Self-substantiation
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Self-substantiation is the act of a bluepill becoming aware of and/or escaping from the Matrix, without any external help or means.
It is stated in the Animatrix short World Record that only exceptional humans tend to become aware of the Matrix, those who have "a rare degree of intuition, sensitivity, and a questioning nature", all qualities which are used to identify inconsistencies in the Matrix. The narrator then adds that "some attain this wisdom through wholly different means".
Self-substantiation is never thoroughly discussed in any part of the series, although people who have achieved it are mentioned:
- The Kid puts his faith in Neo and commits suicide, removing himself from the Matrix.
- Dan Davis manages to [temporarily] exit the Matrix without the use of a Red Pill.
- In The Matrix, Morpheus speaks of the founder of Zion, saying that he freed himself, presumably without external help.
