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=== ''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.