Were the kids in a band? Did they solve mysteries?
No.
Were the characters supposed to be the same, but later retconned as being parent and children (as in Black Canary becoming at some point the daughter of the original Black Canary)?
Were the characters written as completely unrelated until there was a retcon making one the parent of the others (as in Magneto happening to be Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s father)?
Is there a retcon of any kind involved?
Was Roy a superhero?
Were at least some of the children superheros?
reply to Go_Arachnid_Laser
Were the characters supposed to be the same, but later retconned as being parent and children (as in Black Canary becoming at some point the daughter of the original Black Canary)? No
Were the characters written as completely unrelated until there was a retcon making one the parent of the others (as in Magneto happening to be Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s father)? Yes
Is there a retcon of any kind involved? Yes
No to all
Is Disney involved?
Roy is widely known, the sons are widely known: is the connection between Roy and the sons widely known?
Is the medium of their stories:
A comic book?
A newspaper comic strip?
prose fiction?
A radio show?
A TV show?
Different mediums for Roy and his kids?
Where the characters well known for:
Comic books?
Novels?
Television?
Cinema?
Cartoons?
Theatre?
Radio play?
I would like to accuse Larry Borgia of time travelling in order to steal my post.
Is it a fictional story loosely based upon a real one?
Is Roy or any of his children a real person with a fictional story told about them?
Does Roy appear in a single work? Several works? A long series?
Does Roy appear in a poem? a book? a play? a comic? a TV show? a movie? a video game?
So would I.
A reminder: We don’t yet know that the children were “sons”.
Just to clear that up:
Were the children all male? All female? A mix?
I have eerie powers.
reply to Ulf the Unwashed
Is Disney involved? No
Roy is widely known, the sons are widely known: is the connection between Roy and the sons widely known?
Roy’s connection to his offspring is not so well known.
Yes to TV. No to the rest.
reply to Peter Morris:
Is it a fictional story loosely based upon a real one? No
Is Roy or any of his children a real person with a fictional story told about them? No
Does Roy appear in a single work? Several works? A long series? A long series
Does Roy appear in a poem? a book? a play? a comic? a TV show? a movie? a video game? TV
reply to Chronos:
Just to clear that up:
Were the children all male? No All female? Yes A mix? No
Were Roy and his children both part of the same show? Different shows in the same universe? A show with more than one version (reboots, spinoffs, etc)
Was the show animated or live-action?
Was the show primarily for kids or adults or neither/both?
reply to Surrender Dorothy:
Were Roy and his children both part of the same show? No Different shows in the same universe? No, if you mean in the same “storytelling” universe, like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. But yes in the same actual universe as you or I or Seinfeld or The Hardy Boys or Ozark or Rhoda or Garfield.
A show with more than one version (reboots, spinoffs, etc). They were never together in any show, spinoff or reboot.
Was the show animated or live-action? All shows live-action I think. Actually there was probably animation at some point but it does not matter.
Was the show primarily for kids or adults or neither/both? Both, though again we are not talking about one show.
Hint: Go back and read the original riddle. Why didn’t Roy or his children know of each other’s fame-- and the reason I am looking for is not that they were fictional.
Is “Roy” the name the first character you mentioned was known as?
Is “Roy” the name of the actor that played the first character you mentioned?
Is it Roy Rogers?