Terminator: Dark Fate - Every Easter Egg & Reference We Spotted

16. The Tiki Motel

The Terminator Motel
Orion Pictures

At the end of Dark Fate's first act, Sarah Connor, Grace and Dani end up laying low at a nondescript motel, as is a nod to Sarah and Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) doing the very same thing in the first Terminator movie.

Of course, in The Terminator the motel ends up a far more important location as it's where Sarah and Kyle conceive John, while in Dark Fate it's basically a transitional locale for everyone to dump some exposition and hang out before the next chase sequence.

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