History Characters / TerminatorMainContinuityHumans

* ScullySyndrome: Downplayed example. He personally sees the T-1000 attacking the Connors and the T-800 in ''Terminator 2'' (a moment in which, in short order, the T-1000 goes through a barred door, is shot point-blank in the face with a shotgun and doesn't drops dead, and turns its hands into massive crowbars to pry an elevator door open), and by the time he reappears in ''Rise of the Machines'' to have a talk with Kate, he tries to dismiss that as a form of hallucination (even if he gets a ThousandYardStare when he recalls it), and implies had to see other psychiatrists to help him get over it. He also runs ''the hell'' away from being with her when he sees the T-850.

* LackOfEmpathy: The way he interacts with his patients (most notably, both Sarah and Kyle) has him behaving like a smug rather than having genuine concern for them. Even his interaction with Kate from ''Rise of the Machines'' felt less-than-sincere on his own end (further proven when he ran away immediately after seeing the T-850 on the scene rather than staying right beside her).

* ScullySyndrome: Downplayed example. He personally sees the T-1000 attacking the Connors and the T-800 in ''Terminator 2'' (a moment in which, in short order, the T-1000 goes through a barred door, is shot point-blank in the face with a shotgun and doesn't drops dead, and turns its hands into massive crowbars to pry an elevator door open) and by the time he reappears in ''Rise of the Machines'' he has dismissed that as a hallucination (even if he gets a ThousandYardStare when he recalls it and implies had to see other psychiatrists to help him get over it. He also runs the hell away when he sees the T-800).

* JerkAssHasAPoint: Dr. Silberman while being incredibly mean spirited to both Kyle and Sarah brings up a very good point, there is no direct evidence that the Terminator is anything more than a man and more importantly that Reese isn't just making it up. The Terminator from any angle looks like a normal human, and there isn't any witnesses that can attest to its appearance. While the rules of time travel are laid bare and is in fact real, it is also very inconvenient with it leaving little to no trace of the fact that the Terminator and Kyle come from the future.

* DevilInPlainSight: Even though he's a less-than-intense example for this trope, still, his attitude as a criminal psychologist, especially in front of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} perceivably insane people]] like Sarah, is ''significantly'' unethical when compared to his more sophisticated approach while he's working as such.

* {{Irony}}: His profession is being a ''criminal psychologist'', which is meant to diagnose the behavior of a criminal and (if ever needed) help them lose their insanity through committing any legal crime, yet his approach in doing his job seems to be '''anything but''' rational, intrinsically speaking, and that he himself has apparently '''''lost his own mind''''' after he witnesses both of the Terminators in ''Judgement Day''.

* {{Irony}}: His profession is being a ''criminal psychologist'', which is meant to diagnose the behavior of a criminal and (if ever needed) help them lose their insanity from their committed crimes, yet his approach in doing his job seems to be '''anything but''' rational, intrinsically speaking, and that he himself has apparently '''''lost his own mind''''' after he witnesses both of the Terminators in ''Judgement Day''.

* {{Irony}}: His profession is being a ''criminal psychologist'', which is meant to diagnose and help any criminal lose their insanity, yet his approach in doing his job seems to be '''anything but''' rational, intrinsically speaking, and that he himself has apparently '''''lost his own mind''''' after he witnesses both of the Terminators in ''Judgement Day''.

* {{Irony}}: His profession is being a ''criminal psychologist'', which is meant to diagnose and help any criminal lose their insanity, yet his approach in doing his job seems to be '''anything but''' rational, intrinsically speaking, and that he himself has also '''''lost his own mind''''' after he witnesses both of the Terminators in ''Judgement Day''.

* HeroicBSOD: Whilst "hero" is a stretch, Silberman does believe what he is doing is for Sarah's own good, which makes seeing the T-800 and T-1000 in action all the more horrifying.

* DevilInPlainSight: Even though he's a less-than-intense example for this trope, still, his attitude as a criminal psychologist, especially in front of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} perceivably insane]] people like Sarah, is ''significantly'' unethical when compared to his more sophisticated approach while he's working as such.

* DevilInPlainSight: Even though he's a less-than-intense example for this trope, still, his attitude as a criminal psychologist, especially in front of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} perceivably insane]] people like Sarah, is ''significantly'' unethical when compared to his more sophisticated approach while he's working as such profession.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: A more indirect example. In the first ''Terminator'' movie, Kyle has been aggressively warning to Dr. Silberman about any existence of robotic Terminators from the future. Later in the sequel ''Judgement Day'', the latter gets to witness those two Terminators in the second movie ''by himself'', more so with the T-1000 (as evidenced by a [[JawDrop cigarette drop]]).

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: A more indirect example. In the first ''Terminator'' movie, Kyle has been aggressively warning to Dr. Silberman about any existence of robotic Terminators from the future. Later in the sequel ''Judgement Day'', the latter gets to witness those two Terminators in the second movie himself, more so with the T-1000 (as evidenced by a [[JawDrop cigarette drop]]).

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: A more indirect example. In the first ''Terminator'' movie, Kyle has been aggressively warning to Dr. Silberman about any existence of robotic Terminators from the future. In the sequel ''Judgement Day'', the latter gets to witness those two Terminators in this movie himself, more so with the T-1000 (as evidenced by a [[JawDrop cigarette drop]]).

* BadassNormal: With no clothes on, no proper weapons, and no idea what he's actually up against he still manages to hold out against the Terminator for about as long as Reese did at the end (and the latter at least had the pipe bombs and the metal pipe)

* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. He's very capable and follows the right protocol in protecting Sarah, figuring out she is next on the list, trying to reach her, sending uniformed officers to her home and giving her advice on what to do until police can get to her. While it doesn't end up doing much good, that's only because he's up against a being he and the other cops could have no way of stopping rather than any incompetence on his part.

* NervesOfSteel: Feigns being asleep as the Terminator closes in on him, only to jump out of the way at the last second when it tries to punch his head in.Even taking into account that he had no clue what he was actually dealing with, not freaking out at some creepy asshole entering your room in the middle of the night shows some serious cojones.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: An extreme example. She gets no lines at all, and the only time she appears onscreen is as a corpse. But she's critical to the plot: she's the only person Sarah would trust with the knowledge of where she is, thus telling the Terminator how to find her again.

* StockholmSyndrome: Averted, but implied that other people believe she's playing the trope straight, particularly Dr. Silberman. Justified in that, after being kidnapped by a "loon" spouting ridiculous stories about killer robots, Sarah herself has become an anti-technology terrorist that blows up places that build advanced computers. Even after the police come to try and get her to make a statement against the Terminator, from their point of view, later that same night, the same guy busts her out of the institution and, days later, she's joined forces with the guy to assault a Cyberdyne building.

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Emmanuel Garijo (European French, ''Judgment Day''), Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (Japanese, ''Judgment Day''), Creator/BenjaminRivera ([=LatAm=] Spanish, ''Judgment Day'')

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sarah gives him a thoroughly deserved beating when she escapes.