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* AmbiguouslyGay: Possibly. Randall Frakes and William Wisher's novelization of the first movie has him "feeling aggressive" as he leaves the police station and hoping that someone named Douglas is waiting for him at home. This seems to imply that he is feeling aggressive sexually and that Douglas is his boyfriend. Despite there being a character named Douglas in ''T2'', though, Frakes' own novelization of that film does not imply anything between Silberman and the orderly. Either Douglas the orderly isn't the same Douglas mentioned in the first book, or Frakes decided not to make Silberman gay... or the way he and Wisher worded Silberman's inner thoughts in the first book was just weird.

* NoNameGiven: Her name is never mentioned.

[[folder:Gun Shop Clerk]]
!!The Gun Shop Clerk

* NoNameGiven: His name is never mentioned.

* AdaptationNameChange: In Randall Frakes' {{Novelization}} of ''Terminator 2'', his first name is Leonard. However, this is probably a mistake on Frakes' part, as he correctly gives him the first name Peter earlier in the book.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the unauthorized UK {{Novelization}} by ''Film/{{Slugs}}'' author Shaun Hutson, his first name is given as Jan. Randall Frake and William Wisher''s official novelization correctly identifies him as Hal.

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:His death is never explicitly shown, to the point that Shaun Hutson's unofficial novelization of the movie not only doesn't describe it, but he just simply disappears from the story after stopping to check on the wounded Traxler.]]

* AdaptationNameChange: In the unauthorized UK {{Novelization}} by ''Slugs'' author Shaun Hutson, his first name is given as Jan. Randall Frake and William Wisher''s official novelization correctly identifies him as Hal.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the unauthorized {{Novelization}} by Creator/ShaunHutson, his first name is given as Jan.

* AdaptationNamedChange: In Randall Frakes' {{Novelization}} of ''Terminator 2'', his first name is Leonard. However, this is probably a mistake on Frakes' part, as he correctly gives him the first name Peter earlier in the book.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After his brush with the T-1000 in the arcade, Tim is never seen or addressed again. He is shoved out of the franchise.

* DeathOfPersonality: The warmhearted, gentle, sweet and kind Sarah Connor of 1984 and the cold, violent, cruel and cynical Sarah Connor of 1994 are as different as night and day; because the former’s heart *did* actually die in the factory with her beloved Kyle Reese. Even James Cameron’s original 1983 screenplay-treatment (and the novelization based off it) stated that the woman looking sadly into the windswept deserts of Mexico in her jeep’s driver-seat was not the soft, helpless & dependent Sarah Connor, but a strong, determined & independent survivor. Therefore “In a way, The Terminator *did* succeed in killing her.”

* GunNut: A surprisingly realistic example. He owns a gunshop and proudly displays a variety of CoolGuns, yet he ''does'' attempt to make The Terminator fill out background checks and protests when the Terminator begins loading his weapons.

* GutturalGrowler: She lapses into this at times during ''Terminator 2'' when she's particularly upset. It becomes much more frequent by ''Dark Fate.''

* VocalEvolution: Linda Hamilton gives her a softer voice in the first movie displaying her ShrinkingViolet innocence. In the sequel, she gives her a more assertive and commanding voice to fit her ActionMom status. By ''Dark Fate'' she's developed into a GutturalGrowler.

[[folder:Dr. Silberman]]

* JawDrop: After he sees a cop walk through a steel bar door.

* AllAbusersAreMale: In ''Judgement Day'', it's revealed that he's the head of the Pescadero State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, and visibly speaking, all of the patients that were shown there are female (including Sarah).

* BitchInSheepsClothing: His sophisticated style covers up his truly careless nature towards others (not just his patients).

* HolierThanThou: He believes that he's much saner than any of his clients, supported by his stuck-up personality.

* GentlemanAndAScholar: '''''Highly''''' '''inverted'''. Personality-wise, he's only a "gentleman" externally and '''never''' was one internally.

* 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 then 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]]).

* FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}, much more so while he's doing his job as a criminal psychologist, which what led to his HumiliationConga in ''Judgement Day''.

* BadassNormal: Awoken from bed, 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 does at the end. Remember Matt doesn't have the benefit of being a hardened veteran with some pipe bombs, a metal pipe and life-long experience fighting cyborgs.

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Patrick Poivey (European French), Moises Palacios ([=LatAm=] Spanish, ''The Terminator'' original dub), Rafael Rivera ([=LatAm=] Spanish, ''The Terminator'' redub)

* WrongGenreSavvy: He knows full well that the Terminator is extremely dangerous and takes the right steps in protecting Sarah from it but think it's simply a very strong and tough but still human serial killer who was just wearing body armor rather than what it actually is, an unstoppable cyborg.

* {{Retgone}}: It's confirmed by the director of ''Dark Fate'' that Kyle doesn't exist in the new timeline created by John and Sarah. It's implied that the Judgement Day caused by Skynet is responsible for getting his parents together, so without it, he simply doesn't exist. In a way, John and Sarah have to sacrifice him to kill Skynet.