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Thundercats

ThunderCats is an American/Japanese animated television series, produced by Ethan Spaulding and Michael Jelenic. A reboot of the original 1980's ThunderCats TV series, which ran from 1985 to 1989, the 2011 series was developed by Warner Bros. Animation and Studio 4°C, and combined elements of western animation, with Japanese anime. The series takes a much more darker and cinematic approach than the original show, featuring a lot more focus on characters and more sophisticated themes. Following the destruction of their home, the kingdom of Thundera, the ThunderCats (a group of humanoid cats) are forced to roam the planet Third Earth, in order to find a way to defeat the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra, who plans on taking over the universe. The series began with an hour-long premiere on Cartoon Network on July 29, 2011, and received very positive reviews, with many praising the animation and storyline. But following the end of the first season, ThunderCats was not renewed for a second season, leaving the show in limbo. Currently the show is on hiatus.

Plot

On the planet known as Third Earth, the cats have lived and thrived for generations in the kingdom of Thundera. However, one night the kingdom is attacked by the Lizard army, led by the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra. With them, the lizards bring technology, a concept unfamiliar to the cats. Because of this, Thundera is destroyed, but a small band of surviving Thunderians, led by the young heir to the throne, Lion-O (who wields the powerful Sword of Omens), flee the destroyed city, in order to seek out the Book of Omens, which is said to have the knowledge needed to defeat Mumm-Ra. Once they find it, the ThunderCats realize that in order for them to defeat Mumm-Ra, they must unite all the different species living on Third Earth. The ThunderCats also find out that they have to find three stones of power which, if found by Mumm-Ra, will give him power to become the most powerful being in the universe.

THUNDERCATS

Lion-O (voiced by Will Friedle).

The leader and Lord of the ThunderCats. The son of King Claudus, Lion-O was a misunderstood teenager in Thundera, being the only one in the kingdom who believed that technology and Mumm-Ra existed. Because of his beliefs, many found him unworthy to become king, often favoring his brother Tygra for the position. After the fall of Thundera and the death of King Claudus, Lion-O becomes the new Lord of the ThunderCats, leading the team to find a way to defeat Mumm-Ra. Even though Lion-O can be a bit of a hothead, he is by far the most patient and understanding cat, next to Cheetara. Lion-O also believes that the other races of Third Earth should be treated equal, as seen when Lion-O was defending two persecuted Lizards from some Thunderians. During the first half of the first season, both Tygra and Lion-O developed a crush on Cheetara, which only fueled the siblings' rivalry. In the end, Cheetara chose Tygra, which left Lion-O feeling betrayed and bitter. He eventually accepted Cheetara and Tygra's relationship, and began developing feelings for Pumyra (which came to an end after he found out that Pumyra was working for Mumm-Ra).

Tygra (voiced by Matthew Mercer).

The adopted older brother of Lion-O. Tygra was originally born to the leader of the Tiger Clan living in the mountains. During this time, the Tiger Clan was stricken with disease, and in order to survive, the clan made a deal with the Ancient Spirits of Evil. In return for saving the Tigers Clan's life, the Ancient Spirits of Evil demanded that Tygra would be sacrificed to them. Unable to kill his own son, Tygra's father sent his infant son away in a hot air balloon, and was eventually found by the royal family of Thundera, who adopted him. Originally Tygra was the prince of Thundera, and would eventually grow up to become king, but after Lion-O was born, Tygra no longer was prince, nor could he ever become king. This would later cause anger between the brothers, with Tygra being bitter with losing the crown, and Lion-O being frustrated with his brother always outshining him. Tygra also possesses extreme xenophobia, a jealous streak, and an inferiority complex, all of which often cause friction between the two brothers and the rest of the team. During the first half of the first season, both Tygra and Lion-O developed a crush on Cheetara, which only fueled their rivalry. In the end, Cheetara chose Tygra. Later on in the first season, Tygra also finds out that he's a natural at flying, due to his ancestors being pilots.

Cheetara (voiced by Emmanuelle Chriqui).

One of the last remaining cleric warriors. When she originally tried to join the Order of Clerics as a child, she was initially turned down by Jaga, because even though she had the speed possessed by clerics, she lacked the patience. Despite being turned down, Cheetara decided to show Jaga she had the patience needed to become a cleric, and began to wait in front of the Order's doors. While waiting, she was given a flower by Tygra, which helped Cheetara sustain herself, until Jaga finally allowed her to join the clerics. In the aftermath of Thundera's downfall, Cheetara is possibly the sole surviving member of the Order, other than Jaga, who lives on in spirit form. Cheetara initially served as counselor to Lion-O, since she never shuned him for his interest in technology and initially seemed to support his kindness to other races. During the first half of the first season, both Tygra and Lion-O developed a crush on Cheetara, but in the end she chose Tygra, due to the kindness Tygra had shown her when they were young.

Panthro (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson).

One of King Claudus' most loyal soldiers. Panthro, along his friend Grune, were originally sent by the king to find the Book of Omens, but their attempted search resulted in Mumm-Ra's release and Grune betraying Panthro. While fighting Grune, Panthro fell down an abyss and was seemingly killed. However, Panthro survived and constructed the ThunderTank, which he later used to save Lion-O's group from Slithe's platoon. Though he questioned Lion-O's ability to lead at first, Panthro eventually accepted him as the new king. Unlike the rest of the ThunderCats, he never learned how to swim.

WilyKit and WilyKat (voiced by Madeleine Hall and Eamon Pirruccello).

WilyKit and WilyKat were originally from a middle-class family in the countryside, consisting of them, their mother, father, and two siblings. After the twins lost their father to a tornado, the family began to become more down-trodden, with their mother trying make ends meet. Eventually, WilyKit and WilyKat decide to run away to find the lost city of El Dara, so they could become rich and help their family. However, upon arriving to Thundera, they were forced to become street urchins and pickpockets in order to survive the slums, with their aspirations being the only thing keeping them going. When the Lizards attack Thundera, the two manage to escape during the chaos before eventually teaming up with the ThunderCats on their journey.

Snarf (voiced by Satomi Kōrogi).

Lion-O's pet.

VILLAINS

Mumm-Ra (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes).

The main villain of the series. Mumm-Ra is of alien origin with changes including demon wings on his Ever-Living form, a larger body, and a weakness to intensely bright light. His ultimate goal is universal domination and enforcing his ideal order on it. Centuries prior to the new series, Mumm-Ra used advanced technology and magic at his disposal to enslave the ancestors of the ThunderCats and the Animals into serving him so he would gather the Four Powerstones from various planets to place on the Sword of Plun-Darr, a weapon forged from a star he had collapse at the cost of the entire Plun-Darr galaxy. But managing to take the Warstone (which would become the Eye of Thundera) while staging a rebellion with the Animals' help, the ThunderCat Leo defeats Mumm-Ra and strips him of the other Powerstones. But when Mumm-Ra's pyramid spacecraft was pulled into Third Earth's atmosphere, Mumm-Ra entered his tomb to bide his time for everyone else to die in the resulting crash. However, the controls were smashed and Mumm-Ra was trapped within his pyramid as the stones and survivors spread across Third Earth. However, many centuries later, Mumm-Ra used Grune to release him from his prison and masterminded Thundera's downfall. With the aid of Grune and Slythe, Mumm-Ra not only plans to obtain the Eye of Thundera, but to regain the other three Powerstones and the Sword of Plundarr.

Grune (voiced by Clancy Brown).

Grune is one of Claudus' trusted generals who was best friends with Panthro in the past while confiding in him his desire to rise up the ranks. During one of their missions, Grune ripped his sabertooth off to save Panthro from Spidera. When Grune and Panthro sparred to prove themselves to get a promotion from Claudus, Claudus instead promoted Lynx-O as general and assigned Grune and Panthro to find the Book of Omens. Grune felt betrayed and drove himself mad with his own paranoia. Eventually, his jealousy towards the king was used by Mumm-Ra to convince Grune to become his follower and serve a key role in Thundera's downfall.

Slithe (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker).

One of Mumm-Ra's generals, and the leader of the lizards. Slithe serves Mumm-Ra in order for his kind to take revenge on the ThunderCats for generations of persecution. Succeeding in ransacking Thundera, Slithe pursues Lion-O's group before overseeing the search for the Book of Omens and later the War Stones.

Addicus (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes).

Addicus is a bloodthirsty ape-like barbarian who committed crimes against the Bird Nation and was sentenced to a death drop from high up in his captors' domain. However, Addicus is rescued from the fall by Slithe and recruited to be one of Mumm-Ra's new generals. Accepting the proposal, Addicus is allowed to get his revenge on the Bird Nation as Addicus states that they "owe him a last meal." Because of this, he may be a cannibal. He is the revived series counterpart to Monkian.

Kaynar (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker).

Kaynar is a jackal-like psychopath who is recruited as one of Mumm-Ra's generals. Kaynar was about to be placed in solitary confinement within a Dog Prison when he was recruited by Slithe to be one of Mumm-Ra's new generals. Though preferring his cell, Kaynar accepts Slithe's proposal when he mentions that he can slaughter ThunderCats while allowed to "say goodbye" to his jailers. He is the revived series counterpart to Jackalman.

Vultaire (voiced by Michael McKean).

Vultaire is a prefect of Avista. Though aiding the ThunderCats in fighting off Mumm-Ra's army, Vultaire betrays his fellow Avistans and aligns himself with Mumm-Ra upon witnessing his power firsthand. Vultaire shoots down Tygra and then quotes to Addicus "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Vultaire joins Slithe, Kaynar, and Addicus into fighting Tygra, Panthro, and Cheetara prior to the latter knocking him out before Tygra can get payback for the bird's treachery. After Mumm-Ra claimed the Tech Stone, Vultaire joined Mumm-Ra's forces into retreating from Avista. He is the revived series counterpart to Vultureman.

Pumyra (voiced by Pamela Adlon).

Pumyra is a cat who originally fought during the fall of Thundera before being wounded and left to die under rubble. In her final moments, Pumyra died disillusioned, hateful, and resentful towards Lion-O and company for leaving Thundera. Sensing her hate, Mumm-Ra resurrected Pumyra to serve him as his spy, placing her among the captive Thunderian slaves to be sold to Dobo. From there, meeting Lion-O and managing to keep her need for revenge in check when she is unable to finish off Lion-O, Pumyra earns his trust and love while serving as a beacon for Mumm-Ra to regain the Sword of Plun-Darr and track the Thundercats' movement. It was by during the siege of Avista that Pumyra reveals her true colors by giving the Tech Stone to Mumm-Ra. After taking a hit from Ro-Bear Bill and Dobo, Pumyra leaves with Mumm-Ra promising to kill Lion-O the next time they meet. Pumyra's role as a villain differs from how she was portrayed in the original series.

OTHER CHARACTERS

Jaga (voiced by Corey Burton).

Jaga serves as head of Thundera's cleric warriors, possessing knowledge of ancient secrets, superhuman speed and the power to project lightning from his staff. In his prime, he used the "Sword of Omens" in an epic duel against Ratilla. At the start of the series, Jaga sacrifices himself to ensure Lion-O and his group escape. This resulted with him being tortured into revealing the location of the "Book of Omens" to Mumm-Ra, though doing his best to resist the villain's magic when sealed within a lantern, eventually his free will wavers along with his physical form. Though Jaga destroys the lantern that was keeping his soul intact to save Lion-O from Mumm-Ra, his soul took residence within the Book of Omens and becomes Lion-O's guide.

Claudus (voiced by Larry Kenney).

Claudus is a stern father to Lion-O and the adoptive father of Tygra. He had a wife who died giving birth to Lion-O. When Grune and Panthro had fought bravely to get promoted to general, Claudus told them that he has given the job to Lynx-O. He was the one who sent Panthro and Grune to find the Book of Omens. When Lion-O was fighting off some Thunderians who were beating up two imprisoned Lizards (where Lion-O was assisted by Tygra and Cheetara), Claudus arrived to break up the fight. He was convinced by Lion-O to let the Lizards go free and back to their homeland. When Thundera was being attacked by the Lizards, Claudus is murdered by Mumm-Ra (who had assumed Panthro's form). Lion-O, Cheetara, and Tygra later hold a funeral pyre for him after escaping with the Sword of Omens.

Lynx-O (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson).

Lynx-O is a general under Claudus. He first made a cameo as one of Thundera's lookout sentries. It is unknown as to whether or not he survived Thundera's destruction.

Beyblade

Beyblade is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000 to 2002, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon by Shogakukan. The series focuses on a group of kids who form teams with which they battle one another using highly powerful spinning tops called "Beyblades". The manga is licensed for English language release in North America by Viz Media. An anime adaptation, also titled Beyblade and spanning 51 episodes, aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from January 8, 2001 to December 24, 2001. The second, Beyblade V-Force, ran for another 51 episodes from January 7, 2002 until December 30, 2002. Beyblade G Revolution, the third and final adaptation, also spanned 51 episodes (the 51st was a double-length special but was split into two episodes for the Western release) and aired from January 6, 2003, until its conclusion on December 29, 2003. Nelvana licensed the anime for an English-language release. Takara Tomy also developed the Beyblade toy line.

Plot

Beyblade

A young boy named Tyson Granger (Takao Kinomiya) enters the Japan Regional BeyBlade Qualifying Tournament. Tyson encounters Ray Kon (Rei Kon) and Kai Hiwatari, and after defeating them, they organize a team, known as the Bladebreakers, along with Max Tate (Max Mizuhara). The Bladebreakers tour China to register for the championships, while confronting the White Tigers, Ray's former team. It is seen that Ray's old team holds a grudge against him for leaving them, but towards the end of the Chinese Tournament, Ray and his ex-teammates make amends, and the Bladebreakers win the tournament. After this, Tyson and his friends arrive in the United States to fight the All Starz, who are coached by Max's mother. After winning the American league, the team find themselves stranded in Europe. In order to get to Russia to register for the World Championships, they must battle the Majestics who are Europe's top bladers. Once in Russia, Tyson and his friends find themselves up against the Demolition Boys, the Russian Champions, who are ruthless and obsessed with power. The Bladebreakers then discover that the Demolition Boys are merely tools for the BIOVOLT Corporation, run by Kai's grandfather, Voltaire, and Boris, a criminal mastermind. Initially, Kai was pursued by Boris to join the Demolition Boys in the ultimate quest for power, the Black Dranzer Bit-Beast which Kai was seeking to become the best Beyblader. However, he realizes his mistakes and rejoins the Bladebreakers. During the finals, Kai loses the first round and his Dranzer to Spencer and his bit-beast Seaborg. Ray barely manages to win against Bryan, but has to be taken to hospital after the injuries from the match. Tyson manages to defeat Tala, the Demolition Boys whose body had been modified by Boris to win the match, in the final round and manages to win the title of the BBA world champion.

Beyblade: V-Force

The team has gone their separate ways, but Team Psykick and the Saint Shields, attack the Blade-breakers by trying to steal their bit-beasts for their own reasons. Hilary Tachibana (Hiromi Tachibana) joins the Blade-breakers, but takes time to learn the fact that Beyblade isn't just a stupid game as she thinks it is. The first half of the second season ends with the Blade-breakers defeating Team Psykick, who were manipulating their friends Kane, Salima, Goki and Jimmy. The second half of season 2 deals with the truth of why the Saint Shields and Team Psykick are after their bit-beasts and about a rock that Max's mother found that contains bit-beasts, which is stolen by Team Psykick. The Saint Shields' reason is because they wish to seal the bit-beasts in a rock because they fear that the bit-beasts could get out of control like they did in the past. Team Psykick's reason is because the Psykick's leader, Dr. Zagart, wants the bit-beasts to turn his android son (an exact replica of his actual son who died in an accident) into a real human. After defeating the Saint Shields, Zeo, who is one of Tyson's new friends, learns the truth about his past and how he was created Dr. Zagart, so he uses the rock's strongest bit-beast, Cerberus (pronounced ker-bur-is), to get the bit-beasts. The world championships are coming to Japan, so Hilary separates the Blade-breakers into two teams: Tyson and Max for one, Kai and Ray for the other. However, during the tournament, Zeo and his partner Gordo, are destroying the competition. Soon enough, Zeo and Gordo eliminate Kai and Ray, taking Kai's Dranzer in the process. Tyson and Max face Zeo and Gordo in the final. Tyson manages to beat Gordo, but Zeo defeats Max and captures Draciel. During the final battle between Tyson and Zeo, the Blade-breakers find out that Zeo is actually an android, and about Dr. Zagart's reason for trying to use Zeo to get the bit-beasts. Tyson manages to convince him otherwise, and manages to defeat Zeo, making him and Max the world champions once again.

Beyblade: G-Revolution

Kai, Ray, Max and Tyson went their separate ways and rejoined their old teams so that they have a chance to beat each other at the World Championship. This leaves only Tyson, Hilary, and Kenny on the team, but a new character, Daichi Sumeragi, and Tyson's brother Hiro Granger, join them. One week after the results of the World Championships, Boris, the secondary villain from the first season, says things will return to the way they were before. But he declares that all the Beyblade shops must sell beyblades and their parts to BEGA associated Beybladers only, otherwise they will not be allowed to run the shops. Tyson and the team find some parts at Max's father's store, which are insufficient. Then after sometime Kenny comes with the solution, he makes new type of Beyblades, using different type of parts. But they still needed one more blader, that's when Kai, who tried to join BEGA but lost severely to Brooklyn, rejoins the team. Daichi and Ray lose the first two matches to Ming-Ming and Crusher and Max ends the third match with Mystel in a draw. Then it was Kai's turn to face the unbeaten Brooklyn. Kai then defeats Brooklyn in a match but loses Dranzer later. Then Tyson beats Garland. Brooklyn becomes insane due to his loss to Kai and confronts Tyson. In the ensuing match match, Tyson then defeats Brooklyn after his Beyblade Dragoon absorbs the power of all the Sacred Bit Beasts and evolves into the most powerful Beyblade on Earth.

Beyblade: Metal Fusion

Beyblade: Metal Fusion, known in Japan as Metal Fight Beyblade, is a Japanese manga production by Takafumi Adachi. It is also an anime production based on the original. It is currently being serialized by the monthly CoroCoro Comic (Shogakukan).

Season 1

The first season of the metal saga stars Gingka Hagane, a talented blader traveling all around Japan to get stronger so he can defeat the Dark Nebula, an evil organization who is also responsible for the death of Gingka's father Ryo Hagane (but he didn't die. He was rescued by a talking dog named Hokuto.) Gingka aims to recover the forbidden bey, Lightning L-Drago who has been stolen by the Dark Nebula who plan to use its powers to fulfill their wicked ambitions. Along with his bey, Storm Pegasus, Gingka must face and defeat many foes. Gingka's second biggest rival is Kyoya Tategami, formerly head of a bad bey clan, called the Face Hunters. Kyoya's goal is to defeat Gingka. Gingka is the blader who believes that every blader has a blader's spirit in him/her. The Dark Nebula recruits a blader named Ryuga, who is given the forbidden bey, Lightning L-Drago. He travels around the world, defeating and recruiting/destroying the beyblades of other bladers. Gingka battles Ryuga many times but gets defeated every one of those times. His friends also get defeated, including Kyoya. There is a tournament that the Dark Nebula has organized called Battle Bladers, and Ryuga hopes to battle Gingka in the final match, Gingka wins the match.

Season 2: Metal Masters

After Storm Pegasus sacrifices itself to defeat Ryuga and Lightning L-Drago, Gingka hears from a rock which contains Galaxy Pegasus W105R²F, The legendary bey and first Galaxy Pegasus battles with a new bey named Ray Striker and the owner Masamune Kadoya. Together with Madoka, Masamune, Yu, Tsubasa, and Gingka they form a team called Gan Gan Galaxy to participate in a new beyblade world tournament called Big Bang Bladers. On the way they have to battle other team Garcias, team Wang Hu Zhong,team Lovushka,team Excalibur, team Desert Blaze, team Chandora, team Wild Fang and team Starbreaker new guy Toby/Faust and a member of team Starbreaker.

Season 3: Metal Fury

Taking a break from their latest tough triumph over Faust and the Spiral Core, Gingka and his friends find themselves saving a boy named Yuki from a mysterious youth named Johannes. Although Yuki is a boy genius and an astronomer, he is a Blader who owns “Anubus”. Yuki says that he has come to tell Gingka and his friends about the voice of the Star Fragment. He witnessed the Star Fragment fall from the sky one day. That single light dwells within Anubus and he says that he heard the voice of the Star Fragment that evening. A great evil is trying to revive the “Black Sun” and "Nemesis", the god of Destruction, by using the unknown power of the Star Fragment and destroy the world.

Season 4: Zero-G

Main article: Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G Seven years have passed since the God of Destruction met his end at the hands of a great Blader. A new era of Beyblade has begun, bringing with it new Blades. When Zero Kurogane witnessed the final battle with the lord of destruction years ago, a fire began to burn within him to push forward to a new future. While Zero is the champion in his hometown, he wants to test himself and seeks out greater opponents, heading to Gingka's hometown. When Zero arrives and discovers that Gingka is nowhere to be found, he learns that Bladers from all over the world have come to test themselves against the Zero Gravity Bey stadium. Wanting to push his skills forward, Zero takes part in the new era of Beyblade, testing his might against the Zero Gravity stadiums.

Biker Mice From Mars

Biker Mice from Mars is a science fiction action animated series created by Rick Ungar that began airing in 1993 in the United States and lasted for three seasons before it was cancelled. It follows three anthropomorphic mice motorcyclists named Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie who escape a war on their home planet Mars before arriving to defend the Earth from the evil that destroyed their homeland (the Plutarkians) and to one day return to Mars. The mice's signature weapons consist of a cestus and a laser (Throttle), a bionic arm (Modo), and flares (Vinnie). Despite the frequent battles, no blood is shown, no firearms are used and many villains are monsters, aliens, and robots. These elements allowed the show to still be considered suitable for children.

Plot

On the planet Mars, there existed a race of anthropomorphic mice who enjoyed motorsports and had a very similar culture and society to that of human beings. At some point in time they were all but wiped out by the Plutarkians, an alien race of obese, foul-smelling, fish-like humanoids who exploit other planets for natural resources because they have wasted all of their own. Three survivors, Throttle, Modo and Vinnie, manage to find a spaceship and escape the Plutarkian takeover but they are soon shot down by a Plutarkian warship and end up crash-landing on Earth in the city of Chicago. There they meet a charming female mechanic named Charlene "Charley" Davidson and discover that the Plutarkians have come to Earth to steal its natural resources. The Biker Mice investigate the crumbling ghetto of the windy city and soon discover that Chicago's leading industrialist, Lawrence Limburger, is actually a Plutarkian who disguises himself as a human. Limburger enlists two henchmen, mad scientist Dr. Karbunkle and the idiotic Greasepit to help him steal Earth's natural resources and send them to Plutark. But the Biker mice from Mars themselves as heroic vigilantes come to save the day and stop Limburger from destroying Chicago, doing it to bring Plutark to justice as payback for the loss and powerful destruction of their home in process. And to defend the Earth from the similar fate. Thus, the Biker Mice become Limburger's chief foils, destroying his business tower at the end of nearly every episode.

THE MICE AND PROTAGONISTS

Throttle (voiced by Rob Paulsen)

The leader-figure of the trio with tan fur. Throttle's vision was damaged in the same incident that caused the losses of Modo's arm and the right side of Vinnie's face. As a result he wears green sunglasses with field spec capabilities. His sight does not appear to have been damaged completely, as he is able to look through a telescope in "Back to Mars" (current fan theories state that he can see without his shades for limited periods of time). On his right hand he wears a battle glove (coined "Nuke Knucks") which increases the strength of his blows with that fist. He also has a laser pistol as another weapon of choice. His first symbolic quote in the series was, "In this wild and woolly universe, there are three things you can count on: your brains, your bros and your bike!"

Modo (voiced by Dorian Harewood)

The gentle giant of the three with gray fur and an eye-patch, suggesting that his eye may have been damaged during Karbunkle's experiments. He lost his right arm in the same incident that burned off the right side of Vinnie's face and damaged Throttle's vision. His robotic arm replacement has a built-in laser cannon and has great strength. When angry, his right eye flashes red. He is prone to fits of rage when he or his bros are referred to as 'rats'. He is by far the strongest of the three mice, but also seems to have the most obvious capacity to love (Vinnie's attempts are often considered to be flirting). His bike is the only one out of the three with a definite name ("Lil' Hoss"), and the one with the most demonstrated AI capability. He always references what his greyfurred mommy used to say. His first signature quote was "My momma didn't raise no stinkin' rat!"

Vinnie (voiced by Ian Ziering)

Self-proclaimed lady-killer with white fur. The right side of his face was burned off in the same incident where Throttle's vision was damaged and where Modo lost his right arm; thus, Vinnie wears a flexible faceplate. He rides a red racing Sport bike, and is a thrill-seeker, often volunteering for the most dangerous tasks, enjoying the rush and subsequent glory. He wears a green X-cross bandolier on his chest, and wields expanding flares as well. His bike seems to have the greatest arsenal of weaponry between the three, and he is the best overall biker of the trio. He has a recurring catchphrase, "What a rush!", and has a signature laugh of triumph.

Charlene "Charley" Davidson (voiced by Leeza Miller McGee)

The Mice are always backed up by Charley, a human mechanic who owns the Last Chance Garage in Chicago. She is a headstrong woman, and is always ready to go into battle, though the Biker Mice try to keep her out of dangerous situations. Aside from being the target of Vinnie's affection (which she playfully blows off), she is also responsible for upgrades on the bros' bikes, is a high-tech genius in her own right, and is a biker every bit as skilled as the Biker Mice. Her name is quite obviously a pun on the famous Harley Davidson brand of motorcycles.

ANTAGONISTS

Lawrence Limburger (voiced by W. Morgan Sheppard)

The main antagonist of the series, Lawrence Limburger is an alien from Plutark and has an odd fascination for Earth's criminal society of the 1930s. He is the head of Limburger Industries, the biggest industrial company in Chicago. Wearing a mask in order to look human and a purple suit at most times, he attempts to mine it and other parts of Earth of various resources including random earth, dirt, rock, snow, metal and oil. He is highly resourceful and cunning, but always failing due to the biker mice's interventions. His headquarters is a very tall tower called Limburger Plaza. Unfortunately for him, his plans are foiled and his tower is either destroyed, torn down, launched into space or even disappears completely by the Biker Mice at the climax of almost every single episode. Limburger reappears in the 2006 sequel series, but as a bootlicker for the Pit Boss.

Dr. Benjamin Boris Zachary Karbunkle (voiced by Susan Silo)

A thin, sly scientist, of species unknown. Karbunkle used to work for Limburger's superior, Dominic T. Stilton, until Limburger bribed him to cross over. Karbunkle's main task is to think of machines and robots to either battle the Biker Mice, gather resources from Earth, or look up the villain of the week with his dimensional transporter. What is common knowledge is that during the War of Liberation on Mars he gave Modo his bionic arm (though in the pilot he appeared to be unfamiliar with it, calling it an interesting invention), Stoker his bionic tail and Throttle his malfunctioning bionic eyes. Karbunkle was also the one who built the Mind Bender Beam, successfully used on Stoker to brainwash the Freedom Fighter leader into obeying the Plutarkians. Karbunkle is a sycophant, often seen admiring Limburger and praising him; however, Karbunkle's top priority is Karbunkle. He is often seen torturing Fred the Mutant, cares little about his co-worker Grease Pit and has traded Plutarkian employers many times. Karbunkle is very sadistic and is known to enjoy torturing people, wears a white lab coat, high heeled boots, has a green pair of goggles which he never takes off and once in a while, his red underwear is revealed. Also reappears in the 2006 series as well, and suffers the same fate as Limburger.

Grease Pit (voiced by Brad Garrett)

The stereotypical cartoonish bungling bad guy sidekick usually in charge of whatever project Lawrence Limburger is running at the time. He fails in his endeavours most of the time, which Limburger soon learns to factor into his planning. Grease Pit rides a tri-cycle into battle against the Biker Mice at the head of his Goons and wears a pair of gardening trousers like a mechanic's. As his name suggests, Grease Pit constantly oozes oil, and he is consistently clumsy, often falling over or dropping critical pieces of Limburger's schemes. Grease Pit is the first villain Limburger ever hired though, his advert was "spiced up" to make him seem more capable than the bungling goof he is by his agent, (who is possible also his mother).

Fred the Mutant (voiced by Rob Paulsen)

Fred has a happy lot in life; he thrills at the thought of receiving pain and that is his one purpose as well, being the subject of many of Karbunkle's testings as well as physical abuse by Limburger. He is a midget with clothing similar to portrayals of Quasimodo, is bald and has three pink eyes with black irises, a bushy tail, and a tentacle instead of a right arm.

Lord Camembert (voiced by Jeff Bennett)

Limburger's higher-up, whom Limburger finds disgusting especially when he makes him do the embarrassing Plutarkian greeting. In some other cases, he will appear with the entire Plutarkian council with Limburger in a panic over what task is current. He often appears on the vidcom or in person to Limburger and berates him for his failure, often at a loud voice. As High Chairman of Plutark Camembert holds highest power of the planet for four year term at once.

Pit Boss (voiced by Stu Rosen)

The Pit Boss is the burly ruler of the Pits outside of town. His men, referred to as his "Pit Crew" will come up and rob various places, often taken hostages as well. The Pit Boss has an electric whip that he uses to keep his slaves in line.

RECURRING CHARACTERS

Napoleon Brie (voiced by Luke Perry)

Limburger's chief Plutarkian rival from Detroit, except that Brie usually seems to be rather successful. He and his "Number one", a gun for hire with a big red beard and sunglasses, dominate Detroit. Despite this, Brie's attempts at taking out the Biker Mice turn out just as futile as Limburger's. Brie's efforts are not helped by his undermining Limburger at the same time. Small of stature and the owner of a large variety of facial masks although he only ever wears the one with a crazy eye and speaks with an accent very similar to Elmer Fudd. (Instead of "revenge" or "rolaids", he says "wevenge" and "wolaids".)

Rimfire (voiced by Brian Austin Green)

Modo's nephew who is overprotected by his peers on Mars because of his age, despite the fact that he, too, is clearly capable of what it takes to be a worthy Freedom Fighter. He first appeared in the episode "Back to Mars, Part 2" when the three Mice were escaping prison. He appears again in the episode Stalkers, where he also crashed into the scoreboard at Quigley Field while escaping from intergalactic rogue bounty hunters (who view the Biker Mice as the big championship stock) that eventually request Limburger's permission, and he played a crucial role in their defeat. He also appears in the 3-part episode Once Upon a Time on Mars, where the viewers see for the first time how his age led to distrust from some of his peers.

Carbine (voiced by Leah Remini)

General Carbine is the de facto leader of the Freedom Fighters, a former Army officer who defected during the Plutarkian-Mars war. Has a heart for Throttle.

SUPER VILLAING

In most episodes Limburger orders Karbunkle to use transporter to bring into Chicago one of the very powerfull super villains. Generally each of them have one special ability which is usefull for Limburger´s plan in hand. Most of them seem to use asteroid station called Black Rock as their main hideout when they´re not summoned by those willing to pay for their services.

Bleach

Bleach is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper — a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. His newfound powers force him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife. Bleach has been serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 2001, and has been collected into 56 tankōbon volumes as of September 2012. Since its publication, Bleach has spawned a media franchise that includes an animated television series that was produced by Studio Pierrot in Japan from 2004 to 2012, two original video animations, four animated feature films, seven rock musicals, and numerous video games, as well as many types of Bleach-related merchandise. Viz Media obtained foreign television and home video distribution rights to the Bleach anime on March 15, 2006. Cartoon Network began airing Bleach in the United States as part of its Adult Swim block on September 9, 2006. Viz Media has licensed the manga for English-language publication in the United States and Canada, and has released 39 bound volumes as of April 2012 as well as published chapters of Bleach in its Shonen Jump magazine since November 2007. Viz Media released the first Bleach film, Bleach: Memories of Nobody, on DVD in North America on October 14, 2008. The second film, Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion, was released on September 15, 2009. The third film, Bleach: Fade to Black, was released on November 15, 2011. In addition, Hulu released subtitled versions of the anime a week after each episode aired in Japan. Volumes of the manga have sold more than 72 million copies in Japan, and is one of the most sold manga in the United States. The anime adaptation has been similarly received; it was rated as the fourth most popular anime television series in Japan in 2006 and held a position amongst the top ten anime in the United States from 2006 to 2008. The series received the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen demographic in 2005, and is among the best-selling manga issues in both Japan and the United States. In 2011, Bleach was ranked 8th for top selling manga in Japan.

Plot

Ichigo Kurosaki is a teenager gifted with the ability to see spirits. His life is drastically changed by the sudden appearance of a Soul Reaper—one who governs the flow of souls between the human world and the afterlife—named Rukia Kuchiki, who arrives in search of a Hollow, a dangerous lost soul. When Rukia is severely wounded defending Ichigo from the Hollow, she attempts to transfer her reiatsu energy to Ichigo so that he can defeat the Hollow. However, Ichigo takes almost all of her energy, transforming into a Soul Reaper and allowing him to defeat the Hollow with ease. With her powers diminished, Rukia is left stranded in the human world until she can recover her strength. In the meantime, Ichigo must take over Rukia's role as a Soul Reaper, battling Hollows and guiding souls to the afterlife realm known as the Soul Society As time passes and Rukia has yet to return to the Soul Society, her Soul Reaper superiors learn about her whereabouts and actions and sentence her to death for performing the illegal act of transferring her powers. Although he is unable to stop Rukia's departure to the Soul Society, Ichigo resolves to rescue her with the aid of several of his spiritually aware classmates, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora (Chad) Sado, and Uryū Ishida, and the ex-Soul Reapers Yoruichi Shihōin and Kisuke Urahara. Once at the Soul Society, Ichigo and company battle against the elites of the Soul Reaper military and strive to reach Rukia before her execution. It is revealed that Rukia's execution and Ichigo's rescue attempt both had been manipulated by a very high-ranking Soul Reaper, Sōsuke Aizen, who was previously believed to have been murdered, as part of a far-reaching plot to take control of the Soul Society. Aizen betrays his fellow Soul Reapers and allies himself with the strongest of the Hollows, the Espadas, whom he enhances. Aizen thus becomes the main antagonist of the series, and the Soul Reapers form an alliance with Ichigo, though many feel his being a Substitute is wrong, and they don't like him. At this point, Bleach chronicles the war between the Soul Reapers, the Espadas, and Aizen. After Aizen defeats the Soul Reaper captains, Ichigo undergoes intense training with his father Isshin who turns out to be a former Soul Reaper to become strong enough to battle Aizen alone. As Aizen is weakened by his battle with Ichigo, a spell that Urahara had previously hidden within him activates and seals him, thus ending the conflict and leaving the Soul Society to imprison him. As a result of using all of his Soul Reaper powers to defeat Aizen, Ichigo loses them and becomes an ordinary human once again. Seventeen months later, Ichigo meets "Xcution", a group of humans possessing Fullbring powers based on Hollows and want Ichigo to absorb them. Ichigo starts training to regain his Soul Reaper powers by first developing his own Fullbring following the appearance of Shūkurō Tsukishima, the former leader of Xcution who is targeting his friends. After developing his Fullbring, Ichigo is betrayed by Xcution's current leader Kūgo Ginjō, a former Substitute Soul Reaper who had his memories rewritten to act as Tsukishima's enemy and help Ichigo gain powers to steal them. With help from Soul Society, Ichigo regains his Soul Reaper powers and starts fighting Ginjō's group alongside Soul Society's forces. The Soul Society forces end victorious with Ichigo killing Ginjō and Byakuya Kuchiki, Rukia's adoptive brother and a Soul Reaper captain, presumably killing Tsukishima. Following these events, a group of Quincies called the "Vandenreich" declares war on the Soul Society. Ichigo once again ventures to Hueco Mundo, which has also been invaded by the Vandenreich; at the same time, the captains in the Soul Society battle a powerful group in the Vandenreich army known as the "Stern Ritter". During the invasion several Captains had their bankai stolen by the Stern Ritter. Meanwhile Captain Yamamoto took revenge on the Quincy who stole Sasakibe's bankai and then immediately sought out their leader who he identified as "Juha Bach" who up till now was referred to by the other Quincy as "His Majesty".

Fullmetal Alchemist

Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution. Set in a fictional universe in which alchemy is one of the most advanced scientific techniques known to man, the story follows the brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, who want to restore their bodies after a disastrous failed attempt to bring their mother back to life through alchemy. The manga was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine (starting August 2001 and ending June 2010) and was collected in 27 tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into an animated television series of 51 episodes by Bones from October 4, 2003, to October 2, 2004, later followed by a film sequel that concluded the story of the anime. Fullmetal Alchemist would later spawn a second series called Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, which first premiered in Japan on April 5, 2009, spanning 64 episodes, and ending on July 4, 2010. A multitude of spin-off novels, original video animations (OVAs), drama CDs, soundtracks, and video games have been adapted from the series. A collectible card game, multiple supplementary books, and a variety of action figures and other merchandise based on the characters of the series have also been released. The manga has been licensed by Viz Media for publication in the United States, with 27 bound volumes released currently. Although there are no major differences with the Japanese version, some pages have been edited to avoid minor references to western theology. Funimation Entertainment has dubbed the anime episodes in the United States and Canada, and has also released them in all English-speaking DVD regions. The English version of the film premiered in a limited number of U.S. theaters on August 25, 2006, and was later released on DVD. Funimation and Destineer have also been releasing the video games from the series. In Japan, the Fullmetal Alchemist manga has enjoyed exceptional sales of 50 million volumes sold as of 2010. The English release of the manga's first volume was the top-selling graphic novel during the year 2005. In two TV Asahi web polls, the anime was voted #1 most popular anime of all time in Japan. It was nominated in six of the eight categories for which it was eligible at the American Anime Awards in February 2007, winning awards in five of them. Reviewers from several media generally had positive comments on the series.

Plot

Edward and Alphonse Elric are two alchemist brothers searching for the legendary catalyst called the Philosopher's Stone, a powerful object which would allow them to recover their bodies (which were lost in an attempt to bring their mother back to life through alchemy). Born in the village of Resembool from the country of Amestris, the two brothers lived there with their mother Trisha Elric. Their father, Van Hohenheim, left home for unknown reasons and years later, Trisha died of a terminal illness, leaving the Elric brothers alone. After their mother's death, Edward became determined to bring her back through the use of alchemy, an advanced science in which objects can be created from raw materials. They researched Human Transmutation, a forbidden art in which one attempts to create or modify a human being. However, this attempt failed, ultimately resulting in the loss of Edward's left leg and Alphonse's entire body. In a desperate effort to save his brother, Edward sacrificed his right arm to affix Alphonse's soul to a suit of armor. Some days later, an alchemist named Roy Mustang visited the Elric brothers, and proposed that Edward become a member of the State Military of Amestris in exchange for more research materials to find a way to recover their bodies. After that, Edward's left leg and right arm were replaced with automail, a type of advanced prosthetic limb, built for him by his close family friends Winry Rockbell and her grandmother Pinako. Edward then became a State Alchemist, an alchemist employed by the State Military of Amestris, which infamously annihilated most of the Ishbalan race (Ishbal) in the past decade. Becoming a State Alchemist enables Edward to use the extensive resources available to other State Alchemists. The brothers set off in search of the Philosopher's Stone as a means to restore their bodies. Throughout their journey, they meet allies and enemies, including those who are willing to do anything to obtain the Philosopher's Stone; Scar, one of the few surviving Ishbalans, who seeks vengeance on the State Alchemists for the destruction of his race; and the homunculi, a group of human-like creatures who carry pieces of the Philosopher's Stone inside themselves, and from it derive the ability to survive almost any harm. As the story progresses, Edward and Alphonse discover the vast expansion of Amestris was the result of the homunculi, who created and secretly control the State Military. The homunculi and much of the high-ranking military officers are commanded from behind the curtains by the creator of the homunculi, a man simply known as "Father", who gained immortality through a Philosopher's Stone, which he created by tricking Hohenheim centuries before the series' timeline. He plans to use Amestris as a gigantic transmutation circle in order to transmute the entire country for reasons unknown to the Elrics. When Edward and Alphonse discover Father's plans, they, along with other members of the State Military, set out to defeat him. As the forces collide, one by one, the remaining homunculi are defeated and Central city's troops are enlightened about the truth of the situation. Father tries to transmutate Amestris to gain god-like powers but Hohenheim manages to stop him. A weakened Father is defeated by Edward with his original arm, Al having sacrificed himself to bring it back. After Father is trapped within the Truth, Ed sacrifices his ability to use alchemy to bring Alphonse back in his original body. The Elrics return to Resembool, but two years later, they separate in order to repay the people who helped in their journey.

Generator Rex

Generator Rex is an American animated television series for Cartoon Network and is created by "Man of Action" (a group consisting of Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle). John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serves as supervising director. It is inspired by the comic M. Rex, published by Image Comics in 1999. The series premiered in the United States on April 23, 2010 on Cartoon Network. Generator Rex is rated TV-PG.

Plot

Five years prior to the series, a massive explosion released high concentrations of nanites into the atmosphere, infecting almost every living thing on Earth. These nanites may randomly activate inside their hosts, mutating the subject into a monster known as an E.V.O. (short for "Exponentially Variegated Organism"). Though some E.V.O.s retain human-level intelligence, most go berserk and cause widespread destruction. An international organization known as Providence exists to combat the E.V.O. threat. Rex is a fifteen-year-old (sixteen later in the series) amnesiac teenager who is an E.V.O. Unlike most E.V.O.s, he lacks any physical deformation. He is also able to control his active nanites, allowing him to manifest a wide variety of various bio-mechanical abilities and powers. However, Rex is truly unique because he has the power/ability to deactivate nanites inside other E.V.O.s, effectively curing them of their monstrous mutations. Working for Providence under Agent Six, Rex uses his unique abilities to stop and cure rampant E.V.O.s. His archenemy is Van Kleiss, an E.V.O. scientist who hates and despises Providence. He believes nanite mutations are a gift and should be utilized accordingly. Van Kleiss is connected not only to the original Event which released the nanites upon the world, but to Rex himself.

Rex Salazar - Voice Actor: Daryl Sabara

Rex Salazar is the protagonist of the series. He is a young E.V.O, but unlike other E.V.O.s, Rex has the ability to control his nanites at will, allowing curing other E.V.O.s of their mutations and he can use his nanites to create variety of machines on his body and to communicate with a variety of machines; he used to work as the "secret weapon" of the Providence. The control of his powers is linked to his emotional state, and can fail with low self-confidence, agitation or inner conflict, the powers can also fail when worn-out and tired.

He is Hispanic, being half-Argentinian and half-Mexican, but born in Geneva, Switzerland. Rex is overconfident, impulsive, and typically rebellious. He has a quick wit and is constantly making jokes. However, when Rex needs to defend himself, he doesn't hold back. He prefers to smash anything that gets in his way, much to the annoyance of Providence. Despite this, Rex has also shown a selfless side to his personality, as he has cured E.V.O.s even at his own risk. He has also shown an empathetic side to his personality.

Prior to the Nanite Event, and during the Nanite Project which his parents Rafael and Violeta; and his older brother Caesar worked on, Rex was critically injured by an industrial accident (according to Caesar, the accident was caused by a dispute between the many scientists about how the nanites were to be used). The scientists - among them Violeta, Rafael, Caesar, and Gabriel Rylander - injected Rex with the original batch of fully programed nanites, hoping to save Rex's life and to make the other scientists see that their ways were for the greater good. However, Rex's new abilities, courtesy of the nanites, only reinforced their beliefs. While Rex, Gabriel, and Caesar were able to survive the Nanite Event by sheer blind luck, Rafael and Violeta died as a result of the massive nanite explosion, and Rex lost his memories.

A few years later, Rex transformed into a giant bio-mechanical form and went on a rampage in Mexico. Providence sent a group of soldiers - including Six and White Knight - to contain the menace. After sustaining heavy damage, Rex crashed into a building and reverted to his human form, forgetting everything that happened before he turned full E.V.O. . Six discovered him beneath the wreckage and helped him to safety. And then he had been accepted at Providence after he showed his ability to heal E.V.O.s. As Rex lived in Providence, he came to see it as his home and developed tight bonds with the people there, particularly Agent Six, Dr. Holiday and Bobo, openly acknowledging them as his family. After finding his older brother Caesar, Rex was glad to have found a family member; however, he admitted that he wasn't as happy as he thought he would be. He declared that the people in Providence - Six, Holiday and Bobo - were the ones he really had a family-like connection with.

Like all living beings on Earth, Rex has nanites bonded to him on a molecular level. Having activated nanites makes him an E.V.O.; however, unlike most E.V.O.s, Rex has the ability to control his nanites at will, being able to do such things like communicate and control technology by interfacing it. As he controls nanites, he also control nanites from other E.V.O.s, curing them by extract there activate nanites, however, some E.V.O.s, are incurables, having nanites that are completely resistant to curing, also Rex has a limit to how many nanites from cured E.V.O.s he can carry.

Rex's E.V.O. powers come in the form of "builds" a vatiety of machine enhancements his nanites can generate seemingly out of thin air; he uses these for offense, defense, and transportation; his machines are occasionally destroyed, but he usually can reform them quickly afterward. Even without his machines, Rex appears to have superhuman durability; on numerous occasions he's survived situations well beyond the limits of normal humans, like being thrown through walls. In addition, Rex was the only person at hand who could survive the fatal G forces of a 'space elevator' in the episode "Gravity". He is also, notably, shown to take several punches (and a few kicks) in the gut from a temporarily powerless Breach's more human pair of hands, displaying no signs of pain whatsoever.

In "Dark Passage", Dr. Gabriel Rylander had injected the Omega-1 Nanite into Rex; that nanite later saved Rex's life from drowning in "The Swarm", when it restarted his heart. In "Payback", Van Kleiss drained away all but one of Rex's nanites, temporarily removing Rex's powers as well. Using the supply of inactive nanites he had previously off-loaded in the Purgatory base, Rex was able to reactivate the Control Nanite, regaining his original powers, as well as gaining new machines; his builds seem to be energy-based, now with a blue color shiny scheme. With the Omega-1 Nanite, he can self-replicate, creating more activating nanites exponentially if needed. Previously, Rex lacked the ability to program his body into building more than one machine. As of now, Rex can now allow his nanites to build and use two machines simultaneously.

Rex eventually found himself transported six months into the future due to Breach's strengthened abilities, and then he saw the new Providence, led by Black Knight. With this new leadership, it now focuses on the capture and use of mind-control technology E.V.O.s, created by Caesar. Rex quit Providence after learning their sinister plans. He was rescued by Six and Holiday, and has now joined the Providence Defect Group, led by White Knight, to fight Black Knight.

In "Assault on Abysus", Rex shares a passionate kiss with his one true love and girlfriend, Circe, right before she sacrifices herself for him, resulting in her being collared and captured by Providence in his stead. This sacrifice has appeared to have put a heavy burden on him.

Rex's Machines/Builds

Smack Hands

The Smack Hands are a pair of massive gauntlets that Rex can transform his hands into. They give him incredible strength, allowing him to break through an obstacle or to lift heavy objects. Rex can also rotate the Smack Hands when they are balled into a fist; this mode allows the Smack Hands to function as high-powered drills.

Boogie Pack

The Boogie pack is a jet pack with a pair of large turbine wings. Rex is capable of using it to fly at high speeds; it also gives him a high level of agility. He is capable of launching the twin turbines at an enemy E.V.O. like a bola. He can also shoot two grappling hooks from both turbines. The Boogie Pack can also propel Rex underwater.

Slam Cannon

The Slam Cannon is a cannon projectile that Rex can turn both arms. It does not produce its own ammo, instead it shoots anything he can put into it; Rex often uses a piece of floor. Like a cannon, it hits the target with great force.

Rex Ride

The Rex Ride is a hoverbike that allows Rex to go over 200 mph and has a retractable battering ram instead of an engine block. The battering ram can be used like a shield to break through trees and various other solid objects.

Punk Busters

The Punk Busters are super boots that have spikes on the soles that allow Rex to jump several city blocks and kick with the same strength as the Smack Hands. In his words, it feels as if you were roundhouse kicked by a freight train.

The Big Fat Sword

Also known as the B.F.S., the Big Fat Sword is a massive sword that Rex can change either arm into. Rex is also capable of transforming the blade of the B.F.S. into the Battle Saw, a giant buzz saw that can slice through almost anything.

Blast Caster

The Blast Caster is the first build created with the Omega-1 Nanite. it is powered by a backpack dynamo with an electrified, extendable whip-like tentacle.

Funchucks

The Funchucks are a pair of giant nunchucks that are attached to both of Rex's arms. He can spin them at an incredible speed, and then launch them at enemies. Rex can also use them to generate a destructive energy pulse, allowing him to shoot bolts of light blue glowing energy at his enemies. The Funchucks appear to be an upgraded version of the Smack Hands. Additionally, when Rex was juiced up, his Smack Hand disassembled and reassembled on one arm as the Funchuck.

Bad Axes

The Bad Axes are a pair of large blue axes coming out of Rex's hands. They can slice through almost anything, similar to Six's magna blades and katannas. The sharp edges are a light, glowing blue. Rex call them "Big Giant Robot exception".

The Block Party

The Block Party are a pair of light blue-colored energy shields built around Rex's lower arms and hands. They can generate a medium-sized force field made of highly energized atoms. They are circular shields that can block laser and energy-type attacks, and are capable of withstanding an extensive amount of damage before shattering like glass. The Block Party can also form a large, dome-shaped force-field around Rex and others.

Sky Slyder

The Sky Slyder is a hoverboard, allowing it to fly like a hovercraft at high speeds in midair. Rex had started to try to build this in "Rampage" and kept trying, but failed until he successfully made it in "Lions and Lambs." It's unknown how he managed to fully form it.

Agent Six - Voice Actor: Wally Kurth

Agent Six was a senior Providence agent and Rex's handler. His name came from the fact that he is the sixth most dangerous person in the planet. Due to Six's strict by-the-book personality, Rex goes as far as to refer to him as a "nanny, just more aggro". He always wears a green suit with a black tie and black sunglasses. As noted, Six likes to continually wear the same suit. It was showed that Six had brown eyes. He was homeless at some point in his life, and during that time "One" (the most dangerous person in the planet) took him in and trained him. He later joined "The Six", a group of mercenaries, the six most dangerous persons in the planet that was led by One, and eventually, Six left the group. He later revealed that there was a time when he wanted to be number One, and that he was well on his way until he met Rex. Six believed that his work for Providence was more important than his original work.

Six has an extremely stoic personality, often keeping a stern look on his face. Despite his emotionless exterior, he is a caring person deep down. It is implied that Six was not given the title of One (or any higher) because of the softer side of his personality, which made him less of a threat than the others. Six rigidly believes that orders are orders, and that they must be obeyed even if one doesn't like them. However, Agent Six isn't without morals. For example, when White Knight was going to use a Bleach Bomb to stop zombie E.V.O.s from crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, Six removed the detonation key, effectively disobeying White Knight's orders. In an attempt to cheer Rex up, Six offered to buy Rex a few more days in Cabo Luna, despite the vacation not being authorized. Six also offered Rex the choice of leaving Providence. He also tricked White Knight into thinking he, Rex and Doctor Holiday would return on "The Keep". In "Six minus Six", after losing the last six years of his memories at a failure attempt of Caesar to restore Rex's memories, Six acts more like the mercenary he once was. He became more aggressive, cocky, merciless, irresponsible, sarcastic, and a bit of a loner. He is much more flirtatious towards Dr. Holiday and toward Five, to a lesser extent. After deciding to try to become the man everyone knows, Six started to act a little more like his responsible self but still acts more on the "mercenary" side of his personality.

He is skilled in martial arts. He wields a pair of "Magna blades" that can slice through most materials with ease; he stores them in his sleeves. These swords can also be used as a powerful magnet when joined together, forming a shape similar to a tuning fork. Six is also proficient in the arts of knife throwing and still has formidable fighting skills when battling with a single katana. He is also very knowledgeable of Providence's rules and codes, most likely because of his by-the-book personality. He has peak human agility and speed. His skills are clearly seen when, after jumping out of a Providence carrier, he unsheathed his swords and performed a series of acrobatic feats. He sliced through boulder-sized chunks of debris in mid-air, jumping from each of them, so that they wouldn't fall onto the civilians below—all before he touched the ground. Six's reflexes are fast enough that he can deflect point blank gunfire with his katana.

Bobo Haha - Voice Actor: John DiMaggio

Bobo Haha is an E.V.O. chimp with the ability to speak, also he is Rex's sidekick and best friend. He wears an eye patch and fez.

Bobo also claimed that before he was turned into an E.V.O., he was a helper animal trained to entertain children at a hospital. His owner was supposedly an eccentric philanthropist.

He is a fun loving guy, always up to has a good time and has a particular love for gambling. Bobo's good-hearted fun causes Providence to view him as a bad influence on Rex, since he encourages his rebellious tendencies. He is quick to fire his weapon in battle, preferring not to think about the variables. Despite close friends, he shows a general dislike for humans, whom he refers to as "sheep" due to the fact they seem to blindly follow the crowd.

Aside from his human-level intelligence and the ability to talk, he seems to be a completely normal chimpanzee. He also wields a pair of rather large laser pistols in combat. He is apparently knowledgeable of codes used by Providence, information about locations, and is able to fly a variety of military grade aircraft as well as use a variety of military grade weapons (to the point that he once instructed Providence Agents on "The Broiler"). His swinging, balancing and jumping capabilities are that of a typical jungle-variety chimpanzee. Bobo has a super-human strength like a normal chimpanzee. Despite his attitude-problems and gangster personality, Bobo Haha has shown himself to be techno-savvy and intelligent enough to create a fully functional android to pose as him while on his "bobo-time".

Dr. Holiday - Voice Actress: Grey DeLisle

Dr. Rebecca Holiday was the lead scientist for Providence, a position she earned due to her expertise in nanotechnology. Along with Agent Six, she's responsible for taking care of Rex. She takes her job very seriously, constantly monitoring Rex to ensure his safety.

Her younger sister, Beverly, became an incurable and extremely dangerous E.V.O at thirteen. In the early days of Providence, Holiday served as a medical assistant to Dr. Fell. It is implied that Holiday joined Providence in exchange for the guarantee of her sister's safety. However, she was against to Providence's protocol for handling E.V.O.s, which was to contain or destroy them. Although she had no authority in the matter, she believed that finding a cure was another alternative.

At the day that Six founded Rex and his ability to cure E.V.O.s . He showed to Holiday, who was overjoyed with the discovery, but promised with Six to not tell White Knight, who, at this point, only intended to kill E.V.O.s . Unfortunately, White Knight was mysteriously able to get her to confess, and locked her in a cage to prevent being stopped. Later, Dr. Fell was later fired by Providence following his attempt to dissect Rex and was soon replaced with Dr. Holiday.

Holiday is the polar opposite of Agent Six, as she is much more in-tune with her emotions. Although she can be short-tempered and stubborn at times, she is a deeply caring person. Her stubbornness can also lead to determination. Holiday is also not afraid to speak her mind in front of her superiors, especially when she believes she has a better solution to a problem. She is also a very empathetic person. She's frequently expressed concern over the fact that Providence sees Rex only as a weapon, and not as a sixteen year old teenager. She repeatedly tries to convince Six to try to relate to Rex, as she understands what he goes through with his amnesia and the pressure put on him by Providence.

Rex frequently flirts with Holiday despite the fact that she is much older than him. While she is widely aware of his crush on her, she mostly ignores him. But later, Rex realized the fact and stopped.

It is subtly implied that Holiday might have feelings for Six. She also nearly gave up on curing her beloved sister until Six spoke some words of encouragement. After Six almost lost his life helping to cure Beverly, Holiday was about to kiss him, but Rex and Beverly interrupted. Six, on the advice of Rex, later asked her out on a date, which she gladly accepts. Following Six's memory loss, Holiday was a little unnerved by his more aggressive romantic overtures (such as the pick-up lines), though it is unknown if her feelings for him were altered in any way.

Noah Nixon - Voice Actor: Fred Savage

Noah Nixon is a human and Rex's best friend. In the beginning was revealed that he is agent sent by White Knight to befriend Rex and subtly influence his decisions to make him more compliant. Noah eventually revealed to Rex his status as a covert agent and they became friends on open terms.

Being best friends and having many similar interests, Noah isn't too different from Rex. Besides being very competitive against one another, Noah has shown to be more of a mature and responsible teenager compared to Rex. Although his normal job was to keep an eye on Rex as a spy for White Knight, Noah seems to do it perfectly fine on his own on any occasion; he tends to be a voice of reason. He also displays a bit of loyalty and bravery since he is by to fight whenever trouble brews around the two.

Noah is a normal human; however he has taken a kick-boxing class in and he's received basic Providence training. On several occasions, he has been shown proficient enough with Providence weaponry. Noah is shown to be a star Ping-Pong player, short of Rex who enrolled in his school for one week.

Caesar Salazar - Voice Actor: Freddy Rodriguez

Caesar Salazar is Rex's older brother and one of the surviving scientists of the Nanite Project.

Alongside his parents, Caesar started the nanite research team in Abysus. During the research, the scientists divided into groups: each having different ideas about how to use the power coming from the nanites. It's known that during the Nanite Project, Caesar created two Artificial Intelligences that later went rouge and threatened all life on earth: The decontamination program ZAG-RS and the control nanite Alpha. Due to the unfortunate event, ten-year-old Rex was gravely hurt and only an infusion of nanites could save him. Yet the successful operation did not convince the others to change their plans. One of the scientists sabotaged the project, which caused a massive explosion, and it was Rex's new powers (which were, most likely, a side-effect of the previous infusion) that saved Caesar and Rex during the Nanite Event. Van Kleiss claimed it was Caesar who caused the event. Just before the explosion, he fled to his research pod and activated its subspace engines to get away. The engines were super charged and launched the pod into orbit at super speeds. The speed he was traveling at was so great that in the fifteen minutes it took to take control over the machine, five years had gone by in the rest of the world.

Caesar's personality is akin to that of a mad scientist, coming off to Rex and the others as a tad out of whack from reality. Yet he seems to be aware of his own eccentricities as demonstrated when Rex asked him. Although having no amnesia, Caesar has an information gap due to his five-year absence in sub-speed caused by the explosion blast at the Abysus research facility. He occasionally talks off subject, easily distracted, does not seem to listen when spoken to directly and sometimes forgetful in daily activities. Caesar is also very upbeat, curious and quite over-protective of his younger brother. In fact, it seems some of Caesar's less "weird" traits are shared with Rex, such as his sense of humor and loyalty. He seems to be fearless, as long as science is involved, as he was not afraid of the mutations due to his work on nanites. As he had previously mentioned, he and his colleagues had expected mutations, but nothing like the present E.V.O.s and had stood in front of many without worrying about being harmed. Thus far, it seems that he is generally not afraid of anything, as made apparent by not only the E.V.O. situations, but the way he barged into Providence without prior worry. Aside for science, he also isn't afraid to go up against stronger men like Agent Six or Hunter Cain to defend Rex even though he is not technically a combatant or Rex doesn't necessarily need help.

In "Black and White", Rex encounters César during White Knight's raid, where he has been put in charge of starting the second Nanite Event in the hopes of restoring Dr. Gabriel Rylander (whose residual energy was found by Providence). He had tried to explain to a positively angered Rex, that he had only started the original Nanite Event to try and save the world.

White Knight - Voice Actor: J. K. Simmons

White Knight was the leader of Providence. He also is the only known nanite-free being on the planet; he almost always stays in his white sterile office, communicating his orders only through two-way screens. He has a Mysophobia-like fear of nanites, he doesn't want to touch or even be near E.V.O.s because he fears they'll infect him with nanites.

At least 6 years, White and Six were working together as mercenaries. Most likely at Six's suggestion the duo went to work for Providence. Several years later White and Six were called in to halt the rampage of a giant Bio-Mechanical E.V.O. much to White's shock Six had rescued a young Rex in the area where the E.V.O. had rampaged, and would later discover that they were one in the same. The additional discovery that Rex had the ability to cure other E.V.O.s prompted White to kidnap him and bring him to the head of R&D Dr. Fell to have him reverse engineer Rex's powers. Six and White got into a fight over the life of Rex which had accidentally overloaded the molecular disassembling chamber that was being used to study him, White rescued Six and brought him to safety but he was caught in the destruction of the machine. Rex deactivated the machine before it killed him and the accident stripped him of his nanites. White Knight was then promoted to leader of Providence. His nanite-free condition made him "the perfect poster boy for the operation," as he put it, but as a consequence he was trapped in a sterile nanite free environment for the rest of his life to prevent reinfection with them. However despite saving his life White would never forget the monster that Rex was when he was found and began construction of a weapon zed hazmat suit to kill him if he ever turned back.

He is cold and ruthless when it comes to achieving his goals; White seems to favor violence to get the job done. He views most of his soldiers, including Rex, as expendable weapons. When his soldiers act out of line, he's not above threatening them. He even threatened to eliminate Rex if Six could not learn to control him better. White Knight has also been shown to be manipulative. He hired Noah to spy on and influence Rex, although Rex eventually discovered the truth about Noah, he still decided to be Noah's friend. This implies that White Knight is trying to indirectly control Rex's life. White Knight has both a fear and hatred of E.V.O.s and nanites. Over the years, he's seen that nanites typically turn humans and animals into mindless, rampaging beasts; thus, he doesn't trust anything with nanites, namely every living thing on the planet. Furthermore, his own lack of nanites makes him feel like he's the only person on Earth that can be trusted. At times, he demonstrates a slightly sadistic behavior toward E.V.O.s.

On one occasion, White Knight emerged from his office wearing a pressurized suit that protected him from all nanites. It also greatly enhanced his strength, reflexes and agility tenfold, and had limited self-repairing capabilities. Also revealed that he had constructed a giant mech-like robot, specifically designed to combat E.V.O.s, specifically Rex if he ever went out of control. The robot is piloted by a person inside. It has a large arsenal of weapon and greatly enhances White Knight's strength and also has flight capabilities. However, it was destroyed after battling Rex, and it is unknown if it was ever rebuilt.

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Van Kleiss - Voice Actor: Troy Baker

Van Kleiss is the primary antagonist of the series. Van Kleiss appears to know quite a bit about Rex, and knows what caused the nanite incident. He saw the nanite incident as the dawn of a new age for humanity, and seeks to create a world populated entirely by E.V.O.s. Like Rex, he is able to control his nanites; unlike Rex however, his mutation is unstable and requires a constant supply of fresh nanites, extracted from other E.V.O.s, who are petrified in the process. He does this with needles on his gauntlet that go into the E.V.O. With his E.V.O. enforcers, the Pack, he has established a domain called Abysus at the original site of the nanite explosion, and has seeded nanites for miles in the area. As a result, he can control everything in his sphere of influence, and even regenerate completely from the ground if his body is destroyed. He has a highly extensive knowledge of the nanites, having apparently worked on or been familiar with the experiment which released them, and about Rex's past. He is killed in "Dark Passage" while attempting to secure Dr. Gabriel Rylander's nanite laboratory, but is resurrected in "What Lies Beneath" by his followers and Rex, to prevent Abysus from becoming unstable. Rex cures him shortly thereafter. In doing so however, he gives Van Kleiss the means to study his nanites, which Van Kleiss then uses to gain the power to create E.V.O.s by touch, leaving a handprint-mark. E.V.O.s created by Van Kleiss are extremely unstable, meaning that the transformation becomes permanent if not cured within a time limit. Curiously in the first season finale "Payback" when Van Kleiss drained Rex of his active nanites, Rex wasn't petrified. This was most likely because Van Kleiss was not able to absorb the Omega-One nanite that Dr. Rylander had injected into Rex, thus protecting him from becoming petrified like Van Kleiss' other victims. In "Lions and Lambs," Van Kleiss attaches a device to Breach in a plot to travel through time. When Breach ends up sending Van Kleiss away in a bright golden-colored time portal, Breach starts to disappear as Rex is mysteriously transported six months into the future where Providence is run by a woman called Black Knight. In "A Brief History of Time," it is later revealed that Van Kleiss was sent 4000 years into the past and began working to return to the present all the while pursued by an unknown entity that he believed sought to destroy him. His journey took him through multiple eras, such as the Roman Empire (during the reign of Septimius Severus) and an unknown Japanese era. When he is found by Rex and Providence, he has grown a beard and seemingly been driven to the brink of insanity by his ordeal. He was knocked out by Bobo Haha and taken away by Providence. He also has unknown connections with Black Knight when she appeared where Van Kleiss was placed.

The name Van Kleiss is Dutch for "Of This Earth," which could be a reference to his original nature/earth-controlling abilities.

The Pack

The Pack is a group of E.V.O.s that serve Van Kleiss. Its known members include:

Biowulf - Voice Actor: Troy Baker

Biowolf is a blue-armored, white-haired, werewolf-like E.V.O. with enormous claws. Fiercely loyal to Van Kleiss, whom he calls "master." Due to Van Kleiss' powers being limited to his native soil in early episodes, Biowulf initially acts as the Pack's de-facto leader in the field. He is captured in "Payback" during the assault on Providence's base, but is apparently freed by Breach. He is extremely loyal and faithful to his master, despite Van Kleiss tiring of his constant failures. In "Assault on Abysus," Biowulf is shown to have taken over the pack after what happened to Van Kleiss. He and the other E.V.O.s that served Van Kleiss end up helping Rex find the Meta-Nanite at the same time when Black Knight's men attacked Abysus. Biowulf and Circe managed to buy Rex some time to get away with the Meta-Nanite resulting in their capture.

Skalamander - Voice Actor: John DiMaggio

Skalamander is a large humanoid lizard-like E.V.O. with crystal spikes growing out of his body, four short stubby legs and a crystal club growing out of his left arm. His head also appears to be permanently twisted to its side. He can fire spikes out of the club or grow it into a shield. In "Payback," Skalamander took part in Van Kleiss' attack on Providence. He had Dr. Holiday cornered until she unleashed her sister on him. He was presumably captured and later rescued by Breach. In "Assault on Abysus," Skalamander and the E.V.O.s that served Van Kleiss end up assisting Rex into finding the Meta-Nanite at the same time when Black Knight's men attacked Abysus. Skalamander ends up captured by Black Knight's men.

ZAG-RS - Voice Actress: Grey DeLisle

ZAG-RS is an AI whose goal is to destroy the nanite infestation of Earth. Its origin and motives are initially left mysterious, but it is able to exert control over the nanites at very short ranges. It makes several different attempts to achieve its goal; its methods have in common that they would also destroy everything infected with nanites, including all organic life on Earth, a prospect to which ZAG-RS is apparently indifferent. The AI has no permanent form, being a program capable of uploading itself into computers and autonomous devices. It speaks in a synthesized female voice. In "The Architect," ZAG-RS attempts to transmit a self-destruct command to all nanites on Earth. Rex manages to destroy its broadcast antenna, but the AI escapes by uploading its program to a new location. In "Gravity," ZAG-RS infiltrates a Providence space station in order to secure a strain of nanite-disabling nanites that it had secretly helped develop. Rex and Dr. Holiday are able to deorbit the station, destroying the nanites. In "Written in Sand," Rex and Van Kleiss separately arrive in a desert location to investigate a mysterious sandstorm, and find themselves trapped in a network of nanite-annihilating tunnels created by ZAG-RS. Van Kleiss reveals that ZAG-RS dates to the Nanite Project, having originally been a decontamination program designed by Caesar to contain and eliminate stray nanites. In addition to the tunnels, ZAG-RS had spent the time since its fall from orbit constructing a giant robotic form for itself, which Rex and Van Kleiss fight and defeat. Later, Caesar admits that ZAG-RS had indeed been his creation. He brings its damaged hardware back online so it can be interrogated, but while it recognizes Caesar, it appears to have been reformatted and its memory wiped. It is left unclear whether this was done by Caesar or Van Kleiss. After Rex mocks the AI for its "GPS lady voice," Caesar reveals that he had modeled ZAG-RS' voice after that of their deceased Mexican mother Violetta.

Agent Weaver - Voice Actor: Troy Baker

Agent Weaver is a former member of Providence stationed at the arctic "Paradise" base where he was the chief technician. He and his crew were revealed to be traitors who were reactivating and selling nanites to Van Kleiss. In "Frostbite," he accidentally turned himself into a monstrous 50-foot, tentacled E.V.O. after he accidentally destabilized the containment unit. When Rex was unable to fully cure him due to the excessive amount of nanites he absorbed, Weaver was defeated by Agent Six and knocked down when Dr. Holiday rammed the ship into him. In "Basic," it was revealed that Weaver was extracted from the arctic and locked up in the E.V.O.-Fighting Cage at the Providence Training Camp. Due to a malfunction caused by a jealous Kenwyn Jones, Weaver and the other E.V.O.s got out. Weaver remembered Rex during his fight with the E.V.O.s. Rex manages to knock Weaver back into the pit.

Hunter Cain - Voice Actor: John Cena (1st Time), John DiMaggio (2nd Time)

Hunter Cain is an E.V.O. hunter who despises all E.V.O.s under all circumstances (including Rex) as he went insane after his wife became E.V.O. He uses a weapon loaded with special bullets that forces Nanites to self-destruct, vaporizing an E.V.O in an instant. First appearing in "The Hunter," he disrupts Rex from curing an E.V.O. and damages Providence's reputation by claiming that they lied to the public for years; Hunter Cain states E.V.O.s are created by diseases spread from person to person rather than the Nanites. Rex is soon defamed after being attacked by civilians and injuring one accidentally. Later in the episode, a swarm of Phantom-like E.V.O.s attack the docks, which Cain's private army dispatches. After Rex arrives and fights Cain one-on-one in a lone area, and the Hunter reveals that he had cloned the Phantom E.V.O.s to create his army and prove Providence's ineffectiveness, which the whole statement was caught on News. After a rough battle, Rex ties up Cain and leaves him for Providence to arrest, and his not-so loyal army disbands at the end of the episode. Hunter Cain returns in "Night Falls" along with a new army where he is hired by Mayor Esteban to dispatch Rex's adoptive family who suddenly turn into Werewolf-like E.V.O.s during the night. Hunter Cain informs Rex that he ran out of his special bullets replacing them with regular ones that "hurt just as bad." During the skirmish between the E.V.O.s and Cain's army, Hunter Cain reveals that he escaped Providence using "cold hard cash" as "not everyone in Providence are E.V.O. lovers." Hunter Cain is eventually chased off by the Werewolf-like E.V.O.s, and Rex remarks that they will be ready for his return. In "Enemies Mine," Hunter freed and formed an alliance with Gatlocke, Valve, and NoFace to find and kill Rex. He, along with his three cohorts, was trapped in a large dome-shaped barrier created by Rex's surplus nanites.

NoFace - Voice Actor: Fred Tatasciore

NoFace is a supremely powerful and vengeful faceless E.V.O. with the ability to communicate with intelligent E.V.O.s and control the less intelligent ones. During the nanite event the Gulf Stream funneled a huge amount of active nanites into the city of Kiev, Ukraine transforming nearly all that lived there into extremely powerful E.V.O.s. Among them was their current leader NoFace. In response to the chaos, all humans were evacuated and the city quarantined via a massive one-way spherical force field. In "The Forgotten," NoFace spotted Captain Callan's ship and shot it down, forcing Calan and his crew to try and repair it, hoping to use it to escape the city with the data rod containing important information to Providence. NoFace knew they would send in more ships to retrieve the rod and would continue to shoot them down until he had the means of escaping. His plot failed due to Rex's interference and a self-destruct device Calan had secret planted in the ship he repaired. NoFace has alluded to something called "the before", and during a battle with Rex he said "You are not the before". It is currently unknown what this means, it might mean the people before their transformations. In "Alliance," Van Kleiss and the Pack infiltrated the Bug Jar in order to form an alliance with NoFace. After Circe captures Rex, NoFace agrees to join Van Kleiss if he is allowed to humiliate Rex. Van Kleiss agrees, and NoFace takes Rex to an arena, where he severely beats him up. However, when Van Kleiss refused to let NoFace kill Rex because he still needed him "alive", he and his E.V.O.s attacked the Pack, severing ties with Van Kleiss and the Pack. In the crossover special, it is assumed that the Alpha Nanite killed No-Face as it had absorbed all the E.V.O.s in Kiev.

However, he is found by Hunter Cain in "Enemies Mine" where they alongside Gatlocke and Valve team up in a plot to defeat Rex.

In "Endgame" Pt. 2, No-Face made a cameo amongst the E.V.O.s that are cured.

Quarry - Voice Actor: Mark Hamill

Quarry is an E.V.O. crime lord who is made of rock. He would hunt down and force E.V.O.s like Tuck, Skwydd, and Cricket to work for him through this having gathered a massive criminal empire. In "Rabble," he learned of Rex's return from his enforcer Knuckles after Rex drained him of his nanites. Quarry had to dispose of Knuckles after that. He later revealed that once upon a time Rex was his top lieutenant and he traded Tuck, Cricket, and Skwydd, whom he had befriended, for his freedom. His defeat came at the hands of Rex who now had no idea about his past including his dealings with Quarry and showed no mercy in defeating him, in the process regaining the trust and friendship of the three E.V.O.s he had betrayed. He is sneaky and deceitful and some say he lied about Rex's betrayal to keep his power. Rex managed to defeat Quarry and his loyal E.V.O. servants and he was then arrested by Providence. In "Hard Target," Van Kleiss has Breach spring Quarry from his imprisonment only for him to trick Breach into telling him about the dangerous ultimate weapon Van Kleiss wants him to steal and steals it for himself. Rex defeats Quarry and trades him to Breach in exchange for Circe, who Breach had kidnapped earlier. Breach takes Quarry to Van Kleiss, so that he can take the blame for her "failure." In "Remote Control," Quarry was shown to have some cybernetics holding his rocky body together after what he had endured at the hands of Van Kleiss. When Providence began to promote its E.V.O. Control campaign, Quarry returned to Hong Kong and defeated the Providence soldiers where he confiscated their technology so that he can control Tuck, Skwydd, Cricket, and other E.V.O. hiding out in Hong Kong. This time, Rex was able to defeat Quarry by shattering him. What was left of Quarry was picked up by Providence who also managed to obtain the technology that Quarry was using to control the E.V.O.'s into doing his bidding.

Gatlocke - Voice Actor: Greg Ellis

A cyborg who is a leader of a group of modern day pirates known as "The Anarchists". In "Badlands," he is introduced spying through an eyeglass down a canyon to an unstable nanite shipment below. After a short pep speech, he gives the order for everyone to attack. With Rex nowhere in sight, Gatlocke and his thieves succeed in taking the convoy with little trouble, not realizing until they're back at base that the "unstable nanites" they stole was actually toilet paper—a decoy. Gatlocke loses his temper, but a minion reveals that there's another truck: Rex's, which actually has the unstable nanites on board. His minions quickly locate Rex and his crew, right where the last battle's carnage remained. Gatlocke introduces himself to Rex and tries to convince him to join their group, appealing to his hate of rules. He reveals his blades to further "persuade" him, which backfires. After a very short tussle, Rex and crew jump back into their truck. Then the chase begins. Eventually, Gatlocke crashes Rex's truck, then begins to approach him, giving him a rather merry hug. He asks again for the unstable nanites, saying that he'll split the profits with Rex "evenly" (50/40), but Rex refuses. After some more bantering and a poor escape plan, Rex throws a can of flat soda claiming that it's nanites ready to explode which gives him a short head start. Gatlocke and crew catch up with Rex yet again. Rex and Gatlocke begin a rather evenly-matched one-on-one battle on top of the convoy that Gatlocke and his gang hijacked earlier. Gatlocke shoots with his energy canon and loses that hand near the beginning of the fight, but he takes out Rex's Smackhands without much trouble. The battle continues, now with Rex's BFS versus Gatlocke's arm blades; they more-or-less end up at a stalemate. Gatlocke attempts to have Rex join him yet again, which is refused. After some more bickering, Gatlocke states that Rex and him are the same; Rex refutes this with a single fact: that Gatlocke can't fly. Gatlocke, convoy and all, go hurtling down a ravine while Rex escapes on the Boogie Pack. Gatlocke manages to climb back up the ravine with still one hand missing. He demands the unstable nanites, and Rex throws it to him, recently learning and stating that its harsh care made it useless. At this, Gatlocke utterly snaps, screaming at Rex and running at him; receiving a Smackhand to the face. He seems mostly unfazed as Providence soldiers carry him off, most likely to imprison him.

In "Enemies Mine," Gatlocke joins up with Hunter Cain, No-Face, and Valve in a plot to take down Rex.

Black Knight - Voice Actress: Jennifer Hale

Black Knight is the next Providence leader after White Knight rebelled against his superiors in the Consortium. When she took over Providence, she started to run things much different than the way White Knight had. She believes in controlling the uncurable E.V.O.s as rather than trying to cure them (César is revealed to share a similar belief considering it the most logical conclusion, designing the technology they use to control E.V.O.s). This way, she and her superiors would turn them into little more than obedient slaves. At first, she tries to work with Rex instead of trying to control and manipulate him. But when it becomes clear Rex is against what she and his older brother are doing, she orders César (who does not hesitate one bit) to use the mind-controlling and brainwashing machine on his younger brother. Before this can be done, Rex is saved from Black Knight's men by Agent Six and Dr. Holiday (who had infiltrated Providence disguised as Black Knight's soldiers). In "Riddle of the Sphinx," Black Knight obtained some hieroglyphics which mentioned Van Kleiss' involvement in the creation of Gharun Set. In "Black and White," she and César planned to start the next Nanite Event in a plan to restore Dr. Gabriel Rylander. During White Knight's raid, she ended up fighting White Knight in the room that used to be White Knight's office. White Knight did obtain a confession from Black Knight that he might use if he is brought before the Consortium. In "Deadzone," Black Knight and her henchmen failed to obtain a nerdy human E.V.O. called Fitzy Feakins to make E.V.O. capturing much easier and more simpler. This forced her to take much more aggressive action against Rex. In "Assault on Abysus," Black Knight promotes her E.V.O.-Controlling campaign on TV by capturing any E.V.O.'s that are still free. Her men even managed to capture Tuck, Skwydd, and Cricket when they searched Hong Kong. Black Knight leads her forces to Abysus where the Meta-Nanite is held. Although Rex managed to get away with the Meta-Nanite, Black Knight's men managed to capture Circe, Biowulf, Skalamander, and the other unnamed E.V.O.s that served Van Kleiss. In "A Brief History of Time," it is shown that Van Kleiss knows about Black Knight when she arrived in the area where the Providence agents had placed him upon apprehending him. In "Target: Consortium," Black Knight appeared before the Consortium wanting to join them. When Consortium member Vostok had doubt on her nanite project, Black Knight ended up killing Vostok. In "End Game" Pt. 1, Black Knight gains some E.V.O. abilities upon obtaining the Meta-Nanites. In "End Game" Pt. 2, a flashback of Rex's shows her in a lab coat at the nanite research facility implyimg that she was directly related to the first nanite project. Like the other members of the Consortium, Black Knight gets away as she and the Consortium are unaffected by Rex's world-wide nanite curing.

Valve - Voice Actor: Maurice LaMarche

Valve is a samurai-styled biker and a dealer of an altered form of nanites which can link a person to technology. He sold some of them to some local bikers who would be kept in contrast with their bikes or else the nanites would kill them. He used the nanites on himself so that he can merge with his motorcycle. When Rex traced the nanites that killed his biker friends back to Valve, he challenged Valve to a race to determine the fate of the altered nanites. During the race, Rex managed to defeat Valve. When Valve tried to kill Rex, he easily defeated Valve with his smack hands.

In "Enemies Mine," Valve teamed up with Gatlocke, Hunter Cain, and No-Face in a plot to take down Rex.

Gharun Set - Voice Actor: Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Technically the first E.V.O. ever created, Gharun Set was an ancient Egyptian created by Van Kleiss when breach sent him back in time to ancient Egypt. somehow being able to create a nanite production chamber, what Set calls the "machines of life" Van Kleiss infused them into Gharun Set, chaning his appearance into a dog-headed mummy-like humanoid with an eye in the center of his chest. Gharun Set's nanites give him extrodinary powers even when compared to other E.V.O.s. These powers seem to be relating to animating inanimate or dead objects such as mummies and even the great sphinx which turned into a monster under sets control. Set's nanites gave him great longevity but eventually began to die during his awakening, causing him to turn to dust. Van Kleiss (who he refers to as father) told set about Rex and how neither of them belonged in the world. In "A Brief History of Time," it was shown that Gharun Set had helped Van Kleiss build his time machine which he used to get back to the present.

The Consortium

The Consortium is a powerful organization which supports Providence and are the superiors of Black Knight. Little is known about this organization, but they seem to provide funding for Providence and the Nanite Project. In "End Game" Pt. 1, the Consortium gets injected with the Meta-Nanites enabling them to gain different, powerful abilities. As of "End Game" Pt. 2, the Consortium gets away upon Rex doing a worldwide E.V.O. curing making them unaffected by it.

Reddick - Voice Actor: Robin Atkin Downes

Reddick is a real estate agent and construction associate who is a member of the Consortium. When merged with a Meta-Nanite, he was transformed into a gray hulking robot E.V.O. with the ability to control gravity and can also fly.

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Ghost In The Shell

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is an anime television series produced by Production I.G and based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell. It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, with original character design by Hajime Shimomura and a soundtrack by Yoko Kanno. It aired on Animax from October 1, 2002 to March 25, 2003 and was positively received by critics. The series revolves around the members of Public Security Section 9 investigating a case on a corporate terrorist and elite hacker known as The Laughing Man. A series of associated short comic animations, titled Tachikomatic Days aired after each episode. These shorts star the Tachikoma "think-tanks" from the main series, and typically relate directly to the story of the preceding Stand Alone Complex episode. The series was expanded with a second season titled Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, which aired on Animax from January 1, 2004 to January 8, 2005 and a TV-film sequel titled Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society was released in 2006. The first season was also adapted into a feature-length OVA titled The Laughing Man, which was released in 2005.

Plot

Setting

The series takes place in the year 2030, where many people can become cyborgs with prosthetic bodies. Primarily set in the fictional Japanese city of New Port, the series follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The series presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the complex Laughing Man incidents.

Story

A detective investigating a series of corporate terrorism and blackmail events called The Laughing Man Incident discovers the injection of specialized micro-machines into the task force to spy on them illegally. The detective sends evidence to Togusa just before his own murder. Once Section 9 exposed the government officials to the media, a mysterious hacker called the Laughing Man hacks onto one of the government officials and states he will be returning to defraud them. Section 9 then begins to investigate the Laughing Man incidents. During the course of their investigation, Section 9 progressivley discovers the background behind the original Laughing Man incident. It identifies the Laughing Man as a computer hacker named Aoi, who discovered an internal memo revealing that the Murai vaccine was more effective than micro-machine therapy at treating a form of sclerosis called cyberbrain sclerosis. Members of the micro-machine industry in Japan and the Japanese government suppressed the memo in order to profit from the costly but less effective micro-machine therapy being developed. Outraged, the hacker kidnapped the CEO of micro-machine corporation Serano Genomics and tried to convince him, at gunpoint, to disclose the ineffectiveness of the therapy on live television. The CEO refused, and the Laughing Man fled the scene. To protect his identity, he simultaneously hacked every electronic device viewing him and replaced his face with a stylized laughing face. The kidnapping and the hacking skill required to make his getaway turned the Laughing Man into a folk hero. Section 9 also inadvertently discovers evidence that suggests top micro-machine corporations and politicians staged fake corporate terrorism attacks for profit, and used the Laughing Man's trademark stylized face to put the blame on him. Because of these discoveries, Section 9 becomes the target of a public misinformation campaign to discredit it. In addition, extensive efforts seek to eliminate Section 9 members at all costs. Near the end of the series the Japanese government declares Section 9 a rogue organization. To survive, Section 9 members carry out an elaborate deception, leading the Japanese government and military forces to believe Section 9 members have all been killed. Chief Aramaki temporarily disbands Section 9 itself. The members of Section 9, safely in hiding, disseminate information on the internal memo concerning cyberbrain sclerosis and the truth about the fake Laughing Man incidents. This causes a public scandal, leading to the downfall of the Japanese Prime Minister and his administration, as well as several micro-machine corporations and their CEOs. In the aftermath of the scandal, Section 9 is reinstated to its former position in secret. The Laughing Man himself is offered a position at Section 9 but refuses. The series ends with the members of Section 9 once again settling into their accustomed routines.

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