Mr. Robot

"Money hasn't been real since we got off the gold standard. It's become virtual, software, the operating system of our world. And we, Elliot, are on the verge of taking down that virtual reality."

- Mr. Robot

Mr. Robot is the titular character and a major antagonist of the critically acclaimed USA Network TV show, Mr. Robot. He is the alter-ego of Elliot Alderson who takes the appearance of Elliot's deceased father and often switches sides of good and evil, sometimes more of an anti-hero, sometimes even going to the point of becoming an outright evil character. As the alter-ego of Elliot, it is speculated that Elliot created Mr. Robot in order to get help in situations that he can't handle, "transforming" into Mr. Robot.

He is portrayed by Christian Slater.

Personality
Mr. Robot shows an opposite of Elliot. Despite both sides having similar thoughts, Mr. Robot is way more outright with his thoughts and prefers to talk about his opinions on things, while Elliot likes being silent about his thoughts. The best example of this is about Mr. Robot's thoughts on society, in which Elliot never says anything about really, but Mr. Robot makes a huge deal about it, even corrupting Elliot to do certain things without Elliot even knowing what Mr. Robot is doing. It is possible that because of the fact that Elliot most likely created Mr. Robot in order to get help when in sticky situations he can't get out of, Mr. Robot's outright opinions might help Elliot with getting his thoughts out in public in Mr. Robot's form.

Despite having similar thoughts, Mr. Robot and Elliot still have differences, such as when Elliot is trying to save a center from blowing up, but they have different ideas of how to do it, so they have a big argument about it. Both sides are also very intelligent and good at hacking, though Elliot is more calm and thoughtful, while Mr. Robot is more high-tempered.

Edward Alderson
Mr. Robot's appearance is based on Elliot's father Edward. And as seen in Season 3, Edward was harsh against Elliot, but still loved him. There is a flashback scene where Edward tells Elliot's childhood friend, Angela, that if Elliot ever needs help, she should help him. Despite loving Elliot, Elliot was quite stubborn about what Edward had previously done to him, such as when they are in the theatre and are going to watch a movie, while Edward loves the idea, Elliot certainly doesn't. He tells Edward that he didn't wanna go to the theatre in the first place, Edward says that they are going to have a good movie night, but being the stubborn kid he is, Elliot tells Edward that he's just sick and that he wants to go home, despite Edward apologizing for his previous actions. Edward becomes sad, to the point where he faints. Elliot doesn't look concerned at all, and just grabs his jacket and walks into the theatre himself.

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Mr. Robot has a somewhat minor appearance in this episode. When Elliot is in the elevator while escaping from the E Corp office, Mr. Robot is talking to him. He states that Elliot shouldn't talk to his imaginary friend because he isn't Elliot. Elliot starts being more concerned with creating Mr. Robot. Mr. Robot is seen having a more pessimistic view of the central blowing up, stating that it will blow up either way, no matter how much Elliot tries to prevent it. It's also near to impossible to escape out of E Corp.

Trivia

 * Mr. Robot is a homage to Edward Hyde.