The crawling T-800
The crawling Terminator is a concept featuring in the Terminator fictions to show the horrifying, unstoppable Terminator, which will not cease to move until it completes its mission or is destroyed. It usually feature a Terminator, whose legs or lower body is destroyed, crawling on the ground.
In some cases, Terminators of protagonist (usually losing left arm) would also crawl to defeat their enemies.
Notable examples
- After its lower body was destroyed by Kyle Reese with pipe bomb, the T-800 started to crawling in order to reach and kill Sarah Connor. The Terminator
- The T-800 that attacks Catherine Luna after she rescue Kyle Reese will become a crawling Terminator in third phase. The Terminator: Dawn of Fate
- After ripping its legs stuck in the debris, the T-X crawled to pursue John Connor and Kate Brewster. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- A T-900 began to crawl after loosing its legs as it was caught in an explosion from the destruction of an HK-Tank. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (video game)
- The T-900 will crawl if its legs is destroyed. Terminator 3: The Redemption
- John Connor was chased by a damaged T-600 in Skynet VLA. Terminator Salvation
- The T-600 and Harvester will crawl if its legs is destroyed. Terminator Salvation (arcade game)
- After crushed by a water tower, the T-800 crawled to get rid of debris. The Terminator: Enemy of my Enemy issue 6
- The T-800 will crawl if its legs is destroyed. Terminator Genisys: Revolution
- Beaten by John Connor, the Guardian crawled to reach the magnetic glove. Terminator Genisys
- Badly damaged, Carl still managed to crawl, dragging a critically damaged Rev-9 stabbed with Grace's thorium reactor, to destroy it. Terminator: Dark Fate
Gallery
Concept art of a crawling Terminator
