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| “ | John Connor: Jesus, You were gonna kill that guy! T-800: Of course, I'm a Terminator. John Connor: Listen to me very carefully, okay? You're not a terminator anymore, alright? Got that? You just can't go around killing people! T-800: Why? John Connor: What do you mean why, 'cause you can't! T-800: Why? John Connor: Because you just can't okay? Trust me on this. |
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| ~ The T-800 not understanding why killing people is wrong. |
| “ | I know now why you cry. But it’s something I can never do. | „ |
| ~ T-800 understands the value of human life. |
The T-800 is the deuteragonist of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It is a T-800 Terminator that got reprogrammed by the future counterpart of John Connor, so that his past counterpart survives to battle Skynet. By the time the T-800 is sent to the past, it initially cared about protecting John, without any regards to endangering human lives. However, John's orders to never kills humans and its CPU getting restarted caused the T-800 to slowly grasp the concept of valuing life and the desire to stop Skynet, so that humanity is protected.
It was famously portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Its Good Ranking[]
What Makes It Close to Being Pure Good?[]
- Once it is reprogrammed by the human resistance to protect John Connor, the T-800 immediately follows its orders and prepares itself to gather the resources necessary to battle the T-1000.
- Protected John from the T-1000 and gave the former the chance to escape the danger.
- Chased down the T-1000 to save John from the T-1000's attempt to crush him with a tow truck.
- Wanted to take John escape the authorities to prevent him for being reacquired and put in danger by the T-1000 again.
- Followed John's orders to never take a human life.
- Initially refused to let John rescue Sarah Connor to prevent himself from being put in danger by the T-1000.
- Eventually allowed to help John rescue Sarah from the mental hospital and the T-1000.
- Had himself get his CPU restarted to gain a better understanding of valuing human life.
- While stocking up on weapons, the T-800 takes the time to gain a better understanding on human emotions and being John's parental substitute for a father.
- Doubled down the idea of killing Miles Dyson during a conversation with John, in exchange for tending Miles Dyson's gun shot injury, after Sarah's attempt to kill him.
- Assisted in raiding Cyberdyne Systems to prevent the terminator technology from the previous T-800 to recreate Skynet and to produce more advanced terminators.
- Made sure to not kill or injure any police officers while pretending to shoot them with a machine gun.
- Helped John and Sarah escape the police that are attempting to capture them, and making sure the police officers are not killed.
- Battling the T-1000 during a truck chase to protect Sarah and John.
- Desired to stay behind to directly battle the T-1000, making sure that Sarah and John are given time to escape.
- Attacked to T-1000 from behind to save Sarah from being killed.
- Reactivated itself to make sure on killing the T-1000 for good.
- Willingly defied John's orders to have itself get destroyed, so its own body isn't used to reverse-engineer terminator technology.
- Throughout the film, the T-800 learned to value life and gain its own moral agency by understanding why John is crying and willingly sacrificing itself to put a stop to creating more terminator technology.
What Prevents It From Being Pure Good?[]
- It doesn't show any remorse for any of its morally ambiguous deeds, when it tries to kill two innocent men during a misunderstanding or beating up bikers for clothes. It should be noted that both instances only happened before its CPU was restarted and attained its own moral agency, making those past actions a minor prevention.
External Links[]
- T-800 on the Heroes Wiki
- T-800 on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki
- T-800 on the Terminator Wiki
- T-800 on the Guile Heroes Wiki