Lost THX "Tex" Trailer: A Vortexx CW DVD Boxset

If you believe that encounters with lost THX trailers are very frightening, well my experience was way worse.

This time it was like one of those THX box sets that are horror filled and it’s source material for my experience was Vortexx CW.

For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, Vortexx CW was a Saturday morning block that first started on August 25, 2012 and concluded on September 27, 2014. (The day of my 11th birthday.)

It had a great variety of shows like Dragon Ball Z Kai, Sonic X, Yu-Gi-Oh and others.

However, I have come across something disturbing with it.

It involved THX.

One day, I was at home watching some Amazing World of Gumball on HBO Max until I heard the doorbell ring.

Surprisingly, it was honestly the mailman.

I went outside and checked the mail.

It was mostly a few bills for my parents and a package with my name on it.

I brought it all inside and then I opened up the gift.

Inside it was what appeared to be a DVD.

On the cover it had the Vortexx CW logo and it had some characters from most of the shows that aired on the block including Sonic from Sonic X, Goku from Dragon Ball Z Kai, Yugi Muto from Yu-Gi–Oh, Yuma from Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal, Cubix, Ricky Ryugasaki from B Daman Crossfire and Superman from Justice League Unlimited.

The DVD was entitled “Vortexx CW: The Ultimate THX Collection.”

I began getting memories of when some people knew about their encounters with lost THX trailers, and I knew that I was probably going to be in for a bad time.

I recognized that in the box was a few DVD’s resembling each one of the shows featured on the cover.

Inside of it was a rare DVD titled “The Rare THX Trailer Made By The CW.”

It had a TV-G rating which was obviously weird now that I thought about it.

I inserted the disc into my DVD player and it started.

It began with the Warner Home Video logo used from 2010 and the CBS DVD logo from 2006.

This felt correct because The CW of course is a Warner Bros and CBS owned TV channel.

While watching it, I was like, “Since when does a TV show become THX certified?”

The next thing that popped up was a language menu which included the languages English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian and Dutch.

Then it took me to the DVD menu which consisted of the different characters in colored boxes including Tex.

I was right. This was definitely going to be of course a lost THX trailer experience.

But what was Tex doing on this DVD?

He isn't owned by Warner Bros or CBS.

The option buttons were Play, Scene Selection, Set Up and Bonus Features.

I pressed Play and the trailer started. It began with a warning that said:

“This lost THX trailer was made for the theatrical release of “Devil’s Due” despite it not being THX certified and must not be viewed by children. Watch at your own risk.”

“Here we go.” I muttered.

The trailer started.

It began with Téa Gardner from Yu-Gi-Oh taking a shower in her house which honestly surprised me because I don’t think Vortexx would show any shower scenes in their programs.

Téa got out of the shower and began brushing her teeth.

She soon noticed that the bathroom mirror was covered in steam and said,

“Hmm… the bathroom mirror is covered in steam, let me fix that.”

She made a circle and behind her was Tex.

A sinister tone played as Tex was seen.

Téa gasped as soon as she saw him.

Tex said, “Hey 16 year old woman. Nice body you got there.”

Téa angrily said, “What are you doing in my house you robotic pervert?”

Tex then replied, “I’ve come to give you some company.”

Téa said, “I don’t need company, I’m old enough to shower on my own. Now get out of my house before I tell my parents. NOW!”

Tex then took out a chainsaw while he said, “Well if that’s the way you feel, then how about I….. MURDER YOU!”

Téa began to scream as she grabbed some slippers and went outside the front door with a towel on.

She then decided to run to Yugi’s place where Yugi himself was eating some pancakes while having a discussion with his grandfather until the door knocked.

Yugi opened the door as Téa said, “Yugi, you gotta help me man, there’s a killer robot in my house and it tried to kill me. Please Yugi, you’re my only hope.”

Yugi was confused and he asked, “What killer robot?”

Yugi looked across the road and saw Tex.

He said, “Oh no! It’s Tex! He killed a few Pixar and Dreamworks characters! I’ll show him what it actually really means to kill someone!”

He then began to transform into his duelist form and went on to the street.

I was surprised at how Tex just stood there as he transformed.

Yugi said, “Alright you, I hope you’re ready for a duel cause you will never get your hands on my friend.”

Tex for some reason had his own set of duel monster cards.

But before they battled, Tex took out a pitch fork and threw it at Téa’s chest as she was killed entirely.

Yugi then shouted no very loud and it apparently went through my TV speakers.

This meant that my ears would bleed and I was right. Yugi first took out a card that had a picture of a fire covered dragon and struck Tex with fire.

It was Tex’s turn and he had a dragon which instead went for Yugi’s head and it was bitten off completely, making Tex the winner.

He then took out his chainsaw from earlier and began charging at Yugi’s grandfather.

He rammed the chainsaw up into his heart.

Yugi’s grandfather was dead.

The screen then went to black.

But it wasn’t over yet.

It faded to a lake in Sonic X.

Sonic and Chris were on a boat doing some fishing.

Sonic said, “Great day on the lake, isn’t it Chris?”

Chris replied, “It sure is. How about we have salmon for dinner tonight?”

Sonic then said, “Salmon? Sure, sounds delicious.”

Just then, Sonic and Chris heard strange laughter. “Is that Eggman?” Sonic asked. “I don’t know, but it sounds very scary.” Chris replied.

And then, we see Tex in a speedboat.

For some reason, he was standing as if it was a poorly made gif.

When he approached the 2 characters, he had a gun in his hand.

Tex then said, “Hello Sonic and Chris, I’ve come to take the chaos emeralds and use them to take over the world.”

Sonic got angry and said, “Oh no you don’t! You’re going down if you think about that!”

Sonic began to roll up into a ball as he charged at Tex.

But Tex managed to dodge his shot. Tex popped up behind Chris with a knife near his neck.

Chris then shouted, “Sonic, help! He’s gonna cut my head in half.”

Before Sonic could do anything, Tex said, “Time’s up blue weirdo!”

He then began slicing Chris’ head as blood burst out from the neck.

Sonic got really scared as Tex got out the same pitch fork that he used on Téa Gardner.

He threw it at Sonic’s eyes...but, since well. fastest thing alive, Sonic ran off while missing his eyes.

But Tex saw him and claimed that he was way too fast.

Tex walked away.

Just then, the trailer showed a shot of a rocky field from Dragon Ball Z Kai at night.

Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Gohan, Trunks, Android 18 and Tien were looking at the scenery as Piccolo asked, “What are we doing here at night? There’s nobody here except us.”

Goku then said, “Well, Bulma put us on night duty in case Cell ever appears here. As long as we stay up to fight, we should be able to-”

All of a sudden, Tex spawned from a portal and he said, “Hi there saiyans, I am your new enemy Tex. Wanna battle?”

Goku soon noticed this and he replied, “Heck yeah we wanna battle, you’re going down you silly robot!”

Goku went into his super saiyan form and began taking a direct punch at Tex.

But like with Sonic, Tex dodged his shot.

So Goku’s next idea was to use his kamehameha.

But again, Tex refused to take damage.

Vegeta took out his scouter and began to examine Tex.

It said that Tex’s power level was 9,000. Piccolo asked what the scouter said about his power level.

But before Piccolo could finish his question, Vegeta said, “Don’t you dare finish that question, don’t do it!”

Back to Goku and Tex’s battle, Goku insisted on kicking Tex in the face which he tried to do but Tex grabbed him by the foot and he took out a stapler and stapled Goku’s crotch.

As soon as Goku felt it, he began screaming.

But as he screamed, he started to become a super saiyan 2.

Goku shouted, “That hurt you pesky robot, It’s like I’m bleeding thanks to your shenanigans. I’m gonna end your killing spree when I kick your-”

Before Goku could finish his sentence, his head was chopped off with a chainsaw.

“This can’t be real, his head got chopped off.” Piccolo said.

Gohan was in tears just seeing the dead body of Goku.

Tex then looked at the others and shouted, “And now, it’s time for you to go to hell!”

He then began opening a portal with a bunch of fire inside of it. What made it even more disturbing was that their skin could be seen melting.

Everyone including Goku was dead.

The next scene faded to a forest in Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal at night.

Yuma and Tori were walking down a trail while talking.

“Geez Yuma, the forest sure is spooky at night. We should get out of here.” Tori said.

Yuma then said, “Don’t worry, I’ll find an exit. Good thing I brought my trusty flashlight.”

As soon as he turned on the flashlight, they heard evil laughter.

Yuma nervously asked, “Are one of my enemies coming back for revenge?”

Tex dropped down and Yumi and Tori screamed in fear.

Tex then said, “Hello duelists, I heard you like Duel Monsters, wanna challenge me to it?”

Yuma got excited and said, “Sure I can, let’s do this robot dude.”

They got out their cards and the duel started.

Yuma started first.

His card resembled what appeared to be a strong black knight.

The black knight slashed at Tex’s thunder dragon, making Yuma have his points rise up by 300.

Tex then got upset and said, “You strong boy, you may have outsmarted my dragon but I will show you what it means to kill something like a human.”

He started to take a chainsaw out as Yuma and Tori began to run away from him.

Tex yelled, “Get back here you pathetic humans, Sexy Texy just wants to talk to you!”

Yuma and Tori began hiding behind a tree.

They were trying to not breathe as Tex said, “Come out come out wherever you are. I won’t hurt you, but I will kill you.”

Tori said, “Yuma, I’m scared. I’m too teenage to die.”

Tex then heard them talking and shouted “Boo!”

Yuma and Tori did the same scream from when they first saw Tex.

He then began to kill Tori by putting a wooden spear in her chest.

Yuma then decided to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff before Tex could do anything against him.

Both Yuma and Tori were dead.

But it still wasn’t over, as there was a little bit more to come.

The next scene went to the watchtower from Justice League Unlimited.

All of the heroes including Martian Manhunter were there. They were having what appeared to be a meeting.

“Listen up heroes, there’s a strange killer robot somewhere hidden in space, so I need 3 heroes to stay up tonight and guard the place.” Martian Manhunter explained.

Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman raised their hands to volunteer.

But before Martian Manhunter could say anything, Tex soon broke in by busting down a door.

He had a sword in his hand.

“Oh no, it’s him!” Batman shouted.

Tex said, “Hi there superheroes, my name is Tex, who’s up for a battle?”

Superman then said, “Yeah we want to fight, bring it on you robot!”

Wonder Woman then shouted, “Clark, don’t! I’ve heard of that robot, he’s killed almost everyone we know.”

Tex heard that and said, “What gives Wonder Woman? Take this!” as he took out the same pitchfork to kill Téa Gardner from earlier.

Superman gasped at the sight of Wonder Woman’s death.

Tex then said, “And now it’s time for all of you to die!”

He took out a bomb and threw it at everyone in his sight as he flew away while evilly laughing.

The Watchtower exploded in the progress and what I saw next scared the living daylights out of me, Batman’s head was floating in space but his eyes were pitch black and part of his brain was sticking out.

Then the trailer went to Abby's house in Cubix.

Connor and Abby were watching a movie while snuggling up together when all of a sudden Abby had to use the restroom.

While she walked, I was going to get a disgusting feeling of watching her use the toilet.

However, when she turned on the light, she saw Tex.

Then Tex said, “Hello Abby, do you like horror movies? Because I’m about to do something similar to a movie I saw in the future.”

Abby closed the door and ran to tell Connor that they needed to get out of her house due to the strange robot planning to kill her.

Meanwhile, after they ran outside, they both had a hug as a way of possibly spending their final moments until they heard a window break.

Connor ran to the shed and got some tools that people usually use on trees like chainsaws and axes and he began charging at Tex with all his might.

Tex took out a pocket knife and began slitting Connor’s knee.

He then called out for his friend Cubix and he arrived in about 3 seconds.

Cubix began flying over to Tex, but before he could take a punch, Tex began to take an axe that Connor had earlier and sliced Cubix’s arms and legs and then his entire face.

“Cubix, noooo!” Connor shouted.

“I’ll kill you you robot idiot!” He shouted once more.

Connor began taking a chainsaw but Tex managed to grab it and he aimed it at his face.

Abby then resisted using the axe but Tex did the same thing to her. Connor and Abby, including Cubix, were dead.

Then it went to the final program that was on this trailer.

This time, it was B Daman Crossfire.

Ricky was for some reason inside the school at night.

He said, “I can’t believe that I got framed to the point that I’m on night duty. Curse those bullies.”

Just then, Ricky heard some evil laughing coming from one of the classrooms.

He went into the one where he heard the laughs.

But as he investigated the place, he heard the sound of a door slam which was ripped from the Ghost House Pictures logo.

He nervously said, “Hello, is anybody there?”

That was when Tex dropped down in front of Ricky.

Tex said, “Looks like you’re the only one dealing with Sexy Texy tonight.”

Ricky then said, “I don’t care anymore, at times, I get framed a lot. So go ahead. Let out your inner kill.”

As Tex took out a butcher knife, the screen cut to black as the sound of head slashing was heard.

I can’t believe that Ricky would even request that.

He should’ve just ran away.

After 5 seconds, it went to a wide shot of the THX logo like on any other lost THX Tex trailer.

Wonder Woman’s dead body could be seen near the X of the logo.

The screaming deep note played but it belonged to many characters like Goku, Yugi, Abby, Yuma and Chris.

Then, Tex dropped to the ground as if it was a jumpscare and faced the audience. He said:

“Hello, Vortexx fans. It’s Texy. I have murdered your precious Vortexx characters because this was how I would’ve shut down Vortexx in 2014. Just so you know, if you’re scared of me, you better be because I will come for you one day. Toodle loo!”

Tex then flew away evilly laughing.

Then the THX slogan “The Audience Is Listening” dropped down.

Then it faded to black again for 10 seconds.

But after 10 seconds, it cut to something that still scares me to this day.

It showed a shot of what appeared to be Téa Gardner screaming in a black background.

However, Téa's eyes were black with red pupils and she had blood dripping down from her sockets.

The screams that were heard were what appeared to be a woman's very loud scream, the Howie scream and SCP-096’s scream.

After that, it took me back to the menu.

I then decided to look at the bonus features.

Most of them were the first 3 THX trailers from those other box sets that my friends encountered.

It also had promos for shows like Sonic X, Dragon Ball Z Kai and more, and the link to The CW’s website.

When my dad came home, I showed him what was on the DVD and he managed to believe me.

I took some screenshots before smashing the DVD.

Just remember this, if you happen to come across any kind of THX box set with random characters on it, do not watch it for the love of god.