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Daniel Dyson
Daniel "Danny" Dyson, or simply "Dan"[1], born in 1988,[2] is the son of Miles and Tarissa Dyson.
History[]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day[]
In 1995,[3] Danny witnessed Sarah Connor's assassination attempt on his father. Before she could kill him, however, John Connor and a T-800 stopped her. Ironically, it was Danny's disobedience of his parents by not going to bed and playing with a remote control truck that saved Miles when Danny bumped the truck into the former's leg, causing him to reach down to confiscate the toy, moving him out of range of Sarah's sniper shot. Afterward, Danny was taken to his room by John, so he would not see the Terminator remove the skin sheath over its arm and hear about the future war and how his father's work led to the emergence of Skynet and Judgment Day. It is unknown what conversation or interaction John had with Danny during this brief time period.
Deviating timelines[]
Nuclear Twilight[]
The survivors of the nuclear holocaust of August 29, 1997, stayed underground for years until radiation levels dropped to safer levels. John and Sarah Connor, Tarissa Dyson with her children Danny and Blythe, former detective David Mossberg were all watching the ruined city of Los Angeles. Years later, John Connor visited Danny out of despair and lack of motivation, as he sometimes did when things got rough. While they are gone, resistance soldiers Samuel and Griffith went to check out what Danny really did behind closed doors. While they trusted John Connor, they seemed to doubt Danny because he was the son of Miles Dyson, who was responsible for Skynet's creation. On Danny's computer, they found a copy of Skynet's source code and they suspected that Danny was working for the machines. Warchild
After the Resistance captured a Terminator in a heated battle, Danny replaced the original CPU with a reprogrammed CPU. After many years of work, Danny had programed a virus that was to be implanted into the terminator found by Reese, which they call "Rusty". Their plan was to infect all Terminators with this virus. Dead Men Walking
Skynet's World timeline[]
Jade's World timeline[]
After the Judgment Day in Jade's World, Danny fought with Tech-Com and became augmented as a Specialist. Danny Dyson was sent back to 2001 from 2036 along with Jade, Anton, Selena, and Robert Baxter. He was killed when fighting a T-XA. Dark Futures
John's World timeline[]
Terminator 3: The Redemption[]
Daniel Dyson has become a technician at that time. He was called to reprogram the T-850, so it can go back in time and protect John Connor and Kate Brewster at their younger selves. His color has been changed into white instead of black in the game. He is quickly killed by an HK-Aerial.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles[]
In 1999, Danny was there when Sarah Connor, John Connor and Cameron visited the Dyson residence to talk to Daniel's mother, Tarissa. "Pilot"
Eight years later after the Connor family has time travelled forward, in another conversation with Tarissa Dyson, Sarah learns that Daniel has now grown distant and indifferent to both his mother and the memory of his father, as Tarissa mentions Daniel no longer comes to visit his father's grave. "The Turk"
In 2009, when Sarah was in jail, she was informed that Danny had been missing for three months. "Born to Run"
The Terminator RPG timeline[]
A traumatized and angry Danny initially blamed the Connors for Miles' death, but eventually discovered that Cyberdyne had been secretly making monthly backups of his father’s office files. After Judgment Day, Danny began to understand the serious consequences of his father's research. The Dyson family survived the nuclear disaster and lived underground for years to escape the radiation from Skynet’s attack.[4]
Years later, Danny joined Tech-Com, achieving the rank of specialist. A genius in his own right, Danny studied his father’s code database trying to find a way to use it against Skynet, even contemplating creating his own AI to counter Skynet. Skynet kept tracks on him and considered him a target of opportunity once "Temporal Quarantine 1" ended. He eventually got the opportunity to apply his skills when he disabled a Terminator and replaced its CPU with one he had designed. Danny developed a virus that would spread from Terminator to Terminator, infecting them and corrupting their systems.[4] During the final offensive against Skynet, Captain Babs Castro uploaded a virus that started reprogramming Terminators to fight for the Resistance. This virus may have been the culmination of Daniel Dyson's work.[5]
Notes[]
- Danny's being missing in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles episode "Born to Run" may or may not have something to do with Skynet's active presence in 2009.
- Danny's background in The T2 RPG Sourcebook appears to be inspired by Nuclear Twilight. Skynet considering him a "target of opportunity" is likely a reference to the events in Terminator Genisys.
Behind the Scenes[]
- Danny Dyson was portrayed by DeVaughn Nixon in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Shawn Prince in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dayo Okeniyi in Terminator Genisys.
- Danny Dyson was to going to be a pivotal character in the third season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.[6]
Appearances[]
- Films
- Novels
- Comics
- Games
- Television series
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Season 1
- Season 2
- "Born to Run" (Mentioned only)
- Roleplaying games
References[]
- ↑ Malibu Terminator comics
- ↑ Dark Futures
- ↑ The event happened in 1997 in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles timeline.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The T2 RPG Sourcebook
- ↑ The Terminator RPG
- ↑ The commentary of the episode "Born to Run" from the the DVD set of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles second season.