# Why are Terminators built to be anatomically correct? (Silly answers preferred but not required.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159 "2015-01-06T20:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/41 "2015-01-07T06:12:44Z")
The original plan was to have the terminator be a sexless android but Arnold was completely unreasonable about undergoing castration to get fully into character. Wussy! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/42 "2015-01-07T10:21:16Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > I saw the first \*Terminator _on the big screen, and I seem to remember being just barely able to see something ‘bouncing’ around, but it being, ah, kinda dinky. Actor Bill Paxton (Hudson from Aliens) played one of the punks in that opening scene (and was a friend of James Cameron from back in their Roger Corman days) and he said on Howard Stern that Arnold wasn’t too impressive down there, though he also said it was cold the night they shot that scene. Stern had previously said something like,_ 'His dick is probably longer than his last name!" \*😃 There’s a fairly well-known black and white shot of Arnold posing in the nude that I went online to search for and I found the scene you’re talking about while I was at it. In this clip anyway [you can see quite a bit](http://adult.bloglovin.com/viewer?post=2548721203&group=0&frame_type=a&context=expanded_post&context_ids=&blog=1921178&frame=1&click=0&user=0). (NSFW obviously) As for the black and white shot, [here’s a Google Image search page that shows it](https://www.google.com/search?q=arnold+schwarzenegger+nude&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=EwOtVJezC8KdNuz-gsgG&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1354&bih=871) (also NSFW). ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/43 "2015-01-07T13:08:05Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh my, at first glance I read the thread title as " Why are _Transformers_ built to be anatomically correct?" And thought, _wow, I really missed out by only having Gobots_. :eek: > > My silly answer, I guess. Don’t feel bad, I read it the exact same way. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/44 "2015-01-07T14:27:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **slow learner** : > > Philip K Dick gets credit for Bladerunner and Total Recall but he was also the true father of the Terminator franchise with a scifi story called Second Variety. Isn’t that the one that got turned into the movie _Screamers_? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/45 "2015-01-07T14:28:29Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Detachable handgrenade? Extendable I/O interface? WiFi antenna? USB Interface ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/46 "2015-01-07T14:43:09Z")
> [@simster](#): > > usb interface USB 69.0 a ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/47 "2015-01-07T14:46:50Z")
Is there not a very obvious answer to this? The terminators sent back through time arrive totally naked, and Skynet knows that the terminator is going to arrive back totally naked. The terminator needs to pass as human while naked because thats the state its going to be in when it arrives in the past. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/48 "2015-01-07T15:05:09Z")
Terminators were created way before the movie Terminator occurred - Skynet was using them to infiltrate and take down human settlements. And the one that was sent back was just an off-the-shelf model - it was a last-ditch effort by Skynet to defeat the Connors before they defeated it, so it didn’t have time to create new ones for the mission. Plus, imagine the scenario - a huge, naked guy comes up and demands your clothes. Is your reaction really going to be different based on whether he’s got a dick or not? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/49 "2015-01-07T15:08:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Isn’t that the one that got turned into the movie _Screamers_? Yes it is. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/50 "2015-01-07T15:32:49Z")
Terminators talk like stroke victims. If you want to screen for them just ask everyone coming in to do a Jim Carrey impression. It’s wedding tackle is just like all the rest of the flesh on his body, decorative. They probably have buttholes too but I doubt they get much use out of them. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/51 "2015-01-07T15:40:08Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Yes, the terminator were originally sex bots. You know it’s true. But they were called “Stimulators” back then. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/52 "2015-01-07T17:59:49Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Everyone knows that Noonian Soong is the real inventor of the Terminators. And he explains himself [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMOIx3PNH9g). ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/53 "2015-01-07T18:12:02Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Terminators talk like stroke victims. If you want to screen for them just ask everyone coming in to do a Jim Carrey impression. > > It’s wedding tackle is just like all the rest of the flesh on his body, decorative. They probably have buttholes too but I doubt they get much use out of them. USB port. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/54 "2015-01-07T18:45:45Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I think the real question is, since the dick is superfluous, would Skynet repurpose it? Skynet (presumably) doesn’t have the giggle reflex that genitalia evokes in so many humans, so it’d have no qualms about using a dick in a way humans would find hilarious.\* Detachable handgrenade? Extendable I/O interface? WiFi antenna? > > \*Or, if you prefer, ridiculous. Reminds me of this exchange between Kryten the mechanoid and Lister on _Red Dwarf_: [Kryten plugs a vacuum hose into his groinal socket and begins vacuuming the living quarters] Lister: Wow, what else can you plug in there? Kryten: Power-drill, chain-saw, even an egg-whisk. Lister: So you can plug an egg-whisk in your groinal socket and whip up an omelet? Kryten: Yes, but surprisingly few seem to want to eat it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/55 "2015-01-07T19:23:34Z")
> [@simster](#): > > USB port. Well, the rear port _is_ universal… ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/56 "2015-01-07T19:30:16Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Well, the rear port _is_ universal… Input and output. ---
**Author:** ![irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/57 "2015-01-07T20:40:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I think the real question is, since the dick is superfluous, would Skynet repurpose it? Skynet (presumably) doesn’t have the giggle reflex that genitalia evokes in so many humans, so it’d have no qualms about using a dick in a way humans would find hilarious.\* Detachable handgrenade? Extendable I/O interface? WiFi antenna? > > \*Or, if you prefer, ridiculous. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i9ojh0SN9w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i9ojh0SN9w) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/58 "2015-01-07T20:48:49Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I think the real question is, since the dick is superfluous, would Skynet repurpose it? Skynet (presumably) doesn’t have the giggle reflex that genitalia evokes in so many humans, so it’d have no qualms about using a dick in a way humans would find hilarious.\* Detachable handgrenade? Extendable I/O interface? WiFi antenna?.. Plug 'n Play. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/59 "2015-01-07T20:58:04Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > … Plus, imagine the scenario - a huge, naked guy comes up and demands your clothes. Is your reaction really going to be different based on whether he’s got a dick or not? Absolutely. I might ask him if he needs a ride to the ER, or perhaps commiserate with him that his transgender surgery went so horribly wrong. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/60 "2015-01-07T21:03:25Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Absolutely. I might ask him if he needs a ride to the ER, or perhaps commiserate with him that his transgender surgery went so horribly wrong. Rule 34: Dudes Without Dicks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159.md?page=4)