Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. The Terminator would never stop, it would never leave him, never hurt him, never shout at him or get drunk and hit him, or say it was too busy to spend time with him. It would always be there. And it would die to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers who came and went, this thing, this machine, was the only one who measured up.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- 1991