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==Plot==
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A cyborg assassin called a "[[Terminator (character)|Terminator]]" is sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 [[Los Angeles]]. It resembles a human male and is programmed to hunt and assassinate a woman named [[Sarah Connor (Terminator)|Sarah Connor]]. Separately, a human soldier named [[Kyle Reese]] simultaneously arrives, intent on stopping the Terminator. After searching for addresses in a [[telephone directory]], the Terminator systematically dispatches similarly-named women, as well as several other people it comes in close contact with, including Sarah's roommate, Ginger, and her boyfriend, Matt. The Terminator eventually locates the actual Sarah at a local [[nightclub]], where she is rescued by Reese during a mass shooting. The pair then steal a car to escape, with the Terminator pursuing them in a stolen [[police car]].

As they hide in a [[parking lot]], Reese explains to Sarah that an artificially intelligent defense network known as [[Skynet (Terminator)|Skynet]], created by Cyberdyne Systems, will soon become self-aware and trigger a global nuclear war to bring humankind to its extinction. Sarah's future son, [[John Connor|John]], will rally the survivors and lead a successful [[resistance movement]] against Skynet and its mechanical forces. On the verge of the resistance's victory, Skynet sent the Terminator back in time to assassinate Sarah, thereby preventing John's birth. Reese additionally divulges that the Terminator has a perfect voice-mimicking ability and a durable metal [[endoskeleton]] covered by living tissue to appear human.

The Terminator tracks Reese and Sarah, but it disappears after crashing during a car chase with the duo. The police apprehend Reese and Sarah. Sarah is notified of Ginger and Matt's murder, while Reese is interrogated by Dr. Silberman, a skeptical criminal psychologist. The Terminator returns to a motel room it has been using as a base of operations to perform self-repairs on its damaged eye and right arm. It arrives at the police station searching for Sarah, slaughtering many officers in the process. Reese and Sarah escape, steal another car and take refuge in a [[motel]], where they assemble several [[pipe bomb]]s and plan their next move. Reese admits that he has adored Sarah since he saw her in a photograph that John gave him, and that he travelled through time out of love for her. Reciprocating his feelings, Sarah kisses him and they have [[Sexual intercourse|sex]].

The Terminator locates Sarah by intercepting a call intended for her mother. She and Reese escape the motel in a pickup truck while it pursues them on a motorcycle. In the ensuing chase, Reese is badly wounded by gunfire while throwing pipe bombs at the Terminator. Sarah knocks the Terminator off its motorcycle but loses control of the truck, which flips over. The Terminator, now bloodied and badly damaged, hijacks a [[tank truck]] and attempts to run down Sarah. Reese manages to insert a pipe bomb into the truck's hose tube, causing it to explode and reduce the Terminator to its endoskeleton. It pursues them into a Cyberdyne-owned factory, where Reese activates machinery to distract it, but it eventually discovers them. Reese then lodges his final pipe bomb into its midsection, blowing it apart, but at the cost of his own life. Its still-functional torso then pursues Sarah, but she manages to lure it into a [[hydraulic press]] that she uses to crush it, finally destroying the cyborg.

Months later, Sarah, now pregnant with John, travels through [[Mexico]], recording [[cassette tape|audio tapes]] to pass on to him. At a gas station, a boy takes an [[instant film]] photograph of her, the exact one that John will one day give to Reese, and she purchases it. The gas station owner remarks that a storm is coming and she indicates her awareness, alluding to humanity's impending conflict against Skynet, before driving away towards it.