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|caption          =A Tyrannosaurus rex in Rebirth of Mothra III
|caption          =A Tyrannosaurus rex in The Last Dinosaur
|name            =Tyrannosaurus rex
|species          =[[wikipedia:Tyrannosauridae|Tyrannosaurid]] theropod dinosaur
|species          =Tyrannosaurus
|name            =''Tyrannosaurus rex''
|nicknames        =T. rex, T-Rex, Meat-Eater,<br>King Dinosaur{{sup|[[Kong: King of Skull Island|K:KoSI]]}}
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|weight          ={{tt|9.7 tons|Highest current weight estimate of T-Rex}}
|length          ={{tt|13 meters|Length of the largest known ''T. rex'' specimen}}
|allies          =None
|weight          ={{tt|9.7 tons|Highest current weight estimate of ''T. rex''}}
|enemies          =[[King Kong]], [[Triceratops]],<br>[[King Ghidorah/Rebirth of Mothra III#Cretaceous King Ghidorah|Cretaceous King Ghidorah]]
|enemies          =''[[Agathaumas]]'', ''[[Pteranodon]]'', ''[[Brontosaurus]]''{{sup|[[The Lost World|TLW]]}}, [[King Kong]], ''[[Triceratops]]'',<br>''[[Rhedosaurus]]''{{sup|[[Wikipedia:Planet of Dinosaurs|PoD]]}},<br>[[King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)#Cretaceous King Ghidorah|Cretaceous King Ghidorah]]
|relationships    =[[Vastatosaurus rex]] {{small|(Descendant)}}
|relationships    =''[[Vastatosaurus rex]]'' (descendant)<ref name="World p62">{{harvnb|Falconer|Weta Workshop|2005|p=62}}</ref>
|portrayed        =Stop-motion, [[Toru Kawai]], Puppets
|portrayed        =[[Toru Kawai]]{{sup|[[The Last Dinosaur|TLD]]}}
|debut            =[[King Kong (1933 film)|''King Kong'' (1933)]]
|debut            =''[[The Ghost of Slumber Mountain]]''
|last            =''[[Terror from Beyond Beyond]]''
|last            =''[[Kong: King of the Apes]]''
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|roar            ='''''[[The Last Dinosaur]]''''':<br>[[File:The Last Dinosaur T-REX Roar.ogg|180px|center|noicon]]
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'''''Tyrannosaurus rex''''' {{Nihongo|ティラノサウルス·レックス|Tiranosaurusu rekkusu}} is an extinct species of large carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period, and one of the most famous dinosaurs ever.
'''''[[wikipedia:Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]''''' {{Nihongo|ティラノサウルス·レックス|Tiranosaurusu rekkusu}} is an extinct species of large carnivorous [[wikipedia:Theropod|theropod]] dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. A renowned predator in popular culture, it has been featured in countless films and TV series, including ''[[wikipedia:Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Land Before Time (film)|The Land Before Time]]'', the ''[[wikipedia:Jurassic Park|Jurassic Park]]'' franchise, and ''[[wikipedia:Walking with Dinosaurs|Walking with Dinosaurs]]''. [[King Kong]] battled a [[Meat-Eater|''Tyrannosaurus''-like theropod]] in his [[King Kong (1933 film)|debut film]], and similar creatures have appeared in other pieces of Kong media since then. One Tyrannosaurus individual was featured as the main antagonist of the [[1977]] [[Rankin/Bass Productions|Rankin/Bass]]-[[Tsuburaya Productions|Tsuburaya]] co-production ''[[The Last Dinosaur]]''.
 
A Tyrannosaurus rex famously appeared in the [[1933]] [[:Category:Films|film]] ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''. Another was featured as the main antagonist of the [[1977]] film ''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'', and a T-Rex also appeared in the film ''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'' in [[1998]].
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==Selected history==
==History==
*''[[The Ghost of Slumber Mountain]]'' (1918)
*''[[The Lost World]]'' (1925)
*''[[The King Kong Show]]'' (TV 1966)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Expedition Born Free|Born Free]]'' (TV 1976-1977)
*''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'' (1977)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Squadron Koseidon|Koseidon]]'' (TV 1978-1979)
*''[[The Mighty Kong]]'' (1998)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998)
*''[[Kong: The Animated Series]]'' (TV 2000-2001)
*[[Kong: Return to the Jungle|''Kong: Return to the Jungle'']] (2006)
*''[[Kong: King of the Apes]]'' (TV 2016)
*''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' (TV 2021) [portrait]
===''[[The Ghost of Slumber Mountain]]''===
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===''[[The Lost World]]'' ===
A ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' kills an ''[[Agathaumas]]'' shortly after the ''Agathaumas'' kills an ''[[Allosaurus]]'' and then kills a ''[[Pteranodon]]'' flying nearby. Another ''T. rex'' can be seen attacking a ''[[Brontosaurus]]'' when the volcano erupts.
===[[King Kong (1933 film)|''King Kong'' (1933)]]===
===[[King Kong (1933 film)|''King Kong'' (1933)]]===
{{Main|Meat-Eater}}
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[[File:King Kong 1933 T-Rex.png|thumb|right|200px|The Tyrannosaurus rex in [[King Kong (1933)|''King Kong'' (1933)]]]]
A Tyrannosaurus was among the prehistoric creatures living on [[Skull Island]] in [[1933]]. As [[King Kong]] was traveling across Skull Island with his 'bride', [[Ann Darrow]], he realized that the crew of the ''[[Venture]]'' were following him, and so he set Ann down atop a tree while he went to attack the expedition. While Kong was distracted by this, the Tyrannosaurus rex appeared from the jungle and began to menace Ann, intent on eating her. After hearing Ann's screams, Kong rushed to her aid and began fighting the T-Rex. After a long and drawn-out battle, Kong snapped the Tyrannosaurus' jaws, incapacitating it, before continuing on his way with Ann. A short time later, [[Jack Driscoll]] encountered the Tyrannosaurus, still breathing but barely alive. As he watched, the dinosaur finally died.
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===''[[The King Kong Show]]''===
===''[[The King Kong Show]]''===
[[File:Pilot-Tyranno.png|thumb|right|200px|A Tyrannosaurus rex in ''[[The King Kong Show]]'']]
[[File:Pilot-Tyranno.png|thumb|left|200px|A ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in ''[[The King Kong Show]]'']]
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===''[[The Last Dinosaur]]''===
===''[[The Last Dinosaur]]''===
[[File:The Last Dinosaur T-Rex.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Tyrannosaurus rex in ''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'']]
[[File:The Last Dinosaur T-Rex.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in ''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'']]
During routine drilling in the Arctic, a [[Polar-Borer]] found itself boring through the seafloor and suddenly surfacing in a lake. The Borer's crew exited the craft to search the strange area in which they had found themselves, only to be eaten by a huge Tyrannosaurus rex. The crew's sole survivor, Chuck Wade, managed to escape and tell his story to Masten Thrust, head of Thrust Industries, the company that created the Polar-Borers. Thrust, an accomplished big-game hunter, was interested in hunting and killing the Tyrannosaurus, and so organized a research party that he said would travel to the bizarre underground world where the Tyrannosaurus was seen and try to document and study it. When Thrust and his crew arrived in the prehistoric world, they quickly came upon the Tyrannosaurus in the jungle, which proceeded to chase them. Thrust fired several shots from his rifle at the Tyrannosaurus, which only seemed to enrage it. Bunta, an African tracker employed by Thrust, managed to stick a spear into the creature and draw blood, but still could not bring it down. The team escaped from the Tyrannosaurus, which then traveled to their camp and destroyed it. After destroying the camp and killing expedition member Dr. Kawamoto, the Tyrannosaurus came upon the Polar-Borer and brought it to its lair. As the Tyrannosaurus tried to bury the Polar-Borer in a cave, it was suddenly attacked by a [[Triceratops]]. The Triceratops gored the Tyrannosaurus with its horns and caused it to bleed profusely, but the Tyrannosaurus gained the upper hand and bit the Triceratops on the neck, causing it to fall on its side. The Tyrannosaurus clawed into its enemy's flesh with its feet, then delivered the killing bite to the creature.
During routine drilling in the Arctic, a [[Polar-Borer]] found itself boring through the seafloor and suddenly surfacing in a lake. The Polar-Borer's crew exited the craft to search the strange area in which they had found themselves, only to be eaten by a huge ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. The crew's sole survivor, Chuck Wade, managed to escape and tell his story to Masten Thrust, head of Thrust Industries, the company that created the Polar-Borers. Thrust, an accomplished big game hunter, was interested in hunting and killing the ''Tyrannosaurus'', and so organized a research party that he said would travel to the bizarre underground world where the ''Tyrannosaurus'' was seen and try to document and study it. When Thrust and his crew arrived in the prehistoric world, they quickly came upon the ''Tyrannosaurus'' in the jungle, which proceeded to chase them. Thrust fired several shots from his rifle at the ''Tyrannosaurus'', which only seemed to enrage it. Bunta, an African tracker employed by Thrust, managed to stick a spear into the creature and draw blood, but still could not bring it down. The team escaped from the ''Tyrannosaurus'', which then traveled to their camp and destroyed it. After destroying the camp and killing expedition member Dr. Kawamoto, the ''Tyrannosaurus'' came upon the Polar-Borer and brought it to its lair. As the ''Tyrannosaurus'' tried to bury the Polar-Borer in a cave, it was suddenly attacked by a ''[[Triceratops]]''. The ''Triceratops'' gored the ''Tyrannosaurus'' with its horns and caused it to bleed profusely, but the ''Tyrannosaurus'' gained the upper hand and bit the ''Triceratops'' on the neck, causing it to fall on its side. The ''Tyrannosaurus'' clawed into its enemy's flesh with its feet, then delivered the killing bite to the creature.


The Tyrannosaurus later came upon a member of the Polar-Borer expedition, Francesca Banks, as well as a Primal Woman called Hazel, while they were near a lake. The Tyrannosaurus chased Francesca into a cave, but its head was too large for it to be able to reach her. Thrust, Bunta, and Chuck witnessed the Tyrannosaurus threatening Francesca, and quickly tied a huge boulder to the Tyrannosaurus' tail and tried to get it to chase after them. As the Tyrannosaurus chased the men, the boulder rolled down a hill, pulling the Tyrannosaurus off its feet and dragging it down the hill, after which it wandered off. Determined to kill the Tyrannosaurus once and for all, Thrust followed it into the jungle and constructed a makeshift catapult, which would launch a huge boulder directly at the Tyrannosaurus' head once it appeared from the jungle. Bunta attempted to search for the Tyrannosaurus in the jungle, only for it to appear behind him and eat him alive. When the Tyrannosaurus emerged from the jungle and became entangled in a vine trap, Thrust launched the boulder at the creature's head, causing it to fall over. However, the Tyrannosaurus simply rose to its feet and destroyed the catapult, then left. After Chuck repaired the Polar-Borer and left with Francesca, Thrust stayed behind with Hazel and wandered off into the jungle to continue to hunt the Tyrannosaurus, which he could hear roaring menacingly in the distance.
The ''Tyrannosaurus'' later came upon a member of the Polar-Borer expedition, Francesca Banks, as well as a Primal Woman called Hazel, while they were near a lake. The ''Tyrannosaurus'' chased Francesca into a cave, but its head was too large for it to be able to reach her. Thrust, Bunta, and Chuck witnessed the ''Tyrannosaurus'' threatening Francesca, and quickly tied a huge boulder to the ''Tyrannosaurus''{{'}} tail and tried to get it to chase after them. As the ''Tyrannosaurus'' chased the men, the boulder rolled down a hill, pulling the ''Tyrannosaurus'' off its feet and dragging it down the hill, after which it wandered off. Determined to kill the ''Tyrannosaurus'' once and for all, Thrust followed it into the jungle and constructed a makeshift catapult, which would launch a huge boulder directly at the ''Tyrannosaurus''{{'}} head once it appeared from the jungle. Bunta attempted to search for the ''Tyrannosaurus'' in the jungle, only for it to appear behind him and eat him alive. When the ''Tyrannosaurus'' emerged from the jungle and became entangled in a vine trap, Thrust launched the boulder at the creature's head, causing it to fall over. However, the ''Tyrannosaurus'' simply rose to its feet and destroyed the catapult, then left. After Chuck repaired the Polar-Borer and left with Francesca, Thrust stayed behind with Hazel and wandered off into the jungle to continue to hunt the ''Tyrannosaurus'', which he could hear roaring menacingly in the distance.
===''[[The Mighty Kong]]''===
===''[[The Mighty Kong]]''===
[[File:Mighty kong tyranno.png|200px|thumb|right|The Tyrannosaurus in ''[[The Mighty Kong]]'']]
[[File:Mighty kong tyranno.png|200px|thumb|right|The ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in ''[[The Mighty Kong]]'']]
After the giant ape, the Mighty Kong retreats away from the village with Ann Darrow the enormous primate pauses for a moment to inspect her after she briefly passed out. While tending to her, a Tyrannosaurus rex ambushes the ape and charges it. The two have a brief battle in which the dinosaurs headbutts the ape before toppling it with a tail smack. Trying to bite the Mighty Kong in the face, the theropod was thrown off and the two squared off once more. After the Tyrannosaurus charged its rival again, Kong ended the duel by landing a powerful blow to its head that knocked it out. The ape then recollected Ann before leaving.
After Kong departed into the jungles of Skull Island with Ann Darrow, the enormous primate paused for a moment to inspect her after she briefly passed out. While tending to her, a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' ambushed the ape and charged it. The two had a brief battle in which the dinosaur headbutted the ape before toppling him with a tail smack. Trying to bite Kong in the face, the theropod was thrown off and the two squared off once more. After the ''Tyrannosaurus'' charged its rival again, Kong ended the duel by landing a powerful blow to its head that knocked it out. The ape then gathered up Ann before leaving.
===''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]''===
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[[File:Actual T-Rex from RoMIII.png|thumb|right|200px|The Tyrannosaurus rex in ''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'']]As [[Mothra Leo|Rainbow Mothra]] arrived in the Late Cretaceous period, a Tyrannosaurus rex pursued a herd of [[Triceratops]] nearby. As it bit into a straggler's neck, [[King Ghidorah/Rebirth of Mothra III#Cretaceous King Ghidorah|Cretaceous King Ghidorah]] seized it in his central head. Before it could be devoured, Rainbow Mothra made his presence known with a volley of Cross Heat Rainbow Lasers, causing the space monster to drop the screaming dinosaur.
===''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]''===
[[File:Actual T-Rex from RoMIII.png|thumb|right|200px|The ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'']]
As [[Mothra Leo|Rainbow Mothra]] arrived in the Late Cretaceous Period, a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' pursued a herd of ''[[Triceratops]]'' nearby. As it bit into a straggler's neck, [[King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)#Cretaceous King Ghidorah|Cretaceous King Ghidorah]] seized it in his central head. Before it could be devoured, Rainbow Mothra made his presence known with a volley of Cross Heat Rainbow Lasers, causing the space monster to drop the screaming dinosaur.


After Rainbow Mothra severed part of Cretaceous King Ghidorah's tail with another Cross Heat Rainbow Laser, a Triceratops and a Tyrannosaurus observed the appendage as it burrowed underground and stared at each other in concern.
After Rainbow Mothra severed part of Cretaceous King Ghidorah's tail with another Cross Heat Rainbow Laser, a ''Triceratops'' and a ''Tyrannosaurus'' observed the appendage as it burrowed underground and stared at each other in concern.
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===''[[Kong: The Animated Series]]''===
===''[[Kong: The Animated Series]]''===
[[File:Tyrannosaurus1.png|thumb|right|200px|A Tyrannosaurus rex in ''[[Kong: Return to the Jungle]]'']]
A population of ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' lived on [[Kong Island]]. They were naturally aggressive and would often attack the Island Guardian [[King Kong|Kong]] if he came too close.
A population of Tyrannosaurus rex lived on [[Kong Island]]. They were naturally aggressive and would often attack the Island Guardian [[King Kong|Kong]] if he came too close.
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===''[[Kong: Return to the Jungle]]''===
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[[File:Tyrannosaurus1.png|thumb|right|200px|A ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in ''[[Kong: Return to the Jungle]]'']]
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===''[[Kong: King of the Apes]]''===
===''[[Kong: King of the Apes]]''===
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{{Main|Biono-bot}}
[[File:Bionobot T Rex.png|thumb|right|200px|A Tyrannosaurus rex [[Biono-bot]] in ''[[Kong: King of the Apes]]'']]
[[File:Bionobot T Rex.png|thumb|right|200px|A ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' [[Biono-bot]] in ''[[Kong: King of the Apes]]'']]
[[Richard Remy|Dr. Richard Remy]] created an army of [[Biono-bot|Biono-bots]] in the form of several dinosaurs, including the Tyrannosaurus. While Remy used the Biono-bots in his attempts to establish a new world order united under his control, real Tyrannosaurus rexes lived on in the center of the earth.
[[Richard Remy|Dr. Richard Remy]] created an army of [[Biono-bot]]s in the form of several dinosaurs, including the ''Tyrannosaurus''. While Remy used the Biono-bots in his attempts to establish a new world order united under his control, real ''T. rex'' lived on in the center of the Earth.
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===''[[Terror from Beyond Beyond]]''===
[[File:TFBBTRex.png|thumb|right|200px|A Tyrannosaurus rex in ''[[Terror from Beyond Beyond]]'']]
A Tyrannosaurus rex will appear in ''[[Terror from Beyond Beyond]]''.
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==Selected filmography==
*[[King Kong (1933 film)|''King Kong'']] (1933)
*''[[The King Kong Show]]'' (TV 1966)
*''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'' (1977)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'' (1998)
*''[[Kong: The Animated Series]]'' (TV 2000-2001)
*''[[Kong: King of the Apes]]'' (TV 2016)


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== Abilities ==
===''[[King Kong (1932 novelization)|King Kong]]''===
 
{{Main|Meat-Eater}}
=== Physical abilities ===
After hopping out of the jungle, the meat-eater saw [[Ann Darrow]] in a tree while [[King Kong]] was distracted by shaking the crew of the [[Venture|S.S. ''Wanderer'']] off of a log bridging a chasm. After Ann screamed in terror, Kong threw the log into the pit and sprang on the meat-eater. The dinosaur quickly kicked Kong off with its incredible hind leg strength, but Kong was able to circumvent this by injuring one of its legs. Kong then easily overpowered the meat-eater and pried open its jaws, leaving them broken, and the creature dead.
''Tyrannosaurus rexes'' are renowned for their strength and powerful jaws. The most recent scientific recreations of the species in real life depict the animal as very muscular and bulky, with its bite force being estimated to about 10,000psi.{{Citation needed}}
===''[[Merian C. Cooper's King Kong]]''===
 
The meat eater lurked in the darkness of the jungle as [[King Kong|Kong]] busied himself with warding away the [[Wanderer]] crewmen. It moved out to attack the unattended [[Ann Darrow]], but after she screamed at its appearance, Kong returned and attacked. The ape pummeled the meat eater's hip until it fell forward and broke its leg with a sickening snap. It then rolled over onto its back and flailed its remaining leg is defiance before Kong leaped upon the meat eater and broke its jaws before snapping its neck and leaving it to its death throes before manipulating the jaws and beating the corpse with his fists and letting out a mighty roar as he beat his chest.
=== Intelligence ===
===''[[Kong: King of Skull Island]]''===
Fictional depictions of Tyrannosaurus fall on a spectrum of intelligence. On the other hand, the most recent studies and discoveries regarding Tyrannosaurus in real life infer that the powerful predator had an intelligence quotient comparable of that to a chimpanzee.{{Citation needed}}
After [[Gaw]] and her vicious pack of Deathrunners slaughtered a mother and father kong and left [[King Kong|their adolescent son]] for dead, a meat eater and its offspring scavenging for food came upon the carcass of the father kong and began to eat it. Mistaking the meat eater as being responsible for killing his parents, the young kong attacked the dinosaur. The meat eater managed to knock the young kong into a ravine by hitting him with its tail, then it and its offspring returned to their meal.
 
==Comics==
*''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]'' #9 (2013-2015)
*''[[Godzilla: Rage Across Time]]'' #5 (2016)
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==Roar==
==Roar==
The roars for the Tyrannosaurus in ''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'' were produced from a combination of [[Godzilla/Showa|Godzilla]] and [[King Kong/1962|King Kong's]] roars from ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''.
The roars for the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in ''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'' were derived from lower-pitched roars of the ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Series|Ultra Series]]'' kaiju [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Red King|Red King]] and [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Zumbolar|Zumbolar]]. In ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'', the ''T. rex'' uses [[Kaishin Muba]]'s roars. In ''[[Kong: The Animated Series]]'', ''T. rex'' utilize roars of the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' from ''Jurassic Park'', which itself would also be utilized by [[Komodithrax]] in ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]''.
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Tyrannosaurus that [[King Kong]] battles in the [[King Kong (1933 film)|original film]] is depicted with three fingers on each hand. This is because, at the time, it was unknown exactly how many fingers Tyrannosaurus had, and it wasn't until later it was discovered that it only possessed two digits on each hand.
*It has been debated for many years whether or not the three-fingered theropod dinosaur that King Kong fought in the 1933 film was actually a ''Tyrannosaurus'' or an ''[[Allosaurus]]''. In the film's script and [[King Kong (1932 novelization)|1932 novelization]], it is only referred to as a "[[Meat-Eater]]." Director [[Merian C. Cooper]] referred to the theropod as an ''Allosaurus'', while stop-motion animators [[Willis O'Brien]] and [[Marcel Delgado]] identified it as a ''Tyrannosaurus''.<ref name="KongBook">Morton, Ray, (2005). ''King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson'', p. 37</ref> The dinosaur is also referred to as a "meat eater" in ''[[Merian C. Cooper's King Kong]]'', the 2005 rewrite of the novelization by Brad Strickland and Joe DeVito, while the novel's 2005 prequel/sequel ''[[Kong: King of Skull Island]]'' features another dinosaur that is referred to as a "meat eater." The description of the meat eater in this novel more closely matches that of a ''T. rex'', as it is said to possess two short arms with two digits on each one.
**As a tribute to the T-rex in the original ''King Kong'', members of the fictional [[Vastatosaurus rex]] species in the [[King Kong (2005 film)|2005 remake]] possess three fingers as well.
*[[wikipedia:Rudolph Zallinger|Rudolph Zallinger]]'s [[wikipedia:The Age of Reptiles|depiction of ''Tyrannosaurus rex'']] was used as a reference for [[Godzilla (First Generation)|Godzilla's design]] in the [[Godzilla (1954 film)|1954 film]].
*The Tyrannosaurus rex stop motion model used in ''King Kong'' was originally created for [[Willis O'Brien]]'s canceled film ''Creation'', as was the case with many of the creatures featured in the film. The stop motion puppet was based on the famous tail-dragging skeletal mount displayed at the American Museum of Natural History, which was later reconfigured in the 1980's because it was anatomically inaccurate.<Ref name="KongBook">Morton, Ray. (2005) ''King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson'', p. 37</ref>
*The ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' suit from ''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'' would be recycled for two [[Tsuburaya Productions]] [[tokusatsu]] TV series. For ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Great War Izenborg|Aizenborg]]'', it was refitted with red glowing eyes to become [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ururu|Ururu]] (renamed Tyranis in the American film ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Great War Izenborg#Trivia|Attack of the Super Monsters]]'', made from the first four episodes of the series). The suit returned in ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Squadron Koseidon|Koseidon]]'', where it was used to portray various saurians, including the vicious [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Tyrannosaurus Jackie|Tyrannosaurus Jackie]].
*It has been debated for many years whether or not the theropod dinosaur that King Kong fought in the 1933 film was actually a Tyrannosaurus or an Allosaurus. In the film's script and [[King Kong (1932 novelization)|novelization]], it is only referred to as a "meat-eater." Director Merian C. Cooper referred to the theropod as Allosaurus, while stop-motion animators [[Willis O'Brien]] and Marcel Delgado identified it as a Tyrannosaurus.<Ref name="KongBook"/> The dinosaur is also referred to as a "meat eater" in the 2005 rewrite of the novelization by Brad Strickland and Joe DeVito, while the novel's prequel and sequel ''[[Kong: King of Skull Island]]'' features another dinosaur that is referred to as a "meat eater." The description of the meat eater in this novel more closely matches that of a T-Rex, as it is said to possess two short arms with two digits on each.
**For the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' suit in ''The Last Dinosaur'', the suit actor's arms are placed above the head, controlling the head movement and the opening and closing of the mouth.
*[[Godzilla]]'s appearance was loosely based on contemporary depictions of Tyrannosaurus rex, along with the characteristics of other dinosaurs like [[Stegosaurus]] and Iguanodon.  
* According to an interview with special effects designer [[Shinji Nishikawa]], for the film ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]],'' [[Godzilla]] was originally going to be revealed to have been a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' prior to being mutated by radiation. However, Godzilla was later changed to a [[Godzillasaurus]] that was mutated instead.<ref>[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/nishikaw.htm Shinji Nishikawa Interview]</ref>
*The Tyrannosaurus suit from ''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'' would later be recycled in the 'Dinosaur Saga' in [[Tsuburaya Productions]] series of heroes and [[tokusatsu]] productions. In ''Dinosaur Great War Izenborg'', the suit was refitted with red glowing eyes and became Ururu, the Tyrant king, who was re-named Tyranis in ''Attack of the Super Monsters''.The suit was later used in the series ''Dinosaur Warrior Koseidon'', where it was used to portray various saurians. One of these saurians was dubbed Tyrannosaurus Jackie, which went about killing almost all saurians near him.  
*The [[King Kong (2005 film)|2005 remake of ''King Kong'']] replaces the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' with three ''[[Vastatosaurus rex]]'', which are the result of ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' living isolated on [[Skull Island]] and evolving over millions of years.<ref name="World p62"/> In the [[King Kong (1996 film)|1996 script for ''King Kong'']], also by Peter Jackson, Kong instead battles a group of allosaurs.
*For the Tyrannosaurus suit in ''The Last Dinosaur'', the suit actor's arms are placed above the head, controlling the head movement and the opening and closing of the mouth.  
*In the ''[[wikipedia:Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham|LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]'' video game, there is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' animatronic inside the Batcave; if the player pulls the lever next to it, it roars with the [[Godzilla (TriStar)|TriStar Godzilla]]'s roar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wop7_GfrwJc|title=LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham There's a T-Rex in the batcave...|author=litesaberkunai789|date=19 August 2015|work=YouTube}}</ref>
*According to an interview with special effects designer [[Shinji Nishikawa]], in the film ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' [[Godzilla]] originally was to be revealed to have been a Tyrannosaurus rex prior to being mutated by radiation. However, Godzilla was later changed to a [[Godzillasaurus]] that was mutated instead.<ref>[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/nishikaw.htm Shinji Nishikawa Interview]</ref>
 
*In the [[King Kong (2005 film)|2005 version of ''King Kong'']], instead of a Tyrannosaurus rex, three similar dinosaurs called [[Vastatosaurus rex]], or "V-Rex," appear. According to Peter Jackson, V-Rex is the result of Tyrannosaurus rex living isolated on [[Skull Island]] and evolving over millions of years.
==External links==
*[[wikipedia:Tyrannosaurus|''Tyrannosaurus rex'' on Wikipedia]]
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Meat-Eater]]
*[[Meat-Eater]]
*[[Vastatosaurus rex]]
*''[[Vastatosaurus rex]]''
*[[Gorosaurus]]
==References==
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Tyrannosaurus rex
A Tyrannosaurus rex in The Last Dinosaur
Alternate names T. rex, T-Rex
Species Tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur
Height 4 meters
Length 13 meters
Weight 9.7 tons
Relations Vastatosaurus rex (descendant)[1]
Enemies Agathaumas, Pteranodon, BrontosaurusTLW, King Kong, Triceratops,
RhedosaurusPoD,
Cretaceous King Ghidorah
Played by Toru KawaiTLD
First appearance Latest appearance
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain Kong: King of the Apes
Roar(s)
The Last Dinosaur:

Tyrannosaurus rex (ティラノサウルス·レックス,   Tiranosaurusu rekkusu) is an extinct species of large carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. A renowned predator in popular culture, it has been featured in countless films and TV series, including Fantasia, The Land Before Time, the Jurassic Park franchise, and Walking with Dinosaurs. King Kong battled a Tyrannosaurus-like theropod in his debut film, and similar creatures have appeared in other pieces of Kong media since then. One Tyrannosaurus individual was featured as the main antagonist of the 1977 Rankin/Bass-Tsuburaya co-production The Last Dinosaur.

Selected history

The Ghost of Slumber Mountain

To be added.

The Lost World

A Tyrannosaurus rex kills an Agathaumas shortly after the Agathaumas kills an Allosaurus and then kills a Pteranodon flying nearby. Another T. rex can be seen attacking a Brontosaurus when the volcano erupts.

King Kong (1933)

Main article: Meat-Eater.

The King Kong Show

A Tyrannosaurus rex in The King Kong Show

To be added.

The Last Dinosaur

The Tyrannosaurus rex in The Last Dinosaur

During routine drilling in the Arctic, a Polar-Borer found itself boring through the seafloor and suddenly surfacing in a lake. The Polar-Borer's crew exited the craft to search the strange area in which they had found themselves, only to be eaten by a huge Tyrannosaurus rex. The crew's sole survivor, Chuck Wade, managed to escape and tell his story to Masten Thrust, head of Thrust Industries, the company that created the Polar-Borers. Thrust, an accomplished big game hunter, was interested in hunting and killing the Tyrannosaurus, and so organized a research party that he said would travel to the bizarre underground world where the Tyrannosaurus was seen and try to document and study it. When Thrust and his crew arrived in the prehistoric world, they quickly came upon the Tyrannosaurus in the jungle, which proceeded to chase them. Thrust fired several shots from his rifle at the Tyrannosaurus, which only seemed to enrage it. Bunta, an African tracker employed by Thrust, managed to stick a spear into the creature and draw blood, but still could not bring it down. The team escaped from the Tyrannosaurus, which then traveled to their camp and destroyed it. After destroying the camp and killing expedition member Dr. Kawamoto, the Tyrannosaurus came upon the Polar-Borer and brought it to its lair. As the Tyrannosaurus tried to bury the Polar-Borer in a cave, it was suddenly attacked by a Triceratops. The Triceratops gored the Tyrannosaurus with its horns and caused it to bleed profusely, but the Tyrannosaurus gained the upper hand and bit the Triceratops on the neck, causing it to fall on its side. The Tyrannosaurus clawed into its enemy's flesh with its feet, then delivered the killing bite to the creature.

The Tyrannosaurus later came upon a member of the Polar-Borer expedition, Francesca Banks, as well as a Primal Woman called Hazel, while they were near a lake. The Tyrannosaurus chased Francesca into a cave, but its head was too large for it to be able to reach her. Thrust, Bunta, and Chuck witnessed the Tyrannosaurus threatening Francesca, and quickly tied a huge boulder to the Tyrannosaurus' tail and tried to get it to chase after them. As the Tyrannosaurus chased the men, the boulder rolled down a hill, pulling the Tyrannosaurus off its feet and dragging it down the hill, after which it wandered off. Determined to kill the Tyrannosaurus once and for all, Thrust followed it into the jungle and constructed a makeshift catapult, which would launch a huge boulder directly at the Tyrannosaurus' head once it appeared from the jungle. Bunta attempted to search for the Tyrannosaurus in the jungle, only for it to appear behind him and eat him alive. When the Tyrannosaurus emerged from the jungle and became entangled in a vine trap, Thrust launched the boulder at the creature's head, causing it to fall over. However, the Tyrannosaurus simply rose to its feet and destroyed the catapult, then left. After Chuck repaired the Polar-Borer and left with Francesca, Thrust stayed behind with Hazel and wandered off into the jungle to continue to hunt the Tyrannosaurus, which he could hear roaring menacingly in the distance.

The Mighty Kong

The Tyrannosaurus rex in The Mighty Kong

After Kong departed into the jungles of Skull Island with Ann Darrow, the enormous primate paused for a moment to inspect her after she briefly passed out. While tending to her, a Tyrannosaurus rex ambushed the ape and charged it. The two had a brief battle in which the dinosaur headbutted the ape before toppling him with a tail smack. Trying to bite Kong in the face, the theropod was thrown off and the two squared off once more. After the Tyrannosaurus charged its rival again, Kong ended the duel by landing a powerful blow to its head that knocked it out. The ape then gathered up Ann before leaving.

Rebirth of Mothra 3

The Tyrannosaurus rex in Rebirth of Mothra 3

As Rainbow Mothra arrived in the Late Cretaceous Period, a Tyrannosaurus rex pursued a herd of Triceratops nearby. As it bit into a straggler's neck, Cretaceous King Ghidorah seized it in his central head. Before it could be devoured, Rainbow Mothra made his presence known with a volley of Cross Heat Rainbow Lasers, causing the space monster to drop the screaming dinosaur.

After Rainbow Mothra severed part of Cretaceous King Ghidorah's tail with another Cross Heat Rainbow Laser, a Triceratops and a Tyrannosaurus observed the appendage as it burrowed underground and stared at each other in concern.

Kong: The Animated Series

A population of Tyrannosaurus rex lived on Kong Island. They were naturally aggressive and would often attack the Island Guardian Kong if he came too close.

Kong: Return to the Jungle

To be added.

A Tyrannosaurus rex in Kong: Return to the Jungle


Kong: King of the Apes

Main article: Biono-bot.
A Tyrannosaurus rex Biono-bot in Kong: King of the Apes

Dr. Richard Remy created an army of Biono-bots in the form of several dinosaurs, including the Tyrannosaurus. While Remy used the Biono-bots in his attempts to establish a new world order united under his control, real T. rex lived on in the center of the Earth.

Abilities

Physical abilities

Tyrannosaurus rexes are renowned for their strength and powerful jaws. The most recent scientific recreations of the species in real life depict the animal as very muscular and bulky, with its bite force being estimated to about 10,000psi.[citation needed]

Intelligence

Fictional depictions of Tyrannosaurus fall on a spectrum of intelligence. On the other hand, the most recent studies and discoveries regarding Tyrannosaurus in real life infer that the powerful predator had an intelligence quotient comparable of that to a chimpanzee.[citation needed]

Comics

Gallery

Main article: Tyrannosaurus rex/Gallery.

Roar

The roars for the Tyrannosaurus rex in The Last Dinosaur were derived from lower-pitched roars of the Ultra Series kaiju Red King and Zumbolar. In Rebirth of Mothra 3, the T. rex uses Kaishin Muba's roars. In Kong: The Animated Series, T. rex utilize roars of the Tyrannosaurus rex from Jurassic Park, which itself would also be utilized by Komodithrax in Godzilla: The Series.

The Tyrannosaurus rex's roars
in The Last Dinosaur

Trivia

External links

See also

References

This is a list of references for Tyrannosaurus rex. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Falconer & Weta Workshop 2005, p. 62
  2. Morton, Ray, (2005). King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson, p. 37
  3. Shinji Nishikawa Interview
  4. litesaberkunai789 (19 August 2015). "LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham There's a T-Rex in the batcave..." YouTube.

Bibliography

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