• Space Paranoids
• Gallery
• Game
• Walkthrough

Space Paranoids
Japanese	スペース・パラノイド
Romaji	Supēsu Paranoido
Games	Kingdom Hearts II Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory
Allies	Tron
Origin	Tron (1982)
KHII tracks Field theme -Space Paranoids Battle theme -Byte Bashing Battle theme -Byte Striking
Other worlds Introduced inKingdom Hearts Dive to the Heart |Destiny Islands |Disney Castle Traverse Town |Wonderland |Olympus Coliseum Deep Jungle |Agrabah |Monstro Atlantica |Halloween Town |Neverland 100 Acre Wood |Hollow Bastion End of the World |Realm of Darkness Introduced inKingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Castle Oblivion |Twilight Town Introduced inKingdom Hearts II Mysterious Tower |Radiant Garden The Land of Dragons |Beast's Castle |Timeless River Port Royal |Pride Lands |Space Paranoids The World That Never Was |End of Sea |Keyblade Graveyard Introduced inKingdom Hearts coded Datascape Introduced inKingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Land of Departure |Mirage Arena Dwarf Woodlands |Enchanted Dominion |Castle of Dreams Disney Town |Deep Space Introduced inKingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance La Cité des Cloches |The Grid |Symphony of Sorcery Country of the Musketeers |Prankster's Paradise Introduced inKingdom Hearts χ[chi] Daybreak Town Introduced inKingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] Game Central Station |Niceland |Cy-Bug Sector |Candy Kingdom Introduced inKingdom Hearts III The Final World |Secret Forest |Olympus Toy Box |Kingdom of Corona |Monstropolis Arendelle |The Caribbean |San Fransokyo Scala ad Caelum |Quadratum

Space Paranoids is aworld that appears inKingdom Hearts II. It is entirely contained withinHollow Bastion's computer system. It is based on the Disney filmTron, and is named after the video game created byKevin Flynn in the film. Along with being one of three worlds in the series that are contained entirely within another world, it is also one of two worlds to be based on theTron franchise, the other beingThe Grid.

Space Paranoids is unlocked upon the second visit to Hollow Bastion. The world is inaccessible byGummi Ship; instead,Sora must access the computer in Ansem's Study to enter it.

Development[edit]

InKingdom Hearts II, the world-icon for Space Paranoids features severalRecognizers pursuing a pair ofLight Cycles, portraying a scene in the film where Kevin Flynn, Ram and Tron escape the Game Grid. No Recognizers appear inKingdom Hearts II outside of the world-icon, although they appear in The Grid inKingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

Tetsuya Nomura originally intended for Space Paranoids to return inKingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance as part of Sora's story, while The Grid was only meant to be forRiku, though Nomura eventually scrapped the idea and used The Grid for both characters.^[1]

Settings and Areas[edit]

Kingdom Hearts II[edit]

The Dataspace

When first brought to the digital world, Sora,Goofy, andDonald are promptly arrested bySark and taken to thePit Cell (ピットセル, Pitto Seru^?), whereTron is being held prisoner by theMaster Control Program; this room also hosts theMoogle Shop. After Tron explains the situation, the party escapes the Cell, heading for theCanyon (キャニオン, Kyanion^?), where they play a mini-game to unlock the terminal access. Further along and to the right is theDataspace (データエリア, Dēta Eria^?, lit. "Data Area"), where the DTD can be accessed.

Sora is forced to playLight Cycle on theGame Grid (ゲーム盤, Gēmu-ban^?, lit. "Game Board"), a vast arena with a dark blue floor gridded with glowing light blue accents.

Crossing the canyon leads to theI/O Tower: Hallway (入出力タワー:ホール, Nyūshutsuryoku Tawā: Hōru^?, lit. "Input and Output Tower: Hall"). Heading right takes the group to theI/O Tower: Communications Room (入出力タワー:通信室, Nyūshutsuryoku Tawā: Tsūshin-shitsu^?, lit. "Input and Output Tower: Telecommunications Room"), while going left takes them to theSimulation Hangar (ソーラー船ドック, Sōrā-sen Dokku^?, lit. "Solar Ship Dock"), where theSolar Sailer Simulation (ソーラー船, Sōrā-sen^?, lit. "Solar Ship") can be accessed. The Simulation takes the party to theCentral Computer Mesa (システム中枢外部, Shisutemu Chūsū Gaibu^?, lit. "Central System Externals"), which is a small area with a great view of the red and abstract mountain-esque landscape. Up ahead is a massive grey structure which serves as the MCP's headquarters, theCentral Computer Core (システム中枢, Shisutemu Chūsū^?, lit. "Central System"). It's a vast circular room with beams of orange light going both up and down along the walls. In the heart of the room resides the MCP, which vanishes after it's been defeated.

Story[edit]

BeforeKingdom Hearts[edit]

Long ago,Ansem the Wise copied an operating system created by ENCOM for his own use and renamed it Hollow Bastion OS, creating Space Paranoids. It was to be used forRadiant Garden's town maintenance and his personal research. However, after exiling Ansem and posing as his mentor,Xehanort altered the system, reintroducing theMaster Control Program, or MCP, andSark from the original system. The dataspace, where all the system's original data was stored, was named the DTD, after theDoor to Darkness, and could be accessed by a password made up from the names of the sevenPrincesses of Heart.

Kingdom Hearts II[edit]

During his second visit toHollow Bastion, Sora learns fromCid andYuffie that they have found the computer of Ansem the Wise. Wishing to use it to find any information on theOrganization,Kairi andRiku, or theKing, Sora heads towards the castle. Upon finding the computer, Sora roughly types on the keyboard, vainly searching for information. While doing so, Goofy notices a blue creature on the ceiling, which turns out to beStitch, whom then proceeds to fall onto the keyboard with Donald jumping after him. As Donald jumps around on the keyboard, the erroneous keystrokes alert the MCP, who warns the party not to further misuse the console. While trying to get off the keyboard, Donald accidentally steps on more keys, resulting in the party being "arrested" and transported into Space Paranoids.

When the gang arrives in Space Paranoids, they meetSark, who sends them to a cybernetic prison: the Pit Cell. Here, they find Tron locked up as well; he explains where they are, and his plans to stop the MCP. The two join forces, and escape. Venturing into the Canyon, Sora restores the energy core system, activating the terminal that can send the gang back to Hollow Bastion. Before they leave, Tron tells them that they need the password for the DTD to access the data files. Sora learns the password in Ansem's study - the names of the Seven Princesses of Heart - and returns to Space Paranoids.

Before meeting Tron, Sora and company are forced to play on Sark's Game Grid. After a fewlight-cycling games, they manage to escape and meet up with Tron. The gang then go to the Dataspace and insert the password, restoring Tron's functions. However, once access is gained, the MCP gains access to the entire system and attempts to activate Hollow Bastion's emergency self-destruct. Tron hacks into the system and changes the password to the names of Sora, Donald, and Goofy. They then depart to the I/O Tower, where the MCP means to upload theHostile Program to the town. After defeating the program, Tron uses the terminal in the tower to return the trio to the outside world. Back in Ansem's lab, they learn that the data files in the DTD have become corrupt. With Space Paranoids at peace, Sora, Donald, and Goofy attend to matters in Hollow Bastion.

Some time later, the MCP manages to take control of the town's defense systems and the Heartless Manufacturer in Ansem's lab. Sora arrives on the world in the midst of an attack by data-basedHeartless, with theClaymores now turned against him. Meeting his friends, he learns that they are working on a program that would eradicate the MCP with a combination of code andMerlin's magic. Having lost contact with Tron from the outside, Sora and Co. enter Space Paranoids once more.

They find Tron on the Game Grid, swarmed by an army of Heartless. Defeating them and escaping the Game Grid, Tron reveals that the MCP is preparing to launch an all-out war on the User world. Sora reveals that his friends have created the "MCP Eradication Program," and the group travel to the I/O Tower to save the data onto Tron'sIdentity Disk. They board a Solar Sailer waiting for them outside the tower and head towards the MCP. During the flight, waves of Heartless sent by the MCP attack the quartet, causing the Solar Sailer to overload and begin to fall off its beam, but Sora fends them off.

Arriving at the Central Computer Mesa, they face off against Sark and quickly eliminate him. In an attempt to defend himself from the eradication program, the MCP gives all his functions to Sark, causing him to enlarge and attack Sora and Co. once more. Regardless, Sora and Tron are able to use the program on the MCP and erase him from the system. After the battle, Tron suddenly starts acting cheerful, causing Sora to remark that he has a silly side; Yuffie later blames his personality change on Tron "hanging out with the trio too much." Before Sora, Donald, and Goofy leave, Tron says goodbye with a hug to each of his friends, each promising to see each other again one day, before jumping into the core where the MCP once stood.

Sora, Donald and Goofy exit the system, where it is revealed that the Heartless invasion has stopped. As they try to explain on what happened, Tron suddenly speaks to them, now in control of the Hollow Bastion OS. He then shows what the town used to be like before it was destroyed, leading everybody to remember the true name of the town:Radiant Garden.

Characters[edit]

• 

  Tron
  ^{[KH II]}

• 

  Sark
  ^{[KH II]}

• 

  Master Control Program
  ^{[KH II]}

• 

  Hostile Program
  ^{[KH II]}

• 

  Artemicion
  ^{[KH II]}

Character Design[edit]

In Space Paranoids, Sora, Donald, and Goofy are converted into data and change forms accordingly. Their physical features turn to grayscale, and their clothing is replaced by gray armor and outfits, accented with lines of glowing cyan. When Sora changes into hisDrive Forms, the circuit patterns on his outfit alter color to match according to the form: they will change to red forValor Form, blue forWisdom Form, yellow forMaster Form, white forFinal Form, black/purple forAntiForm, and the circuits follow the colors of theKingdom Hearts outfit forLimit Form: silver torso, red pants and yellow shoes.

• 

  Sora in hisSpace Paranoids armor.

• 

  Donald in hisSpace Paranoids armor.

• 

  Goofy in hisSpace Paranoids armor.

Enemies[edit]

Heartless[edit]

Other[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

• Kingdom Hearts II worlds
• Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory worlds
• Space Paranoids

• Featured articles