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* [[Eye Scream]]
* [[Eye Scream]]
* [[My Own Grampa]]: Its travels back in time "fathered" its own master Skynet.
* [[My Own Grampa]]: Its travels back in time "fathered" its own master Skynet.
* [[Naked On Arrival]]
* [[Naked on Arrival]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: Except him.
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: Except him.
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* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: He feels no pleasure in killing. He's only doing what he's programmed.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: He feels no pleasure in killing. He's only doing what he's programmed.
* [[Serial Killer]]: Picking its victims methodically out of phonebook like the textbook example of an 1980's [[Slasher Movies]] killer/rapist.
* [[Serial Killer]]: Picking its victims methodically out of phonebook like the textbook example of an 1980's [[Slasher Movies]] killer/rapist.
* [[Skele Bot 9000]]: The T-800's true form.
* [[Skele-Bot 9000]]: The T-800's true form.
* [[Squashed Flat]]: The only way it could be stopped.
* [[Squashed Flat]]: The only way it could be stopped.
* [[The Unfettered]]
* [[The Unfettered]]
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* [[Martial Pacifist]]: After John made him take his vow of mercy.
* [[Martial Pacifist]]: After John made him take his vow of mercy.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]
* [[Messianic Archetype]]
* [[Naked On Arrival]]
* [[Naked on Arrival]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Enough so to defy John's orders so he could better protect him and humanity's future.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Enough so to defy John's orders so he could better protect him and humanity's future.
* [[Pick Your Human Half]]
* [[Pick Your Human Half]]
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* [[Made of Explodium]]
* [[Made of Explodium]]
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]
* [[Naked On Arrival]]
* [[Naked on Arrival]]
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: [[Shout-Out|"You are terminated!"]]
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: [[Shout-Out|"You are terminated!"]]
* [[Taking You With Me]]
* [[Taking You with Me]]
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: While holding up the blast door, he tells John "We'll meet again." The twist is that he's talking about {{spoiler|how he killed future John before being reprogrammed.}}
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: While holding up the blast door, he tells John "We'll meet again." The twist is that he's talking about {{spoiler|how he killed future John before being reprogrammed.}}


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* [[Kill and Replace]]
* [[Kill and Replace]]
* [[Literally Shattered Lives]]: Unfortunately, he gets better.
* [[Literally Shattered Lives]]: Unfortunately, he gets better.
* [[Naked On Arrival]]
* [[Naked on Arrival]]
* [[Not So Stoic]]: Like all Terminators, normally stony-faced and uncaring, but is genuinely surprised/shocked when hit in the chest by a grenade by the T-101 (giving an [[Oh Crap]] look).
* [[Not So Stoic]]: Like all Terminators, normally stony-faced and uncaring, but is genuinely surprised/shocked when hit in the chest by a grenade by the T-101 (giving an [[Oh Crap]] look).
* [[Power Incontinence]]: In the extended edition, after being frozen, shot, thawing, and reassembling, he begins glitching and his body parts take on the texture of whatever surface they touch.
* [[Power Incontinence]]: In the extended edition, after being frozen, shot, thawing, and reassembling, he begins glitching and his body parts take on the texture of whatever surface they touch.
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* [[Determinator]]
* [[Determinator]]
* [[Handy Remote Control]]: Literally in her hand.
* [[Handy Remote Control]]: Literally in her hand.
* [[Naked On Arrival]]
* [[Naked on Arrival]]
* [[Nanomachines]]
* [[Nanomachines]]
* [[Robot Girl]]
* [[Robot Girl]]
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* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Will '''not''' tolerate the death of even a ''single'' innocent human being, even if it means stopping a nuclear holocaust from happening.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Will '''not''' tolerate the death of even a ''single'' innocent human being, even if it means stopping a nuclear holocaust from happening.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Kid With the Leash]]: Oh, are we all so very glad he made the T-800 take his vow of mercy...
* [[Kid with the Leash]]: Oh, are we all so very glad he made the T-800 take his vow of mercy...
* [[Laser Guided Tykebomb]]
* [[Laser Guided Tykebomb]]
* [[The Messiah]]
* [[The Messiah]]
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Even shares the same J.C initials as the Son of God Himself.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Even shares the same J.C initials as the Son of God Himself.
* [[Morality Pet]]: See [[Kid With the Leash]].
* [[Morality Pet]]: See [[Kid with the Leash]].
* [[The Other Darrin]]: More people have portrayed him than have [[James Bond]]!
* [[The Other Darrin]]: More people have portrayed him than have [[James Bond]]!
* [[Playful Hacker]]
* [[Playful Hacker]]
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* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Kyle's attraction to Sarah is what conceives John Connor in the first place.
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Kyle's attraction to Sarah is what conceives John Connor in the first place.
* [[Child Soldier]]: he was born into a world with killbots attempting to destroy humanity, so yeah.
* [[Child Soldier]]: he was born into a world with killbots attempting to destroy humanity, so yeah.
* [[Come With Me If You Want to Live]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Come with Me If You Want to Live]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Dawson Casting]]: 27-year-old Michael Biehn playing 21-year-old Kyle Reese.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: 27-year-old Michael Biehn playing 21-year-old Kyle Reese.
* {{spoiler|[[Death By Sex]]: His fate is sealed the minute he and Sarah make love.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Sex]]: His fate is sealed the minute he and Sarah make love.}}
* [[Determinator]]
* [[Determinator]]
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Without a doubt. Justified in that he learnt to drive [[After the End]]. He also instinctively drives cars at night without the headlights on, as doing so in the future would draw Aerial Hunter-Killers.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Without a doubt. Justified in that he learnt to drive [[After the End]]. He also instinctively drives cars at night without the headlights on, as doing so in the future would draw Aerial Hunter-Killers.
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* [[MacGyvering]]: Makes pipe bombs out of mothballs and ammonia.
* [[MacGyvering]]: Makes pipe bombs out of mothballs and ammonia.
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Subverted for the first three-fourths of the film.
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Subverted for the first three-fourths of the film.
* [[Naked On Arrival]]
* [[Naked on Arrival]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Reese instinctively allows the dog at the roadside hotel to sniff him. They use dogs to sniff out Terminators where he comes from.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Reese instinctively allows the dog at the roadside hotel to sniff him. They use dogs to sniff out Terminators where he comes from.
* [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]]
* [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]]

Revision as of 07:31, 9 April 2014


For the characters/character-specific tropes specific to The Sarah Connor Chronicles spin-off, see that series' character sheet.

Machines

T-800, Mark 1

 Played by: Arnold Schwarzenegger (1984)

This Terminator was sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor before she could give birth to her son John, who will become the leader of the human resistance in the war against SkyNet and the machines.

T-800, Mark 2

 Played by: Arnold Schwarzenegger (1991)

This Terminator, reprogrammed by John Connor, is sent back in time to protect himself as a pre-teen.

T-850

 Played by: Arnold Schwarzenegger (2003)

This Terminator -- which runs on a different fuel supply than the T-800 -- is sent back in time in Terminator 3 by Kate Brewster, John Connor's future wife to protect John as a young adult.

T-1000

 Default form played by: Robert Patrick (1991)

Other forms played by: Jenette Goldstein (1991), Dan Stanton (1991), Leslie Hamilton Gearren (1991)

This Terminator was sent back in time to kill John Connor as a pre-teen.

T-X

 Default form played by: Kristanna Loken (2003)

Other forms played by: Mark Famligetti (2003), Claire Danes (2003)

This Terminator was sent back in time in Terminator 3 to kill John Connor and several of the human resistance's top fighters, as well as to help ensure the launch of SkyNet.

SkyNet

The artificial intelligence responsible for Judgment Day and the "leader" of the machines in their war on humanity.


Humans

Sarah Connor

 Played by: Linda Hamilton (1984-1991)

John Connor

 Infant John Connor played by: Dalton Abbot (1991)

Young John Connor played by: Edward Furlong (1991)

Adult John Connor played by: Michael Edwards (1991), Nick Stahl (2003), Christian Bale (2009)

Kyle Reese

 Played by: Michael Biehn (1984) [1], Anton Yelchin (2009)

Kate Brewster

 Played by: Claire Danes (2003), Bryce Dallas Howard (2009)

Dr Peter Silberman

 Played by: Earl Boen

Miles Dyson

 Played by: Joe Morton

Blair Williams

 Played by: Moon Bloodgood

General Ashdown

 Played by: Michael Ironside

Lieutenant General Robert Brewster

 Played by: David Andrews

Ed Traxler

 Played by: Paul Winfield

Hal Vukovich

 Played by: Lance Henriksen

Barnes

 Played by: Common

Star

 Played by Jadagrace

  • Child Soldier: she and her buddy, Kyle Reese, grew up After the End, so yeah.
  • Cute Mute: her back story is that she was traumatized by events that took place before the start of the 4th movie.
  • Little Miss Badass: dropping a car on a Terminator? Figuring out that a flare is needed to light the gasoline to blow up a Hunter-Killer? Badass.
  1. ↑ Also appears in the special edition of Terminator 2
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