Terri Flores

“ This film was supposed to be my big break. But it's turned out to be a big disaster."
Terri Flores is the main protagonist of the 1997 live-action film Anaconda. She is portrayed by Jennifer Lopez, who also played Claire Peterson in The Boy Next Door and voiced Azteca and Shira.
== History ==
Terri is first seen in her room at Ariau Jungle Hotel, in Brazil. She is visited by professor Steven Cale, who has hired her to film a documentary about a long-lost tribe he's looking for, the Shirishama (also known as the People of the Mist). However, it's implied that Cale and Terri have a love story. 
The next day Terri meets the other crew members, including her cameraman and childhood friend Danny, narrator Westridge, production manager Denise, sound engineer Gary and boat skipper Mateo. Soon after, they leave and start their journey into the Amazon.
During a storm, they rescue from a stranded boat a man who turns out to be snake hunter Paul Serone. When he discovers they are in search of the Shirishama, he offers to help them and promises he will direct them to where the tribe lives. Suddenly things start getting worse, as Cale is stung in the throat by a wasp hidden inside his scuba regulator and nearly suffocates. Terri, believing he will die unless they take him to a hospital as soon as possible, accepts to take the route suggested by Serone, though suspicious.
They are brought to a wall, and the crew has no other option but to blow it up. Almost all the drums of fuel are knocked into the river by a falling branch, and dozens of snakes land on the boat, causing the group to panic and become more suspicious about Serone. After that, they come upon an abandoned boat, leading Serone, Mateo and Danny to investigate. They come back with a chest, but Mateo is not following (unknownlegdly to them, he has been killed by an Anaconda). Serone unfurls a snake skin and recalls of Anacondas attacking and killing humans, much to Terri's unbelief. That night, Serone convices Gary to help him achieving his true goal, capture a giant and milion dollar worth Anaconda.
The next morning, resigned to Mateo's demise, the group leaves but soon discovers Serone's plan. After Gary tries in vain to convince them that filming the snake's capture is the only way to salvage the expedition, Serone takes the crew hostage. That night the Anaconda attacks the boat and Gary is constricted to death and devoured, leaving Denise desperate and weeping. Terri, Danny and Westridge realize they have to do something or otherwise they're all gonna die. Terri manages to seduce Serone, allowing Danny to sneak up and knock him out. They are anticipated, but Westridge saves them and knocks Serone unconscious. When he comes to, tied to one of the boat's pylons, Terri angrily confronts him, revealing that the whole thing was one big set-up.
They arrive to a waterfall, but the boat runs aground on a sandbar, forcing Terri, Danny and Westridge to winch themselves loose. The Anaconda attacks them again, with Westridge distracting it long enough for Terri and Danny to return on the boat, where they fight against a freed Serone. Westridge is coiled by the snake, but the tree supporting it breaks, sending the group into the water and killing Westridge in the fall. The Anaconda attacks Danny and grabs Denise's body (unknownlegdly to Terri and Danny, she had been strangled to death and dumped into the river by Serone), but Terri shoots it dead. Serone attacks them, however he is stabbed with a tranquilizer dart by Cale (who soon loses consciousness again) and knocked into the river by Danny.
The remaining survivors continue the journey, until they happen upon a boathouse. Terri and Danny go inside and look for fuel, only to be ambushed by Serone, who uses them as bait in an attempt to capture a second and much larger Anaconda. The snake coils itself around Terri and Danny and starts suffocating them, but it is trapped in a net by Serone. After breaking free, it abandons its prey and chases after him. Serone tries to flee, but the Anaconda catches and kills him. As Terri and Danny cut their bonds, they watch horrified the snake swallowing him whole. Terri is chased up to a room full of baby snakes, and the large one regurgitates Serone in front of her. After reuniting with Danny, she volunteers to lure the Anaconda in the smokestack. Danny pins the snake's tailt to the floor with a pickaxe and lights a trail of fuel, causing the smokestack's explosion. Terri jumps and lands in the water, followed by the burning Anaconda, which sinks into the river. Danny pulls Terri up onto a walkway, but they are attacked again by the snake, with Danny finally killing it slamming an axe into its head.
Terri and Danny reunite with Cale, anew conscious, and they suddenly locate the Shirishama, resuming shooting their documentary.
==Miscellaneous Information==
Height: 165 cm (5' 5")
Build: Athletic
Age: 25
Birthday: June 10
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas, USA
== Trivia ==
* Before Jennifer Lopez signed on, Gillian Anderson and Julianna Margulies were the first choices for the role of Terri, but they both turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with their respective series The X-Files and ER. Gilian Anderson also auditioned for the role of Denise, which went to Kari Wuhrer.
* Terri's last name was originally Porter.
==External Links==
*Terri on The Anaconda Series Wiki
== Gallery ==
Anaconda 1997.png|Terri in her hotel room
Anaconda.png|Terri meets Danny
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Immagine 2021-02-07 131737.png|Terri takes care of Cale after he is stung by the wasp
Immagine 2021-02-07 131508.png|Terri shoots the first Anaconda
Immagine 2021-02-07 131330.png|Terri and Danny investigate the boathouse
Immagine 2021-02-07 131619.png|Terri and Danny encounter the second Anaconda
Immagine 2021-02-07 130930.png|Terri and Danny safely on the walkway
Immagine 2021-02-07 130826.png|Terri and Cale locate the Shirishama
Jennifer Lopez as Terri Flores in Anaconda.gif|Jennifer Lopez as Terri Flores in Anaconda
Jennifer Lopez as Terri Flores in Anaconda - 76.jpg|Jennifer Lopez as Terri Flores in Anaconda
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