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

2. Mission Accomplished

Even after Dani disables Rev-9, however, it requires Carl to drag it off a ledge to finally finish it off, but at an ultimate cost to itself, also.

Both Rev-9 and Carl end up melted into oblivion, while Sarah and Dani look down from above, in a set-up and pay-off that's incredibly similar to T2's devastating final lowering of the T-800 into the molten steel.

The shots of Sarah looking down at the T-800's remains are extremely similar in both movies, and there's no way this was accidental given the numerous visual homages littered throughout the film.