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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''She wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts''
One of the most common types of [[Love Triangle]], named after characters from [[Archie Comics]], wherein the main character ("Archie") is caught between two love interests with drastically different personalities. "Betty" is the sweet, [[A Friend in Need|reliable]], everyday [[Girl Next Door]] type (if done wrong, this can mean: 'kinda dull'), whilst "Veronica" is more alluring, exotic and edgy, but has a more 'troublesome' or 'dangerous' personality (which could translate to 'a bit mean'). This translates to their physical appearances; "Betty" will usually be more plain (or at least [[Hollywood Homely|as close as Hollywood gets]]), whilst "Veronica" will be [[Ms. Fanservice]] in all her glory. As a rule, one will be blond and the other dark or red haired.
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If the two love interests are male instead of female, they are often characterized as the [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|kind-hearted, polite]] [[Nice Guy]] and the [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|hunky 'Bad Boy']]. It's not unusual for the main character to fall for the [[Prince Charming|prince-like]] good guy who's probably rich but not in touch emotionally, and only later fall for the [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] romantic rebel.
Whom the hero will end up with varies according to media, story, and [[Values Dissonance|values of the time period and culture]] where the story was made. Traditionally, "Betty" stood a better chance because she conformed to more 'acceptable' moral norms, whilst choosing "Veronica" would only lead the poor sap into [[Downer Ending|ruin]]. Usually, the hero would [[Wrong Guy First|spend the story chasing "Veronica" only to realize that "Betty" was The One]]
Comfortable and safe, Betty does not shake up your world. Picking Betty means you are happy with your life options and don't want to change things too much. Veronica is completely different from what you are used to. Veronica opens your mind to new possibilities and changes your world. Choosing Veronica suggests you are dissatisfied with the options life has given you and you want something else (even if you don't know what the "else" is).
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In case this wasn't complicated enough, sometimes a [[Third Option Love Interest]] makes their presence known to shake things up even further.
Do be aware that fans like to exaggerate potential relationships; [[Shipping]] would not exist without it. As a result there are likely to be multiple instances of an [[Official Couple]] (vindicated by [[Word of God]]) that has some sort of [[Fanon]]-based "romantic rival" mirroring this trope. Even shows without such romantic entanglements in-universe can inspire Betty/Veronica debates amongst the [[Fandom]]; hence, [[
Named for the two female leads of [[Archie Comics]], which made this plot famous ([[Older Than They Think|although it's far older than that]]).
''Before you add an example, consider which character is the Betty and which one is the Veronica. If you can't tell which is which, your example might fit better on a different [[Love Triangle]] page.''
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== Anime ==
* ''Macross'' in all its incarnations is a king of this trope, because it is actually ''built around'' it:
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** ''[[Macross 7]]'' had a gender-reversed version of the trope, with Gamlin as the Betty and Basara as the Veronica.
** As does ''[[Macross Plus]]'', where brash and rebellious Isamu is the Veronica, and serious and caring Guld seems to be a Betty. And then it puts everything on its head in [[The Reveal]], because {{spoiler|Guld, a psychotic [[Attempted Rape|would-be rapist]], is [[The Atoner]] who got [[Redemption Equals Death]] moment in the end}}; while {{spoiler|Isamu [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|wanted Myung to be happy]], and thus removed himself from the picture, becoming something of a [[Death Seeker]], but after Guld's [[Redemption Equals Death]] he and Myung stay together.}}.
** ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' has Ranka as the Betty and Sheryl as the Veronica. In the second movie, The Wings of Goodbye: The End of the Triangle, it's resolved.
* Subverted ''hard'' in ''[[Double Arts]]''. When "Betty" (Ellie) tentatively inquires about Kiri's feelings for the obvious "Veronica" candidate (Sui), he practically goes into a [[Heroic BSOD]]. Turns out they already tried dating. And she dumped him. Three times. So much for ''that'' [[Love Triangle]]...
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' offers perhaps the best example of how subjective this trope can be. In Japan, [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl|Rei]] is seen as the Betty because of her gentle disposition and general [[Yamato Nadeshiko|reservedness]], whereas the [[Fiery Redhead
** It's played straight, however, in the [[Lighter and Fluffier]]
** ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' varies it a bit. The Veronica enters the [[Love Triangle]] out of jealousy in response to the guy making advances on the clueless Betty but bails as soon as she realizes the Betty loves the guy back and therefore she doesn't have a chance. And then there's the ''Rebuild''-newcomer Mari ([[Cloudcuckoolander|hard]] [[Nice Girl|to]] [[Ax Crazy|classify]] personality-wise) who we don't know if she's interested in him AND the [[Stalker
* In ''[[
** [[Playing
* In ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'', Kazumi Yoshida is the Betty and Shana the Veronica.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' inverts this: Chidori is the Veronica despite being the [[Ordinary High School Student]], while Tessa, who is a captain in a covert paramilitary organization and has command of a submarine and several hundred troops, Sousuke included, is the Betty personality-wise.
** Also, one may count Kaname the Betty to Mizuki's Veronica, if only for one episode (the one where the latter insisted Sousuke acted as her boyfriend so her friends wouldn't know she had broken up with her real boyfriend). They later become friends and this subplot is never brought up again.
* ''[[
** The anime adaptation has them switch roles for the third season. As Saito grows more used to Louise's habits, his relationship with her normalizes somewhat culminating with their marriage at the end of the second season. Shortly thereafter [[Flanderization|the writers force Siesta to crank up the sex appeal]] to compensate because [[Status Quo Is God]].
* In ''[[Nana]]'', rock star Takumi would probably count as a male version of Veronica for Hachiko while Nobu serves as a male Betty.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', you get this trope [[Love Dodecahedron|in spades]] with Naruto. There's Sakura who seems to be choosing between Naruto (Betty) and [[Evil Former Friend|Sasuke]] (Veronica). Also in the above cases where Shikamaru and Sasuke are the Archies, we also have [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|Ino]]. With Shikamaru as Archie, we have Ino as Betty (same team, parents are friends) and Temari as Veronica (foreigner, older). With Sasuke as Archie, you really have Sakura as Betty, Ino as Veronica and Karin as the [[Third Option Love Interest]]. And with Naruto as Archie, you get [[Shrinking Violet|Hinata]] as Betty and Sakura as Veronica.
* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', [[Ordinary High School Student]] Kagome is the Betty and [[Dark Magical Girl]] Kikyo the Veronica. (Who once was more Betty-ish)
** Almost every guy Kagome gets shipped with will be the Betty to [[Inuyasha]] the Veronica, with the sole exception being Kouga.
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* ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]''. Kyosuke is torn between Hikaru (the ever-doting Betty) and Madoka (the [[Wild Child]] Veronica).
** Arguably a Deconstruction, in that Betty!Hikaru is the spoiled and child-like one, while Veronica!Madoka is the more reserved and selfless. The only true resemblence to a real Betty And Veronica is that Hikaru is middle-class and Madoka is rich, and yet both are as equally likable and deep as the other.
* In ''[[Psychic Academy]]'', this is played quite obviously through the Betty-esque Orina (AKA Sara), Ai's childhood friend, and the Veronica-esque Mew.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' (particularly the manga), Anzu Mazaki is shown being torn over her feelings between shy [[Covert Pervert]] Yugi Mutoh (Betty) and his darker alter ego Yami (Veronica).
* Melfina from ''[[Outlaw Star]]'' gets an inverted version of this with Gene and Harry. Of course, when the "safe" choice is a foul-mouthed [[Badass Longcoat]], you just ''know'' the "bad boy" is [[Psycho for Hire|going to]] [[Stalker
* Possibly lampshaded in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. To Spike there isn't much choice between Julia, (his long lost [[Love Interest]]), and Faye, ([[Ms. Fanservice]]) as he's madly in love with Julia and things with Faye never go beyond a proto-[[UST]] stage. However it's somewhat telling that when Jet asks [[Broken Bird]] Faye what Julia was like, Faye responds with "[[Femme Fatale|Ordinary. A beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you can't leave alone]]", which perhaps defines the roles of the two.
* The Kuno/Akane/Pig-Tailed Girl triangle of ''[[Ranma
** Akane's somewhat sheltered and naive due to being the youngest child in a middle-to-high-class and very traditional family. Well, at the same time, she's rather popular at school, shuns the boys who chase after her (specially Kuno), has a quick temper towards Ranma and despite her
** Shampoo is a [[Supreme Chef]], works full-time in her grandma's restaurant, and can be almost kittenish when she's happy (pun intended). Also added is that she came from a lower-class setting than Akane, is a lot smarter than she looks, and is also multi-talented. She also pines after Ranma. That's quite a dosage of Betty-ness.
** [[Playing
** This becomes transparent when she's placed in contrast with Kodachi, whose upperclass lifestyle makes her a full-on Veronica, what with the [[Mad Love]] she feels towards Ranma pushing her to the point of being an active would-be [[Murder the Hypotenuse|
** Although this being an [[Unwanted Harem]] situation, it's not so much about Ranma being torn about which one to choose (though he is attracted to both girls, he feels much more attracted to [[No Guy Wants to Be Chased|Akane]]), but torn because he's engaged against his will to both women (Akane being an [[Arranged Marriage]], Shampoo an [[Accidental Marriage]]) and rejecting one in favor of the other [[Pillars of Moral Character|would bring lots of trouble for the
** With Akane as the center figure, the bumbling [[Gentle Giant]] Ryoga can be considered the Betty to [[Jerk
*** And with Ranma as the snarky yet ultimately well-intentioned Betty to Kuno's delirious, hammy Veronica.
* In ''[[D
* In the 3rd OVA of ''[[Boku
* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', Tsuna's main two canon love interests are Kyoko (Betty) and Haru (Veronica). But since he hardly interacts with them compared to all the manly (ahem) bonding he does with all his [[Ho Yay|male guardians]], [[Het Is Ew|most people don't support him with
** Arguably, if Mukuro is the Archie then [[Shrinking Violet|Chrome]] is the Betty to MM's Veronica. Both have shown to have feelings towards him, and MM has a one-sided rivalry with Chrome. Mukuro hasn't shown to have romantic feelings towards any of them, although he has quite a few [[Pet the Dog]] moments with Chrome.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[School Rumble]]'', Harima initially has his sights set on [[The Ditz|Tenma]] alone but it's clear from the start that he has no chance of winning her heart as she's already in love with [[The Quiet One|Karasuma]]. The two girls who do express interest in him are Tenma's sister [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Yakumo]] and local [[Ojou]] [[Tsundere|Eri]] who fit the Betty and Veronica dynamic well.
* In ''[[Skip Beat
** Also played with in that while personality-wise they ''are'' that way with Ren as the [[Dogged Nice Guy]] and Shou as the [[Jerkass]] who breaks Kyoko's heart, appearance and background-wise, Shou is the Betty and Ren the Veronica: Shou is the childhood friend and guy next door, whereas Ren is [[Troubled but Cute]], [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] and has a [[Mysterious Past]].
* Kallen and C.C. of ''[[Code Geass]]'' fill these roles towards Lelouch, although which one takes what role is subject to change over the course of the story.
** Shirley is a much more straight Betty, although then there's still the question of who between Kallen and C.C. is the Veronica.
** Euphemia would have Suzaku as Betty and [[Brother-Sister Incest|Lelouch]] as Veronica.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' has [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Shinobu]] as Betty and [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Lum]] as Veronica [[This Is Your Premise
* ''[[
** For the potential Austria-Hungary-Prussia triangle,
*** And now that [[Black Magic|Romania]] has appeared, fandom is shaping him up as a potential [[Third Option Love Interest]] du to being [[The Rival]] to Hungary.
** Canon-wise, Japan has a choice between [[Sleepyhead|sleepy]], [[Nice Guy|
** And then there's the [[Comedic Sociopathy]]-filled Baltic-Slav [[All Love Is Unrequited|Unrequited]] [[Love Triangle]], where Russia plays a [[The Fake Cutie|rather]] [[Psychopathic Manchild|psychotic]] Archie who has the [[Yamato Nadeshiko|kind and gentle]] [[The Woobie|Lithuania]] as his Betty, whereas [[Brother-Sister Incest|his sister]] [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Belarus]] is a [[Yandere]] Veronica, with [[Bishonen|China]] ''and'' [[Team Mom|Ukraine]] as potential [[Third Option Love Interest
** And just in case your head isn't spinning enough yet, there are ''numerous'' [[Fanon]] combinations of other characters with many of them bouncing back and forth between the Betty and Veronica roles depending on who their designated romantic rival is. To list all of them would take up half of this page, especially since this fandom is ''way'' more prone to [[
* ''[[Strawberry Panic
* ''[[
** A genderswapped version in the ''[[
* If Setsuna of ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' is Archie, then Demon Princess Kurai is Veronica and sweet, kind-hearted Sara is Betty.
* ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' gives Kouta (Archie) the conflicting and very different love interests Lucy (Veronica) and Yuka (Betty).
* In ''[[Mekakushi no Kuni]]'', Arou (Betty) and Namiki (Veronica) are rivals for Kanade's affections, even though Arou basically wins from Volume 2 onwards.
* Takemoto (Betty) and Morita (Veronica) both fall in love with Hagu in ''[[Honey
* ''[[Higashi no Eden]]'': Saki has Oshugi (Betty) and Akira (Veronica).
* ''[[Gakuen Alice]]'': Mikan has Ruka (The Prince) and Natsume (The Bad Boy).
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Kitchen Princess]]'': Najika has Sora (the prince) and Daichi (the bad boy).
* ''[[Vampire Knight]]'': Yuuki has Kaname (The Prince) and [[My Hero Zero|Zero]] (The Bad Boy).
** However, the roles could potentially be switched. Zero is her [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|"safe, comfortable friend"]], while Kaname is the exotic one that she believes she literally can't have.
* ''[[Rosario
** Complicating matters are other potential Veronicas or Cheryls: [[An Ice Person|Mizore]], [[Child Prodigy|Yukari]] and {{spoiler|inner Moka}}.
* In ''[[Peach Girl]]'', Momo spent years with a crush on the chivalrous and polite Toji, until she finally gets him. They guy helping her out on the way is [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|Kairi]], a [[Chivalrous Pervert|lecherous]], school-skipping bad boy she discovers she now has feelings for. Throughout the series she bounces back and forth between them, until finally {{spoiler|she ends up with Kairi}}.
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* ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' plays with this trope in a way that approaches [[Cyclical Trope]] levels. First, we have Fakir (the [[Tsundere]] Bad Boy) and Mytho (the Prince) for Ahiru. However , {{spoiler|their roles are subverted in the second season with Fakir as the the Betty to the Raven Prince Mytho's Veronica}}. On the other hand, while Ahiru seems The Betty to Rue's Veronica... Rue's certainly The Betty to Princess Tutu's Veronica for Mytho. And if we bring Princess Kraehe in this, this starts all over again. Plus, Autor could be the Betty for Rue while Mytho is The Veronica.
* An odd instance of this happens in ''[[Sakende Yaruze]]'', where the Betty is a [[Seme|disillusioned, embittered 35 year old man]] and the Veronica is a younger male [[The Vamp|Vamp]].
* The ''[[Hellsing]]'' anime has a twisted,
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* Gender-flipped in ''[[Kimi wa Petto]]''. Sumire, the tall, smart and successful businesswoman, made a rule that she would only date her equal. One day, she finds a down-on-his-luck dancer sleeping in a box and... takes him on as a pet. She names him Momo and they form a relaxed, if unusual relationship. Soon after this, Hasumi (Betty), her tall, dark and intelligent ''sempai'' from university appears. He's everything she's been hoping for, but when they start going out, she feels that she has to present her best side at all times, instead of the unconditional, doglike affection offered by Momo (Veronica). The dramatic tension between "I can be myself around him" and "He's everything I ever wanted" drives the plot.
* In ''[[Tenshi
* ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' has a male version where Kyoko has to choose between the awkward, indecisive, but fundamentally kind-hearted Godai (Betty) and the suave, flashy Mitaka (Veronica). Godai himself encounters an interesting variation on this trope: although he has romantic options that play the Betty and Veronica options straight (his good-natured fellow student Kozue and his outspoken, sexually aggressive pupil Ibuki respectively), his true romantic interest, Kyoko, is a blend of the two types, as she is both a responsible, supportive, somewhat traditional young lady AND an independently minded woman with a temper who is unafraid to criticize Godai or defy her parents when necessary.
* ''[[Kimi
* ''[[Voltron]]'' has a male version. Boy Scout Keith (Betty) and Evil Prince Lotor (Veronica) both love Princess Allura. But Allura only loves Keith- so this may actually be a subversion. Some fans try to pair up Allura with the rebellious Lance (Veronica)- but in the canon anime and other series they show absolutely no interest whatsoever in each other, though.
* Male example in ''[[
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' has a few possible instances of this trope, both male and female. Hikaru likes both Eagle Vision (Betty) and Lantis (Veronica). Umi is loved by Ascot (Betty), but she likes Clef as well (Veronica). And both Emeraude (Betty) and Alcyone (Veronica) are in love with Zagato- but he only loves Emeraude and dislikes Alcyone very much.
* ''[[Ayashi no Ceres]]'' includes a male example: [[Childhood Friends|Yuuhi]], the [[Badass Normal]], is Betty, while [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|Touya]] is Veronica, what with his dark and [[Mysterious Past]].
* ''[[Wandering Son]]'' had this early on, between siblings. It was between a [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]], her gentle ''crossdressing younger brother'', and the boy who the former was attracted to who had accidentally fallen for her brother when he was dressed as a girl.
* ''[[
* ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'' has a [[Les Yay]] variation. Tomari is a tomboyish [[Tsundere]], while Yasuna is a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]].
* In ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]'', Hermione is Betty while Juliet is Veronica.
* Winry Rockbell and Rose Thomas in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* ''[[
** Alternatively, Kanba can be seen as the Betty to Himari's Archie and {{spoiler|Sanetoshi Watase}}'s Veronica.
*** Aaaaand later {{spoiler|Shouma becomes the Betty to the [[Face Heel Turn
* [[GE - Good Ending]] has Shou and Yuki for Seiji, the protagonist. One is bubbly, the other one is more serious. One comes from a mid-class family background, the other one from a high class family. Heck, one is blond, one is black-haired.
* In ''[[Ratman]]'', Shuto's female admirers are both a mix of
* ''[[Nana to Kaoru]]'' tries its best to steer clear of this. Kaoru is the Archie, but A) Tachi, the supposed Betty, is the [[Secret Keeper]] of Nana & Kaoru's [[Bound and Gagged|'breathers']] and acts more like a little sister, continually trying to push them together; B) Kaoru has ZERO interest in Tachi; C) the titular couple are afflicted with [[Oblivious to Love|oblivious to each other's love]] on a Charlton-Heston-epic scale and D) the whole thing is skewed by the fact both get tied up by him.
* In ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'', [[The Ojou|Ayeka]] is clearly the Betty (traditional, reserved) to [[The Vamp|Ryoko]]'s Veronica (sultry, unreserved). Then they started [[Harem Anime|introducing other love interests]] and came up with a third option: [[Marry Them All|the "Tenchi Solution"]].
* ''[[Gantz]]'' has calm, reserved normal Tae as Betty to Reika's Veronica, {{spoiler|which it averts by Reika's cloning of Kei.}}
* ''[[Beelzebub]]'' has Aoi to Hilda, but their places on the scale are debatable.
* ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'' has childhood friend Rei (Betty) vs. Saeko (Veronica)
* ''Gakuen Babysitters'' has [[Shrinking Violet|Ushimaru]] (Betty) and [[Tsundere|Inomata]] (Veronica), who both like [[Nice Guy|Ryuuichi]] (Archie). In a subversion, Ryuuichi is neither [[Chaste Hero|interested]] nor [[Oblivious to Love|aware]] of their affections. More interestingly, they actually become [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|best friends]] by bonding over their mutual crush on him.
* While ''[[My Hero Academia]]'' is pretty firm on its [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] rule, there's two subtle examples, all of them involving [[The Hero|Izuku "Deku" Midoriya]]:
** His main [[Implied Love Interest]] is [[Only In It For The Money|Ochako Uraraka]], who fits the Betty archetype to a T. However, the series throws some Veronicas along the way, like the flirtatious [[Shameless Self Promoter|Mei Hatsume]] and the villainous [[Yandere|Himiko Toga]].
** Weirdly enough, his main [[The Rival|rivals]], [[Playing with Fire|Shouto]] [[An Ice Person|Todoroki]] and [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Katsuki]] [[Mad Bomber|Bakugou]], fit the archetypes to a T; with [[Friendly Rivalry|Todoroki]] as the [[Sugar and Ice Personality|cool yet kind]] Betty and [[With Friends Like These...|Bakugou]] as the [[Jerkass|anti-social]] Veronica. Fanworks of them (''specially'' the [[Guy-On-Guy Is Hot|slash kind]]) practically run on this trope, portraying them in a "[[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|sweet gentleman]] vs. [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|roguish bad boy]]" [[Love Triangle]].
*** That said, there's a bit of a switch as Bakugou is Izuku's [[Childhood Friend]] (or ''[[We Used to Be Friends|was]]'', anyway), a role commonly associated with the Betty; while Todoroki is a [[Broken Bird]] with a [[Dark and Troubled Past]], which is commonly associated with the Veronica.
== Comic Books ==
* [[Archie Comics]]' Betty and Veronica, [[Trope Namer|obviously]]. There have been
** Well, two series of comics - one where Archie married Betty, the other where he married Veronica - were published to show potential resolutions of this.
* Not
* John Romita, one of the artists on the ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' comic book, deliberately made Gwen and Mary Jane into a [[Homage]] to the Archie Comics' Betty and Veronica respectively. Gwen seemed to have won...until she died. Later, the comic briefly had Mary Jane as the Betty and Black Cat as the Veronica. Then <s>Spidey hitched up with MJ and spent the next twenty years of real time in marital bliss with an understanding supermodel</s> [[Cosmic Retcon|nothing happened]].
** Spider-Man writers seem to be fond of this trope. Originally it was a choice between rich somewhat stuck-up
*** In recent{{when}} issues it seems to be going towards Carlie = Betty and Black Cat = Veronica.
** Ben
** The [[Ultimate Universe]] swaps them, making Mary Jane the Betty and Gwen the Veronica. Then Peter chooses Mary Jane and his relation with Gwen is [[Like Brother and Sister]]...until a recent issue where, post time skip, it's shown that he is dating Gwen.
*** Ultimate Kitty Pryde is the second Veronica of the post-Gwen Stacy I era (Black Cat was the first). The current Gwen (II) is a clone and rather Betty-esque.
**** As noted on
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' had a long-running [[Love Triangle]] with Jean Grey, Cyclops (Betty), and Wolverine (Veronica)...which was turned on its head during Grant Morrison's early 2000s run, which introduced a
** In the earlier days, the Jean Grey love triangle had Angel in place of Wolverine, as Wolverine hadn't been introduced yet.
** Another example was the love triangle between Havok, Polaris, and Iceman with Havok as the Veronica and Iceman as the Betty. Havok and Polaris have been through hell and back together since the earliest days of the comic.
** Taking Rogue as Archie, she has Joseph (Betty) and Gambit (Veronica), then she has Gambit as the Betty and Magneto as the Veronica.
* ''[[Flash Gordon (
** Except that Baylin was more interested in Barrin than Flash in that series, and Dale and Barrin more or less hated each other. Aura did briefly fall in love with a sweet native of Mongo who could be the Betty to Flash's Veronica (seeing as Flash was an action guy from a different world), however {{spoiler|that lasted exactly one episode, with Ming strangling the poor native love interest in front of Aura}}. And then {{spoiler|it was sort of implied that Aura's long-lost brother had some... [[Brother-Sister Incest|affections]] for her, which she didn't seem to return}}. 'Twas a bit screwy...
* In Silver Age ''[[Superman]]'', Lois Lane was somewhat Veronica-ish compared to Clark's childhood sweetheart Lana Lang. In the early modern continuity, Lois, a brassy investigative journalist who wouldn't give Clark the time of day romantically, was the Veronica, while sensitive, feminine, openly-in-love-with-Clark Cat Grant was clearly the Betty.
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*** In fact, Lois and Cat were respectively the Betty and the Veronica in ''Superman: Secret Origin'', which once again re-established Superman's origin in the post-Infinite Crisis continuity.
** And later, after Lois fell in love with Clark and discovered his secret identity, she viewed Wonder Woman as the Veronica on several occasions. This was an unfounded worry on her part though, since Supes and Wondy are [[Like Brother and Sister]].
* [[Superman]]'s clone [[Superboy]] had to choose between journalist Tana Moon (the Betty) and his agent's daughter Roxy Leech (the Veronica). Then his cellular matrix started to decay, and he was recreated with Roxy's genes, making them [[Like Brother and Sister]]. Then he fell in with Knockout (another Veronica) before [[Dating Catwoman|realising she was evil]]. Then Tana went on sabbatical, and [[Back for
* Tim Drake (3rd [[
** Even after Stephanie and Tim's breakup, her fake
** In ''Red Robin'', Tam is now the new Betty to Stephanie's Veronica. And Lynx is the [[Third Option Love Interest]].
** Any of Tim's civilian girlfriends will end up being the 'Betty' by default due to his working partnership/love-hate-on-off relationship with Stephanie (who is always the Veronica).
* Speaking of Superboy (Conner Kent) and Robin III (Tim Drake), both have dated Wondergirl. It wasn't much of a triangle to begin with, but Tim could be Betty/the nice guy and Conner Veronica/the bad boy. With the new [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] reboot, it seems like there's a possibility this triangle might be happening soon.
* The comic adaptation of ''[[Captain N:
* Comic strip ''[[Luann]]'' deals with this frequently, with main character Luann (the reasonably nice Betty) competing with vain cheerleader Tiffany (Veronica) for Aaron Hill (Archie).▼
* ''[[Sleeper (Comic Book)|Sleeper]]'' has a version of this with the main character Holden Carver, his former government coworker Veronica (Betty), and supervillain Gretchen/Miss Misery (Veronica). The end result is a truly spectacular and accidental {{spoiler|[[Murder the Hypotenuse]], with Veronica shooting Gretchen, thinking she was about to kill Holden, and Holden reflexively shooting Veronica dead. He then had an experimental surgery to cure his condition that left him in a vegetative state, with his superior creating a little mental world for him where he lives on a beach with both Veronica ''and'' Gretchen, making this a rare
** Luann also had to choose between the nerdy Gunther (Betty) and the cooler Aaron (Veronica). At least until Aaron moved to Hawaii, making Gunther win by default.▼
* ''[[Lanfeust]]'' is a textbook example with the hero's fiancee Ci'an (the Betty) and her troublesome yet alluring twin sister Cixi (the Veronica). Note that the two are TWINS: gentle, proper Ci'an packs a mean right when angered, while sex-obsessed Cixi sometimes shows a softer heart than her sister, sometimes inverting their role. {{spoiler|He ends up with Cixi after she [[Took a Level
** Another example had a competition between Luann's brother Brad (Betty) and Dirk (Veronica) for the affections of Toni. {{spoiler|Brad won.}}▼
▲* The comic adaptation of ''[[Captain N the Game Master]]'' had Princess Lana as the Betty, while the Veronica was none other than ''[[Metroid|Samus Aran]]''.
▲* ''[[Sleeper (Comic Book)|Sleeper]]'' has a version of this with the main character Holden Carver, his former government coworker Veronica (Betty), and supervillain Gretchen/Miss Misery (Veronica). The end result is a truly spectacular and accidental {{spoiler|[[Murder the Hypotenuse]], with Veronica shooting Gretchen, thinking she was about to kill Holden, and Holden reflexively shooting Veronica dead. He then had an experimental surgery to cure his condition that left him in a vegetative state, with his superior creating a little mental world for him where he lives on a beach with both Veronica ''and'' Gretchen, making this a rare canononical quasi-[[OT 3]] solution}}.
▲* ''[[Lanfeust]]'' is a textbook example with the hero's fiancee Ci'an (the Betty) and her troublesome yet alluring twin sister Cixi (the Veronica). Note that the two are TWINS: gentle, proper Ci'an packs a mean right when angered, while sex-obsessed Cixi sometimes shows a softer heart than her sister, sometimes inverting their role. {{spoiler|He ends up with Cixi after she [[Took a Level In Badass|becomes totally awesome]]. Well, even more [[Most Common Superpower|totally awesome]]. Lanfeust and Ci'an actually split up before that due to Ci'an falling for the finally grown up [[Knight in Shining Armor|Or-Azur]] while Lanfeust realized he couldn't provide her with the stable life she aspired to.}}
* Another ''X-Men'' example is ''[[Generation X]],'' where [[Bald Black Leader Guy]] Everett's affections was one of ''many'' things spunky Jubilee (Betty) and beautiful, classy Monet (Veronica) butted heads over.
* Possibly in [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]]'s case, Sif could to be his "Betty" and [[Dating Catwoman|Enchantress (Amora)]] his "Veronica" or Jane Foster is Betty and Sif is Veronica.
* In ''[[Donald Duck]] and Friends'', arguably Daisy Duck is the Betty (in spite of her [[Tsundere]] tendencies) and Kay K/ {{spoiler|Red Primerose}} the Veronica for [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Donald Duck]]/DoubleDuck.
* The [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] ''[[Mad Magazine|MAD]]'' romance spoof "Flob Was a Slob!" had everyday American girl Ramona Snarfle choosing between her childhood friend, Sheldon Flob, who'd rather be chasing butterflies, and handsome, adventurous Rackstraw Him, who happens to also be a drug pusher and philanderer.
* ''[[Sin City]]'' has Dwight as [[Archie]] with badass prostitute Gail as Veronica and sweetheart waitress Shellie as Betty.
* ''[[
** The ''Chaos War'' would also have Jarella as the Betty and Red She-Hulk aka {{spoiler|Betty}} as the Veronica.
* The ''[[Deadpool|Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth]]'' mini-series had a literal Betty (Swanson, an A.I.M. [[Hot Scientist]] who is disgusted by him) and Veronica (Chase, an ESU [[Hot Teacher|professor]] who had the hots for him). Unfortunately, the latter ended up being zombified, so he's pretty much stuck with the hot blonde who hates his guts.
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* ''[[Spy Boy]]'': Spygirl and Bombshell. Even their fake identities in Alex's high school parody this.
* [[Girl Next Door]] Cherry and [[Rich Bitch]] Lola from ''[[Cherry Comics]]'' (which is hardly surprising given it began life as an x-rated parody of [[Archie Comics]]).
* The [[Trope Namer]] example is deconstructed in ''[[
== [[Esoteric Card Games]] ==▼
* Card VI "The Lovers" of the Tarot has, in many versions, the imagery of an Archie who needs to choose between a Bettie and a Veronica. It's meant to represent the choice between sense and sensibility, etc.▼
▲* Card VI "The Lovers" of the [[Tarot Motifs|Tarot]] has, in many versions, the imagery of an Archie who needs to choose between a Bettie and a Veronica. It's meant to represent the choice between sense and sensibility, etc.
== Film ==
* ''The Cincinnati Kid'' has a textbook Betty and Veronica love triangle, so much that the 2nd paragraph of this page sounds like it's describing this movie. Steve McQueen is the hero, a poker player dating Tuesday Weld (Betty) who is pretty, sweet, and kind of dull, but he's drawn to the wild and sexy Ann-Margret (Veronica), who is married to a friend of his but constantly flirts with him. True to form, Weld is a blonde and Margret is a redhead.
* A "color-coded" triangle exists in
* [[John Hughes]] has used this binary triangle with some success. In ''[[
** Hughes also played this trope straight in ''[[Some Kind of Wonderful]]'' - a red-haired "Archie" (Eric Stoltz) loves a popular girl (Lea Thompson) with brown hair, but can't see that his blonde best friend (Mary Stuart Masterson) loves him.
** This was also used in ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'', when the male love interest is dating the blond cheerleader (Veronica) but spends most of the movie trying to hook up with the red-headed plain but not-superficial girl (Betty). The cheerleader gets this herself, when she leaves said male love interest (Veronica) for a geeky but sweet kid she went home with while drunk (Betty). And since that geeky kid had a crush on the plain red head, he himself chose the Veronica over the Betty.
* Partially subverted in ''[[The Mask (
* The two fiances in ''[[
** Victor
* Featured but skewed in ''[[Strange Days]]'', where the Betty is an ass-kicking tough-as-nails limo driver who is devoted to the (slightly skeevy) main character, and the Veronica is a flaky, self-centred punk rock singer who broke the main character's heart and who he's been obsessed with ever since. {{spoiler|The Betty wins out, mainly because the Veronica slept with the main character's best friend and conspired with him to frame the main character for two murders.}}
* While not a love-triangle set-up, it's worth noting that in ''[[Heathers]]'', Winona Ryder's exotic and popular character is named Veronica, while her quieter, slightly dowdy childhood best friend she has dumped to join the popular crowd is named Betty, in obvious reference to Archie comics.
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* ''[[Star Wars]]''. Good-hearted, loyal, and friendly farmboy/Jedi Luke is the Betty. Roguish, rough, and experienced Han is the Veronica. Rather luckily (given the later revelation that she was Luke's [[Long Lost Sibling]]), she chose Han.
* Inverted in ''[[Forgetting Sarah Marshall]]'', where the protagonist chases after the wholesome, apple-pie blonde all-American girl and ends up with the wild, exotic boob-flashing brunette from Hawaii.
* Brutally subverted in ''[[Not Another Teen Movie]]'', where [[Beautiful All Along|Janey]], having to choose between [[Big Man
* The movie adaptation of ''[[The Phantom (
* ''[[Cat People (
* ''[[Queen of the Damned]]'' has:
** A genderswapped version with Enkil as the Betty and Lestat as the Veronica to Akasha's Archie. {{spoiler|Lestat most decidedly wins when Akasha murders Enkil in order to pursue Lestat. And then...}}
** Akasha as the Veronica and Jesse as the Betty to Lestat's Archie. {{spoiler|Jesse wins when Lestat turns on Akasha in order to save his Betty.}}
* ''[[Bram
** On the other hand, one could view Mina as the Betty and Lucy as the Veronica to 'The Man Himself'. As it's a matter of Death rather than love, and Dracula does try for both, this is probably a subversion (or even just a nod to the trope rather than an instance proper.)
* In ''The Age Of Innocence'', Newland Archer is engaged and eventually married to May Welland, a lovely but completely ordinary socialite (The Betty), while falling in love with her cousin Ellen, the family reprobate (The Veronica). This trope is played even stronger in the book, where May is blond and blue-eyed and Ellen dark-haired. Subverted somewhat in that in this case, the Betty is wrong for him, despite their similar backgrounds and upbringing.
* The 2010 [[Rupert Grint]] movie ''[[
* In ''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]'', the blonde Cristina (Betty) and the brunette (Vicky) are involved in a love triangle with Javier Bardem's character.
* In ''[[My Best
* ''[[The Deaths of Ian Stone]]'' sets up the protagonist with a sweet-natured blonde Betty, then shifts him to dating an increasingly unnerving dark-haired Veronica as the [[Dream Within a Dream]] kicks in. {{spoiler|Neither he nor the Veronica are [[Humanoid Abomination|even remotely human]], and he loved her before abandoning her for the Betty who by all rights should have been his prey. The plot of the film is based in her attempts first to snap him out of it, then to [[Woman Scorned|get revenge]].}}
* ''[[Spider-Man (
* In ''[[Clerks]]'', Dante Hicks is dating Veronica (Betty) when an old flame from high school comes back into his life, Caitlin Bree (Veronica). Veronica brings him lasagna at work and is trying to get Dante back in school. Caitlin is engaged (but calls off the wedding), and cheated on Dante in high school. {{spoiler|He winds up trying to go for Caitlin, and losing them both. Veronica dumps him, and Caitlin goes catatonic after screwing a random dead guy in the Quick-E-Stop's restroom, thinking it was Dante.}}
** In ''[[Clerks II]]'', Dante has another choice between his high-maintenance fiancee Emma (Veronica) and his boss, Becky (Betty). {{spoiler|This time he actually gets the girl and ends up with Becky.}}
* While the two female love interests in ''Cassandra's Dream'' aren't part of a love triangle, each being involved with one of the two brothers, their personalities fit perfectly the trope: Kate is the soft, reasonable girl next door, and Angela the sexy, intellectual actress.
* Betty Schaefer and Norma Desmond in ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]''.
* [[Batman]] and [[The Joker]] for Vicky Vale in ''[[Batman (
** Also, ironically, [[Secret Identity|Bruce Wayne and Batman]] in ''Batman Forever''.
* ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' has the titular character as Betty and Judge Turpin as Veronica for Lucy Barker.
** Lucy is also Betty and Mrs. Lovett is Veronica for Todd.
* Wallace and Victor Quartermaine in ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''.
* ''[[She's Out of My League]]'' plays around with this. For Molly, Kirk is the [[Adorkable]] Betty and Cam, her ex-boyfriend, is the Veronica. Meanwhile for Kirk, the beautiful and worldly Molly initially seems the Veronica and his familiar ex-girlfriend Marnie is the Betty. However Molly is genuinely nice and Marnie is not.
* The 1927 silent film ''[[wikipedia:It (1927 film)|It]]'' (not to be confused with Stephen King's ''IT'') has reserved, aristocratic blonde [[Proper Lady|Adela]] (the Betty) and sexy, fun-loving working class brunette [[Spirited Young Lady|Betty]] (the ironically-named Veronica) vying for Cyrus's affections. As Betty is the titular "it" girl and Cyrus is clearly attracted to her (even when he doesn't want to be) and [[Oblivious to Love|oblivious of Adela's feelings for him]] throughout the entire film, it should be obvious which girl wins in the end.
* [[The Olsen
* ''[[
* In a deleted scene from ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', Mia Wallace runs a personality/pop culture test on Vincent Vega. One of the questions is "Betty or Veronica?", and Vincent chooses Betty, claiming never having gotten Veronica's appeal. Which is made interesting by the fact that Mia is a total Veronica.
* ''[[
* The 1945 French classic ''Children of Paradise''. Amid its [[Love Dodecahedron]] is the triangle between the mime Baptiste, the sultry carnival performer Garance (Veronica) and Nathalie (Betty), daughter of the manager of the theater where Baptiste is a star. In a variation on the usual formula, Garance loves Baptiste, but his shyness and her many other suitors stand in the way of their romance (also, both women are brunettes). Eventually Baptiste marries Nathalie, only to have Garance re-enter his life.
== Literature ==
* This is a common theme throughout the novels of [[
** ''[[Sense and Sensibility (
** ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'': With Elizabeth, {{spoiler|Darcy}} is the Betty and {{spoiler|Wickham}} is the Veronica.
** ''[[Mansfield Park]]'': With Fanny, {{spoiler|Edmund}} is the Betty and {{spoiler|Henry}} is the Veronica; with Edmund, {{spoiler|Fanny}} is the Betty and {{spoiler|Mary}} is the Veronica; with Henry Crawford, {{spoiler|Fanny}} is the Betty and {{spoiler|Maria}} is the Veronica; with Maria Bertram, {{spoiler|Rushworth}} is the Betty and {{spoiler|Henry}} is the Veronica.
** ''[[Emma]]'': With Emma, {{spoiler|George Knightley}} is the Betty and {{spoiler|Frank Churchill}} is the Veronica.
* ''[[Harry Potter (
** This trope is played with canonically on the {{spoiler|Lily/Snape/James}} triangle. {{spoiler|Snape's Pensieved memories show that Snape (who was in love with Lily all along) was originally Lily's best friend, while she wanted nothing to do with arrogant bully James. Of course, this changes and Lily eventually marries James, but interestingly it seems that this only happens once Snape switches to the Veronica (by insulting Lily and calling her "mudblood") and James to the Betty (by acting less arrogant and more mature once he left school). It's like a Betty and Veronica love triangle where Archie has no interest in the Veronica... whoever it may be at a given time.}}
*** [[
** Ron caught between his long
** Harry goes from Cho Chang, the "very pretty" popular girl with long dark hair, to his team-mate and best friend's little sister Ginny.
* In [[
* [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''Isle of View'' (say it out loud) in the ''[[
▲* In [[Charles Dickens (Creator)|Charles Dickens]]' ''[[David Copperfield]]'', the titular character initially marries the charmingly ditzy Dora Spenlow (Veronica), and only later discovers and returns the love of the gentle, supportive Agnes Wickfield (Betty).
▲* [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''Isle of View'' (say it out loud) in the ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' series resolves the Betty and Veronica love triangle between Prince Dolph and his two fiancees: Electra (sweet, willing, but unexciting) and Nada Naga (exotic, beautiful, but uninterested). By the time it's resolved a few books later, all three characters have been sufficiently [[Flanderized]] that there's no reason to care anymore.
* [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' has oldest brother Dmitri caught in a [[Love Triangle]] between the aristocratic Betty, Katerina Ivanovna, and the less-than-reputable Veronica, Grushenka.
* In R. Scott Bakker's ''[[Second Apocalypse]]'' the blonde, brainless, surprisingly-innocent Serwe is Betty and the dark-haired, intelligent prostitute Esmenet is Veronica.
* Victor Hugo's ''[[Les Misérables (
* ''[[The Man Who Laughs]]'', where Gwynplaine is torn between the extremely sweet Dea and the rather perverted Duchess Josiana.
* ''[[Stardust (
** Although you can argue that Victoria is actually the Betty (being the one Tristran was originally in love with and a normal human) and Yvaine the Veronica (being the magical, more 'exotic' choice and a bit of a [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]). It's a bait and switch of this trope, really.
* In Stephanie Meyer's ''[[Twilight (
* ''[[
** Notable in that Honor was aware of Hamish's feelings but he didn't know that she knew, and had ''also'' chosen to suffer nobly in silence. Emily's Clue Bat had to work a ''lot'' of overtime that week.
* ''[[Bridget Jones|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' plays this fairly straight between Mark Darcy (Betty) and Daniel Cleaver (Veronica). The film version even describes them as "[[Wrong Guy First|too good to be true]]" and "[[All Girls Want Bad Boys|so wrong he might just be right]]", respectively. {{spoiler|By the end of the books, Mark has won, although when Helen Fielding continued the column, apparently Bridget was still torn between them and even ends up having Daniel's baby. Sigh.}}
* ''[[Kushiel's Legacy]]'' has Imriel torn between his dutiful love for gentle brunette wife Dorelei, and his socially inappropriate and fairly kinky attachment to glamorous, feisty blonde heiress Sidonie, a [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]. Arguably Phedre, Hyacinthe and Joscelin fall into this as well, if only because of the complicated nature of Phedre's relationship with [[Chaste Hero|Joscelin]].
* In the Russian version of the tale ''The Shadow'', written by E. Shwartz, the scientist Christian Theodore, after {{spoiler|defeating his shadow}}, chooses to marry the faithful Annunciata, rather than the shallow (as it turns out) princess, his previous love interest.
* Very early example: the eponymous hero of ''[[Daniel Deronda]]'' has to choose between sweet, emotionally fragile Jewish musician Mirah and shallow, socialite-fallen-on-hard-times Gwendolen. {{spoiler|In a very unpopular move for the times, he chooses Mirah. It was so unpopular, in fact, that an American novelist actually wrote a "sequel," ''Gwendolen,'' in which Deronda reconverts to Christianity and marries Gwendolen!}}
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* In Gottfried Keller's ''Green Henry'' (1854/55) the protagonist is torn between the sweet Anna and the passionate Judith.
* In the novel as well as the film ''Starter for 10'', Brian Jackson is faced with a similar dilemma - he is heavily attracted to his sexy University Challenge teammate Alice (the somewhat 'slutty' Veronica) but somewhat attracted to intuitive activist Rebecca (a more forceful Betty who isn't the 'girl-next-door'), whom he doesn't realize he's better off with. {{spoiler|Of course, he does realize he's better off with Rebecca and 'breaks up' with Alice (after she slept with his best friend)}}.
* In the ''[[Stephanie Plum]]'' series, the protagonist of the same name is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend Joe Morelli and the more mysterious Ranger. However, Joe Morelli isn't exactly your run-of-the-mill goody-two-shoes Betty.
* In the ''[[Dragonlance]]'' novels, red headed Tanis Half-Elven has to choose between Laurana, a sweet, innocent blonde elven princess, and Kitiara, a sultry brunette human warlord. After a great deal of indecision and whining about how horrible it is to have two gorgeous women in love with him, {{spoiler|Tanis finally chooses Laurana, mainly because he feels responsible when Kitiara tries to resolve the triangle by [[Murder the Hypotenuse|kidnapping Laurana and attempting to have her killed]]}}.
* In ''The Age Of Innocence'', Newland Archer is engaged to the blond, blue-eyed, "perfect" - and completely superficial and ordinary - May Welland (the Betty), but falls in love with her dark-haired cousin Ellen, the family reprobate (the Veronica). Interestingly, the trope is somewhat inverted, as in this case, it's The Veronica who is more suited to him in terms of personality and interests.
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* In ''[[The Night Angel Trilogy]]'', Kylar finds that he has feelings for the pure and well-meaning Elene (Betty), but also finds himself drawn to the violent and fiery Vi (Veronica) as well. {{spoiler|In the end Elene sacrifices herself, leaving Vi and Kylar for each other...}}
* Played straight in Stephen Donaldson's ''[[The Mirror of Her Dreams]]'', with Terisa, who has to choose between Geraden (Betty) and Eremis (Veronica). {{spoiler|Geraden}} wins, since {{spoiler|Eremis is evil and has been trying to kill Terisa and Geraden for most of the book. For added [[Squick]], his intentions seemed to be to sleep with her, and ''then'' kill her.}}
* ''[[Girl
* ''Moonlight'' - which can be fairly described as "''[[Twilight (
* Noblesse Oblige and Yetta Samovar in ''Barefoot Boy With Cheek'' by Max Shulman.
* Subverted somewhat disturbingly in ''[[The Lover]]'' by [[AB Yehoshua]], {{spoiler|with the quiet day-in-day-out Adam intentionally fixing up his wife with young artist Gabriel as a lover}}, and {{spoiler|later doing it with his daughter’s friend Tali.}}
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "The Slithering Shadows", [[Conan the Barbarian]] tosses off [[The Vamp]] at the realization that his slave girl is watching.
* In [[Fyodor Dostoevsky|Dostoevsky]]'s ''The Idiot'', Prince Myshkin is forced to choose between Aglaia, a girl with a good reputation from a respectable household, and the scandalous, self-destructive Nastassya Filippovna. {{spoiler|He chooses...poorly.}} Somewhat subverted in that Aglaia is very much a [[Tsundere]] which makes her pretty far from the typical Betty prototype.
* Some [[
* Played straight in ''[[
* In ''Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie'', the hero Steven must choose between Annette Watson (Betty) and Renee Albert (Veronica). {{spoiler|He chooses Annette.}}
* In the later ''[[Vampire Academy]]'' books, Rose has {{spoiler|Adrian}} become her Betty and {{spoiler|Dimitri}}, her Veronica.
* ''[[Matched]]'' by Ally Condie is about a dystopian society where everything you do, including your future spouse, is determined by statistics on you and your age group. Cassia has her "matching" ceremony where she is matched with her close childhood friend, Xander. However, the next day she sees that she is matched with Ky. She now must choose between Xander, the person society chose for her, and Ky, a rebellious "Aberration" who should not have
* ''[[
* Discussed in ''[[Faking It]]'' by Jennifer Crusie about choosing between the muffin (Betty) and the doughnut (Veronica). The doughnut is exciting and fun and gorgeous, whereas the muffin just kinds of sit there, "lumpy, looking alike, no chocolate frosting." But while the doughnut is good for a one night stand, its sticky and no longer crispy the next morning. Muffins, however, taste better the next day, and are there for the long haul.
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'''Nadine''': Doughnut. With sprinkles. }}
* In [[Rafael Sabatini|Sabatini's]] ''[[Scaramouche]]'', Aline and Climene.
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* In ''[[The Hunger Games]]'', Gale is the Betty with Peeta as the Veronica as Katniss's Archie. However, it is possible to see Peeta as the Betty - blond, meek, kind and had a crush on Katniss since they were young - with Gale as the Veronica - dark-haired, handsome and more "dangerous".
* [[Ivanhoe]] was fought over between Rowena and Rebecca.
* In ''[[The 39 Clues
* The quintessential flipped B/A/V love triangle has to be Emily Bronte's ''[[Wuthering Heights (novel)|Wuthering Heights]]''. Rich, blond Linton being the Betty; dark, poor, dangerous (arguably psychotic) Heathcliff playing the Veronica; and selfish Catherine as the Archie.
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Lincoln Heights]]'' has the love triangle involving Charles (Archie), with Cassie as the (Betty) and Sage as the (Veronia). Also featured was Johnny Nightingale (Bety) and Devon (Veronica) for Lizzie (Archie).
* Every third episode of ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' had this plot, either for Ally or one of her clients.
* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' has a gay (male)
** Names please?
** Later on, KC is stuck in a [[Love Triangle]] with his girlfriend Clare (prudish and low-key) and new girl Jenna (upbeat and perky).
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** Season 3 features an interesting dynamic. There's a triangle between Spencer, Ashley and Aiden. Which is which is unclear.
** There's also Spencer with Ashley (Betty) and Carmen (Veronica)
* Of course, ''[[
* The Original ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' had Dylan (blend of Johnny Depp and James Dean) choose between Brenda (Betty) and Kelly (Veronica). He dated both for some time, until he finally choose Kelly. Some seasons later Kelly had to choose between Dylan and Brandon (Mr. [[Nice Guy]]).
** Also done a lot in the new ''90210'', where love triangles abound: Ethan has to choose between his on-again-off-again girlfriend Naomi and the newcomer Annie; when he chooser her, it's Annie's turn as she's torn between Ethan and her ex- from Kansas; later on, Ethan develops feelings for Rhonda (the new Betty) and finally for Erin Silver, who in turn has to choose between him and Dixon (the white WASP jock with a newfound sentimental side vs the black official boyfriend who's also the new kid in town). During the second season, it's Adrianna choosing between Teddy and Navid (the blond jock womanizer vs the Iranian-American brunet nerd with a crush on her since childhood), and later on it's Silver choosing between Teddy and Dixon (the former having become a Betty and the latter now being manipulative and Machiavellian). Liam was also Veronica in season one (with Ethan being Betty and Naomi being Archie) and became Archie in season 2 (with Naomi being Veronica and Ivy being Betty).
* Willow from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' was the Betty to Xander's Archie. She was a genuine love interest for Xander, but he was far more drawn, in different ways, towards two different Veronicas: Buffy and Cordelia. (This being [[Joss Whedon]], when Xander finally started to return Willow's interest, it trashed his relationship with Cordelia, nearly trashed Willow's relationship with Oz, and did ''not'' lead to Xander and Willow living together happily ever after.)
** YMMV but early seasons also has the gender-flipped version with Buffy as Archie, her friend Xander as Betty and the vampire Angel as Veronica.
** Buffy and Faith had a strong
** Also slightly subverted in early seasons in that Cordelia, an obvious Veronica, was interested in a seemingly willfully oblivious Angel, who only had eyes for Betty: the "good girl" Buffy (who's actually much more physically dangerous at this point, being the Slayer and whatnot).
** A gender-flipped ''[[
** Wesley had this vibe with his [[Dating Catwoman]] relationship with Lilah Morgan, versus his crush on Fred. Eventually he dumps Lilah for Fred, only to have his chances killed prematurely when Fred finds out about Lilah. {{spoiler|Wes starts a brief relationship the following year, only for Fred to get killed.}}
** Willow was also Oz's Betty, as opposed to sexy werewolf Veruca. Betty wins, but then
** In season 8,
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', there's several instances of this throughout the entire series. Duncan (Betty)-Veronica-Logan (Veronica). Veronica (Veronica)-Duncan-Meg (Betty). Piz (Betty)-Veronica-Logan (Veronica). Even Wallace gets his brief moment of Love Triangulus. Not to mention, Weevil and a certain dead girl and their involvement in a past-tense love triangle, an example which is ''especially'' adequate for this trope.
** Try not to be confused by the fact that the female lead's name is ''actually'' Veronica. The writers [[
*** And ironically while as Betty she dresses preppy ala Veronica.
** And all that doesn't cover the relationships of their parents. Between Celeste Kane (Veronica)/Jake Kane (Archie)/Lianne Mars (Betty), Jake Kane (Veronica)/Lianne Mars (Archie)/Keith Mars (Betty), and Lianne Mars (Veronica)/Keith Mars (Archie)/Alicia Fennel (Betty), you've got this trope everywhere in the series. Interestingly,
* In ''[[Dark Shadows (TV series)|Dark Shadows]]'', the original supernatural soap opera, [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]] Barnabas Collins is torn between the memory of his fiancee, Josette du Pre, a Betty type, and the Veronica type (to the max) Angelique, the witch who gave him the vampire curse. At the end he gets over his torch for Josette, and avows to Angelique that he loves her. She is then killed (albeit [[Back
* Unusually ''[[The OC]]'' had [[Cool Loser]] Seth end up with popular, beautiful, initially uninterested Summer (Veronica) while the seemingly kindred spirit Anna (Betty) was quickly dropped.
* ''[[Chuck]]'': For one or two episodes, Chuck has to choose between CIA [[Action Girl]] Sarah (Veronica) and sweet deli owner Lou (Betty). Later, there's a [[Gender Flip]] example when Sarah has to choose between Chuck (Betty) and her spy ex-boyfriend Bryce (Veronica).
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** Given ''[[My So-Called Life|MSCL's]]'' unusual complexity (for a teen show), there was another, even more subtle one with Brian himself, with [[Control Freak|Sharon]] as Betty and [[Troubled but Cute|Rayanne]] as Veronica. This essentially went nowhere as Sharon already has a love interest and Rayanne is a little too complicated for Brian to handle.
** Far more blatant was Brian's dynamic in "Life of Brian", between the new girl Delia (Betty) and his long-held lust with Angela (Veronica). In true ''MSCL'' fashion, he ends up killing any chance of a relationship with Delia for just a whiff of a notice from Angela.
* ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''
* ''[[Grimm]]'': Looks like Rosalee will become Monroe's Betty while Angelina is clearly his Veronica.
*** Given that Angelina is alive and well this may surface in future episodes.
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* ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis|Dobie Gillis]]'' had a revolving cast of pretty, money-hungry Veronicas, most notably Thalea Menninger. His constant and loving Betty was the somewhat tomboyish Zelda Gilroy.
* ''[[Private Practice]]'' has also used this often, most obviously with Violet as the Betty, Charlotte as the Veronica, and Cooper as the Archie.
* ''[[One Tree Hill]]'' has a similar situation among three of the main characters. Lucas(Archie) continues to flip between Peyton (Betty) and her best friend Brooke (Veronica).
* Done [[Aborted Arc]] style in ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr]]'' where the pilot introduces both the scholarly Amanda Wickwire (Betty) and saloon girl Dixie Cousins (Veronica) in what would seem to be an obvious set-up for a series love triangle. However, the chemistry between Brisco and Dixie was so immediate and obvious that the production team dropped Amanda for the rest of the series, even though her inventor father would appear throughout the series.
* The BBC series of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' had (in its third season) the aristocratic Isabella as the Veronica, and peasant girl Kate as the Betty. The twist? Robin ends up {{spoiler|with the [[Third Option Love Interest]]; Marian, who was killed at the close of season 2 and who he is reunited with after his own death in the series finale.}}
** On the same show, in earlier seasons, Marian had the choice between Robin and Guy, who could fit into ''either'' trope. Guy was conservative and law-abiding (Betty) but also [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|dangerous]] and [[Troubled but Cute|tortured]] (Veronica), whereas Robin was an outlaw and a thief (Veronica) but also [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Marian's childhood sweetheart]] (Betty).
** A final example: Djaq had her choice between amoral, thieving Allan-a-Dale (Veronica) and straightlaced, sensitive Will Scarlett (Betty).
*** In all examples,
* On ''[[The West Wing]]'', Josh Lyman's assistant Donna (Betty) falls for him, while Josh (Archie) falls for political loose cannon Amy Gardner(Veronica). However, Josh is also a clueless [[Genius Ditz]] who has no idea that Donna is in love with him and is in denial about his own feelings, so he has absolutely no reservations about courting Amy, thereby making poor Donna's plight even worse.
* In the early seasons of ''[[Smallville]]'' in a gender-switched version, Lana is Archie with Clark as Betty and Whitney as Veronica even though Lana didn't want Whitney because he was a great football star and couldn't seem to see just how dangerous he was.
** Another example could be that Lana is Archie with Clark as Betty and Lex as Veronica
** Chloe is Archie, Jimmy is Betty and Davis is Veronica
* ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]]'' seems to fit this trope, as it features Sousuke as Archie to the sweet, unspoiled Saki (Betty) and the wealthy, shallow drama queen, Miu (Veronica).
** ''[[Choujin Sentai Jetman]]'' has Kaori in a love triangle with [[Troubled but Cute]] Ryuu (Betty) and [[Jerk
* ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' has a gender flipped version: [[Action Girl]] Summer is torn between [[The Hero|Hero]] and by-the-book Scott (Betty) and the brooding cyborg [[The Lancer|Lancer]] Dillon (Veronica).
** This is also [[Lampshaded]] outright by Dr. K (of all people):
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* A double-sided version of this trope can be found in the re-imagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** And of course Dee herself has a Betty (Billy) and a Veronica (Lee Adama).
* Lampshaded in an episode of ''[[Neighbours]]'', when Donna is working through her feelings for Ringo (Betty) and Andrew (Veronica). She and Kate mention several examples of this kind of triangle, including [[Gossip Girl|Blair, Nate and Chuck]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy, Riley and Angel]], and [[Archie Comics|Archie, Betty and Veronica]]. Amusingly, Kate doesn't recognise the last one.
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** And now Blaine is the Archie to Kurt's Betty and Sebastian's Veronica. So far, he's loyal to Kurt, but never really turned down Sebastian's advances.
** Then there's the unusual Cooter/Beast/Sue triangle with Sue as the Veronica or the "tall, pretty blond" as Beast puts it.
* An interesting version on the [[Soap Opera]] ''[[General Hospital]]'' (a very standard [[Soap Opera]] plot, as a matter of fact), which had Jagger being torn between Karen (The Betty) and Brenda (The Veronica). However, in this case, the trope is subverted, because (a) not only is the Veronica more of a [[Jerk
* ''[[Dollhouse]]'': Mellie (Betty), Paul (Archie), and Echo (Veronica). Subverted in that {{spoiler|Mellie turns out to be a sleeper active planted by the Dollhouse}}.
* ''[[30
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' does this quite a few times. First Dr Cox has to choose between his pregnant ex-wife Jordan (Betty), and Julia, the young, desired pharmaceutical saleswoman (Veronica). Played again when JD chooses between Elliot, one of his best friends, who needs comforting when a truck filled with her belonging is stolen (Betty) and Lisa, the pretty gift-shop girl (Veronica). And ''again'' when Elliot chooses between JD, her nerdy friend, who she's had an on-again off-again
* ''[[The Nanny]]'' is a show told from the point of view of a Veronica. Fran is the wild, lower-class "risky" option that Maxwell falls for, whereas his business partner, C.C. Babcock, is the "safe" Betty option. Of course, the [[Love Triangle]] only exists in C.C.'s mind, but that's besides the point.
** C.C. herself is the Archie in a triangle with Maxwell (Betty) and Niles (Veronica). Like Maxwell, she eventually chooses the Veronica; as noted, the Betty wasn't the least bit interested, so that was probably a factor.
* ''[[
* Soap opera ''[[The Young and The Restless]]'' has been doing this for the past few years with Nick Newman (Archie) and his current wife Phyllis (a red-haired Veronica) and his ex-wife Sharon (Betty). Athough {{spoiler|It appears Phyllis has left Nick for good because she's tired of fighting with Sharon over him.}}
* ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Fire]]'' had Ritsuka (Archie) caught between Tatsuya (Betty) and Tsubasa (Veronica). {{spoiler|It's left open in the finale - the boys [[Bouquet Toss|wrestle over Tama-chan's wedding bouquet]] so that one of them can marry Ritsuka, but Jun rescues the flowers and gives them to her. We then see that Tsubasa is still hung up on her and carries her picture with him, but Ritsuka is very happy when Tatsuya sends a letter.}}
* ''[[True Blood]]'' has a male version, with Sookie (as an Archie) having to choose between her brunette boyfriend Bill (as Betty) and the [[Big Bad]] blonde Eric (as Veronica).
* Male version as well in ''[[
* In Hong Kong comedy drama ''To Catch The Uncatchable'', female lead Vivi was torn between choosing between her sweet, handsome but dull and clueless personal trainer Jim and Detective Mok, who's snarky, smart and enjoys teasing Vivi but incredibly loyal and always helps her out in a tight spot. She [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] to Detective Mok at one point, comparing the two to food. Jim was a plain tofu while Detective Mok was a tofu with more filling.
* While it never comes up as a matter of potential relationships the character dynamic is still in full swing and played straight in ''[[That '70s Show]]'' with literal the girl-next-door Donna (Betty) and Jackie (Veronica).
* ''[[Mad Men]]'' has shown instances of two such pairings. At work is the non-relationship version with simple, hardworking Peggy (Betty, or Mary Ann, if you prefer) contrasted to sultry, flirtatious Joan (Veronica, or [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Ginger]]). Outside of the office Don Draper's relationships tend to follow this pattern as well with wife Betty being cut more from the Veronica mold (cold, emotionally distant, former model) while most of Don's mistresses are typically more Betty-like.
* ''[[
* Reality TV dating shows in which a host of women try to win a man's heart will often set up the final two female candidates for the male's affections as this. Examples are Trista (Betty) and Amanda (Veronica) on the first season of ''[[The Bachelor]]'' and Paige (Betty) and Erin (Veronica) on the first season of ''[[For Love Or For Money]]''.
* The original ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' took this up to [[Evil Is Sexy]] levels with earnest blonde Resistance leader Julie (Faye Grant) and gerbil-swallowing brunette vamp Visitor leader Diana (Jane Badler).
* The ''[[
** Jeff as the Archie to Annie (Betty) and Britta (Veronica) in ''Community'' season 2.
* There's a clear example in ''[[Kyle XY]]'' with Amanda, Kyle's neighbor who's easy to talk to and plays the piano in a way that touches Kyle, compared to the heartless and ruthless Jessi.
** Also Charlie is the Archie who cheats on his virginal girlfriend with the vivacious blonde and thus ends up losing both Betty and Veronica.
* ''[[Switched
* On ''[[Fringe]]'', Peter was arguably the Archie to
* On ''[[Merlin]]'', {{spoiler|Lancelot du Lac (aka Lancelot brought back from the dead)}} is the Veronica to Gwen's Archie, with Arthur as Betty.
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has had several ''[[Love Triangle]]''s involving this trope.
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** Around the same time, Robin finds herself in the Archie role when she must choose between Barney (Veronica) and her new boyfriend Kevin (Betty).
* Season 3 of ''[[The Office]]'' had Pam (Betty) and Karen (Veronica) vying for Jim's affections.
== Music ==
* This dynamic is perfectly captured with the lyric [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513084446/http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/memphis.html "your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want"]
** In an odd contrast to this lyric, ''Veronica'' was actually a big-city debutante in her initial introduction in the 1940s, in order to contrast with small-town Betty.
* Dolly Parton's famous song ''Jolene'' paints the picture of this variety of love triangle. Jolene (with her "beauty beyond compare") is the Veronica, and the singer (who "cannot compete with you, Jolene") is the Betty. The song consists of "Betty" begging Jolene not to steal her man.
* Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" features a love triangle between blonde [[Girl Next Door]] Taylor Swift and a dark-haired cheerleader rival.
** It's interesting to note that in one of her lesser-known songs ("The Way I Loved You") [[Taylor Swift]] takes the role of Archie choosing between her current boyfriend (Betty) who she describes as 'sensible' and who 'calls exactly when he says he will' and her 'wild and crazy' ex who is 'just so frustrating, intoxicating, complicated', who fills the role of Veronica. In the end, she chooses her ex.
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* "The Boy is Mine" by Brandy and Monica. While this isn't explicit in the song itself, if you look at the ladies' individual musical styles, Brandy is more a sweet girl-next-door while Monica has more of a street edge.
* The video clip of Avril Lavigne's ''Girlfriend'' depicts Avril (as the Veronica) convincing the Archie to leave his uptight Betty girlfriend for her more interesting, more bullying self. Veronica wins.
* [[Paul and Storm]]'s "More Than Two" mentions the Trope Namers and [[Take a Third Option|Takes A]] [[
* Bryan Adams's "Run To You." The Archie sings about cheating on his Betty-esque girlfriend with his Veronica.
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* The Statler Brothers' 1972 country hit "Do You Remember These" has a quick line, "Veronica and Betty" toward the end of songs, part of a longer list of 1950s nostalgia.
* [[Gorillaz]] has one gender-inverted example in the backstory: [[The Pete Best|Paula Cracker]] was the steady girlfriend of the [[Nice Guy|sweet]] yet [[Kindhearted Simpleton|naive]] [[Idiot Savant|2D]] (Betty), but got kicked out of the band after [[Your Cheating Heart|cheating on him]] with his [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|dark-themed]], [[Jerkass|anti-social]] teammate [[Small Name, Big Ego|Murdoc]] (Veronica).
** While there's no love triangle present, one could argue this applies to Noodle and the aforementioned Paula. On first appearances, it could be assumed Paula is the Betty due to being the superficially polite girlfriend of 2D and the first guitarist of the band, while Noodle (after [[She's All Grown Up|growing up]]) is the Veronica due to being the exotic new addition and being prone to tomboyish, more revealing outfits. As seen above, Paula is actually the Veronica due to the aforementioned cheating and proving herself to be a [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|deeply unpleasant person]] in her solo interview, while Noodle is the Betty since she's a [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]] who pretty much [[The Heart|holds the band together]].
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* Comic strip ''[[Luann]]'' deals with this frequently, with main character Luann (the reasonably nice Betty) competing with vain cheerleader Tiffany (Veronica) for Aaron Hill (Archie).
▲** Luann also had to choose between the nerdy Gunther (Betty) and the cooler Aaron (Veronica). At least until Aaron moved to Hawaii, making Gunther win by default.
▲** Another example had a competition between Luann's brother Brad (Betty) and Dirk (Veronica) for the affections of Toni. {{spoiler|Brad won.}}
== Theatre ==
* In ''[[Wicked (
* In Georges Bizet's [[Opera]], ''Carmen'', Micaëla and Carmen are, respectively, a Betty and Veronica for Don José.
* In ''[[Lady in
* ''The Rainmaker'' has File (a Betty-type) and Starbuck (a Veronica-type) as rival love interests for Lizzie (same goes for [[The Musical]] version ''[[
* ''
* The Wildhorn musical adaptation of ''Jekyll and Hyde'' has the aristocratic Emma Carew as the Betty and prostitute Lucy as the Veronica. Several screen adaptations of the story have also used the trope, with Jekyll's fiancee (usually the daughter of Sir Danvers Carew) as the Betty and a prostitute/bar girl that Hyde picks up as the Veronica.
* The musical ''[[Anything Goes]]'' has Hope Harcourt (Betty) and Reno Sweeney (Veronica) for Billy Crocker. Coincidentally, the actress who originally played Hope was named '''Betti'''na Hall; the original Reno, of course, was Ethel Merman.
* The musical ''Girl Crazy'' (now best remembered for being Ethel Merman's stage debut as well as introducing the song ''I Got Rhythm'') centers around a
* The musical ''[[Avenue Q]]'' has Princeton (Archie) going out with Kate Monster (Betty) before leaving her for Lucy T. Slut (Veronica). {{spoiler|Don't worry; in the end he goes back to Kate.}}
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' has Christine choose between her childhood sweetheart and general [[Knight in Shining Armor]] Raoul (Betty) and the insane, brooding but more passionate Phantom. {{spoiler|Subverted, as although [[Word of God]] says that Christine loves The Phantom the most, in the end she chooses the Safe Option, Raoul.}}
* ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' - Juliet's decision between her two suitors. Paris courts her in the 'proper' way, by asking her father's permission. Romeo falls in love with her, marries her in secret and even kills a beloved family member.
== Video Games ==
* Remakes of ''[[
** With the major difference being that the game [[Guilt Based Gaming|beats you over the head with the idea that you should choose neither]] of them and marry [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Bianca]] instead. Most fans comply.
** Arguably, Bianca is the actual Betty, Nera was the Veronica in the original version, and Deborah is the remake's Veronica, with Nera being an odd mix of both.
* [[Playing
* An interesting example occurs in ''[[
* Occurs in ''[[
* According to the author, the potential love interests for the player character in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', Annah-of-the-Shadows and Fall-From-Grace, were inspired by Betty and Veronica. Weirdly, they both have a blend of
* If one has two or more of the female love interests in the party in ''[[
* Interesting variation happens in ''[[Lufia]] II'', where the situation is set up as normal: Tia, the old friend with a crush on the hero as the Betty and Selan, the exotic and (somewhat) mysterious fighter as the Veronica. The variation being that {{spoiler|not only does Maxim ends up with Selan (the Veronica), it also occurs midway through (or even as far back as the ''prologue chapter'', arguably) the game}}
* In ''[[
** In ''[[
** ''[[
* Otacon's love interests in the first two ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' games fit this trope: in ''MSG I'', he has an unrequited crush on [[Dark Action Girl]] Sniper Wolf (Veronica), and in ''MSG II'', it's revealed that his stepsister Emma (Betty) has been in love with him since childhood.
** Also, in ''MSG III'', Naked Snake/{{spoiler|Big Boss}} has Paramedic (Betty) and EVA (Veronica).
* In ''[[Fire Emblem:
** Ephraim's sister Eirika actually plays this trope a bit more straight: her main options are Seth, the calm, collected and hunky bodyguard, or Innes, prince of another country whose personality and tongue are as sharp as his arrows (In a variation, the one whom she has known since childhood is ''Innes''.) There are also two potential [[Cheryl Blossom
** Either Innes or Tana can fall into this, too. Innes has Eirika as his Betty, with [[Action Girl]] Vanessa as an odd mix of Betty (have known each other since childhood) and Veronica (is very coolheaded and near-unemotional in battle)... and L'Arachel as the [[Cheryl Blossom]]. Meanwhile, Tana can end up either with dependable and kindhearted childhood friend [[The Ace|Ephraim]], or the also kind but very troubled (and sexy-looking) [[Defector From Decadence|Cormag]].
** To a smaller degree, Kyle can be in this predicament too. Syrene is the childhood friend [[Lady of War]], while Lute is the [[Strange Girl]] [[Lady of Black Magic]].
** And then we have {{spoiler|[[Rebel Prince]]}} Joshua. Natasha, the [[Proper Lady]] [[White Magician Girl]], is the Betty; meanwhile, Marisa is the [[Sugar and Ice Girl]] [[Action Girl]] Veronica.
* The "main" [[Love Triangle]] of sorts in ''[[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Fire Emblem Seisen no Keifu]]'' had
** And 17 years later, the second lead Celice has the [[Proper Lady]] Lana and the [[Action Girl]] Lakche as this. In a subversion, ''both'' of them are his childhood friends.
** ''Lakche'' has a similar predicament, too. Two Isaacsian noblemen, the brothers Johan and Johalva, have the hots for her: Johan is the Betty due to his [[Purple Prose]]-laden speech patterns and ultra-chivalrous view of their bond, while the hotheaded [[Jerk
** And ''then'', there's Princess Lachesis. Out of all her potential suitors (not counting [[Big Brother Attraction|Eltoshan]], that is), Beowulf is a cynical [[Punch Clock Hero]] Veronica and Fin is a [[Knight in Shining Armor]] Betty. {{spoiler|''Both'' of them might have won and then lost in ''Thracia'': it's all but stated that Lachesis's eldest son Delmud is Beo's kid, while her youngest daughter Nanna is Fin's, though Lachesis herself is missing in action.}}
** It's hinted in the Seisen game that
* In the ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|Zelda]]'' games, Link has several cases of these, usually with Zelda as the Betty. The most obvious example is in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
** Zelda does play the role of Veronica in some of her incarnations though, with [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]] providing a prominent instance of this where either Malon or Saria play the role of Betty. Then again, if you include Ruto or Nabooru, Zelda once again becomes the Betty. The main theme isn't so much what role Zelda is playing, but that Link is a total [[Chick Magnet]].
* If all of the content had made it into the final game, the hero of ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' would have had the reasonable, down-to-earth Elanee (Betty) vs. the greedy and somewhat flighty Neeshka (Veronica) for male characters; and the kind and honorable Casavir (Betty) vs. the psychotic pervert Bishop (Veronica) for female characters. Arguably, as only the Betty characters made it into the final cut, they could remain in that role (though absent during actual play) to two new Veronica characters (the exotic golem-crafter Safiya for male characters and the textbook Casanova Gannayev for female characters) in Mask of the Betrayer.
** Though thanks to the original game [[Dropped a Bridge
** ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]: Hordes of the Underdark'' gives us the choice between technically dead paladin Aribeth (Betty) and exotic drow [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] Nathyrra (Veronica) in the second/third chapters. Though they both could technically be either, given the fact that your character has been adventuring with Nathyrra for quite a long time by the time you meet Aribeth.
** The ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' community module ''A Dance With Rogues'' gives us two Betty characters and two Veronica characters, along with a fifth who could be either. On the Betty side we have the honorable and compassionate Anden and the kind and friendly bisexual Pi; on the Veronica side we get the psychotic pervert Vico and the drow noble Rizzen who thinks you are his slave. Bran is difficult to qualify, being far more in the Betty camp when compared to Vico and Rizzen but having many more Veronica characteristics than Anden or Pia.
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* In ''[[Jade Empire]]'', the player gets to choose between childhood friend Dawn Star (Betty) and {{spoiler|pampered princess Sun Lian}}/Silk Fox (Veronica). In an interesting twist, there is also a [[Take a Third Option|third option]] where you can have them ''[[Tenchi Solution|both]]''.
** Female characters have the [[Lovable Rogue]] Sky, the more conventional option (Betty) or the lesbain choice Silk Fox (Veronica)
* Also from Bioware, ''[[Mass Effect]]'' allows the player to choose from empathic and scholarly Liara T'Soni (Betty) and spunky [[Action Girl
** ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' also has Kelly and Tali (Betty) vs. Miranda and Jack (Veronica) for males, and Jacob and Kelly (Betty) vs. Thane and Garrus (Veronica) for females.
* In ''[[Breath of Fire]] 2'', there's Ryu's two love interests, Nina (Betty) and Katt (Veronica). Interestingly enough, Ryu actually has more opportunities to have romantic moments with Katt than Nina (even though both like him).
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*** A bisexual character's choices can throw out the Betty-Veronica dynamic. A bisexual female may be between two Bettys, Alistair and Lelianna, or set up a Veronica through Zevran. A bisexual male may be between two Veronicas through Morrigan and Zevran. And Isabela (see below) adds a throwaway quickie Veronica for characters of either gender - which can involve half the party depending on what the player has done.
* In ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' this trope applies to the two female characters who can be romanced; Merrill and Isabela. Merrill is sweet, innocent, and rather naive. While Isabela is an exotic, voluptuous, sexually promiscuous pirate queen. Both of the male romance options in the vanilla game, Anders and Fenris, are brooding, [[Troubled but Cute]] Veronica types, whereas chaste, devoutly religious DLC-only Sebastian is decidedly Betty.
* Depending on what you choose and [[Relationship Values|social links]], the main character of ''[[
* In ''[[Fading Hearts]]'' Ryou is stuck in a [[Love Triangle]] between Rina (Betty) who loves him and Claire (Veronica) who he loves. [[Bonus Points]] here since the girls' personalities and even hair colours parallel those of the [[Archie Comics]] characters.
* Both [[Heroes Want Redheads|redheaded love interests]] in ''[[The Witcher]]''; Shani, [[The Medic]] who wants to protect the [[Living MacGuffin|child]] and Triss the high society mage who wants to use him, but is better capable of controlling keeping his power under control.
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* Subverted in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' where Niko has Michelle as Veronica, {{spoiler|she betrayed him when it turns out she is working for Liberty News}}. He can continue his relationship with Kate, the Betty. {{spoiler|That is until her death or refusal to be in Roman's wedding}}.
** There's also Roman the Betty and Vlad the Veronica to Mallorie's Archie. {{spoiler|Until Niko murders Vlad}}.
* ''[[Bully (
* Gender-flipped example in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'': Kairi has two love interests who are both childhood friends to her, [[Nice Guy|Sora]] and [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Riku]]. [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|You know who wins pretty early in the series]].
* Played straight in ''[[
** In the second game, we get another straight example with Kuo and Nix.
* ''[[Resident Evil]]'''s Leon gets this in absolutely ''stupifying'' amounts due to the number of appearances he's made in the series and the fact that he's equal parts [[Casanova]] and [[Chick Magnet]]. In ''[[Resident Evil 2|RE2]]'', he has Claire (Betty) and Ada (Veronica), although a [[Dating Catwoman|long-lasting attraction]] is ultimately seen to exist between him and the latter (on the opposite side, he and Claire end up as good friends). In ''[[Resident Evil 4|RE4]]'', he has Ashley (Betty) and Ada (again, the Veronica), with his [[Mission Control]] Hunnigan functioning as the [[Third Option Love Interest|Cheryl]] at the end. The movie ''[[Resident Evil: Degeneration|Degeneration]]'' has Claire (Betty) and Angela (Veronica). The only real exception to this is ''[[Resident Evil:
* ''[[Ar
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** ''[[Ar Tonelico 3]]''
* Ok.... in the game called [[Catherine]] Vincent (Archie) has to decide between his longtime girlfriend Katherine (Betty, note the "K") and sexy stranger Catherine (Veronica, note the "C"), and the choice kicks off the plot of the game. '''K'''atherine is hinting that she might be pregnant and its time for them to get married while '''C'''atherine might be stringing Vincent along and is hinted to be {{spoiler|causing nightmares in which men die in their sleep}}. Get all that?
* Mina Tang and Scarlett Lake in ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''.
* ''[[Persona 2]]: Innocent Sin'' has our protagonist Tatsuya (Archie) a pick between a fellow school age student with an obvious crush on him Lisa, (Betty) and the older teen magazine reporter and all around cheerful Maya. (Veronica) However, this game also has a [[Gay Option]] [[Cheryl Blossom]] with Jun. [[Yaoi Fangirl|Guess which one alot of the fangirls go for?]] (Male gamers tend to lean towards Maya)
* ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' Geo (Archie) has Luna (Veronica) the local class president, who is more interest in Geo as Mega Man, and Sonia (Betty) a teen pop singer who is very much interest in Geo himself.
* ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona 5]]'' [[Playing with a Trope|plays with this trope like hell]] with the main female [[Phantom Thief|Phantom Thieves]], having traits of both sides and fulfilling each archetype depending on whom they're compared to:
** [[Ms. Fanservice|Ann Takamaki]] has a lot of Veronica qualities physically-wise, being a [[Phenotype Stereotype|quarter-American]] part-time model. In personality, she's more of a Betty, since she's a [[Nice Girl]] who genuinely wants to help and motivate her friends.
** [[Hikikomori|Futaba Sakura]] is introduced as a reclusive, socially-awkward Betty based on appearances. Once she [[Hidden Depths|opens up]], she turns out to be the [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]/[[Cloudcuckoolander]] type of Veronica.
** [[Student Council President|Makoto Niijima]] is introduced as aloof and serious, to the point people confuse her with an [[Academic Athlete|Academic]] [[Alpha Bitch]]. Like Ann, however, she's a [[Nice Girl]] who is quite [[Adorkable]] due to being socially inept (though thankfully not as much as [[Hikikomori|Futaba]]).
** [[Spoiled Sweet|Haru Okumura]] could be the straightest example of the Betty archetype among the group, while having some Veronica traits like being the heir of a very affluent family and a bit of a [[Nightmare Fetishist]].
== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Fate/stay
** Has Shiro mimic the [[Trope Namer]]'s storyline right down to the [[Two-Timer Date]] in one [[Hilarity Ensues|hilariously disastrous]] episode of [[Carnival Phantasm]].
== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[Fans]]!'', Rikk is the subject of a [[Love Triangle]] between Rumy, the quiet, shy but centered and focused Betty, and Alisin, the hedonistic, outgoing but self-loathing and unpredictable Veronica, both of whom are equally devoted to and passionately in love with him. Over most of the series, Alisin had the upper hand, which led Rumy to channel her feelings into [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|ensuring that Rikk was happy with Alisin instead]]. {{spoiler|Somewhat uniquely, everyone in the [[Love Triangle]] become so close that they eventually [[Tenchi Solution|decide to form a three-way romantic relationship]].}}
* ''[[Pibgorn]]'': Pibgorn (Betty) and Drusilla (Veronica) both love Geoffrey, but when he chooses Pib, Drusilla [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|goes along with it]]. Unusual in that Dru is a [[Horny Devils|succubus]].
* ''[[Rip and Teri]]'': The 'Betty' is Teri, a meek and somewhat nerdy English teacher. The 'Veronica' is Tatyana, a glamourous and gorgeous ex-super spy and TV station CEO. However, whilst Tatyana ''thinks'' that the hero still has a thing for her, he's actually madly in love with Teri. It kind of helps that, in their brief romance, Tatyana manipulated and betrayed him, however.
* Cindy (Betty) and Dusk (Veronica) in ''[[Faux Pas]]''. They're both vixens, but Dusk's fur is darker.
* ''[[
** Oddly enough, Margaret, the so-called Betty, was the one that barely knew Dave existed at the start of the comic, whereas Blue, the Veronica, was in love with him off the bat.
* ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'': In the "space arc", Arthur has to choose between the outspoken but basically nice [[Action Girl]] Guenevere (Betty) and the ambitious and amoral enchantress Morgan La Fay (Veronica). The [[First Girl Wins]], although only after the Second Girl is [[Incest Is Relative|disqualified]].
* ''[[Megatokyo]]'': Piro (Archie)'s current girlfriend, Kimiko, is an emotionally insecure struggling actress (Betty), whereas Miho, his ex, is a very dark and [[Epileptic Trees|enigmatic]] Veronica.
** Inversely, Erika's former fiance was a close friend from high school (Betty), while her current beau, an [[Cloudcuckoolander|insane]] American hacker genius / zombie slayer, is most certainly the male equivalent of the Veronica.
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** A more recent love triangle involves Esther's friend Sarah, with Ryan Beckwith as the independent, older Veronica. Carrot would be a safer Betty here if his chances of success weren't those of [http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20081210 the Isle of Wight trying to invade China].
* Jean Poule and Princess Voluptua in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]].''
* ''[[
** Then there's the current generation of Sparks, with Klaus's son as Betty, the son of Lucrezia's most fervent supporter (besides the spider-riding people who worship her as a goddess...) as Veronica, and Bill and Lucrezia's little girl as Archie.
* Played with/deconstructed/ripped apart/critically examined (it's the way of their tribe) in [http://xkcd.com/584/ this strip] of ''[[
* In ''[[General Protection Fault]]'', there is initially a love triangle between Ki the Betty and Trudy the Veronica over Nick, who is torn between his feelings for the two of them and his lack of experience in dating and romance. He eventually goes with Ki.
* In ''[[Questionable Content]]'', Dora being mentally healthy and straightforward<ref>though she eventually turned out to be more screwed-up than she appeared</ref> would be the Betty to Marten's Archie. Distant, emotionally impaired and mysterious Faye would be the Veronica. Dora wins.
** Additionally, Angus has emerged as the Betty and Sven as the Veronica to Faye.
*** And recently{{when}}, we have Marigold (Betty) and Faye (Veronica) to Angus. Which even more recently appears to have been resolved by a pairing of [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1735 Angus and Faye].
** Actually, calling any ''[[Questionable Content]]'' character other than Marten himself a "Betty" is quite a stretch.
* In ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', idealistic Aggie is the Betty, and cynical, venomous Karen the Veronica, to Marshall.
** Similarly, quiet, bookish Duane is the Betty, and rough-edged sk8er boi Rich the Veronica, to Penny.
** Also, theoretically, the original point of the comic is that Penny is Veronica and Aggie is Betty (or the other way 'round, arguably, as Aggie's goth-ness could make her seem dark and mysterious). Their animosity stems from this difference, though there's no Archie between them.
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Sakana]]'' has {{spoiler|a rare gay example, with [[Nice Guy|Taisei]] as the Betty and [[Jerkass|Arata]] as the Veronica for [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Yuudai]]'s Archie. This is an interesting example, as the Archie previously dated the Veronica, but broke up because of the Veronica being [[Bastard Boyfriend|horribly]] [[Domestic Abuser|abusive]] towards him. He clearly chooses the Betty now, but the Veronica isn't one of those to surrender easily...}}
** {{spoiler|There's also a switch in their roles in that the Betty is the exotic newcomer while the Veronica is the old acquaintance. Both also fit the [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] stereotype.}}
* In ''[[The Dreamer]]'', Bea finds herself trying choose between 21st century Ben and 18th century Alan, with Alan as the Veronica and Ben as the Betty. However, the twist is, that Ben is the "safe" one, but family-loving, apple farmer, puritan Alan probably has more Betty characteristics than Ben, so which is Betty and which is Veronica depends on your interpretation and the situation Bea is in.
** It is also worth noting that even in the 18th century segments of the comic there is still a Betty and Veronica dynamic with Alan (Betty) and a young Alexander Hamilton (Veronica). Although, it's pretty obvious which one Bea loves best/chooses.
* Gender-flipped in ''[[Goblins]]'', with the cowardly Dies-Horribly and the Heroic Gremm both vying for the affections of Saves-A-Fox.
* Sandra and Larisa from ''[[
* In ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'', [http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0255.html Angelika, being the Veronica, trashes Emily as mousy.]
== Web Original ==
* ''[[
* ''[[The Gungan Council]]'' has Anara (Jedi) and Kith (Sith) being the love interests for Tantor.
== Western Animation ==
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* Applies to ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', where Danny is infatuated with Paulina, the shallow, beautiful "Veronica" of the school, ignoring the pretty, intelligent "Betty" at his side, Samantha Manson. The love triangle isn't clear at the beginning of the show, when Samantha and Danny are [[Just Friends]], but eventually their feelings do grow for each other.
** Later on, Danny's crush on Paulina fades, and [[Dating Catwoman|one of his arch-enemies, Valerie, becomes the "Veronica" instead]]. A bit of a subversion, in that the biggest strike against Valerie is that she's trying to kill Danny, [[Loves My Alter Ego|though she likes his secret identity just fine]].
* Parodied not subtly at all in ''[[South Park]]''. In the two
** [[The Movie]] has a gender flip version with Wendy as the Archie, Stan as the Betty and Gregory as the Veronica. It may have been [[Imaginary Love Triangle|imaginary]], though, since Wendy chooses Stan at the end with no hesitation.
* [[Disney]]'s ''[[Pocahontas]]'' also genderswaps this with Kocoum as the Betty and John Smith as the Veronica, although the contest clearly ends when {{spoiler|Kocoum dies}}.
** Though this is also somewhat subverted as
** The sequel adds John Rolfe as a new Betty, though John Smith is largely absent anyway. In the end, Pocahontas follows the history books in winding up with John {{spoiler|Rolfe}}.
* In ''[[The Fairly
** Ironically, the character who is actually ''named'' Veronica (and [[Third Option Love Interest|has a crush on Timmy too]]) was sidelined pretty quickly. Probably because she was a [[Yandere|nutcase who wanted to take Trixie's place in Timmy's affections]].
* ''[[Ace Lightning]]'' has Heather and Sam who both date Mark at one point or another and have seemingly conflicting personalities and yet are best friends. Kind of like the [[Archie Comics|original]] Betty and Veronica, really.
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider
** Which is pretty true of the original ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Amazing Spiderman]]'' comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
** One could argue that leading up to the dance Gwen was the Betty and Betty (ironically) was the Veronica, being the unattainable older woman. Black Cat might also count as the [[Cheryl Blossom]].
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* ''Archie's Weird Mysteries'', natch. In one episode, a sea monster tries to woo Archie by taking on the guise of a girl combining Betty and Veronica's best features, prompting Betty and Veronica to form an [[Enemy Mine]] as they think [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|they're the only ones who will fight for Archie]]. In the finale, a time-travelling future version of Archie is about to tell his past self who he finally got together with, only to be zapped away at the last moment.
* In ''[[The Critic]]'' episode "Lady Hawke", Jay Sherman (the Archie) got into a triangle with Alice (the Betty) and his best friend Jeremy's twin sister Olivia (the Veronica). {{spoiler|He chooses Alice at the end of the episode.}}
* In ''[[Total Drama Island
** Also, [[Dogged Nice Guy|Cody]] could be the Betty and [[Chick Magnet|Trent]] the Veronica for Gwen in season one, and Trent the Betty and Duncan the Veronica in season two.
** Also in World Tour, Cody is the Betty and Duncan is the Veronica to Gwen. And then you have [[Stalker
** In Revenge of the Island, Zoey is the Betty and Anne Maria is the Veronica to [[Split Personality|Mike]]'s Archie
* In ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'', Doc Saturday could to be the Betty and Leonidas Van Rooke the Veronica for Drew Saturday.
* In ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]'', Tony has Pepper (Betty) and Whitney (Veronica). Pepper has Tony (Betty) and Gene (Veronica).
* In ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', arguably Jean Grey is the Betty and Rogue the Veronica for Scott Summers/Cyclops.
** Also, Cyclops could be said to be the Betty and Gambit the Veronica for Rogue in this series.
* In ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'', Mitsuki is the Betty and Lily is the Veronica to Mikey's Archie.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' has three examples:
* ''[[Hey Arnold]]'' has Arnold having a crush on Lila (Betty) and admired by Helga (Veronica).▼
** The [[Sibling Triangle]] kind is present with Hoagie/Numbuh 2, who is torn between his close, [[Tsundere|tough but kind]] teammate Abby/Numbuh 5 (Betty) and her evil older sister Cree (Veronica), who treats him with disgust. Interestingly, his attraction to Abby is [[Ship Tease|far more subtle]] than the standard, but nevertheless, {{spoiler|he chooses Abby at the end, being [[Happily Married]] in the finale. It helps his [[Precocious Crush]] on Cree was pretty shallow, being based by her [[Evil Is Sexy|gorgeous appearance]] and [[Loving a Shadow|superficial similarities with Abby]].}}
** During the show's run, Wally/Numbuh 4 (Betty) had love rivals like The Kid and King Sandy (Veronicas) for Kuki/Numbuh 3's heart. Subverted in that Kuki [[Single-Target Sexuality|has never shown any attraction to them, only being interested in Wally]]. {{spoiler|So of course he gets the girl.}}
** This is played with Nigel/Numbuh 1's love interests, Lizzie and Rachel/Numbuh 362. In appearance, Lizzie is the Betty, being Nigel's homely girlfriend; while Rachel is the unattainable beauty, thus the Veronica. Their personalities, though, are the opposite: Lizzie is a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] bordering on [[Yandere]], more fitting of a Veronica; while Rachel is a nice and understanding [[Reasonable Authority Figure]], making her close to a Betty. {{spoiler|Nigel ends up in space without either of them.}}
▲* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' has Arnold having a crush on Lila (Betty) and admired by Helga (Veronica).
** In "Arnie visits Arnie", Arnold is admired by Arnie's girlfriend Lulu (Veronica) and falls in love with Hilda (Betty). In turn, Arnold is the Betty to Arnie's Veronica for Hilda.
* This occurs a few times in ''[[The Simpsons (
** Several hypothetical/future episodes have Lisa involved with [[Hollywood Nerd|Milhouse]] (Betty) while attracted to [[Troubled but Cute|Nelson]] (Veronica).
* ''[[Monster Allergy]]'' has Elena the Betty and Lay the Veronica when it comes to Zick. Lay has this with Zick as Betty and Teddy as Veronica.
* ''[[Jimmy Timmy Power Hour]]'' has Jimmy as Betty and Timmy as Veronica to Cindy.
* ''[[Spider-man: The Animated Series]]''. Rich popular snobbish born with a silver spoon in her mouth Felicia Hardy as the Veronica and down-to-earth girl next door Mary Jane as the Betty. {{spoiler|And then Felicia gets [[Character Development]], a convoluted deal with Morbius... and becomes Black Cat.}}
* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' would have Hawkgirl and Vixen in these roles... but the challenge here is [[Playing
** Also they play this trope a step further making them [[Friendly Enemy|frenemies]] rather than downright rivals. To the point that {{spoiler|Mari is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to rescue herself and Hawkgirl from some enemies... via pretending that she wants to [[Murder the Hypotenuse]].}}
* In ''[[The Avengers: Earth's
* ''[[Robbie the Reindeer]]'' has Donna (kind, sensible and voiced by Jane Horrocks) as Betty and Vixen (who lives up to her name) as Veronica.
* In ''[[Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas]]'', you have Marina, who is [[Arranged Marriage|engaged to be married]] to Proteus (the Betty), but develops [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|a romantic interest]] in his old roguish friend Sinbad (the Veronica). While she may not have been
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Real life Betty/Veronica tensions = brunette, cute [[Judy Garland]] vs. fast, "[[Sweater Girl]]" Lana Turner, both in love with bandleader Artie Shaw.
* More famously, Debbie Reynolds (Betty) vs. [[Elizabeth Taylor]] (Veronica). After Liz was widowed suddenly,
* Blonde [[Jennifer Aniston]] as the Betty, brunette [[Angelina Jolie]] as the Veronica, [[Brad Pitt]] as... Archie? The tabloids had many, many field days with this, as did the [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article6609795.ece broadsheets... ]
* [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] and his well-known triangle with [[Lil' Kim]] and [[Faith Evans]]. Which is Betty and which is Veronica is not as clear as it seems, as he and Kim were intimate for years before he met Faith.
* [[John Lennon]] (Archie)/Cynthia Lennon (Betty)/[[Yoko Oh No|Yoko Ono]] (Veronica, in the "exotic and edgy" sense).
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