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John Connor
Terminator films and Sarah Connor Chronicles character
200px Nick Stahl as John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
First appearance	Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Created by	James Cameron
Portrayed by	Edward Furlong Nick Stahl Thomas Dekker
Information
Aliases	John Reese, John Baum
Gender	Male
Date of birth	February 28, 1985
Spouse(s)	Kate Brewster (T3 future)
Children	Daughter (T2 alternate future)
Relatives	Sarah Connor (mother) Kyle Reese (father), Derek Reese (paternal uncle)

John Connor is a fictional character appearing in the American science fiction Terminator franchise. Created by writer and director James Cameron, the character is first referred to in the 1984 film The Terminator and first appears portrayed by teenage actor Edward Furlong in its 1991 sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The character is subsequently portrayed by 23-year-old Nick Stahl in the 2003 film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and by 19-year-old Thomas Dekker in the 2007 television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. British actor Christian Bale will portray Connor in the upcoming fourth installment of the film series, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.^[1]

In the narrative of his fictional universe, John Connor is a messianic figure who will lead a band of resistance fighters to defeat an empire of robotic "terminators" amassed by the rogue military supercomputer "Skynet". His mother Sarah Connor became the target of a Terminator unit in the first film The Terminator; John sent resistance fighter Kyle Reese to protect her, knowing Kyle and Sarah would later concieve John himself. As the series' central plot heavily involves the concept of time travel, the story of the character is often non-linear and portrays many possible outcomes, for example The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Terminator 3 both continue from the ending of Terminator 2 but are depicted as taking place in alternate timelines.^[2][3]

Contents 1 Appearances 1.1 Films 1.2 T2 3-D: Battle Across Time 1.3 Television 1.4 Literature 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Films

Although never seen onscreen, John Connor plays a crucial role in the story of The Terminator as the savior of the human race in a future ruled by the supercomputer known as Skynet. When Skynet realises that John's termination would end the opposition, it uses a time machine to send a cyborg assassin, a T-800 Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), to the year 1984 to end his existence before his birth by killing his mother, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). In response to this, John sends his close friend and soldier Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) back in time as well to protect his mother. Reese shares a night of intimacy with Sarah and unknowingly fathers John, before being killed by the Terminator, and Sarah is shown visibly pregnant in the film's epilogue.

John Connor appears onscreen for the first time in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, both as a child (Edward Furlong) in the present day and more briefly as an adult (Michael Edwards) in the future. Skynet makes its second assassination attempt by sending the advanced T-1000 Terminator (Robert Patrick) back in time; adult John responds once again by sending a protector for his ten-year-old self, this time a captured and re-programmed T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger). At age ten, John is a juvenile delingquent living with foster parents who believes that his so-called destiny as mankind's savior is merely a delusion on his mother's part. When confronted with both Terminators, he is forced to accept that everything Sarah told him is true. While hiding from the T-1000, John bonds with the T-800 as he teaches him about humanity and emotions. Sarah, despite her intial reservations about trusting the machine, acknowledges the Terminator as a paternal figure to John, claiming, "Of all the would-be fathers who came and went over the years, this thing, this machine, was the only one who measured up." After destroying Cyberdyne Systems, the company who created Skynet in the future, as well as the T-1000, the Terminator asks that it be destroyed also so that its technology would not be discovered and used by others.

[edit] T2 3-D: Battle Across Time

In T2 3-D: Battle Across Time, the T-800 (Schwarzeneggar) rescues John (Furlong) from the T-100 (Fitzpatrick) and they ride through a time portal into the future. They destroy Skynet's main frame after defeating its guard, a giant liquid metal spider-like Terminator (series one million).

[edit] Television

Premiering in 2007, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles brought a new portrayal of the character to television screens. Now portrayed by Thomas Dekker, John Connor is a 15-year-old fugitive alongside his mother, Sarah (Lena Headey), loosely following the events of T2. In an intentional move to break away from the continuity established by Terminator 3, series creator Josh Friedman chose to set the series in an alternate timeline from that of the third film.^[2]

The television series' first season (2007-2008) depicts John Connor living under the alias of John Reese when a new Terminator from the future, a T-888 model named Cromartie (Owain Yeoman) attacks John at school. It is then the character meets the mysterious "Cameron" (Summer Glau), an unknown model Terminator sent back in time by John's future self to be his bodyguard. In an attempt to escape Cromartie, and to prevent Sarah Connor from dying of lukemia in 2005 as history records, Cameron takes John and his mother to 2007 where they - Sarah, John and Cameron, can prevent the birth of Skynet. In 2007 however, John still faces the threat of Cromartie (now portrayed by Garret Dillahunt) and other T-888 Terminators. John also comes into contact with his own uncle, Derek Reese (Brian Austin Green), the last survivor of a team of resistance fighters sent back by John to assist his past self in 2007.

[edit] Literature

NOW Comics began a comic book series depicting Connor in the future in 1988, which ended when the company went bankrupt in 1990.^[4][5][6] Dark Horse Comics acquired the rights, and while their series focused on other timetravelling agents of Tech-Com and Skynet, the 1999 series The Dark Years depicted Connor in the present (as another Terminator attempts to kill him and Sarah) and the future (where he discovers Skynet's scheme to brainwash humans).^[7] Previously, the 1992 series End Game showed a universe where Sarah gives birth to Jane Connor, who leads humanity to victory definitively and quickly.^[8]

Malibu Comics published twin series in 1995. One was a sequel to the second film, while the other was a prequel exploring how Connor sent Reese and the T-800 back in time. The conclusions of both series were published in one issue.^[9][10] The 2005 Terminator 2: Infinity comic book series by Dynamite Entertainment (a sequel to the Terminator 3 film) depicts Connor in July 17, 2009, a year after Katherine Brewster's death. He is aided by a future Terminator named Uncle Bob. They create a homing signal to bring together other human survivors, beginning the resistance.^[11]

The novelization of Terminator 2: Judgement Day features a prologue in which the victorious John Connor and his army enter Skynet, and discover the T-1000 already went back in time. Connor selects a Terminator, already covered in flesh, and sends him back in time.^[12] S. M. Stirling wrote three sequels to the film (which had its own continuity) from 2001 to 2004: T2: Infiltrator, T2: Rising Storm and T2: The Future War.

Link regarding various Terminator book series

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Paul730/Sandbox 4 at the Internet Movie Database

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v • d • e The Terminator series Films The Terminator  • 2: Judgement Day  • 3: Rise of the Machines  • Salvation: The Future Begins Other media 3-D: Battle Across Time  • The Sarah Connor Chronicles  • Books  • Comics  • Games Characters "The Terminator" • Kate Brewster • Sarah Connor • John Connor • Miles Dyson • James Ellison • Cameron Phillips • Kyle Reese • Dr. Peter Silberman Terminators T-1 • T-70 • T-101/800/850 • T-888 • T-1000 • T-1000000 • T-X • Cameron Phillips • I-950 Locations Los Angeles • Skynet • Cyberdyne Systems • Crystal Peak • Tech-Com Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger • Linda Hamilton • Michael Biehn • Edward Furlong • Robert Patrick • Nick Stahl • Claire Danes • Kristanna Loken • Earl Boen • Lena Headey • Thomas Dekker • Summer Glau • Christian Bale • Richard T. Jones • Brian Austin Green • Bryce Dallas Howard Crew James Cameron • Jonathan Mostow • Mario Kassar • Andrew G. Vajna • Stan Winston • McG Miscellaneous I'll be back • Terminator argument

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