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| anime_debut = {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|2|ref}}
| appears_in_anime = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''
| age = 40<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canalj.fr/La-tele/Dessins-animes/Yu-Gi-Oh-5D/Details/Les-Personnages/Rex-Goodwin|accessdate=October 15, 2015|title=''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'' Les Personnages|publisher=http://www.canalj.fr/Canal J}} {{icon|French}}</ref>
| gender = Male
| relatives =
* Director of [[Sector Security]]
| anime_deck = [[Inca]]/[[Earthbound Immortal]] ([[Dark Signer]])
| en_voice = {{voice actors|en|Murray Thom|Ted Lewis|e1e2=(young)}}
| ja_voice = {{voice actors|ja|Shinya Kote}}
}}
'''Rex Goodwin''', sometimes romanized as '''Rex Godwin''', was a major character in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''. Goodwin was a former developer from [[R.R.D.]], head of [[Sector Security]], the man from the [[Daedalus Bridge]] legend and the primary antagonist at the end of the [[Dark Signers (arc)|Dark Signers arc]]. He is the only [[Dark Signers|Dark Signer]] to not wear a cloak and the only Dark Signer to not have his dark mark on his right arm (instead, he had it on his back). He bears the dark mark of the Condor and his [[Earthbound Immortal]] is [[Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca (anime)|Wiraqocha Rasca]].
His brother, [[Roman Goodwin|Roman]], entrusted Rex with the mission to use the [[Signers]] to someday stop him, as Roman became a [[Dark Signers|Dark Signer]]. Rex used his influence to gather the Signers and assist them, but secretly used them in order to become a Dark Signer and absorb the powers of a Signer by using Roman's [[Mark of the Dragon|birthmark]], and hoped to recreate the world as a god (however, in [[Z-one]]'s time-line timeline he was not a Dark Signer<ref name="ep149">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|149|ref}}</ref>, as a [[Z-one's readout|recording file]] implies).
==Design==
Rex went to find Roman and found him in a lab, having just amputated his arm. Roman handed Rex a container with the arm and told Rex to do what it took to defeat him after the [[Signers]] appeared. He ordered Rex to leave and hit a self destruct button, which resulted in [[Zero Reverse]], so that he was reborn as a Dark Signer.
[[File:Young Rex.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rex , as the legendary man.]]
Rex survived the catastrophe but was left stranded in the Satellite area, which was now a recluded island. Rex constructed a [[Duel Runner]] and moved to a coastal part of [[Satellite]]. Nobody knew or found out who he was at the time because he never took off his helmet. Every day he used to stare across the waters dividing Satellite and [[New Domino City]]. One day, he began constructing a bridge to the city hoping to find Roman.
Goodwin later arranged the [[Fortune Cup]], in the hopes of finding Signers by inviting participants randomly and inserting his own Dueling assassins who would expose a Signer upon Dueling one. Goodwin was shown to have control of nearly every aspect of the tournament either directly or through [[Zigzix]] and [[Lazar]]. He also had a large string of backup plans should things not go his way: for example, upon discovering that [[Leo]] had substituted for his Signer sister in the tournament, he arranged a "consolation Duel" to in order to expose [[Luna]].
[[File:5Dx021 Goodwin catches the spike.jpg|thumb|left|Rex Goodwin catches the spike, revealing his mechanical arm.]]
[[Greiger]], whose hometown had been destroyed, had been promised reconstruction aid to his hometown depending on how well he preformed in the [[Fortune Cup]]. Greiger got misinformed that Goodwin was responsible for the village's destruction and after he lost to Yusei, he tried to attack Goodwin, which resulted in a spike from [[The Beast|his Duel Runner]] flying off and Goodwin catching it, stunning Lazar. The spinning spike shreds Goodwin's glove and part of his suit revealing he had a mechanical left arm. Goodwin manages to calm down the audience while hiding the mechanical arm, then tells Jack that he had lost his arm in an accident years ago.
Goodwin appeared at the premiere of the film ''[[Atlas Rising]]''. After assisting at opening event and talking to the people, he tried to leave but was stopped by [[Angela Raines]], who publicly questioned him about Jack being from Satellite.
Goodwin and Lazar met Yusei on a bridge to in order to tell the boy "the truth". Goodwin told Yusei about the 5,000 year old battle between the Signers and Dark Signers, how the [[Earthbound Immortals]] got sealed in the [[Nazca Lines]] and how the Crimson Dragon divided itself into 5 parts, each sealed in a [[Mark of the Dragon]]. When Yusei asked him why the battle had begun again, Rex Goodwin told him about [[Zero Reverse]] and how it unleashed negative energy, which was also emitted from the [[Nazca Lines]] and now the Dark Signers plan to use the same [[Ener-D]] reactor from the Zero Reverse incident to open the door to the Underworld. In order to stop this, the Signers must defeat the Dark Signers.
Yusei insisted on evacuating Satellite before this happened. Goodwin refused as the people in New Domino would become victims instead. Yusei angrily figured out that this was why Goodwin isolated Satellite. Goodwin told Yusei he must combine his powers with the other Signers in order to stop the Dark Signers. After Yusei asked who the Fifth Signer was, Goodwin says that he was destined to appear eventually. Goodwin arranged for Yusei to be airdropped into Satellite.
Goodwin watched the first Duel between Yusei and [[Kalin Kessler|Kalin]].
After [[Carly Carmine]] became a Dark Signer, Lazar and Goodwin became aware of her presence and watched her Duel [[Sayer]] on a screen, in which they saw the Hummingbird [[Nazca Lines|geoglyph]] appear in the city. They also saw [[Misty Tredwell]] Duel around the same time and observe her Lizard lizard geoglyph appear there as well.
After the [[Black black fog]] incident in Satellite, Goodwin arranged for the Signers to return to Satellite to fulfill their mission. Before the Signers left, Yusei asked Goodwin to promise to finish the [[Daedalus Bridge]], once the Dark Signers threat had been eliminated, which Goodwin accepted.
[[File:5Dx062 Rex dies.jpg|thumb|right|Goodwin dies in his brother's arms.]]
Rex met up with Roman and engaged in a Duel, and used his Duel Disk, which folded out of his mechanical arm. Rex lost on purpose, so that was reborn as a Dark Signer. He told Roman that he knew Roman couldn't defeat Yusei and if the Dark Signers lost the battle, then another battle would occur in the next 5,000 years. In his dying words, he told his brother that he intended to stop the chain of fate by laying waste to the entire world using the [[King of the Netherworld]]'s power. Then, by using the [[Crimson Dragon]]'s power, he would remake the entire world in his image and under his rule. After a while, [[Crow Hogan]] found him in an old room. Rex informed Crow a little about the past before cutting him off by turning toward a sliding door. Later Rex returned back to New Domino City and back to the Sky Temple to collect Roman's arm.
[[File:REXGODWINDGodlike Goodwin.jpgpng|thumb|left|Goodwin , as a Dark Signer.]]Later, after [[Akiza Izinski|Akiza]] failed to seal the Lizard lizard control tower before sundown, the Condor Geoglyph condor geoglyph appeared in the sky. Then, the Crimson Dragon appeared once again and guided the Signers to Goodwin. As he revealed to them that he had acquired the powers of both a Signer and a Dark Signer, as Goodwin intended to use the power of both the Crimson Dragon and the Wicked God in order to become the Ultimate God. As the Condor condor mark on his back showed itself, he then removed Roman's preserved arm from the canister and attached it to himself and then declared that a [[Shadow Duel|Shadow Turbo Duel]] would be held within Condor Geoglyph the condor geoglyph as a ritual to welcome the [[King of the Netherworld]].
Yusei, Jack, and [[Crow Hogan|Crow]] accepted the Duel in order to stop the resurrection of the Underworld Ruler. During the Duel, he revealed to them about how and why he became a Dark Signer. Shortly after the Duel began, Goodwin Summoned forth all the birthmarks together to form the Mark of the Dragon on his chest. He revealed the strongest of the Earthbound Immortals, "[[Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca (anime)|Wiraqocha Rasca]]". He also revealed that he was the stranger from the Daedalus Bridge legend.
[[File:REXANDRUDGER.jpg|thumb|right|Roman and Rex before passing on to the afterlife.]]
Ultimately, Rex lost to Yusei when his Earthbound Immortal was destroyed by "[[Majestic Star Dragon]]" and the King of the Netherworld was destroyed by the [[Crimson Dragon]]. With their defeat, the Dark Signers were revived as their old selves, but Rex and Roman remained absent.
===Legacy===
[[File:Spirit of Goodwin.png|thumb|left|[[Yusei Fudo|Yusei]] , thinking of Goodwin, just before he travels to the [[Ark Cradle]].]]
Even after Goodwin's defeat, his presence was still felt throughout certain parts of the series. It was shown that Goodwin had paid off strong Duelists to lose to [[Jack Atlas|Jack]] when Jack was King, with [[Dragan]] having been shown to be one of them. [[Primo]] compared the plan of the [[Three Pure Nobles]] to be similar to Goodwin's own, but without harnessing the power of the [[Crimson Dragon]]. When [[Yusei Fudo|Yusei]] prepared to travel to the [[Ark Cradle]], he prayed that Goodwin would guide him through this trial, and reflected that like Goodwin, he would ride over the unfinished Daedaelus Bridge in the hope of changing the future.
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==Other appearances==
<gallery>
DarkSignerRexGoodwin-DULI.png | [[Dark Signer Rex Goodwin]] (''Duel Links'')
RexGoodwin-YDT1.png | [[Rex Goodwin (Duel Transer)|Rex Goodwin (''Duel Transer'')]]
RexGoodwinMD.png | [[Rex Goodwin (Millennium Duels)|Rex Goodwin (''Millennium Duels'')]]
Rex-TFSP.png | [[Rex Goodwin (Tag Force)|Rex Goodwin (''Tag Force)'']]
==Deck==
===Original Deck===The details of Rex's Deck before becoming a Dark Signer are mostly unknown. In the dub, when [[Roman Goodwin|Roman]] saw Rex's hand after defeating him, he remarks that Rex had thrown their Duel by deliberately putting cards in his Deck that would not have allowed him to win. (In the original, Roman instead remarks that Rex threw the Duel because he didn't use the powerful cards he had in his hand.) {{Decklist|Original Deck|traps =* [[Divine Wrath (anime)|Divine Wrath]]<ref group=Notes name=flashback>This card is dropped in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode 062|episode 62]] in a flashback.</ref>* [[Mirror Force (later anime)|Mirror Force]]<ref group=Notes name=flashback />* [[Solemn Judgment (later anime)|Solemn Judgment]]<ref group=Notes name=flashback />}} ===Dark Signer===As a Dark Signer, Rex used uses an '''[[Inca]] Deck''', which primarily focused on swarming the field to easily [[Synchro Summon]] his "[[Sun Dragon Inti (anime)|Sun Dragon Inti]]" and [[Dark Synchro Summon]] his "[[Moon Dragon Quilla (anime)|Moon Dragon Quilla]]" to being his sun and moon cycle, and also used cards like "[[Destruct Potion (anime)|Destruct Potion]]" to force their destruction alongside other benefits, and also allowed one to revive in the process. His Deck was spearheaded by his powerful "[[Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca (anime)|Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca]]" , which he used alongside cards such as "[[Passion of Baimasse (anime)|Passion of Baimasse]]", (to cover its only weak spot ) and "[[Meteor Flare (anime)|Meteor Flare]]" in an attempt (to perform a [[One Turn Kill]]).
{{Decklist|Inca Deck
|traps =
* [[Destruct Potion (anime)|Destruct Potion]]
* [[Meteor Flare (anime)|Meteor Flare]]
* [[Offering to the Immortals (anime)|Offering to the Immortals]]
* [[Passion of Baimasse (anime)|Passion of Baimasse]]
}}