Resistance members, including human and reprogrammed Terminators, are sometimes given a mission to protect another person and prevent the subject from suffering harm or damage.
On some occasions, Skynet will send Terminators to protect key persons responsible for the creation of itself.
Known Protectors[]
- Films
- Kyle Reese: Volunteered to protect Sarah Connor. The Terminator
- T-800: Assigned to protect John Connor. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- T-850: Assigned to ensure the survival of John Connor and Katherine Brewster. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Pops: Assigned to protect Sarah Connor. Terminator Genisys
- Grace Harper: Volunteered to protect Dani Ramos. Terminator: Dark Fate
- Comics
- C890.L, C850.D, and HC875.S: Assigned to protect Dr. Bertram Hollister, Cyberdyne Systems Project Leader for Project Bellerophon. The Terminator: Tempest
- Mary Randall: Reassigned to protect Sarah Connor. The Terminator: Endgame
- T-950: Assigned to protect John Connor. Terminator 3: Fragmented
- Uncle Bob: Assigned to protect John Connor and help him become the leader of the Resistance. Terminator 2: Infinity
- John Connor: Accidentally travelling to 1996 from 2015 to protect his younger self. Terminator: Revolution
- New Terminators: Travelling to 2003 from 2029 under Thomas Parnell's order to protect his past self. Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle
- Television series
- Cameron: Assigned to protect John Connor. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles[1]
Quotes[]
- John Connor: You're not here to kill me - I figured out that for myself. So what's the deal?
- Terminator: My mission is to protect you.
- John Connor: Yeah? Who sent you?
- Terminator: You did. 35 years from now you reprogrammed me to be your protector here - in this time.
- John Connor: This is deep...
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- John Connor: What is your mission?
- Terminator: To... ensure the survival... of John Connor... and Katherine Brewster.
- John Connor: You are about to fail that mission.
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Cameron: I was sent here to protect John.
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, "Pilot"
References[]
- ↑ Direct quote from the pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Her original objective is unknown, although she attempted to terminate John Connor when her chip was damaged in the episode "Samson & Delilah".