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** The interesting thing about them being that Betty and Veronica are ''inseperable best friends''. They have each other's backs 99% of the time, it's just that they both want the same guy (and he's head over heels in love with them both). Stranding the 3 of them on a deserted island would either lead to murder...or it might be their private idea of Heaven.

* [[Big Eater]]: Jughead is pretty much the biggest example of this in all fiction.

* [[Blonde Brunette Redhead]]: Betty, Veronica and Cheryl, since the latter's debut. Betty, Veronica, and Archie, of course. Or [[Josie and The Pussycats|Melody, Valerie and Josie]].

* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Betty, Veronica and Cheryl, since the latter's debut. Betty, Veronica, and Archie, of course. Or [[Josie and The Pussycats|Melody, Valerie and Josie]].

* [[Brand X]]: Done frequently, with many exceptions. See [[Subliminal Advertising]], below.

* [[Brats With Slingshots]]: Veronica's (seemingly forgotten) cousin Leeroy, also frequently used by kids in general

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* [[Egocentric Team Naming]]: [[Archie]] named his rock-n-roll group "The Archies." You'd think ''Reggie'' (if no one else) would have a problem with that.

** ''That Wilkin Boy'' featured Bingo's band the Bingoes, who were just [[Expy|Expies]] of the Archies.

* [[Everytown America]]: Riverdale

* [[Everytown, America]]: Riverdale

* [[Expy]]: Archie has Expies in Wilbur Wilkin (though Wilbur actually debuted first, he quickly became like Arch) and Bingo Wilkin years later. Both were clumsy guys who were girl-crazy. Both had Reggie-like antagonists and Jughead-like weird friends as well.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Jughead, famously. He'll open them if shocked or surprised, and spent a good deal of the 1990s with them consistently as open as everyone else's, but usually it's his trademark along with the hat and sweater. Other characters often point this trait out, and it's usually seen as him being too lazy to open them all the way. In one comic he went to an eye doctor and passed with flying colors with his eyes still closed. These days the artist seems to compromise with his eyelids drooping but not quite closed most of the time.

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** [[The Chick]]: Veronica

** [[Team Pet]]: Hot Dog

* [[Five Token Band]]: Sort of; while not meeting the numbers requirements, virtually all of the new class of characters are of a non-white ethinicity, as if the Editors are deliberately building a "one of each type" mentality. Lightly subverted in that the new characters now include a rare ''four'' Asians - one Chinese, two Japanese, and one Indian.

* [[Five-Token Band]]: Sort of; while not meeting the numbers requirements, virtually all of the new class of characters are of a non-white ethinicity, as if the Editors are deliberately building a "one of each type" mentality. Lightly subverted in that the new characters now include a rare ''four'' Asians - one Chinese, two Japanese, and one Indian.

* [[Flash Forward]]: ''Archie Marries Veronica'', which is set after the gang has graduated from college.

** Actually Michael Uslan is exploring both options, as he's also produced an ''Archie Marries Betty'' arc, and is introducing two new Archie titles that will continue both storylines. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25724 Check here for more details].

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* [[Grand Romantic Gesture]]: Frequently

* [[Head Desk]]: After ignoring a warning from his mom that it looks like rain and he might catch a cold if he goes out, Archie and Jughead both get soaked and head for Veronica's place. After going through a sauna and doing laps of a pool to try and avoid getting sick ("No germ would be stupid enough to stick around for that punishment") Archie gets home and...sneezes. "Banging your head against a wall is not an accepted cold medicine!"

* [[Hello Nurse]]: Various characters nearly always draw this reaction ? Cheryl Blossom and Melody Valentine, most often. Veronica tends to do so on bikini covers. Betty usually only does if and when she dresses up for an occasion to one-up Ronnie.

* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Various characters nearly always draw this reaction ? Cheryl Blossom and Melody Valentine, most often. Veronica tends to do so on bikini covers. Betty usually only does if and when she dresses up for an occasion to one-up Ronnie.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Archie and Jughead, obviously. More so in Juggie's case than Archie's, since Archie's shown hitting on anything in a skirt, and will readily bail on his best friend.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Most schemes hatched by the characters will backfire in one way or another. When Archie is trying to save money for his date with Veronica even though he promised to take Betty for a drive in the country, he tries to keep Betty distracted from wanting to buy lunch. He ends up getting a speeding ticket, which Betty points out is a lot more expensive than if they'd stopped for hot dogs and ice cream.

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* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: Archie Meets The Punisher

* [[It Runs On Nonsensoleum]]

* [[~~Its~~ Fake Fur ~~Its~~ Fine]]: Fur is occasionally stated to be this.

* [[It's Fake Fur, It's Fine]]: Fur is occasionally stated to be this.

* [[Jail Bait]]: Somewhat has [[Unfortunate Implications]] in the sense that grown men have discussed how hot Betty and Veronica are for years, but in every incarnation, they're never older than 17. At least they're drawn as busty, curvy grown women and not obviously meant as pedo-bait.

* [[Jerkass]]: Archie could be seen as this, due to the countless times he has cheated on basically every girl he's ever dated, and refuses to choose between Betty or Veronica, instead stringing both along. [[It's All About Me|And he complains about this]].

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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Cheryl Blossom defines this trope, being too sexy for 1980s comics (allegedly the reason why she was written-out), and then coming back in the 90s as basically Pamela Anderson with red hair. Melody qualifies for the Josie-verse characters.

* [[Narration Echo]]: A favorite gag of writer Frank Doyle.

{{quote| '''Caption''': One glance is enough to reveal the whole dirty plot to the astute [[Super Powered Alter Ego|Captain Hero]]!<br />

{{quote| '''Caption''': One glance is enough to reveal the whole dirty plot to the astute [[Super-Powered Alter Ego|Captain Hero]]!<br />

'''Jughead''': Aha! I can see the whole dirty plot on account of I am so astute! }}

* [[Never Bareheaded]]: Jughead is seldom seen without his signature crown-shaped hat.

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* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] and [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: Pretty much every real-life celebrity, TV show, company, movie or comic book company has some kind of mock name attached to it -- e.g., Bruce Sprongsteen, Montana Jones and the Final Adventure, etc.

* [[No Going Steady]]: The teens seem to believe in this. Though the girls get mad when they see Archie date another, it's generally acknowledged that everyone just dates whomever, whenever, and there's no "cheating" going on. Most newly-introduced characters are one-shots.

* [[Old Fashioned Rowboat Date]]: Part of [[The Gay Nineties]] story.

* [[Old-Fashioned Rowboat Date]]: Part of [[The Gay Nineties]] story.

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Forsythe "Jughead" Jones and Marmaduke "Moose" Mason.

* [[Only Six Faces]]: Legendary in pop culture for it. The entirety of the teenage female cast possesses the exact same frame and facial make-up, to the point that Betty and Veronica can switch identities with wigs. Only intentionally "busty" or "curvy" girls, like Cheryl Blossom and Melody Valentine, are different, as well as [[Gonk]] characters like Ethel, or [[Hollywood Pudgy]] Brigitte. Lampshaded in one issue where Betty wearing a simple brunette wig is enough for Archie (presumably the man ''who loves her'') to mistake her for her rival Veronica.

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** Adultfanfiction.net still accepts them though.

** They don't look too kindly on parodies either; Robot Chicken's got pulled.

* [[Rule ~~Sixty Three~~]]: January Andrews, time traveler from the future is said to be a distant descendant of Archie Andrews. She is simply a gender flip of Archie being identical to him in all ways save slightly different hairstyle and breasts. She is a reoccurring character usually appearing to Jughead. The disturbing part is that Jughead is always shown to be romantically involved with her in each of her appearances.

* [[Rule 63]]: January Andrews, time traveler from the future is said to be a distant descendant of Archie Andrews. She is simply a gender flip of Archie being identical to him in all ways save slightly different hairstyle and breasts. She is a reoccurring character usually appearing to Jughead. The disturbing part is that Jughead is always shown to be romantically involved with her in each of her appearances.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Depending on the artist, although Bob Bolling in particular seemed to love nature scenes.

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Played straight with Veronica and inverted with her father, as she will often attempt to utilize her clout to get what she wants, while Mr. Lodge will chide her for doing so.

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* [[Shoo Out the New Guy]]: Many characters over the years were introduced with great fanfare as potential regulars, and then dropped instantly when readers weren't interested.

** One notable example was Adam the Alien, introduced simultaneously in all three flagship titles (''Archie, Jughead, Betty & Veronica'') in 1979, with captions promising that he'd have lots of wacky adventures at Riverdale High. He never appeared again.

* [[Shout Out]]: An old [[Comics Curmudgeon]] joke is that the Archie newspaper comic is written by a computer, the "Archie Joke-Generating Laugh Unit 3000", or "AJGLU-3000" for short. In 2008, a crossed-out "AJGLU-3000" [http://joshreads.com/?p=1827 showed up on Archie's T-shirt], and the phrase has been used numerous times since then to refer to the school's computer system.

* [[Shout-Out]]: An old [[Comics Curmudgeon]] joke is that the Archie newspaper comic is written by a computer, the "Archie Joke-Generating Laugh Unit 3000", or "AJGLU-3000" for short. In 2008, a crossed-out "AJGLU-3000" [http://joshreads.com/?p=1827 showed up on Archie's T-shirt], and the phrase has been used numerous times since then to refer to the school's computer system.

** There was a shout out to Sailor Moon. Betty and Veronica were pursuing a man named "Maxfield Standin" who looked exactly like his [http://amandamoon.www3.50megs.com/maskedman/maskedman.html source material].

** In one comic, Veronica owned a Hedgehog, and named it Sonic.

* [[Single Target Sexuality]]: Big Ethel focuses like a laser on Jughead.

* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Big Ethel focuses like a laser on Jughead.

* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: Dilton.

* [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]: Archie, Jughead and Betty were all fairly young in their first 1941 appearance, resembling pre-teens. By the next issue, they were full-on teenagers.

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