Terminator is a science fiction franchise which tells the story of a human resistance against machines that have taken over the world. To date, the franchise has spawned four movies; a television series; and numerous other media such as comics, graphic novels, books and video games.
"Terminator" is also a term for the humanoid robot characters which appear throughout the series; most notably, for the characters played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The franchise and its characters have been referenced and parodied several times on The Simpsons.
References
| Picture
|
Season
|
Episode number
|
Episode name
|
Reference
|
|
|
2
|
27
|
"Principal Charming"
|
When Marge asks Homer to help find a husband for Selma, Homer evaluates the single men he knows. As he does so, facts about the men appear on-screen, similar to the Terminator's heads-up display.
|
|
|
4
|
74
|
"I Love Lisa"
|
During the Presidents' Day Pageant at Springfield Elementary School, Bart plays the role of John Wilkes Booth assassinating Abraham Lincoln (played by Milhouse). Bart plays the part as the Terminator, however, and as he shoots, he says, "Hasta la vista, Abey", referencing one of the Terminator's catchphrases.
|
|
|
6
|
107
|
"Itchy & Scratchy Land"
|
As the Itchy & Scratchy robots look at park visitors and each other, information about what they see appears on a display, similar to the Terminator.
|
|
|
7
|
134
|
"Treehouse of Horror VI"
|
In the "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" segment, Groundskeeper Willie morphs into several objects in quick succession as he sinks into the sand, similar to the T-1000's death scene in Terminator 2. Also, in the closing credits, Sound Effects Editor Travis Powers' name appears as "Travis 'The Terminator' Powers".
|
|
|
8
|
154
|
"Treehouse of Horror VII"
|
Sound Effects Editor Travis Powers is again listed as "Travis 'The Terminator' Powers" in the closing credits.
|
| 250px
|
16
|
295
|
"The Heartbroke Kid"
|
Homer has a brief fantasy about a robotic Marge. The "Marge-bot", as he calls her, looks like the Terminator, and when Homer tells her he's "ready for some lovin'", she quickly opens fire on him with a machine gun.
|
|
23
|
487
|
"The Falcon and the D'ohman"
|
When Wayne Slater mentions having flashbacks to a nightmarish past, Homer says he has flash-forwards to a nightmarish future. In the Homer-envisioned future, his and several other people's jobs have been taken by a Robot which resembles a Terminator endoskeleton and carries a minigun-sized raygun, similar to the Terminator who invades the humans' underground hideout in the future in The Terminator. Homer complains about the situation, and when the robot takes aim at him, Homer quickly blames other people, whom the robot blasts with the gun, disintigrating them.
|
|
External Links
