History YMMV / RoboCopVersusTheTerminator

-->"ED-209. Not very bright. But hard working. And quite sincere."

* CompleteMonster: [[AIIsACrapshoot Skynet]] was once a digital defense program but, after becoming self-aware, decided that all organic life was too chaotic for its liking. Destroying civilization thanks to its [[NukeEm nuclear arsenal]], Skynet created armies of killer machines to [[KillAllHumans finish off the remnants of humanity]]. After the Resistance learns that Skynet's self-awareness was reverse-engineered from the mind of [[Franchise/RoboCop Alex Murphy]], Skynet sends three Terminators back in time to prevent them from killing [=RoboCop=] and [[RetGone erasing Skynet from history]]. After killing the last remaining humans, Skynet proceeds to build a legion of spaceships and launches its armies into space, now with the goal of [[OmnicidalManiac eradicating all organic life in the universe]]. When Murphy tries to [[HeroicSacrifice kill himself to prevent the apocalypse]], Skynet sends two more Terminators back in time to convince him to allow Skynet to come into being. When he refuses, the Terminators force Murphy to merge with Skynet and [[AndIMustScream force him to watch helplessly]] as Skynet destroys humanity. When Murphy rebuilds his body and begins to fight back against the machines, Skynet considers him to be a top target and is perfectly willing to destroy its creator. In its final moments, Skynet tries to tempt Murphy with godhood and [[LotusEaterMachine a program that will allow him to live out his fantasies in the flesh]], concepts that Skynet had previously derided as foolish and primitive.

* TheWoobie: The ED-209 units are like the mentally-handicapped cousins of [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex GITS's Tachikomas]], but they certainly try their best. They even manage to take down a Terminator on their own.

* NightmareFuel: The Terminators make their kills rather efficiently in this particular depiction. What the Terminators do to [=Robocop=] is pretty bad, too. [[spoiler:If you had trouble sitting through the scene of [=Robocop=] being stripped in Film/RoboCop2, [[FromBadToWorse well...]]]]

* ShockingMoments: Just when you think it won't top [=Robocop=] getting his head vaporized in the opening act, you get [=Robocop=] committing suicide, and then Terminators stopping him from doing that so they can ''cut off his head and take it to the uploading equipment,'' where said head begs Flo to shoot him before they can press the button. After the TimeSkip to the future where Judgment Day happened and [=Robocop=] asserts his consciousness to build himself a new body, it keeps upping the ante right until the end.
* TheWoobie: The ED-209 units are like the mentally-hanidcapped cousins of [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex GITS's Tachikomas]], but they certainly try their best. They even manage to take down a Terminator on their own.

* HilariousInHindsight: Amusingly, after over 25 years since the release of the video game, both [=RoboCop=] and the Terminator can fight each other again in VideoGame/MortalKombat11.

* HilariousInHindsight: Amusingly, after over 25 years after the release of the video game, both [=RoboCop=] and the Terminator can fight each other again in VideoGame/MortalKombat11.

* HilariousInHindsight: Amusingly, over 25 years after the release of the video game, both [=RoboCop=] and the Terminator can fight each other again in VideoGame/MortalKombat11.

* {{HSQ}}: Pretty much the whole thing. Just when you think it won't top [=Robocop=] getting his head vaporized in the opening act, you get [=Robocop=] committing suicide, and then Terminators stopping him from doing that so they can ''cut off his head and take it to the uploading equipment,'' where said head begs Flo to shoot him before they can press the button. After the TimeSkip to the future where Judgment Day happened and [=Robocop=] asserts his consciousness to build himself a new body, it keeps upping the ante right until the end.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis games by Virgin Games are both enjoyable tie-ins, even with the differences in gameplay and the Sega Genesis version [[NoPlotNoProblem removing the story]].

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis games by Virgin Games are both enjoyable adaptations, even with the differences in gameplay.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis games are both enjoyable adaptations, even with the differences in gameplay.

* {{HSQ}}: Pretty much the whole thing. Just when you think it won't top [=RoboCop=] getting his head vaporized in the opening act, you get [=RoboCop=] committing suicide, and then Terminators stopping him from doing that so they can ''cut off his head and take it to the uploading equipment,'' where said head begs Flo to shoot him before they can press the button. After the TimeSkip to the future where Judgment Day happened and [=RoboCop=] asserts his consciousness to build himself a new body, it keeps upping the ante right until the end.
* NightmareFuel: The Terminators make their kills rather efficiently in this particular depiction. What the Terminators do to [=RoboCop=] is pretty bad, too.

* TheWoobie: The ED-209 units are like the retarded cousins of [[GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex GITS's Tachikomas]], but they certainly try their best. They even manage to take down a Terminator on their own.