History Main / BettyAndVeronica

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12312193/1/Crossroads-Between-a-Mermaid-and-a-Princess Crossroads - Between a Mermaid and a Princess]]'', features [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash Ketchum]] as the Archie. Misty is the Veronica, being tomboyish, bold, and quite willing to use her physical appeal to attract him. Serena is the Betty, sweeter and more feminine, [[ThroughHisStomach and of course uses her cooking skills to her advantage]]. It's played with since both girls are friends and actively help each other to make up for their shortcomings.

* ''Fanfic/NierAutomataREBirth'': Alex goes through this through his teenage years between [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Blue]] and [[spoiler:the BigBad Purple Athena]]. Blue is the humble Machine Betty, being the friendly {{Childhood Friend}} and fellow magic student who develops feelings for him, [[ObliviousToLove though Alex isn't aware of her feelings]]. On the opposite end, the Veronica [[spoiler:Purple Athena is an all-powerful Machine Lifeform that establish herself [[AGodIAm the new Goddess over all intelligent lifeforms]] and wants to [[WeCanRuleTogether make Alex her fellow God and husband ruling the world]], though when he makes his refusal know [[AWomanScorned she declares a war on the Android-Free Machine alliance to remove his loves ones and grab his attention]]. Alex ''is'' sexually attracted to Purple Athena in her [[BishonenLine humanoid form]](which she deliberately invoked), but he considers it an InconvenientAttraction]]. On a twisted example of this trope, [[spoiler:Purple Athena has been [[DemonicPossession subtly pushing her influence into Blue]] to spy on Alex and get closer to him, which he only finds out in chapter 65 after she successfully possesses blue]].

* In ''Fanfic/LePapillonRising'', Marinette sees Adrien as "Betty" and Papillon as "Veronica"[[spoiler:... Until Adrien starts stalking her and acting more and more deranged. Then the Betty/Veronica thing fades.]]

Compare the admirable one and sexy one of the FourGirlEnsemble as well as the wife and seductress of TheThreeFacesOfEve. Also compare LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine (Betty and Veronica, respectively) and the MadonnaWhoreComplex (ditto). In a FourTemperamentEnsemble, Betty is most likely people-oriented/[[GoodIsBoring emotionally available]] ([[ThePollyanna sanguine]], or [[NiceGirl phlegmatic]]), while Veronica is task-oriented/[[IceQueen emotionally unavailable]] ([[AloofDarkHairedGirl melancholic]] or [[{{Jerkass}} choleric]]). In the case of a BustContrastDuo, Betty usually [[ACupAngst laments her lack of standing in that department]], while [[BigBreastPride Veronica flaunts hers]]. In a LoveInterestVsLustInterest scenario, the Betty will often play the role of the Love Interest, while the Veronica will play the role of the Lust Interest.

If Archie's parents are likely to [[ArrangedMarriage make the decision]] for him, [[ParentPreferredSuitor Betty is the girl they want]] and [[ParentalMarriageVeto Veronica is the one they don't]], especially if [[IWantGrandkids children are expected]] (because Betty is the more 'motherly' archetype). When Archie meets Betty and Veronica at the same time — if they are sisters, for example — he will fall in LoveAtFirstSight with Veronica and only notice Betty after she has had time to grow on him (when, for instance, he keeps visiting their parents' house to woo Veronica).

Compare the admirable one and sexy one of the FourGirlEnsemble as well as the wife and seductress of TheThreeFacesOfEve. Also compare LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine (Betty and Veronica, respectively) and the MadonnaWhoreComplex (ditto). In a FourTemperamentEnsemble, Betty is most likely people-oriented/[[GoodIsBoring emotionally available]] ([[ThePollyanna sanguine]], or [[NiceGirl phlegmatic]]), while Veronica is task-oriented/[[IceQueen emotionally unavailable]] ([[AloofDarkHairedGirl melancholic]] or [[{{Jerkass}} choleric]]). In the case of a BustContrastDuo, Betty usually [[ACupAngst laments her lack of standing in that department]], while [[BigBreastPride Veronica flaunts hers]]. In a LoveInterestVsLustInterest scenario, the Betty will often play the role of the Love Interest, while the Veronica will play the role of the Lust Interesr.

* In ''Theatre/{{Mazeppa}}'', Maria is pursued by her devoted, noble childhood friend Andrey and by Mazeppa, who is: a) an old man while she is very young (their historical counterparts had a [[MayDecemberRomance forty-nine-year age difference), b) her godfather (which is severely frowned upon as a form of incest in the Orthodox tradition), and c) secretly plotting against the tsar. Unusually for such a situation, Maria is deeply and genuinely in love with Mazeppa, elopes with him, and supports him through thick and thin… right up until he executes her father.

** "Better Than Revenge" has her in the role of a spurned Betty seeking revenge against a Veronica actress whom her Archie ex-boyfriend chose over her. Though nothing has ever been outright confirmed, the Veronica is all but stated to be Creator/CamillaBelle, who began dating Music/JoeJonas immediately after he broke up with Swift.

** "Better Than Revenge" has her in the role of a spurned Betty seeking revenge against a Veronica actress whom her Archie ex-boyfriend chose over her. Though nothing has ever been outright confirmed, the "Veronica" is all but stated to be Creator/CamillaBelle, who began dating Music/JoeJonas immediately after he broke up with Swift.

Compare the admirable one and sexy one of the FourGirlEnsemble as well as the wife and seductress of TheThreeFacesOfEve. Also compare LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine (Betty and Veronica, respectively) and the MadonnaWhoreComplex (ditto). In a FourTemperamentEnsemble, Betty is most likely people-oriented/[[GoodIsBoring emotionally available]] ([[ThePollyanna sanguine]], or [[NiceGirl phlegmatic]]), while Veronica is task-oriented/[[IceQueen emotionally unavailable]] ([[AloofDarkHairedGirl melancholic]] or [[{{Jerkass}} choleric]]). In the case of a BustContrastDuo, Betty usually [[ACupAngst laments her lack of standing in that department]], while [[BigBreastPride Veronica flaunts hers]].

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853 A Little Red and Blue]]'', Steve Rogers is the Archie with Peggy Carter, his sort-of [[MyGirlBackHome Girl Back Home]], as the Betty and "Kate" (actually a [[GetBackToTheFuture time-displaced]] Sharon Carter), who is incredibly abrasive to him, [[DeconstructionFic mostly because in her time]], [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity he left her]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar after she had stolen his shield for him]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame to stay with her aunt Peggy in the past]] [[DefrostingIceQueen although she is eventually able to move past that and forms a genuine bond with 1944 Steve]], and due to the differences in their respective time periods, acts unlike any woman he's ever met, as the Veronica. When Sharon returns to the present she discovers [[FixFic that Steve didn't actually decide to stay in the past with Peggy and the two enter an official relationship]].

* The ''WebAnimation/{{Anon}}'' series has a LOT of these storylines. With Chelsea (Archie), Kyle (Betty), and Tucker (Veronica) in the earlier seasons, as well as Dani (Archie), Ian (Betty), and Hunter (Veronica). The later seasons also has Ryan (Archie), Candace (Betty), and Miranda (Veronica), and this is even later flipped where Ryan becomes the Betty to Candace's Archie, introducing Damian as the Veronica.

Whom the hero will end up with varies according to medium, story, and the [[ValuesDissonance values of the time period and culture]] where the story was made. In more conservative societies, Betty has the advantage of [[MadonnaWhoreComplex conforming to social standards]] and the idea that LikeGoesWithLike: choosing Veronica would only lead the poor sap into [[DownerEnding ruin]]. A typical plot would have the hero [[WrongGuyFirst fruitlessly chasing Veronica, only to realize at the end that Betty was The One]] — complete with a convenient "appreciate what you've got" or TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside Aesop. (In extreme but fairly frequent cases, he would learn that Veronica was in fact [[SurpriseIncest his illegitimate half-sister]].)

Whom the hero will end up with varies according to medium, story, and the [[ValuesDissonance values of the time period and culture]] where the story was made. In more conservative societies, Betty can stand a better chance, at least if the story had a HappyEnding, due to [[MadonnaWhoreComplex conforming to social standards]] and the idea that LikeGoesWithLike: choosing Veronica would only lead the poor sap into [[DownerEnding ruin]]. Usually, the hero would [[WrongGuyFirst spend the story chasing Veronica only to realize that Betty was The One]] — complete with a convenient "appreciate what you've got" or TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside Aesop. (In extreme but fairly frequent cases, he would learn that Veronica was in fact [[SurpriseIncest his illegitimate half-sister]].)

In most cases, the loser will have a happy ending too, if not with the main hero, then as part of a BetaCouple or PairTheSpares. Movies have traditionally favored Betty, but video games, comics, and TV shows (especially long runners) have played this trope for all its worth. For example, for much of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' history, Archie and Veronica have been the OfficialCouple, whilst Betty was a frequent holder of the JerkassBall in the early years of the comic.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22719370 to the last son]]'': Elsa is engaged to the nice and scholarly, but somewhat dull, Lars Westergard (Betty), and ends up falling in love with his witty and adventurous younger brother, Hans (Veronica). [[spoiler:While Hans do genuinely like her back, he refuses to betray his brother's feelings, as well as their royal duties to preserve the alliance between the two kingdoms, and tells Elsa to go through with her ArrangedMarriage. She does.]]

* Bryan Adams's "Run To You." The Archie sings about cheating on his Betty-esque girlfriend with his Veronica.

* In ''Series/TheMuppets2015'', Kermit's new girlfriend Denise (cheerful, down-to-earth, somewhat adorkable pig whom Piggy sarcastically describes as "It's like you're dating my six-year-old niece!") is the Betty, and his ex Miss Piggy (same demanding, karate-chopping diva she's always been) is the Veronica.

* Zigzagged in ''Roleplay/KamiAndRice'' - Sabina can be seen as the sweet and caring one, compared to the lustful and adulterous Ramona, but Alex considers Ramona to be quite shallow and a bit dull, while the idea of comforting the broken, innocent girl whose father died quite tragically is seen as being a better choice.

* The 1987 version of the musical ''Theatre/AnythingGoes'' has Hope Harcourt (Betty) and Reno Sweeney (Veronica) for Billy Crocker. Subverted in that Reno's interest in Billy is one-sided as he only has eyes for Hope. [[spoiler:Reno eventually ends up hooking up with Hope's fiancee Evelyn Oakley, effectively PairingTheSpares]]. Note, however, that the 1962 version involves no sexual or romantic tension between Billy and Reno.

* ''Theatre/JekyllAndHyde'' has the wealthy aristocratic Emma Carew as the Betty and penniless prostitute Lucy as the Veronica. Several screen adaptations of the story have also used the trope, with Jekyll's fiancee (usually the daughter of Sir Danvers Carew) as the Betty and a prostitute/bar girl that Hyde picks up as the Veronica.
* In Noah Smith's stage version of ''Theatre/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', Jekyll is attracted to Enfield's fiancee, Helen, while Hyde takes interest in the brainy prostitute Cybel.

* In ''Theatre/{{Mazeppa}}'', Maria is pursued by her devoted, noble childhood friend Andrey and by Mazeppa, who is: a) an old man while she is very young (their historical counterparts had a [[MayDecemberRomance forty-nine-year age difference) b) her godfather (which is severely frowned upon as a form of incest in the Orthodox tradition) c) secretly plotting against the tsar. Unusually for such a situation, Maria is deeply and genuinely in love with Mazeppa, elopes with him, and supports him through thick and thin… right until he executes her father.

** ''Theatre/LaSylphide'' (The Sylph) has James as the Archie to his dependent but sensitive fiancee Effie (Betty) and the free spirited Sylph who wants to spirit him away (Veronica). Similarly James is the adventurous, handsome Veronica to his best friend Gurn, the somewhat dull but dependable Betty with Effie as the Archie.

** ''Petrushka'' has the poor, titular puppet dressed in rags and raging against his master's cruel treatment (Betty) compete with the well-dressed but violent Moor (Veronica)for the Ballerina's affections. [[spoiler: Their rivalry spirals out of control and results in a fight where the Moor kills Petrushka, much to the horror of the crowd.]]

This trope is also not, a LoveTriangle where one member of the triangle is an ObviouslyEvil AbhorrentAdmirer, the protagonist has absolutely no interest in. Whilst a Veronica can be villainous (as can a Betty), there has to be real drama over whom the protagonist will choose.

* In ''Mazeppa'' by Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky, Maria is pursued by her devoted, noble childhood friend Andrey and by Mazeppa, who is: a) an old man while she is very young (their historical counterparts had a [[MayDecemberRomance forty-nine-year age difference) b) her godfather (which is severely frowned upon as a form of incest in the Orthodox tradition) c) secretly plotting against the tsar. Unusually for such a situation, Maria is deeply and genuinely in love with Mazeppa, elopes with him, and supports him through thick and thin… right until he executes her father.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853 A Little Red and Blue]]'', Steve Rogers is the Archie with Peggy Carter, his sort-of [[MyGirlBackHome Girl Back Home]], as the Betty and "Kate" (actually a [[GetBackToTheFuture time-displaced]] Sharon Carter), who is incredibly abrasive to him, [[DeconstructionFic mostly because in her time]], [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity he left her]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar after she had stolden his shield for him]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame and to stay with her aunt Peggy in the past]] [[DefrostingIceQueen although she is eventually able to move past that and forms a genuine bond with 1944 Steve]], and due to the differences in their respective time periods, acts unlike any woman he's ever met, as the Veronica. When Sharon returns to the present she discovers [[FixFic that Steve didn't actually decide to stay in the past with Peggy and the two enter an official relationship]].

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853 A Little Red and Blue]]'', Steve Rogers is the Archie with Peggy Carter, his sort-of [[MyGirlBackHome Girl Back Home]], as the Betty and "Kate" (actually a [[GetBackToTheFuture time-displaced]] Sharon Carter), who is incredibly abrasive to him, [[DeconstructionFic mostly because in her time, he left her]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame to stay with her aunt Peggy in the past]] although she is eventually able to move past that and forms a genuine bond with 1944 Steve, and due to the differences in their respective time periods, acts unlike any woman he's ever met, as the Veronica. When Sharon returns to the present she discovers that Steve didn't actually decide to stay in the past with Peggy and the two enter an official relationship.

This trope is almost endlessly flexible. In a commonly-seen version, Betty is Archie's loyal comrade and usually his best friend, secretly pining for him while he ([[ObliviousToLove unaware of her feelings]]) is attracted only to Veronica, the sultry Ms. Unattainable who barely notices him. Since Betty [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wants Archie to be happy]], she may even assist him in his pursuit of Veronica, even though we all know how much she wants him for herself. Less sympathetic Betties may act EntitledToHaveYou, whether she and Archie are officially together or not. Another version begins with Archie already in a relationship with one of the girls when he starts to see the potential in the other: Veronica's excitement or Betty's stability.

If Archie's parents are likely to [[ArrangedMarriage make the decision]] for him, [[ParentPreferredSuitor Betty is the girl they want]] and [[ParentalMarriageVeto Veronica is the one they don't]], especially if [[IWantGrandkids children are expected]] (because Betty is the more maternal archetype). When Archie meets Betty and Veronica at the same time — if they are sisters, for example — he will fall in LoveAtFirstSight with Veronica and only notice Betty after she had time to grow on him (for instance, when he keeps visiting their parents' house to woo Veronica).

This trope is almost endlessly flexible. In a commonly-seen version, Betty is Archie's loyal comrade and usually his best friend, secretly pining for him while he ([[ObliviousToLove unaware of her feelings]]) is attracted only to Veronica, the sultry Ms. Unattainable who barely notices him. Since Betty [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wants Archie to be happy]], she may even assist him in his pursuit of Veronica, even though we all know how much she wants him for herself. Less sympathetic Betty's may dip into EntitledToHaveYou behavior. Another version begins with Archie already in a relationship with one of the girls when he starts to see the potential in the other: Veronica's excitement or Betty's stability.

If Archie's parents are likely to [[ArrangedMarriage make the decision]] for him, [[ParentPreferredSuitor Betty is the girl they want]] and [[ParentalMarriageVeto Veronica is the one they don't]], especially if [[IWantGrandkids children are expected]] (because Betty is more likely to want them). When Archie meets Betty and Veronica at the same time — if they are sisters, for example — he will fall in LoveAtFirstSight with Veronica and only notice Betty after she had time to grow on him (for instance, on his repeated visits to their parents' house to try to woo Veronica).

* ''Fanfic/GreenTeaRescue''; Ochako Uraraka is the sweet, dependable Betty to Himiko Toga's eager, lustful Veronica centered around Izuku Midoriya as Archie. [[ForegoneConclusion As the first chapter shows,]] [[FirstGirlWins Ochako won.]]