Editing Terminator (character) (section)

=== ''Terminator: Dark Fate'' (2019) ===
{{see also|Terminator: Dark Fate}}
In ''Terminator: Dark Fate'', a direct sequel to ''Judgment Day'', Schwarzenegger plays a T-800 called "Carl".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/2019/07/19/terminator-dark-fate-arnold-schwarzengger-t800-name-carl-comic-con/|title=Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800 in Terminator: Dark Fate Is Named Carl|website=Movies|date=19 July 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-07-19}}</ref> Originally one of a series of Terminators sent back by Skynet to kill John Connor prior to its erasure, the Terminator that would become Carl successfully tracked down and killed John in [[Livingston, Guatemala]] in 1998. With its sole mission complete and with Skynet no longer existing, the T-800 is left purposeless. In time, it became self-aware, realized it is free from Skynet, assumed the name Carl, and began exhibiting behavior much like humans. 

Months after killing John, Carl experienced compassion towards an abused woman, Alicia, and made a choice of rescuing her and her child, Mateo, from her uncaring husband. Carl becomes a father figure to Mateo, although its relationship with Alicia is non-sexual. Carl's role as a family man gave it some idea of what had been taken from Sarah when it murdered her son, and the memory of John's death torments Carl to the point of being repentant. At some point, Carl established a drapery business in [[Laredo, Texas]], where the family lives in a cabin. Over twenty years, Carl has aged significantly and its human social skills have improved.

Since John's death, Carl used its awareness of "chrono displacements" and sent Sarah text messages with the GPS coordinates of where and when other time-traveling Terminators would arrive. Carl's intention was to give Sarah a purpose by allowing her the chance to destroy the other Terminators, which Carl felt would give John's death some form of meaning. It keeps track of Sarah's whereabouts to make sure she survives her hunts. In 2020, Sarah decides to help Dani Ramos escape the [[Rev-9]], a new class of Terminator sent from 2042 by a Skynet-analogous A.I. called Legion. The women also meet Grace, a cybernetically augmented future soldier who was sent to protect Dani, who will later lead the human resistance against Legion.

They later meet Carl and learn it had been sending Sarah the coordinates. Although Sarah hates Carl for the murder of her son, Dani convinces her that they need its help to destroy the Rev-9. Sarah concedes, but vows to destroy Carl after they stop the Rev-9, and Carl says he understands her intention. They confront the Rev-9 in a hydro-electric dam, where Grace and Carl sacrifice themselves to stop him. Carl's last words are "For John," a message it always included in its text messages to Sarah.