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The T-1000 is a fictional ''. The T-1000 is portrayed by Robert Patrick . However, being a Shape-shifter , the T-1000 is played by other actors in some scenes of the film. Teaser Trailer s for ''Terminator 2'' deliberately withheld the notion that the T-1000 character was the Villain . A Tagline for the film was ''"This time there are ''two''. Terminator 2."'' In ''Terminator 2'', the T-1000 is presented as a technological leap over the "Model 101" Terminator ( Arnold Schwarzenegger )Dialogue in ''Terminator 2'' has the Schwarzenegger character identifying himself as a "Cyberdyne Systems Model 101"; Schwarzenegger's character explains how the T-1000 is a more advanced Terminator . It can absorb damage better, and physically mimic specific humans and other objects. Furthermore, it can use its advanced composition in innovative and surprising ways, including fitting through narrow openings, walking through prison bars, and flattening itself on the ground to hide. On the ''Terminator 2'' DVD, writer/director James Cameron describes his casting of Robert Patrick as a deliberate contrast to The Original Terminator Character portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger : ''"I wanted to find someone who would be a good contrast to Arnold. If the 800 series is a kind of human Panzer tank, then the 1000 series had to be a Porsche."'' CHARACTERISTICS In the ''Terminator 2'' story, The T-1000's major innovation is its "mimetic poly-alloy" construction -- an intelligent liquid metal. This gives the T-1000 the ability to change its appearance, and emulate virtually anything. It is capable of perfectly copying the shape, color, and texture of anything that it touches that is of similar size. The only restriction is that it cannot form "complex machines", such as "guns and explosives" because they "have chemicals, moving parts." The only weapons it can form are "solid metal shapes, knives and stabbing weapons." It must acquire any vehicles or other weapons it needs. When physically damaged, the T-1000 is capable of reforming itself in seconds, closing up bullet holes and reattaching limbs. In an attempt to destroy the T-1000, the protagonists freeze it with liquid nitrogen until it becomes brittle and shatters. However, when the pieces melt, it is able to reconstitute itself. At this point in the Theatrical cut of the film, the T-1000 has suffered no damage at all, leaving the protagonists wondering if anything will destroy it. The Model 101 Terminator remarks that it is "unknown" if it can ever be destroyed. In the Special Edition, the freezing causes the T-1000 to glitch repeatedly, melding with anything it touches such as the ground and hand rails. Though the T-1000 is a formidable killer, it often attempts to accomplish its goals by deception instead of brute force. For example, in ''Terminator 2'', it disguises itself as a police officer to gain trust, access, information, and a benign appearance. It also emulates family members of its human target, to gain that person's confidence. ROLE IN THE SERIES . The metallic "wound", from a shotgun blast, heals almost immediately due to the T-1000's physical characteristics.]] In '''', the T-1000 is sent by Skynet to kill John Connor ( Edward Furlong ), future leader of the Human Resistance against the machines. The T-1000 ambushes a police officer on arrival and takes on his role, tracking down John Connor through the police cruiser's on board computer and eventually confronting him in a shopping mall, where it meets a Terminator like the one from the first ''Terminator'' film. Up until this point, the audience has been Misdirected . In the first film, two men show up from the future, one an evil Terminator, the other a human protector. In this film, two show up, a Terminator like the one from the previous film, and another man. The audience is left to assume that the other man is the human protector. When the two meet, there is a Plot Twist . The Terminator from the previous film is now the guardian, while the other is the terminator sent by Skynet, a reversal of the roles from the first ''Terminator'' film. The T-1000 confronts the protagonists at the psychiatric institution where Sarah Connor is being held, demonstrating impressive abilities, such as flattening itself into a thin 'carpet' of metal and oozing through prison-style bars while maintaining the shape of a walking man. It then predicts that the Connors will try to prevent Skynet from being invented, and meets them at Cyberdyne Systems Corporation headquarters. It hijacks a helicopter and gives chase. While flying, it sprouts a third hand to fire a submachine gun. The chase ends when it crashes a Liquid Nitrogen truck into a steel mill. When it exits the truck, the T-1000 is frozen solid by the liquid nitrogen. The Terminator shatters it with a gunshot, but it reforms itself. After a short hunt, it tracks down John, who becomes confronted by two seemingly identical versions of his mother -- one of which is the T-1000 in disguise. The T-1000 is finally destroyed when Schwarzenegger's Terminator character fires a grenade at it, causing enough damage to disrupt it significantly. It stumbles, falling backward into a vat of molten metal, destroying it. SPECIAL EFFECTS The Visual Effects used in ''Terminator 2'' to create the T-1000 won the Academy Awards for Visual Effects.1 The development of Computer-generated Imagery (CGI) to manipulate, re-create, and " Morph " the image of an actor was used in the creation of the T-1000 character in the film. APPEARANCES IN OTHER FILMS Robert Patrick has cameos in several films as the T-1000 in police disguise, including '' Last Action Hero '', also a Schwarzenegger film, and '' Wayne's World '', where he pulls over Wayne and asks if he has seen John Connor. COMICS In the ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day Nuclear Twilight'' comic published by Malibu Comics in 1994, an injured Tech-Com soldier named "Griff" is abducted by a troop of T-800 Terminators and brought back to Skynet. He is drugged and while in a delirious state (believing he has died and gone to Heaven) he is questioned by Skynet about Tech-Com's acquisition of a T-800 unit. After he has supplied all the information he is aware of, two T-1000 Terminators enter the room, both assuming his appearance before killing him. One of these T-1000 units is then sent to infiltrate the human resistance, the other sent through time to kill John Connor as outlined in the ''Terminator 2'' movie. POP CULTURE REFERENCES
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