"The Matrix" was one of the most successful movies of the 90's. It entered the pop-culture lexicon almost immediately and inspired an abundance of questionable fashion decisions.

Speaking with CNET in 2017, the code's designer, Simon Whiteley, revealed that the now-famous green code (also known as "digital rain" among fans) was inspired by one of his Japanese wife's cookbooks.

[Photo by: Dark Seryth/YouTube] At the begining of every Matrix film comes one of the most easily recognizable visuals in the film's franchise—the falling green code.

FANS of The Matrix may have theories as to what the scrawling green code featured in the sci-fi epic means – and now the movie’s production designer has revealed the surprising truth. T… ...

THE MATRIX has guarded its biggest mystery until now. What was all that indecipherable green code running down the screen. Did it hold the secrets to the very essence of reality itself? Apparently ...

One of the most visually striking elements in the Keanu Reeves starrer ‘The Matrix’ was the cascading green code. The inspiration behind the digital rain will surprise you to the core.

The mystery to The Matrix code has been solved. The creator of the neon green digital rain, Simon Whiteley, told CNet the code was inspired by nothing more than his wife's Japanese sushi recipe.

Uproxx/Shutterstock/Warner Bros. ‘The Matrix‘ blew up the scene when it premiered in 1999. The visual world the Wachowski‘s created was ground-breaking at the time. The 360-degree slow ...

"Without that code, there is no Matrix." Film and TV has a rich history of concealing through translation, Game of Thrones having previously hid a Monty Python line in its Low Valyrian language .

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