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Rust Cohle
Rustin "Rust" Cohle is the fictional Louisiana homicide detective played by Matthew McConaughey in True Detective season 1 (2014), created by Nic Pizzolatto; known for pessimist monologues, the "Tax Man" nickname, and "time is a flat circle".
Ryan Atwood
Ryan Atwood (later Ryan Atwood-Cohen) is the fictional protagonist of Fox's teen drama The O.C. (2003-2007), played by Ben McKenzie: a troubled teen from Chino, California taken in by the Cohen family, whose romance with Marissa Cooper and eventual career as an architect anchor the series.
Sadie Harris
Sadie Harris is a Grey's Anatomy season 5 character played by Melissa George, a post-college friend of Meredith Grey who briefly interns at Seattle Grace, joins interns practicing on each other, nearly dies in a botched appendectomy, and quits in "Before and After".
Sailor Jupiter
Sailor Jupiter, civilian name Makoto Kino (木野まこと, dub name Lita), is the thunder-and-courage Sailor Guardian of planet Jupiter in Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon; strong, orphaned, loves cooking and gardening, debuted in manga Act 5 and anime episode 25.
Sailor Mars (火野レイ)
Sailor Mars, civilian name Rei Hino (火野レイ), is the fire-wielding Sailor Guardian of Mars in Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon manga and anime; a Shinto shrine maiden at Hikawa Shrine, voiced by Michie Tomizawa in the 1990s anime and Rina Satō in Crystal.
Sailor Pluto
Sailor Pluto, whose civilian identity is Setsuna Meiou, is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon franchise. She is the guardian of the Door of Space and Time.
Sailor Saturn (セーラーサターン)
Sailor Saturn (セーラーサターン), civilian identity Hotaru Tomoe (土萠ほたる), is the Sailor Moon guardian of silence and destruction wielding the Silence Glaive, whose world-destroying power costs her life in the anime but not the manga.
Sailor Uranus (セーラーウラヌス)
Sailor Uranus (セーラーウラヌス) is a fictional character in Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon franchise, the superheroine identity of the androgynous race driver Haruka Tenou and partner of Sailor Neptune.
Saint Marie (fictional island)
Saint Marie (Saint-Marie) is the fictional Caribbean British Overseas Territory and setting of the BBC series Death in Paradise, filmed on Guadeloupe with Deshaies standing in for the main town Honoré, named after Agatha Christie's St Honoré.
Sam & Max
Sam & Max: comic and adventure-game franchise by Steve Purcell about dog-and-rabbit Freelance Police detectives; known for Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993) and Telltale's episodic trilogy.
Sam Eagle
Sam Eagle: name shared by two eagle characters, the stern patriotic Muppet of The Muppet Show (debuted 1975, performed by Frank Oz) and Sam the Olympic Eagle, Disney-designed mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Sam Seaborn
Sam Seaborn is a fictional Deputy White House Communications Director on NBC's The West Wing (1999–2006), played by Rob Lowe, originally the show's intended lead character and widely read as modeled on George Stephanopoulos.
Sam Winchester
Sam Winchester (Samuel William Winchester) is a fictional hunter and co-protagonist of Supernatural (2005–2020), played by Jared Padalecki. Born 1983 in-universe, he is Dean's younger brother, a demon-blood Special Child, and Lucifer's true vessel.
Samantha Carter
Samantha Carter, also Sam Carter, is the fictional astrophysicist and US Air Force officer of Stargate SG-1, played by Amanda Tapping; SG-1's science lead, later Atlantis expedition leader, with 228 franchise appearances.
Samantha Taggart
Samantha "Sam" Taggart is the fictional ER nurse played by Linda Cardellini on NBC's ER, seasons 10-15 (2003-2009). County General R.N., single mother of Alex, partners Luka Kovac and Tony Gates, nurse anesthetist trainee.
Samira Mohan
Samira Mohan, nicknamed "Slow Mo", is a fictional emergency medicine resident at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center in HBO Max's The Pitt, played by Supriya Ganesh across seasons 1-2, known for high patient satisfaction, racial-disparity research, and a season 2 panic attack before her exit.
Sandy Cheeks
Sandy Cheeks (Sandra Jennifer Olivia Cheeks) is a fictional Texan squirrel in SpongeBob SquarePants, voiced by Carolyn Lawrence since 1999, living in an air-filled treedome, a karate-practicing scientist who headlines Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.
Santa's Little Helper
Santa's Little Helper is the retired racing greyhound kept as the Simpson family's pet in The Simpsons, adopted by Homer on a lost bet in the show's December 1989 premiere.
Santana Lopez
Santana Lopez is a fictional character on the musical comedy-drama series Glee, portrayed by Naya Rivera, known for her coming-out storyline and marriage to Brittany Pierce.
Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith, fictional investigative journalist and Doctor Who companion played by Elisabeth Sladen (1973–1976, Third and Fourth Doctors), returned in School Reunion (2006) and headlined The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011).
Sarah Walker (Chuck)
Sarah Walker (Sarah Walker Bartowski) is the fictional CIA agent played by Yvonne Strahovski in NBC's Chuck (2007-2012), handler, partner, and wife of Chuck Bartowski, known for her gender-role reversal and finale memory loss.
Sarek
Sarek is the Vulcan ambassador and Spock's father in Star Trek, introduced in TOS's "Journey to Babel" (1967) and played by Mark Lenard, later James Frain in Discovery and Ben Cross in the 2009 film; husband of Amanda Grayson and Perrin, afflicted by Bendii Syndrome in TNG.
Sasha Williams (The Walking Dead)
Sasha Williams is a fictional survivor in AMC's The Walking Dead, a TV-original character played by Sonequa Martin-Green. Sister of Tyreese, firefighter, girlfriend of Bob Stookey and Abraham Ford; she dies by cyanide suicide in the Season 7 finale, her arc based on the comic character Holly.
Sayid Jarrah
Sayid Jarrah, fictional Lost (2004-2010) character played by Naveen Andrews; Iraqi Republican Guard communications officer and torturer, Oceanic 815 survivor, dies carrying a bomb off Widmore's submarine in season 6.
Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuting in Uncanny X-Men #4 as a Brotherhood of Mutants member; later an Avenger, chaos magic user, and central figure of House of M and the MCU.
Scary Movie (film series)
Scary Movie film series: American horror-comedy parody franchise begun in 2000 by the Wayans brothers for Dimension Films; six films through 2026, nearly $1 billion grossed, consistently panned by critics but audience-favored.
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo is an American media franchise created in 1969 by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears for Hanna-Barbera, centered on four teenage sleuths and a talking Great Dane who unmask human criminals behind seemingly supernatural mysteries, later spanning dozens of series, films, and upcoming Netflix and Tubi adaptations.
Scooter (Muppet)
Scooter is the bespectacled Muppet gofer and stage manager of The Muppet Show (1976–1981), nephew of theater owner J.P. Grosse, originally performed by Richard Hunt, now by David Rudman.
Scotty (Star Trek)
Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, Star Trek's chief engineer of the USS Enterprise, originated by James Doohan in The Original Series and later played by Simon Pegg and Martin Quinn.
Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck, or Uncle Scrooge, is Disney's rich Scottish uncle of Donald Duck, created by Carl Barks in "Christmas on Bear Mountain" (Four Color #178, 1947), named for Dickens's Ebenezer Scrooge, later starred in his own Uncle Scrooge comic (1952), Don Rosa's Life and Times, and DuckTales.