What is a Cerberus Code?

Hi Voiynich,

I haven't seen the film in question: '"White House Down" but I just read a summary that gives no clue to clarify your question. However, I noticed that the American title of the film is "Olympus Has Fallen", which means "Olympus has fallen". In Greek mythology, Mount Olympus was considered the home of the gods and goddesses, particularly Zeus, their leader. "Olympus has fallen" here means: "White House Down" (it's very American to consider the President of the USA as the chief of the gods, lol).

So from that point, we better understand the choice of the code name Cerberus, which is purely symbolic. In Greek mythology, Cerberus was the name of the invincible dog that guarded the entrance to Hades, that is to say, the Underworld (which had nothing to do with the Hell of monotheistic religions). It was the realm of the dead. This Cerberus code is in a way the guardian that prevents the triggering of nuclear hell. Note that mythologies always feed films, songs, ads, and especially video games. For instance, an old video game is called "The Master of Olympus" and the code is called .....Cerberus.

That's just my opinion, I didn't find, indeed, any explanation on Google, but the film is quite recent and is probably not a masterpiece that will be remembered. (I hadn’t even heard of it). But I think this explanation is the most plausible.

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The Cerberus code in this movie is based on the fact that 3 codes are required to launch the nuclear warheads, and that Cerberus, the dog of the Underworld, had 3 heads.
A relatively good film, a lot of action, little reflection. It's nice sometimes.

The CERBERE codes allow the USA, in the event of an unforeseen launch of nuclear missiles, to destroy them in flight. There are three codes: the president holds one, the general holds another, and the secretary of defense also holds one.

The answer to your question was given in the film.

A propaganda and patriotic film, granted, but a good film nonetheless.
A film is not just about the story. Look a little further than the tip of your nose.

With that, have a nice day :3

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Is it in a game that you saw this? Mass Effect 2.

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Thank you very much for the response!

No, I saw that in a movie: http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=204923.html

I don't know if you've seen it, but at one point, the terrorist enters 3 codes to destroy the USA... sorry if you haven't seen it and I spoiled the movie for you :p

Thanks again for your response.

Thank you, Bridget, for taking the time to respond to me,

Regarding the movie, it's definitely not a masterpiece, far from it; it's even a dumb film for everyone, including myself, it's just an American patriotic and propaganda movie, like so many others.

Thank you for the explanation; it makes sense, since that's what it's about, destroying the entire America by blowing up all the rockets stored here and there.

I thought that name: Code Cerberus, actually existed in security or war or whatever, but it must be, perhaps, just a made-up name in the movie, as Google doesn't mention it anywhere, and I searched in French, English, Spanish, and even Italian, there's nothing!

But I accept the explanation you gave me, thank you for taking the time to explain this to me in detail, and thanks also to: tribun.

It's three classified codes that allow, if entered, to self-destruct nuclear missiles if they are launched, and in the case where they remain on the ground, I'll let you imagine the damage. (Look at 55:24 in the fall of the White House)

The Cerberus code and the nuclear missile destruction code. You must have seen and heard these words in "White House Down." If you want to know more, send an email to ***@***.

Cerberus is a code that only three people in the world possess, and when all three are active, an automatic system is activated that is designed to destroy all American missiles in flight. However, in the case of the film, the terrorists want to destroy the nuclear missiles on the ground to turn America into a vast nuclear wasteland.