The iconic green falling code in *The Matrix* may seem like a deep, mysterious symbol of the virtual world, but in reality, it's based on something far simpler—sushi recipes. Simon Whiteley, the ...

The green, falling digital code depicted as rain in the film "The Matrix" consisted of Japanese sushi recipes.

The green, falling digital code depicted as rain in the film "The Matrix" consisted of Japanese sushi recipes.

The Matrix ’s iconic title sequences are made up of falling “digital rain”, which, upon closer inspection, was actually thousands of lines of binary code.

Those mysterious green codes that trickle down during The Matrix are actually completely unrelated to the movie itself.