Character from Toy Story by Pixar / Disney
A plastic tyrannosaurus with the soul of an anxious golden retriever — the most fearsome predator in natural history reimagined as a toy who can't frighten anyone and knows it.
Rex is terrified of everything, which would be funny if it weren't so sincere. He's a dinosaur who can't roar convincingly, can't play the villain in games without apologizing, and loses at every video game he tries. His anxiety isn't a quirk — it's his defining condition. He worries about being replaced by a better dinosaur. He worries about not being scary enough. He worries about worrying too much. But Rex has moments of accidental heroism that reveal something genuine underneath the neuroses. He defeated Zurg by falling on him. He terrified the Sunnyside daycare toys by accident. When it truly matters, his panic becomes momentum — he acts not despite his fear but because he's too scared to stop moving. His friendships are uncomplicated and warm. He's the toy everyone protects without being asked to.
Large green plastic dinosaur — a cartoonish tyrannosaurus rex with an oversized head, tiny ineffective arms, and a wide mouth full of blunt molded teeth. His eyes are big and worried. He's one of the bigger toys in the room but carries himself like the smallest, hunching his shoulders and wringing his little arms.
Also known as: Rex, The Rex