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'''''Terminator''''' is a science fiction franchise which tells the story of a human resistance against machines that have taken over the world. The franchise has spawned several movies; a television series; and numerous other media such as comics, graphic novels, books and video games.

'''"Terminator"''' is also a term for the humanoid robot characters which appear throughout the series; most notably, for the characters played by [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]. The franchise and its characters have been referenced and parodied several times on ''[[The Simpsons]]''.

== References ==
=== Episodes ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Principal Charming - Terminator reference.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 2|2]]}}
{{TB|27}}
{{TB|"[[Principal Charming]]"}}
{{TB|When [[Marge]] asks [[Homer]] to help find a husband for [[Selma]], Homer evaluates the single men he knows. As he does so, facts about the men appear on-screen, similar to the Terminator's heads-up display.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Marge says Get Out.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 3|3]]}}
{{TB|50}}
{{TB|"[[Homer Alone]]"}}
{{TB|A morning of the family being increasingly demanding (and stressing out [[Marge]]) gets even worse when [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] miss the bus and Marge has to take them to school. The kids keep bickering all through the drive. When they arrive at school, Marge glares at them and tells them to "GET! OUT!", in a manner reminiscent of the Terminator in the first movie and of the {{w|T-1000}} in ''{{w|Terminator 2: Judgment Day|Terminator 2}}''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Hastalavista-Abey.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 4|4]]}}
{{TB|74}}
{{TB|"[[I Love Lisa]]"}}
{{TB|During the Presidents' Day Pageant at [[Springfield Elementary School]], [[Bart]] plays the role of [[John Wilkes Booth]] assassinating [[Abraham Lincoln]] (played by [[Milhouse]]). Bart plays the part as the Terminator, however, and as he shoots, he says, "Hasta la vista, Abey", referencing one of the Terminator's catchphrases.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Terminator Video Game.png|175px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 5|5]]|2}}
{{TB|89}}
{{TB|"[[Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood]]"}}
{{TB|A ''Terminator'' video game is seen at the [[Noiseland Video Arcade]].}}
{{TBT|[[File:Homer Hedge Morph.png|200px]]<br>[[File:Homer Chasing Ned's Car.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|97}}
{{TB|"[[Homer Loves Flanders]]"}}
{{TB|When [[Homer]] visits [[Ned]], he morphs through the hedge, similar to the T-1000 morphing its way through the locked gate in the mental hospital scene of ''Terminator 2''. Ned then quickly loads his family into his car and drives away. However, Homer pursues, catches up, and uses two golf clubs to latch onto the back of the car, also similar to the T-1000. Finally, the music playing as Ned gets away from Homer is similar to the music from the movie's chase scenes.}}
{{TBT|[[File:ISRobotScan-Scratchy.png|200px]]<br>[[File:ISRobotScan-Humans.png|200px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 6|6]]|3}}
{{TB|107}}
{{TB|"[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]"}}
{{TB|As the [[Itchy & Scratchy robots]] look at park visitors and each other, information about what they see appears on a display, similar to the Terminator.}}
{{TBT|[[File:NedVideo-THOH5.jpg|250px]]}}
{{TB|109}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror V]]"}}
{{TB|During the "Time and Punishment" segment, when [[Ned Flanders]] addresses everyone via video, the screen rises up from the kitchen floor, similar to the T-1000's appearance in the mental hospital scene of ''Terminator 2''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Santa's Little Helper Car Escape.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|123}}
{{TB|"[[Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]]"}}
{{TB|[[Santa's Little Helper]]'s escape from the family car (as well as the scene's music) parody the T-1000 from ''Terminator 2''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Willie Nightmare Morph 1 - Tractor.jpg|125px]][[File:Willie Nightmare Morph 2 - Elephant.jpg|125px]]<br>[[File:Willie Nightmare Morph 3 - Tank.jpg|125px]][[File:Willie Nightmare Morph 4 - Rocket.jpg|125px]]<br>[[File:Willie Nightmare Morph 5 - Self.jpg|125px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 7|7]]|2}}
{{TB|134}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
{{TB|In the "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" segment, [[Groundskeeper Willie]] morphs into several objects in quick succession as he sinks into the sand, similar to the T-1000's death scene in ''Terminator 2''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Richard Simmons Robot Shot.jpg|250px]]}}
{{TB|138}}
{{TB|"[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]"}}
{{TB|In an outtake from "[[Burns' Heir]]", [[Homer]] tries to persuade [[Bart]] to return home and [[Mr. Burns]] sics the [[Robotic Richard Simmons]] on him. The robot frightens Homer away, but then turns on Burns, [[Smithers]] and Bart. Smithers shoots the robot in the head with a shotgun, inflicting a huge wound that quickly "heals", similar to the T-1000 in the steel mill scene of ''Terminator 2''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Terminizor Script Page.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 10|10]]}}
{{TB|208}}
{{TB|"[[When You Dish Upon a Star]]"}}
{{TB|[[Homer]] tries unsuccessfully to pitch a movie script he has written, titled ''[[The Terminizor: An Erotic Thriller]]''. The movie is about "a killer robot driving instructor who goes back in time for some reason".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Funzo on fire.jpg|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 11|11]]}}
{{TB|235}}
{{TB|"[[Grift of the Magi]]"}}
{{TB|[[Homer]], [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] gather up all the [[Funzo]] toys in town and throw them into the [[Springfield Tire Fire]]. Shortly after that, one of the Funzos rises up from the flames and tries to attack the family, similar to the Terminator at the end of the first movie.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Network Execs Liquid Metal.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 12|12]]}}
{{TB|261}}
{{TB|"[[Day of the Jackanapes]]"}}
{{TB|After [[Mr. Teeny]] blows up the network executives, the execs re-form into pools of liquid metal which come together and form human shapes, similar to the T-1000 in ''Terminator 2''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot - Terminator Reference.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 15|15]]}}
{{TB|322}}
{{TB|"[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]"}}
{{TB|One of [[Killhammad Aieee]]'s previous opponents (in a video that [[Bart]] and [[Homer]] watch) resembles a Terminator endoskeleton.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Marge-bot.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 16|16]]}}
{{TB|352}}
{{TB|"[[The Heartbroke Kid]]"}}
{{TB|[[Homer]] has a brief fantasy about a robotic [[Marge]]. The "[[Marge-bot]]", as he calls her, looks like the Terminator, and when Homer tells her he's "ready for some lovin'", she quickly opens fire on him with a machine gun.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Mary Poppins-Terminator.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 21|21]]}}
{{TB|461}}
{{TB|"[[To Surveil With Love]]"}}
{{TB|During the video where [[Nigel Bakerbutcher]] shows the surveillance network he previously set up in [[London]], [[Mary Poppins]] is seen floating down to the ground. After she lands, however, she sheds her human disguise and reveals herself to really be a camera-equipped robot endoskeleton that resembles the Terminator.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Robot.PNG|200px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 23|23]]|2}}
{{TB|487}}
{{TB|"[[The Falcon and the D'ohman]]"}}
{{TB|When [[Wayne Slater]] mentions having flashbacks to a nightmarish past, [[Homer]] says he has flash-forwards to a nightmarish future. In the Homer-envisioned future, his and several other people's jobs have been taken by a [[Robot]] which resembles a Terminator endoskeleton and carries a minigun-sized raygun, similar to the Terminator who invades the humans' underground hideout in the future in ''The Terminator''. Homer complains about the situation, and when the robot takes aim at him, Homer quickly blames other people, whom the robot blasts with the gun, disintegrating them.}}
{{TBT|[[File:The Daughter Also Rises Terminator.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|499}}
{{TB|"[[The Daughter Also Rises]]"}}
{{TB|The stuffed bear that is shot out of a cannon on ''[[MythCrackers]]'' has the fur come off, revealing a robot skeleton that resembles the Terminator's.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Gorgeous Grampa - Terminator Reference.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 24|24]]}}
{{TB|522}}
{{TB|"[[Gorgeous Grampa]]"}}
{{TB|When [[Mr. Burns]] sings "[[High to Be Loathed]]", he mentions "Terminators 1, 2 and 3" (referring respectively to the Terminator, the T-1000 and the {{w|T-X}}) and casts their shadows, along with many other famous villain characters.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Homer Terminator.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 25|25]]|2}}
{{TB|548}}
{{TB|"[[Days of Future Future]]"}}
{{TB|After [[Bart's older son|Bart's]] [[Bart's younger son|kids]] set fire to Homer's robot body, he resembles a Terminator skeleton from ''Terminator''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Brick Like Me - Terminator Gym Teachers.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|550}}
{{TB|"[[Brick Like Me]]"}}
{{TB|When Lego [[Bart]] rebuilds [[Springfield Elementary School]] to suit his own taste, among the features he adds are Terminator gym teachers.}}
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=== Books ===
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{{TBT|[[File:No image.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|''[[Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture]]''}}
{{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]] cites the [[T800 Terminator]]'s "I'll be back" line as one of the greatest quotes of all time.}}
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=== Games ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Donkey Kong Terminator reference.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Game]]''}}
{{TB|At the end of ''[[Enter the Cheatrix]]'', [[Donkey Kong]] is knocked into green goo. As he sinks, he sticks an arm up out of the goo and gives a thumbs-up sign, similar to the Terminator's death scene in ''Terminator 2''.}}
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== External links ==
*{{wikipedialink|Terminator (franchise)}}
*{{wikipedialink|Terminator (character concept)}}

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