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

3. "You Are Terminated"

Rev-9 is eventually defeated when Dani takes Grace's power source and drives it into the Terminator's skull, frying its neural net processor in one fell swoop.

This is inspired by the third Terminator movie, where the T-850's power cell is also employed as a Hail Mary pass, with the T-850 removing its power cell to detonate both the T-X and itself.

Dani doesn't kill Rev-9 with a witty zinger like, "You are terminated," but regardless, it cements her badass ascension over the course of the movie.