No, you shouldn't exist. We took out Cyberdyne over ten years ago. We stopped Judgment Day.
Terminator You only postponed it. Judgment Day is inevitable.
2nd most-quoted character in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003): in 10 of its 15 quotes
Most scenes with: John Connor (9)
Scenes with Terminator
10 scenes Terminator Terminator T-X is designed for extreme combat, driven by a plasma reactor and equipped with onboard weapons. Its arsenal includes nanotechnological transjectors.
Meaning...?
Terminator It can control other machines. Its body chassis is heavily armoured and hardened to withstand external attack.
You'll find a way to destroy her.
Terminator Unlikely. I'm an obsolete design. T-X is faster, more powerful and more intelligent. It's a far more effective killing machine.
Oh, great. That's great.
Terminator My presence in this timeline has been anticipated. T-X is designed to terminate other cybernetic organisms.
So she's an Anti-Terminator... Terminator? You've gotta be shitting me.
Terminator No, I am not shitting you.
Just leave me here. I'm not the one you want. You're wasting your time.
Terminator Incorrect. John Connor leads the resistance to victory.
How? Why? Why me?
Terminator You are John Connor.
Christ! My mom fed me that bullshit since the cradle! Look at me! I'm no leader! I never was! I'm never gonna... [is choked by Terminator] Let go!
Terminator You're right. You're not the one I want. I'm wasting my time.
**** you! You **** machine!
Terminator [releases John]
Better.
You were just dicking with me?!
Terminator Anger is more useful than despair.
What?!
Terminator Basic psychology is among my sub-routines.
[The Terminator gives a long and complicated explanation of John's death]
What? What do you mean?
Terminator I killed you.
[John is left stunned by the revelation]
[John asks the Terminator about the revelation that Kate is actually his future wife]
Are you sure about this... me and her?
Terminator Your confusion is not rational. She is a healthy female of breeding age.
Well, I think there's a little more to it than that...
Terminator My database does not encompass the dynamics of human pair bonding.
Terminator Get away from me! Leave... now!
Kate
[From plane]
Let's go, John! [John hops into plane while Kate runs startup checklist] The master's on. Throttle's set.
C'mon, let's go! [Terminator yanks door open, grabs John, and throws him across the room. Terminator comes after him] Please, you can't do this!
Terminator I have no choice. The...T-X...has cor...corrupted my system.
You can't kill a human being. You said so yourself!
Kate
[jumps on Terminator's back]
Let him go! [Terminator throws her off]
You're fighting it right now!
Terminator My CPU is intact. But I cannot control...my other functions.
You don't have to do this. You don't want to do this!!!
Terminator Desire is irrelevant. I am a machine! [Grabs John and throws him against a car. Comes up and takes John by the throat]
What is your mission?!
Terminator To ensure the survival of John Connor and Katherine Brewster. [Raises fist]
You are about to fail that mission!
Terminator I can... I cannot.
You know what you have to do! You know my destiny! I have to live!
Terminator Katherine Brewster, have you sustained injury?
Brewster
Drop dead, you asshole!
Terminator Am unable to comply.
All right, get off at the next exit, let her out.
Terminator Negative. Katherine Brewster must be protected.
I thought I was the one they were after.
Terminator You could not be located. So a T-X was sent back through time to eliminate your lieutenants.
So... she's gonna be in the resistance? If... oh, no. No, you shouldn't exist! We took out Cyberdyne over ten years ago. We stopped Judgment Day.
Terminator You only postponed it. Judgment Day is inevitable.
[the Terminator gives a long and complicated explanation of John's death]
What? What are you saying?
Terminator [looks back at him]
I killed you.
[John is left stunned by the revelation]
[John, Kate and the Terminator rescue an already wounded Lt Gen Brewster]
We have to shut down SkyNet. Where's the system core? Somewhere in this building?
Lt Gen Robert Brewster
SkyNet. The virus has infected SkyNet.
SkyNet is the virus. It's the reason everything's falling apart!
Terminator SkyNet has become self-aware. In one hour, it will initiate a massive nuclear attack on it's enemy.
Brewster
What enemy?
Us. HUMANS!!
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