Payback

Payback

December 10, 2010 TV Episode Generator Rex

Studio
Cartoon Network Studios
Animation studio
Sunmin Image Pictures
Distributor
Cartoon Network

Synopsis

While Providence HQ is being rebuilt since Payback, Rex and Bobo are living with (and annoying) Noah, while Six is a "ninja-hobo" in his jump jet. Rex gets a call that Providence is trying to transport a power core, when an E.V.O. goes on the loose, and conveniently, is near the power core. Rex later finds out that Van Kleiss used him as a decoy to detract attention from the power core. After a battle between Rex and Van Kleiss, the latter turns Noah into an E.V.O. (a giant blond E.V.O. dog), forcing Rex to try and cure him before Providence hurts his friend while chasing all over the city and into a sewer. Dr. Holiday did research on a sample she took from the earlier E.V.O and reveals that the E.V.O.s created by Van Kleiss may become permanent, if not cured within a certain amount of time (she assumes, at this point, that the time period is different for each E.V.O.). Rex's biometrics drops, causing him to take a breather before curing Noah. Van Kleiss scares Noah away before Rex can cure him. After a chase in a labyrinth of train tracks, Rex's biometrics spike back up, and a new build of his allows him to defeat Van Kleiss, with a little help from Noah. After Rex finally cures his friend, it is revealed that turning Noah into an E.V.O. was actually a distraction as pulling out Rex, Six, and Bobo crippled the defenses of the power core, allowing Breach to steal it and recover Van Kleiss. Back at HQ, Rex is training, trying to create more builds (including a Water-Jet), after deciding that he wants to stay back "home" in Providence, with Six and Holiday feeling the same way.

Characters

Rex, Agent Six, Noah, Dr. Holiday, Bobo Haha, White Knight, Van Kleiss, Biowulf, Breach, Skalamander, Providence Cadet Kenwyn Jones

Credits

Directing

Director
Rick Morales

Producing

Producer
Ryan Slater
Supervising Producer
John Fang

Writing

Writer
Rob Hoegee

Voices

Voice
Daryl Sabara (Rex), Wally Kurth (Agent Six), Fred Savage (Noah), Grey DeLisle (Dr. Holiday), John DiMaggio (Bobo Haha, Skalamander), JK Simmons (White Knight), Troy Baker (Van Kleiss, Biowulf), Hynden Walch (Breach), Rutina Wesley (Providence Cadet Kenwyn Jones)

Music

Music
Kevin Manthei

Editing

Editor
Jhoanne Reyes

Crew

Created By
Man of Action (Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, Steve Seagle)
Story Editor
Rob Hoegee
Creative Consultants
Man of Action
Art Director
Nollan Obena
Storyboard Artists
Elsa Garagarza, Chris Graham, Miyuki Hoshikawa, Sam Montes, Rick Morales
Lead Character Designer
Jose Lopez
Character Designer
Walter Gatus
Prop Designers
Eric Brown, James Lim
Background Designers
Pakin Liptawat, Art Morales
Background Painters
Nora Murphy-Berden, Kersti Myrberg, Christopher Near, Chu-Hui Song, Pam Tilikete
Cast and Recording Director
Collette Sunderman
Recording Studio Manager
Karie Gima Pham
Recording Engineer
Robert Serda
Picture Editor
Jhoanne Reyes
Dialogue Editor
Robert Serda
Musician (Guitars)
Jimmy Schafer
Opening Theme: "Revolution," by
Orange
Supervising Sound Editors
Tom Syslo, Timothy J. Borquez
Re-Recording Mixers
Eric Freeman, Timothy J. Borquez
Director Production Technology
Antonio Gonella
Post Production Supervisor
Tony Tedford
Post Production Coordinator
Alicia Parkinson
Machine Room Operator
Chris Hoetger
Track Reading
Slightly Off Track
Production Estimator
Carolyn Urban
Production Manager
Rossitza Likomanova
Production Coordinator
Danielle Adrias
Production Assistants
Donna Kay Lau, Matthew Long, Brent Tanner
Current Series Executive
Brian E.S. Jones
Executive Producers, Cartoon Network Studios
Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey
Executive Producers, Cartoon Network
Tramm Wigzell, Rob Swartz, Rob Sorcher

Companies and other credits

  • Overseas Production Facility: Sunmin Image Pictures Co
  • Overseas Production Facility: Ltd

Production notes

Rex is 15, and like most 15-year-old boys, he likes cars, girls, music and sports. But unlike most 15-year-old boys, he can make his fists the size of boulders, sprout a jet pack out of his back and turn his legs into a lightning-fast motorcycle. These talents are extremely useful to Providence, a global organization chartered to fight mutant creatures known as E.V.O.s (Exponentially Variegated Organism). Rex is under their care and is their ultimate weapon.

Generator Rex takes place in the aftermath of a global accident, where microscopic machines known as nanites have merged with every living thing. For a select few, the nanites mutate their hosts into monstrous creatures called E.V.O.s.

Rex is one such E.V.O., but unlike the monsters he and Providence battle, Rex has control over his nanites. He alone has the ability to not only control these nanites- allowing him to create amazing mechanical limbs and gadgets that aid him in battle ' but also heal E.V.O.s of their mutation.

Rex's powers are incredible, and his importance to Providence and the world is undisputed. But on top of that, he just wants to be a normal teenager and must balance his adrenaline-fueled adventures with the everyday ups and downs of being 15. Rex is joined by a team of characters including his sidekick, a highly intelligent monkey named Bobo Haha who encourages Rex's mischievous side; his mentor Agent Six, so called for being the world's sixth deadliest man; the brilliant Dr. Holiday, who seems to be the only one that really understands Rex; and Noah, a regular kid and Rex's friend.

Rex's greatest threat is an E.V.O. named Van Kleiss, who with his minions called The Pack sees the nanites and resulting E.V.O.s as part of a greater plan and the future of humanity.