Editing Terminator (character) (section)

==Appearances==
The Terminator appears in all six films of the franchise, each one featuring a different individual with the same likeness. The Terminator is an antagonist in the original film, and generally portrayed as a protagonist in the sequels. Every iteration of the character is destroyed at the end of each film, with the exception of ''Terminator Genisys''.

=== ''The Terminator'' (1984) ===
{{see also|The Terminator}}
The Model 101 is sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to terminate [[Sarah Connor (Terminator)|Sarah Connor]] ([[Linda Hamilton]]), thereby preventing the birth of her son, [[John Connor]], the future leader of the Human Resistance. Lack of surviving records in the future meant that it was limited to only knowing Sarah's name and that she lived in Los Angeles at the time, with the result that it killed two other Sarah Connors in the city before finding its target. This allows [[Kyle Reese]] ([[Michael Biehn]]), a soldier sent from 2029 to protect Sarah, to find her before the Terminator does. 

During several skirmishes, the Terminator withstands contemporary gunfire with only superficial damage to its exterior tissue. It is later caught in a fuel tanker explosion, burning away its flesh covering to expose its mechanical nature and causing minor damage to one of its legs, slowing him down. Kyle sacrifices himself to damage the Terminator with a pipe bomb that destroys its legs, and Sarah crushes the remaining endoskeleton in a [[hydraulic press]] to shut it down permanently.

=== ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991) ===
{{see also|Terminator 2: Judgment Day}}
A Model 101 is reprogrammed by the future John Connor ([[Michael Edwards (actor)|Michael Edwards]]), and sent back to 1995 to protect young John ([[Edward Furlong]]) from a [[T-1000]] ([[Robert Patrick]]), an advanced [[shapeshifting]] Terminator made of liquid metal that has been dispatched to kill him. The Model 101 is programmed to follow John's orders and works with the Connors to prevent [[Terminator (franchise)#Judgment Day|Judgment Day]]; John also prohibits it from killing innocent humans who stand in their way, so the cyborg instead uses non-lethal force. During its time with the Connors, this Model 101 is taught how to speak in [[slang]]-like terms, such as "[[Hasta la vista, baby]]", and encouraged to act more human, to the point that it develops into an almost fatherly role for John. Sarah reflects that the Model 101 is the first "male" figure John has ever had in his life who can be guaranteed to always be there for him.

The T-1000 chases the trio into a steel mill and overpowers the Model 101 in hand-to-hand combat, impaling it through the chest and destroying its main power supply. However, the Model 101 activates a backup power source, frees itself, and blasts the T-1000 into a vat of molten steel with a [[grenade launcher]] to destroy it.

Prior to the film's events, Cyberdyne Systems had recovered a forearm and the damaged CPU chip from the Terminator in 1984 and used those components to radically advance its research and technology, which eventually led to the creation of Skynet in 1997. In ''Terminator 2'', John steals the items from Cyberdyne's research lab and later throws them into the vat to destroy them. Because it cannot self-terminate, the Model 101 has Sarah lower it into the steel in order to destroy its CPU as well and thus prevent the technology from being used to create Skynet.

=== ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003) <span class="anchor" id="Rise of the Machines"></span>===
{{see also|Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines}}
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Despite the events of the second film, Judgment Day was merely delayed. A T-101 Terminator is eventually reprogrammed by the human resistance and sent to the 2000s, this time to protect John Connor ([[Nick Stahl]]) and his future wife Kate Brewster ([[Claire Danes]]) from Skynet's [[T-X]] ([[Kristanna Loken]]), which is also designed to destroy other Terminators. The T-101 is powered by two hydrogen fuel cells, one of which it discards after being damaged by the T-X. 

Eventually, the T-X uses its nanites to take control of the T-101's autonomous functions, sending it to kill John and Kate. Since the T-101's core consciousness is still intact and it just lacks physical control of its body, John is able to incite it to shut down by noting the conflict between its current actions and its programmed mission. The T-101 later reboots itself free from the T-X's control. As John and Kate retreat to a bunker to wait out the now-inevitable nuclear war, the T-101 battles the T-X, using its remaining fuel cell to destroy them both in a massive detonation.

This T-101 is revealed to have killed John in 2032, having been chosen due to John's emotional attachment to the prior, identical-looking model in ''Terminator 2''. After being captured by the resistance, the T-101 was reprogrammed to follow Kate's orders, as she was the second-in-command prior to John's death.

=== ''Terminator Salvation'' (2009) ===
{{see also|Terminator Salvation}}
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The T-800 ([[Roland Kickinger]]) has a small role, though once again as an antagonist. Near the end of the film, the T-800 engages John Connor ([[Christian Bale]]) in battle during John's attempt to rescue Kyle Reese ([[Anton Yelchin]]) from the Skynet base in San Francisco. John holds his own with his advanced weaponry, but is unable to stop the Terminator until the latter is drenched in molten metal and then liquid nitrogen, freezing him temporarily. As John begins planting hydrogen fuel cells, [[cyborg]] prototype Marcus Wright ([[Sam Worthington]]) arrives to stall the T-800. The Terminator is able to incapacitate Marcus long enough to stab John through the abdomen. Marcus awakens and soon destroys the T-800. The fuel cells are set off as John and Marcus escape, destroying the base and a number of unfinished T-800s.

===''Terminator Genisys'' (2015)===
{{see also|Terminator Genisys}}
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''Terminator Genisys'' follows the early events of the first film before diverging into an alternate timeline, ignoring all previous sequels. In the film, a T-800 was reprogrammed by an unknown party some time in the future and sent to 1973, to protect nine-year-old Sarah Connor ([[Emilia Clarke]]) from a T-1000. After her parents are killed, the T-800 becomes her surrogate father and raises her to prepare for her future destiny, similar to the relationship between the Terminator and the young John Connor in ''Terminator 2''. The T-800, which Sarah refers to as "Pops", has experienced an unprecedented level of emotional development, to the extent that it keeps her childhood drawings and photographs. 

In the film, it is speculated that the knowledge of who sent Pops back was deliberately erased from its memory so that Skynet ([[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]]) could not track them down later. Pops integrates into human society, and at one point obtains a job as a construction worker to build the headquarters for Cyberdyne Systems. Throughout the film, it struggles with physical limitations due to increasing age, but states several times that it is, "Old, not obsolete." Like the Terminator in the second film, Pops has been prohibited from killing humans.

After Kyle Reese's ([[Jai Courtney]]) arrival in 1984, the trio defeat the T-1000 ([[Lee Byung-hun]]). Later, in 2017, they battle John Connor ([[Jason Clarke]]), who has been transformed into a [[T-3000]] tasked to ensure Skynet's rise. After multiple confrontations, Pops attempts to sacrifice itself to destroy the T-3000, telling Kyle Reese, "Protect my Sarah". During the battle, Pops is thrown into a vat of liquid metal before the T-3000's defeat, and as a result gains shapeshifting abilities like the T-1000. Pops then gives its approval of Sarah and Kyle's relationship.

A youthful T-800 (Brett Azar), looking like the one in the first film, is also intercepted by the aging T-800 and Sarah after arriving in the alternate 1984. Before the T-1000 is destroyed, he reactivates and reprograms the younger cyborg to pursue Kyle, who blows its head off. The young T-800's endoskeleton is dissolved in [[hydrochloric acid]], and its CPU is used to operate Sarah and the older Terminator's time machine. The CPU is destroyed after the machine's usage, and with the older Terminator's existence concealed, Cyberdyne's plan for an A.I. (eventually named Genisys) is delayed until 2017.

=== ''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.

=== Other appearances ===
[[File:Mortal Kombat 11 - Terminator T-800 Official Gameplay Trailer.webm|thumb|The Terminator as a playable character in ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]'']]
Schwarzenegger reprised the role in the music video for "[[You Could Be Mine]]", a 1991 song by [[Guns N' Roses]] that is featured in ''Terminator 2''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Joseph |last=Baxter |title=''Terminator 2'' At 30: How Guns N' Roses Created The Perfect Hype|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/terminator-2-at-30-guns-n-roses-song/ |website=[[Den of Geek]] |date=June 30, 2021 |access-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203233705/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/terminator-2-at-30-guns-n-roses-song/ |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also reprised the role for a theme park attraction known as ''[[T2-3D: Battle Across Time]]'', which opened in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hicks |first=Chris |title='Terminator' Series Wasn't Terminal After All |url=https://www.deseret.com/1996/6/2/19246013/terminator-series-wasn-t-terminal-after-all |work=Deseret News |date=June 2, 1996 |access-date=May 11, 2024}}</ref>

The character has also made appearances in numerous video games outside of the ''Terminator'' franchise. It is parodied in the side-scrolling shooter game ''[[Broforce]]'' (2015) as a playable character called the Brominator, with his appearance referencing Schwarzenegger.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fenlon |first=Wes |title=Broforce review (Early Access) |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/broforce-review-early-access/ |website=PC Gamer |access-date=May 5, 2024 |date=June 20, 2014}}</ref>

The T-800 is also a guest playable character in the 2019 fighting game ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]'', available through the game's Kombat Pack bundle of [[downloadable content]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/538907-mortal-kombat-11-kombat-pack-1-release-date-characters-mk11-spawn |title=''Mortal Kombat 11'' Kombat Pack: Release date and characters |date=August 21, 2019 |work=GameRevolution |access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref> Schwarzenegger's likeness is used for the character, but his voice is not.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-not-voicing-mortal-kombat-11-terminator-role-1234209 |title=Arnold Schwarzenegger Not Voicing ''Mortal Kombat 11'' Terminator Role |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref> He is instead voiced by [[Chris Cox (voice actor)|Chris Cox]] at the suggestion of Schwarzenegger.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/_DaanishSyed/status/1177398310233153536 |title=Daanish Syed on Twitter: "We've already revealed that Arnold was not able to do it, but he did choose the actor that is doing his voice" |access-date=2019-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927024804/https://twitter.com/_DaanishSyed/status/1177398310233153536 |archive-date=2019-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Dominic Cianciolo |url=https://twitter.com/domcianciolo/status/1179103018425442306 |title=Dominic Cianciolo on Twitter: "@Terminator vs. #CassieQuinn. Ready to play! #mk11 @ericalindbeck @ChrisCoxVox " |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2019-10-01 |access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref> According to its biography, the Terminator in this game hails from the ''Dark Fate'' timeline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mortalkombat.com/roster/terminator|title=Mortal Kombat 11 Roster: Terminator|publisher=MortalKombat.com|date=2020-10-08|access-date=2020-10-08|archive-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115221204/https://www.mortalkombat.com/roster/terminator|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2021, the T-800 became a character outfit in the online game ''[[Fortnite]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Knoop |first=Joseph |title=The Terminator and Sarah Connor are in Fortnite now |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-terminator-skin/ |website=PC Gamer |access-date=January 22, 2021 |date=January 21, 2021}}</ref> In 2023, a second T-800 skin was released, this time featuring Schwarzenegger's likeness.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barnhardt |first=Adam |title=Fortnite Reveals New Terminator Skin |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/fortnite-terminator-new-skin-revealed/ |website=ComicBook.com |access-date=May 5, 2024 |date=July 30, 2023}}</ref>

The T-800 and [[T-1000]] are featured in ''[[Call of Duty: Vanguard]]'' (2021) and the initial version of ''[[Call of Duty: Warzone]]'' (2020) as playable operators.<ref>{{cite web |last=Duwe |first=Scott |title=How to get the Terminator skins in Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone |url=https://dotesports.com/call-of-duty/news/how-to-get-the-terminator-skins-in-call-of-duty-vanguard-and-warzone |website=Dot Esports |access-date=May 5, 2024 |date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> Both characters also make a parody appearance in the 2015 comedy film ''[[Hollywood Adventures]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tsui |first=Clarence |title='Hollywood Adventures' ('Heng Chong Zhi Zhuang Hao Lai Wu'): Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/hollywood-adventures-heng-chong-zhi-805305/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=May 5, 2024 |date=June 26, 2015}}</ref>