation – Art Direction(Episode: The Stranger) | Alberto Mielgo | Won |
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