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Rex Banner Artwork of Rex Banner from The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Possibly deceased Hair: Brown Occupation: Chief of Police Relatives: Mother: Unnamed First appearance: "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" Voiced by: Dave Thomas v • d • e • h

Rex Banner is a U.S. Treasury officer in Washington, D.C. briefly sent to Springfield to uphold Prohibition, and to replace Clancy Wiggum as Chief of Police.

History

His main objective was capturing the "Beer Baron", a rum-runner who was actually Homer. When this was finally done by Wiggum, Rex was fired, both from his job as chief, and from the main mechanism of punishment for breaking the ancient prohibition law: catapult.^[1]

Non-canon

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The Simpsons: Tapped Out

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Rex Banner Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message Yearbook 15,000 4th July 2013 The Rocket's Red Glare Pt. 4 Nighthawk Diner 30 90 July 4th 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, Secret Agents, Homer vs the 18th Amendment, Itchy & Scratchy Land, Game of Games, New Year New You, Foodie Fight, Tavern Trouble, Hell on Wheels, Food Wars, Snow Place Like the Woods, 4th of July 2024 Promotion and Taps Wave 1 Premium 1 Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Food 1 The Simpsanos The Simpsanos Mystery Box Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 2150 Premium Characters, Premium Male, Civil Servants, Adult RexBanner Taps Final Update Wave Cost Release 1 90 September 26, 2024 Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Go Skating 10m 26, 7 Simpsons' Skating Rink Shop at the Kwik-E-Mart 60m 105, 26 Kwik-E-Mart Eat a Banana Kaboom 4h 260, 70 The Rocket's Red Glare Pt. 9 The Rocket's Red Glare Redux Pt. 5 Overpay for Sex on the Beach 4h 260, 70 Smooches on the Beach Stay at the Swelldorado 4h 260, 70 Swelldorado Try to Win at Blackjack 4h 260, 70 $ Casino Drink and Babysit 4h 260, 70 The Boiled Potato Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Obtain Anxiety Medication 6h 350, 90 Springfield Medical Center Interrogate Flanders 8h 695, 175 Ned The Rocket's Red Glare Pt. 5 The Rocket's Red Glare Pt. 8 Paranoid Android The Rocket's Red Glare Redux Pt. 1 The Rocket's Red Glare Redux Pt. 4 Paranoid Android Redux Lecture Boozers 8h 420, 105 Moe's Tavern Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Stake Out the Kwik-E-Mart 12h 600, 150 Kwik-E-Mart The Rocket's Red Glare Pt. 6 The Rocket's Red Glare Pt. 7 The Rocket's Red Glare Redux Pt. 2 The Rocket's Red Glare Redux Pt. 3 Enjoy a Night at the Theater 12h 600, 150 Springfield Playhouse Complain About Electric Buzzing 12h 600, 150 The Buzzing Sign Diner Eat at the Nighthawk Diner 24h 1,000, 225 Nighthawk Diner Buy Groceries at a Kindling Store 24h 1,000, 225 Kevin's Kindling

Behind the Laughter

Rex Banner was based on Eliot Ness, the Treasury agent who led the famous Prohibition-enforcement team "The Untouchables". His voice is based on Robert Stack's portrayal of Ness in the Untouchables TV series. His appearance is based on Kevin Costner's portrayal of Ness in the Untouchables film.

He appears on the disc holder in the Season 17 boxset.

Foreign dubs

Language Voice dubber Español Carlos Ysbert Italiano Stefano De Sando

Appearances

• Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"

• – The Simpsons Movie

• Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" (opening sequence; picture)

• Comic story – Debt Be Not Proud

• Comic story – Escape from New Springfield

• Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out

• Book – Chief Wiggum's Book of Crime and Punishment

• Book – Simpsons World the Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20

References