Phong

Phong is the oldest sprite living in Mainframe and is the cities benevolent leader. He lives in the Principal Office where he serves as the System Administrator and Keeper of the Core. He is somewhat evocative of Confucius, often dispensing advice in the form of confusing and vague philosophical quotes gleaned from old README files. Very fond of Pong, he used to have a rule that one must defeat him at the game to be considered worthy of his knowledge. As Read-Only Memory, Phong is immune to infection by most viruses.

Phong is the only permanent resident of the Principal Office because of his special status. He is the only person allowed access to the Core Control Chamber, and his mind is the only place the access codes are stored. Phong has an Office in the Principal Office where he can counsel others, give out information, and work on administrating the city. Sometimes when people need his advice Phong will see them at his podium in the Entrance Hall.

Phong's icon is a Chinese Yin/Yang symbol instead of the usual diamond shape. He is one of the few people to have a different design of icon from the traditional triangles.

Phong hates viruses, having encountered several over the years. He rarely uses their names when he has to talk to them, simply calling them Virus.

The ReBoot Multiverse
Phong wasn't liked very much by Akari, and before then she and her team were interviewed by him. Akari liked Phong's vast knowledge though his incompetence, ignorance, and poor judgement were definitely his low points. Especially when she resented his prototype device on showing Dot the past/future resulting disturbing hallucinations, when she showed him how her Pokémon, Xatu, functioned. By Season 2, she never cared for the old Sprite much, until the System turned to Megaframe.

Phong still functions as normal during the Net War and Akari's return to Mainframe, still running at the Principal Office, even when he was nearly deleted by DK (Daemon Rising with a SMASH!), then Mega Rayquazza while he was infected by Megabyte.