Character Relationship Map: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Characters

• The Terminator (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) — protagonist

  Cybernetic assassin reprogrammed to protect John Connor, embodying relentless machine efficiency.

• Sarah Connor (played by Linda Hamilton) — supporting

  Fierce survivor and resistance leader fighting to prevent Judgment Day across multiple timelines.

• John Connor (played by Edward Furlong) — supporting

  Future leader of the human resistance against Skynet

• T-1000 (played by Robert Patrick) — supporting

  Liquid metal Terminator sent to kill John Connor in T2.

• Miles Dyson (played by Joe Morton) — supporting

  Cyberdyne Systems engineer whose work inadvertently creates Skynet's foundation.

• Tim (played by Danny Cooksey) — supporting

  John's friend in T2.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• John Connor → T-1000 (Conflict Enemy Of)

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• Sarah Connor → T-1000 (Conflict Enemy Of)

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• John Connor → Tim (Social Friend)

  Tim's character profile identifies him as John's friend in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

• Miles Dyson → T-1000 (Conflict Indirect Adversary)

  Dyson helps destroy Cyberdyne's research, while the T-1000 pursues the surviving group after the laboratory assault.

• John Connor → Miles Dyson (Alliance Mission Ally)

  John joins Dyson, The Terminator, and his mother during the Cyberdyne break-in to destroy the research that could lead to Skynet.

• The Terminator → Miles Dyson (Alliance Strategic Ally)

  The Terminator explains the future consequences of Dyson's work and helps him destroy the Cyberdyne laboratory.

• The Terminator → T-1000 (Conflict Arch Enemy)

  The Terminator intervenes to save John from the T-1000 and later fights it at the steel mill.

• T-1000 → John Connor (Conflict Assassin)

  Skynet sends the T-1000 back in time to kill John Connor when he is a child.

• The Terminator → John Connor (Alliance Protector)

  The resistance sends The Terminator back to protect John Connor, and The Terminator intervenes when the T-1000 attacks him at the shopping mall.

Story Analysis

A threatened future is reshaped through protection, human connection, technological responsibility, and sacrifice.

Plot Progression

1. Machines Across Time
2. Escape From Pescadero
3. A Human Mission
4. Cyberdyne Burns
5. The Last Sacrifice