T-X (character)

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The T-X

Portrayed by:	Kristanna Loken
Appearances
Franchise(s):	Films
First Appearance:	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Last Appearance:	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Details
Alias:	None
Gender Program:	Female (predominately)
Status:	Destroyed
Series:	T-X
Model:	Lisa Weinbaum*
Features:	-Mimetic polyalloy -Onboard weaponry -Nanite Injectors
Occupation:	Assassin/Genesis Overseer
Relationships:	John Connor (target priority) Kate Brewster (target priority)
Affiliations:	Skynet
*According to T2: Infiltrator

Target Roster

The T-X.

T-X trying to escape the T-850's hydrogen fuel cell

This T-X, or Terminatrix, the most advanced Terminator unit so far, was sent back in time to year 2003. Its primary mission was to terminate John Connor. Since he lived off the grid, the Terminatrix focused instead on terminating other future leaders of the human resistance. It was the final of three Infiltrators sent back on assassination missions by Skynet.

The Terminatrix posed as a woman and had built-in weapons such as a plasma rifle and flame thrower. It was designed to take out other terminators, having the ability to splice into complex machinery. It is equipped with an endoskeleton like other terminators, but the outside was covered in mimetic polyalloy, enabling it to change shape and reveal the onboard advanced weapons it could now bring along via time displacement equipment.

History

The Terminatrix arrived in July 24, 2004, in a clothes shop with mannequins, melting them and a glass frame on arrival. It then walked out of the shop, approaching a confused woman, admiring her car before killing her and taking her belongings. The Terminatrix then went on to killing any of John Connor's future lieutenants, including Kate Brewster and her father Robert Brewster. However, when she coincidentally found Connor, who had been formerly untraceable due to "living off the grid", she made him her priority target.

At Cyber Research Systems, the Terminatrix injected nanobots into the T-1 drones to have them protect Skynet the moment it got control of the entire U.S. defense grid. It then killed Robert before going after John and Kate. They managed to trap her in a particle accelerator before going to Crystal Peak, where they were told Skynet's central core was located. The Terminatrix broke free of the accelerator and followed them, losing most of its polyalloy skin and half its lower body in the process. She grabbed John, determined to complete her mission but a T-850 unit sent by Kate from the future destroyed them both with its remaining hydrogen fuel cell.

Mission

Priority targets of termination:^[1]

Default mission:
- Preserve creation of Skynet.

The novelization and the movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines revealed that in addition to the list above, the T-X was also looking for Katherine Brewster. The T-850 sent to protect John Connor and Katherine Brewster stated that the T-X also had a mission to terminate Robert Brewster and that a total of 22 humans (beside John Connor and Katherine Brewster) were targeted for termination.

Behind the scenes

The T-X was portrayed by Kristanna Loken.
The T-X character was based largely upon the I-950 Serena Burns from the T2: Infiltrator novel.
Kristanna Loken put on 15 pounds of muscle to fit her role of the T-X.
Kristanna Loken took a mime class to prepare for her part. Because her character had so few lines, she had to learn to communicate through facial expressions and body gestures.

T-X vs T-1002

In the comic accompanied by the film, Terminator: Rise of the Machines, the T-X was battle-tested by Skynet against several other terminators and by Skynet itself. The T-1002 could make cutting weapons but the T-X had them built in to her right arm. In T3, the T-850 (an upgraded version of the original Terminator) said he was an obsolete design. According to the comic, the T-X in T3 was the only one built and assigned to kill John Connor, Katherine Brewster and Connor's eventual lieutenants. Unlike the T-1002, the T-X had nano-technological powers allowing her to control other machines, basically upgrading their CPUs, by using a tool from her finger on her right arm. Like the T-1002, the T-X could imitate other lifeforms and even change her appearance.

Personality

The T-X appears to possess a limited emotional range, which it exhibits even when it is by itself (as opposed to displaying emotion to ingratiate itself with humans). This can be seen during the crane chase when it exhibits frustration and also performs a surprised double take upon realizing the T-850 is still in pursuit. And it appears to exhibit a fear response just before the T-850 finally terminates it with one of his hydrogen cores and manages to reform part of its human face with its remaining mimetic pollalloy to make an angry face while trying to escape. Also, early in the film when it identifies blood as belonging to "primary target" John Connor, the T-X appears to react with an expression akin to a gasp of excitement.

The T-X is also the only machine to make feral growling noises when angered or frustrated.

Terminations

Successful Terminations

Rich Woman: The unfortunate woman happened upon the T-X's displacement.

Method: The T-X possibly (not explicitly shown) choked her and/or broke her neck while stealing her clothes.

Cop-Westside Street: Pulled over the T-X while she was driving recklessly in a Lexus.

Method: Not shown. He was apparently killed and his service pistol taken by the T-X.

Jose Barrera: Jose Barerra, unaware that the T-X was trying to kill him, instead assumed that she was a customer for fast food.

Method: He was shot multiple times.

William Anderson: He was unaware that the T-X came to his house and thought it was his mom.

Method: William was pushed down to the floor and was shot multiple times.

Elizabeth Anderson: She was also unaware when she was upstairs playing a video game.

Method: She was shot multiple times while playing a video game.

Betsy: She was waiting in the vet lobby busy worrying about her cat.

Method: She got gunned down by the T-X to see if she was Kate Brewster.

Scott: Scott thought that the T-X was Kate Brewster.

Method: Not explicitly shown, likely used a blade or a chainsaw and is impersonated by the T-X.

Military Officer #1: Unaware that the T-X impersonated Scott.

Method: Punched through the chest while driving.

Military Officer #2: See Military Officer#1

Method: He was punched at the head during giving out information.

Robert Brewster: Robert Brewster was unaware of "Kate Brewster" which was T-X.

Method: He was shot multiple times but apparently he survived until the Skynet plane blasted a rocket at his office.

Appearances

References

↑ The HUD interface of the T-X. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

[0] The HUD interface of the T-X. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

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