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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Hasta la vista, Abey!"]] |
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| 6 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 7 | * ''Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' references the "thumbs-up while sinking in lava" scene in one episode of the anime adaptation. |
| 8 | * ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': |
| 9 | ** There are repeated jokes that unstoppable NinjaMaid Roberta could be the T-1000. All jokes stop when she starts climbing up the back of their car with a pair of trench knives, after catching up to them ''on foot'' at a ''dead run''. What makes it awesome is that she's even [[ShoutOut imitating]] Robert Patrick's [[https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/1a/20/cfa38c2362fb2d68846d5b7f772f9b4b.jpg "knife hand" sprinter's run.]] |
| 10 | ** [[http://imgbox.com/8eqn4Mqh One]] character threatens to freeze another and shatter them like the T-1000 in ''T2''. The footnote even apologizes for spoiling ''[=T2=]''. |
| 11 | * In the ninth short of ''Donyatsu'', the characters try to remember catchphrases from the franchise, including "I'll be back.", and also sing the theme song. |
| 12 | * ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' have a comic issue where an adult Kazama (from the then-distant future of 2010) travels to the 1990s to save Shin-Chan, because the titular character is responsible for stopping a robot uprising in the years to come (by trolling the Evil Computer Overlord until it malfunctions; long story). And there's a killer {{Fembot}} that looks like a hot chick coming after them. Said issue was published around the same time as ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines''. It was also adapted in the anime for Special 15. |
| 13 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': The [[Manga/DragonBall first series]] has a villainous android named Major Metallitron, who is [[TheAhnold an expy of the first movie's T-800]]. |
| 14 | * One scene in Episode 6 of ''Manga/DropkickOnMyDevil X'' sees Jashin struggling to stay afloat in the swamp like the T-1000 before finally submerging and giving the audience a thumbs up like the T-800 just like the ending of ''[=T2=]'' |
| 15 | %%* The English dub for ''Anime/GhostStories'' |
| 16 | * ''Manga/{{Gigant}}'': When a group from the future explains that they traveled to the present to stop a rogue AI from taking over the world, Rei comments that this reminds him of ''Terminator''. |
| 17 | * ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' drops a "I'll be back." reference. |
| 18 | * ''Manga/{{Hinamatsuri}}'' has some jokes and references to ''Terminator'', such as a naked Anzu stealing a biker's clothes. |
| 19 | * In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'', one of Literature/SnowWhite's seven dwarfs says The Terminator T-1000 is his favorite character. |
| 20 | * ''Anime/KillLaKill'': In Episode 7, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent someone in the background]] is drowning in lava while holding up a thumbs-up. |
| 21 | * ''Literature/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles'': Flat showed ''Film/TheTerminator'' to [[SpeaksInShoutOuts Trim]][[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids mau]], screwing up its programming that it now goes on occasional rampages believing that it was sent from the future by Skynet. Trimmau also being made of liquid metal (specifically mercury) and having the power of VoluntaryShapeshifting might also be a loose reference to the T-1000. |
| 22 | * ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi'' Episode 12 contains various film references, including to the first two ''Terminator'' films. At the beginning of the episode, Sasshi and Arumi spoof the naked-time-travel-arrival scene. |
| 23 | * ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'' Episode 10 introduces Lunar's dad, who is TheAhnold and specifically references the T-800 in ''T2''. He's also [[CastingGag voiced]] by Creator/TesshoGenda, the Japanese dub voice for the Arnie Terminators. |
| 24 | * ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'': Near the end of the first season, an antagonistic marionette named Leopard emerged from being burned with her face exposing her metallic skull. The Season 2 OVA also features {{mook}}s that could transform into liquid metal. |
| 25 | * ''Literature/SabikuiBisco'': In a more conventional vein, [[spoiler:Kurokawa]] dies [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay by falling into a sea of molten metal]] (or rather, Rust). To further drive home the reference, Akaboshi punctuates his death with, [[LampshadeHanging "Why don't you say,]] 'I'll be back'?" |
| 26 | * ''Manga/SketDance'': |
| 27 | ** In Episode 16, Bossun watches [[ShowWithinAShow a movie]] called ''Transforminators 5'', which is a combination of the ''Terminator'' franchise and the ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' franchise. |
| 28 | ** Reading the Hyperion game piece's name "Dodon-don-dodon" out loud sounds suspiciously like the ''Terminator'' theme. |
| 29 | * ''Literature/StrikeTheBlood'': When [[KidFromTheFuture Reina]] time travels to the present, she arrives completely naked and crouching in a ball of lightning, looking almost identical to the Terminator method of time travel, then quickly knocks Yukina out and steals her clothes. |
| 30 | %%* ''Anime/TadaNeverFallsInLove'' |
| 31 | * In the English dub of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Jesse Anderson's Crystal Beasts all have celebrity voice imitations. Amber Mammoth's voice imitation is of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, specifically referencing his role as the Terminator. |
| 32 | [[/folder]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 35 | * ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'': Thugboy once yelled, "I didn't build the fucking thing!" regarding Emp's supersuit. When Emp and Ninjette [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure don't know what he is talking about]], he explains he was quoting Kyle Reese from the first ''Terminator'' movie. |
| 36 | * The cover of ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' Issue #67 features Kitty Pryde with sunglasses and a huge gun, exclaiming, "Hasta La Vista Baby!" with the tagline "X-Terminator." |
| 37 | * ''ComicBook/MenInBlack'', issue 6: When the alien Doran arrives at a scifi convention, a human [[YourCostumeNeedsWork mistakes him for a cosplayer]], and asks him if he is the terminator. |
| 38 | * The ''Westernanimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' comic had the story "Verminator", where after Brain manages to take over the world, rebels send back a T-800 modeled after the Brain (complete with Arnold's FunetikAksent) to kill the mouse. It then inspired the sequel "Verminator 2: Judgment Night", with an heroic Verminator sent to protect Brain from the V-100 robot modeled after Pinky and made out of liquid cheese. |
| 39 | * Later adaptations of the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' villain Metallo are patterned over the T-800's appearance. |
| 40 | [[/folder]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 43 | * ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. Cyborg Annika-709 [[BlatantLies claims to be the cleaning lady]] when trying to get into a top secret facility and says in accented English, "Wash day tomorrow. Nothing clean, right." Later she mentions having moved to California after a cyborg became Governor in 2003. |
| 44 | * In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' uber comedy ''The Last Kiss Goodbye'', Jane Kates finds herself facing a notorious hitman called [[Creator/RickBerman The Bermanator]]. |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 48 | * ''Westernanimation/FlushedAway'' has a machine going down doing a thumbs-up. |
| 49 | * ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs'': Crash salutes and mocks with "Hasta la vista, birdie!" |
| 50 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'': Starfire's cyborg appearance resembles the T-800 endoskeleton. |
| 51 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'': The Drones/[[spoiler:Metal Men]], specifically [[spoiler:Platinum]], are {{expy}}s of the T-1000. |
| 52 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'': "[[ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive Come with me if you want to not-die.]]" |
| 53 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'': |
| 54 | ** One of Rex Dangervest's raptors, most of whom are named after action film protagonists, is named Connor. |
| 55 | ** One of the devices Rex Dangervest builds the Rexcelsior out of is Skynet's Time Displacement Equipment. |
| 56 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'': "Judgement Neigh", a parody of ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' is shown in a cinema. |
| 57 | * ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler:At the end of the FinalBattle, "Big" Jack Horner dies by sinking into the collapsing Wishing Star thumb last.]] |
| 58 | * ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9raIH51dZSc In this clip]], the cashier shoots a gum in the head (ItMakesSenseInContext), only for the bullet hole to reform, in a similar manner to the T-1000 getting shot in the eye. |
| 59 | [[/folder]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 62 | * ''Film/TheFifthCommandment'' have a shootout in a Bangkok police station practically lifted from the first film. The main villain, an ImplacableMan murder-machine named Z targets the two leads, Chance and Angel which are being held in there, and slaughters his way in after being denied entry. Chance knocks out a policeman while handcuffed when the officer watching him is distracted by the rampage outside (similar to Kyle in the movie) before he collects Angel and flees. There's even a shot where Z walks down a corridor filled with dead cops while holding his machine-gun on one hand, mimicking the Terminator doing the same frame-by-frame. |
| 63 | * ''Film/The6thDay''. When Adam leaves the Re-Pet shop, he says, [[SubvertedCatchphrase "I might be back."]] The Re-Pet salesmen says, "You will." |
| 64 | * In ''[[Film/AmericanPie American Pie 2]]'', Sherman shows his fandom of the movies by doing a bit to seduce Nadia calling himself "the Sherminator, a sophisticated Sex Robot sent through time to change the future for one lucky lady." In ''Film/AmericanReunion'', he reveals he named his son Furlong after [[Creator/EdwardFurlong the John Connor of ''T2'']], and once Stifler says YouNeedToGetLaid and directs him towards a former fling, Sherman checks her through a RoboCam and departs saying "Hasta la vista, Stifler". |
| 65 | * ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' has the titular heroine steal a biker's motorcycle (no need for clothes, she's already got the look down, unless you count the deleted scene). |
| 66 | * ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': [[spoiler: When Ellie tries to hide from Captain Putty in a dock shack, he enters it by flattening his clay form to slither under the door and then reforming, similar to the T-1000.]] |
| 67 | * In ''Film/TheExpendables2'', Trench announces "I'm back!" with the Terminator's leitmotif playing. In another scene, Trench says, "I'm almost out. I'll be back!" and Church responds, "You've been back enough! I'll be back!" |
| 68 | * In ''Film/HereToday'', a statue of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as the T-800 from ''Terminator 2'' is seen in Madame Tussauds. |
| 69 | * The climax of ''Film/HeroicTrio'' is a rather direct homage to the first ''Terminator'' film, where the Evil Master gets incinerated entirely in an explosion... only for his ''chi'' to reanimate his skeleton. Who then steps out of the flames in a manner similar to the T-100's exoskeleton. |
| 70 | * In ''Film/HillbillyElegy'', J.D. Vance's grandmother watches the scene of the T-1000 stealing a helicopter repeatedly and mentions she's seen ''T2'' about a hundred times. |
| 71 | * ''Film/HollywoodAdventures'' features Creator/RobertPatrick in a cameo appearance as a security guard who comments on one of the main characters' shoes ("Say... nice shoes.") and ends up taking them for himself, his coworker is TheAhnold, and he's later seen at the end dancing with [[StylisticSuck obviously cheap and fake]] metal hook arms. |
| 72 | * In ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', Chance yells, "Hasta la vista, kitty!" while flinging the cougar into the air, which he refers to as Arnold Schwarzakitty. |
| 73 | * ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' parodies the T-1000 freezing, shattering and reforming, only with Saddam Hussein (and his Yorkshire!). |
| 74 | * ''Film/LastActionHero'' references multiple of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's roles, including his work in ''Terminator''. |
| 75 | ** In Jack Slater's world, Creator/SylvesterStallone played the T-800 in ''T2'' instead (and presumably, ''T1''), which the main character discovers upon finding a '’T2'' poster with Sylvester in place of Arnold. Jack comments that it was his most successful film yet. |
| 76 | ** [[Creator/RobertPatrick The T-1000]] also makes a cameo walking out of the police station, intense glare and all. |
| 77 | ** When Jack and Danny go to Vivaldi's house, they're at first unable to enter it. Jack then starts walking away, leading to this exchange: |
| 78 | -->'''Danny:''' Wait, where are you going?\ |
| 79 | '''Jack:''' ''(turns around, with a serious tone)'' I'll be back. ''(playful tone)'' Ha! You didn't know I was gonna say that, did you?\ |
| 80 | '''Danny:''' That's what you always say.\ |
| 81 | '''Jack:''' ''(confused)'' I do?\ |
| 82 | '''Danny:''' Everybody keeps waiting for you to work it in. It's kinda like... your calling card. |
| 83 | * ''Film/TheMarine'' after the titular hero's car roof is torn off while pursuing the villains, one of the bad guys compares the titular hero to the Terminator, which earns him a DeathGlare from [[ActorAllusion his boss]], who is played by Creator/RobertPatrick. |
| 84 | * ''Film/RunningScared1986'': When Danny and Ray chase Snake into his apartment, they discover he has a briefcase full of money, but as Snake points out, they have nothing to charge him with. That's when Danny gets the idea to tell Snake's neighbors about the money, and before he does this, he tells Ray, while imitating Ahnold, "I will be back." |
| 85 | * ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain'': When Larry meets Owen's mother, he's so freaked by her he says, "She's not a woman; she's the Terminator!" |
| 86 | * ''Film/WaynesWorld'' has a cameo appearance from [[Creator/RobertPatrick the T-1000]] as a motorcycle cop that pulls over Wayne to ask him if he's seen the boy in his photo (which is actually one of Wayne instead of John Connor), causing Wayne to drive away in panic, recognizing him as the villain of ''Terminator 2''. |
| 87 | * ''Film/ZombielandDoubleTap'': A new variety of zombie that is stronger and tougher, able to withstand multiple headshots, is nicknamed the T-800. |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 91 | * ''Literature/TheDrawingOfTheThree''. Roland Deschain possesses SerialKiller Jack Mort, with a slight UncannyValley effect such as a CreepyMonotone and slight pauses while he consults Mort's memory on what to say. Years later, a police officer who encountered him is watching ''The Terminator'' and starts shouting that Arnie's character is the same man, before dropping dead of a heart attack. |
| 92 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': |
| 93 | ** In ''Literature/DeadBeat'' Butters asks why Grevane's zombies aren't moaning for braaaaaaaaaaaains, saying they were more like the Terminator. |
| 94 | ** ''Literature/SkinGame'': While recovering Harvey, Harry quotes both ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''. Harvey doesn't pick up on either line, leaving Dresden somewhat exasperated. Even better, after quoting the Terminator, Harry is forced to protect Harvey from some gun-wielding goons the same way the machine protects John Connor in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' -- By holding the guy against him and turning his back -- protected by spell-armored leather -- to the onslaught of bullets. By far the biggest shoutout to a movie since ''Literature/ProvenGuilty''. |
| 95 | * ''Literature/HarmonicFeedback'': In fourth grade, Drea and her best friend Adam used to reenact the plot of their favorite movie, ''The Terminator'', on the monkey bars every recess. He was always Sarah Connor, and she was always the Terminator. |
| 96 | * In ''Literature/TheresMoreThanOneWayHome'', the principal tells Anna that other parents have been threatening to pull their kids out of school if Jack isn't terminated immediately. Anna says sarcastically, "Terminate? [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger The governor]] is out of that business." The principal clarifies, "I meant, his enrollment terminated." |
| 97 | * In ''Literature/IfIFallIfIDie'', Diane wears Terminator-style shades that play a blinking light show to help her relax. |
| 98 | * In ''Literature/TwelveDays'', Olympia and Hannibal are fleeing Salvation Sanctuary when they finally meet up with Terry and Nicki. Terry says, "Come with me if you want to live." Olympia says, "They're trying to take my son, and you... you're quoting ''The Terminator''?" |
| 99 | * ''Literature/TomGates'': In ''Five Star Stories (Hooray!)'', Tom's dad Frank says "I'll be back!" in a "very deep, very loud voice" (possibly Arnold Schwarzenegger's) after dropping Tom and his friends off to the cinema. |
| 100 | [[/folder]] |
| 101 | |
| 102 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 103 | * In one episode of ''Series/{{Alf}}'', ALF says, "Hasta la vista, baby." |
| 104 | * ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': When Creator/SummerGlau appears on the show, the cast calls her [[Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles "the Terminator"]]. |
| 105 | * ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'': In "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS6ChristmasInDreamland Christmas in Dreamland]]", Dream-Tracey compares the sight of Doreen on stage with Dream-Chris to ''Terminator 4''. |
| 106 | * ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': |
| 107 | ** When Chuck sees some other agents in action, he compares them to Terminators. This is also an ActorAllusion[=/=]CelebrityParadox, because Chuck's mother Mary Bartowski is played by Creator/LindaHamilton. |
| 108 | ** In another ActorAllusion moment, after Mary has a BigDamnHeroes moment in saving Chuck and ''Sarah'', she tells them "{{Come with me if you want to live}}.". |
| 109 | * Spoofed on ''Series/{{Community}}'', during the paintball war episode, has "[[ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes.]]" |
| 110 | * In ''Series/{{Defiance}}'', Creator/LindaHamilton's character Pilar says "ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive!" to Nolan in the season 3 episode "Broken Bough". |
| 111 | * ''Series/{{Eureka}}'''s Fargo uses ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive in the episode "Momstrosity". |
| 112 | * ''Series/TheExpanse'': |
| 113 | ** A shop Miller visits in "Back to the Butcher" shares the name ("Tech Noir") of the bar in ''Film/TheTerminator''. |
| 114 | ** When Bobbie kills Mao's henchmen with her power armor, she helps Chrisjen up in a recreation of the "Come with me if you want to live." shot. She then goes clearing out a way to their shuttle, telling he "I'll be right back." |
| 115 | * In an episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', Will says, "Hasta la vista, baby." |
| 116 | * ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'': "The Enforcer" and "Not Fade Away" feature Terminator-like Enforcers and are littered with Terminator references. |
| 117 | * ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'''s Barney Stinson turns "ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive" into a pick-up line while naked: "Come with me if you want to bang." |
| 118 | * ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' episode "The Jessie-nator: Grudgement Day" is a WholePlotReference to ''T1'' and ''T2''. |
| 119 | * ''Series/TheMandalorian'': The Season 1 finale has [[OneManArmy IG-11]] charge into town on a speederbike while protecting the Child, and later, bids farewell to the Child before going into molten lava to FaceDeathWithDignity while the Mandalorian begs him not to, having become fond of him. Additionally, IG-11 was [[HeelFaceBrainwashing reprogrammed]] from trying to kill the Child to protecting the Child, and the other characters (mainly [[ParentalSubstitute the Mandalorian]]) initially has trouble trusting him at first due to that. |
| 120 | * In the ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' episode "The Goodbye Girl", Kelly, as The Verminator, says, "Hasta la vista, buggies" as her catchphrase. |
| 121 | * ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': In his last meeting with Mami Bibir, Trisno drops an "I'll be back" reference, in English. |
| 122 | * ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'': In one episode in Season 1, Cabe Gallo (Creator/RobertPatrick) complains about the newer generations' reliance on electronic devices and calls it the "rise of the machines". |
| 123 | * ''Series/{{Sense8}}'': "My sister is the fucking Terminator?!" |
| 124 | * ''Series/TheSopranos'': It's mentioned that after being PutOnABus, Davey Scatino (Creator/RobertPatrick) had a mental breakdown and got instated to a mental health facility in Nevada that happens to be called Pescadero Hospital. |
| 125 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'' Season 3 has a Russian assassin who is an [[TheAhnold Ahnold]]. The mayor in cahoots with him calls him a Terminator-looking guy. The series is set in the 1980s, with the second season having taken place in 1984 and the third season taking place in 1985, so the first ''Terminator'' film had recently been in the cinemas at the time of that joke. |
| 126 | * ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' Season 10 features Creator/RobertPatrick as a guest star PlayingTheirOwnTwin, referencing ''T2'' famously utilizing the trope for the T-1000 impersonating Sarah and a security guard (as well as Sarah seeing herself in a nightmare sequence). |
| 127 | * ''Series/TheWhitestKidsUKnow'' has a sketch where a caller dials 911 to report a fight between a cop with blades for arms and a cool guy with sunglasses. |
| 128 | -->'''911 Caller:''' Okay, I now this sounds like ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Terminator 2]]''--\ |
| 129 | '''911 Operator:''' This sounds exactly like ''Terminator 2''. |
| 130 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'': In "Salvage", Agent Scully suggests to Agent Doggett (played by Creator/RobertPatrick) that their victim-of-the-week somehow became made of a metal, a theory that Doggett ridicules. |
| 131 | -->'''Doggett;''' So what are you saying? Ray Pierce has become some sort of metal man? That only happens in movies, Agent Scully.\ |
| 132 | '''Scully:''' ''[annoyed]'' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Does it, Agent Doggett?]] |
| 133 | ** In the same episode, said victim also tells his wife to "GetOut". |
| 134 | ** In "Redrum", the victim-of-the-week is a friend of Doggett... who is played by Creator/JoeMorton (AKA, Miles Dyson), and several shots of Doggett mirror shots of the T-1000 in ''T2''. |
| 135 | ** In another episode, Doggett chases after Krycek speeding away in his car in a parking garage. |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 139 | * Music/JonathanCoulton's song "Todd the T-1000" references the T-1000. |
| 140 | * The one hit wonder "I'll Be Back" by Arnee and the Terminaters. |
| 141 | * Music/GreenDay's "Governator", a ProtestSong against Arnie's tenure governing California, has a repeated "I'll be back!" in its chorus. |
| 142 | * {{Music/Perturbator}} samples Kyle Reese's monologue about how the T-800 "absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead" in "Humans Are Such Easy Prey." |
| 143 | * In what doubles as ActorAllusion given Shirley Manson [[Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles played a T-1000]], Music/{{Garbage}}'s "The One" has the one "You must be someone, a robot, a Terminator?" |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 147 | * At Wrestling/WrestleMania 31, Wrestling/TripleH had a Terminator-themed entrance complete with the music, several T-800 endoskeletons, and even a cameo by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. |
| 148 | * Wrestling/KennyOmega sometimes has a Terminator-themed entrance and cosplays as the T-800. |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 152 | * ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': |
| 153 | ** [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Unexpected_Dai Unexpected Dai]] shows a man teleporting into an area crouching in a ball of lighting similar to the Terminator method of time travel. |
| 154 | ** [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Scrap_Factory Scrap Factory]] shows a creature sinking into molten steel while giving a thumbs up. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 158 | * In ''VideoGame/AliensFireteamElite'', one of the available challenge cards is named "Won't Stop Until You're Dead" (referencing Kyle Reese's speech of the first film), and what it does is that it activates an endlessly-respawning [[HeavilyArmoredMook Heavy Synth]] as an AdvancingBossOfDoom. |
| 159 | * In the Polus map in ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', a successfully ejected impostor will give a thumbs up while sinking in the lava, referencing the ''Terminator 2'' scene. |
| 160 | * ''VideoGame/{{Breed}}'' have an escape sequence where the platoon commander who freed you gives out his orders: "Come with me if you want to live!" Appropriately enough, it's a game where all your onscreen enemies are mechanical-looking creatures. |
| 161 | * ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'': |
| 162 | ** The abandoned playground Sgt. Jackson finds [[spoiler:immediately after the nuke]] in ''VideoGame/{{Call of Duty 4|ModernWarfare}}'' is similar to the one from Sarah's dream sequence in ''Terminator 2''. |
| 163 | ** The Winchester 1887 shotgun in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2 Modern Warfare 2]]'' is a direct recreation of the ''Terminator 2'' version, with a {{sawed off|Shotgun}} barrel and stock, an enlarged lever loop, and the use of blue shells. It's even flip-cocked when used [[GunsAkimbo akimbo]] or, in the remastered campaign, upon reloading from empty. |
| 164 | ** The same weapon also briefly shows up in the campaign of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'', where Alex Mason uses it while riding a motorcycle, flip-cocking it between shots (albeit able to fire two shots at once before needing to do so). |
| 165 | ** It's available again in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3 Modern Warfare 3]]'' with a different model (synthetic furniture and a standard lever), but now has "Hasta La Vista" engraved into the hammer. |
| 166 | * ''VideoGame/DevilsHunt'': Desmond, freshly revived from hell into an unstoppable killing machine with supernatural powers, runs into a trio of thugs attempting to mug him. Desmond responds with this: |
| 167 | --> '''Desmond''': I need your car. You can keep your ''boots and pants''. |
| 168 | * ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'': |
| 169 | ** The name of one of the main characters, Connor, is a reference to John and Sarah Connor. |
| 170 | ** Hank's dog, Sumo, is a BigFriendlyDog that happily greets Connor, possibly referencing that [[EvilDetectingDog dogs get aggressive when they're around evil Terminators]]. |
| 171 | ** Creator/LanceHenriksen, who was a detective investing the mysterious killings in the first film, is Markus's owner. |
| 172 | ** When Markus ends up at an android dump, one of the corpses has a single glowing red eye. |
| 173 | ** May or may not be intentional, but Markus shares his name with Marcus, one of the protagonists of ''Film/TerminatorSalvation''. |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/{{The Dig|1995}}'': Commander Low, played by Creator/RobertPatrick, at one point asks "Have you seen this boy?" to someone (doubling as a reference to ''Wayne's World'', since [[BeamMeUpScotty that's where the line originated]]). |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/DieHardVendetta'' have a shootout in a room filled with liquid nitrogen tanks, and mooks doused by liquid nitrogen gas will be frozen solid before shattering, much like the T-1000. The player even lets out a "Hasta la Vista baby!" when this happens. |
| 176 | * In ''VideoGame/DinosaursForHire'', the character bio for one of the characters, Lorenzo (an alien humanoid-dinosaur) claims his favorite movies are ''Terminator 1'', ''Terminator 2'', and ''Terminator 3'', the last which Lorenzo hopes "it might ''someday'' exist" (the game was released in 1993). |
| 177 | * In ''Videogame/Doom2016'' and ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'', if the Doom Slayer dies falling in lava, he will give a thumbs up like the T-800 being lowered into molten steel. |
| 178 | * In ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'', [[https://youtu.be/QiI7MT7wdCI the music for completing the Andy Asteroids bonus levels]] ends on a sample of Det. Vukovich's "HEY!" (when he comes to the aid of Wexler before being killed as well). This sample was edited out in later re-releases of the game. For extra points, the composer of ''Jim'', Tommy Tallerico, composed a well-received soundtrack for the Sega CD version of ''The Terminator'' the year before. |
| 179 | * The Terminator appears in ''VideoGame/EverybodyEditsFlash'' as a DigitalAvatar, with a [[{{Cyborg}} half-robotic face]]. |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' features ''T2'' Sarah and the skinless T-800 as guest characters, with their announcement cinematic being of Agent Jonesy pulling the ''T2'' T-800 out from the molten lava from the ''T2'' ending. The Zero Point Crisis Finale cinematic also has Sarah do her one-handed shotgun reload and she's rescued from an encroaching army of T-800s when [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Ripley]] shows up in a tanker that [[DownLADrain she drives off of the bridge above them]]. Additionally, an emote referencing the thumbs-up can be purchased with their skins. |
| 181 | ** One of the skins, the P-1000, is a robot version of [[SeriesMascot Peely]]. |
| 182 | %%* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/MechanizedAttack'' has {{cyborg}} enemies whose skin peels off in a RoboticReveal moment, with their interiors looking a lot like the T-100's skeletal form. The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanized_Attack arcade flyer]] even lifts the likeness of '80s Arnold Schwarzenegger as one of the characters. |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': Solid Snake's appearance in the cover of the [[VideoGame/MetalGear1 first game]] resembles Kyle Reese. |
| 185 | * ''VideoGame/RaymanLegends'': In "Lucha Libre Get Away", the Luchador falls into a pit of lava, and as he sinks, he gives the thumbs up. |
| 186 | * ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': The Futuretank X-1 is a TankTreadMecha robot that looks a lot like the Hunter-Killer, though it fires huge AreaOfEffect neutron scramblers instead. |
| 187 | * It should come to no surprise that ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' contains a few, given that it's a love letter to horror films. A bit amusingly, Creator/JamesCameron [[https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/avatar-james-cameron-loves-resident-evil/ has admitted]] that the ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' is a guilty pleasure for him, so it almost comes full-circle. |
| 188 | ** Albert Wesker (at least early on) bears some resemblance to Creator/RobertPatrick, who would have been more well-known during this time due to ''T2'' predating ''Resident Evil'' by a couple of years. |
| 189 | ** Mr. X, Nemesis, and the Tyrants in general have some inspiration from the Terminators. Nemesis has been explicitly stated to be based on the T-1000, given its purpose of tracking specific individuals who are dangerous to its masters. |
| 190 | *** In the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' novelization ''City of the Dead'', Claire gives Mr. X its name out of a list of other names including "Terminator". |
| 191 | ** The T-[number] designations may also be a ''Terminator'' reference. |
| 192 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'': Leon helping Claire up at the diner is a reference to "Come with me if you want to live." |
| 193 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'': Clare backing away from the chopper is allegedly inspired by Sarah freaking out over seeing the T-800 coming to rescue her while she's escaping from the hospital in ''T2''. |
| 194 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' has [[ShowWithinAShow movie posters]] advertising a film series titled ''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/residentevil/comments/fm454h/id_watch_these_skull_stalker_movies/ Skull Stalker]]'' (which includes at least two entries, ''Skull Stalker on the Red Planet'' and ''Skull Stalker Adrift in Space''), which seems to be an amalgamation of the ''Terminator'' films, the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films, the ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' films, ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', and ''Film/JasonX''. |
| 195 | * ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheRobots'' and its sequel are your standard '90's "robot apocalypse brought upon by AIIsACrapshoot" stories, particularly noticeable with [[BigBad the Supervisor]] being a Skynet/T-1000 hybrid {{expy}}. She's even described as being made of "polymetamorphic titanium alloy", an obvious reference to the T-1000's polymimetic alloy. |
| 196 | * During the harbour stage of ''VideoGame/SlapsAndBeans'', the two players, Bud and Terrence, infiltrates a cruiser and steals the clothes of the captain and first mate while quoting the second ''Terminator'' movie. [[AnachronismStew The game is set in the 1970s, before the Terminator movies even existed]]. But then again, the whole game runs on RuleOfFunny. |
| 197 | --> '''Bud''': We need your boots, pants, and motorcycle.\ |
| 198 | '''Captain''': But we don't have a motorcycle!\ |
| 199 | '''Terrence''': Then we'll take this ship! |
| 200 | --> [cue the Captain and his mate getting [[DestinationDefenestration flung out of a cabin's windows]] in their ''underwear''. Followed by Bud and Terrence walking out in stolen clothes.] |
| 201 | * ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': |
| 202 | ** In contrast to [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the first game]]'s metallic goggles worn by [[EliteMooks enemy Octolings]], they wear sunglasses with a single glowing red dot over the left eye in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''; referencing the first T-800's damaged eye, which it hides with a pair of shades. |
| 203 | ** One level in ''[[DownloadableContent Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion]]'' is titled "Hasta La Vista Station", with the level subtitle "I know now why you ink...". The reference is made even more explicit with the mission's description, which reads "''Terminate all the enemies before time runs out!''", uniquely using the word "terminate" rather than "defeat". |
| 204 | * In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', "The Durnholde Challenge" quests in Hillsbrad Foothills end in you fighting the D-1000, a shapeshifting mercury elemental. One quest reward is named the Axe of the Judgment Day. |
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| 207 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 208 | * ''WebAnimation/AstroLOLogy'' has the short "Cancer Terminates", where Leo plays a spoof of the T-800 sent back to kill Aries. |
| 209 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' the 2003 short [[Recap/{{Edd}} Edd]] had the ''[[Film/{{Terminator2JudgmentDay}} Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'' theme song in the beginning. |
| 210 | * ''Webanimation/InanimateInsanity'': [=MePhone4S=] is a CaptainErsatz of The Terminator. [[spoiler:Likewise, [=MePhone5=] has elements of the T-1000]]. |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
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| 213 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 214 | * ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': |
| 215 | ** When Krillin blows up the baby Cell, he yells, "Hasta la vista, baby!" |
| 216 | ** In its version of ''Anime/DragonBallZTheReturnOfCooler'', Piccolo rescues the others and says, "Come with me if you want to live." while the Terminator theme plays. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
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| 219 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 220 | * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': |
| 221 | ** In "May the Best Stan Win", Stan gets into a fight with his cyborg future self at Hershey Park. After knocking the Cyborg Stan into a giant mug of hot chocolate, it sinks and gives a thumbs up like the T-800 sinking into molten lava, and then [[FlippingTheBird flips Stan off]]. |
| 222 | ** "Virtual In-Stanity" has two T-800-like endoskeletons in the CIA's lab. |
| 223 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[ActorAllusion Piandao]] (voiced by Creator/RobertPatrick) compares a sword to an extension of your arm, "a long, very sharp arm", [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall while smiling at the camera]]. |
| 224 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE18TheDemonWithin The Demon Within]]", the movie theater Klarion goes to is playing a movie titled ''Devastator 3'' starring [[TheAhnold Donald Shaltenpepper]]. |
| 225 | * ''WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite'': Black Dynamite's accountant says that the IRS doesn't feel pity, remorse, fear... you get the idea. |
| 226 | * ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'': In "Double Date Trouble", K. Rool says "I'll be back" like the Terminator. |
| 227 | * The ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' episode "Wooldoor Sockbat's Giggle-Wiggle Funny Tickle Non-Traditional Progressive Multicultural Roundtable!" is a WholePlotReference to ''T1'', ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive and all. |
| 228 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has an episode where Chad and Brad get TheAhnold to star in their ''Hamlet'' adaptation while referencing various Arnie movies, including the ''Terminator'' films. |
| 229 | -->'''Arnold Schwartzengerman:''' ''[while dying]'' Yorick, I'll be back... with weapons. |
| 230 | * The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[=PeTerminator=]" is a parody of the Terminator films. |
| 231 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' |
| 232 | * ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'': |
| 233 | ** Nemesis (voiced by Creator/LindaHamilton) can turn her arms into weapons, including swords and other blades. |
| 234 | ** [[WholePlotReference In one episode]], Hercules is on the run from his StalkerWithACrush {{Yandere}} {{shapeshifting}}, clay {{golem}} girlfriend (ItMakesSenseInContext; the episode's plot is based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology) Pygmalion]]) who has more than a passing resemblance to the T-1000. Cassandra turns up in a chariot and utters ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive. |
| 235 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E8CandyIsDandyCatastrophe "Candy is Dandy"]], the blob monster reforms similarly to the T-1000. |
| 236 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "The Beak", Linda puts on a pair of sunglasses and says, "I'll be back!". |
| 237 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Recap/RegularShowS06E18BensonsSuit", Suit wishes to destroy himself at the end as he doesn't want people like Rich Steve coming after him. So he has Benson dunk him into a washer and gives him a thumbs up. |
| 238 | * The second half of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Rattlestar Ricklactica" is pure ''Terminator'' references, where sentient SnakePeople have accomplished time travel and their shenanigans have somehow culminated in a snake vs. machine war, complete with Snake [=SkyNet=] and Snake Terminators. |
| 239 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' episode "Howl of the Fright Hound" has the MonsterOfTheWeek be an aggressive dog that turns out to be a KillerRobot dog in disguise. The skin on its face [[RoboticReveal tears off]] at one point and it has an endoskeleton resembling a canine version of the T-800 endoskeleton. Mystery Inc. defeats it by crushing it in an industrial factory. |
| 240 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 241 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E15ILoveLisa I Love Lisa]]", Bart does an impression of the Terminator while doing an assassination of Abraham Lincoln play. |
| 242 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E16HomerLovesFlanders Homer Loves Flanders]]" has a sequence where Homer chases after the Flanders' car and latches onto it, a shot for shot reference of the T-1000 chasing after the Connors and the T-800 during the hospital escape in the second film. |
| 243 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E9GriftOfTheMagi Grift of the Magi]]": When Homer, Bart, and Lisa [[KillItWithFire burn all the]] [[FauxFurby Funzo]] toys, one Funzo rises out of the flames like the T-800 from the first ''Terminator'' film. Thankfully, [[ItMakesSenseInContext Gary Coleman steps in and subdues it]]. |
| 244 | ** In the CouchGag of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E14TheCadAndTheHat The Cad and the Hat]]", when Homer immolates one of the California Raisins with a fire from a felled stage light, his skin burns off revealing a T-800-esque endoskeleton. |
| 245 | * ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' has a tech company named Pumadyne. Dr. Greenbox's second appearance is in an episode where Pumadyne is involved regarding {{Killer Robot}}s, and his original voice actor was Creator/RobertPatrick. |
| 246 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': In one episode, Control Freak puts on a leather jacket and sunglasses while tauntingly bidding goodbye to the heroes, "Hasta la vista, titans!". |
| 247 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'': "First Day On Sodor!" features an ImagineSpot from the Sodor Construction Company where Miss Jenny Packard unveils The Roadinator, a ''Terminator''-esque road-paving machine. |
| 248 | -->'''Roadinator:''' I am the Roadinator. Come with me if you want to pave! |
| 249 | * ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': In "The It", Lord Hater falls into a vat of lava with his index finger raised a la the T-1000's death, though he's fine afterward. |
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