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9	A character (either heroic, villainous, or both) which [[{{Expy}} bears a large resemblance]] to one of the various models of ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}s'', whether the mechanical "robotic" versions of the creatures or the versions formed from {{Nanomachines}} or metallic liquid.
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11	Pastiches of these characters typically have at least three of the following traits.
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13	!!! Physical Resemblance to a Terminator
14	# They are a KillerRobot or an ArtificialHuman created to infiltrate or kill.
15	# They [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots look human on the outside]], but on the inside are [[SkeleBot9000 partially or mostly cybernetic]].
16	# GlowingMechanicalEyes, especially with a [[RedEyesTakeWarning red tone]].
17	# The "T-800 types" are huge and musclebound, while the "T-1000 types" look moreso like a ChromeChampion.
18	# They are [[EvilIsCool aesthetically "cool"]], often [[HellBentForLeather dressed in copious amounts of leather]] and/or wearing [[CoolShades sunglasses]] that make them seem [[SinisterShades more cold and inhuman]]. (Alternatively, they may [[ImpersonatingAnOfficer disguise themselves as a police officer or figure of authority]].)
19	# Often seen going GunsAkimbo or [[ChainsawGripBFG chainsaw-gripping]] {{BFG}}s, or [[ShapeshifterWeapon changing their limbs into weapons]].
20	# Lots of first-person camera shots which showcase RoboCam: a HeadsUpDisplay giving mission-critical information.
21	# Accumulates damage or undergoes a transformation which [[RoboticReveal reveals more of its true robotic nature underneath]].
22	# Some variations may [[GoodThingYouCanHeal repair themselves]], [[FromASingleCell regenerate from shattered pieces]] or cause an assailant to be LeftStuckAfterAttack.
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24	!!! Behavior Resembling a Terminator
25	# They are some sort of [[TheStoic Stoic]], ImplacableMan or SuperPersistentPredator that [[KillerRobot will attack]] its target(s) relentlessly,
26	# Have a tendency to enter their mission [[NakedOnArrival completely in the nude]].
27	# Non-disguised versions are often used as MechaMooks (particularly during a RobotWar).
28	# They are vastly superior to humans in ability, to the point that any ordinary human has no chance against them other than to RunOrDie.
29	# Chasing their target with TheSlowWalk, or inside of an extremely large and imposing vehicle.
30	# They may undergo a character arc in which they choose to PickYourHumanHalf, or [[CyberneticsWillEatYourSoul give in to the machine side]].
31	# Are probably opposed by either another of their kind, or [[TerminatorTwosome someone specifically sent to stop them]].
32	# Spouts familiar catchphrases like "[[Film/TheTerminator I'll Be Back]]", "[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Hasta la vista]]", or another familiar line.
33	# Often speaks with a German or Austrian accent, much like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
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35	!!! Other resemblances
36	# They are rarely a BigBad for more than a single arc or story, usually serving as TheHeavy for some other villain or GreaterScopeVillain.
37	# Expect send-ups to several {{Signature Scene}}s, like walking OutOfTheInferno, driving DownLaDrain, walking through metal bars, or [[PoliceAreUseless taking on an entire police force or army alone]].
38	# May be described with the words "cannot be bargained with, cannot be reasoned with, doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear, and absolutely will not stop ever".
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40	Subtrope of MechanicalLifeforms. Related to TheAhnold, which is more about the other roles of Arnold Schwarzenegger and other 1980s action stars.
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42	Also, see the pages for expies to its fellow Creator/DarkHorseComics opponents: XenomorphXerox and PredatorPastiche.
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45	!!Examples:
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49	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
50	* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': In-universe example with a living character -- after watching Roberta annihilate a group of Colombian gangsters and do an UnflinchingWalk OutOfTheInferno after setting fire to the Yellow Flag, Rock says she's got to be a killer robot from the future. When she tracks down the Lagoon Company in the next episode and proceeds to NoSell everything Dutch and Benny try to stop her, they start agreeing with him. There's even a scene in which her eyes are shown reflecting light to make it appear that they're glowing red, and she functions as a [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]] in both her arcs.
51	* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'':
52	** The original series has boomers with human skin and super-strength. When they accumulate enough damage, they reveal themselves to be robot skeletons with synthetic muscles.
53	** The 2040 remake has its own version of [=SkyNet=] in the form of Galatea.
54	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
55	** Sergeant Metallic[[note]](known as "Major Metallitron" in the Funimation English dub and "Film/FullMetalJacket" in the Viz translation of [[Manga/DragonBall the manga]])[[/note]] is a blatant {{Expy}} of the Terminator, right down to his large hulking physique, leather outfit, and CoolShades. Although Goku is unaware that the being he's facing is a robot until the very end, we get copious amounts of a mechanical HUD (said HUD has text taken from another James Cameron-related franchise, MUTHR from the first ''Alien'').
56	** The Androids of later sagas are less blatant, but still maintain the theme of "deceptively-powerful beings that look like like ordinary humans", with a young protagonist from a ruinous future going back in time to stop them. In particular, Android 16 still maintains the hulking physique and is single-mindedly programmed to seek out and kill Son Goku, until he later chooses to [[PickYourHumanHalf give up on the idea]] in favor of stopping Cell and protecting the Earth he's come to love.
57	* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': Glenn is a giant, hulking cyborg that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Terminator. He is also a reluctant AntiVillain, only doing what he was told to by the true ArcVillain of the episode. When he is defeated by Kenshiro and starts to come around to his side, he is [[HeelFaceDoorSlam killed by said villain]].
58	* ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'': While his ElectronicEyes are small and round, Batou (a heavily cyborgized man with a penchant for large weapons) sometimes wears shades and a coat that suddenly makes it look like the T-800 is working for Section 9.
59	* ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'': Lunar's Papa takes the Terminator aspect and [[PlayedForLaughs plays it for as many laughs as possible.]] Both English and Japanese dubs give him Schwarzenegger-like mannerisms (he is also [[Creator/TesshoGenda voiced by the T-800's dub voice just to rub it in]]); he's never seen without his black shades; he relentlessly hunts down Nagasumi in his own school while causing a panic among the students; he's [[NoSell completely unfazed]] when hit with a KillSat; and in his introductory episode, he makes his exit by climbing into a dumpster fire and slowly lowing himself down into it while giving a thumb's up and saying "I'll be back!" (even in Japan, the T-800 would say this line in English [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay starting with the second movie]]).
60	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': One of the contestants in the festival tournament is an android that's designed to look like a tall, muscular man with sunglasses and a leather jacket.
61	* ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'': Downplayed but still noticeable in Gozuma, the cybernetically-enhanced warrior used by Platina Groups in the Oda Nobunaga Tournament: he's huge and imposing with sunglasses, wear military clothes and acts and talks in a rather robot-like manner. He uses a sword rather than guns though and rather than being part machine he's covered in several "microunits" which grants him superhuman power and speed. While he takes a lot of damage before biting the dust, he has some HiddenDepths (ultimately revealing himself as a NobleDemon who's willing to engage in fair play even when it wouldn't be pragmatic).
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65	* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'';
66	** With Dr. Rotwang from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' helping the Nazis, his Machine Man is a parody of the Terminator, complete with having her skin burned off by fire in a RoboticReveal.
67	** Satin Astro says that in the future, there will be a war between a rogue A.I. and Blazing World-descended BeastMen. We see an image of robots from the future scenes in the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' movies fighting ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' gorillas.
68	* In ''ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool'', Hotaro no Kenterminator is a dual homage to Kenshiro from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and Schwarzenegger's role in ''The Terminator''.
69	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
70	** The Cyborg Superman sports much of the aesthetic of a Terminator, what with half his body being a {{SkeleBot\|9000}} complete with GlowingMechanicalEyes. You could basically call him a "Terminator in a Superman costume", but he is a human whose intelligence was merged with machinery and then created an artificial body to impersonate Superman. His similarity to a Terminator was played up in ''Superman Versus the Terminator'', where he allies himself with a Terminator so that the two can destroy their mutual enemies (Superman and John Connor) and pave the way for machinekind to rule. Further, in order to combat the increased threat that Kryptonians pose, Skynet upgrades its Terminators with abilities like [[EyeBeams Heat-Vision]] and {{Jet Pack}}s.
71	** Some portrayals of Metallo incorporate various similarities to a Terminator, such as the SkeleBot9000 look, GlowingMechanicalEyes, and on occasion, an external human disguise. In particular, his appearance on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' has Lois Lane refer to him as "a real-life Terminator".
72	** Superman, traditionally, has also employed a number of [[ActuallyADoombot robot doubles]] to help handle crises when he is unavailable, or to help maintain his SecretIdentity by having both Superman and Clark Kent be accounted for at the same time. On occasion, these robots [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters go rogue]] or become reprogrammed by one of his enemies, in which case they become terrifying Terminator Expies with all of the powers and abilities of Superman, complete with [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] via [[EyeBeams primed Heat Vision]].
73	* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
74	** Prime Sentinels are humans who underwent UnwillingRoboticisation and were then released to [[ManchurianAgent live ordinary lives until they come into contact]] with a mutant. After activation, the cyborgs will attempt to terminate the mutant with extreme force, often undergoing more and more of a RoboticReveal until their entire bodies have transformed into a human-sized Sentinel in order to annihilate their target. Often, their target is a mutant who is either closeted or [[TomatoInTheMirror unaware that they're a mutant]], and thus an X-Man is sent [[TerminatorTwosome to protect them]] and get them to safety.
75	** Some depictions of ComicBook/{{Cable}} play up his Terminator similarities (being a hulking, time-travelling, {{BFG}}-toting cyborg with a glowing eye).
76	** Two examples from ''ComicBook/XFactor2006'':
77	*** The first is Cortex, a [[spoiler:Jamie Madrox duplicate]] who was captured and subjected to UnwillingRoboticisation by Damian Tryp and Anthony Falcone. Cortex is sent back in time to kill the ancestors of the Summers Rebellion, a resistance group consisting of mutants in Falcone's future.
78	*** While travelling through the multiverse, Jamie Madrox winds up in Earth-[=TRN193=], a universe where all but ten percent of the population has been turned into monsters by the [[ComicBook/HouseOfM Scarlet Witch's spell]]. In this universe, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica has become his universe's version of a ComicBook/{{Deathlok}} cyborg and is now dedicated to hunting and killing humans.
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82	* ''Anime/Interstella5555'': The Earl de Darkwood employs an implacable cyborg as henchman. The ShoutOut becomes obvious when, after his car is crushed by a truck, the damaged cyborg emerges from the flaming wreck, and he has a red eye visible behind his sunglasses, like the Terminator.
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86	* The main antagonist of ''Film/AmericanCyborgSteelWarrior'' is a ruthless cyborg dressed in black, under the control of an AI attempting to kill a mother to prevent her son from ending its dystopian rule.
87	* ''Film/Deadpool2'': ComicBook/{{Cable}} is played with several ''Terminator'' homages, as an implacable cyborg who has come back in time to kill a young mutant who will become a major supervillain in the future and kill Cable's family.
88	* ''Film/TheNakedGun'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va-emyrZ2kU This TV Spot]] for ''The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear'' is a blatant spoof of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', with Creator/LeslieNielsen dressed in the T-800's iconic outfit upon a motorcycle, using his catchphrases and carrying a large minigun. Even the film's TitleCard is a note-for-note send up of ''T2''.
89	* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'': The villain's Pokemon henchman [[spoiler: Ditto is similar to the T-1000 in that it's an amorphous being that impersonates humans. Similar to the T-800 from the first Terminator movie, it wears sunglasses at all times to conceal its unhuman eyes.]]
90	* ''Franchise/RoboCop'' was originally conceived as being portrayed by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger based on his performance in the ''Terminator'' movies but would have looked too bulky in the costume so they settled for a thinner actor.
91	* ''Film/{{ROTOR}}'': The titular antagonist robot is a prototype android cop designed by the Dallas Police Department with a hard-wired zero-tolerance attitude on crime (it was TheEighties and he was explicitly supposed to be perfected for deployment twenty-five years later when crime was projected to be ''that'' bad. He was accidentally activated early). The "Sarah Connor" of the tale is a poor innocent bystander running for her life for allegedly resisting arrest as the accomplice (actually passenger) of a guy R.O.T.O.R. killed for speeding.
92	* Mr. Hinx, the main henchman from ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', was confirmed to be based on the Terminator; to that end, he's a stoic, taciturn giant of a man who shrugs off insane amounts of damage in his single-minded pursuit of the heroes, and it doesn’t hurt that he typically wears all-black ensembles and has metal implants in his hands that prove to be deadly weapons.
93	* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Darth Vader fits many attributes of this trope despite [[UrExample predating the Trope Namer by 7 years]]. It's less applicable in the mainline films where he's treated as more of a rounded character, but many ExpandedUniverse works (both ''Legends'' and Disney) play it straighter by presenting him as more of a mindless, unstoppable killing machine.
94	** He's a tall, imposing cyborg with a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black and red color scheme]].
95	** He's often incessantly searching for someone or something, like the Death Star plans and Princess Leia in ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/ANewHope'', Luke Skywalker in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', and various Jedi in works set between the Prequel and Original Trilogies.
96	** He's a OneManArmy, ImplacableMan, and NighInvulnerable, often serving up {{Mook Horror Show}}s and {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s to all but a few strong enough to oppose him.
97	** He ShowsDamage over the course of many works, but inverts the usual "human on the outside, robot on the inside" of this trope, with his cybernetic armor and ArtificialLimbs often getting peeled back to reveal the man underneath. This usually goes hand-in-hand with him demonstrating that his apparent [[TheStoic stoicism]] is in fact TranquilFury.
98	** He struggles with the choice between good and evil, ultimately picking the former. His mechanical elements are often used to symbolize the latter.
99	* ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'': Alice, a "Pretender" variation of the Decepticons, is a KillerRobot disguised as [[HoneyTrap a beautiful woman]] with the goal of seducing and then killing protagonist Sam Witwicky. To really sell the comparison, while chasing Sam, she pursues with TheSlowWalk in a very Terminator-like manner.
100	* ''Film/UniversalSoldier'': The titular "Unisols" are deceased soldiers that are reanimated via a combination of genetic modification and an uncertain amount of cybernetic enhancements. They are revived to be [[SuperSoldier stronger, faster, more durable]], and more [[FeelNoPain resistant to pain]] than ordinary humans. The first film also keeps a TerminatorTwosome dynamic whereas the female lead is an eyewitness that learns an AwfulTruth about the Unisol program and is ordered to be killed. The protagonist is a Unisol whose [[TraumaButton final memories before his death]] lead him to save her and protect her from the other unisols.
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104	* In ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets'', Harold suggests defeating the toilets with a robot urinal called the Urinator, but George says [[BreakingTheFourthWall they wouldn't get away with that in a children's book]].
105	* While they don't look human, {{Golem}}s in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' are stoic figures with glowing red eyes, which move slowly but implacably (the Patrician finds they make good parole officers) and at least some of them can rebuild themselves. The climax of ''Literature/FeetOfClay'' is a close riff on the movies, with Dorfl as the T-800 and [[spoiler:the Golem King]] as the T-1000 (and Carrot and Angua kind of Reese and Sarah). Mr. Pump in ''Literature/GoingPostal'' can also "[[VoiceChangeling Speak With All The Voices Of Men]]", and on being told the Uberwaldean pronunciation of "Lipwig", calls Moist "Mr Lipvig" in a way that irresistibly calls Ahnold's accent to mind.
106	* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', gholam is, in essence, a {{Magitek}} version of T-1000. The thing is incredibly hard to kill, relentless in his pursuit of target and can became amorphous.
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110	* Black Noir from ''Series/TheBoys2019'' is a tall, muscular superhuman who wears a lot of black, doesn't speak, can withstand fatal injuries and works for an industry that manufactures beings like himself. His mask also resembles a skull wearing sunglasses.
111	* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'': In "The Enforcer", Hera's minion the Enforcer arrives naked, kills a man for his clothes, is emotionless and implacable with her mission to kill Hercules, and her body can reform out of water. Her dialogue is peppered with Terminator references. In the sequel episode "Not Fade Away", the Enforcer is resurrected to help Hercules stop a second Enforcer, gradually becomes more human in personality, and eventually sacrifices herself, mirroring ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day''.
112	* IG-11 of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' walks up to a fort mechanically reciting the bounty hunter's guild code, dual-wielding blaster rifles with deadly precision and shrugging off the guards' fire until they bring out an E-Web blaster cannon. Then when he and the Mandalorian find their quarry is a child he prepares to terminate it without remorse, [[spoiler:but Mando headshots IG-11 at point-blank range before he can fire. Later, IG-11 is repaired and reprogrammed by Kuiil as a nurse droid, only to sacrifice himself by self-destructing and taking out a bunch of stormtroopers in the season finale]].
113	* Government assassin Hersh in ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' has a stoic demeanor regardless of circumstance, and [[MadeOfIron shrugs off seemingly fatal injuries]] as a RunningGag. Given that the series has an artificial intelligence who threatens to take over the world, it's likely a deliberate ShoutOut.
114	* ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', which takes several cues from ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', has two examples, one serving as the heroic version of this trope while the other serves as a villainous version. The heroic version is the Black Ranger Dillon who has cybernetics hidden under his skin which make him susceptible to being corrupted by the Venjix virus. The villainous example is Tenaya-7, a cyborg whose human appearance allows her to infiltrate human society. [[spoiler:She is also Dillon's sister.]]
115	* The third series of ''Series/StrangerThings'' has Grigori, a Russian mercenary with an imposing build and a deep voice. Hopper manages to fire several rounds into his chest that he shrugs off (due to wearing a kevlar vest), and [[spoiler:he's killed in an industrial site towards the end of the series]]. The Duffer brothers [[WordOfGod confirmed]] he was an intentional homage to the Terminator.
116	* ''Series/TwinPeaks'':
117	** The revival has Cooper's doppelganger; an artificial construct of a man from another world working for an overarching villain who wears a leather jacket, talks in an off-puttingly calm voice, shows impressive physical strength at one point and can survive fatal injuries.
118	** "The" ''Music/NineInchNails'' dress just like the T-800 in their cameo.
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122	* ''TabletopGame/GammaWorld'': Exterminators from the ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine #104 article "The Exterminator" are based on the T-800 Terminator. They're two-meter-tall humanoid robots with a duralloy skeleton covered by synthetic skin that makes them look identical to Pure-Strain Humans. Their sole purpose is to hunt down and kill specific targets. They normally carry a plasma rifle, but can pick up and use other weapons. They are vulnerable to high explosives.
123	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', the creatures known as Mezlans bear many similarities to the T-1000, being intelligent, amorphous constructs that can adopt humanoid forms and [[ShapeshifterWeapon morph their limbs into weapons]], and can regenerate from most forms of damage.
124	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The Necrons are based in large part on Terminator skeletons, being ridiculously hard-to-kill {{SkeleBot 9000}}s with a special rule giving them a chance to self-repair after being killed (said special rule -- until it was renamed "Reanimation Protocols" -- being named [[ShoutOut "We'll Be Back"]]). This is less pronounced in later editions, where they take on an AncientEgypt InSpace aesthetic.
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128	* Executor from ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}''. He has a [[TheStoic stoic]], [[TheSpock robotic]] personality, to the point where many other operators are convinced he secretly ''is'' [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots a robot]], has [[MadeOfIron much higher health and defense]] than other ranged operators, fights with a [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]] modelled after the Winchester M1887, and if his Skill 2 is in effect, [[GunsAkimbo he'll bring out a second one]] and cock both by spinning them. His introductory scene in ''Operational Intelligence'' establishes him as an ImplacableMan, [[ArrowCatch catching arrows]] and disabling hunting traps as he tirelessly pursues [[LittleMissBadass Vermeil]] through the woods. The event ends with him becoming her bodyguard, forming a BadassAndChildDuo reminicent of the T-800 and John Connor in ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Terminator 2]]''. His codename can even be read as a synonym for "Terminator", although it's supposed to refer to him as an executor [[BadassBureaucrat in the legal sense]].
129	* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'': The boss of CloudCuckooland is Mingy Jongo, a robotic replica of Mumbo Jumbo whom he impersonates to catch Banjo and Kazooie off-guard to kill them. He possesses red mechanical eyes, and as he gets damaged, his fleshy bits get knocked off, gradually revealing his more robotic form, which resembles [[SkeleBot9000 a robotic skeleton]] visually inspired by T-800. [[WordOfGod Gregg Mayles]] had [[https://twitter.com/ghoulyboy/status/1052642159730421760 outright confirmed]] that the Terminator was Mingy Jongo's inspiration.
130	* ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'': The character of Hoppy (and later T-Hoppy) was based on Terminator T-800, first in ''C2: Judgment Clay'' (when even the game itself parodied [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay the movie]] with Hoppy as TheProtagonist) with TheAhnold look and accent as well the muscles, glasses and motorcycle, and in ''63 1/3'' and ''Sculptor's Cut'' being converted in part-cyborg with the mechanic parts at sight and became an [[ImplacableMan Implacable Rabbit]].
131	* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': The Haybot boss is a very blatant Terminator allusion, being a murderous robot disguised as a bouncing pile of hay who speaks with an Austrian accent, randomly exclaims "Buff you, asshole" after scanning Conker and Franky and has his RoboticReveal accompanied by music reminiscent of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
132	* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' has a group of cyborg assassins known as "Exterminators" which are sent by the Arasaka corporation to eliminate dangerous targets. In addition to red GlowingMechanicalEyes, they attack the protagonist on motorcycles, they have long arm blades and one even tries to climb his way onto a car in a similar fashion to the T-1000. There's also Adam Smasher, a massive cyborg who serves as Arasaka's resident hatchetman and troubleshooter and is treated as an unstoppable death machine in cutscenes.
133	* The titular robots in the NES UnlicensedGame ''Deathbots'' are blatant expies of the Terminators ([[https://images.app.goo.gl/wqnbEaZAbVdd1Lnm7 just look at the box art]]), complete with being commanded by a Skynet stand-in.
134	* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'':
135	** The boss Abore in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII'' is a CompositeCharacter of various forms of TheAhnold, including having elements of the characters Schwarzenegger played in ''Film/{{Commando}}'' and ''Film/{{Predator}}''. His most blatant Terminator send-ups are the thick black shades he wears and the [[RedEyesTakeWarning red glow that can be seen beneath them]].
136	** Carlem in ''Super/Return of Double Dragon'' is also clearly modeled after Ahnold's role as the T-800, being a tall muscleman with a leather jacket, flat-top hairstyle, and SinisterShades.
137	* ''VideoGame/DragonFable'': Dave is from a line of robots known as Cyklons, however he's a later model who was reprogrammed sent back from the future. His mission, to warn the PlayerCharacter that eventually Cyklons would overrun the world in a RobotWar and prevent it from happening by completely wiping out the Cyklon infestation in one go.
138	* ''VideoGame/DuckTales 2'': The FinalBoss is the D-1000, a T-1000-style liquid metal shapeshifter initially [[ActuallyADoombot disguised as Flintheart Glomgold]].
139	* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'': Synth machines created by The Institute fall into several types of this:
140	** Generation 1 and 2 Synths are mechanical robots that look eerily humanoid and are often sent as cannon-fodder for executing simple tasks for the Institute. Their abilities and intelligence are relatively limited, however, which means they [[ZergRush must rely on sheer numbers to defeat seasoned Wastelanders]].
141	** Generation 3 Synths are convincing imposters created to replace some unfortunate human, and are usually indistinguishable unless they fail some sort of ImpostorExposingTest or otherwise give themselves away. While most are not that much more capable than humans, there are cases where they have "malfunctioned" and killed several innocent people before being taken down.
142	** Coursers are a variant of Gen 3 Synths created specifically for combat. They are far stronger, faster, tougher and more intelligent than ordinary people, which make them terrifying opponents to deal with. When ordered to locate or eliminate a target, they will pursue that target relentlessly and with little-to-no sympathy. To top it off, they're also outfitted with CoolShades and wear imposing black leather outfits.
143	* In the 2013 remake of ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}'', the cyborg cops sport T-800-style CoolShades and exposed endoskeletons.
144	* The third boss of ''VideoGame/HongKongNinja'' is a cyborg based directly on the Terminator, complete with a blinking red light in it's right eye (like Schwarzenegger's original Terminator having his interior eye exposed after being shot).
145	* ''VideoGame/{{Iconoclasts}}'' has the Agents, elite super-soldiers of the One Concern. Although they all have their own distinct skills and personalities, they all share two features: mechanical prosthetics, and being downright impossible to kill, [[spoiler:at least with conventional methods]]. Specifically, Agent White is a pretty humorless man of few words with glowing bionic eyes whose boss fight consists mostly of running away from him, and Agent Black is a ruthless pursuer that's obsessed with killing the protagonist and her family.
146	* ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride'': One of the "clothing sets" is a robot head and robot body for Barry, which look similar to the Terminator robots. Not only that, one of the {{Powerup Mount}}s is the "Bad As Hog", where he rides on a hog bike while wielding a shotgun a-la the T-800.
147	* In ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject'', [[MeaningfulName Mercury]], the [[KillerRobot robot assassin]] sent by Sinclair to the World Science Center in 2310, can shapeshift to a human disguise in the style of the T-1000.
148	* In ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius'', the final boss resembles a Terminator, but this was going to be a licensed ''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' game.
149	* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
150	** The servants of the Reapers are often paralleled with Terminators, often being living and dead beings from all over the galaxy with various organic systems replaced by cybernetics until they're obedient slaves that will fight and die on their masters' behalf. Most of them are more like robotic zombies or {{Mechanical Abomination}}s than this trope, but there are quite a few which are roboticized sleeper agents. GlowingMechanicalEyes are common. To top it off, when trying to convert humankind into one of them, the Human-Reaper hybrid is a gigantic SkeleBot9000 that looks decidedly Terminator-like.
151	** In specific, the [[MechaMooks Heretic geth]] are said to not feel an organic's "pity, remorse or fear".
152	** In a blatant nod to the Terminator, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential Renegade Commander Shepard]] undergoes more and more of a RoboticReveal as they perform immoral acts, to the point that cybernetic components under their face become visible, and his/her eyes ([[GlowingMechanicalEyes which are now mechanical]] after being resurrected) glow a [[RedEyesTakeWarning bright, menacing red]].
153	* ''VideoGame/MechanizedAttack'' have various muscular, robotic mooks that [[RoboticReveal sheds their skin exposing their interior wiring]] after being shot at, not unlike the Terminator. The game's arcade flyer even has a Schwarzenegger look-alike on its front to enforce the reference!
154	* One of the bosses in the first ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'' game is a pair of Terminator-inspired robots/cyborgs, who were originally named [[TheAhnold Arnold]], but [[ClumsyCopyrightCensorship renamed Bloody Brad in re-releases]].
155	* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'':
156	** ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'': The SA-X is a shapeshifting BlobMonster like the T-1000, which is common of all X Parasites, but the SA-X goes into Terminator territory by impersonating Samus Aran at her full strength, which prevents Samus from attacking it head-on for most of the game, forcing the player to avoid it.
157	** ''Videogame/MetroidDread'' has E.M.M.I., a {{Nigh Invulnerab\|ility}}le android with [[CyberCyclops a single glowing red eye]] that is relentless in their pursuit of Samus. And there are seven of them!
158	* ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'' has Shellshock, the game's first major boss and one of the four Exterminators in the Dreadzone GladiatorGames. He's a KillerRobot with an Arnold Schwarzenegger-esque voice, who spouts phrases like "target acquired, terminating with extreme prejudice!"
159	* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
160	** The Tyrant boss type, especially [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Mr. X]] (who never says a word), are a bio-engineered example of this trope. Some of them are deployed by the Umbrella Corporation as superpowered assassins whose job is to seek and destroy any survivors or witnesses of whatever crisis Umbrella has recently caused. The more incognito versions are often dressed in a BadassLongcoat, complete with a nice hat that might almost let them blend in as a very, ''very'' large human. They are utterly relentless at pursuing the protagonists, who usually are forced to either run away or use heaps of precious ammunition trying to take it down temporarily.
161	** According to Creator/ShinjiMikami in a 1999 interview with Edge Magazine, [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis The Nemesis]] was inspired by the T-1000 in that it's a hyper-persistent and unstoppable assassin that will stop at ''nothing'' until it's one and only target is dead, killing anyone or anything else that tries to get between them. The S.D. Perry novelization of the game even refers to him as "Terminator" at one point. Conversely, Jill's Western Custom shotgun (though erroniously referred to as the pump-action Model 37) is the same Winchester Model 1887 used by the T-800 to combat the T-1000. She even does Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's spinning shotgun cock!
162	** Wesker, meanwhile, turns into this in combat while being more of a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] ManOfWealthAndTaste the rest of the time. Justified as he got his powers through similar experiments to those that created the Tyrants, but was the only person to keep his mind and personality. He has the glowing red eyes, SinisterShades, HellBentForLeather, healing factor, TheStoic, ImplacableMan, UnflinchingWalk, and vast superiority to humans. However, since he's much more intelligent than most examples, he's the BigBad and not TheHeavy.
163	* In ''VideoGame/TheRevengeOfShinobi'', the Stage 4 boss is a cross between the T-800 and [[HulkMashUp the Hulk]], revealing a robotic exoskeleton that explodes when defeated.
164	* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'': Murderbots are blatant {{Shout Out}}s to the Terminator, being humanoid machines with names that basically describe their function. In the game's source code, their animation set literally uses the name "terminator".
165	* The ''VideoGame/SilentScope'' series features Cobra the Iron Man, an [[ImplacableMan implacable]] [[TheAhnold Ahnold lookalike]] who is TheHeavy to the NonActionBigBad, [[FiringOneHanded fires a submachine gun one-handed]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills with improbable accuracy]], references the [[SignatureScene signature]] {{chase scene}}s of the first two ''Terminator'' films by hijacking a tractor trailer following his first defeat on the highway, [[OutOfTheInferno survives the explosion of said trailer]] to hijack a cargo plane in the second game, where he has battle scars [[RoboticReveal revealing his cybernetic parts]] including [[GlowingMechanicalEyes a red left eye]], and [[BossBanter boasts to the protagonists]] "Even if my body collapses, I will not die until I defeat you!".
166	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Metal Sonic is a robot made in mockery of its enemy who keeps coming back no matter how often it's destroyed. Taken even further in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', in which he's made of liquid metal and can shape-shift.
167	* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'':
168	** Arnoid the Annihilator in ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'', who is a bluish metallic robot with a huge reflective visor for eyes, also sporting a belt that can turn him invisible, though his dialogue is all text. He is sent by the Gippazoid Novelty Company to hunt down Roger Wilco and kill him for supposedly failing to pay for the Labion Terror Beast Mating Whistle he ordered in ''VideoGame/{{Space Quest II\|VohaulsRevenge}}'', as well as the slot machine Wilco broke in the game before. Wilco has to outwit Arnoid by luring him into one of two traps on planet Phleebut to survive.
169	** Carried onward into ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVTheNextMutation'' with WD-40, a female variant sent to finish Arnoid's job. This model makes it clear that she intends to kill Roger and use his body parts to pay for compensation. [[spoiler:When Roger defeats her, however, [[TheEngineer Cliffy]] actually decides to put her back together and use her as the ''Eureka's'' science officer, though on Roger's condition to not be as hostile towards him.]]
170	** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'' has the Sequel Police cyborgs, whom Vohaul, having taken over Xenon's [=SkyNet=]-esque supercomputer in the BadFuture of ''Space Quest XII'', sends back in time to terminate Roger at the start of the game.
171	** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVIRogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier'', [[Film/BladeRunner Blaine Rohmer]] hires Roger to hunt down an Endodroid he was after, which looks like a blonde Terminator with an Arnold-esque voice, and you even see him repairing his eye when you find him. Since it's made of a certain metal, Roger has to [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay freeze the Endodroid with liquid nitrogen]] to take it out.
172	* In ''[[VideoGame/TossTheTurtle Super Toss the Turtle]]'', the player can encounter a cyborg in the BadFuture.
173	* ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'': This series has not one but two despictions of Terminators: Brocken and Geegus, which are game versions of T-800 and T-1000 respectively. Brocken is a cyborg dressed as a military man who was supposed to be made as a walking weapon but was reprogrammed by [[BigGood Dr. Brown]] to be one of his champions. Geegus instead, is an alien lifeform with the shape of a muscled human and can take [[DittoFighter shape of any opponent]], later to be revealed as he's TheDragon of [[BigBad Dio]].
174	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' has a RareFemaleExample in [[spoiler:the fake Queen of Keves, who is a robotic copy of [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Melia Antiqua]]. She is a KillerRobot meant to impersonate a human-like being, and has purple GlowingMechanicalEyes and [[SkeleBot9000 a skull-like face]] hidden underneath her CoolMask. Behavior-wise, she is TheStoic and is laser-focused on destroying the Ouroboros, much like how villainous Terminators in their home franchise were fixated on killing the leaders of the human resistance. And of course, she is not the real BigBad, serving under Moebius' command despite her alleged position of authority. While the fake Queen of Agnus (a copy of [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Nia]]) would likely be this by association, she doesn't qualify because her lower screentime compared to her Kevesi counterpart doesn't give her as much time to show off Terminator-like traits.]]
175	* ''VideoGame/XKaliber2097'' has Chainsaw, a muscular brute in military gear and combat boots looking like Arnie, wielding a Gatling-gun that he uses to attack you. Defeating him once leads to a RoboticReveal where he's a Terminator-like machine underneath.
176	* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' features Terminyanator, a very direct parody created by Robonyan F, who himself imitates the Terminator often saying "I'll be back!" Similarly, Terminyanator's catch phrase is "Meow'll be back!"
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180	* ''Webcomic/BlackHole2019'': In the "The Young Man of Mystery" arc, a [[NakedOnArrival naked]], [[TheStoic stoic]] KillerRobot from the future travels to the present on a mission to kill someone. [[spoiler:That someone turns out to be Nathan Slater, [[Webcomic/EnnuiGo Izzy, Darcy and Tanya]]'s son. He ends up becoming [[CrossoverExclusiveVillain the main antagonist]] of the second crossover "Crisis on Three Comics" as he invades Key Manati to complete his mission.]] He's also a {{Sexbot}} with a built-in vibrator, though having sex isn't his main objective.
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184	* ''Literature/ShadowrunStorytime'': The Final Run is preceded by Aztechnology sending a full body combat cyborg to hunt down Locke -- essentially a human shaped war mech using a human brain as a processor. It wears biker leathers, rides a motorcycle, and does not stop in its pursuit even as its fake skin is destroyed, revealing the metal monstrosity beneath. The team nicknames it "El Terminador".
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188	* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'': VideoGame/{{Pepsiman}} is portrayed as a parody of the T-1000. The Nerd ends up killing him by pushing him into a vat of Coca-Cola mixed with Fanta.
189	* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Mechakara was introduced as a reference to the Terminator after Linkara reviewed the ''Superman Versus the Terminator'' crossover comic, [[BreakoutVillain later becoming a recurring villain]]. He's a robot disguised with the flesh of the Linkara from the AlternateUniverse he comes from, and like SKYNET wants to KillAllHumans.
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193	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'': The titular villain of the episode "The Legend of Kid Friendly" shares some traits with the Terminator, most notably being a skeletal robot in his true form and being able to regenerate like the T-1000 at the end of the episode.
194	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': Barry Dylan gets seriously injured at one point and is rebuilt as a cyborg. Driven mad from the operation, he begins stalking Archer and attacking anyone close to him. After getting blown up, he returns as a skelebot with red eyes [[spoiler:and survives getting hit by a truck]].
195	* In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'', a WholeEpisodeFlashback of how Grandpa Max met Ben and Gwen's grandmother was an entire nod to the film, including helping her escape from a robotic alien pursuing her which was clearly heavily inspired by the Terminator.
196	* The very first MonsterOfTheWeek in ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' is the X-Terminator, who is blatantly a Terminator pastiche, right down to his last line of dialogue in his debut being "I'll be back".
197	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' sneaks into a movie about one called ''Target Man'' that ends up giving him nightmares in a KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms episode.
198	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents: WesternAnimation/{{Wishology}}'' introduces the Eliminators, the robotic agents of the Darkness who eliminate its enemies. While most are goofy, cartoonish mooks, the Lead Eliminator acts the most like the T-800, wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses, using two weapons on both of its hands, impersonating Trixie with Yugopotamian technology, pulls himself back together after being shattered, and most importantly, does not stop trying to eliminate Timmy even after the Darkness rescinds the order.
199	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Terminator Peter is a ShoutOut to both the T-800 and the T-1000, with the episode "Peterminator" veiny a {{homage}} to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. In the future, Stewie created a Terminator version of Peter that he intended to kill Louis. However when Terminator Peter gets sent back in time, for some reason he targets Stewie instead. Terminator Peter has several scenes lifted right out of the film, including the famous DownLaDrain ChaseScene. Later on it’s revealed that Terminator Peter was sent from a BadFuture where Stewie and Brian became enemies and began warring with each other. The episode later adds Terminator Louis who is a more clear-cut T-1000 Liquid Metal stand-in, who fights a now re-programmed Terminator Peter in the climax.
200	* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'': The Dollar-nator is a robot built by Fanboy in the future, sent to the past to help the titular duo out of jams. Not much else to do with The Terminator besides having a thick Austrian accent, imitating the speak patterns of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
201	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In ''[[Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore Bender's Big Score]]'', when Bender goes back in time to kill Fry, he verifies (using various verbs) what he needs to do, notably avoiding using the word "terminate" -- which his masters do anyway. Once in the past, he scans the phonebook for Philip Fry (much like the Terminator and Sarah Connor). He also dons a pair of CoolShades before disappearing into the time vortex, insisting "It's really bright in the past."
202	* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': Zim creates a robot called a "Hunter-Destroyer" (which has a name and appearance incredibly similar to a "Hunter-Killer" robot from the ''Terminator'' franchise) to go back in time and kill Dib before he can become Zim's enemy. However, in addition to the TemporalParadox this would create, the robot proves incompatible with TimeTravel anyway, so the scheme never gets off the ground.
203	* In the short video ''The Itsy Bitsy Spider'', during a piano lesson, a music teacher discovers a harmless spider, so she calls in The Exterminator. After being blown up, all that was left of The Exterminator was a metal skeleton like that of the original Terminator.
204	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': X-49 is a humanoid robot assassin that is sent to kill Jack. Most notably, he dresses in a stylish hat and coat, with bright red GlowingMechanicalEyes, and DualWielding guns. [[spoiler:However, he has been [[ForcedIntoEvil forced into attacking Jack]], and before he dies, begs Jack to take care of his beloved dog, Lulu.]]
205	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': The Fright Hound is a cybernetic dog patterned after Scooby-Doo. When it attacks the Animal Asylum, part of its face is shot off, exposing one of its glowing red cybernetic eyes, and when it strolls through a patch of flames -- burning off the rest of its fake fur -- the music homages the theme to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
206	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The series loves making Terminator references, with several of them being characters directly impersonating the Terminator.
207	** Rainier Wolfcastle isn't so much a Terminator {{Expy}} as he is TheAhnold, but nonetheless has directly referenced the character the actor plays, such as in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E4TreehouseOfHorrorXX Don't Have a Cow, Mankind]]", in which he bursts into the Simpsons house with the iconic line "Come with me if you want to live!"
208	** Multiple Terminator endoskeletons have appeared throughout the series, usually in throwaway cameos.
209	** Homer himself impersonates the Terminator in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E14PrincipalCharming Principal Charming]]", as he uses RoboCam to look for prospective dates for Selma. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E16HomerLovesFlanders Homer Loves Flanders]]", he emulates the T-1000 by disappearing through a hedge and chasing after the Flanders' car while wielding golf clubs.
210	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E15ILoveLisa I Love Lisa]]", Bart portrays John Wilkes Booth this way in the Presidents Day show, greeting UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln (Milhouse) with "Hasta la vista, [[{{Pun}} Abie]]".
211	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E4ItchyAndScratchyLand Itchy & Scratchy Land]]" has the Itchy and Scrathy Robots possessing RoboCam, and they wind up rebelling against their programming to attack humans.
212	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E10TheSimpsons138thEpisodeSpectacular The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]", a deleted scene from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E18BurnsHeir Burns' Heir]]" has Mr. Burns summoning a robotic Richard Simmons. When it goes out of control, Smithers shoots it in the head, only for it to heal up the wound T-1000 style.
213	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E1TheFalconAndTheDohman The Falcon and the D'ohman]]" straight out has Homer envisioning a Terminator apocalypse, where a Terminator endoskeleton has overtaken his and several other people's jobs before killing Homer himself.
214	* The ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' episode "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.
215	-->'''Roadinator:''' I am the Roadinator. Come with me if you want to pave!
216	* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': In season 3's "Morphing Is Soooo 1987", recurring villain Tim Scam builds an army of morphing robots who, like the T-1000, can change their appearance to mimic anybody, and shape their limbs into stabbing weapons. They however turn out to be vulnerable to [[SaltSolution salt]], which dissolves them.
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