History Characters / RiverdaleCherylBlossom

Riverdale's resident ManipulativeBitch whose twin brother Jason is murdered, launching the series' plot.

* AcademicAthlete: She is the head cheerleader, and does well in school too.
* TheAce: Putting aside her bitchiness, Cheryl is smart, beautiful, charismatic and skilled at many things. She is a decent business woman; a talented archer, dancer and singer; and runs the cheerleaders, Pretty Poisons and the President of Student Body and LGBTQIA Alliance of Riverdale high-school. And despite all the horrible stuff that happens to her, she still manages somehow to maintain high grades.
* ActionSurvivor: Cheryl is usually capable to handle herself on dangerous situations.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the show Cheryl is much more angst-ridden and she goes through way more personal and emotional issues than her comic book counterpart. Her twin brother Jason is murdered and Cheryl ends up suffering serious emotional trauma over his death. She also comes from a dysfunctional family with AbusiveParents. Cheryl is also very lonely and somewhat disliked amongst her peers. She's also mentally unstable and is clearly suffering from a mental disorder of some kind. Ultimately, Cheryl goes through such a TraumaCongaLine that she is [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide, trying to kill herself to be TogetherInDeath with her beloved twin.]]

* AntiHero: Cheryl constantly zigzags between this and AntiVillain in first 2 seasons. She does a lot of morally ambiguous stuff for her own benefit, but she does help Betty, Archie, Veronica and Jughead when they need her. It's unfortunate that it usually takes a lot to convince her to do the right thing.

* ArmoredClosetGay: It’s gradually revealed in Season Two that she has been this since [[spoiler: middle school. After her mother catches her sharing a bed with her best friend and romantic interest Heather, she verbally abused Cheryl with homophobic attacks. This caused Cheryl to feel ashamed of her sexuality, inducing her to actively repress it. She eventually starts to deny her leanings in very toxic ways such as stalking and threatening Josie and mocking Toni for her bisexuality. However, through Toni’s emotional support and reassurances Cheryl eventually comes to accept her sexuality and even openly dates her.]] Madelaine Petsch has recently confirmed that she and showrunner and writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa discussed Cheryl’s sexuality and have decided that Cheryl is [[https://amp.popbuzz.com/tv-film/riverdale/cheryl-blossom-lesbian/ a lesbian]].

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Betty.They both care for each other but haven't openly admitted it, therefore they can be seen as friends in denial about their friendship. Possibly and inconsciently more after [[spoiler: they find out, they are actually cousins. Cheryl ''even'' started to call Betty "cousin".]]

* BadassBoast: Cheryl becomes fed up with her mother's bullshit, and gives one to Penelope while she's hospitalized, severely burnt.

* TheBeautifulElite: Cheryl is gorgeous, privileged, rich, upper class and the closest thing Riverdale has to BlueBlood.

** She sincerely thanks Archie and grants him "one wish" when [[spoiler:he comes forward about hearing a gunshot on July Fourth, confirming that Cheryl was telling the truth about that part and getting people to stop hounding her]]. This also factors into her attraction to Archie later on, since he's one of the few people to show her real kindness without any ulterior motives. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for her, it gets torpedoed due to Archie wising up to her parents' blatant manipulation attempts.]]

** A variant appears [[spoiler:in the season 1 finale that implies she considered Veronica to be the only person who was ever, truly, nice to her, as she's the only one she says (texts, rather) goodbye to before attempting suicide.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: Cheryl was very hostile toward Toni first time they met, since the latter is from the South Side of Riverdale. They insult each other, until 2x14, when Cheryl is feeling very down and Toni is consoling her. They become an OfficialCouple in high school, but as adults, they take separate paths.

** Her brother is a sensitive subject for her even years later after [[spoiler:his death]].

* BigEntrance: Cheryl, the local DramaQueen, knows how to make a show even just by entering and walking in a location. A good example is in episode 3x01, when she returns from her summer trip; she enters Pop's diner with a booming song and a SupermodelStrut.

** Thornhill, the Blossoms' mansion where Cheryl used to live before she [[spoiler:burned down]]. It is so big it has its own cemetery.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Cheryl can put on a sweet, nice and friendly façade but underneath that facade is someone who's a major AlphaBitch and can be extremely bitchy and catty. After some solid CharacterDevelopment, she castes away this side of her, though she still retains her deceitful edge.

* BrainlessBeauty: Subverted. Cheryl is a very pretty girl but she comes off as flighty and TheDitz who has her head in the clouds. In actuality, Cheryl is actually a lot more sharp, manipulative and cunning then she appears to be. And her scholastic situation is excellent.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Subverted. Her "brattiness" is a result of the horrific abused she endured at the hands of her parents.
* BreakTheCutie: It's evident that years of abuse and lack of parental love, the dysfunction that exists in her family, and the unexpected death of her twin brother Jason on whom she was codependent caused Cheryl's mental wellbeing to tail spin and spiral out of control. She tries to put on a facade and make it appear as if she is okay, but underneath it all she is a very emotionally damaged person.
* BreakTheHaughty: Oh and how. At first introduced as arrogant and downright cruel, sometimes even villainous, but goes through such a TraumaCongaLine that she finds friends in the people she once demeaned, particularly Toni, Betty and Jughead.

* BrokenAce: As good as she is at anything she does, the constant traumatic events of her life, did took a tool on Cheryl from time to time. It got bad enough to affect the "normal" side of her otherwise messy life, like school and her interpersonal relationships.
* BrokenBird: Cheryl is clearly an emotional mess, but this is understandable considering that type of family that she comes from. Both of her parents are abusive and cold and didn't provide Cheryl with much love and support. Her twin brother Jason (who she was extremely close to), ends up murdered [[spoiler:by her own father]]. After his death, she completely loses it and never fully recovers emotionally. Add the fact that she doesn't really have any friends or supporters, and its understandable why Cheryl is so messed up, ultimately trying to drown herself in Sweetwater River in the last episode of episode 1..

* CherryBlossomGirl: But of course--and not just the PunnyName, red hair or the mainly red outfits. She's also got the connection to death with her brother Jason's murder [[spoiler:and her attempted suicide at the end of season one]], and coming from an OldMoney [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASP]] family that serves as the rough American equivalent to aristocracy. The only reason they haven't shown actual cherry blossoms in reference to her yet is likely because season one takes place in the fall and winter. Given that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is also a comic book writer, and is probably familiar with this trope from anime and manga, this is likely deliberate. In the season 2 trailer, Cheryl is seen eating a cherry pie. Other important aspects concerning this trope is Cheryl's on and off romance with Toni Topaz, her gaining pyrokinesis powers in season 6, and being associated with the cycle of death and rebirth.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Part of the reason why Cheryl disliked Polly was her jealousy of her relationship with Jason. Considering how close Cheryl and Jason were, it's not surprising why Cheryl would think Polly was "stealing" her brother away.[[spoiler: In Season 3, she becomes jealous of Toni's attention for the Pretty Poisons and thinks Toni prefers to hang out with them rather than her.]]

* CompositeCharacter: While her own comic iteration was a manipulative schemer and an entitled RichBitch, Cheryl has more of a comic "Veronica Lodge" personality in ''Riverdale'', albeit with an IceQueen attitude. She is now the resident egotistical, hot-blooded, manipulative DramaQueen, with unmatchable sardonic remarks and at least 4 mood swings on same sentence. Even her {{Frenemy}} dynamic with Betty and [[LadyInRed the red motifs]] are borrowed from comic Veronica.
* ConsummateLiar: While Cheryl doesn't lie constantly, when she does it she can be very convincing. She told everyone, including Betty and Archie that it may have been a candle knocked over some curtains by the breeze that burned down Thornhill, when in reality she burned the mansion herself to teach her abusive mom a lesson.

* CorruptTheCutie: Or on Cheryl's case, corrupt the CuteAndPsycho; in Season 3, she joins the Farms after Edgar and Evelyn Evernever started to pray on her vulnerabilities.

* CustomUniform: She has two, her midriff baring cheerleading uniform and in the season two finale she receives a Southside Serpents jacket in her iconic bright red instead of the normal black.

* DarkMagicalGirl: Downplayed because Cheryl is not using her magic abilities for combat, but she is dark and troubled and morally ambiguous on her best days. She is even used by her own ancestor, Abigail Blossom, who inhabited her body for awhile, to take revenge on the descendants of those who wronged her in past, even if said descendants are decent people.

* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Cheryl clearly is starved for love and attention. It makes sense considering that her mother is never gives her any kind of maternal love and her father is arrogant and emotionally distant. Plus, she's a LonelyRichKid who doesn't have any friends and seems to be desperate to make connections with others so that she doesn't feel left out. The only person that Cheryl felt unconditionally loved her was her twin brother Jason and that's why she completely fell apart mentally and emotionally after Jason was killed.
* DramaQueen: Cheryl has a tendency to do everything as dramatically as possible. [[spoiler:Including suicide attempts.]]
* DudeMagnet: Cheryl may be a lesbian, but she never lacks male attention. This unfortunately once lead to an AttemptedRape attempt on her person.

** Is her stereotypical abrasive self about the girls in the school going through SlutShaming, but instantly changes her tune and sides with them when shown actual evidence that it is happening, even offering a sincere apology to Betty (because her brother had done it to Polly).
** When she learns of [[spoiler:Polly's pregnancy with Jason's baby]], she does everything in her power to help.

* EvilRedhead: She's a redhead, and she's not nice. Subverted as the series goes on and we see her more vulnerable and sympathetic side--and we learn that, while Cheryl's capable of being mean, her maliciousness is ''nothing'' compared to that of her parents.
* EvilTwin: Downplayed. Cheryl is not evil but going by the flashbacks of her twin brother Jason, who appeared to be a genuinely moral NiceGuy, Cheryl is definitely the morally ambiguous twin between the two. Plus, Cheryl has become more and more unhinged and crazy since Jason died.

* FieryCoverup: While there was no actual crime to hide, Cheryl destroys Blossom Mansion in an attempt to LetThePastBurn. She lies to everyone that a fallen candle ignited the curtains, and that Penelope got burnt because she tried to save her, when in reality she ran back into the house to save a "hideous family portrait". Cheryl threatens her own mother that if she ever tells the truth, she will show everyone how her husband died.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cheryl being [[RichBitch Cheryl]] [[BigScrewedUpFamily Blossom]] pretty much has this status in town. Her supposed best friends Ginger and Tina don't really care for her as a person, and only hang with her to heighten their own social standing. Though the main group ([[AllLovingHero Archie]] , [[LovableAlphaBitch Veronica]] , Betty [[CreepyGood Jughead]] and [[NiceGuy Kevin]] ) can be sympathetic and tolerant towards her, it's not without usual visable signs of exasperation as she frequently talks down to them. [[spoiler: Even her relationship with future LoveInterest Toni starts bad at first, before they finally become friends and more.]] Josie was probably an exception.
* GenerationXerox: Much like her ancestor, Abigail, Cheryl herself had a brother who was murdered, and was discriminated and abused for being queer. She has magical powers and fell in love with Antoinette Topaz, an descendent of Thomasina Topaz, who was Abigail's love interest.
* GirlyBruiser: Feminine, fancy clothing, and ass kicking. While she doesn't do a lot of physical fights, she's an excellent archer and puts even feared serial killer the Black Hood on the run.
* GirlyGirl: Cheryl loves to be as feminine as possible; she wears make-up, jewelry, accessories, shorts , high heels and very stylish clothing in general, much like Veronica Lodge.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Cheryl loves to be as feminine as possible; she wears make-up, jewelry, accessories, shorts, high heels and is very stylish clothing in general, much like Veronica Lodge. But unlike Veronica, Cheryl displays less feminine occupations, like archery and her NightmareFetishist tendencies.

* GothGirlsKnowMagic: As of the Season 5 time skip, [[spoiler:Cheryl discovers she has magical powers]]. Of course she is dramatic about it as anything else in her life.

* HairFlip: Cheryl often flips her long, curly and luscious red hair in front of others, usually as a sign of superiority. Netflix released in January 2021 , a video consisting of Cheryl flipping her "signature red mane" and officially named her "The Queen of {{Hair Flip}}s"

* HotTeacher: Cheryl becomes the Vixen's coach for a while and of course she does it in a way to steal all the attention.

** Cheryl, a closeted lesbian, hits on Archie Andrews, kisses Moose and dates Nick prior to coming out.

* VillainousLineage: Cheryl's entire genealogy is pretty messed up, from Barnabas Blossom who ordered the massacre of the Uktena, her evil ancestor, Abigail Blossom, down to her parents who are both murderers.

--> [[spoiler:'''Cheryl: Get your hands off my girlfriend.''']]
* WhiteSheep: It may not seem, but her family, is so AxCrazy, that Cheryl really comes out as a nice person by comparison.

* {{Yandere}}: When Cheryl discovered that Chuck Clayton had feelings for Josie, due to Chuck's past with women and Cheryl being jealous, she did everything in her power to prevent Josie from getting close to Chuck, as she wanted Josie all to herself. In order to do that, she needed to set Chuck up, which involved her using a pig's heart to scare Josie. With Chuck's history, this made the task easier for Cheryl to paint a menacing picture of him to Josie.
** She let go entirely of this side of her by the time she entered in an official relationship with Toni Topaz.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: [[spoiler:Downplayed in 2x22, she's ready to shoot on Penny if she doesn't release Toni and played straight in 3x22 when she attacks men of the Farm to allow Toni to run away.]]

* ThickerThanWater: Cheryl had a very deep and strong relationship with her twin brother Jason and she would've done anything for him simply because he's her twin brother and they are blood. Plus, it also helps that Jason was the one person who loved Cheryl unconditionally in her family unlike her AbusiveParents who didn't show any kind of love towards her.

--->'''Mrs. Burble:''' Speaking of the last few years. Have you ever spoken to a professional about everything you've been through, your mother's abuse, your brother's murder, your father's suicide, your time in conversion therapy and an organ harvesting cult. Your near-death experience at Sweetwater river-\\

'''Mrs. Burble:''' It would be okay if you told me it wasn't. Cheryl, you've endured lifetimes of trauma. I can't imagine going through a single one, much less all. And as a teenager? Unimaginable. [[PluckyGirl You are remarkably resilient it must exhausting]].

* StarCrossedLovers: Right during Graduation Day, Cheryl breaks up with Toni because she feels unworthy after what her ancestors did to the Utkena and Toni's family. Overtime, Cheryl comes to genuinely believe that anyone she loves will die if they stay around her, so she isolates herself for 7 years in Thornhill. Toni begs Cheryl to rekindle their relationship, but Cheryl refuses in order [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies to keep Toni safe from her family curse]].

* TalkingToTheDead: Cheryl, [[DramaQueen being Cheryl]], takes this to whole another level. She brings back her brother's dead body in Thistlehouse's chapel and talks to him as he if was still alive. For the first half of season 4 she would walk every morning to greet him, talk to him and even ask Jason's corpse what to wear. Poor Toni could only go along and watch in awe. Deconstructed case tough, as it's just Cheryl's copying mechanism after all she went through.

* TraumaCongaLine: Cheryl can anytime compete with Betty for who is the most traumatized character of the show. Since her birth, Cheryl was threated with disdain by her own parents, who were favorizing Jason, and called [[CreepyChild nightmare child]] by her mother all the time. She never had real any friends since she was young, and the only one she had was banished by her homophobic mother because Cheryl was starting to develop romantic feelings for a girl. No wonder Cheryl turned into an AlphaBitch and a BoomerangBigot. And this is before the show even started.

* TokenWizard: The only explicit character with magic-based abilities among the main cast.

* SignificantWardrobeShift: Cheryl drastically changed her physical appearance over the years. As a teen, she would wear all those short, fashionable clothes, red lipstick and wavy long hair, signifying her confidence in her physical beauty and air of superiority, but also what a dynamic and lively person she used to be. The Cheryl Toni return to is a completely changed person, who transformed into this lonely, dignified ProperLady, with an air of tragedy around her, who doesn't really pay that much attention to the way she looks. Cheryl wears similar clothing to her mother now, with a touch of [[WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}} Elsa]].

* TheNicknamer: Cheryl has a habit of referring people by anything but their names, sometimes is malicious, sometimes is an InsultOfEndearment. Jughead and Betty are "hobo and the wife of hobo". Toni is "Cha Cha" and "Gollum", Veronica is "Frida Shallow", Archie and Jughead are "Bert and Ernie" and so on.
* NightmareFetishist: One of the most iconic things about Cheryl is her love for disturbing kinks. Dressing up as Carrie White just to scare the shit out of her mother, or keeping in her house and talking to the corpse of her dead brother Jason are just two of the many nightmarish things that Cheryl does.

* TheOphelia: After Jason's death she has become more and more mentally unhinged, sleeping in Jason's bed and [[spoiler:showing up to deliver Jason's eulogy while gliding down the aisle with a glazed expression in the same white dress she wore at Sweet Water on the Fourth of July]] for examples. And then [[spoiler:she tries to drown herself, and lets herself be carried away by the river, just like the TropeNamer.]]

* ObfuscatingInsanity: Not that Cheryl was ever the paragon of mental stability, but sometimes she will exaggerate her instability or play up her NightmareFetishist tendencies just to scare off or intimidate people. In the first season, when the students had to dissect a frog in the biology class, Cheryl noticed that some classmates were looking at her and deliberately stabbed the frog only to get a scared reaction out them.
* OneTrueLove: Cheryl tries the whole season 6 to get back with Heather, but still had lingering feelings for Tony. By the end of the season, Heather refuses to enter into a relationship with her because she saw that Tony is Cheryl's true half-soul.

* NightmareFetishist: One of the most iconic things about Cheryl is her love for disturbing kinks. Dressing up as Carrie White just to scare the shit out of her mother, or keeping in her house and talking to the corpse of her dead brother, are just two of the many nightmarish things that Cheryl can do.

* NiceGirl: Cheryl in the 50' if it can be believed. While she comes across as aloof and distant at first, she helps anyone who asks for her aid in anything, she welcomes Betty and Tony in the Vixens, and secretly helps Tony with money to starts her literature club for black students.
* TheNicknamer: Cheryl has a habit of referring people by anything but their names, sometimes is malicious, sometimes is an InsultOfEndearment. Jughead and Betty are "hobo and the wife of hobo". Toni is Cha cha and Gollum, Veronica is Frida Shallow, Archie and Jughead are "Bert and Ernie" and so on.

** Cheryl, who was a closeted lesbian, hit on Archie Andrews, kissed Moose and dated Nick prior to coming out.
** Cheryl was also attracted to Josie [=McCoy=], who is straight, and stalked her.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: She's a very good shooter. Black Hood knew it painfully.
-->'''Cheryl''' : I suggest you run whilst you still can. I only miss when I mean to.
* InTheBlood: After all the crap she put through in the most turbulent stage of life for years, after graduating, Cheryl genuinely comes to believe there is a Blossom curse that dooms her to a life of unhappiness.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Cheryl acts so big headed it's unreal but it's to cover up her mother chipping away at her self worth over the years. Who wouldn't develop an ego as a defense mechanism? It's gets worse in Season 4, where she wonders to the school shrink if she actually ''is'' going crazy when she's actually just being gaslit.

* HiddenDepths: Cheryl is such a talented painter that she can perfectly copy other paintings.
* HotBlooded: Downplayed. Cheryl can be very extravagant and overly emotional but she's much more of an IceQueen. Although she does have a very fiery and crazy side as well.

* HotWitch: Having magical powers make Cheryl an even bigger MsFanservice.

* {{Goth}}: Not so much in terms of clothing, but she is ice cold, macabre and has a kink for dark stuff. Her idea of celebrating a traditional Thanks Giving day in Season 4, was to invite her annoying relatives to honor her "Gothic, ghoulish roots."
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: As of Season 5 time skip, [[spoiler:Cheryl discovers she has magical powers]]. Of course she is dramatic about it as anything else in her life.
* GrandTheftMe: For some reasons, nana Rose thought it was a good idea to use her own granddaughter for Abigail to inhabit her body.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cheryl being [[RichBitch Cheryl]] [[BigScrewedUpFamily Blossom]], has this status in town. Her supposed best friends Ginger and Tina don't really care of her as it's more for their own statuses. Though the group ([[AllLovingHero Archie]] , [[LovableAlphaBitch Veronica]] , Betty [[CreepyGood Jughead]] and [[NiceGuy Kevin]] ) can be sympathetic and tolerant with her but it's not without usual signs of exasperation as she frequently talk dirty to them. [[spoiler: Even her future LoveInterest Toni starts bad at first with her before being friends and then more.]] Josie was probably an exception.

* GirlyBruiser: Feminine, fancy clothing, and ass kicking. While she doesn't do a lot of physical fights, she's an excellent archer and puts on the run even Black Hood.

* FieryStoic: Is not only the Core Four (except for Veronica) that developed certain abilities, but Cheryl too. Beside her vague magic abilities, she has pyrokinesis now.

* {{Frenemy}}: For someone who treats the Archies like dirt, she does tend to spend a lot of time with them.

* FieryCoverup: While there was no crime to hide, Cheryl destroys Blossom mansion in an attempt to LetThePastBurn. She lies to everyone a knocked down candle by the breeze caught the curtains, and that Penelope got burnt because she tried to save her own daughter, when in reality, she ran back into the house to save a "hideous family portrait". Cheryl threatens her own mother that if she ever tells the truth, she will show everyone how her husband died.
* FieryRedhead: Subverted, her type of mean is cold and calculating, but she there is the CuteAndPsycho side of her which can be very intense to deal with.
* FierySensuality: Cheryl live and breath this trope in season 6 once she gains fire themes powers. She is a FemmeFatale and one of the biggest sources of fanservice in ''Riverdale''.

* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Cheryl clearly is starved for love and attention. It makes sense considering that her mother is never gives her any kind of maternal love and her father is arrogant and emotionally distant. Plus, she's a LonelyRichKid who doesn't have any friends and seems to be desperate to make connections with others so that she doesn't feel left out. The only person that Cheryl felt unconditionally loved her was her twin brother Jason and that's why she completely fell apart mentally and emotionally after Jason was killed

* DudeMagnet: Cheryl may be a lesbian, but she is never in lack of male attention, and it even led once to an AttemptedRape on her.

** Is her stereotypical abrasive self about the girls in the school going through SlutShaming, but instantly changes her tune and sides with them when shown actual evidence that it is happening, even offering a sincere apology to Betty because her brother had done it to Polly.

** She doesn't takes it to well to learn that her ancestor, General Pickens who was celebrated as the hero who created Riverdale, was in fact a murderer who stole the land from the Utkena people. She genuinely cries in disgust. Next day, when the Southside Serpents unexpectedly protest the celebration of Pickens Day, she joins their cause.
* EvilIsPetty: She attempted to ruin Betty and Veronica's blooming friendship in 1.01, after Veronica calls her out in cheerleader tryouts. She's also bitchy toward Betty because she believes her sister shot Jason.
* EvilRedhead: She's a redhead, and she's not nice. Subverted as the series goes on and we see her more vulnerable and sympathetic side--and we learn that, while Cheryl's capable of being mean, she is ''nothing'' compared to her parents.

* DatingWhatMommyHates: In season 2, when Cheryl starts to date Toni secretly, her homophobic mother eventually finds out and sends her off to an institution to "cure" her.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: In season 2, when Cheryl started to secretly date Toni, her homophobic mother finds out and sends her off.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Very, very slowly, she's gradually turning into a friend to Archie and his friends: she's become civil with Betty and she joins Veronica and Kevin at the drive-in.

* CompositeCharacter: While her own comic iteration was a manipulative schemer and an entitled RichBitch, Cheryl has more of a comic "Veronica Lodge" personality in ''Riverdale'', albeit with an IceQueen attitude. She is now the resident egotistical, hot-blooded, manipulative DramaQueen, with unmatchable sardonic remarks and at least 4 mood swings on same sentence. Even her {{Frenemy}} with Betty and [[LadyInRed the red motifs]] are borrowed from comic Veronica.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Part of the reason why Cheryl had a dislike for Polly was because she was somewhat jealous over her relationship with Jason. Considering how close Cheryl and Jason were, it's not surprising why Cheryl would be jealous that Polly was stealing her brother away.[[spoiler: In Season 3, she became jealous of Toni's attention for the Pretty Poison and thinks Toni prefers to hang out with them instead her.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Toodles!"
* CherryBlossomGirl: But of course--and not just with the PunnyName, the red hair or that she wears mainly red outfits. She's also got the connection to death with her brother Jason's murder [[spoiler:and her attempted suicide at the end of season one]], and she comes from an OldMoney [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASP]] family that serves as the rough American equivalent to aristocracy. The only reason why they haven't shown actual cherry blossoms yet is likely because season one took place in the fall and winter. Given that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is also a comic book writer, and probably knew this trope from anime and manga, this is probably deliberate. In the season 2 trailer, Cheryl is eating a cherry pie. Another important aspects around this trope, is Cheryl's on and off romance with Toni Topaz, and her gaining pyrokinesis powers in season 6, and being associated with the cycle of death and rebirth.

* CherryBlossomGirl: But of course--and not just with the PunnyName, the red hair or that she wears mainly red outfits. She's also got the connection to death with her brother Jason's murder [[spoiler:and her attempted suicide at the end of season one]], and she comes from an OldMoney [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASP]] family that serves as the rough American equivalent to aristocracy. The only reason why they haven't shown actual cherry blossoms yet is likely because season one took place in the fall and winter. Given that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is also a comic book writer, and probably knew this trope from anime and manga, this is probably deliberate. In the season 2 trailer, Cheryl is eating a cherry pie. Another important aspects around this trope, is Cheryl's on and off romance with Tony Topaz, and her gaining pyrokinesis powers in season 6, and being associated with the cycle of death and rebirth.

* BrokenBird: Cheryl is clearly an emotional mess but this is understandable considering that type of family that she comes from. Both of her parents are abusive and cold and didn't provide Cheryl with much love and support. Her twin brother Jason, who she was extremely close to, ended up being murdered [[spoiler:by her own father]]. After his death, she completely lost it and never recovered emotionally. Add onto the fact that she doesn't really have any friends or supporters, and its understandable why Cheryl is so messed up, and tries to drown herself in Sweetwater River in the last episode of episode 1..
* BrokenPedestal: Clearly loved Jason and thought a lot of him. When Veronica looks into rumors of the football team [[SexinessScore "keeping score" of their sexual conquests in a book]], Cheryl refuses to believe in it as Jason would have told her. Joining the other girls, she finds that not only does the book exist but Jason's name is all over it with several conquests and Cheryl realizes her brother wasn't the saintly guy she thought he was.

* ColorMotifs: Red. If she's not wearing some red clothing, rest assured she has bright red lipstick on.

* BrokenBird: Cheryl is clearly an emotional mess but this is understandable considering that type of family that she comes from. Both of her parents are abusive and cold and didn't provide Cheryl with much love and support. Her twin brother Jason, who she was extremely close to, ended up being murdered [[spoiler:by her own father]]. After his death, she completely lost it and never recovered emotionally. Add onto the fact that she doesn't really have any friends or supporters, and its understandable why Cheryl is so messed up.

* BungledSuicide: If it weren't for Archie, Cheryl's corpse would be now somewhere in the depths of Sweet River.