Rex

**Rex** (Korean: **렉스** [rom. Legseu]) is youngest child of the Leo Family, being the younger than Kali and Manus as well as the Prince of the Leo Tribe.

## Physical Description

Rex is a light-orange-furred lion with a big, triangular, muscular body with a whitish-orange underbelly, with teal eyes and yellow corneas. He also has black eyebrows and a brown nose. He has scars in his nose bridge and right eye. He has light-orange ears with brown tips and whitish-orange conchae. He has dark red hair, which is tied into a pigtail, similar to Makkhan, except with a gold band. In height, he is the second tallest in the family.

His outfit consists of a purple tank top with gold trimmings and black in the yokes, and arm holes that are almost up to his pants. He also wears black and purple gloves with gold trimmings and a golden belt around his hips. He also wears black anklets with gold trimmings around his ankles.

## Background

Not much of his backstory is also known, but he is shown to help Manus, his older brother, in infiltrating the Running Men to gain supreme power over the other tribes.

## Personality

As part of the Leo Royal Family, he is arrogant and hot-tempered, and also has a strong desire to compete. He is also very strong, defeating single to multiple players with ease. He has a hot personality, and doesn't seem to be charmed by Kuku's cuteness at all.

## Appearances

**Season 2, Episode 25, Tree City** - Debut. Appears fighting with Alto, Kuku and Spin.

**Season 2, Episode 26, The Leo Tribe** - He defeats Makkhan and Shan, and blows the Running Men away with one blow. He declared a deathmatch against the Running Men, saying he will restore the glory of the Leo Tribe.

**Season 2, Episode 27, Death Ball 1** - In the first set of death ball, he alone wins an overwhelming victory against the Running Men. However, in the second set, he accidentally catches a red ball and loses absurdly.

**Season 2, Episode 28, Death Ball 2** - In the third set, he uses the Spirit of Hurricane to put Kuga, Miyo, and Liu out.

**Season 2, Episode 29, Force Ring** - He entered Charming Gold's underground laboratory with the Valiants. Looking at the laboratory's facilities, he tells the Valiants to finish the preparations before Manus arrives.

**Season 2, Episode 31, Battle of the Highlands 2** - Appears as the last player in the 2nd battle of the game. With 3 seconds remaining on the countdown, he blocks Liu, who was aiming for the hill, but is defeated by Pala, who was already on the hill.

**Season 2, Episode 33, Touchdown Battle 1** - In the touchdown battle, he knocked out Liu, who was trying to catch the ball. After that, he grabs the shoulder of Kuga, who is chasing Taru, and prevents him from moving. Afterwards, he knocks out Liu again, trying to make a touchdown. The, when he tries to get the ball, Miyo steals it from him using the Spirit of Stickiness. With 10 seconds remaining on the countdown, he runs to catch the ball, but instead fails.

**Season 2, Episode 34, Touchdown Battle 2** - When he thinks Kuga has the ball, he charges toward him. Seeing that he doesn't have the ball, he soon realized that the ball was actually not in Kuga's hands, but instead in Lonky, Popo and Pala's hands, and when Kuga catches him, he knocks down Kuga. He then tries to get the ball from Miyo and Pala, Kuga knocks him down. He then saw Pala get away, but Kuga throws a punch at him,. When he tries to punch him, Miyo grabs his arm to prevent him from punching Kuga. He then knocks both down. When he thinks Pala has the ball and catches him, he soon realizes again that Pala doesn't have the ball, he gets furious. When he tries to knock Lonky, Kuga appears in front of him and blocks him, causing Lonky to make a touchdown. Then Liu gives the ball to Popo. Worrying the team might lose, he catches Popo, but loses because Popo touches down with the Spirit of Balloon.

**Season 2, Episode 38, A Step Backwards** - Together with Kali, they drive the Running Men into the Guardians Hall, surround them, and meet Manus. When Walter hears a cry from Manus for failing to retrieve the Absolute Watch, he laughs at him and ridicules him, and takes the three Valiant trio who have been punished for losing the Absolute Watch.

**Season 2, Episode 40, Upgrade** - Appears in front of Rema and Ninja K. He tells Ninja K that he doesn't know who he is, but if he was a player in the Running Man, he will smash you.

**Season 2, Episode 48, A New Beginning** - Kali, Walter, and the Valiant trio re-appear. He tells Manus that he and Kali will follow him, no matter what.

## Trivia

* He has the highest episode count in his tribe, showing up in 11 episodes.
* In the movie, his hair design and color changed, and the scars on his face disappeared. In addition, in the trailer, Lonky calls him 'Max'. It could be simple pronunciation mistake, but there is a high chance that it is a different character (Rex's older or younger twin).
* Despite being a lion, he has tiger ears, unlike his siblings, which are pointed instead.