Roger the Alien
E5050
Roger the Alien is a flamboyant, shape-shifting extraterrestrial character from the animated TV series "American Dad!" known for his sarcastic humor, elaborate disguises, and chaotic schemes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roger the Alien canonical | 13 |
| alien Roger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T56566 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roger the Alien Context triple: [Seth MacFarlane, voiceOf, Roger the Alien]
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A.
Tim the Beaver
Tim the Beaver is the official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, symbolizing the school’s emphasis on engineering, ingenuity, and industriousness.
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B.
Lucky the Leprechaun
Lucky the Leprechaun is the iconic, cartoon leprechaun character who serves as the energetic and acrobatic symbol of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise.
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C.
Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
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D.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
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E.
Screech
Screech is the bald eagle mascot of Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roger the Alien Target entity description: Roger the Alien is a flamboyant, shape-shifting extraterrestrial character from the animated TV series "American Dad!" known for his sarcastic humor, elaborate disguises, and chaotic schemes.
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A.
Tim the Beaver
Tim the Beaver is the official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, symbolizing the school’s emphasis on engineering, ingenuity, and industriousness.
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B.
Lucky the Leprechaun
Lucky the Leprechaun is the iconic, cartoon leprechaun character who serves as the energetic and acrobatic symbol of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise.
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C.
Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
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D.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
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E.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is a comic science fiction novel by Douglas Adams, serving as the second book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series and continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alien
ⓘ
animated character ⓘ extraterrestrial ⓘ fictional character ⓘ shape-shifter ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| ability |
creating complex alter egos
ⓘ
impersonation ⓘ shape-shifting ⓘ |
| affiliation | Smith family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | American Dad! ⓘ |
| bodyType | slender ⓘ |
| closeTo |
Donna Tubbs
ⓘ
surface form:
Francine Smith
Hayley Smith ⓘ Stan Smith ⓘ Steve Smith ⓘ |
| creator |
Matt Weitzman
ⓘ
Mike Barker ⓘ Seth MacFarlane ⓘ |
| eyeColor | black ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
American Dad!
ⓘ
surface form:
“Pilot” (American Dad!)
|
| firstAppearanceYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hairColor | bald ⓘ |
| hidesFrom |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. government
|
| knownFor |
chaotic schemes
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elaborate disguises ⓘ heavy drinking ⓘ multiple personas ⓘ promiscuity ⓘ sarcastic humor ⓘ |
| nationality | unknown ⓘ |
| networkOfShow |
Fox
ⓘ
TBS ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
bartender ⓘ con artist ⓘ various alter egos ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
dramatic
ⓘ
flamboyant ⓘ manipulative ⓘ self-centered ⓘ theatrical ⓘ vindictive ⓘ |
| residence |
Langley, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Langley Falls, Virginia
Smith family house ⓘ |
| skinColor | grey ⓘ |
| species |
alien
ⓘ
extraterrestrial ⓘ |
| voicedBy | Seth MacFarlane ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Roger the Alien Description of subject: Roger the Alien is a flamboyant, shape-shifting extraterrestrial character from the animated TV series "American Dad!" known for his sarcastic humor, elaborate disguises, and chaotic schemes.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
alien Roger
subject surface form:
Smith family (American Dad!)
subject surface form:
Smith family (American Dad!)
subject surface form:
Smith family (American Dad!)