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The Terminator franchise was founded with the 1984 film The Terminator. As of 2020, it consists of six feature films, a television series named Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and several other media.

Understand
"I'll be back."

- T-800

In a post-apocalyptic future, humans are at war with an artificial intelligence; in most works it is named Skynet. Skynet creates Terminators; human-like robots who are made to infiltrate humans and kill them. Most stories take place in present day, where time-travelling humans and terminators arrive from the future, with a directive to change the timeline.

The main filming locations of the Terminator films and television series
Most of the film scenes were recorded in southern California:

The Terminator (1984)
A T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels back in time to terminate Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) before she gives birth to John Connor, a future resistance fighter. Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) travels to the same time to protect Sarah.

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
A new specimen of the T-800 travels back in time parallel with the more advanced T-1000 (Robert Patrick), while John Connor (Edward Furlong) is ten years old. The T-1000 is sent back to destroy John Connor while the T-800 has been re-programmed and sent back in time to protect and save John Connor and his mother, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) from the T-1000.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Another T-800 as well as the T-X (Kristanna Loken) search for the adult John Connor (Nick Stahl). The T-X is meant to look for and terminate John Connor and his friends (all future resistance officers) while the T-800 is there to protect John Connor and his former classmate and future wife Kate Brewster (Claire Danes) from the T-X and eventually leads them into a bunker before the inevitable nuclear war starts.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009)
A 2008–09 TV series which takes place after Terminator 2. It presents Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) travelling the United States with a 15-year old John Connor (Thomas Dekker), facing multiple human and Terminator characters arriving from the future, including John's new protector Cameron (Summer Glau). One of few works in which Schwarzenegger is absent.

Terminator Salvation (2009)
The film takes place after a nuclear war, with John Connor (Christian Bale) and Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin) leading the war against Skynet.

Terminator Genisys (2015) and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Alternative sequels to The Terminator and Terminator 2 respectively.

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