Reprogram

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Terminators can be reprogrammed to follow the commands of someone other than its original creator (usually Skynet). This ability is used by the Resistance to reprogram terminators, and by terminators to reprogram other terminators.

Contents 1 Reprogramming 2 Known Reprogrammed Terminators 3 Notes 4 Quotes

Reprogramming

The Resistance used humans skilled in programming to reprogram terminators, such as Danny Dyson in Terminator 2: Nuclear Twilight.

The T-X had the ability to use nano-bots to reprogram and control machines and terminators alike.

Reprogramming can be unreliable. Sometimes a reprogrammed terminator will "go bad"; a reprogrammed terminator in the Future War inexplicably went rogue and killed many resistance fighter in a bunker ("Dungeons & Dragons"), and Cameron tried to kill John Connor after her chip was damaged ("Samson & Delilah")

Reprogramming can sometimes be overcome by a reboot. ^[1]

Known Reprogrammed Terminators

• T-800 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• T-850 in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• Cameron in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
• The Rogue in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
• Queeg in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles "Today Is The Day, Part 1" "Today Is The Day, Part 2"

Notes

• After a while, Skynet added a self-destruct to terminator chips upon chip removal, so that terminators couldn't be reprogrammed. (Rosie in "The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short")
• Some Resistances fighters greatly disliked being surrounded by reprogrammed "metal" all the time. They also sometimes had problems taking orders from reprogrammed metal, such as some of the crew under Captain Queeg on the USS Jimmy Carter. ("Today Is The Day, Part 1")
• Some Resistance fighters didn't like John separating himself from other humans, and only spending time with Cameron. This caused Jesse Flores to go back in time to attempt to alienate John Connor by framing Cameron for the murder of Riley Dawson. ("Today Is The Day, Part 1")
• Reprogrammed terminators were sometimes referred to by Resistance fighters as "scrubbed". ^{[citation needed]}

Quotes

Cameron: (referring to a reprogrammed terminator who went rogue) Sometimes they go bad. No one knows why.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, "Dungeons & Dragons"

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