Zed

**Zed** is a supporting character in *TRON: Uprising*, voiced by Nate Corddry. He is one of Beck's best friends and is his co-worker at Able's garage. Zed's specialty is working on the fastest vehicles on the Grid.

Zed also had a romantic interest in fellow co-worker and friend Mara.

## Synopsis

Zed had worked at Able's garage for much of his life, engineering the fastest vehicles on the Grid, but everything changed when Clu's army took control. Zed's friend Bodhi was derezzed before his eyes; although he was upset, he prevented Beck from trying to avenge Bodhi and going the same way, believing there was nothing they could do.

Shortly thereafter, a statue of Clu was destroyed by a mysterious program who wore the symbol of Tron and became known as "the renegade." To Zed's dismay, Mara expressed admiration for the renegade and his actions; Zed, however, feared that defiance against Clu's forces could only lead to trouble. His belief was validated when General Tesler, in revenge for the "act of sedition," began capturing programs to fight in the Games—Zed and Mara among them. When the Light Rail transporting them had almost reached the Coliseum, it was derailed and crashed. The compartment door was opened and the renegade freed the prisoners. Mara wanted to stay and thank the mysterious program, but Zed insisted on leaving as fast as possible and pulled her along with him.

### The Renegade

Zed, who had been nursing a silent crush on Mara, accompanied her to a local dance club where, too embarrassed to dance, he sat alone at a table and brooded while she danced with other programs. A program named Perl, sensing his loneliness, introduced herself and talked him into leaving the club and then showing her around Able's garage. Eager to impress her, he led her into Able's private office. When he showed her Able's one-of-a-kind ENCOM-786 light cycle baton, Perl showed her true colors, punching Zed from behind and stealing the baton.

Able later asked Zed what had happened to it, but before Zed could make up a story, Mara realized what had happened and pulled Zed away to help him find it using a pathetic tracking device.

Zed and Mara tracked Perl to the meeting place where she had presented the light cycle to the leader of her gang. Perl taunted Zed, but Mara, angered at this treatment of her best friend, knocked Perl to the ground. Zed grabbed the baton and, with Mara as a passenger, sped off. He led the criminal gang straight into Paige, who had been fighting the Renegade among the containers at one of Argon's docks, and escaped with Mara in the confusion. This made Zed much more admirable in Mara's eyes, a turnabout he undoubtedly enjoyed.

### Blackout

Goaded by "new friends" Bartik and Hopper, Zed entered the Argon Race with his custom-built light cycle, evading their cheats to become one of the last few serious contenders. However, deep in the Argon Tunnels where the race was taking place, the renegade blocked their path and warned the surviving racers to turn back because an explosion was imminent. The renegade then stole Zed's bike, apparently to ensure that Paige wouldn't prevent the explosion, leaving Zed with yet another grudge against the masked program.

Zed escaped and began constructing a new version of the bike he'd lost. While working on it, he was approached by Hopper, Bartik, and Paige, who asked him if he would want to be part of a team to hunt down the renegade. He was later seen at Tesler's rally, cheering for the renegade to get captured.

### Identity

On shift at the garage, Zed scoffed at Mara's admiration of the renegade's aura of mystery, retorting that the masked program was probably afraid to show his face. Despite Mara's unease at the arrival of Bartik and Hopper, Zed left his work to speak to them about Paige's anti-renegade task force. Asked to make a weapon that could stop a lightcycle, he was initially reluctant, but agreed when they started baiting him, further spurred by the sight of Mara and some other co-workers discussing the renegade's wanted poster.

After constructing the device, he tested it during a rainstorm in front of the garage. With Mara looking on, he explained that the device was meant to be attached to a light cycle, and smugly launched a remote-controlled light cycle as a target. The device shot a beam that intersected the vehicle's light ribbon, raced along it, and caused the light cycle to explode. Zed was jubilant, but Mara, initially impressed, quickly realized that the weapon was meant to bring down the renegade. At first Zed was unrepentant, but Mara pointed out that rather than just stopping the renegade, it could derez him. Zed protested that he was trying to do the right thing, but Mara said she hadn't thought he was like Bartik and Hopper and sarcastically wished him luck in joining them as she returned to the garage, leaving him alone in the storm.

Later, as Bartik loomed over him, Zed prepared to test the weapon for Paige, and confirmed that it was "a killer." Mara's arrival cheered him, though, and as Paige watched, he surreptitiously sabotaged the device and caused it to blow up on the platform. Thrown to the ground, he looked up and sheepishly told Paige the device needed more work; she called him a joke, but allowed him to leave with Mara.

### Price of Power

While working, Hopper and Bartok show up to pick on him and confronted him to know when Tesler's Vehicle was ready. Zed tried to tell him that it'll be ready soon, when suddenly  Beck show up, under the influenced of the Weapon started saying mean stuff to Hopper about pain. Hopper attack Beck, but Beck grab him and threaten him with his Disc, but was stopped. Zed angrily tells Beck he didn't have to that, claiming that he made him a coward in front of Mara. Beck woke up to him in anger saying that he didn't make him look a coward, he made himself look like a Coward, he pushed him and then told him to stop being a coward if he wants everyone to stop thinking he ones, leaving Zed shaking.

### Terminal

In the wake of Able's death, Mara and the workers hold a funeral for him, Mara continues blaming the Renegade for his death. When Beck return to the Garage, who was clearing out Able's locker, Zed told him that its best to leave his stuff in the locker and pretend he was still with them. Zed continue trying to tell Mara that the Renegade did not kidnapped them or killed Able, but refuses to listen. When Pavel took control, Dash and Copper wonder where the Renegade, but our reminded that he's a criminal. Zed told them that can't expect the Renegade to fight all their battles and be at two places at once. After the Super recognier crashed near the Garage, he, Mara, and all the workers go check it out.

When he arrived outside, he wintess the Renegade take on two Black Guards and defeated them. Pavel order the Guards to go derezzed, but Mara step in to defend him, when pavel order more guards to killed her also, Zed joined in, as did everyone. Mara then announced they will protect each other, and tells Pavel to give Tessler a message, they're done letting one program fighting theur battles. Zed then said: "Welcome to the House of Pain" Pavel and the Guards ran off and shouted they're all fired.