- Rex: "ROAR!!"
Woody: "Oh, how ya doin', Rex?"
Rex: "Were you scared? Tell me honestly."
Woody: "I was close to being scared that time."
Rex: "Oh, I'm going for fearsome here, but I just don't feel it! I think I'm just coming off as annoying." - —Rex and Woody, on their first encounter
Rex is a plastic Tyrannosaurus-Rex with a lot of anxiety from an inferiority complex ("I don't think I could take that kind of rejection!"). He is insecure about his lack of ferociousness. Rex's worst fear (after Sid) is that Andy will gain another, scarier dinosaur. By the end of the first film, he seems to have gained confidence throughout the movies expressing hope that Andy will receive a leaf-eating dinosaur for Christmas that Rex can play with and intimidate.
Toy Story
- "And I'm from Mattel. Well, I'm not actually from Mattel, I'm actually from a smaller company that was purchased in a leveraged buy-out. Well, I don't really understand the financials, but..."
- —Rex, introducing himself to Buzz Lightyear
In Toy Story, he states that he was made by a subsidiary of Mattel (Coincidentally, real-life Rex toys are now made by Hasbro.).
Rex tries to avoid confronting Woody when he is accused of trying to jealously kill Buzz Lightyear, but slowly and reluctantly turns against him under peer pressure, quickly experiencing guilt later on. He is known to have a queasy stomach and actually barfed when he saw Buzz's dismembered arm.
Toy Story 2
- "You'd think with all my video game experience I'd be feeling more prepared."
- —Rex, as he leaves Andy's room with Buzz's rescue squad
It is revealed in the sequel that he is a video game fan and is very frustrated that he cannot beat the "Buzz Lightyear: Attack on Zurg" video game. He goes on a mission led by Buzz to rescue Woody after Woody is stolen by Al McWhiggin of Al's Toy Barn. After the toys enter Al's Toy Barn, Rex excitedly finds a "Buzz Lightyear" video game manual, only to lose it later, but is still able to give Buzz (the toys take an "alternate" Buzz instead) some secrets he has acquired from the manual. Rex is considered to be the heaviest of Andy's toys when he loses his grip on the new Buzz's utility line and pushes the toys to the bottom, causing the new Buzz's strength to give out. Later, "alternate" Buzz and the toys use Rex as a battering ram to break into Al's apartment. After the toys leave the apartment, they encounter a Zurg action figure, whom "alternate" Buzz duels with Rex watching. As Zurg is about to finish the "alternate" Buzz off, Rex accidentally knocks Zurg off the elevator with his tail; however, in the process, he finally overcomes his frustration of not being able to defeat Zurg previously.
Toy Story 3
In the third film, Rex eagerly awaits the opportunity to finally get played with by children again. In the opening scene of the film, he reprises one of his roles from the first film.
Trivia
Rex's cameo in WALL•E.
- In Toy Story on Ice, Rex has a wife named Mrs. Rex.
- Rex quotes a few of George McFly's lines from Back to the Future: "I don't like confrontations" and "I don't think I could take that kind of rejection."
- Rex makes a cameo in the outtakes for Monsters, Inc. where he tries out for the role of Ted, the gigantic monster who Mike and Sulley say hi to on the way to work.
- You can hear Rex's voice from Wallace Shawn in The Incredibles as Mr. Huph.
- Rex appears at the beginning of WALL•E for a brief second when WALL•E is opening the door of his truck, but since it's a close-up it can be very easy to spot.
- While inside Al's Toy Barn, Rex appears in a rearview mirror (viewed by Mr. Potato Head) as he tries to catch up with a car, parodying a scene from Jurassic Park where T-rex appears in a rearview mirror when chasing a crew in a jeep.
- Rex was made in 1989.
Other Quotes
- "But what if Andy gets another dinosaur? A mean one? I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection."
- —Rex's fear of getting replaced
- "Ya big lizard!"
- —Mr. Potato Head, after Rex shakes the speaker off the table
- "I don't like confrontations!"
- —Rex, after Woody accidentally knocks Buzz Lightyear out of the window
- "Maybe Andy'll get another dinosaur, like a leaf eater. That way, I could play the dominant predator game."
- —Rex's suggestion for Andy's Christmas present
- Rex: "Oh, no! No! No, no, no, no!"
Buzz: "Oh, you almost had him."
Rex: "I'm never gonna defeat Zurg!"
Buzz: "Sure, you will, Rex. In fact, you're a better Buzz than I am."
Rex: "But look at my little arms! I can't press the 'fire' button and jump at the same time!" - —Rex loses the video game while Buzz watches
- "Don't do it, Woody! We love you!"
- —Rex, as Woody goes out to the yard sale to rescue Wheezy
- "Hey! It's not suicide! It's a rescue"
- —Rex, as Woody digs out Wheezy from the box
- "He can't take Woody! It's illegal! Somebody do something!"
- —Rex, as Al steals Woody from the yard sale
- "Aah! My source of power! No! Come back! (the manual disappears below a shelf) NO!!! (turns back to chase after the car) Hey! Come on! Slow down! Dinosaur overboard! Slow down! Aah!"
"Remain seated please. Permanezcan sentados, por favor." - —Rex, as he loses the manual and chasing the car, followed by Tour Guide Barbie's reminder
- Rex: "Buzz! Buzz, I know how to defeat Zurg!"
Buzz #2: "You do?"
Rex: "Come on, I'll tell you on the way." - —Rex calls to Buzz #2
- Rex: You see, all along, we thought the way into Zurg's fortress was through the main gate, but in fact, the secret entrance is to the left, hidden in the shadows."
Buzz #2 (taking notes): "To the left in the shadows, got it." - —Rex tells Buzz #2 some secrets he has learned from the video game manual
- "Hey, guys, it's not the walls; it's the elevator!"
- —Rex, as he sees an elevator
- Rex (gasps): "What are we going to do, Buzz?"
Buzz #2: "Use your head."
Rex: "But I don't wanna use my head!" - —Rex and "alternate" Buzz Lightyear, as the toys use Rex as a battering ram
- Woody: "Hold it, now! Hey, you don't understand! These are my friends!"
Rex: "Yeah, we're his friends!"
Woody: "No, Rex, I mean they're my friends!" - —Woody tries to stop the melee
- Rex (to Buzz #2): "Ah, Buzz, you could've defeated Zurg all along. You just need to believe in yourself!" (gasps as Zurg aims his "ion blaster" at Buzz #2's head)
Zurg (to Buzz #2): "Prepare to die!"
Rex: "Ah, I can't look! (turns away, but his tail knocks Zurg off the elevator) I did it! I finally defeated Zurg!"
Buzz #2: "Father..." - —Rex "defeats" Zurg
- Hamm: "Uh, hey, Rex, I could use a hand over here."
Rex: "I don't need to play. I lived it!"
Hamm: "No, no, no, no! Oh, nuts!" - —Hamm asks Rex for help, but loses the video game