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Rexy, also known as Roberta or the "T. rex", is a major antagonist turned anti-heroic deuteragonist in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park: The Game, as well as a supporting protagonist in Jurassic World and its sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. She is an individual female Tyrannosaurus rex and queen of Isla Nublar who is known for participating in several incidents on Isla Nublar and for saving major human participants involved in these incidents from other dangerous creatures, although inadvertently.
History
Background
Rexy was born around 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 her life inside the lab being taken care of by her handlers before she was transported to Isla Nublar to live in the Tyrannosaurus Paddock as an attraction for Jurassic Park.
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 and Tim Murphy took a tour of the Park, the Tyrannosaurus was initially a no-show. Although computer technician Ray Arnold attempted to lure her to her paddock fence by tantalizing her with a goat, however, Rexy 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 herself 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 her teeth, she proceeded to step through her mangled handy work. After a minute or two of exploring and investigating the Explorers, her 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, she 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 she 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, she set to attacking the mysterious vehicle in front of her, 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, she 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 Rexy had pushed over the cliff adjacent to her 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 Rexy’s footprints having rhythmic ripples, announcing her close presence. When the two returned to the Jeep, Rexy 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 her prey and gave up her pursuit.
The next day, as Grant’s, Tim’s, and Lex’s trek continued, they found themselves in the Gallimimus Enclosure and witnessed Rexy hunting the herd of Gallimimus. After watching in amazement for a while from behind a fallen log, Lex begged Dr. Grant for them to go, to which Grant obliged. However, Tim continued to stare in fascination and so had to be forcibly taken away by Dr. Grant. Rexy was seen later that day when she actually followed the Raptor that had come through the plaster cover in the wall, and grabbed the same Raptor from mid-air just as it was to pounce on the humans and crushed it in her jaws, killing it. Using the distraction Rexy provided, the humans fled the island. Meanwhile, the Raptor, who was The Big One that pursued the group through the Visitors Center, foolishly attacked the larger theropod possible trying avenge the death of her partner. Rexy snapped at her but could not reach her. she rolled her head, and the Raptor fell into the T. rex's mouth where she was killed and then thrown against the Tyrannosaurus skeleton and then Rexy let out a mighty bellow in triumph. After this battle, she roamed around Isla Nublar as top predator of the island.
Jurassic Park: The Game
During that night of another tropical storm, Rexy began wandering farther from her paddock area. As Dr. Gerry Harding and his daughter, Jess Harding, were heading for the boat to the mainland after Gerry returned to the site of a sick Triceratops to pick up Jess in his gas powered jeep, they found Nima Cruz, a corporate spy who went to search for Nedry after he failed to arrive at the East Dock. As the three made their way, they come across Bahkita, an infant Triceratops that was out of her paddock. They managed to get the dinosaur back into her enclosure, but Lady Margaret, the alpha female, appeared and attacked, which also attracted the attention of Rexy, who confronted Lady Margaret. The group barely managed to escape, hiding in a maintenance shed while the dinosaurs fought and decided to spend the night inside. It is unknown what was the outcome of this fight, but it is known that Rexy survived and that Lady Margaret lost a horn.
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 her 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 her to fall and crash to the floor. When Rexy regained balance, the vibration of her 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 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 Rexy.
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. Rexy reappeared and made her way towards them, forcing Oscar Morales to fix the chopper himself. She finally reached them just as they managed to get the helicopter working again. As the helicopter was taking off, Rexy 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 her 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 Rexy as she catches up to them towards the Parasaur Paddock. Inside, Rexy 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 Rexy 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. She 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 she engulfed the man with her 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. Rexy 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 Rexy in order to keep her 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 Rexy's 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 Rexy could not reach the man with her jaws due to the small opening at the end that was suited for caging smaller dinosaurs. Frustrated, she thrashed about and finally flung the cage toward the pier that the small boat was located.
Dr. Harding noticed that he was less than a one hundred meters from salvation and scrambled to his feet in which he then sprints for the boat that his daughter was pull-starting. Rexy crashed through the gate that separated the pier from the container yard and started to pursue Dr. Harding while nipping at his heels. As he neared the end of the dock, Dr. Harding jumped onto the moving boat as Rexy made one last attempt to grab him. The boat successfully swept its three passengers away from the enraged Tyrannosaurus, who roared loudly at the group and watched as they escaped the island.
Aftermath
In the aftermath of the incident, Rexy went wild and lived on Isla Nublar for about a decade, surviving off of Gallimimus, Parasaurolophus, abandoned goat herds, and carrion (notably the corpse of a Triceratops that had died earlier), as well as attempting to hunt the Brachiosaurus. During this time, she had also developed a particularity severe case of ragged tooth. According to the Masrani backdoor, during the construction of Jurassic World, Vic Hoskins and his team of InGen Security Division troopers encountered Rexy on April 19, 2002. Sometime later or during the encounter with InGen Security, Rexy was captured and put back into captivity where she lived in the T. rex Kingdom attraction of the dinosaur park. She was still fed goats like before, but to bring her out, a flare would be thrown to get her attention. She served as one of the most popular attractions, particularly at feeding time, and was apparently quite content with her life in captivity.
Jurassic World
After 22 years later during her time of freedom she was able to survive from the other herbivores that were around, during the construction of Jurassic World, Rexy was put back into captivity through unknown methods. She now lives in the T. rex Kingdom attraction of the dinosaur park. She is still fed goats like before, but they have learned the way to bring her out, is by dispensing a flare to get her attention. By the time she was found, she was very sick but luck they took care of her. Around the same time, all if not most of the Isla Sorna dinosaurs were transported to the park. It's possible she shared her Kingdom with other Tyrannosaurs. But this remains unconfirmed.
Rexy mainly stayed in her paddock for most of the incident. Using flares, Claire guided Rexy to the I-rex, where she threw the flare at the carnivore. When the flare hit the I-rex, Rexy attacked her viciously. Rexy initially had the advantage, landing several blows and drawing first blood on the I-rex, but the terror soon became the dominant opponent in the conflict, putting the Tyrannosaurus to the ground. However, before the I-rex could kill her, Blue, the leader Velociraptor of the battle, intervened by lunging onto the I-rex, giving Rexy time to get up off the ground. With Blue latched onto the I-rex, Rexy grabbed the I-rex dragging her into the nearby buildings of Main Street. She finally flung the carnivore near the edge of the Jurassic World Lagoon where the Mosasaurus that resided there leaped out of the water to snatch the I-rex, killing the hybrid. After the fight, Rexy and Blue looked at each other, but Rexy decided to spare Blue, thanking the raptor for her help before walking away, wild once more. Rexy later let out a triumphant roar from the Control Center helipad while surveying the ruined park. She had remain to be proven to be Queen of Isla Nublar.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Three years after the destruction of Jurassic World, Rexy appears at the former theme park after having sensed a disturbance in her 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. She ambushes a worker in a yellow raincoat who is controlling the gate to the exhibit with a remote. As she is chasing him towards a helicopter, she steps on the remote which stops the gate from closing all the way, allowing the Mosasaurus to escape into the ocean.
She then tries to pull the helicopter down by the ladder, but the ladder breaks and she is left holding a piece of it as the chopper flies away. She 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. The next time Rexy appears is 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, Rexy lunges and throws the Carnotaurus down, roaring triumphantly as the volcano erupts behind her. She then runs off, fleeing with the rest of the dinosaurs.
After escaping the Gyrosphere underwater, Owen, Claire and Franklin briefly see Rexy 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 holding the sedated Rexy to take her blood, as she is the most similar animal on board to Blue and therefore the safest bet to donate blood. Rexy is asleep, however she moves her head making retrieving her blood difficult. Claire has to climb on her back to reach the vein. During the process, some workers notice the door to Rexy’s cage is open, and shuts it, trapping Owen and Claire inside with her.
Moments later Rexy 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. Rexy is still thrashing about however, and Owen is trapped. He leaps through Rexy’s mouth seconds before her jaws snap shut, and they lock her in, leaving her 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 Rexy is seen being ushered into a holding pen barely big enough for her to stand. She 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.
Owen unleashes a Stygimoloch to the Auction room during the showing of the Indoraptor and Rexy never makes it to auction. She is presumably still in her cage during the fight with the Indoraptor in the mansion. Later, Claire lets all the dinosaurs out of their cages to free them from the poisonous gas. She later refuses to open the doors leading outside, however, dooming the animals to die. However, just as it seems that all the dinosaurs will be killed, the doors begin to open. Maisie explains that she felt compelled to free them because she feels a kinship to them as they are also clones. The dinosaurs rush to freedom, escaping into the wild. Mills is seen barely dodging the stampede with the Indominus sample and takes refuge under the car, which is quickly trampled and destroyed in the stampede. As Mills gets up from underneath his wrecked car and picks up the I. rex fragment, Rexy suddenly appears and snatches him in her jaws, brutally shredding him before tearing him in half with a Carnotaurus, and ultimately devouring Mills. Rexy then knocks over the Carnotaurus with her head, scaring it off in the process. Rexy triumphantly roars and walks away, destroying the I. rex fragment in the process and ensuring that no carnivorous hybrid can ever wreak havoc upon the world again.
Rexy is then seen breaking into a zoo exhibit and roaring at a lion as Ian Malcolm is heard in voice over condoning the serious of events that have lead to dinosaurs being set loose on the mainland.
Personality
Rexy is the largest carnivore living on Isla Nublar; as such, she is a fearless, bold, and domineering beast that walks the line between heroine and villainess, largely motivated by two goals: Keep intruders off her territory and eat any prey that she finds there. Even twenty-plus years older, she was still relentless and very vigorous. She was shown launching herself at the Indominus rex the first moment she saw it.
In many circumstances, Rexy's own hunger and hostility was indirectly helpful to others, such as her feeding on the Velociraptors chasing Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Lex Murphy, and Tim Murphy and thus indirectly saving them. Additionally, her brawn and ferocity is partnered with a good dose of intelligence, as she checked her fence to see if it was working and she knew not to attack Blue during the battle with the Indominus and sparing Blue because she was exhausted from the fight as well as acknowledging the smaller theropod's help.
Powers and Abilities
Rexy is one of the most powerful dinosaurs in the entire franchise, rivaling the Indominus rex and Spinosaurus in strength.
Enhanced Strength and Combat: Rexy is known to have impressive strength and is very experienced. She was able to take out two raptors with ease and was able to survive on Isla Nublar for 9 years prior to being recaptured for Jurassic World. In Jurassic World, she had managed to fend off the Indominus rex for a brief period of time, and was able to ram the I. rex into several objects, including buildings. In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, she easily took down a Carnotaurus on Isla Nublar and then defended her kill from another Carnotaurus outside of Lockwood's manor.
Enhanced Durability: After the fall of Jurassic Park, Rexy survived on Isla Nublar for nine years until 2002 when Vic Hoskins and his team recaptured her. While roaming free after escaping her paddock in 1993, she killed one Velociraptor and fought and killed a second, sustaining deep slashes on her neck. In Jurassic World, she fought the Indominus rex, surviving multiple bites to the throat, several slashes, and being slammed to the ground. Rexy was even tasered several times in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom by mercenaries pushing her into the elevator to take her down to a cage.
Intelligence: For a tyrannosaur, Rexy is very intelligent. She was able to sneak against the raptors without being noticed. The T. rex was also able to test the fences were shut down. After the events of both Jurassic Park and Jurassic World, she was smart enough to know how to survive in the wild. She even understood that Blue has saved and joined her in the fight against the Indominus rex.
External Links
- Rexy (film series) on the Hero Wiki
- Rexy (film series) on the Jurassic Park Wiki
- Rexy (film series) on the Jurassic World Wiki
Trivia
- Her nickname "Rexy" has become a popular name for her among fans, including Colin Trevorrow, the director of Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Dominion.
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