Phong is the oldest Sprite living in Mainframe and is the cities benevolent leader. He lives in the Principal Office where he serves as the System Administrator and Keeper of the Core. He is somewhat evocative of Confucius, often dispensing advice in the form of confusing and vague philosophical quotes gleaned from old README files. Very fond of Pong, he used to have a rule that one must defeat him at the game to be considered worthy of his knowledge. As Read-Only Memory, Phong is immune to infection by most viruses.
Phong's icon
Phong is the only permanent resident of the Principal Office because of his special status. He is the only person allowed access to the Core Control Chamber, and his mind is the only place the access codes are stored. Phong has an Office in the Principal Office where he can counsel others, give out information, and work on administrating the city. Sometimes when people need his advice Phong will see them at his podium in the Entrance Hall.
Phong's icon is a Chinese Yin/Yang symbol instead of the usual diamond shape. He is one of the few people to have a different design of icon from the traditional triangles.
Phong hates viruses, having encountered several over the years. He rarely uses their names when he has to talk to them, simply calling them Virus.
Years ago, a Code Master named Talon came to Mainframe and asked Phong for refuge there. Phong agreed to his terms and reformatted Talon to be a Binome, he took the name Mr. Pearson. Phong was sworn to secrecy about the identity of Talon. Years later when a Code Master named Lens came looking for Talon, Phong upheld his oath and denied that anyone named Talon lived in Mainframe, even at the risk of his own deletion.
After the destruction of Mainframe's Twin City and the arrival of two viruses, Megabyte and Hexadecimal, Phong gladly welcomed Bob to Mainframe to help defend the city.
The ReBoot Multiuniverse[]
Phong pretty much functions the same ways as he does in the series. Though Akari and her Pokémon weren't so fond of him, always so old, incompetent, and inactive, even if he should save Dot from her hallucinations of her bleak future or dealing with Megabyte while partially being infected. Akari and her Pokémon take up most of the slack along with Bob and Dot, soon Matrix and AndrAIa till they reunited.
He didn't do much in the Net War either, aside from introducing Welman to Akari and Young Enzo. He was infected again, though he seemed to be knocked out as Donkey Kong stormed into the War Room after beating Dot. It's possible he may have survived Trojan Megabyte and Gnosis; perhaps after the System was restored after Rayquaza invaded the place.
Trivia[]
- Phong is probably a play on words for Pong, since he always plays it.
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