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Roronoa Zoro (ロロノア・ゾロ)
"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro (ロロノア・ゾロ) is a fictional swordsman in Eiichiro Oda's One Piece, the first crewmate to join Luffy's Straw Hat Pirates and wielder of a three-sword style.
Rory Gilmore
Rory Gilmore, played by Alexis Bledel, is the bookish, ambitious daughter of Lorelai in Gilmore Girls (2000–2007) and its 2016 Netflix revival A Year in the Life; a Chilton valedictorian who attends Yale, drops out after Mitchum Huntzberger's criticism, and ends the revival pregnant.
Rory Williams
Rory Williams is a fictional Doctor Who companion, a nurse and husband of Amy Pond, played by Arthur Darvill (2010–2012) alongside the Eleventh Doctor; known for dying and returning, the 2,000-year Last Centurion vigil, and departing in The Angels Take Manhattan.
Rosario + Vampire (ロザリオとバンパイア)
Rosario + Vampire (ロザリオとバンパイア), also Rosario+Vampire Season II, is Akihisa Ikeda's Shueisha manga about human Tsukune at monster school Yokai Academy and vampire Moka, adapted as two GONZO anime seasons in 2008.
Rose Ayling-Ellis
Rose Ayling-Ellis (born 1994) is a deaf British actress and BSL user, known as EastEnders' Frankie Lewis, the first deaf Strictly Come Dancing winner (2021, with Giovanni Pernice), MBE, and lead and executive producer of ITV's BAFTA-winning Code of Silence.
Rose Mansion (장미맨션)
Rose Mansion (장미맨션, Jangmimaensyeon; also House of Lies) is a 2022 TVING Korean mystery thriller, 12 episodes aired May 13–27, 2022, starring Lim Ji-yeon and Yoon Kyun-sang, directed by Chang, about a sister's disappearance in a Seoul apartment slated for reconstruction.
Rose Nylund
Rose Nylund (Rose Marie Nylund, née Lindstrom) is the naive St. Olaf, Minnesota widow played by Betty White on The Golden Girls (1985–1992), The Golden Palace, Empty Nest, and Nurses; Emmy-winning role originally intended for Blanche.
Rose Red (miniseries)
Rose Red is a 2002 three-part ABC horror miniseries written and executive produced by Stephen King, directed by Craig R. Baxley, filmed at Thornewood Castle, Washington, drawing 20 million viewers for part one despite poor reviews, and streaming on Hulu since October 2023.
Rose Tyler
Rose Tyler is a Doctor Who companion played by Billie Piper, first appearing in "Rose" (2005) as the Ninth Doctor's companion; companion to the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, separated at the Battle of Canary Wharf, later subject of the Dimension Cannon audio series.
Roseanne
Roseanne: American ABC sitcom (1988-1997, revived 2018) about the working-class Conner family, starring Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, and Laurie Metcalf; canceled in 2018 after Barr's racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett and continued as The Conners.
Roseanne Roseannadanna
Roseanne Roseannadanna is Gilda Radner's brash Weekend Update consumer-affairs reporter on early Saturday Night Live, based on anchor Rose Ann Scamardella, written with Alan Zweibel, famous for off-topic rants and "It's always something."
Rosemary & Thyme
Rosemary & Thyme is a British ITV cozy mystery series (2003–2007, 22 episodes, 3 series) starring Felicity Kendal as plant biologist Rosemary Boxer and Pam Ferris as ex-police officer Laura Thyme, gardening partners who solve murders.
Rosemary's Baby (miniseries)
Rosemary's Baby (2014) is an NBC two-part, four-hour miniseries adapting Ira Levin's 1967 novel, directed by Agnieszka Holland, starring Zoe Saldana, Patrick J. Adams, Jason Isaacs, and Carole Bouquet, relocating the Satanic-pregnancy story from New York to Paris.
Rosewood (TV series)
Rosewood is a Fox police procedural (2015-2017) created by Todd Harthan, starring Morris Chestnut as Miami private pathologist Beaumont Rosewood Jr. and Jaina Lee Ortiz as Det. Villa; two seasons, 44 episodes, canceled May 2017 amid a near-50% ratings drop, 9% on Rotten Tomatoes versus a 6.8 IMDb user score.
Rosie and Jim
Rosie and Jim (Rosie & Jim) is a British ITV/CITV preschool series by Ragdoll Productions, 1990-2000, about rag dolls who come alive aboard the narrowboat Ragdoll, distinct from the Ragdoll cat breed.
Rosita Espinosa
Rosita Espinosa is a Walking Dead survivor introduced in comic #53 (2008) and played by Christian Serratos from TV season 4; known for Abraham romance, the failed Negan shooting, and her season 11 finale death.
Ross Geller
Ross Geller is the fictional paleontologist played by David Schwimmer on NBC's Friends (1994–2004); Monica's older brother, Rachel Green's on-off love interest, father of Ben and Emma, and subject of the "we were on a break" debate.
Ross Kemp
Ross Kemp (born 1964, Barking, Essex) is an English actor and BAFTA-winning documentary maker, famous as Grant Mitchell in EastEnders and for Ross Kemp on Gangs and Extreme World.
Roswell (TV series)
Roswell (1999-2002) is an American teen sci-fi drama created by Jason Katims for The WB and UPN, adapted from Melinda Metz's Roswell High books, about alien-human hybrids Max, Isabel, and Michael in Roswell, New Mexico; distinct from the 2019 reboot Roswell, New Mexico.
Roswell, New Mexico (TV series)
Roswell, New Mexico is a CW sci-fi drama reboot of Roswell (1999-2002), both from Melinda Metz's Roswell High books. Premiered January 15, 2019; Jeanine Mason as Liz Ortecho, Nathan Dean as Max Evans; four seasons, cancelled, streams on Netflix.
Rotten
Rotten is a Netflix investigative documentary series (2 seasons, 2018 and 2019) from Zero Point Zero Production, with lead researcher Christine Haughney, exposing food fraud and supply-chain corruption one ingredient per episode.
Rough Diamonds
Rough Diamonds is an 8-episode Flemish-Israeli Netflix crime drama (April 21, 2023) by Fauda creators Rotem Shamir and Yuval Yefet, following the ultra-Orthodox Wolfson diamond-dealing family of Antwerp after a son's suicide.
Round the Twist
Round the Twist: Australian children's comedy series (ACTF, 1990–2000, 52 episodes) adapting Paul Jennings' short stories about the Twist family in a haunted lighthouse at Port Niranda; BBC hit averaging 5 million viewers, recast across four series, later a musical.
Route 66 (TV series)
Route 66 is an American drama series broadcast on CBS from 1960 to 1964, following two young men traveling the United States in a Corvette.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (also Laugh-In): NBC American comedy-variety sketch show, January 22, 1968 to 1973, hosted by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, produced by George Schlatter; highest-rated late-1960s series, famous for catchphrases, Nixon's 1968 cameo, and influencing Saturday Night Live.
Roxanne Pallett
Roxanne Pallett (Roxanne Kaboli-Nejad, born 1982, Carlisle), also Roxanne Carrion, English actress who played Jo Stiles/Sugden in Emmerdale 2005–2008; later Dancing on Ice, horror films, and the 2018 Celebrity Big Brother punch row with Ryan Thomas.
Roxy Mitchell
Roxy Mitchell (Roxanne Mitchell) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Rita Simons 2007–2017, sister of Ronnie, mother of Amy by Jack Branning, drowned on 1 January 2017, with cameo returns in 2019 and 2023.
Roy Barraclough
Roy Barraclough (1935-2017), English comic actor, played Cissie opposite Les Dawson's Ada and Alec Gilroy, Rovers Return landlord in Coronation Street, 1986-1998; MBE 2006.
Roy Clarke
Roy Clarke (born Royston Clarke, 28 January 1930) is an English sitcom writer who wrote all 295 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine and created Open All Hours, Keeping Up Appearances, and Still Open All Hours; OBE 2002, knighted 2026.
Roy Cropper
Roy Cropper (Royston Cropper) is a fictional Coronation Street cafe owner played by David Neilson since 19 July 1995; owner of Roy's Rolls, husband of Hayley Patterson, known for his anorak, honesty, and Humanist values.