Without A Paddle

Without A Paddle

April 22, 2011 TV Episode Generator Rex

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

Synopsis

While in the desert, Rex ends up investigating a nanite-free zone inside a sandstorm and notices Van Kleiss, Biowulf and Skalamander going into it. When Rex and Van Kleiss get stuck in a sink hole that leads to an underground cavern that is stealing the nanites from them. This forces Rex and Van Kleiss to form a temporary truce. It soon discovered that the center of the sandstorm is draining the nanites from all life and turning them into sand. Van Kleiss still claims that he knows about Rex's past and claims that C?sar isn't the man he is to be, and that he started the Nanite Event. Soon, the two are attacked by rock monsters causing Rex and Van Kleiss to do the back to back method to fight the rock monsters. It is soon discovered that the hieroglyphics and valley are part of a system used by ZAG-RS in another plot to eliminate nanites. Van Kleiss stated that ZAG-RS was originally built as a Nanite Decontamination Unit to eliminate stray nanites by C?sar. Van Kleiss states to Rex that the Omega-One Nanite in him can replicate his own nanites exponentially. As ZAG-RS transforms her programming into a giant robot, Rex ends up fighting ZAG-RS while Van Kleiss weakens ZAG-RS as the sandstorm dies down. Later on, C?sar admits that ZAG-RS was his creation as they interrogate ZAG-RS. C?sar reboots ZAG-RS, but Dr. Holiday notices that its memory has been wiped clean. C?sar states that Van Kleiss must have initiated a program dump when he weakened ZAG-RS, while Rex wonders if what Van Kleiss said about his older brother was true. C?sar reveals to Rex that ZAG-RS' voice is modeled after that of their deceased Mexican mother, Violeta, much to Rex's shock and grief.

Characters

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

Credits

Directing

Director
Seung-Hyun Oh

Producing

Producer
Ryan Slater
Supervising Producer
John Fang

Writing

Writer
Ken Pontac
Story Editor
Rob Hoegee
Created By
Man of Action (Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, Steve Seagle)

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

Art Department

Art Director
Nollan Obena
Storyboard Artists
Elsa Garagarza, Chris Graham, Miyuki Hoshikawa, Sam Montes, Rick Morales
Character Designer
Walter Gatus
Lead Character Designer
Jose Lopez
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

Editing

Editor
Jhoanne Reyes
Picture Editor
Jhoanne Reyes

Sound

Supervising Sound Editors
Tom Syslo, Timothy J. Borquez
Re-Recording Mixers
Eric Freeman, Timothy J. Borquez
Recording Studio Manager
Karie Gima Pham
Recording Engineer
Robert Serda
Dialogue Editor
Robert Serda
Track Reading
Slightly Off Track

Music Department

Musician (Guitars)
Jimmy Schafer

Casting

Cast and Recording Director
Collette Sunderman

Production Management

Production Manager
Rossitza Likomanova
Production Coordinator
Danielle Adrias
Post Production Supervisor
Tony Tedford
Post Production Coordinator
Alicia Parkinson
Production Assistants
Donna Kay Lau, Matthew Long, Brent Tanner

Crew

Creative Consultants
Man of Action
Opening Theme: "Revolution," by
Orange
Director Production Technology
Antonio Gonella
Machine Room Operator
Chris Hoetger
Production Estimator
Carolyn Urban
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.