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"Hard Target"
Season 2, Episode 14
The Gang in Hong Kong
Air date September 23, 2011
Written by Paul Giacoppo
Directed by Seung-Hyun Oh
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Hard Target” is the 14th episode of season two of Generator Rex and the 35th of the overall series. It debuted on September 23, 2011.

Overview[]

Rex must unravel Quarry and Breach's mysterious goals in the midst of Hong Kong before things get out of hand!

Plot[]

Rex is attacked by Breach while delivering Chinese take-out to hungry Providence agents. She says that Van Kleiss has an important mission for her in Hong Kong that involves an “old friend” of him. Thinking that she means Circe, Rex jumps through Breach's portal to where Tuck, Skwydd, Cricket and Circe are, to warn them of the danger.

However, the “old friend” is none other than Quarry, who is locked in a Providence holding cell. Breach says that Van Kleiss needs Quarry to do a job for him, as he has unique abilities that may prove useful. Quarry “agrees”, but double-crosses Breach, saying that he works only for himself, and goes through the portal to an unidentified location.

It turns out the reason Van Kleiss wanted Quarry was because his inorganic body made him the only one who could get by a force field holding a weapon of mass destruction: a molecular destabilizer. This weapon is capable of destroying atoms, reducing anything it hits to pure energy.

Meanwhile, Circe and Skwydd are training hand-to-hand combat. Rex arrives there just when Skwydd falls. Seeing Circe holding Skwydd, he mistakes them as a couple. Breach suddenly arrives and attacks the gang at their hideout. She tells Circe that Van Kleiss has been wanting to chat, and to learn the price about betraying him. Circe angrily attacks Breach, but gets knocked unconscious. She then takes Circe away through her portal, saying that she is “going to save her skin”, as Van Kleiss is “really tough on failure”.

Molecular Destablizer

The molecular destabilizer contained.

Quarry then appears, equipped with the molecular destabilizer, and begins battling Rex. Every time he is shot with the green energy beams fired from it, his nanites are destroyed. However, the self-replicating program of the Omega-1 Nanite continues to supply him with more and more active nanites.

Soon, Rex creates another new build, two navy-colored metal hands that can erect a pair of energy shields capable of blocking the molecular destabilizer's blasts. He defeats Quarry by redirecting the molecular destabilizer on himself, injuring Quarry and destroying the molecular destabilizer in the process.

Rex informs Quarry that the molecular destabilizer has temporarily destabilized his own body; a simple tap from his Smack Hand will turn him into dust. Rex senses Breach's presence in the area and tells her that she can come out. He reveals that Breach did not take Circe to Abysus after all, but to Breach's own pocket dimension instead.

He gives Breach a bargain: let Circe go, in exchange for not letting Van Kleiss find out about the secret agreement Breach had with Quarry regarding the molecular destabilizer. Rex says that he will trade Quarry in to take the blame, thus saving Breach from Van Kleiss' wrath. Breach takes Quarry to meet with Van Kleiss.

Rex tells Circe that he is “okay” with her staying with his former gang, as they make a good team. He states that Circe, Skwydd, Tuck and Cricket make good couples, making all four of them laugh nervously. They respond that they are just friends, to which he calls himself an idiot for his assumptions and leaves the area on a good note with the gang.

Cast[]

Voice Actor Role(s)
Daryl Sabara Rex Salazar
Wally Kurth Agent Six
Hynden Walch Breach
Chinese hostess (debut)
Jason Marsden Skwydd
Scientist 1 (debut)
Vyvan Pham Cricket
Tara Sands Circe
Dante Basco Tuck
Mark Hamill Quarry
Scientist 2 (debut)
Troy Baker Biowulf
Non-speaking roles
Doctor Holiday
Bobo Haha

Builds used[]

  • Block Party (debut) x 1
  • Rexride, Punk Busters (x3),
  • Smackhands (x7)
  • Boogie Pack (x2),
  • Blastcaster (x2),
  • Slam Cannon

Series continuity[]

  • The skyscraper where the molecular destabilizer was being kept is the very same one that was seen in the beginning of “Dark Passage”.[1]
  • The Block Party was foreshadowed when Rex built a pair of small Smack Hands in the valley. [2]

Trivia[]

  • Rex debuts a new build called the Block Party.
  • This is Tuck, Cricket and Quarry's second appearance since “Rabble”.
  • This is the second episode of Generator Rex to be accidentally leaked on Cartoon Network's website before it aired on TV.

References[]

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