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* FreudianExcuse: She was sold as a child bride to the Blossoms when she was 8, which was ignored by the townspeople, and when she told the midnight club about it they only mocked her for it. Years later, when Jason is murdered and (apparently) no one comforts her, it was the last straw and causes her to become the horrible person she is now.

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* FreudianExcuse: She was sold as a child bride to the Blossoms when she was 8, which was ignored by the townspeople, and when she told the midnight club Midnight Club about it they only mocked her for it. Years later, when Jason is murdered and (apparently) no one comforts her, it was the last straw and causes her to become the horrible person she is now.

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** His alias in the past, Paul Prince, being a shopkeeper who gives people seemingly rare things in exchange for them committing petty vandalism, brings Leland Gaunt of Literature/NeedfulThings to mind.
* MindControl: Percival can control people's minds and convince him to do what he wants, but his powers don't work on those with an emotional tether.

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** His alias in the past, Paul Prince, being a shopkeeper who gives people seemingly rare things in exchange for them committing petty vandalism, brings Leland Gaunt of Literature/NeedfulThings ''Literature/NeedfulThings'' to mind.
* DepravedBisexual: Either that or DepravedHomosexual, as he kisses Kevin Keller to manipulate him, and earlier mentions that his singing voice is popular with both women and men.
* MindControl: Percival can control people's minds and convince him to do what he wants, but his powers don't work on those with an emotional tether. He most notably uses this to brainwash Frank Andrews, Alice Cooper and Tom Keller, and to become an UltimateAuthorityMayor.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Hiram's planting of an explosive under Archie's bed at the end of Season 5 leads to the Rivervale alternate dimension in Season 6, which leads to Percival Pickens coming to town and redirecting Bailey's Comet to crash into Riverdale, which leads to the entire original timeline being overwritten with one where the characters are teens in the 1950s in Season 7. So, while trying to get revenge on one young man with one bomb that should, at most, have destroyed a house, Hiram basically ended up causing the destruction of his whole universe and led the cast to die of old age several decades earlier than they would have]].



* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:When she made a guest appearance in Season 6, after WalkingTheEarth, Penelope had joined a holy order, apologized to Cheryl for her misdeeds, and attempted to make up for them by giving Cheryl the letters her old love Heather had sent, bringing Cheryl and Heather back together. In Season 7, the timeline is changed to one where Penelope is a Russian Communist spy, undoing her redemption arc, and the last we see of them, she and Clifford end up being exposed by their own children and arrested by the feds]].



* NotBloodSiblings: After being implied several times, it's confirmed in season three that Penelope is a Blossom by adoption as well as by marriage due to be [[WifeHusbandry groomed and brainwashed to be Clifford's wife.]]

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* NotBloodSiblings: After being implied several times, it's confirmed in season three that Penelope is a Blossom by adoption as well as by marriage due to be being [[WifeHusbandry groomed and brainwashed to be Clifford's wife.]]wife]].



** Despite all the abuse she has inflicted on Cheryl over the years, in her heart of hearts Penelope honestly doesn't want Cheryl to be killed or serious hurt. Thus, when she learns she is going over to the White Wyrm on the same night that Hiram plans to raid the building to flush out the last of the Serpents, she initially tries to stop her and spills Hiram's plan when she refuses.

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** Despite all the abuse she has inflicted on Cheryl over the years, in her heart of hearts Penelope honestly doesn't want Cheryl to be killed or serious seriously hurt. Thus, when she learns she Cheryl is going over to the White Wyrm on the same night that Hiram plans to raid the building to flush out the last of the Serpents, she initially tries to stop her and spills Hiram's plan when she refuses.
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** His alias in the past, Paul Prince, being a shopkeeper who gives people seemingly rare things in exchange for them committing petty vandalism, brings Leland Gaunt of Literature/NeedfulThings to mind.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Clearly, as Fred was attracted to her and married her.
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* AlliterativeName: '''P'''ercival '''P'''ickens. [[spoilers:Two of his aliases in the past, '''P'''erry '''P'''ierce and '''P'''aul '''P'''rince, also have this distinction, while the third, Sheriff '''P'''erkins, whose supposed first name is not revealed, presumably does as well.]]

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* AlliterativeName: '''P'''ercival '''P'''ickens. [[spoilers:Two [[spoiler:Two of his aliases in the past, '''P'''erry '''P'''ierce and '''P'''aul '''P'''rince, also have this distinction, while the third, Sheriff '''P'''erkins, whose supposed first name is not revealed, presumably does as well.]]
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* AlliterativeName: '''P'''ercival '''P'''ickens. [[spoilers:Two of his aliases in the past, '''P'''erry '''P'''ierce and '''P'''aul '''P'''rince, also have this distinction, while the third, Sheriff '''P'''erkins, whose supposed first name is not revealed, presumably does as well.]]
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* {{Polyamory}}: He is getting married to Alice despite being already married with Evelyn, Alice and the whole Farm knows this and they are fine with it.

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* {{Polyamory}}: He is getting married to Alice despite being already married with Evelyn, to Evelyn. Alice and the whole Farm knows this and they are fine with it.
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* IAmAHumanitarian: They consume the body’s of their Elders to absorb their wisdom.

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* IAmAHumanitarian: They consume the body’s bodies of their Elders to absorb their wisdom.

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* ShroudedInMyth: Due to the seeming randomness of his brutal crime and fact he was never caught, the Reaper has grown into a figure of local folklore during decades. Some say the lynch mob caught him and hanged him from a tree in Pickens Park, others that he skipped town to California and started worshiping the Devil. Others still believe he's still in Riverdale and will one day return.



* ShroudedInMyth: Due to the seeming randomness of his brutal crime and fact he was never caught, the Reaper has grown into a figure of local folklore during decades. Some say the lynch mob caught him and hanged him from a tree in Pickens Park, others that he skipped town to California and started worshiping the Devil. Others still believe he's still in Riverdale and will one day return.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Honestly, after all she's done and gotten away with it, [[spoiler:killing Miss Grundy]] doesn't seem that bad. On the other hand, he did shoot Fred, so we're clearly not supposed to root for him.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Honestly, after all she's done and gotten away with it, with, [[spoiler:killing Miss Grundy]] doesn't seem that bad. On the other hand, he did does shoot Fred, so we're clearly not supposed to root for him.
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* LegacyCharacter: Penelope confirms to Cheryl that Clifford had many front men during the running of his drug empire, each of whom took the moniker “the Sugar Man.” Robert is simply the most recent (and possibly last)one.

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* LegacyCharacter: Penelope confirms to Cheryl that Clifford had many front men during the running of his drug empire, each of whom took the moniker “the Sugar Man.” Robert is simply the most recent (and possibly last)one.last) one.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lampshaded by Jughead in [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E6Chapter19DeathProof Chapter 19]]. On the surface he comes across the kind and caring high school teacher. In reality, he is a ruthless drug baron.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lampshaded by Jughead in [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E6Chapter19DeathProof Chapter 19]]. On the surface he comes across the as a kind and caring high school teacher. In reality, he is a ruthless drug baron.baron.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Appears to be an ordinary school English teacher, in reality he is the source of the town’s drug crisis.



* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Appears to be an ordinary school English teacher, in reality he is the source of the town’s drug crisis.



* LegacyCharacter: Penelope confirms to Cheryl that Clifford had many front men during the running of his drug empire, each of whom took the moniker “the Sugar Man.” Robert is simply the last one.

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* LegacyCharacter: Penelope confirms to Cheryl that Clifford had many front men during the running of his drug empire, each of whom took the moniker “the Sugar Man.” Robert is simply the last one.most recent (and possibly last)one.

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