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** It's played straight, however, in the [[Lighter and Fluffier]] spin-off series, such as ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days]]'' and ''[[Ikari Shinji Raising Project]]''.
** ''[[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 with a Crush]] Kaworu who didn't get enough screentime so far to figure out his intentions.
* In ''[[School Days]]'', the Betty is Sekai, the [[Girl Next Door]] friend of the main lead with simple short hair and a bubbly personality, while the Veronica is Kotonoha, the [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] [[The Ojou|Ojou]] who's shy but extremely popular among the boys because of her looks. Then both of them reveal [[
** [[Playing with a Trope|Not really]], Sekai has Betty looks but Veronica personality (being a straightforward girl who uses [[Fan Service with a Smile]] in her part-time work) while Kotonoha's Veronica looks conceal her ''very'' Betty-ish behavior (shy, sheltered, target of abuse from other girls who are jealous of her beauty and wealth). Then again, [[It Gets Worse]] ''really'' soon.
* In ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'', Kazumi Yoshida is the Betty and Shana the Veronica.
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* 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 with a Crush|have some]] [[
* 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 ½]]'' is an interesting case. You could say Akane is the Veronica trying to be the Betty and Ranma is the other way around, but we're talking about the warped mind of Tatewaki Kuno here.
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* 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 at Birth (TV series)|Switched at Birth]]'' has set this up with Daphne (Betty) declaring her feelings for Emmett (Archie), who in turn professes to only want Bay (Veronica). Complete with original trope-maker hair colours.
* On ''[[Fringe]]'', Peter was arguably the Archie to {{spoiler|Fauxlivia's}} Veronica and Olivia's Betty. Of course, {{spoiler|Fauxlivia only became a love interest for Peter because she was pretending to be Olivia, but she was definitely the more exotic option.}}
* On ''[[Merlin]]'', {{spoiler|Lancelot du Lac (aka Lancelot brought back from the dead)}} is the Veronica to Gwen's Archie, with Arthur as Betty.
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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
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** 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 OddParents]]'', [[Ugly Cute|Tootie]] is the Betty and [[Alpha Bitch|Trixie]] is the Veronica to Timmy Turner's Archie.
** 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 [[
* ''[[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-Man]]'' has [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Gwen Stacy]] as the Betty, similar to some of her comic book presentations, but it is [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|Liz Allen]] who is given the status of the Veronica whom Peter goes out with first. Mary Jane only fits the Veronica role for a quick bit of [[Ship Tease]]—she went on one blind date with Peter, but during the first and second seasons at least she doesn't harbor much serious interest in him [[Just Friends|other than as a friend]]. Whether this would have changed if [[Too Good to Last|the show had continued]] is unknown.
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* ''[[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 love'' with Proteus, she cared about him enough to go with Sinbad to ensure that he retrieves the Book of Peace from Eris so that Proteus won't have to die for his screw-up. {{spoiler|In the end, when Proteus realizes that Marina loves Sinbad, [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|he privately breaks off the engagement and lets her leave Syracuse with Sinbad and his crew.]] }}
* ''[[Adventure Time]]'' has the [[A Worldwide Punomenon|sweet]] [[Hot Scientist|scientist]] Princess Bubblegum as the Betty and the [[Chaotic Neutral|radical]] [[The Power of Rock|musician]] Marceline the Vampire Queen as the Veronica to [[The Hero|Finn's]] Archie. However, things get a little more complicated with the introduction of the [[Tsundere|quick]]-to-[[
* ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' puts [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Mako]] in the Archie position, choosing between [[Blood Knight|Korra]] (the Veronica) and [[Spoiled Sweet|Asami]] (the Betty). Interestingly, a lot of the traits usually associated with each side are swapped around; ie. Asami is the richer, more traditionally beautiful one, while Korra is naive and from the country.
* In ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Nancy Hicks-Gribble has been carrying on an affair with Veronica, John Redcorn, while married to her [[Crazy Survivalist]] husband Dale (the Betty).
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