Tex the THX Robot

Tex the THX Robot otherwise known in short as Tex is a CGI-animated flying robot mechanic character who, while not created for a Pixar feature or short film, was created by John Lasseter for the THX sound system by Lucasfilm, which is currently owned by Razer. THX had partnered with, as well as certified films released by Pixar from 1998 through 2006. He appeared in some THX trailers. The first one was introduced with the theatrical release of Barney’s Great Adventure on April 3, 1998 - which sees him repairing the THX logo after it becomes misaligned and stops hovering in midair. A second trailer was released in 1999 with the opening of Elmo in Grouchland. This was followed by a third trailer in 2008 preceding theatrical showings of WALL-E. Tex also makes a minor appearance in the 2009 "Genesis" trailer made to celebrate THX's 35th anniversary. There is a cameo on a billboard in this trailer. Furthermore, he reappeared in the 2010 "Tex VS The Robot" trailer. These were the only trailers since the first that did not precede a specific Pixar film in theatrical showings. While he doesn't have any comprehensible dialogue, his occasional grunts and mumbles were provided by Lasseter, created by ex-Pixar employee John Lasseter, is the mascot for THX. First appearing with the debut of Barney’s Great Adventure in 1998, he was originally seen exclusively on Pixar movies, but he has appeared on more recent trailers like Genesis, And He Is the mascot for the THX sound system (originally created by Lucasfilm and currently owned by Razer), depicted as a rotund, mustached robotic handyman with a jetpack. Tex was created by John Lasseter, co-founder of Pixar, who also animated the first two trailers he appeared in. THX had partnered with, as well as certified films released by Pixar from 1998 through 2006. He appeared in some THX trailers. The first one was introduced with the theatrical release of Barney’s Great Adventure on April 3, 1998 - which sees him repairing the THX logo after it becomes misaligned and stops hovering in midair. A second trailer titled "Moo Can" was released in 1999 with the opening of Elmo in Grouchland - here, Tex hot-wires a tip-over moo can with the power of THX through a connection cable from the large THX logo behind him, resulting in a choir of moos that perform THX's signature "Deep Note" as the logo begins to levitate. This trailer was also shown before theatrical showings of Monsters, Inc. and other Pixar films. This was followed by a third trailer in 2008 preceding theatrical showings of WALL-E, titled "Action", where Tex stumbles into the inner workings of an automobile. Tex also makes a minor appearance in the 2009 "Genesis" trailer made to celebrate THX's 35th anniversary. Tex is seen inside of a space station, and is also briefly seen on a billboard. Tex appeared in his first starring role in a THX trailer in 14 years with the release of the 2010 trailer titled "Tex VS The Robot", which served as a demo for THX Spatial Audio; here, he co-stars with a mischievous robot drone who steals from him a blue orb used to power the THX logo. These were the only trailers since the first that did not precede a specific Pixar film in theatrical showings. While he doesn't have any comprehensible dialogue, his occasional grunts and mumbles were provided by Lasseter in his first two appearances. And He Is A One Of The deuteragonist (Along With Kelly, Lincoln, Bob From Ready Steady Build, Ben Tennyson, George Beard & Harold Hutchins) & He Is Also Former A High School Student & Current A Digital Repair Guy To Fix The THX Logo & Surviving A Disney Movie & He Teams Up With His Requel Counterpart.
== Biography ==
Since the audience has been listening to the same THX trailer for over 10 years, Lucasfilm decided it was time for a new sound and look. So in 1998, the company hired Pixar Animation Studios to update the sound system promo and better reveal the capabilities of THX sound. Pixar came up with Tex, a digital repairman with a special toolkit and jetpack, charged with taking care of the THX logo and sound system. Tex flies around the theater fixing the speakers, demonstrating THX digital sound in action. The original Tex trailer debuted on time with the release of Polygram Filmed Entertainment's Barney’s Great Adventure on April 3, 1998.
== Appearance ==
Tex is a flying robot built to function and look like a handyman. He has:
* A silver head with two gray ears (the left one having a silver-balled antenna), a mustache, and no visible eyes.
* A red and silver body with an orange (or red) button and a vent that is either three lines or twelve dots, two gray claw-hands (or gray WALL-E-esque robotic hands sometimes), and conveyor belt-like feet.
* A jetpack with a checkered pattern near the center of it, activated by the button on his body, which the jetpack emits green dilating/contracting circles.
On top of all that, he usually sports a tool belt and a red hat (with the company's logo on said hat only being shown on their stress doll merch).
== Design ==
Tex is depicted as a rotund robotic handyman with a mustache, a large nose, a large, round torso, claws for hands, cylinder bellows for shoulders and legs, an antenna on the left side of his head, and treads on the bottom of his feet. He wears a red billed cap turned to its side and a red shirt which does not cover his entire torso; his navel is a screw. He sports a tool belt and a jetpack.
In 2008, ten years after Tex debuted, his third trailer "Action" marked the introduction of an updated design for the character. The orange button on the right side of his torso is replaced with a smaller red button, a speaker is now present on the left side of his torso, and he has a visible ear with an earring on the right side of his head. His claw hands are now more visibly articulate with more joints, and the treads on the bottom of his feet are slightly thicker and now have grooves in them, with his feet now larger and covering more of the treads. The joints in his arms are now more detailed, his torso is noticeably smaller, his tool belt is now black instead of brown, and his tools are slightly larger.
== History ==
Tex has been the mascot for THX since 1998, which was his first appearance. He appears in a few of the company's logos throughout the years, and is generally used for repairing the logo.
Tex made his first appearance in the trailer of the same name, which debuted on April 3, 1998 with the original theatrical release of Barney’s Great Adventure. He returned in the Tex 2: Moo Can trailer, which debuted with the theatrical release of Elmo in Grouchland on October 1, 1999. He would go on to appear in the third trailer Tex 3: Action, which debuted on June 27, 2008 with the release of WALL-E. He was later shown as cameos and a small appearance 2009 trailer Genesis. Meanwhile, Tex reappeared in the 2010 trailer Tex vs. the Robot.
=== Friends: ===
* Manny Garcia - Friend/Hero/Ex-Enemy
* Felipe Grande - Friend
* Fleegle the Beagle - Friend
* Spud the Scarecrow - Friend
* Lincoln Loud - Best Friend
* Walter Beckett - Roommate
* Lance Sterling ✝ - Good Friend
* Sidney Prescott - Friend
* Bob the Builder (Stop-Motion Version 1998-2009) - Boyfriend/Hooked Up
* Wendy - Friend
* Kelly Crenshaw - Heroine
* Elliot Crenshaw - Hero
* Katy Nelson-Morrissey - Friend/Heroine
* Deliah Beasley - Friend/Heroine
* Agent Mirabel Clifton - Niece
* Sarah - Friend
* Bob From Ready Steady Build - Friend/Roommate
* Mr. Potato Head - Dad
* Mrs. Potato Head ✝ - Mom
* Postman Pat Clifton - Brother
* Sara Clifton - Sister-In-Law
* Julian Clifton - Nephew
* Jess the Cat - Sidekick
*Rex the THX Dog - Pet
*Jenny Wakeman the Teenage Robot - Wife (Married)
*Samantha Carpenter - Older Daughter
*Tara Carpenter - Younger Daughter
*Dash Lightning - Son
* Spongebob Squarepants - Friend
* Patrick Star - Friend
*The Mayor Of Halloween Town - Best Friend/Roommate
* Stan Marsh - Friend
* Kyle Broflowski - Best Friend/Biggest Fan
* Eric Cartman - Friend
* Kenny McCormick - Friend
* Fireman Sam Jones ✝ - Good Friend
* Penny Morris - Friend
* Agent Judy Hopps - Friend
* Agent Marcy Kappel - Friend
* Luna Loud - Friend
* Ronnie Anne - Friend
* Sid Chang - Friend
* Robert Morrissey - Friend
* Dot Morrissey - Friend
* Mr. Lopart - Friend/Former Enemy
* The Sisters Of Ready Steady Build - Girlfriends
* The Mirabel Clifton Team - Girlfriends
=== Enemies: ===
* Henry J. Waternoose III ✝ - Original Killer
*Randall Boggs ✝ - Original Killer
*Stinky Pete ✝ - Sequel Killer
*Darla ✝ - Sequel Killer
*Sid Phillips ✝ - Sequel Killer
*Syndrome/Buddy Pine ✝ - Trilogy Killer
*Hopper ✝ - Trilogy Killer
*Chick Hicks - Remake/Reboot Killer
*Edwin Carbuckle ✝ - Movie Based On TV Series Killer
*Yoshigirl99 ✝ - Requel Killer/Former Girlfriend
* Luan Loud ✝ - Requel Killer
* Piper McDonald ✝ - Requel Killer
* Big Nose ✝ - Requel Killer
* Leo (Bob the Builder For 2015) ✝ - Requel Killer
* Butters Stotch ✝ - Requel Killer/Former Friend
* UK Bob the Builder ✝ - Requel Killer
* Meg McDonald ✝ - Requel Killer
* Mannybot 3000 ✝ - Requel Killer
* Toolsbot ✝ - Requel Killer
* Liana ✝ - Enemy
== In THX Tex Trailer (1998) ==
The THX logo appears on screen as normal with the Deep Note from the THX Broadway DVD (Digitally Mastered) trailer, but the THX logo spontaneously breaks and falls down. The blue light turns on and Tex walks to the THX logo. Tex opens the door on the X, finds a jetpack, and flies towards the front of the camera, muttering "Oh, George". Tex finds the tools, flies in between T and H, pushes the H, opens the door, and resumes the THX Deep Note. Tex kicks the underscore of the THX logo and the door on the X closes. The slogan "The Audience is Listening" is seen.
== In THX Tex 2: Moo Can Trailer (1999) ==
We see a gray, lifeless THX logo. Tex the robot, from the previous trailer, drops down from the top of the screen, landing towards the front of the camera. He has a can in his hand which has a picture of a cow on a field and says "moo" (which is in a bubble cloud, as if the cow were saying it) and he holds it closer to show us. He flips it over, realizing the can is empty and says "Hmmm." He flies to the THX logo in the background, opens a hatch in the X, and then pulls out a cable from it. He then returns with the "moo can" and holds the cable up with his opposite hand, revealing it to have a plug, and attaches it to the can. Tex looks around for a few seconds as we hear the sound of cows mooing. Then, the THX logo turns silver as "Lucasfilm Ltd." fades in above it and starts to rise up from the middle of the screen to its usual position nearly at the top and shines. Tex smiles and nods seemingly in accomplishment when suddenly the THX logo begins to rumble and shake. Tex sees this, jumps back in surprise and he nervously flies off with the can and the plug. The THX logo jolts to its left side for a moment before going back to its normal position. The cable is pulled back into the logo, the hatch closes and like the last trailer, the black screen with the text "The Audience is Listening" falls to the screen.
== In THX Tex 3: Action Trailer (2008) ==
The trailer starts with the camera focusing on a film clapperboard and a guy saying "...and, Action!" Tex flies onto the scene, flying around a car. He then flies in front of the car (which, by the out of focus badge, is a BMW) and stops in front of the grille as the car starts. Tex then gives a stop signal and says "Uh-oh!" He tries to fly away, but is sucked backwards into the car through the grille as the car revs up. Tex proceeds to bounce around inside of the car, saying "Ow!" and eventually reaching the turbocharged engine. Standing on a piston, he stops to regain his balance. Tex looks up and sees part of the engine spraying. Fuel spray is injected into the engine for a few seconds and Tex says "Oh!" The combustion chamber action of the fuel injection causes a big explosion that covers Tex in black ash. He is proceeded be shot out the car, through the exhaust right at the THX logo. After hitting the THX logo and falling down, Tex gets up and presents the THX logo behind him with his arms as a sort of "Ta-da!"
== In THX Genesis Trailer (2009) ==
The city is revealed to be inside a snowglobe on a table of various items. The camera pans back to reveal two similar tables with blue holographic domes on them. Then, Tex appears from the left and flies to a table in the front and loads up a similar holographic dome over the table and flies off. The camera continues to zoom out, revealing that Tex is aboard a star cruiser of some sort.
== In THX Tex vs The Robot Trailer (2010) ==
In a glassy room in the same spaceship from the "Genesis" trailer, Tex tries to place an orb in a socket in front of a window with a floating THX logo behind him in the background. The THX logo briefly lights up and the orb pops out. While Tex is fixing a trap door, a drone named Bob sneaks into the room. They fight over who gets to put the orb in, the orb flies through the room and both chase it, causing the camera to become misaligned. Tex flies towards the front of the camera and places the screen back into position, then dodges a gas tank. He returns to the socket and says "Hmmm." After Tex repairs Bob, they compromise as the latter robot becomes disappointed. Tex says "Huh?" and whistles, letting Bob slam dunk the orb into the socket, which causes the THX logo to power up and light up. Both robots move to the side as the camera zooms up to the THX logo, we fade to the THX print logo, the text "SPATIAL AUDIO" fades underneath it.
== In Postman Pat The Movie 2 (2022) ==
Tex Reappears Again In Both THX Tex 5: Tex Is Drunk Trailer At The Movie Theaters & Home Videos & Postman Pat The Movie 2: Handy Manny's 15th Anniversary Party (2022) Movie, Tex Is Now Married With His Wife Jenny Wakeman & Then Jenny Gives A Birth To Her First Daughter: Samantha Carpenter, Her Second Daughter: Tara Carpenter & Her First Son: Dash Lightning (Off-Screen) In Postman Pat The Movie 2: Handy Manny's 15th Anniversary Party On Monday October 31st 2021, Tex Is In Shower At Bob From Ready Steady Build's Hotel Room But Bob From Ready Steady Build Tells The Girls About Tex Was In His Shower, Meanwhile, Spud & Molly Watches THX Tex Cartoons On TV But Violet-Daisy-Rose Watches THX Tex Cartoon On TV But Agent Mirabel Clifton Turns Off The TV Because It Has Toilet Humor, But Felipe Grande Loves Watching THX Tex Cartoons On TV But His Parents Talks To Agent Mirabel Clifton She Says This Show Is Naughty, Meanwhile At The High School, Tex Meets His Ex-Girlfriend Yoshigirl99 But Tex Scares A Crab Out Of Fleegle, Meanwhile Tex Meets His Fans Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman & Kenny McCormick At School, Meanwhile Tex Talks To Yoshigirl99 But Fleegle, Katy & Deliah Talks To Them, Meanwhile After School, Bob From Ready Steady Build Talks To Sidney Prescott While Tex Talks To Him Before Tex Is Going To The Bathroom, But Tex Shows A Magic Tricks With Sidney Prescott At The THX World, Meanwhile On Tuesday November 1st 2021, Tex Sees Stan, Kyle & Kenny At The Looker, Tex Talks To Bob From Ready Steady Build On His Phone But Kyle & Kenny Sees Tex At The Lookers Again, But Tex Reprise To See His Niece Agent Mirabel Clifton & Her Husband Bob From Ready Steady Build At The Lunch Room, Meanwhile Tex Saying His Dad's Original Word "Yeah Like The Attic" Related Of Mr. Potato Head From The Original Meanwhile At The Red Rock Hotel, Tex Playing His DJ Booth While He Holding His Moo Can, But Sadly Tex Is Never Come Back For The THX World, Instead He Come To The Night Club Party, But Tex Will Be Right Back To Go To The Bathroom But Fleegle See Him Fleegle Is Gonna Get Out Of Here, Tex Came Back From The Bathroom, Meanwhile On Wednesday November 2nd 2021, Tex Is A Major Role Of High School To Meet His Friends & Girlfriends At High School But Mane 6 Will Invited Boys To The Party (Except Tex Because He A Man Now), Tex Sees His Niece Agent Mirabel Clifton & Her Friends While Tex Eats A Thin Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Meanwhile, Tex Is Going To The Bathroom Because He's Having Diarrhea At The Girl's Bathroom Tex Is Caught By The Disney Princesses While Tex Is Take A Huge Shit, But Agent Mirabel Clifton Sees Her Uncle Tex At The Girl's Bathroom, But Agent Mirabel Clifton, Tex, Fleegle & Felipe Grande Are Survivors While Their Girlfriends & Husband, Meanwhile Tex Sees His Legacy Best Friend Woody & Buzz Lightyear But Tex Is Not Kidnapping Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Bo Peep & Slinky Dog While Bob the Builder (Stop Motion Version 1998 - 2009) Is Seeing Tex, Meanwhile, Tex, Fleegle & Their Girls Are At Lunch, Meanwhile At Disney, Tex, Fleegle, Felipe Grande, Lincoln Loud, Kelly, Manny & Spongebob Are Having Fun, Meanwhile, Tex Is Having Sex With His Ex-Girlfriend Yoshigirl99, Meanwhile At The Night Club Party, Tex Was Absent, Meanwhile, Tex Was Outside At The Las Vegas City To See Yoshigirl99, Meanwhile, Tex Calls His Dad Mr Potato Head, Before Tex Takes Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, Butters, Clyde, Wendy, Bebe & Heidi To Go To Red Robin,
== Trivia ==
* Released in the spring of 1998 in time for the film Barney’s Great Adventure, this trailer uniquely demonstrates the benefits of THX and the discrete qualities of digital sound. The trailer and its title character, TEX, quickly became a favorite of moviegoers, garnering plenty of applause as well as plenty of press coverage, including an article in The New York Times. The trailer was created collaboratively with John Lasseter and his Pixar animation team (Toy Story) with sound design by Academy Award winning Gary Rydstrom. TEX is available as a single inventory print in all three digital sound formats.
* Tex references George Lucas when he says "Oh George".
* Back by popular demand, TEX returns to show off the virtues of THX using a 'with THX' and 'without THX' demonstration. Again John Lasseter and his Pixar animation team and Gary Rydstrom create a crowd-pleaser. Marco d'Ambrosio developed the "cow chord" you'll hear using real cows recorded at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California. TEX 2 was released on October 1, 1999, and is available in all three digital sound formats.
* The third appearance of Tex in his own trailer, Tex Action (as it is officially called) was a short-lived trailer. With the theatrical release Of Pixar's WALL-E, the only official releases to date June 27, 2008 are the US DVD of District B13, the Japanese releases of Brave Story on Blu-ray, HD-DVD and DVD, and the THX Demo Disc II.
* The BMW logo can be seen just before Tex gets sucked into the car.
* This logo introduced Tex's current appearance.
* This is Tex's first appearance in an official THX trailer since Tex 3: Action.
* This is the first official trailer Tex makes a major role in since Tex 3: Action.
* Tex Reappears Again In The Requel.
* Tex's Requel Counterparts Kyle Broflovski & Lincoln Loud Are The THX-Pixar Movie Fans.
* Tex Is Going To The Bathroom At The First Time.
* Tex Had Sex With His Girlfriends At The First Time.
* Tex & His Requel Counterpart Manny Garcia Are Met Together.
* The Most Favorite THX-Pixar Hero Tex the Robot Always Survives & Fight.
* Tex & His Niece Agent Mirabel Clifton Throw The TV At Randall Boggs In The Original Hammer (2001).
* Tex & His Niece Agent Mirabel Clifton Shoots Henry J. Waternoose III In The Original Hammer (2001).
* Tex Saying His Words "I Still Prefer The THX."
*Tex the THX Robot Did Not Having Sex Due To A Sexual Content.
Gender: Male♂
Voice By: Nick Kroll
Status: Alive
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