Moonlighting

Moonlighting

April 15, 2011 TV Episode Generator Rex

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

Synopsis

Noah convinces Rex to enroll in his High School, Benjamin Franklin High, to compete in the Ping Pong tournament, Noah's three previous partners having been hospitalized in practice matches against a team from another school which Rex discovers is a pair of twins named Gabriel and Michael, who have turned E.V.O. and been fused together into a Two-Headed E.V.O. (with the right head being Gabriel and the and the left head being Michael). At the school, Rex is actually enjoying being around other kids who virtually worship Rex and Noah since they are on the Ping Pong team which they take way too seriously. Noah lies about Rex being a foreign exchange student from a school run by "Principal Haha".

Rex does surprisingly well on a Trigonometry Pop Quiz given by Mr. Buchiner which has a reputation to give even the Principal nightmares. During the tournament, the Twins father and Coach pushes them way too far, going so far as to use the same technology Mouse used in "Lost Weekend" on the twins causing them to grow four extra arms and go on a rampage. Rex deciding the well being of the audience and twins takes precedence over the tournament goes to fight and calm down the twins. During the fight, Rex and the twins smash into Mr. Buchiner's classroom, where he helps Rex by pointing out he can use the floorboards as a catapult, launching the twins back to the stadium. When Rex leaves Mr. Buchiner goes back to grading papers and talking about wanting a pony. Using their father as a distraction Rex is able to short out the amplifying patches returning the twins to their previously mutated state, unfortunately Rex informs the Twins that they're incurable.

Rex chews out the coach for his reckless endangerment of his sons and both boys informs their father that they don't even like Ping Pong and would rather take piano lessons instead. With that the Coach decides to get them a piano teacher, enter them into a piano tournament, and make the lot of them proud. The principal however informs Rex for the destruction that Rex caused he's expelled. At Providence, Rex informs Dr. Holiday that he actually enjoyed his one week at school, which Dr. Holiday decides is a good thing since she believes she has been lenient in her tutoring of Rex making him also take History, Spanish, Trigonometry, and Science from her as well. The stylized epilogue shows that Noah's Principal met "Principal Haha," Mr. Buchiner gets his pony, the Twins live out their dream as a piano player making their father proud, and Rex is still being put through Dr. Holiday's tutoring.

Characters

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

Credits

Directing

Director
Chris Graham

Producing

Producer
Ryan Slater
Supervising Producer
John Fang

Writing

Writer
Scott Sonneborn

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.