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Genghis Rex is the tyrannical leader of the Tyrannos and the main antagonist of the 1987 DiC animated series Dinosaucers. He is the owner of a very serious and rigorous yet wise and flexible personality.
Appearance[]
Genghis Rex is a T-rex alien resembling the Tyrannosaurus, but with notable differences. Unlike typical dinosaurs, Genghis uses only two legs, making him more towering than before. His scales take on a dark red hue, and his devolved teeth are pointy and sharp, characteristic of his genus.
Personality[]
He is a brutal, ruthless, oppressive, and ill-tempered evolved Tyrannosaurus as well as Allo's evil counterpart. Despite this, he is respectable and admirable Allo at times. Also, his relationship with the Dinosaucers is not as bitter as that of sworn or archenemies or even enemies at all, but rather as an extremely disputed and, sometimes, even somewhat friendly rivalry. He loves to be flattered by being referred to high-sounding names such as "Bossasaur" and "Your Scaliness", yet he hates being called "Chiefasaur" or "Chiefasaurus". He calls his minions offenses like "Idiot-tops" and "Tail-For-Brains" when they screw up or when he cannot admit his failures and discounts his wrath upon his minions.
He has an equally evil sister named Princess Dei. Genghis and her sister's parents were once the rulers of Reptilon before the Dinosorceror and Dinosorceress took over.
He has a blind, extremely deep, head-over-heels passion for Teryx, but she loves Ichy, so she always denies his advances. Despite such denial and Teryx's own admission to not have feelings for Rex, she occasionally does seem to display pity and concern toward him. However, he does not seem to be offended by her refusal and eventually seems to come to terms with the reality with the help of Ankylo, though he never truly gives up and expects better and easier times to come, at least when it comes to ruling the Earth.
Although he may seem feral and mindless at first glance, Genghis Rex is very manipulative and intelligent, especially when it comes to scheming and planning ingenious moves against the Dinosaucers, although they all ultimately fail either of his comrades' clumsiness or due to the Dinosaucer's well-thought-out actions and luck. He is also shown to be highly comprehensive as he does not make fun or mock his comrades and fully grasps the meaning of the events when someone betrays him, which happened to him by the likes of Quackpot, Plesio and Terrible Dactyl due to their matters of conscience and embedded instincts. He even consents to be impossible to be loved reciprocally and ultimately complies with this, though this is arduous, difficult, and burdensome - perhaps even traumatizing - by which one can see a fragile and soft side of Rex rarely, if ever, shown under any other circumstances.
Trivia[]
- He was voiced by the late Dan Hennessey.