20 Badass Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

6. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Arnold Schwarzenegger Hamlet
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"Hasta la vista, baby."

Fitting with his role in the sequel as a father figure and protector to John Connor, Arnie's T-800 is taught some human vocabulary by his young charge, from "No problemo" and "Eat me" to the combination of "Chill out, d*ckwad." Taking this new information on board, the Terminator utilises another of these phrases as a sign-off line when taking on the shape-shifting T-1000.

With his nemesis frozen by liquid nitrogen, the battered-and-beaten T-800 pulls out a gun and shoots the T-1000 into a million pieces, but not before delivering the cool-as-ice (pun intended) payoff line. One of the most iconic lines of the whole Terminator franchise, Arnold Schwarzenegger has since quoted it everywhere from public appearances to his political career, and it remains one of the most well-known soundbites from the actor's entire filmography.

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