Another of Stockinger's idiosyncrasies is his constant references to surgery which has been performed on him - most likely for stomach ulcers. Kommissar Rex (1994–2008) Soundtracks.

This team was also assisted by For the first ten seasons the show was scripted entirely in For Australian markets, season numbering was altered for airing on A trained police dog, Rex (revealed in the Pilot to be registered as "Reginald von Ravenhorst") is the legitimate star of the show.Rex was stolen by criminals as a pup, but managed to escape and befriend a boy, where he helped to solve his first case with the boy. Rex has an uncanny penchant for ham rolls, or "Wurštsemm'ln" in the local dialect. As Moser's personal life improves, his sense of humour returns. Initially he is very much out of place in the slightly freer atmosphere of Brandtner's office.

In the episode "A Man Alone" his partner is murdered. Inspector Rex (German: Kommissar Rex; Italian: Il commissario Rex) is an Austrian-Italian police procedural comedy-drama television series created by Peter Hajek and Peter Moser. Marco Terzani replaces Rivera as team leader in season 16.

It also produced a short-lived spinoff, TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. With Moser, Rex reacts particularly badly to words like "frau" (woman) and, later, "tierarzt" (vet), as he disapproves of his master's attention to women. Stockinger is married and uses his marriage to jokingly claim expertise over Moser in regard to women. His living room is filled with boxing and fitness gear and he is portrayed as very attractive to women. Stockinger is thin and always has a very serious demeanour. The title character, Rex, is a highly-trained German Shepherd dog who works with a team of homicide detectives in the Austrian Kriminalpolizei, … Early episodes featuring Brandtner show Alex and Leo using formal language - generally involving the German "Sie" form of address (the polite form). Rex was not jealous of Alex and stole a rose for Alex to give to a pretty blonde co-worker. Rex (Intro) Lyrics: How you been? Moser, in contrast to his successors, is shown to be quite athletic, often performing acrobatic stunts while chasing suspects. Created by Peter Hajek, Peter Moser. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/InspectorRexThe series originally ran from 1994 to 2004. Many of the earlier episodes highlight the contrasting reactions of the policemen (especially Moser and Stockinger) and Graf to the death all around them. Type in the search bar "T.V.Themes.SAT1.ORF1-Kommissar Rex(96). Eventually, this exterior is broken down and the new team is invited to call him Leo - a sign of considerable familiarity in German or Austrian society. Once when Moser is working undercover and needs to ensure Rex won't greet him. This is very obvious in the last two episodes Stocki appears in, when he is upset that Rex jumped from one roof to another to capture a killer. The "straight man" to Rex—and, increasingly, Moser—Ernst Stockinger ("Stocki" for short) is a character who becomes much more likeable as his part in the series develops. He once smashed a door in with an ax just in time to save Alex's life after a murder suspect left Alex facedown and unconscious in a filling bathtub. Koch asks him what Rex does with it, to which Moser replies, "He washes it". Hoffmann is portrayed as being very witty, outsmarting murderers. Apparently Hoffmann had studied forensic science under Graf, and the two men still seem to share a somewhat master-student relationship, with Hoffmann often deferring to Graf's judgement (where Brandtner and Moser had previously not always done so).

Every time you say 'woman' he [Rex] runs off with my laundry". By the time Rex moves to Rome with Lorenzo Fabbri of the Italian police, Dr Graf still serves as Vienna's main forensic officer as seen in a Rex special as Rex and Fabbri return to Vienna to investigate a case there. Initially, Rex and Moser share an apartment at Marokkanergasse 18, Rex is frequently called upon to resolve difficult situations, including helping a young girl in shock, preventing a woman from committing There is also a considerable element of humour in Rex's activities. Moretti's looks were also exploited by the producers of the show.

Replacing Brandtner as team leader, Hoffmann is a very eager detective.

He also spreads out his pipe collection on Stocki's old desk and declares that he will "open a pipe shop" while the team attempts to find a replacement for Stocki. However, he is also occasionally required to go undercover (once as a kitchen hand, another time as a stable hand and another as an entertainer in a street market), much to his chagrin. Familiarly known to all as Max, Koch is a retired policeman who saved Moser from a life of crime and became something of a As the series progresses, Koch's role alters to that of being a useful Following Stockinger's transfer to Salzburg, Koch assists the team to reorganise the office. He is introduced to them by Moser, who tells him, "I practically live on these". Song information for Theme from Kommissar Rex - Soundtrack & Theme Orchestra on AllMusic To save the dog from being put down, Moser "adopted" him without ever completing any of the official paperwork. / Have you told your mother about me?

With Gerhard Zemann, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner, Martin Weinek. / I heard you’ve been away to discover yourself or something / But was it worth it when you stole his heart?

Until 2000, he was played by Santo vom Haus Zieglmayer, also known as 'Beejay', and was then replaced by Rhett Butler.

Sonja eventually leaves Moser and Rex when she is offered a job in America. Brandtner moves into the house that Moser and Rex used to share, apparently because Rex does not want to leave. He is also portrayed as being stouter, yet more muscular in comparison to Brandtner and Moser; in one instance he is shown doing various workouts. On 10 October 2007, a special DVD, "Rex By Request" was released featuring the five favourite

Naturally he is quite comfortable in his lab, surrounded by dead bodies, even if others are not.