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 ...

Without that code, there is no Matrix.” The recipes in questions actually came from his wife’s cookbooks, he’d scanned them for the codes to make up the falling rain. Wild.

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