Deja Vu Cat: What Powers Did It Give The Matrix's Analyst?
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Matrix Resurrections.
The iconic «Deja Vu Cat» from The Matrix returns in The Matrix Resurrections, but what powers did it give the Analyst? First seen in 1999 through Neo's (Keanu Reeves) eyes, The Matrix franchise audiences have come to understand that the Deja Vu Cat acts as a signifier that the Matrix's code has changed in some way. While the cat's first appearance in The Matrix reveals Agents have laid a trap for Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and his team, the Deja Vu Cat's appearances in The Matrix Resurrections represent something else entirely.
Neil Patrick Harris' Analyst is first introduced in The Matrix Resurrections as Thomas/Neo's therapist, prescribing blue pills to keep him sedated. During their therapy sessions, the Analysts' cat gives Neo a sense of deja vu, although he cannot recall where he knows the animal from. In subsequent scenes featuring the Analyst, the same black cat can be seen in close proximity to the upgraded version of the Architect, hinting at the pair's connection. Subsequently, in The Matrix Resurrection's penultimate fight scene, the Analyst desperately reaches out to the Deja Vu Cat as he loses control of the situation — although he cannot coerce the cat into his arms.
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Put simply, the black cat seen in The Matrix Resurrections represents a utility tool used by Matrix administrators like the Analyst to reset or modify areas within the system. The Deja Vu Cat represents a program the Analyst has built and keeps constantly running by his side as a failsafe should he need to make quick adjustments to the Matrix. While black cats were simply the signifiers of change in the
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