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* BizarroEpisode: No one can deny it's a strange outing for Archie.

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* ArtShift[=/=]NonStandardCharacterDesign: Frank and the other Marvel characters are drawn by John Buscema, while the ''Archie'' characters are drawn by Stan Goldberg. This leads to Frank looking far more realistic than the ''Archie'' cast.


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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Frank and the other Marvel characters are drawn by John Buscema, while the ''Archie'' characters are drawn by Stan Goldberg. This leads to Frank looking far more realistic than the ''Archie'' cast.
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-> ''The team-up you thought would never happen... Archie and the Punisher wish you were right!''
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After dealing twice with Creator/DCComics' Franchise/{{Batman}}, the next logical IntercontinuityCrossover for Creator/MarvelComics' no-nonsense vigilante Comicbook/ThePunisher was for him to try to shoot that delightful neighborhood rapscallion [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]]. [[AudienceAlienatingPremise Wait... what?]]

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After dealing twice with Creator/DCComics' Franchise/{{Batman}}, the next logical IntercontinuityCrossover for Creator/MarvelComics' no-nonsense vigilante Comicbook/ThePunisher was for him to try to shoot that delightful neighborhood rapscallion [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]]. Andrews]].

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After dealing twice with Creator/DCComics' Franchise/{{Batman}}, the next logical IntercontinuityCrossover for Creator/MarvelComics' no-nonsense vigilante Comicbook/ThePunisher was for him to try to shoot that delightful neighborhood rapscallion [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]]. [[AudienceAlientatingPremise Wait... what?]]

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After dealing twice with Creator/DCComics' Franchise/{{Batman}}, the next logical IntercontinuityCrossover for Creator/MarvelComics' no-nonsense vigilante Comicbook/ThePunisher was for him to try to shoot that delightful neighborhood rapscallion [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]]. [[AudienceAlientatingPremise [[AudienceAlienatingPremise Wait... what?]]
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After dealing twice with Creator/DCComics' Franchise/{{Batman}}, the next logical IntercontinuityCrossover for Creator/MarvelComics' no-nonsense vigilante Comicbook/ThePunisher was for him to try to shoot that delightful neighborhood rapscallion [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]]. Wait... what?

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After dealing twice with Creator/DCComics' Franchise/{{Batman}}, the next logical IntercontinuityCrossover for Creator/MarvelComics' no-nonsense vigilante Comicbook/ThePunisher was for him to try to shoot that delightful neighborhood rapscallion [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]]. [[AudienceAlientatingPremise Wait... what?
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* PublisherChosenTitle: Marvel and Archie published separate editions of the book, and both publishers ordered their character first in the titling.
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** The entertainment at the dance is implied to be Dino Manelli of the Howling Commandoes (he mentions the kids reminding him of a friend he names as Junior Juniper). [[note]] This would be oddly anachronistic. Perhaps he's an LMD? [[/note]]
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* ArtShift[=/=]NonStandardCharacterDesign: Frank and the other Marvel characters are drawn by John Buscema, while the ''Archie'' characters are drawn by Stan Goldberg. This leads to Frank looking far more realistic than the ''Archie'' cast.
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-> ''The team-up you thought would never happen... Archie and the Punisher wish you were right!''
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* PetTheDog: Frank does one for the entire town, as it is obvious that Riverdale's innocence has touched him. It's very apparent when he lets Red escape. Sure, he justifies it to himself by saying he can always get him later, the Feds are closing in, etc. But there's also the fact that Archie and the rest of the gang are there, and Frank clearly knows that it's the night of the big dance, everyone had a little adventure, no one got hurt, ''and these kids don't need to see a man gunned down right in front of them.'' Riverdale's innocence would be gone forever if he did that.

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* LighterAndSofter: Deliberately invoked in-story, even Lampshaded by Microchip. Its implied to be because Riverdale's innocence reminds Frank of what could have been... he even spares Red Fever in an uncharacteristic move, because he doesnt want to expose Archie and the other residents of the town to the bloodshed and cruelty that he lives with every day.

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* InternalMonologue: Frank has one while walking through empty halls of Riverdale's school, mostly about about what a nice place it is and how we would like to keep it safe by killing the bad guys... [[MoodWhiplash then he notices mural]] that says "It's up to you to keep Riverdale clean!"
* LighterAndSofter: Deliberately invoked in-story, even Lampshaded by Microchip. Its implied to be because Riverdale's innocence reminds Frank of what could have been... he even spares Red Fever in an uncharacteristic move, because he doesnt doesn't want to expose Archie and the other residents of the town to the bloodshed and cruelty that he lives with every day.
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** Also, it's telling that at the end of the story, Betty is providing the voiceover for the night's events while everyone is talking about the adventure and Frank and Microchip are preparing to depart. Betty makes a very astute observation that she thinks Frank really doesn't want to leave...
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** Wolff and Byrd, Councilors of the Macabre, also briefly appear (Batton Lash, the writer of ''Archie Meets the Punisher'', created Wolff and Byrd).

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** [[Webcomic/SupernaturalLaw Wolff and Byrd, Councilors Counselors of the Macabre, Macabre]], also briefly appear (Batton Lash, the writer of ''Archie Meets the Punisher'', created Wolff and Byrd).
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* WeirdCrossover: Admit it, a violent antihero vigilante visiting a normal high school isn't really expected.
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* ButThisIsRidiculous: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/archiepunisher_9911.jpg Right on the cover,]] Archie says on seeing the Punisher, "I knew there'd be a ''chaperone'', but this is ridiculous!"

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** Comicbook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch is among the guests of said dance.

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** Comicbook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch [[Comicbook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Sabrina]] is among the guests of said dance.



* CriminalDoppelganger: Red Fever looks exactly like Archie, but luckily for him, everyone, including Punisher, is quick to realize that he just looks like Fever. The ending also implies that Jughead has one as well, an eastern european dictator.

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* CriminalDoppelganger: Red Fever looks exactly like Archie, but luckily for him, everyone, including Punisher, is quick to realize that he just looks like Fever. The ending also implies that Jughead has one as well, an eastern european Eastern European dictator.



* IHaveManyNames: Red Fever is also known as Czar, Mel Jay, Montana Bob and Freckles.

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* IHaveManyNames: Red Fever is also known as Czar, Mel Jay, Montana Bob Bob, and Freckles.



** Red takes his hostage Veronica to a building which stores giant balloon versions of Franchise/SpiderMan, Archie Comics' own CaptainPatriotic The Shield and [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]].

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** Red takes his hostage Veronica to a building which stores giant balloon versions of Franchise/SpiderMan, Archie Comics' own CaptainPatriotic The Shield Shield, and [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]].Hedgehog]].
** One of Red Fever's aliases is stated to be "Montana Bob". Bob Montana was the original creator of ''Archie''.



* StoryBreakerTeamUp: The comic puts, thanks to the setting being primarily Archie's, much less of an emphasis on Frank's common traits involving death and mayhem.

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* StoryBreakerTeamUp: The comic puts, This comic, thanks to the setting being primarily Archie's, puts much less of an emphasis on Frank's common traits involving death and mayhem.
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* ButThisIsRidiculous: Right on the cover, Archie says on seeing the Punisher, "I knew there'd be a ''chaperone'', but this is ridiculous!"

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* ButThisIsRidiculous: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/archiepunisher_9911.jpg Right on the cover, cover,]] Archie says on seeing the Punisher, "I knew there'd be a ''chaperone'', but this is ridiculous!"

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* ButThisIsRidiculous: Right on the cover, Archie says on seeing the Punisher, "I knew there'd be a ''chaperone'', but this is ridiculous!"
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* CassandraTruth: Archie tries to tell the local cops about the danger he is in due to the Punisher and the criminals after the Red Fever, but they don't believe him due various calls he made in past, that ended up to be mistakes from his part.

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* CassandraTruth: Archie tries to tell the local cops about the danger he is in due to the Punisher and the criminals after the Red Fever, but they don't believe him due to various calls he made in past, that ended turned up to be mistakes and misunderstandings from his part.



* LighterAndSofter: Delberatly invoked in-story, even Lampshaded by Microchip. Its implied to be because Riverdale's innocence reminds Frank of what could have been... He even spares Red Fever in an uncharacteristic move, because he doesnt want to expose Archie and the other residents of the town to the bloodshed and cruelty that he lives with every day.

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* LighterAndSofter: Delberatly Deliberately invoked in-story, even Lampshaded by Microchip. Its implied to be because Riverdale's innocence reminds Frank of what could have been... He he even spares Red Fever in an uncharacteristic move, because he doesnt want to expose Archie and the other residents of the town to the bloodshed and cruelty that he lives with every day.

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* CriminalDoppelganger: Red Fever looks exactly like Archie, but luckily for him, everyone, including Punisher, is quick to realize that he just looks like Fever.

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* CriminalDoppelganger: Red Fever looks exactly like Archie, but luckily for him, everyone, including Punisher, is quick to realize that he just looks like Fever. The ending also implies that Jughead has one as well, an eastern european dictator.


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* LighterAndSofter: Delberatly invoked in-story, even Lampshaded by Microchip. Its implied to be because Riverdale's innocence reminds Frank of what could have been... He even spares Red Fever in an uncharacteristic move, because he doesnt want to expose Archie and the other residents of the town to the bloodshed and cruelty that he lives with every day.
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: When Archie and the gang spot Punisher in the dance, everyone is quick to do something about it, and to avoid trouble, Reggie announces that he'll check the bleachers. This a bad choice in a hindsight, since Punisher's gunplay with the gangsters after Red takes him there.

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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: When Archie and the gang spot Punisher in the dance, everyone is quick to do something about it, and to avoid trouble, Reggie announces that he'll check the bleachers. This a bad choice in a hindsight, since Punisher's gunplay with the gangsters who are after Red takes him there.
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** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Wilkin_Boy "That Wilkin Boy"]] is mentioned as being at the dance.
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** Wolff and Byrd, Councilors of the Macabre, also briefly appear (Batton Lash, the writer of ''Archie Meets the Punisher'', created Wolff and Byrd).


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** In a throw-away line, Sabrina says to a friend, "So I asked [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange the Doctor]] if the Hosts of Hoggoth were really hoary."
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The Marvel-published edition of this book is titled ''The Punisher Meets Archie''.
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** Comicbook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch is among the quests of said dance.

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* VersusTitle: Of oldschool Franchise/UniversalHorror variety.

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* TheCameo: ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats appear as the band playing in the 50s dance at the school.

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* ShoutOut: The list for possible destinations in the train station that Red escapes from Punisher to includes such destionations as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham]], [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ivy Town]] and [[Comicbook/JusticeLeague Happy Harbor]].

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The list for possible destinations in the train station that Red escapes from Punisher to includes such destionations destinations as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham]], [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ivy Town]] and [[Comicbook/JusticeLeague Happy Harbor]].Harbor]].
** Red takes his hostage Veronica to a building which stores giant balloon versions of Franchise/SpiderMan, Archie Comics' own CaptainPatriotic The Shield and [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]].
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* StoryBreakerTeamUp: The comic puts, thanks to the setting being primarily Archie's, much less of an emphasis on Frank's common traits involving death and mayhem.
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[[caption-width-right:338:This can only end in family-friendly shenanigans.]]

After dealing twice with Creator/DCComics' Franchise/{{Batman}}, the next logical IntercontinuityCrossover for Creator/MarvelComics' no-nonsense vigilante Comicbook/ThePunisher was for him to try to shoot that delightful neighborhood rapscallion [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]]. Wait... what?

Frank Castle, the vigilante known as The Punisher, is working together with the FBI to bring the up-and-coming drug dealer known as Red Fever to justice. Red tries to evade him by going to idyllic Riverdale, where he tries to establish a new criminal enterprise. However, Punisher follows and stops him with the help of Red's lookalike Archie and his friends.

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* BaldOfEvil: Red is actually bald, a fact that he hides with a red-haired toupee.
* TheCameo: ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats appear as the band playing in the 50s dance at the school.
* CassandraTruth: Archie tries to tell the local cops about the danger he is in due to the Punisher and the criminals after the Red Fever, but they don't believe him due various calls he made in past, that ended up to be mistakes from his part.
* CriminalDoppelganger: Red Fever looks exactly like Archie, but luckily for him, everyone, including Punisher, is quick to realize that he just looks like Fever.
* HostageSituation: Red takes Archie's [[BettyAndVeronica possible girlfriend]] Veronica hostage after Punisher catches up to him. Rest of the comic's drama comes from unravelling of the situtaion.
* IHaveManyNames: Red Fever is also known as Czar, Mel Jay, Montana Bob and Freckles.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: When Archie and the gang spot Punisher in the dance, everyone is quick to do something about it, and to avoid trouble, Reggie announces that he'll check the bleachers. This a bad choice in a hindsight, since Punisher's gunplay with the gangsters after Red takes him there.
* MotifMerger: The comic has Punisher's skull-logo crossed with Archie's features.
* PieInTheFace: A mook mistaking Archie for Red has him on knifepoint. Punisher, currently unarmed, deals with him with a cake to the face just as the guy realizes that he has the wrong man.
* SequelHook: The comic ends with a suggestion that Archie's pal Jughead is going to meet up with another popular Marvel Comics character; Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}.
* ShoutOut: The list for possible destinations in the train station that Red escapes from Punisher to includes such destionations as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham]], [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ivy Town]] and [[Comicbook/JusticeLeague Happy Harbor]].
* SueDonym: In Riverdale, Castle works under the name Castiglione.
* UnwillingSuspension: Red Fever ends up foiled when his leg ends up tangled in the rope for a parade balloon, and is lifted high up in the air.

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