T-1000 played Kyle Reese in "The Terminator", in the role with the explanation that Skynet managed to acquire Reese's DNA and use it for a new Terminator. Cameron ultimately dropped this idea after deciding the audience would find it too confusing: eventually casting came down to Robert Patrick, as a deliberate contrast to the original Terminator - Cameron stated "I wanted to find someone who would be a good contrast to Arnold. If the 800 series is a kind of human Panzer tank, then the 1000 series had to be a Porsche." For a more machine-like performance, Patrick had to learn
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The film is referenced multiple times in a variety of animated series, such as "The Simpsons", including episodes "Homer Loves Flanders" (1994), "Treehouse of Horror VI" (1995), "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" (1995), and "Day of the Jackanapes" (2001). The film is also parodied in "Family Guy" and "American Dad!". In the 2014 film "The Lego Movie", Wyldstyle says to Emmet, "Come with me if you wanna not die." A trailer for "WWE 2K16" reenacts the bar scene with Schwarzenegger interacting with various wrestlers. "Terminator 2" was followed by "" (2003), "Terminator Salvation" (2009) and "Terminator