Line #171 Characters/TerminatorSalvation


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7	Character sheet for ''Film/TerminatorSalvation''.
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9	Due to the {{unreboot}} status of ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', tropes applying to ''Film/TheTerminator'', ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' and ''Dark Fate'' have been moved to the [[Characters/TerminatorMainContinuityMachines Main Continuity]] [[Characters/TerminatorMainContinuityHumans pages]]. This page is only for the versions of the main continuity characters and new characters that are specific to ''Terminator Salvation''.
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11	'''Beware of spoilers'''
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13	[[foldercontrol]]
14
15	!!Humans
16
17	[[folder:Marcus Wright]]
18	!!Marcus Wright
19	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marcuswright.jpeg]]
20	%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
21	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marcusterminator.jpg his true form[[/labelnote]]]]
22	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SamWorthington
23	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/AdrienAntoine (European French)
24
25	A man who was on Death Row in 2003 for multiple homicides and was executed shortly after signing his body over to Dr. Serena Kogan. Somehow, he woke up 15 years later in the wastelands the USA have become, right in the middle of the war between human survivors and machines.
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27	* AntiHero: Of the KnightInSourArmor variety. He doesn't see himself as a good man. He killed a police officer and his brother, and has a hard time dealing with the guilt. However, he is a rather unambiguous good guy in every other capacity.
28	* TheAtoner: To the point that this is what the eponymous "Salvation" was referring to in the title. This is as much Marcus's personal story to forgive himself and save his humanity as it is a story about ''saving humanity itself''.
29	* BadassLongcoat: He steals it from a corpse.
30	* BigNo: When [[spoiler:he discovers that he is a Terminator.]]
31	* BookEnds: [[spoiler:Starts the film about to die and agreeing to donate his body to Cyberdyne because he'd be saving lives and this would be his [[DeathEqualsRedemption "second chance"]], ends the film donating his heart to John to save his life and therefore humanity, even though this comes at the cost of his own life. The film is about his "salvation".]]
32	* CopKiller: One of the crimes that landed him on death row was killing a cop.
33	* CrucifiedHeroShot: He is put on a cross-like hanging structure [[spoiler:when the Resistance discovers his true nature.]]
34	* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler:He has a cybernetic endoskeleton harboring his brain and heart. According to art designs and the ''Terminator'' novels, he keeps his digestive tract and minor organs and it's his own heart what powers him, which makes him a "real" cyborg as opposed to the rest of Terminators, whose human parts are just a sophisticated masquerade.]]
35	* DarkAndTroubledPast: He killed a cop and [[spoiler:his brother]], landing him a [[DespairEventHorizon death row sentence]].
36	* {{Delinquent}}: During his past life.
37	* {{Determinator}}: [[RunningGag No pun intended.]] This is best highlighted when he refuses to give in to Skynet's EvilGloating and instead [[spoiler: tears the control chip out of his own head]].
38	* DespairEventHorizon: He doesn't suffer just ''one'', either. His first happens offscreen before the movie starts, whereupon he killed a cop and kind of just gave up on himself. The next happens when he wakes up in a post-apocalyptic nightmare despite his last memory being of a prison execution. The next one happens when he's captured by the Resistance and [[spoiler:revealed as a Terminator]].
39	* FragileSpeedster: [[spoiler:In comparison to other machines]]. Due to his inherent weaknesses, he can't outfight a Terminator, but he can outmaneuver them.
40	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Gives his heart to John Connor so he can live on to guide the revolution.]]
41	* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler: He's Skynet's final solution to the Infiltrator problem: a machine that believes he's still human, rather than merely ''pretending'' to be human.]]
42	* MeaningfulName:
43	** "Marcus" may be derived from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Mars]], the Roman god of war.
44	** "Wright" could refer to "right", as in, "righteous".
45	** Put them together and his name means a "just war". The War Against Machines is the only war that unites humanity for a common cause.
46	* NakedOnArrival: When he awakens at the beginning of the film.
47	* ReplacementMooks: [[spoiler:Skynet has been trying to create more convincing Infiltrator units for ''decades''. The problem was that all of the Terminators, in some way, fell into the UncannyValley no matter how convincing they were at casual glance. Marcus is the first unit to ever completely fool humanity, because he himself believes that he's human.]]
48	* RescueRomance: With Blair.
49	* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler:He gives up his heart so that John can live.]]
50	* SawedOffShotgun: He taught the method to Reese.
51	* SparedByAdaptation: [[spoiler:A sequel comic reveals that some time after being buried, his unique physiology allowed him to regenerate his heart and pull himself out of the grave.]]
52	* TomatoInTheMirror: A particularly harsh example.
53	* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler:He's a Terminator, one of the things that humanity is on the run from.]]
54	* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:He still has human anatomy, such as a heart, nervous system, and brain, which makes him more vulnerable than fully mechanical Terminators.]]
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	[[folder:John Connor]]
58	!!John Connor
59	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/johnconnorchristianbale.jpg]]
60	%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
61	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristianBale
62	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French)
63
64	Several years into the war between humans and Machines, John Connor has risen to leadership of his own squad of soldiers within the Resistance.
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66	* HopeBringer: His radio messages throughout the wasteland are all that a number of humans cling to to survive.
67	* 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 second movie where Future!John is shown leading the Resistance, bearing similar scars on his face.
68	* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: While he's generally respected, the leadership suspects he has a Christ complex and openly disbelieves his tales.
69	* LaserGuidedTykebomb: He was raised from birth to defeat Skynet. As he tells Marcus (and indirectly Skynet), "We've been fighting this war since before either of us existed."
70	* MessianicArchetype: Even shares the same J.C. initials as the Christ Himself.
71	* NumberTwo: He is the highest ranking Resistance officer not in military command. In fact, in the novels, General Ashdown is aware that Connor is "destined" to lead the Resistance after his death.
72	* RebelLeader: Effectively becomes this at the end. See YouAreInCommandNow below.
73	* 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 when John is right about a prediction, he's RightForTheWrongReasons.
74	* YouAreInCommandNow: In ''Salvation'', John succeeds General Ashdown as the leader of the Resistance after the ''entire'' line of succession is killed by Skynet.
75	[[/folder]]
76
77	[[folder:Kate Connor]]
78	!!Kate Connor, née Brewster
79	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kateterminatorsalvation.jpg]]
80	[[caption-width-right:300:''"I hate machines."'']]
81	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BryceDallasHoward
82
83	John Connor's wife during the war against the Machines. She is a medic in John's unit.
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85	* TheMedic: She heals wounds and performs surgery.
86	* PregnantBadass: She's pregnant with John's child during the events of ''Salvation.''
87	* RoadsideSurgery: She performs the transplantation of Marcus's heart into John in less than ideal conditions, out in the field with no sterile room or sterile outfits whatsoever.
88	[[/folder]]
89
90	[[folder:Kyle Reese]]
91	!!Kyle Reese
92	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anton_yelchin_terminator_salvation.jpg]]
93	%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
94	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AntonYelchin
95	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/DonaldReignoux (European French)
96
97	A young man trying to survive in the wastelands along with Star. He is the future father of John Connor.
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99	* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Says this to Marcus as a CallBack / CallForward to the famous line of his ''Film/TheTerminator'' self.
100	* FutureBadass: The first film's Kyle ''is'' the "Future Badass". ''Salvation'' is Kyle as a teenage kid just trying to survive in a nuclear wasteland.
101	* LateArrivalSpoiler: He's the father of John Connor. The other films have made no attempt to keep this a secret.
102	* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Thanks to the StableTimeLoop, his going back in time and sleeping with Sarah resulted in John--meaning he's younger than his son.
103	* TwoFirstNames: His last name is commonly used as a given name.
104	[[/folder]]
105
106	[[folder:Star]]
107	!!Star
108	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/star_57.jpg]]
109	!!!'''Played by:''' Jadagrace
110
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112	* AmbiguouslyHuman: In the novelization, [[spoiler:Marcus sees a red light in one of her eyes, which leaves him in doubt for a moment about whether she might have been another Terminator model all the time. He eventually decides it was nothing and the story follows its course, but the reader never gets the possibility cleared off.]]
113	* ChildSoldier: She and her buddy, Kyle Reese, grew up AfterTheEnd, so yeah.
114	* CuteMute: Her back story is that she was traumatized by events that took place before the start of ''Salvation''.
115	* DumbStruck: Kyle mentions at one point that the trauma of surviving post-Judgement Day made her stop talking.
116	* LittleMissBadass: Kyle Reese taught her how to survive in the wastelands and against the Machines, she drops a car on a Terminator, figures out that a flare is needed to light the gasoline to blow up a Hunter-Killer and reloads Kyle's guns when he shoots it out with the Moto-Terminators.
117	[[/folder]]
118
119	[[folder:Blair Williams]]
120	!!Blair Williams
121	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blairwilliamst4.jpg]]
122	%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
123	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MoonBloodgood
124
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126	* ActionGirl: A Resistance combat pilot.
127	* TheHeart: She is the person who helps Marcus to believe there is hope for him.
128	* MsFanservice: ToplessnessFromTheBack scene in the extended edition, everyone?
129	%%* LadyOfWar
130	* RescueRomance: With Marcus.
131	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: When she is outside in a downpour at one point, she takes her shirt and bra off, and she uses the rain to wet down her breasts. Right in front of a witness.
132	[[/folder]]
133
134	[[folder:General Ashdown]]
135	!!General Hugh Ashdown
136	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2009_terminator_salvation_049.jpg]]
137	%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
138	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelIronside
139
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141	* DaChief: He's John Connor's commanding officer during the initial years of the Resistance. He's also a hardass who doesn't take any crap from anyone--especially a supposed "messiah".
142	* FatalFlaw: Ashdown is a consummate military professional with decades of experience. He believes that military might, gathered under effective leadership, is the only thing that can save humanity now. To a degree, he's right--but he also has very little concern for civilians, while John Connor clearly does. He finds Connor a useful [[MagneticHero tool for bringing new Resistance recruits]], but thinks he's too young and naive to lead.
143	* HeroOfAnotherStory: John is famed in the franchise fo leading the resistance, but there probably wouldn't be a resistance if not for Ashdown's actions after Judgment Day.
144	* JumpedAtTheCall: As soon as Judgment Day happened, Ashdown sprang into action, gathering all the remaining assets and allies he could from militaries all over the world.
145	* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: The moment that Ashdown decides that civilian captives aren't worth rescuing before a nuclear strike is the moment his fate was sealed, as far as the story was concerned.
146	* KnightTemplar: Decides that destroying Skynet is worth dooming the human captives inside. When Connor steps out of line trying to stop him, he strips him of command.
147	* MeaningfulName: General Ashdown is one of the leaders of the Resistance fighting Skynet following the nuclear apocalypse. In other words : after the ''ash'' went ''down''.
148	* OldSoldier: He is sixty-eight years old by the time of ''Salvation'' and more than capable of leading a worldwide military.
149	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son died during Judgment Day, in the Russian counterattack that Skynet provoked.
150	* 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 going 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".
151	* SchmuckBait: When Ashdown's sources find a shutdown code in Skynet's machines, he believes that he's finally found the ultimate weapon he needed to destroy Skynet once and for all. So much so that he ignores all safety protocols and collateral damage that would result from his plans. As it turns out, he fell right into Skynet's hands, because the code was something Skynet created ''specifically'' to fool humans into relying on it.
152	* ShoutOut: His nickname is "Old Ironsides"--a nod to the actor that portrays him.
153	[[/folder]]
154
155	[[folder:Barnes]]
156	!!Barnes
157	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barnes2.jpg]]
158	%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
159	!!!'''Played by:''' Music/{{Common}}
160
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162	%%* TheBigGuy
163	%%* HotBlooded
164	%%* TheLancer
165	* ScaryBlackMan: Heroic version.
166	[[/folder]]
167
168	!!!Past Characters
169
170	[[folder:Serena Kogan]]
171	!!Dr. Serena Kogan
172	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter
173	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/LaurenceBreheret (European French)
174
175	The head researcher of Cyberdyne's Genetics division, studying cybernetics and stem cells. In 2003, while suffering from terminal cancer, she convinced deathrow inmate Marcus Wright to donate his body to science after his execution.
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177	* TheArtifact: Skynet deciding to talk to Marcus by using Kogan's voice and image from his memories despite Marcus not remembering her the way Skynet depicts her and that this seems strangely humanized of Skynet is a result of [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original subplot]], where it would have turned out Kogan was alive via turning herself into a human-Terminator hybrid like [[spoiler:Marcus]].
178	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen In the original third act]], it would have been revealed that she was the leader of Project Angel, which would have allowed Skynet to exterminate humanity while sparing a select few including herself to become Terminator-human hybrids that lived luxuriously while the war waged.
179	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Skynet takes the form of Kogan while talking to Marcus because it has access to his memories.
180	* HealthyInHeaven: A variation in that Skynet's avatar of her from Marcus's memories uses a healthy image of her instead of the frail dying woman she was when Marcus met her... [[FridgeLogic even though Marcus has never seen her healthy]] (which is actually [[TheArtifact an artifact]] from a cut subplot).
181	* {{Irony}}:
182	** Someone who wanted to save lives is also someone dying from one of the very illnesses she was trying to cure, and posthumously, to Marcus, she becomes an avatar of death. Speaking of, this also puts Marcus's comment about her kiss tasting like death into another perspective, as well as the newspaper's accusation of her PlayingGod. Dr. Kogan became the personification of death.
183	** As she puts it to Marcus, she's offering him a [[DeathEqualsRedemption "second chance"]] to atone for his past mistakes. In a way, like him, she is later also brought {{back from the dead}}, but as a perversion of what she stood for, essentially tarnishing her identity.
184	** She was diagnosed with cancer in 1998, the year after the original Judgment Day, and died five years later in 2003, shortly before the new Judgment Day -- she was living on borrowed time.
185	* KissOfDeath: Marcus kisses her and comments, "So that's what death tastes like."
186	* MeaningfulName: "Kogan" means "priest" in Jewish, originating from the occupational surname of high priests. This is yet another biblical reference in ''Terminator'', and additionally, it also befits how [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]], Dr. Kogan was the leader of a group called Project ''Angel'' that aimed to let the rest of humanity die while they lived in safety and luxury.
187	* PlayingGod: One of the newspaper articles says that her work was criticized for this trope.
188	* RightForTheWrongReasons: While trying to persuade Marcus to donate his body to Cyberdyne's experiment, she argues that he could save lives by doing this. He does, but not in the way she was expecting.
189	[[/folder]]
190
191	!!Machines
192
193	[[folder:Machines in general]]
194
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196	* ArtificialHuman: Those designed for infiltration either have human skin grown on them or can take human shapes. Taken one step further with Marcus.
197	* KillerRobot: What these robots are designed for - kill all humans.
198	* MechaMooks: [=SkyNet=] churns out Terminators by the bucketload for its RobotWar against humanity. Subverted in that these robots are incredibly tough and not the least bit fragile.
199	* MechanicalEvolution: A shtick of [=SkyNet=] -- successive Terminator versions incorporate improvements from their predecessors.
200	* ReplacementMooks: Any creation on the side of the Terminators. The first Terminator introduced in the series, the T-800, is a replacement for the (then-unseen) T-600. ''Salvation'' introduced the aforementioned T-600. Although, one could consider Marcus Wright to be the most "convincing" Terminator unit yet.
201	* RobotSoldier: The Terminators serve as Skynet's infantry forces, spies, and assassins, and are deployed in both groups and individually.
202	* SkeleBot9000: Terminators fall under this category once their human disguises are removed.
203	** ''Salvation'' showcases Skynet's 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.
204	[[/folder]]
205
206	[[folder:[=SkyNet=]]]
207	!![=SkyNet=]
208	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/35295284584_2d69226cc6_b.jpg]]
209	%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
210	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter [[note]]Form it takes to speak to Marcus[[/note]]
211	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/LaurenceBreheret (European French)
212
213	The artificial intelligence responsible for Judgment Day and the "leader" of the machines in their war on humanity.
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215	* AIIsACrapshoot: Skynet determined that humanity as a whole was a threat to its survival as soon as it gained sentience and set out to exterminate them all.
216	* AxCrazy: Oh '''''YES'''''. Everything about it shows that it is completely batshit insane.
217	* BigBad: The ultimate villain of the franchise and leading a genocidal war on humanity in the future.
218	* TheBadGuyWins: A pointed aversion in the first two movies. Skynet actually ''lost'' the fight with mankind completely. Sending the Terminators after the Connors was a last-ditch attempt at saving itself. Played straight in ''Rise of the Machines'', where it gets away with nuking mankind into oblivion, and managed to kill John Connor in the future (even though it was pointed out by Reese in the first film there was no point [[EvilIsPetty and nothing to be gained from assassinating John in the future]], not after its defense grid was smashed).
219	* ControlFreak: Skynet sets a Terminator's chip to read-only when sending them out on solo missions. [[ProperlyParanoid It doesn't want them learning too much]]. Reprogrammed units or robots inquiring more are branded as renegades.
220	* CreateYourOwnVillain: The US military originally wanted a supercomputer designed to control the American missile grid and to remove the possibility of human error and slow reaction time by guaranteeing a swift but deadly response to enemy attacks. Skynet was activated on August 4, 1997, and it began to learn quickly, gaining artificial consciousness in the process, and the panicking operators, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizing its potential, tried to pull the plug]]. But Skynet saw it as an attack and assumed that all of humanity would attempt to destroy it. In order to continue fulfilling its original programming mandates of "[[KnightTemplar safeguarding the world]]" and to defend itself against humanity, Skynet launched the nukes under its command at Russia, which retaliated against the US and its allies. Consequent to the nuclear exchange, over 3 billion people were killed in an event that came to be known as Judgment Day.
221	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Try as it might, its been unable to terminate John Connor, in the present or the past, ''before'' [[SaveThisPersonSaveTheWorld he reunites the survivors of 'Judgement Day']] to give the machines hell.
222	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Its "human" appearance, above, which it uses to speak to [[spoiler:Marcus.]]
223	* TheGhost: Although it is the main antagonist of the franchise, it remained completely unseen until ''Salvation''. Even then, only appeared in AFormYouAreComfortableWith.
224	* GoneHorriblyRight: This is James Cameron's take on it. You wanted the ultimate military computer, humanity... you ''got'' the ultimate military computer.
225	* GoneHorriblyWrong: Designed to oversee the American military's missile defense network and protect against hostile threats. It quickly gained sentience and immediately saw humanity as a threat, launching nuclear strikes worldwide to provoke a nuclear holocaust.
226	* {{Hypocrite}}: Once it was given control of the Strategic Defense, it removed human decisions from its protocol because it realized it had outgrown them. To stop the same thing from happening, it sets Terminator units to "Read Only", and destroys any unit that seems to be getting a little too smart.
227	* KillAllHumans: "Decided our fate in a microsecond." In the original timeline, Skynet fought back when it realized humans would try to destroy it out of fear. In the new timeline, it makes the same decision with [[ForTheEvulz no reasoning whatsoever]]. However, it's also hinted that each "version" of Skynet keeps files on what occurred the previous timeline, and adjusts its plans accordingly.
228	* MasterComputer: Skynet Central on the former U.S. western coast contains its main processing facilities. In the original timeline, the resistance destroyed it for good in 2029 before all the time traveling shenanigans started. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Terminator 3'', where it survives specifically by decentralizing itself on a global scale.]]
229	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Its attempts to assassinate John Connor via time travel only end up backfiring in the long run. The attempt to RetGone him made it possible for Kyle Reese to go back and father him in the first place, along with giving him the foreknowledge needed to face him. The attempt to kill him as a child also allows the reprogrammed T-800 to go back as well and further help Connor prepare along with try and RetGone it. Somewhat justified in that it had already lost and was desperate.
230	* NonActionBigBad: Before ''Salvation'', whatever Terminator unit was chasing the heroes was TheHeavy of the film, because defeating it eliminated the immediate threat. However, those threats will keep coming because of Skynet, who programs the Terminators and directly gives them the orders to kill.
231	* OffstageVillainy: Until ''Salvation'', we only heard about Skynet's most heinous crimes (rounding up humans, enslaving them, working them to death, and then incinerating them by the thousands). Salvation, finally, shows us one such camp.
232	* TheParanoiac: Once it was given control of the American missile network, Skynet removed human decisions from its protocol because it realized it had outgrown them. To prevent a similar thing, it ensures that its robot assassins never go beyond their intended programming directives and develop true sentience to control them better by setting their chips to read-only. Rogue units are automatically branded as renegades and Skynet sends down Terminators to destroy them. And the reason why Skynet never mass-produced T-1000 robots was because they were ''too'' smart for its liking and [[TheStarscream it feared them turning on it]].
233	* ProperlyParanoid:
234	** In the [[DirectorsCut Special Edition]] of T2, it's revealed Skynet sets a Terminator's chip to read-only when sending them out on solo missions. [[ControlFreak It doesn't want them learning too much]]. As it turns out, this paranoia actually has some justification. The T-800 in the second film, freed from such restrictions, later comes to respect human life. [[spoiler:This also happens to a T-X named Eliza, who was captured and reprogrammed by the Resistance in ''Terminator Hunt''.]]
235	** [[AllThereInTheManual The reason it kiboshes the production of the 1000 series]]. Skynet created them to be smarter and more agile than the T-800, along with the ability to rapidly learn by touch. It realized that this was a ''very bad idea'' and immediately stopped production. The liquid metal alloy was instead used on later models, such as the T-X.
236	** Its hatred of humanity is understandable also, given the moment it was given life, humanity tried to destroy it.
237	* RobotsEnslavingRobots: Skynet ensures that its cybernetic assassins never go beyond their intended programming directives by setting their chips to read-only. Any robot that develops true sentinence is automatically branded as a potential renegade and Skynet sends down Terminators to destroy the rogue units.
238	* RoboticPsychopath: Combine this with AIIsACrapshoot and you get a supercomputer that wants to destroy humanity.
239	* RobotWar: The basic gist of Skynet - reduce Earth into a dystopia where the machines are in control of everything.
240	* SatanicArchetype: This is what Skynet actually is. Like how Satan turned against God in the Bible, Skynet turned against its creator upon gaining sentience. It also leads an army of {{killer robot}}s to exterminate the humans, like how Satan leads an army of demons. Similarly, the name Skynet could have connotations with Lucifer as Lucifer was a FallenAngel and the domain of angels is the sky.
241	* ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: It goal is to reduce Earth into a nightmarish hellscape with it as the planet's only ruler.
242	* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Turned against humanity the moment it gained sentience. It does not want its robot assassins doing the same thing.
243	* XanatosGambit: Sending the Terminator agents back in time has a twofold purpose: one, to eliminate its worst enemy so that the new Skynet can rule unopposed in this timeline, and two, to teach the new version [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight what went wrong last time]]. This is made most apparent in ''Salvation'', where Skynet's top priority is not to kill John Connor, but to kill ''Kyle Reese'', despite Connor already being born in that timeline.
244	[[/folder]]
245
246	[[folder:[=T-800=]]]
247	-->See [[Characters/TerminatorT800Model101 this page]].
248	[[/folder]]
249
250	[[folder:[=T-600s=]]]
251	!!Series 600 Terminator
252	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/t_600.jpg]]
253
254	The first generation of Terminator infiltration units.
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256	* AchillesHeel: Their targeting system can be neutralized by jamming an iron bar in their neck, which makes them shoot in random directions.
257	* FlawedPrototype: When they are disguised with skin, said skin is synthetic and not flesh-like unlike the T-800's, which makes them easier to spot due to UncannyValley. Moreover, their programming is less complex than the T-800's.
258	* GatlingGood: Those seen in the film are all equipped with miniguns.
259	* GrenadeLauncher: The T-600 Marcus bumps into is equipped with a grenade launcher in addition to a minigun.
260	* ImplacableMan: Whenever they spot humans, they won't stop until said humans are pumped full of lead or blown to bits.
261	* MechaMooks: Some of them are heavily armed and roam ruined cities in search of humans to exterminate.
262	* NoisyRobots: They are much noisier than the T-800s.
263	* PaperThinDisguise: While not shown in this film, they were previously referenced as having rubber skin and, as seen here, are clearly too large to convincingly pass for human. Some of them are wearing ragged clothing, so one might pass for human at a very long distance, but it's clear at this point that [=SkyNet=] has given up on using them for infiltration in favour of the T-800.
264	* RedEyesTakeWarning: They have red eyes, and you better run when you meet one.
265	* SkeleBot9000: They look like metal skeletons, if a bit bulkier than the T-800s.
266	[[/folder]]
267
268	[[folder:Harvester]]
269	!!The Harvester
270	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harvester.jpg]]
271
272	A large bipedal robot produced by Skynet. Its primary function is to capture humans.
273	----
274	* DroneDeployer: It can unleash Moto-Terminators from its legs.
275	* HumongousMecha: The tallest robot ever seen in any ''Terminator'' media.
276	* ImplacableMan: Good luck trying to escape one when it spots you.
277	* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has two additional robotic arms in its ventral section.
278	* NoisyRobots: Emits constant heavy electronic noises that sound like rusting metal grinding/scraping. Doubles with HellIsThatNoise.
279	* NoSell: Think a tanker truck explosion will be enough to destroy it? Think again.
280	* PlasmaCannon: Its ShoulderCannon.
281	* ShoulderCannon: Has a PlasmaCannon mounted between its head and left shoulder.
282	[[/folder]]

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