History Characters / TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles

%%* BigBad: Of the first season, and the first .

%%* BigBad: Of the first season.

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: How he's finally taken out, after having been incapacitated]].

* GagBoobs: Downplayed, but as a result of pregnancy, Kacy is quite well-endowed. She first describes herself as "an Orca with boobs," then wonders if she can keep them if she breastfeeds for a few years.

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!! Chola

* CruelMercy: Upon learning that [[spoiler:Jesse killed Riley and tried to frame Cameron for it in an attempt to make him distrust her]] John chooses to let [[spoiler:Jesse]] live, because he sees that she's torn up about [[spoiler:murdering Riley]] and feels the guilt and grief are a worse punishment than execution.

John: If I have to live with it, so do you.

* SugarAndIceGirl: Upon finding John Cameron dials up the sugar part of her personality as part of her infiltrator mode, to try and get into his life so she can protect him. When that's blown the ice part takes over and Cameron's focus is solely on protecting John, but she slips time and time again showing that she has genuine affection for him.

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* CruelMercy: Upon learning that [[spoiler:Jesse killed Riley and tried to frama Cameron for it in an attempt to make him distrust her]] John chooses to let [[spoiler:Jesse]] live, because he sees that she's torn up about [[spoiler:murdering Riley]] and feels the guilt and grief are a worse punishment than execution.

* RealityEnsues: Cameron is a more advanced T-800 model than any the Connors had previously encountered (a T889-F, to be precise) with better infiltration capabilities and the ability to regenerate her flesh covering by eating human food... but she's scaled down to fit inside a small human female "shell", which means she lacks the mass the older Terminator units (like the Arnie varieties in the films and Cromartie in the show) have to better utilize their strength. However, Cameron's still '''immensely''' strong and [[ImplacableMan just as unstoppable]] against anything short of another T-unit.

* RoboticReveal: Inverted. In "Dungeons And Dragons", while Charley Dixon has been made aware of the existence of Terminators, and that Cameron is one, he still finds it hard to believe until Cameron begins incinerating the T-888's exoskeleton with thermite. The bright light generated is so intense that Charley can see Cameron's metal skull and blue eyes through her skin.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde and a close, loyal friend of the Connor's.

!!!'''Played By:''' James Urbaniak

!!!'''Played By:''' Matt [=McColm=]

!!!'''Played By:''' Marcus Chait

!!!'''Played By:''' James Urbaniak

* CoolCar: Her black 2008 Mercedes Benz [=E63AMG=] sedan.

* CoolCar: Her black 2007 Mercedes Benz [=E63AMG=] sedan.

* AntiHero: She can be pretty ruthless when it comes to keeping John save, which puts them at odds since John has a ChronicHeroSyndrome.

!!Civilians

[[folder:Kacy]]
!!Kacy Cotton
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BusyPhilipps

The Connors' new and very pregnant neighbor.

* ComicRelief: Gets most of the funny lines in the first half of Season 2.
* DonutMessWithACop: She met her baby daddy when she was working as a pastry chef in a high-end donut shop.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Kacy is heavily pregnant and a professional cook. In contrast to the badass [[LethalChef Sarah]] and Cameron, who's "not really into food," Kacy is more of an earth-mother type.
* GagBoobs: Downplayed, but as a result of pregnancy, Kacy is quite well-endowed. She first describes herself as "an Orca with boobs," then wonders if she can keep them if she breastfeeds for a few years.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde and a close, loyal friend of the Connor's.
* WackyCravings: She's pregnant, after all.

[[folder:Trevor]]
!!Trevor
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JonHuertas

Kacy's ex, her child's baby daddy, and an LA detective.

* AdultFear: Trevor needs some "daddy time" after [[spoiler: he finds Riley's body]].
* DisappearedDad: At first. Kacy says he "freaked out" when she got pregnant, but it turns out she's the one who left.
* CluelessDetective: To be fair, the Connors aren't his case, but Sarah noticeably clams up when Kacy notes that Trevor is a cop.
* FairCop: To Kacy. His cop-ness is what attracted Kacy when she worked in the donut place.

[[folder:Riley]]
!!Riley Dawson
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LevenRambin

->''"I'm a brave, spooky ninja!"''

John Connor's new friend at school.

* BadLiar: When Sarah confronts her, she tells Riley she's a terrible liar.
* BecomingTheMask: Heavily hinted, at the very least she does care about John.
* BrokenBird: The cracks begin to show early that she's had a troubled past. Once it's revealed that [[spoiler:she grew up during the war with the machines]], it becomes clear she's been barely holding it together most of the time. Even her "cover story" is pretty awful: she was orphaned when her parents died in a meth lab accident. Recruited from the gutter, [[spoiler: Flores]] found her surviving by catching rats.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Someone takes a picture of John, something he is very paranoid about because of Skynet hunting for him in the future. Riley smashes the camera. As John later says, "[[spoiler:she put herself between me and a machine that was threatening me.]]"
* KeepingSecretsSucks: She isn't a natural at it, to say the least.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Killed by Jesse in "Ourselves Alone" after learning she's a SacrificialLamb in ThePlan]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Riley is introduced as a cute friendly girl at school that helps John cheer up. [[spoiler:But she turns out to be a deliberate HoneyTrap.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:She's actually a secret resistant fighter who was recruited by Jesse to keep an eye on Connors and Cameron.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Jesse's plan for her was to be caught and killed by Cameron, and thus make John lose trust in Cameron. Upon learning this, Riley furiously confronts Jesse about it and ends up being killed by her and trying to frame Cameron for it.]]
* StreetUrchin: [[spoiler:Used to be a "rat catcher" in the BadFuture before she met Jesse.]]
%%* TagalongKid:
* WalkingSpoiler: Her true role in the story isn't revealed until much later.
* UnwittingPawn: The whole reason she was [[spoiler: brought back from the future]] was so she could be [[spoiler: killed and sow distrust between John and Cameron]].

[[folder:Morris]]
!!Morris
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LuisChavez

John Connor's other friend at school. Asked Cameron to the prom. Not seen since the first season. (Actually, we see him parking cars in the second season).

* ComicRelief: Gets some funny lines.
-->'''Morris:''' Your sister is ''dark''!
* HopelessSuitor: Crushes hard on Cameron, thinking she's merely John's sister.
* MuggleBestFriend: For John during his time at school in season 1.

[[folder:Dr. Silberman]]
!!Dr. Peter Silberman
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BruceDavison

A psychologist who laughed at the idea of the Terminators. After the events of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', he retreated to a mountain cabin and became an apocalyptic believer.

* LaserGuidedKarma: At the end of "Demon Hand," he gets locked up in the same mental hospital he used to run, in Sarah's own room.
* SanitySlippage: It's safe to say that T2 did not do any favors for his mental state.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After seeing that the Terminators, and thus the Future War, were real, he fled to a mountain cabin to await Judgment Day.

!!Others

[[folder:Weaver]]
!!Catherine Weaver
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!!!'''Played by:''' [[Music/{{Garbage}} Shirley Manson]]

->''"The project's name is Babylon. It's from Literature/TheBible."''

The CEO of Ziera Corp. She had the Turk stolen and set a group of people to work with it on "Project Babylon." Also, she is a liquid metal T-1001 Terminator.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: She looks like the BigBad of the second season and has no qualms about killing anyone she needs to, [[spoiler: but she's trying to ''destroy'' Skynet rather than create it]].
* BondOneLiner
-->''"Sorry I piss you off, Mr. Tuck. The feeling's mutual.''"
-->''"I bet that's never happened before either."''
* BulletproofFashionPlate: Although it's easier when your clothes and hair are part of your shapeshifting body.
* CoolCar: Her black 2007 Mercedes Benz [=E63AMG=] sedan.
%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: ''Subverted.''
* GeniusBruiser: She is the most advanced an intelligent Terminator in the series.
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: May or may not be, since it's unclear if the real Catherine Weaver is actually killed in a helicopter crash (that killed her husband) or killed by this T-1001 who assumed her identity.]]
* LadyOfWar: She is stoic and calm, and dresses in more graceful clothing. Being a BulletProofFashionPlate helps.
* LightIsNotGood: She wears a lot of white. {{Downplayed|trope}} because she's technically an AntiHero, [[spoiler:as it is implied that she did consider allying with the resistance to take down Skynet, but turned down the offer in part due to Jesse, and that Project Babylon was also implied to be a means to counteract Skynet.]]
* UnflinchingWalk: After she killed the people at the "air conditioning factory". And then [[spoiler:OutOfTheInferno as well.]]
%%* TheUnsmile
* WalkingSpoiler: On two nested levels. The first, at the end of her first episode, that she's a liquid metal Terminator. The second, not explicitly confirmed until the end of the season, that she isn't working for Skynet but is a WildCard AI with total free will.
%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: She had killed everyone involved with Project Babylon and was planning to kill Ellison.

[[folder:Savannah]]
!!Savannah Weaver
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!!!'''Played by:''' (Creator/MackenzieBrookeSmith)

->''"I want my old mommy back."''

The daughter of (the real) Catherine Weaver. She becomes best friends with John Henry.

%%* DamselInDistress
* BringMyBrownPants: She's terrified of Weaver. When her "mother" calls her from across the room, she refuses to come. She runs out of the room instead, leaving a puddle behind.
* CreepyChild: Savannah's delivery is pretty innocent, but while she explains John Henry as the man in her basement at her Mommy's work, John looks ''terrified.''
* DisappearedDad: We know in one episode her parents are technically dead, but...
* FutureBadass: Implied to be a member of the Resistance in the future, something that Season 3 would have explored.
* MoralityPet: For John. In some ways, she's a reminder of the innocence he's lost.
%%* TokenMiniMoe

[[folder:John Henry]]
!!John Henry
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/GarretDillahunt

->''"Why is a math book so sad?"''

The AI built and developed from Andy Goode's Turk supercomputer, using Cromartie's body as a means to communicate with others and manipulate its environment. ''Extremely'' intelligent, but almost childlike.

* AIIsACrapshoot: ''Averted''. Weaver specifically enlisted Ellision to teach John Henry morality and ethics so he develops properly.
* BasementDweller: It's not like he has any choice on the matter since [[spoiler: his body]] is permanently hooked up to the computer that's used to run his AI.
* CainAndAbel: John Henry asks which "brother" he is. Weaver's response is [[spoiler: he might be neither, and may in fact be ''God.'']]
* GoodCounterpart: Weaver created him to be this to Skynet; an A.I. with the capacity for moral reasoning that Skynet lacks, combined with the advanced capabilities that would allow it to successfully fight Skynet on an equal level.
* WalkingSpoiler: Mentioning his existence is a massive spoiler for people who haven't watched the show.
* UncannyValley: Initially has some troubles with natural mannerisms.

[[folder:Murch]]
!!Matt Murch
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ShaneEdelman

The main programmer and tech geek on the Babylon Project.

* AlliterativeName: '''M'''att '''M'''urch
* AscendedExtra: Was intended to only appear in "Samson and Delilah."
* DueToTheDead: Wears a special tie on the anniversary of Lachlan Weaver's death.
* HollywoodNerd: Wears glasses, is a skilled computer programmer, and plays Bionicle and Dungeons and Dragons.
* MrExposition: Explains most of John Henry's development.
* PluckyComicRelief: On occasion.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: NerdGlasses, naturally.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: John Henry finds Murch's "resignation" and moving plan. It's not revealed if Weaver actually killed him or not.

[[folder:Dr. Sherman]]
!!Dr. Boyd Sherman
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DorianHarewood

->''"Because it has so many problems"''.

A child therapist whose name was found on the blood-stained basement. Weaver hires him as a consultant to help her understand the strange behavior of her AI.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Died of heat stroke after the AI rerouted the power from the air-conditioning to continue powering itself.
* TokenMinority: The only other African-American character in the show aside from Ellison.

[[folder:Jesse]]
!!Jesse Flores
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/StephanieJacobsen

->''"Sunset's at 5:47. I'm not gonna miss that sucker."''

A human resistance fighter who traveled back in time to escape the hell of the future. Has an intimate relationship with Derek Reese. [[spoiler:Actually traveled back in time on her own with Riley to try and separate John and Cameron, and is also implied to be an alternate counterpart to Jesse from Derek's timeline]].

* ActionGirl: A female resistance fighter from the future, she's more than capable of handling herself. [[spoiler:Although in her case she's more of a DarkActionGirl]].
* AlasPoorVillain: You can't help but feel bad for her after the events in the submarine and Cameron's bad news.
-->'''Jesse:''' You have ''no idea'' what they took from us!
* AllForNothing: When she confronts John about if, [[spoiler:had she actually manipulated Cameron into killing Riley or at least convinced him she had, he would have killed Cameron]]. She's distraught when the answer is no.
* AntiVillain: Her reasons for what she's doing aren't selfish--she truly believes that [[spoiler: reprogrammed Terminators are still dangerous]], which to be fair is not entirely untrue given what happens when [[spoiler: Cameron's chip is damaged]]. But her methods leave a ''lot'' to be desired, and despite her clear regret she doesn't actually change her plan.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Get Riley to threaten Cameron enough to kill her so John would be alienated from Cameron in the first place. If that doesn't work, kill Riley yourself, then pin the blame on Cameron.]] Unfortunately for her [[spoiler: John figured it out before he terminated Cameron]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Revealed herself as this the moment she [[spoiler:slapped Riley, and right after Riley admitted to screwing up, was not in good shape and was asking to stay with Jesse for a while]].
* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Last Voyage of the Jimmy Carter".
* FantasticRacism: She's played as being prejudiced against machines, using the term "[[FantasticSlurs metal]]" derisively when referring to them.
* FriendsRentControl: It's unclear why she decides to stay in a 5-star hotel room in Los Angeles, much less how she can afford it.
* GenderBlenderName: Jesse is a gender-neutral name, which Derek take of advantage when Sarah asks Derek who Jesse is.
-->'''Derek:''' He came back with me. One of them killed him.
* ManipulativeBitch: In addition to the above mentioned BatmanGambit, Jesse's relationship with [[spoiler:Riley borders on DomesticAbuse]].
-->'''Jesse:''' I took you from hell, and brought you to paradise!
* MsFanservice: She's [[HeadTurningBeauty a looker]] and spends several scenes in skimpy clothes, such as swimsuits, [[ModestyBedsheet sheets]], [[ModestyTowel towels]], bikinis. The [[MaleGaze camera]] also has a tendency to focus on [[ShesGotLegs her legs]] or cleavage.
* NewOldFlame: Used to be Derek's lover back in the BadFuture, and they quickly end up in bed shortly after meeting in the present. [[spoiler:Although she's implied to be an alternate counterpart to Jesse from Derek's timeline, thus making their relationship a case of BedTrick]].
* RebelliousRebel: She went AWOL from the resistance due to John Connor's increasing reliance on Terminator, particularly Cameron. [[spoiler:She time-traveled in order to sabotage his relationship with Cameron]].
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:She's revealed to be connected to Riley in "[[Recap/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChroniclesS2E10StrangeThings Strange Things]]".]]
** Gets one by [[spoiler: Derek before we see the last of her. We don't know if he shot her or not.]]
-->Derek: [[spoiler: [[WhamLine You're not]] ''my'' [[AlternateTimeline Jesse]].]]
* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: When she talks up a "brownshoe" in the bar, she's really just [[spoiler:looking to pick a fight to account for the bruises from her fight with Riley]].
* TheSixthRanger: She shows up last to "join" as an ally to the group, although she's got her own agenda. [[spoiler: Turns about to be SixthRangerTraitor when she ultimately betrays our heroes.]]
* StartOfDarkness: She wasn't always the [[spoiler:ManipulativeBitch she eventually became. In fact, she actually had no problems working under the command of a reprogrammed terminator, and defended Queeg's decisions against the crew. All that changed when they brought a T-1000 onboard, and Queeg ordered them to act like it never happened. She almost got raped by a suspicious crewmember (who got executed by Queeg because of it), and then found out that Queeg's orders overrode her authority. She then murdered Queeg and ordered everybody to abandon ship, sending the sub to crush depth. Then when she got back, she found out that the rapid change in pressure caused her to miscarry the baby she was pregnant with.]]
* StealthPun: In "Adam Raised a Cain," Savannah teaches John Henry to sing the old Scottish comedy song, "Donald, Where's Your Trousers?" Meanwhile, our heroes get caught with their pants down.
* TragicStillbirth: She was pregnant with a child from Derek when [[spoiler:a mission went wrong in the BadFuture, causing her to miscarriage, which was the incident that caused her to lose faith on John and the reprogrammed terminators]].
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The last time she's seen Derek is pointing a gun at her. FadeToBlack as we hear a gunshot. Then [[CutShort the series got canceled]].]]
* TheVamp: She knows how to turn up the sex appeal in order to get people to do what she wants. [[spoiler:It's impled she recruit Riley by seducing her back when she was a rat-catcher.]]

[[folder:Allison]]
!!Allison Young
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SummerGlau

->''"I live in a tunnel. I eat garbage for dinner"''

A resistance fighter in the future. Captured by Skynet, and who Cameron's physical features are based on. Later killed by Cameron [[BerserkButton for lying to her]]. Implied to know John Connor personally. And now, most likely alive again in the alternate future timeline.

* BackFromTheDead: After the timeline changes.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted; her face is marked by a lot of open cuts and scratches.
* DefiantCaptive: While scared, she never helps Skynet, actively misleads them and talks back to them from time to time.
* {{Determinator}}: She ''will'' escape, or die trying. Barring that, she's not gonna do anything to compromise John Connor's safety.
* ImNotHungry: When the machines offer her food to try and weaken her resolve.
* OrphansOrdeal: Was only three years old on Judgement Day, which claimed the lives of both her parents.

[[folder:Jody]]
!!Jody
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LeahPipes

->''"I got this necklace at this awesome thrift store in Echo Park."''

A runaway Cameron befriended in "Allison in Palmdale".

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Along with revenge on Cameron, she decides to follow Cromartie because she found him kind of cute.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Appears harmless, but is an AlphaBitch.
* ConsummateLiar: To the point Cameron gets fed up with all her lies.
* {{Hipster}}: Says she wants to go someplace "more authentic," maybe Portland.
* TheLoad: Once she decides to help Cromartie find Cameron.
* StickyFingers: She steals even from her own house.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
** A non-fatal example. Once Cromartie has had enough of Jody, she's thrown out of the car.
** At the end of "Allison from Palmdale," Cameron nearly kills her, as well.

[[folder:Rita]]
!! Rita
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JillianArmenante

A social worker at a youth hostel that Allison/Cameron meets when her chip goes wonky.

* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: While she succeeds in unlocking some of Cameron's "Allison" memories, the truth would get Cameron thrown in a psych ward.
* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: Rita is a social worker at a youth hostel. She's weeks behind on her paperwork, with more cases piling up.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In this case, it's a good thing when she tells Cromartie to go to the back of the line.

[[folder:Chola]]
!! Chola
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SabrinaPerez

A young woman who acts as a lookout for Carlos while he does his business. Pops up a few times throughout the series.

* BackForTheFinale: We don't see her for most of the season, then she shows up at the last episode.
%%* ChekhovsGunman:
* SpicyLatina: {{Downplayed|trope}}, but wears heavy makeup and acts as a lookout for the gangbangers.
* TheVoiceless: Doesn't speak until the last episode.
* WhamLine: Gets one in the finale.

[[folder:Father Bonilla]]
!! Father Armando Bonilla
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CarlosSanz

A Catholic priest at the church where Sarah and John seek sanctuary. He's the only one Sarah can call after she gets arrested.

* BackForTheFinale: Along with Chola, Allison Young, and the Reese brothers.
* CrisisOfFaith: He's a devout Catholic, but the horrors he sees in his dealings with the Connors are enough to raise many questions. Perhaps if the show had produced a third season, this might have been explored more.

[[folder:Kyle Reese]]
!! Kyle Reese
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JonathanJackson

The resistance fighter from the future who protected Sarah Connor against the first Terminator and fathered John. He died but his mission was accomplished.

* HasAType: When Derek lets John know that he's aware Kyle was his father, he says that Sarah is Kyle's "type." He doesn't elaborate.
* TheLostLenore: For Sarah, having died before the series started.
* PosthumousCharacter: While he's mentioned many times in the present day, he only appears in {{flashback}}s. During John's cover story, his father is always a dead hero.

[[folder:General Perry]]
!!General Perry
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PeterMensah

A high-ranking resistance soldier.

[[folder:Tuck]]
!!Justin Tuck
!!!'''Played By:''' Marcus Chait

A [=ZieraCorp=] employee who disapproves of the Babylon Project.

[[folder:Sarkissian]]
!!Margos Sarkissian
!!!'''Played By:''' James Urbaniak

A criminal who attempts to blackmail the Connors for the Turk.

* CoolCar: Black 2007 Mercedes Benz [=E63AMG=] sedan.

* SkepticNoLonger: [[spoiler:Like Everyone else in the authorities, Ellison believes that the Connors are violent crackpots that are a menace to society. However, throughout season 1, he started to observe things that don't make any sense unless you take the whole time-traveling killer robots from the future in the equation. By the finale, he quits the FBI and believes the Connors are right about everything.]]

* WaifFu: Comes with being played by Creator/SummerGlau. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], and [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructed]] here. While in other works, a slim woman taking on opponents bigger and stronger than her, especially when it appears that she's manhandling them and throwing them around with no effort, stretches willing suspension of disbelief, here it makes perfect sense. Cameron might ''look'' like a waif, but underneath she's a "hyberalloy combat chassis" and she's much heavier and stronger than she appears (which allows her to play the role of TheBigGuy as well).

* WaifFu: Comes with being played by Creator/SummerGlau. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], and[[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructed]] here. While in other works, a slim woman taking on opponents bigger and stronger than her, especially when it appears that she's manhandling them and throwing them around with no effort, stretches willing suspension of disbelief, here it makes perfect sense. Cameron might ''look'' like a waif, but underneath she's a "hyberalloy combat chassis" and she's much heavier and stronger than she appears (which allows her to play the role of TheBigGuy as well).

* WaifFu: Comes with being played by Creator/SummerGlau. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as she might ''look'' like a waif, she's much heavier and stronger than she appears (which allows her to play the role of TheBigGuy as well).

* FeelNoPain: Lack of pain receptors is part of being a Terminator.

* InspectorJavert: Is always seeking the Connors, even after their supposed death.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Avoids ever being an outright villain since he had good reason to believe Sarah was seriously dangerous. He was just an officer who ended up in really deep stuff.

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%%* ActionGirl

%%* BadassNormal

--> (To Andy, when buying a cell phone): When I push these buttons, will someone talk to me?

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* BigGood: In the future, he becomes the savior of humanity, leader of the resistance, and the one responsible for setting his own mom on the path to fighting Skynet.

* CartwrightCurse: Alison Young, [[spoiler: Riley]], his whole family, most of the people that help him along the way...Yes, John is a dangerous person to know.
--> Everyone dies for me.
--> And in another episode, Derek: "He died, John. He died for you. We all die for you."

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%%%* RedEyesTakeWarning:
* RobotGirl: To the point she's supposed to pass as a teenager.

--> I'm a bitch whore.

* {{Yandere}}: Very loosely, but there are shades of this in some episodes. She'll protect John, no matter the cost.
** Subverted when Jessie [[BatmanGambit expected her to kill Riley and be destroyed or banished by John]], and that didn't happen according to plan.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Cameron's exact age is never specified, but she's almost certainly younger than her human appearance makes her seem.
** Cameron states in the pilot that she comes from 2027. If Allison Young was born in 2008 or 2009 (Mrs. Young was pregnant), Allison would have been about 18, and Cameron's appearance is based on Allison.

An agent of the FBI, he started out trying to stop the Connors...until he started believing them.

* MrFanservice: Gets several [[ShirtlessScene Shirtless Scenes]] and a ShowerScene.

!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/GarretDillahunt

!!Kacy

%%* KilledOffForReal
%%* TheMole
%%* SacrificialLamb

%%* WalkingSpoiler

* LightIsNotGood: She wears a lot of white. Downplayed because she's technically an AntiHero, [[spoiler:as it is implied that she did consider allying with the resistance to take down Skynet, but turned down the offer in part due to Jessie, and that Project Babylon was also implied to be a means to counteract Skynet.]]

[[folder:Flores]]

A human resistance fighter who traveled back in time to escape the hell of the future. Has an intimate relationship with Derek Reese. Actually traveled back in time on her own with Riley to try and separate John and Cameron, and is also implied to be an alternate counterpart to Jesse from Derek's timeline.

--> You have ''no idea'' what they took from us!

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Revealed herself as this the moment she slapped Riley, and right after Riley admitted to screwing up, was not in good shape and was asking to stay with Jesse for a while.

* ManipulativeBitch: In addition to the above mentioned BatmanGambit, Jessie's relationship with Riley borders on DomesticAbuse.
--> I took you from hell, and brought you to paradise!
* MsFanservice: Spends several scenes in swimsuits and bikinis.
* TheSixthRanger: If she can be seen as allied to the group, although she's got her own agenda. She shows up last and ultimately betrays our heroes.
* WhamLine: gets one by [[spoiler: Derek before we see the last of her. We don't know if he shot her or not.]]
--> "[[spoiler: You're not ''my'' Jesse.]]"

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: A non-fatal example. Once Cromartie has had enough of Jody, she's thrown out of the car.

* BackForTheFinale: We don't see her for most of the season, then she shows up at the end.
* ChekhovsGunman:
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed, but wears heavy makeup and acts as a lookout for the gangbangers.

* TheLostLenore: For Sarah.
* PosthumousCharacter: While he's mentioned many times in the present day, he only appears in flashbacks. During John's cover story, his father is always a dead hero.