The Terminator is a staple pop culture character on Earth-1 and later Earth-Prime, featured in the eponymous movie and its sequel.

Overview

The Terminator is often viewed as an archetype of indestructible force from the future hunting down specific person, Sarah Connor.^[1]

• Slade Wilson was nicknamed The Terminator by Nylander, comparing his personality, determination and skills to the character.^[2]
• Rene Ramirez said to Emiko Adachi that attack on William Glenmorgan's house would require "terminators".^[3]

• Tracy Brand compared herself to Sarah Connor and, indirectly, Savitar and Caitlin Snow to the Terminator when the two tried to assassinate her prior to her inventing the technology which was sufficient enough to trap Savitar.^[1]
• Ralph Dibny also compared his situation of being needed by supervillain Clifford DeVoe to that of Sarah Connor.^[4]

• Referencing A.M.A.Z.O., Cisco Ramon refers to the situation by saying "How do you stop a T-3000 that kills for breakfast?", which is a reference to the popular Terminator franchise.
• Plot of The Terminator (and its sequel) concerns the assassin from the future, Terminator.

Appearances

Arrow

Season 6

• "Deathstroke Returns" (mentioned)

Season 7

• "My Name is Emiko Queen" (mentioned)

The Flash

Season 1

• "Fallout" (mentioned)

Season 3

• "I Know Who You Are" (mentioned)

Season 4

• "Run, Iris, Run" (indirectly mentioned)

Season 5

• "Elseworlds, Part 1" (mentioned)
• "Nora" (mentioned)

Season 7

• "Mother" (mentioned)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 3

• "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" (mentioned)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 7

• "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Scientist" (mentioned)

Behind the scenes

• In the real world/life or for the eponymous Terminator franchise, The Terminator is indeed a staple character of popular culture, first appearing in 1984 cult film The Terminator and famously portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

References

Other versions of Terminator
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New multiverse
Earth: Prime
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Transmultiversal multiverse
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