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== Jughead is related to [[One Piece (Manga)|Usopp]]. ==

Riverdale is trapped in a free-repeating time loop which still allows limited influence from the outside world. Riverdale's time loop is similar to the one of ''[[Brigadoon]]'' in which the whole town can seemingly move near the beach or the mountains. The time loop is also similar to the one in ''[[Groundhog Day (Film)|Groundhog Day]]'' or ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' in that the whole town is shunted backward in time at a certain point to relive a certain amount of time. However, the time loop seems to affect only the town, and presumably anyone within the limits of the effect. Memories don't seem to be completely wiped with each loop, but memories seem to get blurred and kept only randomly. Time and technology passage of the world outside the effect is noted and does affect Riverdale but at a lesser rate than the world beyond. Presumably, anyone who enters Riverdale is enmeshed in the effect. Also, people can and do leave, but seem to be "forgotten" by the people of Riverdale, such as Betty's brother Chip and sister Polly. While Betty and family remember these two people, it's almost as if they don't really matter or they are detached from them. In this way, Riverdale is rather like the idea of the afterlife in ''[[Our Town]]''. I don't think that Riverdale is a city of ghosts, though, where everyone is really dead, as they do take notice of the outside world and there is technological progress in Riverdale, albeit at a very much slowed rate.