Gex (character)



Gex is a smark alek, wise-cracking gecko that has starred in several of his own games and served as a mascot for Crystal Dynamics. His hobbies are watching late-night TV and quoting from old movies. He is voiced by comedian Dana Gould.

1996 events in GEX
Gex is distraught after the death of his father and spends all of his time watching TV. One day his mother inherits a load of money and gives Gex his share. Gex buys a house on the Maui hillside, along with the worlds biggest big-screen TV, enough food for decades, and seals himself inside the house. Things seem fine until one day while watching TV Gex eats a stray fly. Only, the fly was sent by the sinister Rez, the evil overlord of the Media Dimension. Rez wants to use Gex, by bronzing him into his new mascot. The only way Gex can escape Rez's madness is if he collects TV remote controls and finds a way out of the Media Dimension! Gex has to fight his way through five different channel-worlds within Rez's network of bad television and movies to reach Rez's domain and defeat him there.

After The events that take place in GEX the first game of the Gex video game series, Gex retires from his frantic life in the spot-light away from the Paparazzi, the press conferences, the mobs of groupies, the TV interviews as well as those compromising photos in the International Inquirer with Farrah.



1998 events in Gex: Enter the Gecko
Since Gex's retirement from the public eye in 1996, Gex resigned himself to a life of peace and solitude, tucked away back in his Maui hillside house with his life partner and true soul mate, Gex's big-screen TV.

For two years, Gex started his day sharing a cup of coffee with Kung-Fu Theater, a donut with his favorite cartoons, and a bag of chips with His Majesty's Secret Service. Days, then weeks, blurred into one long television marathon. Never leaving the house without first checking with Dionne Warwick's psychic friends, Gex found himself on the verge of insanity.

Until things started getting interesting...

Two government goons appear at Gex's home and whisk him away to their headquarters. Apparently Rez is back to his old tricks again and the government need his assistance in order to help regain control of the Media Dimensions and to ged rid of Rez. The "old tin can" has returned and he's after the world's TV channels, again. Of course Gex refuses on all accounts, having already saved the universe once before and preferring to spend his time lounging in front of his TV. Eventually the government manage to bring Gex around after smashing him over the head with a crowbar, interrogating him and finally bribing him with a briefcase full of cash.

Gex replays the mission in his head as he leaves the building to get into his waiting limo. As he nears the car he meets a beautiful female agent who walks up to him, introduces herself as Special Agent Xtra and wishes him good luck in his mission to rescue television. She really loves television, she says with a giggle.

1999 events in Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Having saved the world from the events of Gex: Enter the Gecko, Gex once again comforts himself in front of his big-screen TV a year later, putting away all his concerns with Rez (who supposedly has disappeared for good this time). However, the government agency beckons Gex once again, requesting his immediate expertise in a delicate matter. It seems that Rez has kidnapped the lovely Agent Xtra, whom Gex had briefly made a prior acquaintance in the backstory of Gex: Enter the Gecko. Gex jumps for the opportunity to save the buxom blonde beauty and once again restore the Media Dimension (as well as his hectic TV schedule) back to normal. Gex rushes into his lair which he has made for himself in the Media Dimension, maintained by his trusty butler Alfred the tortoise (a homage to Batman), and begins another adventure. Gex must once again enter the parody that is the Media DImension and play through each manipulated televised world of Rez found therein.

The results of his adventure resolve the situation, ridding Rez once and for all from the world and the Media Dimension. Gex begins a romantic interlude with his new-found love interest Agent Xtra. Since then nothing else is known about the present whereabouts of Agent Gex, perhaps he is back in his homestead in Maui parked in front of his favourite TV watching his favourite television shows or perhaps not, only time will tell...



Rez
Rez is the ambiguous (and insane) evil overlord of the Media Dimension, and arch-nemesis of Gex a gecko agent. His one true ambition is to control the entire Media Dimension under his own rule and ensure the longetivity of bad TV shows and Z-grade movies. His physical appearance throughout the video game series has him appear as a robotoic raptor. Not much is known about the origins of Rez, only that he thrives and lives within the Media Dimension, and that he is incredibly versatile at constantly popping up every few years after Gex has ridded him from the world of television. In Gex: Enter the Gecko Rez remarks to Gex towards the end of the game that Rez is in fact Gex's biological father - of course this could be taken out of context as a mere quip in homage to Star Wars, and even Gex makes a snide come-back remark to this revelation. The similarities between this storyline are in fact a clear reference to the Anakin Skywalker (aka Darth Vader) and Luke Skywalker relationship. Perhaps there is more information on Rez, however at this present time this is all that is known about the mysterious hybrid robotic-lizard villain.

General sayings & quips from Gex when triggered

 * [by an enemy]
 * "It's tail time!"


 * "Oh yeah, it's tail time."
 * "Who took out the can of Whoop-ass!?"
 * "Now that's what I call gettin' some tail!"
 * "He's dead Jim." - reference to Star Trek
 * "This one's for Johnny!"
 * "This is for Keith Moon!"


 * [when Gex hits a TV set]
 * "That's for twelve years of Full House."
 * "Hey look, SNL!"
 * "Hey... reruns of Rhoda."
 * "Kill your TV man."
 * "Read a book!"
 * "Off the TV, nothin' but net!"


 * [when entering a warp]
 * "Into the garbage chute fly-boy!" - reference to Star Wars
 * "Go into the Liiiight." - reference to Poltergeist
 * "I know when I'm not wanted."
 * "I'll just go in here."
 * [when Gex takes damage]
 * "Adriane!" - reference to Rocky
 * "Ohh, that had to hurt!"


 * "You probably think that hurts, OUCH!"
 * "Not yet thanks."
 * "Higher, Higher, Lower!"
 * "Sorry, I only cry at weddings."
 * "Nobody touch me."
 * [when Gex eats a fly]
 * "Feed me!" - reference to The Little Shop of Horrors
 * "Soylent Green is good!" - reference to Soylent Green
 * "I'm hungry dammit!"


 * "For me? ... You shouldn't have!"
 * "This is perfect for my collection!"
 * "One for me and one for me."
 * "Sweeet, like candy."
 * "Need it need it need it need it!"
 * "I'm so hungry I could cry!"


 * "I see you've met Mr. Tongue."
 * "I'll take this and this and this and this."
 * "Hungry. Must find food."
 * "That's it, that hits the spot."
 * [when Gex grabs a power-up]
 * "I've dated colder."
 * "She's as cold as ice."


 * "I feel like Ben Franklin's wallet."
 * "Dude, I'm trippin'."
 * "Pulse racing, heart pounding, where's the john?"
 * "I am IRONMAN!"
 * "I'm Superman!"
 * "Scottie, shields up!" - reference to Star Trek
 * [when jumping or bouncing]
 * "Geronimo!"


 * "I'm invincible!"
 * "AAAAROOOGA!"
 * "Beat it!" - reference to Michael Jackson
 * [when Gex swims]
 * "They call him flipper, flipper..."
 * "Ibs harb bo quib when your unber waber."
 * [balancing on edge]
 * "I'm workin' without a net here!"


 * [start of level]
 * "This looks familiar."
 * "Mental note to self, throw up later."
 * "Spock, do you read me?" - reference to Star Trek
 * "Now we're right back where we started -- it's just like college!"
 * "My name is Forrest GEX."
 * [end of level]
 * "Obi Wan has taught you well!" - reference to Star Wars
 * "I suppose you know its be kind to geckos month."


 * "If I had a life I'd be glad to get back to it."
 * "It reminds me of Ed tapping his birthday keg." - reference to Johnny Carson
 * "Thats one small step for GEX."
 * [start of game]
 * "Lock and load little lizard."
 * "Time to teach someone some manners."
 * [unsorted]
 * "This place is weirder than Rick James' place on the 4th of July."


 * "This is about as much fun as being Mike Tyson's cell-mate on Valentines day."
 * "This place has all the warmth of a Dick Clark special."
 * "Waaaa, All I really wanted was this."
 * "BABADOOOOO!"
 * "Ah! Not yet, no!"
 * "Oh yeah!"


 * "If this were a plane crash I could eat the other passengers." - reference to Alive

For more Gex catchphrases please go to Talk page.

Trivia

 * Gex has also been voiced by comedians Leslie Phillips in Gex: Enter the Gecko, and Danny John-Jules in Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko for the UK and European releases of the game.


 * Gex was fashioned on the characters of James Bond for Gex: Enter the Gecko, and on Austin Powers for Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko as can be seen on the cover artwork.


 * Gex contributes to the games with wise-cracking remarks laced with American TV-culture and pop-culture references, most probably paying homage to Duke Nukem and more notably Ash Williams the protagonist from The Evil Dead films.