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The name or term "T-1000" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see T-1000 (disambiguation).
Main

T-1000 is a Prototype Series 1000 Terminator sent by Skynet from the future to terminate John Connor's younger self. It was the second Infiltrator sent back on assassination missions by Skynet. He is the main antagonist of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Personality

Like its successor, the T-X, the T-1000 appears to possess a limited emotional range (aside from that necessary for infiltration). He exhibits a shocked expression when his arm breaks due to the liquid nitrogen, as well as just before he is destroyed in the factory. He wags a finger in a "tsk-tsk" gesture at one of his attackers after an unsuccessful attempt at destroying him, and performs a double-take when he spots a clothing store mannequin that resembles his liquid metal form. He also displays frustration when the T-800 thwarts his interrogation of Sarah Connor, prompting him to ruthlessly pummel the T-800 with heavy machinery and steel ingots before impaling him. As well, a confused expression appeared on his face in the steel mill when he started to malfunction and his hand automatically fused with a metal bar as he grabbed it (deleted scene).

The T-1000 is 6 times stronger than its predecessor, the T-800, at least in terms of its level of technology, as well as possessing a superior command of martial arts techniques that make it more than a match for the already-fearsome T-800.

Fiction

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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T-1000 arrives in the past naked, after stabbing a cop.

The T-1000 arrived under an overpass, its electrical displacement attracting the attention of a patrolling cop. The T-1000 snuck up on the cop and stabbed him, mimicking his clothing and taking his gun. It (the T-1000) then used the cop's in-car database to pull up John Connor's criminal records and thereby learning the address of him and his foster parents, Todd and Janelle Voight. It visits the couple and obtained a picture of John, learning that he had already hopped on his bike with his DJ friend to the local shopping mall. The T-1000 also learns of the reprogrammed T-800 (Model 101) and begins searching the neighborhood, asking random pedestrians if they've seen John. It encounters two girls who direct him to the "Galleria" where John claimed to have been headed. The T-1000 continues his search inside the mall, unaware of the T-800's proximity.

It investigates a video game arcade and locates his target as he flees from whom his friend assumes to be just a normal cop, but got stabbed by the T-1000. The T-1000 chases John through the maintenance corridors and catches up with the boy at exactly the same moment as the T-800. Before it can shoot John, the T-800 blasts him with his powerful shotgun, distracting him for a moment, allowing the other machine to shield him. The T-1000 retaliates by unloading his entire magazine into the T-800's back, shooting down a Japanese cleaner in the process.

While in the process of reloading, the T-800 blasts the T-1000 repeatedly, knocking him out and to the floor. It takes a moment to recover whilst the T-800 reloads and then springs to its feet and grabs the T-800's shotgun. They struggle for a moment before the T-800 grabs hold of the T-1000 and slams him into a brick wall. The T-1000 responds in kind, throwing the T-800 through another plaster wall and then hurling him through a window, much to the surprise of the nearby shoppers.

The T-1000s pursuit of John continues. John speeds away on his bike with the T-1000 in hot pursuit, running 5 times faster than any athletic human possibly could. John escaped onto the main road and managed to put some distance between him and the T-1000, however, prompting the Terminator to steal a truck after throwing out the driver who was driving without a seatbelt. He then drove after John, who once again escaped, fleeing down a levee.

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The T-1000 chases John Connor in a badly damaged truck.

The T-1000 was not to be deterred, however, and drove his truck off a bridge and into the embankment, once again initiating a chase, severely damaging the truck in the process. John managed to keep ahead and the T-800 was not far behind on a bike of his own. The T-1000 almost lost his head whilst driving under a low bridge, but afterward he managed to close the gap between them and started to ram the back of John's bike. By this time, however, the T-800 had caught up and was attempting to overtake the T-1000's truck.

He tried to dissuade the T-800 but it managed to slip through regardless and rescued John from his underpowered motorcycle, which got crushed by the truck. The T-800 then shot out the truck's front-left tire, compromising the T-1000's ability to steer effectively, resulting in it crashing into a low bridge. The 100 gallon fuel tank ruptured and a loose cable spark triggered the vehicle's explosion, distracting the T-1000 long enough to allow for John's escape. It emerges from the wreckage and stole another police car.

Having lost sight of his target, the T-1000 calculated John's next move and revisited the Voight house, stabbing and then impersonating Janelle. It remained in this form until John called to warn them, during which he tried to convince the boy to return home for dinner so it could kill him. However, John sensed something's wrong since "Janelle" was too nice. The constant barking of the dog, Max, further incites John's suspicion, and the T-1000 makes an error; mistaking the dog's name. John (actually the T-800 impersonating him) hangs up and the T-1000 stabs Todd in the mouth and also stabs Max out of annoyance.

It searches John's room, tracing his fingers over everything in sight as it searches for anything relevant to his mission. It finds a hollow in the wall behind a poster that contains dozens of letters from Sarah Connor, John's mother. It follows the return address to Pescadero State Hospital and is granted access to the prison, where it attempts to gain access to Sarah. It opts for a more stealthy approach, however, and flattens himself to the floor, absorbing the template of a cop.

The T-1000 assumes the guard's form and fatally stabs him in the head. It uses this guise to get past security staff and and access to the cells where it changes back into his default cop form. Its search was thorough and he almost lost his chance of finding Sarah, who was attempting to escape at the time after killing a staff member. The T-1000 caught up with her, but John and the T-800 had also arrived. It stepped through a barred escape-proof security door and gave chase as they fled into an elevator, receiving a shotgun blast in the face at close range.


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The T-1000 with a split head.

It quickly recovered, pried open the empty elevator doors leading to the shaft and jumped onto the elevator roof, morphing his arms into swords to try and stab the Connors from above, one stab catching Sarah on the shoulder. They lasted long enough to reach the underground parking lot and escaped the elevator. Next, Sarah Connor shot down a police officer and her gang steal his police car. The T-1000 formed a large blob and "poured" itself into the lift's interior, reforming into a humanoid form and giving chase once again, but was held at bay by constant gunfire by the T-800. Sarah's pistol had no affect of stopping he T-1000 since it wasn't powerful enough. It managed to grab hold of the trunk, however, and smashed the rear window with its sword hook to get at John, but the T-800 blasted it off the vehicle with his shotgun.

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The T-1000 searches the Dyson home.

The T-1000 recovered his pieces and took a cop's bike, which it used as his main mode of transportation as he began seeking out possible locations that the Connors might attack, specifically Skynet genesis targets. A visit to the Dyson residence revealed signs of a gunfight and all of Miles Dyson's files destroyed. The T-1000's police radio then alerted him to a break-in at Cyberdyne Systems Corporations, to which he responded promptly, arriving in time to catch sight of the Connors fleeing in a SWAT van.

It then stole a helicopter and attacked the Connors on the freeway, injuring Sarah in the process, after which it crashed into the back of the van, forcing it on its side. He extricated himself from the wreckage and wasted little time stabbing a concerned truck driver in the chest and steals his vehicle, which was pulling a tank of liquid nitrogen. The T-1000 chased the Connors, almost forcing them off the road several times, and inadvertently directing them towards a steel mill.

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The T-1000 is frozen in liquid nitrogen.

The T-800 climbed across the car and onto his truck, firing a rifle into his face and grabbing the wheel, causing the truck to topple on its side and the momentum carrying it into the mill where the tank cracked open, spilling its contents. The T-1000 staggered out of the truck, covered in liquid nitrogen, and ambled towards the Connors, its body rapidly freezing. The more it persisted, the worse off it became, as his legs cracked and fell apart and his right arm then broke off entirely.

He examined his arm in shock as it froze completely and ceased all movement. The T-800 then shot it, shattering his body into tiny mercury-like pieces that scattered across the floor. This might have been the end for the T-1000, were it not for an overflowing vat of molten steel, the heat of which restored the pieces to their liquid form. Each droplet started to merge with others, quickly forming a large puddle, imitating the appearance of the element Mercury, from which it started to solidify.

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The T-1000 traps the T-800.

Once it was fully reformed, the T-1000 resumed his hunt for the Connors, but started to suffer glitches, a malfunction caused by the liquid nitrogen, resulting in its feet and hands taking the form of whatever they touched. It was hardly concerned, and quickly caught up with them, resulting in another direct confrontation with the T-800. It surprised the older model and displayed his superior adaptability in combat and trapped the T-800 inn a massive steel conveyor belt, crushing its left arm.

It then sought out the Connors, a menacing ripple flashing across his body, and managed to corner Sarah alone, taking a shotgun blast straight through its right eye before impaling her on a finger sword. The T-1000 demanded she call out for John, but Sarah refused and her torture was interrupted by the T-800, who drove a pipe through his body.

Frustrated and visibly annoyed by the T-800's constant interference, the T-1000 ruthlessly struck the machine repeatedly with the pipe and smashed its head several times with heavy machinery, including a massive ingot of steel hanging on an overhead crane. As the T-800 attempted to crawl towards its M-79, the T-1000 drove the pipe into its spine and twisted it around before driving it deeper, destroying the machine's main power core. It is obvious that the T-1000 is at least 5 times stronger than the T-800.

With the T-800 seemingly disabled, the T-1000 took the form of an injured Sarah and called John, who responded to his cries. Before the T-1000 could stab his target, the real Sarah arrived and shot the fake with her shotgun. The T-1000 returned to its default cop form and faced off against Sarah, who blasted him to the edge of the ledge, almost knocking it into the vat of molten steel below. Her shotgun ran out of shells before she could finish the job.

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The T-1000 is terminated.

Before it could advance, the T-800 arrived, having used its heat sinks to power a second back-up power cell. It fired a grenade into the T-1000's chest, whose mouth opened wide in shock as the projectile exploded within it, severely contorting his form. Unable to recover in time, the T-1000 lost its balance and toppled into the molten steel. The extreme heat rapidly-decimated its molecular structure, and it changed from shape to form, trying desperately to adapt to the deadly 1600°C environment.

It proved futile, as the steel corrupted its design and melted its body. It gave one last metallic scream of mindless terror as it literally turned itself inside out, vomiting forth its own face from within before dissolving into nothing, its mission a failure and its existence ended.

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The T-1000 succeeded killing John Connor. Terminator/Robocop Kill Human issue 4

Terminations

Successful Terminations

Cop: The unfortunate cop happened upon the T-1000's displacement.

Method: The T-1000 possibly (though not explicitly shown) stabbed the cop in the abdomen and took his gun before mimicking his clothes and commandeering his squad car.

Worker: The Japanese cleaner was caught in the crossfire between the T-1000 and the T-800.

Method: He was shot multiple times with the T-1000's Beretta 9mm.

Janelle Voight: Following standard practice, the T-1000 visited John's foster home with the goal of lying in wait for his return.

Method: Unspecified, though likely impalement (given its modus operandi).

Todd Voight: Todd, unaware that his wife had been replaced by the T-1000, shouted distractedly at John's barking dog.

Method: Todd was stabbed through the mouth (and the back of the head) while drinking from a carton of milk.

Max: The dog's constant barking helped tip off the T-1000's deception during a phone call to John, thereby foiling its plan to lure John back to the house.

Method: Not explicitly shown, likely morphed a sword. In a deleted moment, the Terminator holds the dog's bloody collar for a moment, seeing the dog's real name and realizing that the T-800 Terminator had fooled it.

Lewis: Seeking a method of infiltrating the Pescadero hospital, the T-1000 targeted Lewis for mimicry.

Method: After obtaining a sample from Lewis, the T-1000 assumed his form and stabbed the guard through the eye and hid his body in the janitor's closet.

Truck driver: The driver pulled up after the T-1000's helicopter crash and asked if he was alright.

Method: The T-1000 stabbed the driver through the chest to steal his truck. However, it is revealed that the man only got badly hurt in Dark Futures.

Attempted Terminations

John Connor: The T-1000's primary objective was the termination of John Connor, but despite numerous near successes, it ultimately failed in each attempt.

Failure 1: The T-1000 attempted to shoot John in the narrow staff-only corridor of the Galleria, but was prevented from doing so by the timely arrival of the T-800, who shielded him.
Failure 2: The T-1000 stole a truck and chased John on his bike through a storm drain, attempting to run him down and almost succeeding. But once again the timely arrival of the T-800 prevented this; resulting in the T-1000 crashing into a bridge.
Failure 3:
A) Finding John, the T-800, and Sarah at the Pescadero State hospital, the T-1000 tried to shoot John as he escaped in an elevator, but the T-800 took all of the bullets and proceeded to shoot the T-1000 in the head at point-blank range with his shotgun.
B) After putting its head back together, the T-1000 jumped onto the top of the elevator as it descended, using its blades to try and impale John from above. It was unable to reach him, however, and was distracted repeatedly by the combined fire from the T-800 and Sarah.
C) With the Connors escaping in a stolen police car, the T-1000 managed to jump onto the trunk and smashed through the rear windshield in an attempt to slash John with its blades but was blasted by the T-800's shotgun and fell from the car.
Failure 4: During the helicopter chase across the highway, the T-1000 tried to shoot John with its sub-machine gun, but he was able to shield himself with body armor.
Failure 5: The T-1000 tried repeatedly to force the Connor's getaway vehicle off the road in its stolen truck and came close to crushing them on a few occasions. It was thwarted by the T-800, who boarded the truck and forced it into a hard turn that toppled the truck on its side.
Failure 6: In the steel mill, the T-1000 took Sarah's form and succeeded in luring John to it by crying for help. Before it could get close enough to terminate him, however, the real Sarah arrived and blasted it from behind with a shotgun, after which it was itself terminated by the T-800.

Sarah Connor: Despite being only human, Sarah proved to be something of an irritation to the T-1000 and was therefore considered a moderate threat.

Failure 1: The T-1000 infiltrated the Pescadero State hospital in an attempt to copy her form and await John's contact. However, the unexpected arrival of the T-800 and John nullified its objective. The T-1000 tried to stab the Connors while on top of the elevator and succeeded in slashing Sarah's shoulder but was too distracted by gunfire to cause any more damage.
Failure 2: Chasing the Connors in a helicopter, the T-1000 exchanged gunfire with Sarah and managed to shoot her in the leg but was prevented from finishing her when the T-800 slammed on the brakes, forcing the helicopter to crash into the back of their truck.
Failure 3: The T-1000 tried several times to force their rickety garden shed truck off the road, but was again met with failure when the T-800 boarded its truck and forced it onto its side.
Failure 4: In the steel mill, the T-1000 managed to disarm and stab Sarah in the shoulder, choosing to torture her into calling out to John. It threatened to stab her in the eye if she refused, and almost acted on its conviction, but was attacked from behind by the T-800.
Failure 5: After her shotgun ran out of shells, the T-1000 advanced, but was foiled for the last time by the T-800, resulting in its own termination.

T-800: This machine proved to be a formidable barrier between the T-1000 and its target, John Connor, despite possessing tactical inferiority.

Failure 1: Facing off against the T-800 for the first time, the T-1000 could find no means of executing a swift termination, and therefore chose to incapacitate it and hunt down John Connor.
Failure 2: During the chase in the storm drain, the T-1000 tried to crush the T-800 as it passed on its motorbike, but it proved to be both faster and more maneuverable and easily swept past the T-1000's truck.
Failure 3: In the steel mill, the T-1000 snuck up on the T-800 and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, proving to be the better fighter and trapping the T-800 in some machinery. Again, with no immediate means of destroying the unit, the T-1000 left it in favor of pursuing the Connors.
Failure 4: After being ambushed from behind during its interrogation of Sarah, the T-1000 ruthlessly pummeled the T-800 with a steel pipe and smashed its head several times with heavy machinery and a steel ingot before stabbing it with the pipe, destroying its primary power cell. Though this would have terminated the T-800 in normal circumstances; the extreme temperatures of the mill allowed the T-800 to utilize its heat sinks for a source of alternate power, an ability the T-1000 apparently overlooked.

Possible/Indirect Terminations

Truck driver: The T-1000 commandeered the man's truck and hurled him out of the driver's seat. It is possible, though unlikely, that the driver might have died from being violently thrown from the moving vehicle.

Cop biker: The T-1000 obtained a police bike from an officer, most likely killing him in the process (supported by the fact that it had mimicked the officer's jacket and helmet).

Helicopter pilot: Upon pouring into the cockpit and reforming, the T-1000 ordered the pilot to "Get out". The pilot, freaked out by what he was seeing, readily jumped from the cockpit. It is possible the fall killed him, then again he may have survived with injuries.


Note

  • In T2: Infiltrator, it is mentioned that the helicopter pilot did die from the fall.

Behind the Scenes

  • The T-1000 was portrayed by Robert Patrick, with Jenette Goldstein, Don and Dan Stanton, and Leslie Hamilton Gearren portraying its various impersonations. Astoundingly enough, of its 15 minutes of freakish and chillingly inhuman transformations onscreen, only six of them were achieved through the use of computers. The remaining nine were actually achieved through highly articulate, detailed and realistic puppets-and-prosthetics created by Stan Winston Stuidos, the same team responsible for the metal skeleton effects of the T-800.

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A T-1000 Advanced Prototype in a blank form.

The T-1000 Advanced Prototype[1], also known as 1000 Series[2], is a Terminator series produced by Skynet in 2029. The 1000 Series Terminator is fully autonomous,[3] and unlike previous Infiltrator models that used rubber skin — and then finally living tissue over a metallic endoskeleton, the T-1000 is made entirely out of a liquid metal called "mimetic polyalloy", meaning it can reform into any shape it touches of the approximate size, thus calling it a "shape-changer". It cannot transform into any random object, such as a pack of cigarettes, as that size is considerably smaller. Neither can the T-1000 transform into any object that requires machinery to operate, such as a bomb. Another severe limitation of the T-1000 is that it cannot generate conventional weapons on its own volition, although it can utilize weaponry and vehicles found. It can, however, organically form primitive, blunt weaponry such as hooks, or stabbing weapons like knives. The usual modus operandi of the T-1000 is to impersonate civilians found or killed, only attacking once the target has been identified.

"Not like me. A T-1000, advanced prototype. A mimetic poly-alloy. Liquid metal."
The T-800 to John Connor
— Terminator 2

Specification

Physical Capabilities

Like most Terminators, the T-1000 has immense physical strength far beyond that of a human, being able to bend steel with its bare hands and throw the much larger T-800 around like a ragdoll. When pursuing John Connor at the mall, the T-1000 displayed the ability to run at speeds of at least 40 mph.[4]

Memory

A T-1000 features a liquid molecular brain gathered by mimetic polyalloy. The molecular brain grants the T-1000 advanced reasoning capabilities, emotions such as humor, and even self-awareness.[3] As a result, a T-1000 can make its own decisions contrary to that of Skynet.[5] In order to protect itself from its own creation, Skynet did not mass produce the T-1000.[3] For this reason, Skynet later discontinued the T-1000.[3] The T-1001 and O110.X apparently went rogue possibly due to this capability.

Physics

One of the fundamental prime directives of the T-1000 is "recovery of essence" as the more it loses, the less effective it becomes. The default command in the mimetic polyalloy's molecular memory is to find the main mass and rejoin it. Each molecule has a range of 14 km (8.7 mi). If a piece of mimetic polyalloy is out of range from the main body of superfluid, it can mimic something locally as camouflage (for example, a rock or a piece of pipe) until the T-1000 comes back into range again and detects it. [3]

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The T-1000’s arm involuntarily latches to a railing.

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Glitch of a T-1000 unit

As this trait is encoded at a very basic level, this emergency camouflage programming would manifest itself as a malfunction or glitch when a T-1000 is critically damaged. The T-1000 that fought with Sarah Connor displayed this glitch in the steel mill. Having been frozen by liquid nitrogen and shattered, the T-1000 reformed from the intense heat in the mill and began to involuntarily mimic and stick to floor coverings and other objects it came into physical contact with due to its molecules undergoing self-preservation. [3]

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T-1000 with four arms

When necessary, the T-1000 can form additional limbs when multi-tasking, such as piloting a helicopter and firing weapons.

Self-recovering

Due to its liquid metal construction, the T-1000 is capable of extensive regeneration of damage caused by ballistic weapons. However, the greater the damage the more time it takes to repair (such as when the T-800 shot a grenade round into its torso) and sufficient damage can briefly incapacitate it until fully recovered.[4] In some case, a T-1000 unit is even able to completely recover from a Phased Plasma blast at point blank range to the head.[citation needed]

Separating the parts of a T-1000 is not enough to stop it from regenerating, as the individual pieces would seek each other out and re-form to become a complete, fully functional battle unit again over short distances. The smaller the volume of particles, the less intelligent each piece becomes.[citation needed] Combined, the T-1000 is incredibly capable; however, when in pieces, it merely tries to get back to the whole again.

Shape

The T-1000 Infiltrators, as with other mimetic polyalloy-equipped units,[6] are initially deployed with an individualized default humanoid shape, which it remains in for most of its active service. It is thought that this form was kept as it was more energy efficient than mimicking others and reduced the stress caused to its ability to molecularly expand when it mimicked larger subjects. Due to the conservation of mass, when the T-1000 mimicked a human subject of greater volume than its default form, its density decreased. It therefore compensated for illogical mass constitutions for the subject it replicated. For example, the T-1000 may have had to step down more heavily to give the appearance of a greater mass.

Sensor

The T-1000's auditory sensors could be situated anywhere upon its body.[3]

Environment Analysis

The T-1000 can use its body to register its environment in many ways, can directly read magnetically-encoded information.[3][4]

Combat abilities

The T-1000 is not issued with any weapons, but is capable of fashioning any solid metal form, such as knives, swords and other bladed weapons simply by extending a limb and solidifying it into the desired shape. The T-1000 cannot mimic any complex systems, which may have moving parts or chemicals, like guns or explosives. However, the T-1000 is capable of concealing and carrying weapons within itself.[7][8] In order to form a weapon from a limb, the T-1000 has to convert that particular section to a liquid metal state before reconfiguring it while keeping the rest of its body in a solid metal state. In conjunction with the flexibility given by its form, the T-1000 has demonstrated a superior repertoire of martial arts abilities programmed into its subroutines, making it more capable than the T-800 in close combat.

The T-1000 can also convert a limb into a blade and throw it like a javelin at an enemy in some situations, with sufficient force to impale a T-800 and knock it backwards at least a few dozen feet.[9]

Infiltration

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The T-1001 before selecting a physical template

"T-1000, liquid metal shape changer. It just needs to touch something to mimic it."
-Sarah Connor, about the T-1000

The mimetic polyalloy construction of the T-1000 allows it to replicate any object or person of similar volume that it samples by physical contact. It appears the T-1000 can use a medium to do this without actually touching the subject's skin. Composed entirely of mimetic polyalloy, the T-1000 Terminator is a metallic mass, thus making it electrically conductive. However, unlike endoskeleton-based Terminators, the T-1000 can withstand a high-voltage charge without being knocked offline. Catherine Weaver demonstrated this ability by impaling the Water Delivery Guy with one hand and stabbing the other into a circuit breaker box, allowing the current to flow freely through her to terminate her victim.[10] Likewise, the T-1000 Terminator is unable to generate body heat and is cool to the touch just as any ordinary metal.[11] The T-1000, having the ability to be liquid or solid, can enhance its speed and its strength, especially when in its natural state.

Equipped with emotional subroutines, T-1000 series are able to disguise full range of human emotions[12]. They can quickly fit themselves into their new identity. (As T-1000 and Karyn Stern (T-1000) already shown)  Some rogue T-1000s can easily bend themselves into human society, replacing a human's life with little suspicion, or even aiding resistance against Skynet. (Like what Catherine Weaver and Liz Anderson do.)

Due to its special design, after living with humans for a period of time, they may aware that human lives are worth-saving. They may get along with family and friends of the infiltrated human, like what T-1001 does to Catherine Weaver's daughter Savannah. Some of them will never drop their disguise in fear of being terminated by humans, until humans one day or never find out. At this point, infiltration becomes fully replacement.

Additional function

The T-1001[13] and T-XA are able to separate parts of its body to act as independent units. In addition, a T-XA is able to control humans by injecting their nervous system with small amounts of itself. The T-1000 is able to use a small part of its body as a tracking device.[9]

T-1000 units can also deploy a small drip of mimetic polyalloy from their bodies to reactivate machines. The T-1000 was able to reactivate the damaged T-800 with a single drop of its mimetic polyalloy so it could assist him in combat by attacking Kyle Reese.[9]

The T-1000 also has the ability to use its hands to "scan" for genetic and psychological information, including DNA, an ability it may have in common with the T-X.[citation needed]

Durability

  • Owing to its amorphous nature, the T-1000 is ironically more susceptible to ballistic force than the less advanced T-800 which can "tank" through small arms fire with little difficulty, if any at all.  Several times after being shot, the impact was sufficient to not only damage it, but knock it back and even briefly incapacitate it before its self-repair capabilities were able to restore it. In fact, it was also nearly sliced in half when the T-800 impaled it with a metal rebar during the fight in the steel mill.
  • In Terminator 2, the T-1000 was assaulted by the reprogrammed T-800, the latter of which used a shotgun to deter it from killing John Connor. It swiftly reformed and attempted to shoot the human dead, but the T-800's lightning reflexes allowed it to block the bullets it fired. The barrage it fired only killed an innocent mall worker.
  • In the ensuing duel, the T-1000 and the T-800 both get knocked around, even smashing into and through walls. The T-1000 gained the upper hand and disabled the T-800 by throwing it through a plate glass window.*John Connor attempted to deter the T-1000 by driving underneath a bridge that the truck, commandeered by the android, could not pass for it was too low. This barely had any effect.
  • The T-1000 was then caught in an explosion when its vehicle careened into a second bridge that was even lower than the first. Aside from damaging its camouflage ability, it remains unknown what damage exactly the unit suffered from.*The T-1000 was then caught in a second shootout, during which the T-800's shotgun blasts caught it in the face at point-blank range in a mental institute. Though its head split fully apart, it remained unfazed, and, reforming, pursued the protagonists once more. However, it was deterred from a combined barrage of Sarah Connor's .45 ACP rounds and the T-800's 12-gauge shells.
  • As it attempted to kill John Connor, the T-1000 was stopped by the T-800 with yet another shotgun blast. This ripped off part of its arm, but the unit was again unaffected. It later recovered by reconstituting itself using the part that John hurled to the road.*The T-1000 was then hindered by the explosion of its commandeered helicopter, but again suffered little visible damage.
  • The T-800 used a grenade launcher to attempt to stop the T-1000, but failed. It then grabbed an assault rifle, clambered onto the truck which the T-1000 had stolen and fired a magazine of rounds into its face and body. Once again, the unit was damaged and it reformed. However, this distraction was enough for the T-800 to then seize control of the vehicle and bring it down on its side. The tank which the T-1000 was hauling behind the main vehicle ruptured when it hit a steel pillar and while the T-800 was only slightly damaged, the T-1000 became frozen as it waded through the liquid nitrogen. It then became immobile.
  • It is possible the T-1000 may have been stopped following the above attack, but the T-800 then fired a gun at it, shattering the frozen cyborg. The heat from the environment caused the pieces to thaw, and though it suffered from glitches, it remained resolute in its mission to kill the Connors as it reformed itself.
  • Engaging the T-1000 in a close-quarters fight, the T-800 was proven to be significantly inferior as the more-advanced machine used its liquid metal structure to its advantage. As it gained the upper hand, it shoved the T-800 backward with almost superhuman force, trapping its adversary inside a massive gear machine. It is seen to suffer from glitches at this point.*As the T-1000 closed in on Sarah Connor, Sarah attempted to slow it down with a few shotgun blasts. The cyborg absorbed a round into its face again, but recovered and almost killed Connor until the T-800, having freed itself, intervened. In the ensuing duel, the T-1000 proved its aggression and superiority again, disabling the T-800 with a metallic rebar that impaled it through its power cell until the inferior cyborg could use the surrounding heat to activate its secondary power system.
  • The T-1000 then confronted Sarah again - this time, she drove it to the edge of a platform and almost destroyed it, had she not run out of shotgun shells, because unlike the previous times it was attacked, this time Sarah gave it no time to recover by firing consecutive shot after shot.
  • At the climax of this fight, the T-800 by this time had acquired a secondary power source. It used a giant gear to ride up to the Connors and, as the T-1000 attempted to kill the humans, fired its M-79 grenade launcher at the T-1000. Being a liquid structure unlike the solid T-800, it was blown apart and lost its balance. It fell into the molten liquid vat behind and below it; despite valiantly attempting to reform itself, it was ultimately denatured by the extreme heat. As it "died", it frantically recalled the other people it had imitated, finally taking on a blank human form and melting into the liquefied steel.
  • In Terminator Genisys, the T-1000 was shot several times by Kyle Reese and Detective O'Brien with a .38 special revolver, and run down by Sarah with a truck. Neither did any permanent damage.
  • Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese shoot the T-1000 multiple times with an M16 and a 12-gauge shotgun as it pursues them while riding the hood of a police car. The bullets pass through the T-1000's liquid metal form with little to no detrimental effect, but at point blank range a dead-center shotgun blast is able to knock it backwards.
  • The T-1000 turned his arms into blades and grabbed onto the back of the truck only for Sarah and Kyle to shoot at the blades to make it fall onto the hood of its police car. Kyle then fired a grenade launcher at the car detonating its fuel tank, destroying it. Whatever damage the T-1000 sustained remains unknowns.
  • When the T-1000 breaks into their factory hideout, Sarah and later Kyle shoot it with several bursts from an M16. Again, the gunfire passes through the T-1000's liquid metal without staggering it noticeably.*The mimetic polyalloy of the T-1000 was shown to be extremely vulnerable to acid compared to the more resistant endoskeleton of the T-800 as when Sarah shot at containers of hydrochloric acid on the ceiling, causing it to rain on the T-1000, its mimetic polyalloy immediately started to dissolve. The T-1000 managed to get out, but the Guardian forced it back under and held it there, losing only part of the sleeve of his jacket and the skin over his hand, while the T-1000 was completely annihilated.
  • The T-1000s that have been encountered in combat were notoriously difficult to destroy, even feared indestructible by some Resistance members. This highly-resilient battle unit was able to withstand a wide variety of temperatures ranging up to at least 300 degrees Celsius.[citation needed]

Weaknesses

See also: Mimetic polyalloy

Extreme temperatures

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T-1000

Being amorphous in nature, the T-1000 is highly susceptible to extreme temperatures: in fact, extreme cold such as being immersed in liquid nitrogen can solidify and immobilize it until it thaws out, while the opposite temperature, intense heat, such as being immersed in liquid steel of a sufficient temperature can critically damage it; the latter can even destroy the unit outright if sustained exposure could be achieved.

Extremely low temperatures of -196 degrees Celsius (such as those produced by liquid nitrogen) could freeze a T-1000. Shattering a frozen T-1000 will cause it to suffer from glitches as its self-preservation protocols kick in to compensate for critical damage, but will be insufficient to destroy it.

Upon contacting flame, the impersonation or camouflage can be temporarily disabled, possibly due to the intense heat.[14][15]

If the T-1000 was caught in an explosion, the unit would be liquefied for a brief amount of time.

Temperatures in excess of 1535 degrees Celsius, such as those required to smelt iron, could physically alter the bonding of the mimetic polyalloy and corrode the elements of the alloy, physically altering its molecular structure, which in turn permanently renders it inoperative.


Corrosive reagent

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The T-1000 being destroyed by acid.

Corrosive substances,[16][9] such as extremely concentrated hydrochloric acid were also known to damage T-1000s and could even destroy the units if prolonged exposure could be achieved. Being made of liquid as opposed to the solid T-800, the T-1000 was also weaker than its predecessor.

The Resistance also hypothesized that when it hardened its structure to make weapons or enter combat, the T-1000's molecular structure became brittle. This then made it vulnerable to a concussive shock wave.


Plasma

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The T-1002's structure is destroyed by the T-X.

The T-1000 battle unit T-1002 was unable to withstand a direct hit from the plasma cannon of the T-X. [17] This may be due to the advanced nature of the plasma used in the T-X's weapon, as T-1000s are capable of withstanding phased plasma attacks without permanent damage.[citation needed]


Firepower

Immersive saturation attack and suppressive firepower, such as that from a machine gun, is able to keep a T-1000 from reforming [18] or even reduce it into a vat of pollyalloy pool.[19]

Ballistic momentum

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The T-1000 after being shot with a grenade.

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Sarah Connor drives the T-1000 to the edge of a platform with a barrage of shotgun blasts

For all its advanced technology compared to a T-800, the T-1000 is in fact weaker than its predecessor with regard to damage sustained from firearms, whether bullet-firing or explosive-discharging. This is due to its construction of liquid metal, rendering it relatively soft compared to an endoskeleton-based Terminator, such as a T-800 or T-850 which is composed of solid materials. It can therefore be said that the T-1000 possesses less shock-absorbing abilities to counter the momentum of a bullet, as ballistic penetration can hydro-statically traumatise the unit for a few seconds. Slow rate-of-fire, heavy-hitting but accurate rounds such as an anti-tank .50 BMG, .45 ACP, .38 special, .357 magnum and point-blank 12 gauge shotgun blasts appear to be the most effective at hindering the T-1000; conversely light, very rapid-firing high-penetration rounds such as 5.56X45 mm from an automatic M16 quickly pass straight through the T-1000's liquid metal body with minimum effect, if any damage is even sustained.[9]

In a close range explosion, a T-1000's head can be blown apart. This can also happen if it gets shot by a shotgun at point-blank range. [20][21] In addition, a T-1000 also has difficulty keeping its weight balance if its shape is heavily deformed, such as getting shot in the head with a shotgun, or if its torso absorbs a grenade and then explodes. In such cases, the T-1000 will be temporarily disabled.

Energy consumption

The T-1000 consumes a lot of energy whenever it changes outside of its natural state.[3]

The T-1000 can also last a long time while infiltrating. A T-1000 sent back in 1973 remained active until its termination in 1984. During its battle in 1984, it showed no signs of aging or glitches, unlike the T-800 sent back in 1973 which developed glitches due to aging.[9]

Construction

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The machine used to "mold" and create a T-1000.(Allegedly)

The T-1000 Terminator was constructed deep within Skynet's main complex. Within a large heavily guarded room, the mimetic polyalloy was poured into a massive machine press that fills floor to ceiling. Feeder pipes emerging from the walls and centering on the press like a hub poured the mimetic polyalloy between two 20-ton plates. These plates were then hydraulically pressed together and met, forming the indentation of a man. The mimetic polyalloy then filled this indentation and solidified, setting its default molecular structure.[3]

The T-1000 was constructed using a new technology developed by Skynet. Each molecule of the T-1000 was a primitive miniaturized version of the total machine. Every molecule had the blueprints programmed into them for all the necessary parts required for construction of the whole T-1000. [3]

Variants

T-1001

See also: T-1001Beyond the capabilities of the standard T-1000, the T-1001 could morph into a roughly slug/snake-like silver metallic form capable of moving at high speeds through air vents, performing high jumps, and swimming by propelling itself through water.[22]

Rather than automatically seeking out the primary mass, the detached parts of the T-1001 could operate independently, demonstrated by Weaver keeping a part of herself separate in the form of a pet eel.[10] This element was kept separate as a security key required for operation of the T-1001's time displacement equipment.[23]

The T-1001 was extremely adept at terminating multiple fleeing targets with deadly efficiency. It chased down a dozen employees in a secret warehouse, extending blades to at least 10ft to impale the escaping workers. The T-1001 could extend a blade and retract it again with amazing speed, suggesting a remarkable level of control over the structure of its design.[24]

At least one unit possessed more advanced interpersonal skills than other Terminator units.

T-1002

See also: T-1002The T-1002 Terminator is able to develop stabbing weapons all across its body, even transform into a weapon of its body size, which shows that it has greater control over the structure of its design then its predecessor.[17]

T-1000000

Main article: T-1000000

T-XA

Main article: T-XA

Known units

See also: List of T-1000 Terminators

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Notes

  • It's worth noting that the T-1000 Terminator is cool to touch as mentioned in the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles episode "Desert Cantos" and The T2 RPG Sourcebook. What's interesting is that the machine is cool to the touch even when it's active — which may suggest either its power source is well heat-proofed, or its power source and general activity may not be generating any heat.
    • Because of which, as mentioned in The T2 RPG Sourcebook, T-1000 series avoid body contacts with humans unless T-1000s impersonate and/or kill them.
  • It is explained in the novelization of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the text commentary from Terminator 2: Judgment Day DVD Extreme Edition, the T-1000 is wrapped in a cocoon made of living tissue that will allow an inorganic such as the T-1000, which is completely made of mimetic polyalloy, to travel via Time Displacement Equipment.
    • However, this would contradict the events shown at the end of "Born to Run".
    • Van Ling, creative supervisor of Terminator 2: Judgment Day suggests that in addition to the living tissue cocoon, another theory is that T-1000 could mimic the field generated by a living organism.
  • It's not rare for T-1000 series to betray Skynet, mostly because of their special designs, and at least two individuals are committed to aiding the Resistance .

Appearances

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References

  1. ↑ Dialogue in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  2. ↑ James Cameron's line "The 800 Series ... the 1000 Series" in commentary of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Terminator 2: Judgment Day novel
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 As seen in several scenes and deleted contents from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  5. ↑ Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
  6. ↑ The T-1000 and the T-X appeared via TDE with a chosen naked, human form model already on file, and adapted/acquired the accessories of the first suitable human it encountered and terminated.
  7. ↑ Hope Of The Future - Terminator 2 omitted scenes - T-1000 hides gun
  8. ↑ Dark Futures
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Terminator Genisys
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Born to Run"
  11. ↑ "Desert Cantos"
  12. ↑ The T2 RPG Sourcebook
  13. ↑ "Born to Run"
  14. ↑ Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  15. ↑ "The Good Wound"
  16. ↑ Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Cybernetic Dawn
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Terminator 3: Eyes of the Rise
  18. ↑ Terminator/RoboCop: Kill Human part 3
  19. ↑ Dark Futures
  20. ↑ Hope Of The Future - Terminator 2 omitted scenes - Salceda's death
  21. ↑ "Lost and Found"
  22. ↑ "Today Is The Day, Part 2"
  23. ↑ The commentary for "Born to Run" from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles season 2 DVD
  24. ↑ "The Good Wound"

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