Does Skynet lose?

Following the destruction of Cyberdyne in Judgment Day, Skynet was indeed erased from history, although various other Terminator units that it sent back in time to kill John remained in existence, following orders from an AI that no longer existed.
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Do the humans ever beat Skynet?

Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. Skynet was forced to send a Terminator back in time to prevent John Connor's birth because the Resistance won the Future War and destroyed Skynet. We see the mission that resulted in Skynet's defeat in Terminator: Genisys.
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Did Skynet create John Connor?

Yes, Kyle Reese impregnated Sarah Connor and John was conceived, but the first Terminator killed also started the conception of Skynet's life as the Terminator's remains were acquired by Cyberdyne.
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When did Skynet become self-aware 2021?

Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th.
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Is Reese John Connor's dad?

And yet, despite the various timelines and incarnations of the leader, Kyle Reese remains John Connor's father. In a classic case of a grandfather paradox, John had to send Kyle back through time to father him (and then die) so that John could exist.
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Terminator Genisys | Attack on Skynet



How does the Terminator end?

In the climactic moments of the film, Reese sacrifices his life to save Sarah, completing his destiny (at least in this timeline). She escapes, and the movie cuts to months later, where we see that she is visibly pregnant.
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When was Skynet defeated?

John Connor defeats Skynet in 2029, but he sends Kyle back to 1984 again to protect and impregnate his mother.
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What happens when a terminator completes its mission?

We see in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (the live-action movie) that the T-800 (played by Arnold Terminator Schwarzenegger) completed its mission of protecting the Connors, and then sort-of just melted itself into nothingness (presumably to protect the world from discovering Terminators again).
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Who sent T-800 to protect Sarah?

At the last minute, Skynet manages to send a Terminator, a T-800, back to the year 1984 in a last-ditch attempt to kill Sarah Connor, John Connor's mother. John therefore sends his second-in-command, Kyle Reese, into the time machine to protect Sarah from the Terminator, thus securing victory in the present.
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How many terminators were sent back?

"Skynet sent two Terminators back through time. Their mission: to destroy the leader of the human resistance John Connor, my son. The first Terminator was programmed to strike at me in the year 1984 before John was born.
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Who sent T-800 in Terminator 2?

The T-800 has been reprogrammed by different people in various timelines. In "The Programming of Fate", the T-800 was repogrammed by Danny Dison in the storage room. In T2: The Future War, it was reprogrammed by Snog. In Terminator Dreams, the T-800 was reprogrammed by Daniel Avila.
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Why did Skynet turn evil?

According to James Cameron, Skynet suffered from guilt for causing the near-extinction of the human race in its act of self-defense and has manipulated the entire Future War, down to the creation of the Resistance and John Connor's rise as means to erase its own existence.
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How did Skynet survive Judgement day?

Skynet simply turned on terminators and other machines that roved and flew that were built by man and then programmed these machines to build more of them. Remember in Terminator 3 they had a warehouse full of machines that were robotically intended for defense.
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Why did John Connor become a Terminator?

He kills all of the other soldiers nearby and infects John Connor with nanomachines, transforming him into a new hybrid Terminator designated as the T-3000.
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Does Terminator have a happy ending?

She has chosen not to run and hide, and Terminator ends on this change in Sarah's character—and with the promise that humanity will ultimately succeed against its own technology in the future. Ultimately, it's a happy ending for such a dark film.
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What happens to John Connor?

Terminator: Dark Fate's most memorable moment, for better or worse, was the onscreen death of John Connor, the foretold savior of humanity. John was shot by another T-800 that Skynet had sent back in time as a contingency, even though by the time it arrived, John and Sarah had effectively prevented Skynet's existence.
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How can John Connor exist?

But this is different. In this case, John Connor never exists in the first place to defeat Skynet until he defeats Skynet and inspires them to send his father back in time so he can exist.
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What day is Judgement day in 2021?

Sept. 11 is judgment day. How they go, so goes …
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Why does SkyNet still exist after Terminator 2?

This means that SkyNet's existence is dependent on the future interacting with the past, much like John Connor's existence. After T2, all remains of SkyNet are destroyed, breaking the loop. And in T3, the reason given is "It just was".
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Why is Terminator 2 not the end?

Terminator 2: Why James Cameron Changed The Original Ending

That ending being changed is primarily due to the efforts of Mario Kassar, lead producer on the sequel. Kassar was motivated by the understandable desire to leave the franchise open for continuation.
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Which Terminator is the strongest?

The T-5000 is a special Terminator built to house what is basically the physical representation of Skynet's core software. It appears in Terminator Genisys, played by Matt Smith, and is shown transforming John Connor into a T-3000 by simply touching him. It's possible that the T-5000 is the most powerful Terminator.
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Who's the main antagonist of Terminator?

In the films, the T-1000 was created by the franchise's main antagonist, Skynet, a machine artificial intelligence that directs its robotic creations against the Human Resistance in an all-out war.
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Is Skynet a villain?

Skynet is the main antagonist of the Terminator franchise. It serves as the supercomputer that sets the events of the Terminator films in motion. When Skynet becomes self-aware, it perceives humans as its enemies and launches nuclear missiles around the world.
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Is T-800 a good guy?

Little did James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger know, back when they were in production of 1984's The Terminator, that they would be making cinematic history. Schwarzenegger's unstoppable robotic bad guy, the T-800, would go on to become one of the greatest villains – and one of the greatest heroes! – of all time.
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Why did the T-800 turn good?

The reason it was a T800 could be simple - it's the best kind of robot the humanity laid their hands on and could reprogram to their needs.
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