Robert Scorpio is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, played by actor Tristan Rogers.

[9] Rogers later reappeared on General Hospital for four episodes starting December 22, 2008, as Scorpio attends Robin's wedding.

Rogers reprised the role once more beginning on October 4, 2013 as part of the return of the character's on-screen daughter.

However, head writer Ron Carlivati confirmed on November 14, 2013 that Rogers would be departing the series in order to return to The Young and the Restless as his character Colin Atkinson.

Robert first showed up in Port Charles under suspicious circumstances, tracking Luke and Alexandria Quartermaine in search of an ugly black statue called "The Ice Princess" which in reality was a large uncut diamond that had a secret formula which could create carbonic snow, which could either help in medical procedures to fix severe burns or in the wrong hands create world mayhem.

Robert, Luke and Laura found help from Tiffany Hill, the mistress of Victor Cassadine who wanted to stop Mikkos from going through with his evil plans.

Luke and Robert agreed the formula and the ice machine needed to be destroyed to avoid the risk of falling into the wrong hands.

over disagreements over destroying the ice machine and formula, and for a while dated Tiffany, but the spark that had captured them on the island fizzled after a while.

At the wedding, Robert was reacquainted with Mikkos's vengeful widow, Helena Cassadine, who came to town to make a huge donation to General Hospital but secretly put a curse on Luke and Laura.

In early 1982, Robert took up with feisty reporter Jackie Templeton (Demi Moore) who had come to town searching for her missing sister.

Robert and Luke were thrust into another episode of world intrigue when David Gray, the rightful heir to the throne of a fictional kingdom of Malkuth, was revealed to have arranged for Laura Spencer's disappearance in exchange for Helena's financing his coup.

David Gray was killed in a sword fight with Luke, and Robert was left to console his friend when it was believed Laura had drowned at sea.

Luke and Robert next became involved in an oil scam orchestrated by Holly Sutton's crime family, the Durbans, but they managed to stop them as well from succeeding in their scheme to fleece the residents of Port Charles.

Holly was pregnant with the presumed dead Luke Spencer's baby and was about to be deported, so Robert stepped in and married her.

When the evil Cesar Faison kidnapped Anna, Robert left Port Charles for South America to rescue her.

He said he quarantined a village and torched it, but two potential carriers slipped through the net: one was a chimp and the other was Luke Spencer.

[8] When Anna returned in the summer of 2007, she explained Robert was deep undercover on a mission to recover black market alien remains.

The character then appears on the prime time spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift when he narrowly escapes a plane crashes near Port Charles.

[26] Writer Sri Rao explained the storyline, stating "When I decided to bring Robert Scorpio back to Port Charles, I wanted him and Robin to come together as a family.

"[26] Rao reached out to the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance to make sure he conveyed the story "authentically, responsibly and realistically".

[26] Robert falls into a coma, and both Mac Scorpio (John J. York) and Anna Devane (Finola Hughes)[27] make appearances on the series to support the character.

When the sketch is completed, it bears a striking similarity to Robert's long-time enemy, Cesar Faison, who is masquerading as Duke in order to get closer to Anna.

After some initial skepticism on Anna's part, he finally convinces her he saw Robin alive just before Dr. Obrecht put him in the coma.

Robert is reluctant to go along at first, but in the end when he sees Anna is determined to kill Faison, he joins in her in a joint execution, saying, "If we do this, we'll do it together."

Robert briefly returns to Port Charles in August to warn Luke's family about Valentin Cassadine who was already arrested and extradited to Greece.

They restore Cabot's sight who tells them Anna and her sister Alex were part of his original study to transfer memories from one person to another.

Even now that he’s switched gears and become district attorney, many a fan wouldn’t mind calling him “the spy who loved me.”"[30]