History ComicBook / ArchieVsPredator

** [[spoiler: An incredibly buff Archie's arrival in the 4th issue is a clear one to infamous "You son of a bitch!" handshake.]]

* ShoutOut: Possibly unintentional, but when [[spoiler:the Predator kills Sabrina, he essentially performs Sub-Zero's Spine Rip fatality from the original Franchise/MortalKombat.]]

* That being said, it's revealed that [[OddlySmallOrganization the entire Riverdale police force can fit into ''two'' squad cars.]]

** Issue two steps it up by killing [[spoiler: Sabrina, Salem, Pops, Midge, Moose, Reggie, Chuck, Kevin, and his dad.]]

* BlackComedy: The series is filled with this, thanks to the fact that it features the usual Predator-level violence in the squeaky-clean Archie comics artstyle. For example, in #1 the gang somehow fails to realize that [[spoiler: Cheryl and Jason's]] blood is pouring all around them.

** Averted in issue three [[spoiler:after the death of Jughead.]]

* NoodleIncident: Aveted, Betty actually goes into quite a bit of detail about the time she saw a Yorkie hit by [[spoiler: a lawnmower.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]; the police aren't around to help when the Predator arrives in Riverdale and starts blowing things up...but only because [[spoiler:they've all been called to Sabrina's house after the discovery of a mass grave there. In issue three it's shown the entire police force was turned into goats.]]

** Averted in issue three.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Dilton wants to be the hero that gets to cuddle with girls for once, [[spoiler: sadly a hug from Betty ends up leading to his death.]]

* [[OffWithHisHead Off With Their Heads]]: Predators favorite way to kill is to pull people's heads off with their spins still attached.

* WhamShot: [[spoiler:The image of the Predator hiding in the trees and observing the Archie cast... with Jason and Cheryl's mutilated corpses hanging nearby.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]; the police aren't around to help when the Predator arrives in Riverdale and starts blowing things up...but only because [[spoiler:they've all been called to Sabrina's house after the discovery of a mass grave there.]]

* MythologyGag: When Betty & Veronica go to Sabrina for some info on the knife, the teenage witch pulls out [[TomeOfEldritchLore the ''freaking'' Necronomicom]]. She notes that it's really more for zombies than cursed items, [[ComicBook/AfterlifewithArchie but who ever saw a zombie in real life?]]

Archie Vs. Predator is a 2015 4-issue miniseries written by Alex de Campi and drawn by Fernando Ruiz released under the publication of DarkHorseComics and ArchieComics. Similar to ''ComicBook/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' or ''ComicBook/AfterlifewithArchie'', its aim is to take the Archie cast and put them into a more mature AlternateContinuity setting, this time mixing up some sci-fi elements with the horror by pitting the iconic teen from Riverdale against 20th Century Fox's Franchise/{{Predator}}. Unlike the other two series however, instead of being drawn in their more realistic style it's drawn in the usual Archie Comics style, with the story hitting more familiar Archie beats.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Seeing as how killing regular members of the cast this is all but natural. Though it should be noted that is somewhat lighter than its horror-themed counterparts, due to lessening the seriousness and focusing a bit on the BlackComedy potential.

* {{Macguffin}}: The dagger that Betty accidentally took from the ruins on the island, as it seems to be what led the Predator to start hunting down the cast.

* Macguffin: The dagger that Betty accidentally took from the ruins on the island, as it seems to be what led the Predator to start hunting down the cast.

* BlackComedy: The series is filled with this, thanks to the fact that it features the usual Predator-level violence in the squeaky-clean Archie comics artstylte. For example, in Issue One the gang somehow fails to realize that [[spoiler: Cheryl and Jason's]] blood is pouring all around them.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Our hero's spend very little time mourning the dead, even if their friends head is exploded right in front of them, or are brutally murdered by a wierd monster.
* ImAHumanitarian: Part of Pops' [[spoiler:head (including on of his eyes) and a fair amount of his blood wind up on a cake after the Predator kills him]]. Jughead's totally cool with eating said cake though.
* MrExposition: Kevin's dad, who knows what the Predator is since he's a general in the army and explains everything to the rest of the cast.
* MsFanservice: Most of the female characters, but Veronica notably spends several panels in #2 in her underwear.
* PoliceAreUseless: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]; the police aren't around to help when the Predator arrives in Riverdale...but only because they've all been called to Sabrina's house after the discovery of a mass grave there.

* TeensAreMonsters: Betty tried to [[spoiler:use voodoo on Veronica for revenge]], Cheryl and Jason plot to rob a sacred temple of its treasures, Sabrina is a [[spoiler:serial killer satanist]], and to top it all off, the [[spoiler:BigBad is a teenage Predator]].
* VasquezAlwaysDies: Parodied. [[spoiler:Midge comes dressed as the TropeNamer]] when the gang assembles in issue 2 and is the first to perish when they try to take the fight to the Predator.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Betty and Veronica take both parts up to eleven given they are still best friends despite having litterally tried to kill each other.
* WrongGenreSavvy: When people start dying, Betty assumes that her removal of a dagger from the ruins on the island has released a curse that's responsible, prompting her and Veronica to go to Sabrina for help. [[spoiler:This is what gets Sabrina killed.]]

* WrongGenreSaavy: When people start dying, Betty assumes that her removal of a dagger from the ruins on the island has released a curse that's responsible, prompting her and Veronica to go to Sabrina for help. [[spoiler:This is what gets Sabrina killed.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Pretty much everyone has [[TookALevelInJerkass taken several in jerkishness.]] Sabrina even becomes a voodoo Satanist with bodies buried in her backyard.

* ImAHumanitarian: Part of Pops' [[spoiler:head (including on of his eyes) and a fair amount of his blood wind up on a cake after the Predator kills him.]]

* Issue two steps it up by killing [[spoiler: Sabrina, Salem, Pops, Midge, Moose, Reggie, Chuck, Kevin, and his dad.]]

* Issue two steps it up by killing [[spoiler: Sabrina, Salem, Pops, Midge, Moose, Reggie]]

* BadassDecay: Averted. Unlike the Punisher crossover, this series is aimed at a more older audience, meaning the Predator can get away with everything it does in its own works.

* BlackComedy: The violent work of the Predator clashing with the standard more squeaky clean Archie artstyle deliberately invokes this. For example, in Issue One the gang somehow fails to realize that [[spoiler: Cheryl and Jason's]] blood is pouring all around them.