Rexy the Tyrannosaurus Rex is one of the two main protagonists (alongside Alan Grant) of the Jurassic Park franchise.
She is a genetically recreated Tyrannosaurus rex who served as the apex predator of Isla Nublar and was originally created for display at Jurassic Park until he eventually went on to become and exhibit at Jurassic World for over 10 years. Rexy is also known for participating in several incidents on Isla Nublar as well as for saving major human participants involved in these incidents from other dangerous creatures, although inadvertently.
Her vocal sound effects were provided by Frank Welker.
History[]
Rexy was born in 1988, inside the InGen Compound of Isla Sorna (Site B), along with another Tyrannosaurus. It was at this compound where Rexy spent the first few months of life inside the lab being taken care of by the handlers before was transported to Isla Nublar to live in the Tyrannosaurus Paddock as an attraction for Jurassic Park.
Origin[]
Intended to be the star attraction of John Hammond's vision for the original Jurassic Park, Rexy escaped from the enclosure during the 1993 Isla Nublar Incident. Once having killed a pack of Velociaptors following a few encounters with the human survivors, Rexy was left the apex predator of the island. Almost a decade later, Rexy was eventually captured and placed in captivity for Jurassic World on Nublar, residing in T. rex Kingdom. During the 2015 Jurassic World Incident, this T-Rex was released from paddock and aided in the defeat of the Indominus rex via fighting the hybrid. Following that, and had a few run ins with the Nublar Six. Three years later, Rexy too was threatened during the volcanic eruption of Mount Sibo. Before the eruption, Rexy (among many dinosaurs) was brought off the island and to the mainland in North America to be auctioned off at the Lockwood Manor. Along with other dinosaurs, Rexy ended up being released into the wild.
After four years of being chased by DFW, Rexy was finally captured yet again and brought to Biosyn. There, she came into periodic conflict with the apex predator, the Giganotosaurus. During the Biosyn Incident, Rexy battled the Giganotosaurus for the last time. With help from a Therizinosaurus, Rexy finally defeated her rival and once again became the apex predator. Soon after, she was joined by others of her kind and gained a family in the Biosyn Sanctuary.
Jurassic Park[]
When the inspection team constituting of vertebrate paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant, paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler, chaotician Dr. Ian Malcolm, lawyer Donald Gennaro, and John Hammond’s grandchildren Lex Murphy and Tim Murphy took a tour of the Park, the Tyrannosaurus was initially a no-show. Although computer technician Ray Arnold attempted to lure Rexy to the paddock fence by tantalizing with a goat, however, Rex still refused to answer the call.
Later that night, a tropical storm forced the tour to be turned around sometime after the group visited the Triceratops Paddock. Unfortunately, due to Dennis Nedry’s tampering with the programming, the tour vehicles that the tour group was in, shut down in front of the paddock with its electrified fencing also shut down. Tim then observed water in a cup having rhythmic ripples caused by Rexy walking close by, Tim then noticed the goat was gone, at which point Lex asked: “Where’s the goat?” Rexy then revealed to the visitors by ripping apart the goat left by the fence as bait. Gennaro, in a fit of panic, left his tour car and ran to the nearby restroom hut for refuge. By that point, the Tyrannosaurus moved to the disabled fencing and ripped the fencing apart with teeth, proceeded to step through the mangled handy work. After a minute or two of exploring and investigating the Explorers, Rexy‘s attention was aroused by the light that was emitted from a flashlight Lex had activated on accident in the front Explorer. Unaware that the source of the light was inside the car, the Rex walked to the front door Gennaro left open and peered into the front doors of the SUV. It was not until Tim slammed the open door shut next to the T. rex that had discovered the source of the light.
Now confident that the light was coming from inside the Explorer and that there were interesting objects inside, Rexy set to attacking the mysterious vehicle in front, searching for a way to get at Lex and Tim. Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Grant and Dr. Malcolm, the T. rex was briefly distracted. Rexy followed fleeing Dr. Malcolm toward the Tyrannosaurus Paddock Bathroom, injured him as he was flung into the building, he then found and ripped apart the cowering Gennaro while Dr. Grant rescued Lex from inside the car, not long after freeing Lex, Rexy returned and pushed the vehicle over the cliff while Tim was still inside. After Dr. Grant rescued Tim from the tree, the two with Lex, began their trek back to the Visitors Center, Park game warden Robert Muldoon and Dr. Sattler arrived at the Tyrannosaurus Paddock to retrieve those who had been stranded there only to find Rexy‘s mess. Acting quickly, the two began searching for the group and calling out their names. At the site of the collapsed restroom hut, Muldoon and Dr. Sattler found the remains of Donald Genarro and recovered Dr. Malcolm who was quite injured, but alive due to his quick thinking to reduce blood loss by using his belt as a tourniquet. After loading Dr. Malcolm into their Jeep, the two took one last sweep of the area, Dr. Sattler spotted the ruined hulk of the second tour car that Rex had pushed over the cliff adjacent to the Paddock. Although Muldoon and Dr. Sattler did not find Tim, Lex, or Dr. Grant, they did find their shoe prints in the mud, which told them that they were indeed alive. While the two were gone, Dr. Malcolm observed the water in Rex footprints having rhythmic ripples, announcing her close presence. When the two returned to the Jeep, Rex crashed through a line of trees and began chasing the three along a service road. After a very close chase, the Tyrannosaurus was unable to chase down its prey and gave up its pursuit.
Later, she returned when Dr. Gerry Harding, Jess, and Nima Cruz reached the Visitors Center. While the humans were inside, Dr. Harding spoke with Dr. Laura Sorkin over the radio, who helped cure Nima of her ailment caused by a Troodon bite. Rexy attacked once again, forcing the trio to avoid it as best they could while Gerry tried to stop Nima from shaking and Jess used the center's pillars to stay hidden. To get the Tyrannosaurus' attention, Gerry dropped a box that hit Rexy on the back. Jess grabbed the tranquilizer darts and ran upstairs to help Gerry where they healed Nima. Rexy proceeded to follow Jess up the stairs, but at the last second, the staircase collapsed, causing it to fall and crash to the floor. When Rex regained balance, the vibration of feet caused Jess to fall while the trio was escaped just outside on the roof.
Even though Jess caught a ledge preventing her falling, she soon lost her grip and fell further down, now hanging onto the door frame. Dr. Harding came down from the roof to help her though soon the T-Rex Rexy charged through the doors, knocking Dr. Harding back. The predator then snapped at Jessica as she dangled from the door frame. As Dr. Harding grabbed his tranquilizer gun, Jessica finally lost balance and landed on top of Rexy‘s snout, which prompted the Tyrannosaur to shake Jess off. Nima, fully recovered now, tossed the tranq darts to Dr. Harding who shot Rexy in the face three times, saving Jess from potentially being eaten. However, her retaliation was quick and she soon charged through the door frame, destroying it. Rexy then proceeded to attack the tour vehicle that the Hardings were behind using as shelter. The T. rex's attack on the Hardings finally came to an end when Dr. Harding told Dr. Sorkin to start the tour vehicle, which distracted T-Rex.
After a second mercenary team landed on the island to rescue those who had been left behind and retrieved the survivors, the group headed back to the helicopter, but found that the mercenary Daniel Cafaro had disappeared. Rex reappeared and made the way towards them, forcing Oscar Morales to fix the chopper himself. Rexy finally reached them just as they managed to get the helicopter working again. As the helicopter was taking off, Rex nudged it, causing the aircraft to swerve, but Yoder ultimately piloted the helicopter to safety and evaded the dinosaur.
After Jess helped Dr. Sorkin in the Parasaurolophus Enclosure, Nima got into a fight with Billy Yoder, who was sitting in a tree, Rexy appeared again, chasing a juvenile Parasaurolophus, but then Yoder almost fell, although he grabbed a branch in order to save himself. The T. rex, having noticed this, picked up a piece of helicopter wreckage with its jaws, and launched it at Yoder in an attempt to knock him out of the tree. Yoder let go at the last second and landed hard on the forest floor. Then he and Nima began to run away from Rex as it catches up to them towards the Parasaur Paddock. Inside, Rex became distracted with a Parasaurolophus carcass and briefly during the feeding killed a Velociraptor that had been eating the carcass as well when it attempted to escape. Yoder immediately returned to the paddock to retrieve the Barbasol can he had dropped when he was in the enclosure, thinking that Rexy would be too distracted with the freshly killed Parasaur carcass. But just as he was about to pick it up, his nervous movements caught the Tyrannosaurus's attention. At that very moment, Yoder then attempted to be nice, and tried to sweet talk his way out of being eaten. Realizing this wouldn't work, he grabbed the embryos and ran. When Roberta was just about to kill him, Nima shut the door to the Maintenance Tunnels in the large dinosaur's face.
Sometime later, Rexy confronted the group one last time during the conflict between Nima and Billy. T-Rex stalked into the shipping yard, forcing all four of the humans to freeze in their positions. The T. rex started to sniff at Jess when her father gently nudged the cryocan with his foot, causing it to roll toward the dock’s edge. In a momentary lapse of judgment, Yoder scrambled to save the can before it fell into the water. Although he had saved the can, he had caught the attention of the large theropod, who growls behind Yoder. Rexy only hesitated for a brief moment before it engulfed the man with the jaws and lifted him in the air to consume him, causing Yoder to drop the can. With the T. rex's back turned to them and Nima racing to retrieve the can, the Hardings followed closely behind. Roberta was alerted by the movement behind her and chased after them. Nima and Jess squeezed into shelter while Dr. Harding was left outside.
Dr. Harding then attempted to distract Rex in order to keep its attention away from the two ladies. The T. rex damaged the bridge platform the pair was standing on, flinging Jess over the edge. Jess managed to keep herself from falling off the bridge together but was dangling mere feet from the T. rex. She pleaded for Nima’s help and was saved from the jaws of the predator at the expense of the cryocan that was crushed under T-Rex foot. Dr. Harding, while the dinosaur had turned to face Nima and Jess, grabbed a steel pipe. He swung the pipe against Rexy‘s leg, successfully gaining her undivided attention and allowing his companions to escape to the last remaining boat at the end of the docks. Dr. Harding scrambled through the container yard with Rexy catching up in pursuit. Dr. Harding eventually found cover inside a cage, although Rex could not reach the man with its jaws due to the small opening at the end that was suited for caging smaller dinosaurs. Frustrated, it thrashed about and finally flung the cage toward the pier that the small boat was located.
She is first seen when Larry opens the gate, and Rex comes out. Claire leads is to the Indominus Rex, and the two battle each other. Rexy, at first, gains the upper hand, but the Indominus quicky overpowers and throws the Rex to the ground, however, just as she is about rip neck open, Blue quicky sprints to the screen, scratching and bitting it back. This allows Rexy to get back up and battle the Indominus, and smashes her into several building. Rexy then headbuttts her near the Jurassic World Lagoon, where the overgrown Mosasaurus, Mosy, resides. After the battle, Rexy and Blue roar at the I. rex. The I. rex roars back, but she grabbed by Mosy, who drags to her into the bottom of the lagoon and kills her there, saving the park. Rexy thanks Blue through her snorts for saving his life, and walks off, and Blue follows.
At the end of the first film, Rexy stomps onto the helicoper base, and roars a victory.
Three years after the destruction of Jurassic World, the T. rex appears at the former theme park after having sensed a disturbance in it’s territory. A group of men have entered the lagoon in an attempt to retrieve a DNA sample from the Indominus rex skeleton lying at the bottom. Rex ambushes a worker in a yellow raincoat who is controlling the gate to the exhibit with a remote. As Rexy is chasing him towards a helicopter, the steps on the remote which stops the gate from closing all the way, allowing the Mosasaurus to escape into the Ocean.
Rexy then tries to pull the helicopter down by the ladder, but the ladder breaks and it is left holding a piece of it as the chopper flies away. Rex roars in anger just as the Mosasaurus leaps from the ocean, grabbing the man in the yellow rain coat who is still clinging to what was left of the ladder. The rest of the men get away with the I-Rex sample. Rexy appears again when Owen, Claire and Franklin are fleeing from the erupting volcano after being left to die by the mercenaries. The group finds a Gyrosphere but before Owen gets in, a Carnotaurus appears. Just as it is about to lunge at Owen, the T. rex lunges and throws the Carnotaurus down, roaring triumphantly as the volcano erupts behind. Then the Rex runs off, fleeing with the rest of the dinosaurs.
After escaping the Gyrosphere underwater, Owen, Claire and Franklin briefly see the T. rex being carried onto the ship along with several other dinosaurs, including Blue. The trio sneak on board as the ship is leaving and locate Blue, who will need a blood transfusion to survive after being shot in a recent confrontation. Claire and Owen sneak into the cage holdig the sedated Tyrannosaur to take it blood, as it is the most similar animal on board to Blue and therefore the safest bet to donate blood. The T. rex is asleep, however it moves it’s head against Owen making retrieving her blood difficult. Claire has to climb on its back to reach the vein. During the process, some workers notice the door to the Tyrannosaur's cage is open, and shuts it, trapping Owen and Claire inside.
Moments later, the T. rex wakes up and begins thrashing around. Claire manages to slip through the bars on the top of the cage and opens the door to free Owen. The T. rex is still thrashing about, and Owen is trapped. He leaps through the T. rex's mouth seconds before it’s jaws snap shut, and they duo lock it in, leaving it roaring angrily and trying to escape. Luckily Claire managed to get the blood out and they are able to save Blue. Later, Owen and Claire are captured, and the Tyrannosaurus rex is seen being ushered into a holding pen barely big enough for her to stand. Rex is fed a goat on the way to the basement of the Lockwood mansion where all the dinosaurs are being held in preparation for auction.
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Trivia[]
- The nickname "Rexy" has become a popular name for his among fans, including Colin Trevorrow, the director of Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Dominion.
- He was previously nicknamed "Roberta" by visual-effects artist Phil Tippet in his storyboards for the original Jurassic Park film.
- The roaring and growling of Rexy were made from animal vocalizations such as baby elephants, alligators and tigers.
- Rexy also appears as a cameo in another Steven Spielberg movie, Ready Player One. He acts as a challenge on the racetrack near the beginning of the movie, attacking drivers alongside various obstacles and King Kong.
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