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The usual dynamic is that "Betty", often the hero's best friend, is herself deeply in love with "Archie" (who might see them as [[Just Friends]] or being [[Like Brother and Sister]], [[Oblivious to Love|hence his obliviousness to her feelings]]), whilst "Veronica" is the sultry Ms. Unattainable who, despite attracting the hero's attention, barely notices his existence. "Betty" will [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|want the hero to be happy]] and thus suppress her own desire to help the hero in his quest to win over "Veronica". Another possibility is that "Archie" and "Betty" are already in a relationship, but then "Veronica" starts batting her eyelashes, causing friction between the couple. Historically, [[Arranged Marriage|"Betty" is the parents' choice]], and [[Parental Marriage Veto|"Veronica" rejected]].
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]] -- complete with a convenient 'appreciate what you've got' or [[True Beauty Is On the Inside]] Aesop. However, as attitudes to what is 'appropriate' sexual conduct have liberalized, it's more accepted for "Veronica" to have a chance at winning a happy ending too. Movies have traditionally favoured "Betty", but video games, comics and TV shows (especially long runners) have played this trope for all it's worth.
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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]]).
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== Anime ==
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** ''[[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. {{spoiler|Alto apologizies to Ranka for being unable to return her feelings and declares his love to Sheryl before going Missing In Action.}}
* 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
** It's played straight, however, in the [[Lighter and Fluffier]] spinnoff series, such as ''[[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 (Visual Novel)|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 [[Yandere|surprising sides]] to their characters...
** [[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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** Other candidates for a Veronica or Betty includes Karate champ Arisawa Tatsuki, childhood friend of Ichigo, and [[Love Freak|Riruka Dokugamine]] from the latest arc.
** On the other hand, the [[Fanon]] that has Orihime as a female Archie switches the deal around. Ichigo is a [[Hot Blooded]] potential Veronica who fights for his friends without hesitation while Uryuu Ishida is a booksmart potential Betty who methodically snipes the enemies with his bow and arrow... and maybe, ''maybe'', there'd be a [[Cheryl Blossom]] in Ulquiorra's [[Man in White]] [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]. {{spoiler|Except for the fact that, well, Ulquiorra is dead}}.
*** ...And if we go the [[Yuri]] shipping way for [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Orihime]]: Tatsuki is the Betty (childhood friend, devoted protector, [[Romantic Two
** If we see Rukia as the Archie instead, a possible [[Love Triangle]] would have Ichigo as the Veronica with Renji Abarai as the Betty. Yes, Renji is as [[Hot Blooded]] and passionate as Ichigo, but on the other hand he has known and cared for Rukia ever since they were children (which happens more often than not with Betties) ''and'' became a Shinigami as well as a Vice-Captain for her sake. And, on Ichigo's side, there's the fact that he resembles an orange-haired Kaien Shiba, who was Rukia's juvenile crush when she was his lieutenant.
* ''[[Love Hina]]'' has a pretty basic version of this: [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Mutsumi versus [[Tsundere]] Naru. Keitaro, however, makes his preference the latter quite transparent halfway into the series, no matter if she's the little girl of the promise or not.
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* 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 (Manga)|Skip Beat]]'', it's [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] with Kyoko's two competing love interests, Ren (male Betty) and Shou (male Veronica).
** 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
* In ''[[Gokinjo Monogatari (Manga)|Gokinjo Monogatari]]'', one of the main characters, [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|Yuusuke]], is involved in a [[Love Triangle]] with wild and [[Hello Nurse|sexy]] [[Ms. Fanservice]] Mariko and his '[[Girl Next Door|girl next door]]'-ish [[Extreme Doormat]] classmate, Ayumi. Since this is a [[Nana|Yazawa]] [[Paradise Kiss|Ai]] manga, things [[Deconstruction|don't quite look as stereotypical as they can be described]]...
* ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' has [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Shinobu]] as Betty and [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Lum]] as Veronica [[This Is Your Premise On Drugs|(LSD version)]].
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*** 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|laidback]] [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]] Greece and [[Mask of Power|masked]], [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|rough-talking]] [[Boisterous Bruiser]] Turkey. However, unlike with the Austria-Hungary-Prussia triangle, virtually all fanworks featuring this triangle agree that the Veronica [[Hopeless Suitor|has no chance against the Betty]] - and, in fact, actually has a better chance of ''[[Foe Yay|ending up with the Betty]]'' than with the Archie! All of which leads to the ''real'' Betty and Veronica dynamic at work in fandom being whether Greece should be paired with [[Moe|cute]], [[Inscrutable Oriental|emotionally]] [[Yamato Nadeshiko|reserved]], and [[He Is Not My Boyfriend|romantically shy]] Japan who's already [[Birds of a Feather|good friends with him]] or [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man|manly]], [[I Shall Taunt You|openly critical]], and [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis|aggressive]] Turkey who [[Foe Yay|passionately hates him]].
** 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
** 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 [[OT 3|OT3s]] than most other fandoms.
* ''[[Strawberry Panic (Light Novel)|Strawberry Panic]]'' has two of these [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] triangles: Nagisa with [[Fan of Underdog|Tamao]] as the Betty and [[Onee
* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' has Misa as Betty and Takada as Veronica when it comes to Light.
** A genderswapped version in the ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' spin off novel ''Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases'' is Beyond Birthday as the Veronica and Raye Penber as the Betty to Naomi Misora's Archie. Admittedly, the case for any feelings between Beyond and Naomi is debatable, but there is some fanfiction that would maintain otherwise.
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* In ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]'', Hermione is Betty while Juliet is Veronica.
* Winry Rockbell and Rose Thomas in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime)|the 2003 anime version]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' play this to Edward Elric. {{spoiler|Though both of them fail in the end.}}
* ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum (Anime)|Mawaru Penguindrum]]'s'' Kanba Takakura is kind of an an Archie, with [[Brother
** 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|Face Heel Turned]] Kanba's Veronica.}}
* [[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 [[Betty and Veronica]] traits while still in stark contrast to one another. On one hand is Mirea Mizushima, his exotically gorgeous [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] classmate whom he's known for some time, however her family are the ones who turned him into the [[Anti
* ''[[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).
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** 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 (Comic Strip)|Flash Gordon]]'' does this several times: Flash must choose between Dale (the Betty) and Princess Aura (the Veronica); Princess Aura must choose between Flash (the Betty) and Prince Barin (the Veronica). The [[Flash Gordon (TV)|2007 series]] confuses things by throwing Baylin (the Veronica) into the mix. And gets canceled before a resolution can happen.
** 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
* 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.
** In the modern continuity before the 2011 reboot, their roles were reversed: Lois was the Betty, with her sweet and caring personality and more conservative clothing, while Cat was the Veronica, having become more aggressive and flirtatious with her co-workers, including Clark. And let's not mention that Cat also {{spoiler|underwent plastic surgery to obtain breast implants}}. This is understandable as Lois was married to Clark, while Cat had undergone a personality change to deal with her son's death.
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* 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.
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* 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 [[VC Andrews]] books gender-flip this trope: the Casteel series has [[Girl Next Door|Boy Next Door]] Logan as the Betty and [[Troubled but Cute]] [[Incest Is Relative|uncle]] Troy as the Veronica for Heaven, the Cutler series has [[Flirty Stepsiblings|devoted stepbrother]] Jimmy as the Betty and [[Stalker With a Crush|creepily obsessed]] [[Brother
* Played straight in ''[[The Wheel of Time (Literature)|The Wheel of Time]]'' with Lews Therin Telamon's two love interests: the ambitious, dark-haired, dark-eyed channeler Mierin Eronaile, and the red-gold-haired Ilyena Moerelle Dalisar, who has no powers to speak of. He chooses Ilyena, then goes mad and kills her. {{spoiler|Mierin's jealousy of Ilyena might have played a role in her decision to become Lanfear, the first of the Forsaken. Also played straight among Rand, Lews Therin's reincarnation, Elayne, Ilyena's reincarnation, and Mierin again: Rand chooses Elayne, though their relationship is complicated by the [[Tenchi Solution]] Elayne works out with Rand's two ''other'' girlfriends.}}
* In ''Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie'', the hero Steven must choose between Annette Watson (Betty) and Renee Albert (Veronica). {{spoiler|He chooses Annette.}}
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* In [[Rafael Sabatini|Sabatini's]] ''[[Scaramouche]]'', Aline and Climene.
* Played with in ''Girl in Translation'' by Jean Kwok. Curt is the Betty, because he is probably the safest option for her {{spoiler|especially after she gets pregnant.}} Curt is very wealthy and has a high status in her school. Matt could be either Betty or Veronica, depending on your point of view. Matt could be Betty because he is the one she's always wanted, her mother knows him, and he is also Chinese. He could be the Veronica because he is poor and for some parts of the book already has another girlfriend. In the end, {{spoiler|Kimberly chooses neither. Matt marries his girlfriend, but Kimberly and him do share a kiss.}}
* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: Deconstructed to a brutal degree in the book ''Sweet Revenge''! The book has Bobby Harcourt (Archie), Isabelle Flanders (Betty), and Rosemary Hershey (Veronica). Bobby and Isabelle were going to be married. However, Rosemary hated Isabelle's guts and had her framed for drunk driving that resulted in the deaths of three people. Isabelle ends up being ruined and loses everything. Bobby, in a [[Moment of Weakness]] (and lust) ends up having sex with Rosemary and marries her instead. By the book ''Sweet Revenge'', however, things change. Bobby ends up realizing that Rosemary is a [[Jerkass]] with an [[
* 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 39 Clues']] second series, ''Cahills vs. Vespers'', Evan - Amy Cahill's boyfriend - is the geeky, kindhearted, concerned Betty, while Ian - who had a [[Kissing Cousins|brief relationship]] with her in the previous series - is the Veronica, a [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]], [[Tall, Dark and Handsome|handsome]] [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]. Newcomer {{spoiler|Jake Rosenbloom}} is a [[Third Option Love Interest]].
* The quintessential flipped B/A/V love triangle has to be Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Rich, blond Linton being the Betty; dark, poor, dangerous (arguably psychotic) Heathcliff playing the Veronica; and selfish Catherine as the Archie.
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* 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).
* In ''[[My So
** Given ''[[My So
** 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]]'' lives on this trope. In the first season, Rory is dating sweet, safe Dean (Betty) and being pursued by [[Rich Suitor Poor Suitor|rich jerk]] Tristan (Veronica). When Tristan is [[Put On a Bus]], the Veronica mantle is taken up by [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|bad boy]] intellectual Jess. When Rory goes to college, she has to choose between [[Nice Guy]] Marty and wealthy alpha male Logan. After Rory chooses Logan, Jess returns, having turned himself around, and becomes the Betty to the new Veronica.
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* 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.
* ''[[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 With a Heart of Gold]] Gai (Veronica). {{spoiler|She marries Ryuu in the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]], while Gai gets knifed to death on his way to the wedding. Oh dear.}}
* ''[[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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* 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 With a Heart of Gold]] than an outright bitch, it's ''she'' who futilely struggled to get Jagger's attention while the Betty had Jagger's undying love and devotion. Furthermore, the rebellious bad boy Jagger himself was the Veronica while Karen was undecided between him and golden boy Jason (the Betty), and this time, the trope is played straight, as Karen eventually dumped Jason for Jagger.
* ''[[Dollhouse]]'': Mellie (Betty), Paul (Archie), and Echo (Veronica). Subverted in that {{spoiler|Mellie turns out to be a sleeper active planted by the Dollhouse}}.
* ''[[
* ''[[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 realtionship with, (Betty), and her hunky, dolphin-trainer boyfriend, Shaun (Veronica). Also, [[Played for Laughs]] Turk continually has to choose between spending time with either; JD his dorky best friend (Betty) or his wife, Carla, the sexy Latina nurse (Veronica). [[Ho Yay|He always picks JD.]]
* ''[[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.
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** Also, in MSG III, Naked Snake/{{spoiler|Big Boss}} has Paramedic (Betty) and EVA (Veronica).
* In ''[[Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones (Video Game)|Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones]]'', lead character Ephraim can choose between sweet, innocent, determined Tana or upbeat, cheerful, crazy (and rich!) L'arachel. [[Cheryl Blossom|but don't underestimate the fact that he can have an ending with]] [[Twincest|his twin sister Eirika]] too.
** 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|Cheryl Blossoms]] who ''in themselves'' fit here well too: Saleh is a soft-spoken [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] magic user, whereas Forde is a [[Chivalrous Pervert]] [[Sleepyhead]].
** 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]].
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** There's also Roman the Betty and Vlad the Veronica to Mallorie's Archie. {{spoiler|Until Niko murders Vlad}}.
* ''[[Bully (Video Game)|Bully]]'' has couple of these: [[Nerd|Beatrice]] (Betty) and [[Alpha Bitch|Mandy]] (Veronica), [[Rich Bitch|Pinky]] (Betty) and [[Fille Fatale|Lola]] (Veronica). That is until [[Third Option Love Interest|Zoe]] comes to the picture.
* 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 Famous (Video Game)|In Famous]]'' with Trish (Betty) and Sasha (Veronica) to Cole (Archie). {{spoiler|He loses them both with the former's death and the latter's capture by Kessler}}.
** In the second game, we get another straight example with Kuo and Nix.
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== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Fate Stay Night]]'' has a very subtle application in either Rin (brunette, rich, adored-by-the-male-school-populace "Veronica") and Saber (blonde, simple, virtuous "Betty") inadvertently and unconsciously vying for Shiro's (redhead "Archie") affections; or Rin and Sakura (though not blonde, is the simpler, much more well-mannered parent-friendly choice).
** Has Shiro mimic the [[Trope Namer]]'s storyline right down to the [[Two
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== Web Original ==
* ''[[Doctor
* ''[[The Gungan Council]]'' has Anara (Jedi) and Kith (Sith) being the love interests for Tantor.
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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 (Animation)|Total Drama World Tour]]'', [[Perky Goth|Gwen]] is the Betty and [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|Courtney]] the Veronica to [[Troubled but Cute|Duncan]]'s Archie.
** 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 With a Crush|Sierra]] forming ''another'' love triangle with Cody...it's quite the [[Love Dodecahedron]], really.
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* ''[[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 With a Trope|to determine who's who]] to [[Green Lantern|John Stewart]]'s Archie. On one hand Mari/Vixen is a world famous fashion model, [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|very beautiful and glamorous]] while Hawkgirl is a more down-to-earth character and kinda [[One of the Boys]]. On the other, Hawkgirl is a redhaired alien woman with wings, which makes her a lot more exotic than the Eart-born Vixen will ever be.
** 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:
* [[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 (Animation)|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-[[Yandere|anger]] Flame Princess as the [[Third Option Love Interest|Cheryl Blossom]].
* ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|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 (Animation)|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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