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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Quite a few viewers complained that the scene with Derek Reese destroying a Terminator with an anti-materiel rifle is not realistic, due to fact that he fired his Barrett M82 from the shoulder. Since then many "guntubers" demonstrated that this feat is entirely possible and most proficient shooters can actually perform a rapid firing and still hit the target.

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Quite a few viewers complained that the scene with Derek Reese destroying a Terminator with an anti-materiel rifle is was not realistic, due to fact that he fired his Barrett M82 from the shoulder. Since then many "guntubers" demonstrated that this feat is entirely possible and most proficient shooters can actually perform a rapid firing and still hit the target.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The actress playing the form that Weaver uses to seduce and kill Nelson is credited in the closing credits as "Bar Skank".
* GunPorn: Not only Derek brings Barrett anti-materiel rifle, he also delivers hearfelt description of how great its Raufoss Mk211 rounds are.

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The actress playing the form that Weaver uses to seduce and kill Nelson is credited listed in the closing credits as "Bar Skank".
* GunPorn: Not only does Derek brings bring a Barrett anti-materiel rifle, rifle to the academy, he also delivers a hearfelt description of how great its Raufoss Mk211 rounds are.



* KillItWithFire: Derek destroys the Terminator by luring it into a natural tarpit, shooting it in the head with armour-piercing explosive bullets, and setting the tar alight.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: Weaver killed Nelson because he suspected that something weirder than officially accepted had happened during the plant crisis, and was about to call in a federal government investigation.

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* KillItWithFire: Derek destroys the Terminator by luring it into a natural tarpit, shooting it in the head with armour-piercing explosive bullets, bullets and setting the tar alight.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: Weaver killed Nelson because he suspected that something weirder than officially accepted had happened during the plant crisis, crisis and was about to call in a federal government investigation.



* RealityIsUnrealistic: Quite a few viewers complained that scene with Derek Reese destroying Terminator with aniti-materiel rifle is not realistic, due to fact that he fired his Barrett M82 from the shoulder. Since then many "guntubers" demonstrated, that this feat is entirely possible, and most proficent shooters can actually perform a rapid firing and still hit the target.

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Quite a few viewers complained that the scene with Derek Reese destroying a Terminator with aniti-materiel an anti-materiel rifle is not realistic, due to fact that he fired his Barrett M82 from the shoulder. Since then many "guntubers" demonstrated, demonstrated that this feat is entirely possible, possible and most proficent proficient shooters can actually perform a rapid firing and still hit the target.
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* NotSoDifferent: The young Martin and the teenage Martin are both used as analogies for John as a child and now.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Quite a few viewers comlained that scene with Derek Reese destroying Terminator with aniti-materiel rifle is not realistic, due to fact that he fired his Barrett M82 from the shoulder. Since then many "guntubers" demonstrated, that this feat is entirely possible, and most proficent shooters can actually perform a rapid firing and still hit the target.

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Quite a few viewers comlained complained that scene with Derek Reese destroying Terminator with aniti-materiel rifle is not realistic, due to fact that he fired his Barrett M82 from the shoulder. Since then many "guntubers" demonstrated, that this feat is entirely possible, and most proficent shooters can actually perform a rapid firing and still hit the target.
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* realityIsUnrealistic: Quite a few viewers comlained that scene with Derek Reese destroying Terminator with aniti-materiel rifle is not realistic, due to fact that he fired his Barrett M82 from the shoulder. Since then many "guntubers" demonstrated, that this feat is entirely possible, and most proficent shooters can actually perform a rapid firing and still hit the target.

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* realityIsUnrealistic: RealityIsUnrealistic: Quite a few viewers comlained that scene with Derek Reese destroying Terminator with aniti-materiel rifle is not realistic, due to fact that he fired his Barrett M82 from the shoulder. Since then many "guntubers" demonstrated, that this feat is entirely possible, and most proficent shooters can actually perform a rapid firing and still hit the target.
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* GunPorn: Not only Derek brings Barrett anti-materiel rifle, he also delivers hearfelt description of how great its Raufoss Mk211 rounds are.


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* realityIsUnrealistic: Quite a few viewers comlained that scene with Derek Reese destroying Terminator with aniti-materiel rifle is not realistic, due to fact that he fired his Barrett M82 from the shoulder. Since then many "guntubers" demonstrated, that this feat is entirely possible, and most proficent shooters can actually perform a rapid firing and still hit the target.
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* BootCampEpisode : Derek and John spend the episode at a military academy.
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* StableTimeLoop: Cadet Martin is influenced to stay in the military and become the resistance fighter Derek knows him as, after Derek kills a Terminator in front of him.
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* RightThroughHisPants: Derek and Jesse apparently both neglect to remove their jeans during their sex scene. They are shown apparently naked in bed afterwards, though.
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* RightThroughHisPants: Derek and Jesse apparently both neglect to remove their jeans during their sex scene. They are shown apparently naked in bed afterwards, though.

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* TheKidnapper: Sarah ends up kidnapping young Martin on the spur of the moment when a Terminator turns up at his house to kill him just as she and Cameron arrive.



* TheKindnapper: Sarah ends up kidnapping young Martin on the spur of the moment when a Terminator turns up at his house to kill him just as she and Cameron arrive.



* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: Weaver seduces and kills Nelson the plant manager in a sexy disguise at a bar.



* TheShlubPubSeductionDeduction: Weaver seduces and kills Nelson the plant manager in a sexy disguise at a bar.

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* BrokenMasquerade: Derek deliberately kills the T-888 in front of Cadet Martin to force him to recognise his responsibility to the future and become a soldier.



* CoincidentalBroadcast: Derek noticing the newspaper report of the third Martin Bedell's murder.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The actress playing the form that Weaver uses to seduce and kill Nelson is credited in the closing credits as "Bar Skank".



* InnocentlyInsensitive:
** Cameron shows young Martin his mother making an emotional TV appeal for the kidnapper to return him, because Martin wanted to see her.
** Cadet Pyle questioning Derek on his kill count.
* TheKidnapper: Sarah ends up kidnapping young Martin on the spur of the moment when a Terminator turns up at his house to kill him just as she and Cameron arrive.
* KillItWithFire: Derek destroys the Terminator by luring it into a natural tarpit, shooting it in the head with armour-piercing explosive bullets, and setting the tar alight.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: Weaver killed Nelson because he suspected that something weirder than officially accepted had happened during the plant crisis, and was about to call in a federal government investigation.



* MilitarySchool: The setting of Derek and John's plot.
* NotSoDifferent: The young Martin and the teenage Martin are both used as analogies for John as a child and now.



* ShlubPubSeductionDeduction: Weaver seduces and kills Nelson the plant manager in a sexy disguise at a bar.

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* ShlubPubSeductionDeduction: ShellShockedVeteran: The military environment and his knowledge of Martin's true fate cause Derek's past memories to weigh on him very heavily.
* TheShlubPubSeductionDeduction:
Weaver seduces and kills Nelson the plant manager in a sexy disguise at a bar.



** The resistants in the future refer to Machine tanks as "ogres". ''TabletopGame/{{OGRE}}'' is a tabletop war game about futuristic tank combat.

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** The resistants in the future refer to Machine tanks as "ogres". ''TabletopGame/{{OGRE}}'' is a tabletop war game about futuristic tank combat.combat.
* WarIsHell: Derek lays a heavy speech of this nature on Cadet Pyle after Pyle insensitively questions him on his kill count and shows a general ignorant bloodlust.
* WelcomedToTheMasquerade: Derek deliberately kills the T-888 in front of Cadet Martin to force him to recognise his responsibility to the future and become a soldier.

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A T-888 murders Martin Bedell, the first of three listed. One of the names written in blood on the basement wall is "P.Alto," the name of a nearby military academy. While Derek and John go to the academy to protect the second Martin, Sarah and Cameron find and protect the third. Everyone does a lot of standing around glowering at each other.


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A T-888 murders Derek notices a newspaper article about the seemingly motiveless murder of a man named Martin Bedell, the first of three listed. One of the names written in blood on the basement wall is "P.Alto," the who shares a name with a significant future resistant. He persuades the others that a Terminator is eliminating people of a nearby military academy. While that name. Derek and John go to the academy undercover at a military school to protect a teenage Martin Bedell, who turns out to be the second Martin, correct one, while Sarah and Cameron find and try to protect a child of the third. Everyone does same name... and end up kidnapping him.

Meanwhile, Weaver sends Ellison on
a lot of standing around glowering mission to investigate events at each other.

the nuclear power plant three episodes back, intending to [[DeadlyEuphemism clear up loose ends]].



* BrokenMasquerade: Derek deliberately kills the T-888 in front of Martin to force him to recognise his responsibility to the future and become a soldier.

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* BrokenMasquerade: Derek deliberately kills the T-888 in front of Cadet Martin to force him to recognise his responsibility to the future and become a soldier.



* HeroicSacrifice : Derek tells a story at the end about this.

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* HeroicSacrifice : HeroicSacrifice: Derek tells a story reveals at the end that Martin wasn't an old soldier who taught John Connor what he needed to know about this. military matters, he sacrificed his life to free John from Machine captivity.
* KissOfDeath: Weaver kisses Nelson, then turns her tongue into a metal tentacle and liquidises the inside of his head.



* ShlubPubSeductionDeduction: Weaver seduces and kills Nelson the plant manager in a sexy disguise at a bar.



** The incompetent and gung-ho Cadet Pyle is named in reference to both the original Gomer Pyle from ''Series/GomerPyleUSMC'' and the character nicknamed after him in ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.

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** The incompetent and gung-ho Cadet Pyle is named in reference to both the original Gomer Pyle from ''Series/GomerPyleUSMC'' and the character nicknamed after him in ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.''Film/FullMetalJacket''.
** The resistants in the future refer to Machine tanks as "ogres". ''TabletopGame/{{OGRE}}'' is a tabletop war game about futuristic tank combat.
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* BrokenMasquerade: Derek deliberately kills the T-888 in front of Martin to force him to recognise his responsibility to the future and become a soldier.


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* ShoutOut:
** The title refers to ''Goodbye to All That'', the war memoir of the British poet and UsefulNotes/WorldWarI veteran Robert Graves.
** The incompetent and gung-ho Cadet Pyle is named in reference to both the original Gomer Pyle from ''Series/GomerPyleUSMC'' and the character nicknamed after him in ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.
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* CallBack : To the first film. The T-888 is methodical in its pursuit of the three Martin Bedells, [[Mythologythe same as the T-800 in the film.

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* CallBack : To the first film. The T-888 is methodical in its pursuit of the three Martin Bedells, [[Mythologythe [[MythologyGag the same as the T-800 in the film.film]].

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A T-888 murders Martin Bedell, the first of three listed. One of the names written in blood on the basement wall is "P.Alto," the name of a nearby military academy. While Derek and John go to the academy to protect the second Martin, Sarah and Cameron find and protect the third.


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A T-888 murders Martin Bedell, the first of three listed. One of the names written in blood on the basement wall is "P.Alto," the name of a nearby military academy. While Derek and John go to the academy to protect the second Martin, Sarah and Cameron find and protect the third. Everyone does a lot of standing around glowering at each other.




* CallBack : To the first film. The T-888 is methodical in its pursuit of the three Martin Bedells, the same as the T-800 in the film.

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* CallBack : To the first film. The T-888 is methodical in its pursuit of the three Martin Bedells, the [[Mythologythe same as the T-800 in the film.film.
* HeroicSacrifice : Derek tells a story at the end about this.
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!!! Plot

A T-888 murders Martin Bedell, the first of three listed. One of the names written in blood on the basement wall is "P.Alto," the name of a nearby military academy. While Derek and John go to the academy to protect the second Martin, Sarah and Cameron find and protect the third.


!!! Tropes

* CallBack : To the first film. The T-888 is methodical in its pursuit of the three Martin Bedells, the same as the T-800 in the film.
* RuleOfThree : Three Sarahs, three Martins.

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