Terminator Zero

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Terminator Zero.

NetflixsTerminatoranime is only the second TV show in the franchise and the first-ever animatedTerminatorproject.

In the shows original timeline, there was no Kokoro, and Skynet was the only threat.

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In the second timeline, Malcolm Lee successfully launched Kokoro around the same time as Judgment Day.

In the third timeline, Eiko and the Terminator interfered with Kokoros launch.

This is essentially the future whereTerminator Zeros Malcolm was born.

Custom image of Eiko and a Terminator in Terminator Zero

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Granted, this is not the first timeTerminatoracknowledges the existence of multiple timelines.

Still, between the inconsistent rules and the retcons,its good thatTerminator Zerosticks with the alternate timelines explanation.

Eiko and Malcolm’s story flips the Sarah, Kyle, and John paradox fromThe Terminator.

Arnold as the T-800, Tim Olyphant’s Terminator from Netflix’s Terminator Zero and Robert Patrick’s T-1000

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InTerminator Zero, Malcolm goes back in time to launch a new A.I.

This approach to time travel can explain, for example, why John Connor looks different in every movie.

James Cameron is working on aTerminatorproject, presumablyTerminator7.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator and an animated character in Terminator Zero with the RT fresh symbol in the background

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However, according to Cameron, his newTerminatorproject is not connected toTerminator Zero.

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