- "As the best human specimen, you won't work the mines, like the other inferior campers. The blue eggs have made them strong enough to carry klatu crystals. The eggs have also made them obedient, so they'll be fine slaves. You, on the other hand, will serve the Overmaster of Xentron. With this honor comes much pain, and eventually a gruesome death."
- ―Coach Rex tells the winner their "prize"
Coach Rex is the main villain of the nineteenth Give Yourself Goosebumps book, Escape from Camp Run-For-Your-Life.
Appearance[]
Coach Rex has a crew cut. He wears a white shirt and a whistle around his next.
Personality[]
Coach Rex is a sadist who seems to like causing kids pain. He willingly sends the winner to Xentron to serve the Overmaster, knowing that death awaits them. He is also shown to be a bit of a coward, expressing fear of being punished if he fails his mission.
Biography[]
Nothing about Coach Rex's past is ever revealed. It is unknown how he met with the Xentronians or how he teamed up with them.
Escape from Camp Run-For-Your-Life[]
Coach Rex first appears when the reader is dropped off by their Uncle Ed at Camp Running Leaf. Despite his initially friendly demeanor, he starts showing his true colors when he beats you in an arm-wrestling contest. He threatens that the reader will have what it takes.
During camp, Rex and his accomplices feed the campers blue eggs to make them more obedient. The campers partake in many games that often end with some being killed or seriously injured. This is training for a life of slavery on Xentron, while the winner serves the Overmaster, an "honor" that involves pain and eventually death. Rex pays people to abduct children for him, and has a government agent in the campground murdered and her body thrown into a lake.