9 Movie Franchise Staples That Actually Came From Sequels

8. The T-800 Being A Hero - Terminator 2

Before he was best known for molten-metal thumbs ups and dated 90s catchphrases, Arnold Schwarzenegger's virtually unstoppable T-800 haunted people's nightmares as the villain of the original Terminator.

Of course, his role was flipped brilliantly in the sequel, which was entirely centred around the T-800 becoming a protector rather than predator and learning how to be human. In part this came from Arnie refusing to play bad guys after a bit of an image change, but regardless of the motivations, the demand resulted in one of the greatest face turns of all time.

And since then the series has essentially stuck to this characterisation, featuring Arnie as Humanity's robotic saviour, with only the dreadful Terminator Salvation bringing back the menacing original incarnation of the T-800 that's since faded into memory.