Terminator 3 Sergent Candy Scene
Why Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange recommends it
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange answerers point people to it as the in-universe explanation for why T-800 Terminators look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, while noting it is a deleted scene and not canon.
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What it is
A 1m52s deleted scene from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, posted to a comedy channel. It shows a military promo and debriefing where Chief Master Sergeant William Candy, with a Southern accent, becomes the model for the T-800, and a scientist offers to fix his voice.
What people said
Cites DVK-on-Ahch-To · 2012-08 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Was the first T-800 sent from Europe?”
A deleted scene from T3 actually explained it. The scene showed a promotional video from the military R&D showing the development of the new type of battlefield humanoid robots; and the humanoid model was based off of Chief Master Sergeant William Candy (played by you can guess who). The military brass hated the sergeant's "ya'll" Southern accent, and a military scientist with a deep Austrian accent (played by you can guess who) present at the debriefing said "we can fix it [voice]". The rest is a (deleted) history.
Cites NominSim · 2012-08 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why were the "infiltrator" T101 units built on such a conspicious body?”
There is a deleted scene [this video] in Terminator 3 that explains why the Terminator 101 units look like they do. Essentially "Sergeant Candy" (portrayed by Arnold with a horrifyingly obvious dubbed Southern Accent) was chosen to be the "model" for the T101 unit. Note: As Xantec pointed out in a comment, Kyle had a flashback in Terminator. The flashback shows a non-Arnold version terminator infiltrating a human controlled base. This seems to indicate that they did change the look of the units, at least from time to time. Since we see more than one "Arnold" version, it is likely that there is a (limited) pool from which they can select a unit. This YouTube playlist [LINK] has (supposedly) all of
Cites Overmind · 2016-06 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Can Terminators without human tissue talk?”
While the liquid metal models can create any base-structure needed for speech, the T800 models may still need the organic part to generate sound naturally (to help infiltration capabilities). While theres no definitive statement about this, we can consider some logical and probable issues: Arguments if favor of yes they can speak without bio-components: Technologically, it is easier to produce a speech synthesizer than it is to reproduce all the organic components needed to generate the voice. See the deleted army staff meeting scene [this video] . The T has a strange accent. Skynet is experimenting on how to design Infiltrators for maximum infiltration efficiency (giving them sweat, breath, etc)
Cites Unfallener · 2016-10 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why does every T-800 Terminator sent back look like this?”
Terminator 3 had a deleted scene that explained Arnold as basis for T-800s. EDIT: My answer is based off the TC first giving out of universe scenario: OK, OK, OK, I realize that the main plot to the story involved Arnold schwarzenegger as the actor so it had to look like this. and then based specifically on the actual question, and thought they were more or less wanting an in-universe answer. So was there anything canon that stated why all the Terminators that were sent back looked the same? The future 800 series model terminator in the dream sequence was never sent back. [LINK] If question was asking more why OTHER 800 series models weren't sent back instead of Arnold, the answer varies fro
Cites Ben Osborne · 2017-01 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why didn't Kyle Reese know what the Terminator looked like in the original movie?”
If anyone tries to be smart and point to the "Sgt. Candy" scene from T3 ( [this video] ), don't do it. Even if you don't consider T3 to be bad fan fiction, as I do, it's a deleted scene and can't be considered canon.
Cites Donatello Swansino · 2020-08 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Is it true that Samuel L. Jackson provided the voice of Sergeant William Candy in Terminator 3?”
In an infamous deleted scene from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines , the origin of the T-800's appearance is explained. It is revealed that Chief Master Sergeant William Candy worked alongside Cyberdyne to develop the Terminator, lending his likeness to the machine. Any I see something regarding this scene online, I always see someone leave a comment that Samuel L. Jackson provided the ridiculous accent for Sgt. Candy. I don't know if this has been confirmed anywhere. Is this true, or just another internet rumor? Chief Master Sergeant William Candy [this video]