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Named, of course, for the [[Terminator (Film)|Terminator]] movies, wherein a [[Killer Robot|robotic superassassin]] that [[Ridiculously Human Robot|looks like a normal human being]] is sent back in time to pre-emptively kill the future leader of the human resistance in a [[Robot War]]. [[Time Paradox|Paradox schmaradox!]] Compare [[Scry vs. Scry]], where it's oracles doing this with clairvoyance.
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== Anime ==
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has a complex version of this: A [[Well
* ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]] Z'': Cell and Trunks, although they come from different [[Alternate Timeline|timelines]]. Trunks had no idea who Cell was, and Cell killed the Trunks of his timeline before going to the past.
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*** In the third film, because John Connor cannot be located, the T-X is instead sent after who will become John Connor's top lieutenants and wife. Finding John Connor was just a bonus.
*** Ignore the [[Fridge Logic]] about not being able to send a second terminator into the events of the first movie!
** The comic crossover with [[
** In ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', another evil robot is sent back to kill John Connor as a teenager, and a reprogrammed robot who [[Robot Girl|looks like a cute waif of a girl]] is sent back to protect him. Over the course of the series, other robots and human resistance fighters are also sent back.
*** They even have conflicts between the many terminators sent back, if their tasks conflict with one another. For example, a terminator is sent to kill and replace Special Agent James Ellison. The attempt is interrupted when Cromartie, a terminator sent to find and kill John Connor, saves Ellison and destroys the other robot. When asked why by Ellison, Cromartie simply says that Ellison will lead it to the Connors. Not under duress but because Ellison is looking for them himself.
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* Series two of ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' becomes this, with [[Big Bad|Martin Summers]] trying to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]] from his perspective, but is actually [[Make Wrong What Once Went Right]] for everyone else. Alex decides that acting as the [[Time Police]] will enable her to [[Trapped in The Past|get home.]]
* ''[[The 4400]]'' were abducted by people from the future and returned to the present to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]], while members of the anti-promicin conspiracy known as The Marked were sent back by a different future faction to thwart them.
* The ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'' episode "The Song Remains The Same" ultimately turns out to be a Terminator Threesome. First, Anna goes back in time with the intention of averting the apocalypse by killing John and Mary Winchester before Dean and Sam can be born. Sam and Dean, with Castiel's help, follow her in order to save their parents from Anna ''and'' [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|from their fates in the original timeline]]. Finally, {{spoiler|[[
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' has Veran, Nayru, Link, and Ralph, in a bizarre time-traveling quadrangle of [[Big Bad]], [[MacGuffin Girl]], the hero, and [[The Scrappy]].
** Also happens in towards the very end of {{spoiler|''[[Skyward Sword]]''}}, where {{spoiler|Link and Groose follow Ghirahim back in time in order to both save Zelda and prevent the resurrection of the Demon King Demise}}.
* ''[[Earthbound]]'' displays this right at the beginning of the game. [[No
* The central premise of ''[[The Journeyman Project (Video Game)|The Journeyman Project]]''.
* Also the premise of the Inform game ''[[Jigsaw]]'', although neither side is really in the wrong.
* In ''Millennia: Altered Destinies'', the player is given a timeship by a hooded alien to guide four races in the Echelon Galaxy in order to stop the expansion of the evil Microids. One of the major obstacles is an [[Evil Counterpart|alternate version of the player]] recruited by the Microids to sabotage the player's work. Like the player, he cannot be killed.
* ''[[Time Hollow (Visual Novel)|Time Hollow]]'' plays a variation of this. Upon learning that the past has changed, the protagonist tries to undo the antagonist's interferences in time through time portals. The biggest conflict is {{spoiler|trying to save the antagonist's mother, who sent herself a letter in time to commit a form of suicide}}.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As Portable (Video Game)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As Portable]]: The Gears of Destiny'' has [[Well
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* One episode of ''[[Megas XLR]]'' revolves around Gorrath's second-in-command's plan to kill a current-day ancestor of Kiva, as Kiva and Jamie try to protect her.
** The show's main plot has shades of this as well: Kiva and MEGAS are sent back in time (further back than expected) and the Glorft commander followed her.
* ''[[Superman:
* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' did this with a [[Future Badass]] version of Jade and [[Big Bad|Shendu's]] [[Kid From the Future]], Drago, in ''J2''. Future! Jade's arrival was even accompanied by Terminator-style music.
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