Rory

A png for Rory's reference image of his main design

> ***"But you know what that means other than tragedy? MORE RATINGS!"***
> *-Rory's most used quote, first heard in the Pilot episode.*
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Rory is one of the re-occuring main characters, and the first ones that appear. Like Shaliya, his co-worker, he appears in every episode of Hoeville news due to being the news reporter of the town. Many fans describe him as 'unhinged' or 'narcissistic' because of how clear it is in the episodes that he does not care about the citizens of Hoeville, only the money.

## Appearance

Rory is a short man of medium skintone, who has black hair going up to his shoulders, it is mentioned that his hair is curly in some of the episodes. He has brown eyes, and freckles near his nose, as well as a noticeable dot birth mark on his left cheek, the color being just slightly darker than his skintone. Much like Shaliya and other characters that we see, he has a usual outfit that he keeps on that consists of a purple jacket and pants, along with a lavender tie, and a pink waistcoat with a white shirt underneath, also notably having platform shoes as well. Despite it supposedly being his work uniform, he seems to also wear it in a casual sense as well (etc, when he's at home on days where he has breaks), nobody really knows why.

In the pilot, he was seen with glasses that had pearled chains attached to them, but these have been removed now in more recent episodes, one of the writers and animators, Rory, the one who his name and design was based off of, stated that they were removed because fans and other people working on the show said he looked like a grandma with them.

## Personality

The most notable parts of his personality are he tends to be very energetic and passionate about his job and sharing news (on most cases). However, despite his generally joyful nature, he is shown in some episodes to get frustrated very easily. Many fans have noted a repetitive behavior of his where he makes it extremely clear he does not care about anyone at all, and that he only does his job for the ratings and the money he gets out of it. A lot of people have claimed that because of this, he can be classified as narcissistic, or perhaps maybe even sadistic as he is seen in a lot of episodes, very much like Shaliya, to claim the phrase "Huzzah!" or "Hooray!" and other forms of celebration in response to the announcements of citizens dying or being injured.

## Relationships

This part of the page shows how Rory interacts with other characters in the show.

### Shaliya

One of the most notable characters he has re-occurring interactions with, is his co-worker, Shaliya who he reports the news with on every episode. They seem to have quite a good relationship with each other and are considered to be quite good friends, despite having moments where they sometimes can argue over small things because of Rory's overreactions. But other than that, they seem to be on good terms, and they both care about ratings more than the citizens of Hoeville, which is something they have in common.

### Britney

Rory has not been seen interacting with Britney at all in any of the episodes. Many fans think think they will interact in later episodes, but nothing about this has been confirmed yet. However, in substitute for them actually interacting, Rory and Shaliya very often report about Britney dying for Hoeville news. Rory seems to be very excited about Britney dying whenever it is mentioned, so many fans have speculated that he may not like her.

### Madison

Madison and Rory have only been seen on screen interacting during the pilot intro, where Rory buys from her bakery before rushing to work, showing that he possibly does like her food, but it is unknown what he actually thinks about her other than that. In episode three, Rory stated that Madison taught him how to do some magic at some point, which could imply that they are on at least okay terms on Madison's side.

### Zed

Like Britney, Rory has not been interacting with Zed at all. But again, Zed has been someone that Rory and Shaliya report about in Hoeville news from time to time. Rory seems to absolutely despise Zed, and there is really nothing to it other than that. When they are brung up on the news, he proceeds to usually insult them before going to change the subject.

## Trivia

* In some episodes he can seem more monotone, despite his usual upbeat energy. It is unknown why he does this, most have suspected it could just be an error with voice acting, but there have been other theories too.
* His design and name was based off of one of the animator's and creator's of the show.
* Rory was said to be partially blind, the reasoning is unknown.
* Many fans have suspected he could have a mental disorder of some sort, most popular theories are of him having NPD, or being a sociopath. Some have even theorized him to be autistic, none of these have been confirmed though.
* It was stated in episode two that he has been in prison 6 times, the reasons were never stated.
* He uses staring to intimidate people very often.
* Rory is one of the few characters to have a repetitive catchphrase, and is the one who has used it the most often out of any of them.
* He is a picky eater
* It was mentioned in the pilot that he likes to draw, but he has not been seen drawing yet at all.
* He is shorter than all of the other characters that have appeared so far.
* It was seen in the recent halloween special, 'Happy Hoe-lloween!' that he owns four cats. One tuexdo cat, two tabbys, and a white one with grey markings. So far, only one of their names are confirmed, which is the grey and white cat's name, being named 'Little man'. However, this could just be a nickname that Rory calls them.

## Gallery

Rory's design in the pilotRory and Shaliya in 'Welcome to Hoeville'