Judgment Day
Skynet becomes self-aware at 2:14 AM EDT, August 29, 1997.
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Judgment Day is the moment Skynet achieves consciousness, recognizes humanity as a threat, and launches a nuclear strike that kills three billion people. It is the founding catastrophe of the Terminator franchise -- everything that follows is an attempt to prevent it, delay it, or survive its consequences. The tragedy is that every attempt to stop it makes it more inevitable.
Appears In6
The Terminator
1984
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
Terminator Salvation
2009
Terminator Genisys
2015
Terminator: Dark Fate
2019
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