In The Matrix, which two pills does Morpheus offer Neo?

In The Matrix, Morpheus offers Neo a red pill and a blue pill.

Morpheus explains that the blue pill would allow Neo to remain in the comfortable world he knows, while the red pill would let him discover the truth about the Matrix. Neo chooses the red pill, beginning his awakening to the artificial reality controlling humanity.

The scene became one of the film’s defining moments because it turns a science-fiction plot device into a clear choice between comfortable ignorance and difficult knowledge. The phrase “take the red pill” later entered popular culture far beyond the film itself.

The pills are not presented as ordinary medicine. They function as symbolic and narrative tools within the story. The 1999 film was written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski, and Keanu Reeves played Neo.