Ex

**Ex** is the Guardian of Time and Space, and the former King of Tetris. He is also Ess' biological father. He makes his debut in *Puyo Puyo Tetris* as an unlockable character. He represents the crossover between Puyo Puyo and Tetris and serves as the true antagonist of *Puyo Puyo Tetris*.

His presence is first foreshadowed in Chapter 6. During Ess's visions while training, she encounters Zed. But instead of Zed's normal behavior, she hears a message from a mysterious voice, talking about regretting leaving Ess alone and creating Zed as a substitute. Distressed, Ess challenges Zed to a match, afterwards shrugging it off as an impostor. However, he would appear to O, saying that he's the one that receives Tee's reports and apologizes for causing the worlds to merge with each other, requesting for O to stop him.

His proper appearance is in Chapter 7. Tee explains that he sends the reports to Ex via O, but doesn't remember it. Ex explains it's because of the Edge of Reality exists within Space and Time, meaning he technically didn't exist in any particular world. Arle, Amitie, and Ess then interrupt the conversation to make Ex fix reality before the universe is destroyed from the worlds merging together. However, Ex says it's too late to fix it, and runs off. He then explains that he was once the King of Tetris, before gaining the ability to transverse, and as such became the guardian. He resolved to protect the boundary of reality, using the reports from Tee and O as his only form of communication. However after countless years have past by, he started to develop a sense of depression from the loneliness, eventually causing him to neglect his duties out of doubt and cause the worlds to start merging with each other. Eventually at the Edge of Reality, he personally requests Tee to beat him in a match, believing that being defeated by the current King of Tetris, Tee would motivate him to protect the boundary once again. After beating Ex, Tee requests to take Ex's place as the Guardian due to his loneliness, but Ex personally rejects it. Tee then challenges him again, this time with Ex's full strength. Ex loses, but eventually after persuasion, Amitie comes up with a plan to allow Ex to travel out of the dimension, with assistance from Dark Prince and Ecolo.

Ex is the only character introduced in Puyo Puyo Tetris not to be based on a Tetromino.

## Appearance

Ex is an older man with yellow eyes and gray hair with white stripes that form the shape of an "X". He wears a frilly white shirt, a pink bowtie, and yellow suspenders with brown straps, with the straps' ends hanging loose. He also wears white gloves and boots with blue strips around them.

## Relationships

### Ai

Ex adopted Ai when he was a puppy and raised him. Ai looks up to him and sees Ex like a father.

### Ess

While Ess is Ex's biological daughter, she is estranged from him and doesn't see him as her actual father.

### Squares

Ex and Squares interact in the *Puyo Puyo Tetris 2* extra episodes where Ex gives Squares advice about how to forgive himself for his wrongs.

### Tee

Ex utilized Tee's reports through O as his sole method of communication. Tee took over as the King of Tetris after Ex, but still holds Ex in high regard and cares for him, going to him for advice in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 and trusting his judgement and understanding of the universe.

### Zed

Ex created Zed to look after and raise Ess after he was called to become the new Keeper of Dimensions.

## Appearances

* Puyo Puyo Tetris
* Puyo Puyo!! Quest
* Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

## Quotes

#### Enemy Attack

 Light Attack
 Heavy Attack

## Gallery

*Main*
Arle Nadja • Carbuncle
*Puyo Puyo*
Draco Centauros • Suketoudara • Witch • Schezo Wegey • Rulue • Satan
**Sega-era Characters**
*Puyo Puyo Fever and Fever 2*
Amitie • Raffina • Sig • Klug • Donguri Gaeru • Lidelle • Onion Pixie • Ocean Prince • Yu & Rei • Ms. Accord • Popoi • Feli • Lemres • Oniko
*Puyo Puyo 7*
Ringo Ando • Maguro Sasaki • Risukuma • Ecolo
*Puyo Puyo Tetris and Tetris 2*
Tee • O • Ess • Ai • Jay & Elle • Zed • **Ex**