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* BreakTheCutie: Betty undergoes a serious depression after Archie picks Veronica over her. Not even dating [[HappyDays Richie Cunningham]] or [[HighSchoolMusical Troy Bolton]] lifts her out of it.

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* BreakTheCutie: Betty undergoes a serious depression after Archie picks Veronica over her. Not even dating [[HappyDays [[Series/HappyDays Richie Cunningham]] or [[HighSchoolMusical [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Troy Bolton]] lifts her out of it.
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* ShoutOut: After Archie marries Veronica, Betty dates a lot of guys who, in her own words, have been "Archie all over again." She name-drops [[TheAldrichFamily Henry Aldrich]], Film/AndyHardy, [[HappyDays Richie Cunningham]], [[SavedByTheBell Zack Morris]] and [[HighSchoolMusical Troy Bolton]].

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* ShoutOut: After Archie marries Veronica, Betty dates a lot of guys who, in her own words, have been "Archie all over again." She name-drops [[TheAldrichFamily [[Series/TheAldrichFamily Henry Aldrich]], Film/AndyHardy, [[HappyDays [[Series/HappyDays Richie Cunningham]], [[SavedByTheBell [[Series/SavedByTheBell Zack Morris]] and [[HighSchoolMusical [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Troy Bolton]].
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* ShoutOut: After Archie marries Veronica, Betty dates a lot of guys who, in her own words, have been "Archie all over again." She name-drops [[TheAldrichFamily Henry Aldrich]], AndyHardy, [[HappyDays Richie Cunningham]], [[SavedByTheBell Zack Morris]] and [[HighSchoolMusical Troy Bolton]].

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* ShoutOut: After Archie marries Veronica, Betty dates a lot of guys who, in her own words, have been "Archie all over again." She name-drops [[TheAldrichFamily Henry Aldrich]], AndyHardy, Film/AndyHardy, [[HappyDays Richie Cunningham]], [[SavedByTheBell Zack Morris]] and [[HighSchoolMusical Troy Bolton]].
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* MoodWhiplash: Presented itself as a tween magazine with light-hearted articles that didn't sit well with the darker and edgier content of the stories. Eventually such content was dropped.
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* SupremeChef: Jughead turns out to be as good at making burgers as he is at eating them, which is [[BigEater really saying something]].


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* TookALevelInKindness: Although he remains a bit edgy, Reggie is essentially a very nice guy in both stories.
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* BadassBeard: Dilton.


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** Played somewhat straighter when Reggie gets the idea of a reality show with him and Betty, and Betty asks who'd be interested in watching them.
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* SandInMyEyes: Jughead, when Veronica goes missing.

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* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Chuck and Nancy make a comic based on their adventures at Riverdale High, named "Smalltown Kidz." In a slight subversion of the trope, everyone thinks it's a great idea and the comic becomes a success.

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* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Chuck and Nancy make a comic based on their adventures at Riverdale High, named High (named "Smalltown Kidz." High" in one continuity and "Smalltown Kidz" in the other). In a slight subversion of the trope, everyone thinks it's a great idea and the comic becomes a success.

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* EyesAlwaysShut: Jughead, of course, but new character Ilana (who is blind) is also drawn like this.

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* EyesAlwaysShut: Jughead, of course, but new character Ilana (who is blind) is also drawn like this.



* YouDontLookLikeYou: Ilana, the blind girl Moose meets in Yoga class and helps him with his anger management, looks nothing like she did in her first appearance in ''Archie'' #605 -- there she had black hair and angular features and wore CoolShades to illustrate her blindness, while in this series, she has brown hair, softer and rounder features, and is always drawn with Jughead-style EyesAlwaysShut.

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: Ilana, the blind girl Moose meets in Yoga class and helps him with his anger management, Ilana looks nothing like she did in her first appearance in ''Archie'' #605 -- there she had black hair and angular features and wore CoolShades to illustrate her blindness, while in this series, she has brown hair, softer and rounder features, and is always drawn with Jughead-style EyesAlwaysShut.
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* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Chuck and Nancy make a comic based on their adventures at Riverdale High, named "Smalltown High." In a slight subversion of the trope, everyone thinks it's a great idea and the comic becomes a success.

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* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Chuck and Nancy make a comic based on their adventures at Riverdale High, named "Smalltown High.Kidz." In a slight subversion of the trope, everyone thinks it's a great idea and the comic becomes a success.
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* CuteClumsyGirl: Sophie "Soapy" Waters, one of the new students at Riverdale High.


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* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Chuck and Nancy make a comic based on their adventures at Riverdale High, named "Smalltown High." In a slight subversion of the trope, everyone thinks it's a great idea and the comic becomes a success.

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* EyesAlwaysShut: Jughead, of course, but new character Ilana (who is blind) is also drawn like this.



* YouDontLookLikeYou: Ilana, the blind girl Moose meets in Yoga class and helps him with his anger management, looks nothing like she did in her first appearance in ''Archie'' #605 -- there she had black hair and angular features and wore CoolShades to illustrate her blindness, while in this series, she has brown hair, softer and rounder features, and is always drawn with her eyes closed, Jughead-style.

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: Ilana, the blind girl Moose meets in Yoga class and helps him with his anger management, looks nothing like she did in her first appearance in ''Archie'' #605 -- there she had black hair and angular features and wore CoolShades to illustrate her blindness, while in this series, she has brown hair, softer and rounder features, and is always drawn with her eyes closed, Jughead-style.Jughead-style EyesAlwaysShut.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: Ilana, the blind girl Moose meets in Yoga class and helps him with his anger management, looks nothing like she did in her first appearance in ''Archie'' #605 -- there she had black hair and angular features and wore CoolShades to illustrate her blindness, while in this series, she has brown hair, softer and rounder features, and is always drawn with her eyes closed, Jughead-style.
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* FakeOutOpening: After Reggie is wrongfully arrested for fraud, extortion and bribery in issue #6, issue #7 opens with him behind bars and ranting about how the "lousy coppers" will never get him to talk. Turns out he's not actually in prison, just re-enacting his "prison routines" for Jughead, who points out that "I don't think the three hours you spent sitting on a bench in the Riverdale police station count as ''hard time,'' Reg."
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* ShoutOut: After Archie marries Veronica, Betty dates a lot of guys who, in her own words, have been "Archie all over again." She name-drops [[TheAldrichFamily Henry Aldrich]], AndyHardy, [[HappyDays Richie Cunningham]], [[SavedByTheBell Zack Morris]] and [[HighSchoolMusical Troy Bolton]].
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* WolverinePublicity: Kevin Keller's introduction and subsequent marriage in both timelines was a huge enough publicity boost to completely sell out the first print run of issue #16.
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* WolverinePublicity: Kevin Keller's introduction and subsequent marriage in both timelines was a huge enough publicity boost to completely sell out the first print run of issue #16.

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Following on the heels of the ''Archie Marries Veronica/Betty'' storylines, the series follows Archie's life post-marriage. Each issue contains one comic set in the timeline in which Archie married Veronica, and one set in the timeline in which he married Betty. The comics differ from the norm in several ways, being printed in magazine format and having DarkerAndEdgier storylines, with SoapOpera plot twists and situations.

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Following on the heels of the ''Archie Marries Veronica/Betty'' storylines, the series follows Archie's life post-marriage. Each issue contains one comic set in the timeline in which Archie married Veronica, and one set in the timeline in which he married Betty. Betty.

The comics differ from the norm in several ways, being printed in magazine format and having DarkerAndEdgier storylines, with SoapOpera plot twists and situations.
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* PairTheSpares: Reggie with whichever girl Archie ''doesn't'' pick.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Original plans called for separate series about Archie's marriages to Betty and to Veronica.
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->''Love or hate...life or death...[[BettyAndVeronica Betty or Veronica]]...the end or just the beginning...[[RobertFrost the road taken or the road not taken]]...''

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->''Love or hate...life or death...[[BettyAndVeronica Betty or Veronica]]...the end or just the beginning...[[RobertFrost [[Creator/RobertFrost the road taken or the road not taken]]...''

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* WolverinePublicity: The issue that featured Kevin Keller's same-sex wedding sold better than any other single issue of the series. Are you really surprised Kevin got his own series so fast?
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* WolverinePublicity: The issue that featured Kevin Keller's same-sex wedding sold better than any other single issue of the series. Are you really surprised Kevin got his own series so fast?
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** Cheryl Blossom is stuck waiting tables. Until [[she has breast cancer and has to come back to Riverdale]].

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** Cheryl Blossom is stuck waiting tables. Until [[she [[spoiler: she has breast cancer and has to come back to Riverdale]].

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*** Or Jughead and Big Ethel.



** Cheryl Blossom is stuck waiting tables.

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** Cheryl Blossom is stuck waiting tables. Until [[she has breast cancer and has to come back to Riverdale]].
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: Mr. Lodge, due to the multiverse]].
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->''Love or hate...life or death...[[BettyAndVeronica Betty or Veronica]]...the end or just the beginning...[[RobertFrost the road taken or the road not taken]]...''
-->--'''Dilton Doiley'''

''Life With Archie: The Married Life'' is an ongoing storyline in ArchieComics. It was launched in its own series in September 2010.

Following on the heels of the ''Archie Marries Veronica/Betty'' storylines, the series follows Archie's life post-marriage. Each issue contains one comic set in the timeline in which Archie married Veronica, and one set in the timeline in which he married Betty. The comics differ from the norm in several ways, being printed in magazine format and having DarkerAndEdgier storylines, with SoapOpera plot twists and situations.
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!!This comic contains examples of:

* AlternateContinuity: Not only do the two stories display different futures, but ''Archie Loves Betty'' sometimes differs from ''Archie Marries Betty''. Most noticeably, Miss Grundy in ''Archie Loves Betty'' dies without seeing Archie and Betty become teachers.
* AlternateUniverse: Dilton apparently keeps track of them.
* BetaCouple:
** Moose and his blind yoga instructor, Ilana.
** Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy in the ''Archie Loves Betty'' stories, until Miss Grundy dies.
** Jughead and Midge.
* BigApplesauce: Archie and Betty spend some time living in New York City.
* BreakTheCutie: Betty undergoes a serious depression after Archie picks Veronica over her. Not even dating [[HappyDays Richie Cunningham]] or [[HighSchoolMusical Troy Bolton]] lifts her out of it.
* BreakTheHaughty: Veronica undergoes a serious depression after Archie picks Betty over her. It becomes so severe, Mr. Lodge tries bribing Archie to leave Betty for Veronica.
** Cheryl Blossom is stuck waiting tables.
* ContinuityPorn: Ambrose shows up and discusses the ''Little Archie'' stories with Archie. Little Jinx also appears.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Lodge [[spoiler: and Fred Mirth]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: In the first issue alone, Moose and Midge break up in order to avoid further DomesticAbuse, Miss Grundy contracts a fatal disease, and the Betty of the Archie Marries Veronica timeline has lost the will to live (as did the Veronica of the Archie Marries Betty timeline).
* EarnYourHappyEnding: While the Archie Gets Married storylines resolve to BabiesEverAfter endings pretty quickly, the ''Life With Archie'' series is suggesting that there will be a lot of work to get there.
* FourthWallObserver: [[spoiler: Dilton]].
* {{Multiverse}}: Confirmed as of ish 18.
* PreviouslyOn
* SoapOperaDisease: Leads to the death of Miss Grundy.
* SpiritualSuccessor: A melodramatic comic titled ''Life with Archie'' also ran during the 1960s and '70s, but took place while Archie and his friends were still high schoolers.
* TakeAThirdOption: So, is Archie going to end up with Betty or Veronica? Turns out, either one is canon.
* UnluckyEverydude: Archie in both scenarios to an extent, and, surprisingly, Reggie.
* WhamEpisode: Issues 10 and 18.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Original plans called for separate series about Archie's marriages to Betty and to Veronica.
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