Character Analysis: Indominus Rex

Character Analysis: Indominus Rex

By: Brian Cotnoir

Who doesn’t think dinosaurs are cool?  Seriously, they’re just one of the coolest and most fascinating creatures to have ever walked the earth.  It’s such a shame that we as humans didn’t get to exist at the same time.  Fortunately for us, we have been blessed with awesome Action/Adventure “Jurassic Park” films, based off of the popular novels by Michael Crichton.  I’ve been debating for some time which character I wanted to write an analysis on there are so many memorable and important characters that I could have picked, but I have finally decided which one, I’d like to write it on, and it’s not one of the human characters, but rather one of the memorable dinosaur characters, Indominus Rex from “Jurassic World”.

CHARACTER:Indominus Rex from “Jurassic World” (2015)

Indominus Rex from "Jurassic World"

Indominus Rex is the creation of Dr. Henry Wu (with heavy encouragement and funding provided by Simon Masrani).  Indominus Rex in combination of a few dinosaurs; Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, Giganotosaurus, Majungsaurus, Rugops, and Therizinosaurus.  Indominus Rex also contains elements of modern animals like cuttlefish, tree frogs, and viper snakes.  Its name means “Untamable King”.  Indominus Rex is a female, and was born with a sibling, but killed her sibling as soon as they hatched.  It’s rumored that she also at her sibling, which would make her a cannibal.  Indominus Rex is unlike any other dinosaur.  While most carnivorous dinosaurs at Jurassic World hunt in order to survive, Indominus Rex hunts for sport.  The I-Rex is also a very strategic hunter.  It can camouflage itself, it can lower it’s body temperature to make it appear invisible and it’s body can withstand blasts from the most powerful manmade weapons.  I-Rex can also run at speeds up to 30MPH.  It is truly, an animal that is the absolute top of the food chain.      

THE VOICE ACTOR:

There is no Voice Actor for Indominus Rex.

CHARACTER IS SIMILAR TO OR INSPIRED BY:

There are a number of different characters that I believe the Indominus Rex is similar too, as I already mentioned above it’s DNA is a combination of several other dinosaurs and animals.  Sticking with other characters from the franchise, the Indominus Rex is very similar to Velociraptors from “Jurassic Park”, both Indomious Rex and the Velociraptors, are kept in high security paddocks because of their advanced intelligence, and extreme danger to humans.  They spend the majority of the early parts of their respected films plotting their escape, testing their security’s strengths and weaknesses, and they both eventually do manage to escape and run amuck on the Island.     

    I also think that Indominus Rex shares similarities to Bruce the shark from Steven Spielberg’s Horror Classic “Jaws”.  Like Bruce, Indominus Rex is a lone killer who is a fast and efficient killer who strikes fear in all that see them.   

    Thirdly, I think Indominus Rex also shares similarities with Mewtwo from “Pokemon: The First Movie”; both are created in labs using a combination of DNA from other powerful members of their species.  Both were created to serve and entertain man, and both rebelled against their creators, and escaped to spread a path of death and destruction.  I personally, think that Indominus Rex is on a much higher level of thinking than the other dinosaurs, which leads me to my last character similarity the sharks from “Deep Blue Sea”.          

                      

     In “Deep Blue Sea”, the scientists are trying to find a cure for Alzheimer’s and they do this by performing experiments on the sharks brains, and as a side effect of all this experimentation, the sharks became smarter, and better hunters.  I can’t help, but wonder if Indominus Rex is going through a similar thing.  Is it getting smarter with each kill, is it truly the ultimate predator?  Does it have thoughts or emotions? Or is it just a mindless killing machine?

FATE OF THE CHARACTER:

After escaping form it’s paddock and unleashing massive amounts of destruction and devastation, not to mention many countless injuries and deaths of both humans and dinosaurs, it all comes down to one final epic showdown, between Indominus Rex, a small group of surviving humans, and a trained velociraptor.  One of the top officials at Jurassic World orders that the Tyrannosaurus Rex be released from its paddock in hopes that it may be able to stop or kill Indominus Rex.  The T-Rex, Velociraptor, and Indominus Rex take part in an epic battle before it is knocked into a protective gate and dragged deep into the water by a gigantic Mosasaur, where it killed and (presumably) eaten.