Editing Rolento

{{Infobox Character
|name       = Rolento F. Schugerg
|smallimage = sf4charselectrolento.png
|image      = SFVRolento.jpg
|caption    = [[Shadaloo Combat Research Institute|Shadaloo C.R.I.]] profile artwork
|birthdate  = November 15<ref name="Official Stats">[https://web.archive.org/web/20190421004124/http://www.capcom.co.jp/sf4/rolento.html#character_btn ''Ultra Street Fighter IV Profile''] Archived from [http://www.capcom.co.jp/sf4/rolento.html The original]</ref><ref name="Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia 2015">[[Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia Hardcover]]</ref>
|birthplace = {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States of America]]<ref name="Official Stats"/><ref name="Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia 2015"/>
|height     = 5'11"<ref name="Capcom 30th">Capcom 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia</ref> (180 cm)<ref name="Official Stats"/><ref name="Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia 2015"/><ref name="All About Street Fighter ZERO3">[https://archive.org/details/All_About_Street_Fighter_ZERO3_Hight_Quality/page/138/mode/1up ''All About Street Fighter ZERO3 page 138'']</ref>
|weight     = 178 lbs<ref name="Capcom 30th"/> (81 kg)<ref name="Official Stats"/><ref name="Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia 2015"/><ref name="All About Street Fighter ZERO3"/>
|eyes       = White (formerly Light Brown)
|hair       = Brown
|bloodtype  = O<ref name="Official Stats"/><ref name="Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia 2015"/><ref name="All About Street Fighter ZERO3"/>
|threesizes = B122／W86／H90<ref name="Official Stats"/><ref name="All About Street Fighter ZERO3"/>
|style      = Military martial arts<ref name="Official Stats"/><ref name="Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia 2015"/>
|likes      = Discipline, taking control<ref name="Official Stats"/><ref name="Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia 2015"/>
|dislikes   = Weaklings, laziness<ref name="Official Stats"/><ref name="Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia 2015"/>
|rival(s)   = [[Guy]], [[Cody]], [[Sodom]], [[Poison]], [[Doctrine Dark]] (''EX'' series), [[Sakura]] (friendly), [[Charlie Nash]] (''SFA2''), [[Eagle]] (friendly), [[Maki]], [[Zangief]] (''SFA3''), [[w:c:snk:Hibiki Takane|Hibiki Takane]] (CvS2), [[w:c:tekken:King II|King]], [[w:c:tekken:Craig Marduk|Craig Marduk]] (''SFxTK'')
|special    = Ambushing, traps<ref name="Official Stats"/>, military weapons<ref name="Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia 2015"/>
|moves      = ''[[Patriot Circle]], [[Stinger]], [[Mekong Delta Attack]], [[Mekong Delta Air Raid]], [[Mekong Delta Escape]], [[Sky Diver]] (FFR), [[Mine Sweeper]], [[Take No Prisoners]], [[Steel Rain]], [[Hell Sniper]] (FFR), [[Patriot Sweeper]]''
|alignment  = "Lawful Neutral" (See [[Rolento#Trivia|below]])
|firstgame  = ''[[Final Fight]]''<br>''[[Street Fighter Alpha 2]]'' (''Street Fighter'' debut)
|voiceactor = '''[[Scott McNeil]]''' (''Street Fighter'' TV series)<br />'''[[Wikipedia:Jon St. John|Jon St. John]]''' (''Final Fight Revenge'')<br />'''[[Dameon Clarke]]''' (''Street Fighter X Tekken'', ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'')
|japanactor = '''[[Wikipedia:Jin Yamanoi|Jin Yamanoi]]''' (''Street Fighter Alpha 2'' - ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'')<br>'''Katsuhiro Harasawa''' (''Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation'')
|species = Human
|occupation = U.S Military Soldier (formerly), Mercenary/[[Mad Gear]] Boss (formerly), Military General
|affiliation = [[Mad Gear Gang]] (formerly)
|status = Alive
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{{Nihongo|'''Rolento F. Schugerg'''|ロレント・F・シュゲルグ|Rorento F Shugerugu}} is a video game character who debuted as a boss in the beat 'em up arcade game ''[[Final Fight]]'', before appearing as a playable fighter in the ''[[Street Fighter series|Street Fighter]]'' series starting with ''[[Street Fighter Alpha 2]]''. He is a former member of the [[Mad Gear Gang]] who is determined to establish his own military utopian nation.

==Biography==
===Appearance===
Rolento is a muscular, athletic and acrobatic German-American man with solid white eyes (depicted as pupil-less in most official artworks), pronounced jaw and cheekbones, and a scar running down from his forehead through his nose bridge and into the left side of his face.

In his appearance in ''[[Final Fight]]'' (1989) and ''[[Final Fight 2]]'' (1993), Rolento wore green [[wikipedia:Tigerstripe|tiger stripe camouflage]] fatigues with a scarlet sleeveless-shirt, a brown belt and a brown leather chest-harness with two scarlet grenades. A scarlet beret on his head, brown wristbands, dark-green military equestrian boots and his staff is also dark-green. 

In the ''Street Fighter'' series, Rolento now wears yellow military fatigues with a red scarf on his neck, a brown belt and a brown leather chest-harness with two grenades. A red beret on his head, brown military equestrian boots and brown fingerless gloves, and fights with a green staff and green grenades; the two latter ones changed from a regular green to army-green in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'' (1998).

===Personality===
Rolento can be described as a somewhat "twisted" (though very far from being evil) patriot, who consistently bases his entire life, dialogues and behaviors in the "strict military veteran" stereotype, with a rather fanatical zeal. He is often heard praising absolute order and discipline and despising any rebellious or "inadequate" behavior (as seen during his ''[[Street Fighter × Tekken]]'' interactions with fellow partner [[Ibuki]]). Having fought in countless wars, particularly the Vietnam War, Rolento is an expert in guerrilla tactics, psychological warfare and combat weaponry (having shown preference for his staff, knives and grenades), making him a sharp-minded and dangerous ace-in-the-sleeve opponent.

His greatest dream is to build a utopia-style military nation, with himself as its supreme ruler; despite this, he would be a benevolent sovereign (in a similar way to ''[[Street Fighter III]]'' series boss [[Gill]]), and his people would ideally be happy, live their plain lives and have freedom to carve their own fates. Any form of violation against the people's rights (dystopia or totalitarianism, as with [[Urien]]'s evil aspirations opposing Gill's good nature) would be ignoble in his world view. As twisted as he is, his acknowledgement of free will is, perhaps, his most redeeming quality. Rolento is also more than willing to recruit anyone he can - even former enemies like [[Cody]] and [[Guy]], or fellow ex-[[Mad Gear Gang]] criminals like [[Sodom]] - to this end.

===Concept===
According to former Capcom member [[Seth Killian]], Rolento was created by Neo_G (Ishizawa Hidetoshi) and his name was supposed to be "Laurence" when he was in the developmental stages of becoming a character,{{fact}} but due to the L and R confusion in the Japanese language as well as the additions of vowels at the end of words in transliteration, "Laurence" became "Rolento". Judging by Japanese transliteration however, Neo_G may have meant the similar name "Laurent" (ロレント), as Lawrence would have instead been rendered as (ロレンス).

Rolento's appearance appears to be heavily inspired by the [[w:c:hokuto:Colonel|Colonel]], a character from the famous manga/anime series ''[[w:c:hokuto:Hokuto no Ken|Fist of the North Star]]''. His militaristic tendencies and actions, prior gang membership, and nationality may also derive from the ideas of extremist paramilitary and pro Militia Movement groups that have acted criminally in the United States, in light of Rolento's views currently acting independent of such motives and political stance.

==Character Relationships==
Rolento has made many allies and enemies in his quest for an ideal utopian nation, some dating back to his time as a part of the now-destroyed [[Mad Gear Gang]].

===Allies===
====[[Sodom]]====
While initially hostile against his former Mad Gear comrade, the two share an identical utopia of order, as seen in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha 3]]''. Sodom initially thought that Rolento was walking down the path of a madman in a similar fashion to [[M. Bison]] until Rolento decided against using the [[Psycho Drive]], and instead swore to destroy it.

====[[Holly Wood]] and [[El Gado]]====
Rolento may be strict when it comes to both order and discipline, but he has been known to treat his subordinates, most notably Holly Wood and El Gado quite very well.

====[[Ibuki]]====
[[File:Vs190118-001.JPG|thumb|220x220px|Ibuki and Rolento crawling to Pandora due to Rolento believing that there was a trap around the box.]]
Rolento actually likes Ibuki for her strength and sees her as a useful asset in his utopia and has promoted her several times during the non-canon events of ''[[Street Fighter × Tekken]]''. He also seems to put up with her playfulness, as can be seen in their unique cut scene pre-fight intro. Only once has Rolento lost his patience with his partner after Pandora's powers disappeared and she was complaining about how they didn't walk like normal people. The same cannot be said of Ibuki, who sees Rolento as more of an annoyance. Despite this however, the two of them seem to be able to work together at a professional level, although Ibuki herself is quick to criticism towards Rolento, like when it was seemingly his fault that they were not able to secure [[Pandora]]'s power.

While this pairing was non-canon. In the canon ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' Rolento tells Ibuki she is recruited into his army when he beats her. Ibuki in return states she will never join his army when she beats him, but then goes into her typical interest of boys.

===Neutral===
====[[Gouken]]====
Rolento respects Gouken, believing he would be an ideal Drill Sargent for his army. Gouken in turn, respects Rolento's determination and large number of followers. 

====[[Guile]]====
Rolento considers Guile an ideal soldier and wants to recruit him for his army, but won't hesitate to eliminate him if he opposes his utopia.

====[[Yang]]====
Rolento likes Yang's ingenuity and wants to recruit him for his army. However Yang can only ridicule his methods of getting people to obey.

===Enemies===
====[[Poison]]====
Although the two of them were once allies to each other as a part of the [[Mad Gear Gang]] from within the original ''[[Final Fight]]'', Poison does not want anything to do with Rolento, having sworn away from anything related to Mad Gear after the downfall and destruction of the criminal organization.

====[[Guy]]====
As both Rolento and Guy were enemies in ''Final Fight'', their hostilities continue, though much toned down.

====[[Cody]]====
Like Guy, Cody and Rolento were also enemies in ''Final Fight'', but Rolento is genuinely shocked to see Cody's descent from grace when he became a convict. Of course, Cody wants no part of his utopia.

====[[M. Bison]]====
Rolento seeks to defeat Bison and destroy [[Shadaloo]] so that they don't get in the way of his personal mission to create his military utopian nation.

====[[Seth]]====
Rolento's target in ''[[Ultra Street Fighter IV]]''. When he beats the [[S.I.N.]] leader, he even feigns mercy and instead finishes the latter brutally with a grenade attack.

====[[Doctrine Dark]]====
Rolento fought Dark in a full-on attack and severely wounded him both physically and mentally, earning him the latter's extremely murderous hatred.

==Story==
===Background===
According to his original backstory, Rolento is a former member of the fictional US military special forces unit, the Red Berets, explaining his military appearance and skills. However, he eventually left the force and sold himself as a mercenary for hire; information on his career cites him having been in many conflict heavy and civil war torn areas of the world before the 1980s, into Africa, Eastern Bloc Europe, and Central and South America, with having once served under infamous groups such as the East Germany [[wikipedia:Stasi|Stasi]] secret police and Colombian revolutionaries. 

His last tour of duty was hinted to be that of the [[wikipedia:Vietnam War|Vietnam War]], and though he and his company were elite on the field, his experiences in battle and war saw him became disillusioned with the politics and state of the world, and grew to adopt the ambition of building a utopian nation "for the military man, by the military man". Though mentioned only in ''[[Street Fighter EX]]'' (and despite Rolento never appearing in this [[Street Fighter EX series|sub-series]]), he and his unit had a run in with the unit of [[Doctrine Dark]], that went from accidental scuffle to a full on skirmish due to ill reputations with one another and an unfriendly rivalry. Having wiped out Doctrine's company, leaving him the sole survivor, it was because of this event that drove him mad, leaving Rolento responsible for his crippled state and psychotic breakdown. After this, his activities caught the attention of U.S. authorities and other rival adversaries, forcing him to return back to the U.S. in hiding. 

Finding camaraderie and solace in Mad Gear's ideals with his own, Rolento soon struck up old connections, including the early Colombian cocaine trade, to finance the group in [[Metro City]].

===''[[Final Fight (series)|Final Fight]]'' series===
Rolento made his first appearance as fourth stage's boss in the original ''[[Final Fight]]''. Rolento was the second-in-command on [[Belger|Belger's]] Mad Gear gang and he was put in charge of the gang's secret armory-producing plants in [[Metro City]]'s industrial area and has great influence. He was defeated by [[Guy]], who scarred him with a thrown shuriken. When defeated, instead of fading away like most enemies in the game, he blows himself up with his own grenades.

The Industrial Area stage, and by extension Rolento, was excluded from the SNES version of ''Final Fight'' (and its revised rerelease, ''Final Fight Guy'') due to space constraints. Because of this, the developers of the SNES sequel, ''[[Final Fight 2]]'', saw fit to include him in the following game to compensate his previous omission.

In ''Final Fight 2'', he is the boss of the fifth stage, Italy. His general appearance and fighting style remained unchanged from the previous game, and he is the only returning enemy character besides the [[Andore Family]] from the original game. As an in-joke, the Game Boy Advance version, ''Final Fight One'' (which included all of the stages and the ''Alpha'' sprites of Guy and [[Cody]] as bonuses) had an interaction with ''Alpha'' Cody and Rolento, where Cody says that he "doesn't remember going to this path".

===''[[Street Fighter Alpha 2]]''===
Rolento was the third ''Final Fight'' character made playable in the ''[[Street Fighter Alpha series|Street Fighter Alpha]]'' series. He first appears in ''Street Fighter Alpha'' 2, following the first game's inclusion of Guy and [[Sodom]], although he previously made a cameo appearance in Sodom's ending in the original game. 

No longer content with being a lackey for the [[Mad Gear Gang]], Rolento seeks to create his own utopian nation. Sodom tries to convince him to rejoin Mad Gear, but Rolento refuses, saying he has no need for them anymore; Sodom brands him an "arrogant moron" and instead challenges him to a fight. Rolento then encounters Guy, who insults him, saying he hasn't learned his lesson and that he hates slow learners, and Rolento threatens to "rebuild his empire" on Guy's face.

In his ending, he makes his move and attempts to start his new nation in Metro City, driving a tank through the business district, and Mayor [[Mike Haggar]] is called to stop him.

===''[[Street Fighter Alpha 3]]''===
In ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'', Rolento remembers Cody as a powerful fighter from the past, and searches for him to try to recruit him into his army. The Cody he finds, however, is in a prison uniform and handcuffs, causing Rolento to become disheartened at his fall.

Eventually, Rolento stumbles upon [[M. Bison]]'s [[Psycho Drive]] after stealing weapons from [[Shadaloo]] for his army. He learns that the Psycho Drive brainwashes people, and decides against using it in knowing and realizing that a utopia cannot be created if people can't make their own decisions. Sodom, who had tracked Rolento down despite their earlier arguments, hears him proclaim this and realizes that Rolento did not lose sight of Mad Gear's ideals after all. They make up and decide to work together to use those values to make a great utopian nation.

===''[[Ultra Street Fighter IV]]''===
[[Yoshinori Ono]], producer for ''[[Street Fighter IV]]'', admitted that he liked Rolento's playing style but he couldn't get into the final game because they needed the ''Final Fight'' license from Capcom USA. Oddly, when ''[[Super Street Fighter IV]]'' came about, two ''Final Fight'' characters joined the roster, neither of which were Rolento. However, Rolento did appear in ''[[Street Fighter × Tekken]]'', and finally made a playable appearance in the ''[[Street Fighter IV (series)|Street Fighter IV]]'' series with the release of ''Ultra Street Fighter IV''.

Here, after Rolento's army takes part in a conflict(s), Rolento makes a speech to his soldiers about how their mission is to save the world. He receives a report about a private military contractor, [[S.I.N.]], which will be testing a new soldier enhancement system ([[BLECE]]) at an upcoming tournament. In response, Rolento enters the tournament in order to obtain the enhancement system for himself and his army.

In his ending, Rolento confronts and defeats [[Seth]], feigning an offer to make a deal with him, before using the opportunity to finish him off by blowing him up with his grenades. Afterwards, he tells his men that the ruined base now belongs to them, and that they are to scour the ruins for anything they can find. As the soldiers begin to search the base, Seth's heavily-damaged [[Tanden Engine (device)|Tanden Engine]] is shown powering down.

==Other appearances==
===''[[Final Fight Revenge]]''===
After ''Alpha 3'', Rolento then made an appearance in the American-developed ''Final Fight'' spin-off game, ''Final Fight Revenge''. His playing style is similar to one he has in the ''Alpha'' games and even his storyline is the same (the game takes place between the events of ''Alpha 2'' and ''Alpha 3'').

===''[[w:c:capcom:Adventure_Quiz:_Capcom_World_2|Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2]]''===
Rolento also appeared in the Japan-only released ''Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2''.

==Crossover appearances==
===''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001|Capcom vs. SNK 2]]''===
Rolento appeared as a playable character in the crossover game ''Capcom vs. SNK 2''.

===''[[Street Fighter × Tekken]]''===
Rolento is a playable character in ''Street Fighter × Tekken'', where his tag partner is [[Ibuki]]. Rolento had sent a request to her village for someone skilled in fighting and infiltration in his search for the [[Pandora]] artifact. Due to Rolento's constant orders which she follows reluctantly, and the military titles he bestows on her as their journey  progresses, Ibuki does not particularly get along well with her partner.

Rolento's [[Swap Costume]] is based on [[w:c:tekken:Raven|Raven]]'s outfit. [[w:c:tekken:Nina Williams|Nina Williams]]' own Swap Costume is based on Rolento's outfit.

===''[[Street Fighter × Mega Man]]''===
Rolento is one of the bosses of ''Street Fighter × Mega Man''. His level is designed after the ''Street Fighter IV'' stage [[Skyscraper Under Construction]]. 

==Animations==
===''[[Street Fighter (TV series)|Street Fighter]]'' 1995 cartoon===
Rolento appeared in the episode "[[Final Fight (episode)|Final Fight]]". In the show, he speaks with an Italian accent, wears his 5th color scheme from ''Street Fighter Alpha 2'' and he has the ability to teleport and create clones of himself.

===''[[Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation]]''===
Rolento makes a cameo appearance as one of the several fighters accompanied by [[Ryu]], [[Ken Masters|Ken]], and [[Chun-Li]] when they fly out to [[Dr. Sadler]]'s laboratory.

==Cameo appearances==
Rolento makes a small cameo appearance at the end of the ''[[Sakura Ganbaru!]]'' manga along with [[Dhalsim]] and his wife [[Dhalsim's family|Sally]], complaining that they never made an appearance (every other playable character in ''Street Fighter Alpha 2'' appeared in either the ''[[Street Fighter Alpha (manga)|Street Fighter Alpha]]'' manga or ''Sakura Ganbaru!'').

==Allies==
[[El Gado]] and [[Holly Wood]] are the primary foot soldiers in Rolento's "army", both trained by Rolento himself. Both El Gado and Holly Wood are knife-wielding enemies who wear military outfits, are known for their agile movement which they forged by dancing, and have a special technique known as the "Jumping Knife Attack". These two also appeared in the ''Street Fighter Alpha'' games as part of Rolento's special techniques and win poses, and pilot the stealth helicopter with which the hook and chain are used with in the Take No Prisoners super art.

Holly Wood is named "namely" after his singing and dancing talents, and never enters a battle without his knives. Another version of him appears in the uniform where he throws Molotov cocktails at the opponent, though he's much weaker in this state and wears red instead of the usual orange attire.

El Gado has a prominent role as a playable character in ''Final Fight Revenge'', in which it is revealed that he infiltrated Mad Gear to get revenge on Rolento, who was responsible for the deaths of his family. In the end, Rolento bargains with him (apparently successfully, given he's still alive later on in [[Capcom]]'s canon) and calls him "E.G." at this point, which may be his nickname.

Other than the two, it is said there are 40 followers of his ideals, who also help him in his plans and executes them with accordingly. Rolento also trains them in their meetings. 

In ''Street Fighter × Tekken'', Rolento hires Ibuki to join him in the search for the [[Pandora]] artifact. During the course of the story, Rolento promotes her from Private to Corporal, and then to Sergeant, much to her annoyance.

==Gameplay==
===Fighting style===
Rolento's fighting style, while officially referred as "Military martial arts", shares similarities to (and is probably inspired by, though not yet confirmed) [[wikipedia:Jōjutsu|Jōjutsu]], a type of Japanese martial art involving the use of a single short staff. His stick fighting lends him range and multiple hitting attacks, a trait also present in [[wikipedia:Arnis|Arnis]], a Filipino martial art well known for fast and rapid stick fighting. The staff also allows him to use attacks such as [[Trick Landing]], a unique property to him where he can do a "second jump". Outside of this, he also relies on the use of disposable weaponry and traps; compared to any who see his style as cowardice and treachery, Rolento considers his tactics and snares the result of "crystallized wisdom" and the ultimate application of knowledge utilized at their greatest.

In the ''Final Fight'' series, Rolento is known for fighting with a staff, and his special techniques include a wall kick and his throw. When he's low on energy, he begins dashing around the stage and attacks by throwing grenades instead. Rolento's agility and speed carry over to his appearances in the main series, as does his usage of grenades.

===Moveset===
In the ''Street Fighter'' series, Rolento is a very evasive character. Many of his special attacks are designed to bait the opponent and strike before they recover. His staff can be used to alter his jump arc and deliver [[Patriot Circle|a multi-hit combo attack]]. He can also [[Stinger|throw knives while airborne]].

During his Super Combo, Rolento [[Mine Sweeper|tosses a series of grenades that juggle the opponent]]. His first Ultra Combo [[Patriot Sweeper|knocks the opponent into the air and showers them with grenades after they land]]. During his second Ultra Combo, [[Take No Prisoners|he uses a steel cable to strangle the opponent]], with [[El Gado]] acting as a pulley.

==Subpages==
===Quotes===
''[[Rolento/Quotes]]''

===Pop Culture===
''[[Rolento/Pop Culture]]''

===Gallery===
''[[Rolento/Gallery]]''

===Sprites===
''[[Rolento/Sprites]]''

==Trivia==
*According to the instruction manual for ''[[Final Fight 2]]'', Rolento is 5'9" tall and weighs 187 lbs.<ref name="''Final Fight 2'' instruction manual">[http://www.retrogames.cz/manualy/SNES/Final_Fight_2_-_Manual_-_SNS.pdf ''Final Fight 2'' instruction manual]</ref>

*In [[Ken Masters|Ken]]'s win quote against Rolento in ''[[Ultra Street Fighter IV]]'', the former references the latter's use of a helicopter in ''[[Final Fight Revenge]]''.

*Rolento's stage in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha 2]]'' is a nod to his boss fight in ''Final Fight'', both taking place on a cargo elevator.
*He and [[Cody]] are the only two characters whose ''Street Fighter IV ''theme is not their theme from their first ''Street Fighter Alpha ''appearance.

*Rolento can be considered "Lawful Neutral" because of his strict belief in order and discipline, as explained above. For this reason, though he envisions a utopia, his methods can be questionable, but he does have noble leanings, such as his non-canon ''[[Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'' ending, where he destroys the [[Psycho Drive]] because he feels that his utopia is impossible if people do not have their own freedom to choose.

*Due to the majority of his attacks being named after the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam, Rolento might have been a veteran in the [[wikipedia:Vietnam War|Vietnam War]]. His original attire further supports this—tiger stripe camouflage was first worn by the U.S. Army for use in jungle combat in Vietnam.

*Rolento's ''Street Fighter Alpha 2'' theme is an arranged version of the Bay Area stage theme from ''[[Final Fight]]''. However, he does not make an appearance on this stage, as he is the boss of a different stage, the Industrial Area. As of ''[[Ultra Street Fighter IV]]'', Rolento's theme has reverted to his original boss theme.
**The Bay Area theme also bears a striking similarity to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYL1ZVsIM_4 Heat Man's stage theme] from ''[[w:c:megaman:Mega Man 2|Mega Man 2]]'', and the two are actually remixed together as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrF3cYEj5mI Rolento's stage theme] for the Capcom-sanctioned fangame ''[[Street Fighter × Mega Man]]''.

*Rolento's Japanese voice actor, Jin Yamanoi, also voiced ''[[Street Fighter EX]]'' character [[Vulcano Rosso]].

*In the original ''Final Fight'', Rolento's dialogue portrait shows him in a color scheme that would later be used for his ''Alpha 3'' appearance.

*In the arcade version of ''Street Fighter Alpha 2'', Rolento's stage has a billboard of a woman (dressed up as the Statue of Liberty) holding a computer monitor that has the logo of a Japanese computer company called ''Fujitsu''. But due to legal reasons, this was removed on some console versions.

*He, [[Q]], [[Oni]], [[Urien]] and [[Necalli]] all have the distinction of being able to always interact with defeated opponents in the series, as well as the first (in the ''Alpha'' series, Rolento has a win pose where he drops a grenade on the defeated opponent and it explodes).
**He is also one of two characters in this category who doesn't specifically interact with the head of their downed opponent.

*Rolento's rival battle alongside Ibuki has a rather odd inconsistency. The theme of the battle is two smaller faster characters against two bigger stronger ones, while Ibuki is among the smaller end of the SF character spectrum (even among the other females) Rolento is actually taller than characters like Ryu and Ken. Characters such as Tekken's Craig Marduk make fun of Rolento for being a "little man" despite King and Marduk not giving shorter males like Ryu the same mockery.

*The strength of Rolento's staff is rather inconsistent, it does not bend when hitting other characters, and it is shown being able to withstand all of Ibuki's body weight with no wear in their [[Unique Tag Introduction]]. However it is shown to bend slightly in trick landing.
*Rolento is the only character to never directly look at his official partner in ''Street Fighter X Tekken''. When talking to her he is always looking away and never faces her in their tag introduction, story mode, or ending.
*All of Rolento's hired allies have had an association with sharp throwable objects, knives in the case of Holly Wood and El Gado and [[Kunai (weapon)|Kunai]] for Ibuki's case. Both of these cases might be a purposeful complement to his own usage of Stingers by Capcom.
*Both Rolento and Ibuki have called their opponent "Namby Pamby". Rolento can say it if he gets the first hit in ''SFXT'' and Ibuki says the term through one of her taunts in ''SFIV''.

==Stage Themes==
<gallery widths="185">
Final Fight (Arcade) - Rolento Battle|''Final Fight''
Street Fighter Alpha 2 Rolento Theme|''Street Fighter Alpha 2''
Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Rolento's Stage Theme|''Street Fighter Alpha 3''
Final Fight (Arcade) - Bay Area|''Hyper Street Fighter Alpha'', Alpha3 X-ism
Ultra Street Fighter IV Rolento Theme (Full Version) Soundtrack|''Ultra Street Fighter IV''
</gallery>

==Videos==
<gallery>
Street Fighter Alpha 2 Rolento Ending
Ultra Street Fighter IV Rolento Prologue (eng)
Ultra Street Fighter IV Rolento Ending (eng)
SFXT - Rolento Ibuki Intro Cinematic
Street Fighter X Tekken - Rolento & Ibuki's Rival Cutscene English Ver. (1080p)
Rolento Epilogue SFXT
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of moves in Street Fighter Alpha 3 I-Z#Rolento|Rolento's moves in ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'']]
* [[List of Moves in Capcom vs. SNK 2#Rolento F. Schugerg|Rolento's moves in ''Capcom vs. SNK 2'']]
* [[List of moves in Ultra Street Fighter IV H-Z#Rolento|Rolento's moves in ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'']]
* [[List of moves in Street Fighter X Tekken#Rolento|Rolento's moves in ''Street Fighter X Tekken'']]

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[[Category:Characters with Weapons]]
[[Category:Anti-Villains]]
[[Category:Antagonists]]
[[Category:Capcom Vs. SNK Series Characters]]
[[Category:UDON Characters]]
[[Category:Zoners]]
[[Category:Former Antagonists]]
[[Category:Characters with a projectile]]
[[Category:Characters with a wall-jump]]
[[Category:Characters with a slide]]
[[Category:Characters born in North America]]
[[Category:Characters born in the Americas]]