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THE ORDINARY WORLD, John Connor is a adopted kid living a normal life.

THE CALL TO ADVENTURE, is saved by the T-800

REFUSAL OF THE CALL, doesn’t want to be apart of this.

MEETING WITH THE MENTOR, talks with the programmed T-800 who reveals who John is going to become.

CROSSING THE THRESHOLD, John wants to save his mother

TESTS, ALLIES AND ENEMIES, Sarah is trying to be convinced she is crazy.

APPROACH, John, Sarah and T-800 escape and go to one of Sarah’s former friends

THE ORDEAL, The heroes break into the lab to retrieve the arm and chip.

THE REWARD, They steal the arm and chip though Dyson sacrifices himself.

THE ROAD BACK, trying to escape the T-1000 in the SWAT car.

THE RESURRECTION, A believed to be dead T-800 saves John and kills the villain before destroying himself.

RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR, John and Sarah can live safely preventing doomsday by destroying the arm and chip.

Star Wars – A New Hope (1977, George Lucas)

Propp’s character types are listed as below:

The Hero – a character that seeks something
The Villain – who opposes the hero on their quest
The Donor – who provides the hero with a magical object
The Dispatcher – who sends the hero on their quest through a message
The False Hero – who disrupts the hero’s quest by making false claims.
The Helper – who helps the hero
The princess – acts as a reward for the hero and a the object of the villains plots.
Her Father – who acts to reward the hero for their efforts.

Here is how it links into a movie, for example Star Wars: A New Hope (1977, George Lucas:

The hero – Luke Skywalker, looks to become a Jedi and defeat Darth Vader
The Villain – Darth Vader, looks to rein terror on the galaxy and defeat Luke Skywalker
The Donor – Obi Wan, presents Luke with lightsaber
The Dispatcher – R2D2, Comes to Luke with message from Princess Leia
The Princess – Leia, needs saving from the empire
The Helper – Han Solo, alongside with chewbacca he helps Luke.
The Father – (Spoiler Alert) Darth Vader, does not fit particularly well into the structure as Darth Vader does not reward Luke. Additionally, he is only revealed to be the father later on so it is not immediately obvious who the father figure is.