History Awesome / TheTerminator

* A bit earlier, the heavily injured Reese collapses, and Sarah pleads with him to get back up. When it doesn't work, she switches to barking orders at him like a general. This is the moment when she becomes the woman who could raise the savior of humanity.

---> '''Reese:''' [[BringIt Come on, motherfucker]].

** Also, listen carefully to the sound when the T-800 throws Matt at the door. It kinda sounds like a gunshot, and as the Terminator comes through the door to shoot Ginger, it's already got the AMT Hardballer in its hand, which it then proceeds to shoot Ginger six times with (once in the back as she tries to run, and five more to finish her off). Since the Hardballer has a capacity of seven rounds, and we see the T-800 have to reload after killing Ginger, that would mean the unarmed Matt actually managed to cause the T-800 enough trouble that it had to resort to shooting him so he wouldn't get back up.

* You have to give cred to Ginger's boyfriend, Matt, for trying to fight the T-800 in only his underwear. He never gives up, even though he's [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown predictably getting thrown around the room like a ragdoll until he finally dies]].

---> '''Reese:''' Come on, motherfucker.

* The CarChase afterward also counts. The T-800 jumps OutOfTheInferno onto the hood of the car, punches through the windshield, and is about to kill Sarah when he's flung off by the sudden impact. When the T-800 catches up to them in a stolen cop car, Kyle has Sarah drive by leaning across the seats while he fires. Despite having ''just'' been told everything about the future, she barely hesitates and successfully avoids any crashes.

* The second CarChase is remembered most for its satisfying conclusion, when Kyle shoves a pipe bomb up the exhaust pipe of a gas tanker and causes it to explode, supposedly taking the T-800 with it. Sarah also deserves props for managing to stay ahead of the truck ''on foot'' for about thirty seconds.

* The CarChase afterward also counts. The T-800 jumps OutOfTheInferno onto the hood of the car, punches through the windshield, and is about to kill Sarah when he's flung off by the sudden impact. He manages to catch up with them again after stealing a cop car, only for Kyle to outmaneuver him and send him crashing straight into a wall.

--> '''Reese:''' Come on, motherfucker.

* You have to give cred to Ginger's boyfriend for fighting the T-800 in only his underwear. He never gives up, even though he's [[CurbStompBattle predictably getting thrown around the room like a ragdoll and is eventually killed]].
** The scene is way more awesome than the above makes it sound. Said boyfriend gets thrown through a glass patio door. Does he let that stop him? No. He gets back up and goes back in to fight the T-800, even jumping over the bed to get at it. He gets thrown into a mirror, he gets back up again and tackles the terminator like a football player, and takes it right off its feet. It's only when he's thrown hard enough to break a wooden dresser on impact that he doesn't immediately get back up again.

* The Police Station Massacre is one long SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the T-800. He tells the officer at the front desk [[MemeticMutation "I'll be back,"]] and, true to his word, ''[[CarFu drives a car through the front of the building]]''. He then goes in GunsAkimbo with an ''assault rifle and a shotgun'', gunning down every single cop in his way. That one scene demonstrates just how terrifyingly effective a killing machine the Terminator is.

* Minor example: The boyfriend fighting the T-800 in only his underwear. Even though he got his ass handed to him.
** ''Minor''? Matt is obviously outclassed by his opponent early on, but does that stop him? ''Hell no.''

--> '''Reese:''' Come on Motherfucker.

* The actual second you see Sarah Connor turn from a scared teenager to the mother of the resistance.
-->On your FEET, soldier!