History Characters / TerminatorSalvation

* HeroesWantRedheads: She's a redhead, and married to John Connor, who's a hero of the human resistance against the Machines.

* PlasmaCannon: His ShoulderCannon.

* KissOfDeath: Marcus kisses her and comments "So that's what death tastes like."

* UltimateEvil: It's actually just a floating skull, according to ''Robocop Versus The Terminator''. Admittedly, it's pretty unnerving. Subverted in ''Terminator Salvation'' when it appears as [[spoiler: various human faces to instruct its latest cybernetic experiment]].
** In ''Rise of the Machines'', the climax includes John's realization that Skynet doesn't have a physical form anywhere. It's data, existing on the internet.
** In ''Terminator: Salvation'', Skynet [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100209164350/terminator/images/5/5e/Tserenksa.jpg glitches]] and briefly shows what could be part of its true face.

* IllGirl: When we meet her, she's bald and pale from terminal cancer.

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Laurence Bréheret (French)

* GoodScarsEvilScars: During his fight against the first T-800, the latter inflicts a couple of nasty wounds to John's face, in a CallBack to the first movie where Future!John is shown leading the Resistance, bearing similar scars on his face.

* BaldOfAwesome: He's a little thin up top.

%%* BaldOfAwesome

* FragileSpeedster: [[spoiler:In comparison to other machines]]. Due to his inherent weaknesses, he can't entirely outfight a Terminator, but he can outmanuever them.

* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler:He literally gives up his heart so that John can live.]]

* RetroactivePrecognition: In combination with is mother's tapes, as well as everything she and the Terminator taught him about Judgment Day, Connor seems like a "Prophet" to the Human Resistance in the future, as he correctly knows all of Skynet's moves before it makes them and also knows weaknesses for all of its forces. This trope is toyed with in ''Salvation'', where time has changed and even when John is right about a prediction, he's RightForTheWrongReasons.

* OldSoldier: He is sixty-eight years old by the time of ''Salvation'' and more than capable of leading an entire worldwide military.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: ZigZaggedTrope. Despite being a hardass, he's respectful of Connor's contributions to the Resistance. In fact, in the novels (and in deleted scenes), he knows about Connor's knowledge of the future via a time loop and rather than just brushing it off as nonsense, he somewhat believes him but isn't just about to lay down and accept destiny, either. On the other hand, though, he thinks Connor is a false messiah and refers to him as an "informed civilian".

** ''Salvation'' showcases Skynet's entire army, with numerous models of different designs, including gigantic Harvester mechs, regular warriors, and [[spoiler:infiltrator prototypes]]. The movie does play it both ways however, since while the Terminator threat is larger than ever, the Terminators themselves actually seem ''less'' efficient than in previous movies because they uncharacteristically hold back during fights due to the protagonists' PlotArmor.

* AxCrazy: Oh '''''YES'''''. Everything about it pretty much shows that it is completely batshit insane.

* TheGhost: Although it is the main antagonist of the entire franchise, it remained completely unseen until ''Salvation''. And even then, only appeared in AFormYouAreComfortableWith.

!!Series 800 Terminator "T-RIP"
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!!!'''Played by:''' Roland Kickinger [[note]]The face of a younger Arnold Schwarzenegger was recreated on his head via CGI[[/note]]

This Terminator was found by John Connor inside Skynet's R&D facility, created by Skynet based on their extensive research on human skin and tissue. It serves as a prototype to an entire production line of Terminators (the T-700 series), which are also being built in the same facility.

* DigitalHeadSwap: The digitally recreated face of a younger Arnold Schwarzenegger has been superimposed on the head of bodybuilder Roland Kickinger.
* FakeShemp: It's a T-800 with the same face and body type as the T-800s of the first two ''Terminator'' movies, but with the digitally recreated face of 1984 Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger placed on a bodybuilder's body.
* FinalBoss: Serves as the ultimate battle in the Skynet facility.
* FullFrontalAssault: This one doesn't even have the chance of acquiring clothes, and just straight up keeps going after John Connor.
* ImplacableMan: Even moreso than previous versions of the T-800, thanks in part to Skynet apparently ironing out it's inherent flaws during its creation. This allows it to withstand extreme temperatures and keep on going with no problem.
* ItCanThink: By using an elevator as a decoy to distract John and Kyle, then ambushing them from behind, the T-800 demonstrates it's capable of tactical thinking and isn't simply a mindless brute.
* MeatsackRobot: Just like other T-800 infiltrators, it's a Terminator endoskeleton surrounded by living tissue and human skin.
* NoisyRobots: Emits sounds in-keeping with the heavy electronic noises that are heard throughout the film on the Machines' part, although to a lesser extent than either the T-600 or the Harvester.
* OffWithHisHead: Marcus Wright rips his head off to defeat him.
* OutOfTheInferno: John Connor's attempts at stopping it with a grenade launcher only slow it down and burn off the living tissue from it, resulting in this effect.
* PurposelyOverpowered: Given that he was built before the T-800s were supposed to be, he's much stronger than the ones in the first two movies.
* TheQuietOne: This one only speaks one line, mimicking Kyle Reese's voice in order to lure John Connor to it. Otherwise, it never utters a single word in its default voice.
* Skelebot9000: As with other Terminators, once it loses its skin, its basically a walking robotic skeleton.
* StrippedToTheBone: It rather early loses its human disguise, leaving only its endoskeleton to fight John.
* SuperPrototype: Counts as one, specifically to the other Terminator units being manufactured in Skynet Central. For bonus points, it's even in the unit's name.
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!!Series 600 Terminator
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The first generation of Terminator infiltration units.
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* CuteMute: her back story is that she was traumatized by events that took place before the start of ''Salvation''.

This Terminator was found by John Connor inside Skynet's R&D facility, created by Skynet based on their extensive research on human skin and tissue. It serves as a prototype to an entire production line of Terminators (the first-generation model of the T-800), which are also being built in the same facility.

!!!'''Played by:''' Moon Bloodgood

* MechaMook: Some of them are heavily armed and roam ruined cities in search of humans to exterminate.

!!!'''Played by:''' Common