biology

Generator Rex

Generator Rex is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Generator Rex rather than just read about it. In short: Generator Rex is an American animated superhero television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, with John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios as supervising producer. It is based on the comic M.

Key takeaways

Generator Rex belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Generator Rex to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Generator Rex from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Generator Rex is an American animated superhero television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, with John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios as supervising producer. It is based on the comic M. Rex, created by Aaron Sowd, Joe Kelly and Duncan Rouleau, and published by Image Comics in 1999. The series premiered in the United States on April 23, 2010, on Cartoon Network, and concluded on January 3, 2013, with a total of 60 episodes, plus two episodes remained unaired. A two-part crossover special with Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, titled Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United, aired on November 25, 2011, while a second 44-minute four-part special, Ben Gen 10, aired on April 11, 2021, featuring different and younger versions of the Generator Rex characters in the Ben 10 universe.

Plot

Seasons 1–2 (2010–11) Five years prior to the events of the series, an explosion occurred on Earth, causing microscopic machines called "nanites" to infiltrate the bodies of all its organic life. When activated, nanites mutate the biology of their hosts; living beings with activated nanites are known as Exponentially Variegated Organisms (E.V.O.). Rex Salazar is an amnesiac fourteen-year-old boy and permanent E.V.O. who, unlike most other E.V.O.s, lacks physical deformation but has forgotten his past. He is also able to control his active nanites, allowing him to manifest from his body various bio-mechanical abilities and powers. He also has the unique ability to deactivate nanites inside other E.V.O.s, effectively curing them of their mutations and returning them to normal. Working for Providence under Agent Six and White Knight, Rex uses his unique abilities to stop and cure rampant E.V.O.s. His archenemy, Van Kleiss, is a British scientist who became an earth-manipulating humanoid E.V.O.. He despises Providence and is connected to the original nanite explosion, which is noted as "the Nanite Event" five years prior. He seeks to become all-powerful by using fellow E.V.O.s, and promises to tell Rex about his childhood past if he will join him, using the former's blooming relationship with the siren-like human E.V.O. Circe to do so. Upon attaining Rex's nanites, Van Kleiss acquires the opposing ability to create E.V.O.s upon physical contact; whereas Rex fully regains his powers and access to new and greater machinery from his Omega-1 Nanite after fully tapping into the further evolved nanite's greater technological abilities. After her second and final mission with the Pack, Circe defects when Van Kleiss threatens Rex's life and joins his E.V.O. street gang in Hong Kong. To further complicate matters, Rex's long-lost elder brother Dr. Cesar Salazar suddenly resurfaces and joins Providence. At one point, Van Kleiss and Rex are forced to work together to escape the artificial intelligence Zag-RS, who is revealed to be a creation of Caesar's who modeled her voice after their late Mexican mother Violetta. Back in Hong Kong, Rex encounters and defeats his former boss Quarry, who was given a proposition from Van Kleiss, but was taken to Abysus for punishment after double-crossing him. Rex's ninja-like partner Six suffers amnesia from a machine of Cesar's invention, but chooses not to regain his memories. In a last-ditch effort to achieve his ultimate goal of becoming a god, Van Kleiss further develops Breach's portal-creating ability, allowing her to travel through time. As a result of her abilities, Rex is sent six months into the future and Van Kleiss is sent to the ancient past. In the future, it is revealed that everything has changed drastically since Rex's "disappearance", and he is shocked to meet a woman in charge of Providence who calls herself the "Black Knight."

Season 3 (2011–13) Rex is sent six months into the future by Breach's abilities, where everything has changed since his "six-month disappearance" and Providence has been taken over by a woman called the Black Knight. She attempts to manipulate Rex into utilizing his abilities to aid her in "saving" humanity by restarting the Nanite Project with those who had funded it six years ago to become all-powerful by ensuring the creation of five nanites called the Meta Nanites, which contain the "God Code." The first four were scattered across the planet due to the Nanite Event, and the fifth and most powerful one has been kept hidden within Rex himself. Cesar and their late Hispanic scientist parents, Rafael and Violetta Salazar, had secretly programmed them to fully work for him alone. Upon merging with the God Code, Rex utilizes his newly attained godhood to successfully cure all E.V.O.s. Afterwards, he is reunited with his now-normal friends - Tuck, Cricket and Sqywdd - and girlfriend Circe, and forgives Cesar for his past actions. Van Kleiss, who is revealed to have been responsible for Rafael and Violetta's deaths by trapping them inside as the nanite reactor exploded, is taken to Breach's pocket dimension of Greenville, Ohio.

Characters

Main characters Daryl Sabara as Rex Salazar, Rombauer (1st time), White Fighter, East Side kid Wally Kurth as Agent Six, Captain Calan, Maxwell, Systems Op John DiMaggio as Bobo Haha, Skalamander, Architect, Jungle Cat, Pete Volkov, Robo Bobo Haha, Michael, Hunter Cain (2nd time), Dark figure, Rath, Providence Agent (1st time), Huckster, Vostok, Pyreptryx, Nyquist, Biruta, Umpire, Infected 2, Human EVO, Lunk, Waiter (1st time), Payson, Bug, DJ, Older Providence worker, Dock Worker, Guard 1, Providence Tech (2nd time), Villager, Providence Soldier 1 (2nd time), Black Pawn Grey DeLisle as Rebecca Holiday, ZAG-RS, Little Girl (Slug EVO), Woman (Rock & Mud EVO), Female Co-pilot, Doctor Rhodes, Diane Farrah, Isabella, Violeta Salazar, Little Spanish boy, Reporter, Kate, Larvus, Wade, Waitress, House wife, Trig Student 2, Beach Girl 1, Echoey Voice 2, Computer, Innocent girl, News Reporter, Librarian, Lady J.K. Simmons as White Knight, Cured E.V.O., Waiter (2nd time), Control Voice Fred Savage as Noah Nixon, Beagle (1st time), Waylan, Infected 1, Sit-Ops Tech, Team leader Troy Baker as Van Kleiss, Biowulf, Agent Weaver, Roswell, Captured zombie, Businessman, Etude, Echoey Voice 1, United Nations Official, Providence Tech (2nd time), Guard, Male Party-Goer, Providence Soldier 1 (1st time)

Recurring characters

Episodes

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Generator Rex

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Generator Rex claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Generator Rex before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Generator Rex ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Generator Rex

In research: Generator Rex appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Generator Rex in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Generator Rex is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2010 American animated television series debuts, 2010 English-language television series debuts, 2010s American animated television series, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Generator Rex outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Generator Rex in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Generator Rex means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Generator Rex out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Generator Rex in simple terms?

Why does Generator Rex matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Generator Rex?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Generator Rex.