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* DeadpanSnarker: Pepper. Valerie also developed into this after her first few appearances.
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* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Melody usually has no idea of the impact she has on men.
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* HotWitch: Alexandra, in a number of stories, was secretly a witch, with Sebastian as her familiar, and would often use her magic or mischief or to get back at Josie for perceived wrongs -- though it would almost always backfire on her in some way. The original concept was that she was descended from a warlock named Sebastian Cabot, who had re-incarnated as her black-and-white cat -- and so, whenever she held Sebastian in her arms she could cast all kinds of spells. It would [[DependingOnTheWriter vary from story to story]] whether she needed Sebastian or not; in some stories her powers wouldn't work without him, while in others she was fine working magic even if he wasn't around. It also varied wildly whether Alex knew about her magic or not,
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* HotWitch: Alexandra, in a number of stories, was secretly a witch, with Sebastian as her familiar, and would often use her magic or mischief or to get back at Josie for perceived wrongs -- though it would almost always backfire on her in some way. The original concept was that she was descended from a warlock named Sebastian Cabot, who had re-incarnated as her black-and-white cat -- and so, whenever she held Sebastian in her arms she could cast all kinds of spells. It would [[DependingOnTheWriter vary from story to story]] whether she needed Sebastian or not; in some stories her powers wouldn't work without him, while in others she was fine working magic even if he wasn't around. It also varied wildly whether Alex Alexander knew about her magic or not,
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* GenderBender: In the ArchieComics story "The Great Switcheroo", Comicbook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch's cat, Salem, casts a spell that changes the sex of everybody in Riverdale. This includes Josie and the Pussycats, who perform as "Joe and the Junkyard Dogs".[[note]]''Archie'' #636 (2012)[[/note]]
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* GenderBender: In the ArchieComics story "The Great Switcheroo", Comicbook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch's cat, Salem, casts a spell that changes the sex of everybody in Riverdale. This includes Josie and the Pussycats, who perform as "Joe "Joey and the Junkyard Dogs".[[note]]''Archie'' #636 (2012)[[/note]](2012)[[/note]]
* HotWitch: Alexandra, in a number of stories, was secretly a witch, with Sebastian as her familiar, and would often use her magic or mischief or to get back at Josie for perceived wrongs -- though it would almost always backfire on her in some way. The original concept was that she was descended from a warlock named Sebastian Cabot, who had re-incarnated as her black-and-white cat -- and so, whenever she held Sebastian in her arms she could cast all kinds of spells. It would [[DependingOnTheWriter vary from story to story]] whether she needed Sebastian or not; in some stories her powers wouldn't work without him, while in others she was fine working magic even if he wasn't around. It also varied wildly whether Alex knew about her magic or not,
* HotWitch: Alexandra, in a number of stories, was secretly a witch, with Sebastian as her familiar, and would often use her magic or mischief or to get back at Josie for perceived wrongs -- though it would almost always backfire on her in some way. The original concept was that she was descended from a warlock named Sebastian Cabot, who had re-incarnated as her black-and-white cat -- and so, whenever she held Sebastian in her arms she could cast all kinds of spells. It would [[DependingOnTheWriter vary from story to story]] whether she needed Sebastian or not; in some stories her powers wouldn't work without him, while in others she was fine working magic even if he wasn't around. It also varied wildly whether Alex knew about her magic or not,
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Issue #17
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** Alexandra, of Veronica Lodge. Same attitude (though Alexandra almost ''never'' gets a PetTheDog moment), same dark hair (with a white streak in it), same role towards the NiceGirl Josie. The only difference is that Alan M, her romantic target, scarcely reciprocates her feelings at all.
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** Alexandra, of Veronica Lodge. Same attitude (though Alexandra almost ''never'' gets a PetTheDog moment), same dark hair (with a white streak in it), same role towards the NiceGirl Josie. The only difference is that Alan M, her romantic target, scarcely reciprocates her feelings at all.all - that, and the fact that she had magic powers for a time.
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Josie and her friends have remained regular ArchieComics fixtures. Although the ''Josie and the Pussycats'' title was canceled in 1982 (followed by a brief revival on the heels of [[Film/JosieAndThePussycats the 2001 feature film]]), the characters have regularly appeared in Archie titles. In 2010, Valerie became a love interest for Archie Andrews, a romance that was explored (as with his longtime romantic interests Betty and Veronica) in WhatIf stories that show an older Archie and Valerie marrying and having a baby together.
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Josie and her friends have remained regular ArchieComics fixtures. Although the ''Josie and the Pussycats'' title was canceled in 1982 (followed by a brief revival on the heels of [[Film/JosieAndThePussycats the 2001 feature film]]), the characters have regularly appeared in Archie titles. In 2010, Valerie became a love interest for Archie Andrews, a romance that was explored (as with his longtime romantic interests Betty and Veronica) in WhatIf stories that show an older Archie and Valerie [[ThirdOptionLoveInterest marrying and having a baby together.together]].
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* InformedDeformity: Several early issues imply Pepper is supposed to be unattractive.
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** Pepper was based on Dan [=DeCarlo=]'s son's girlfriend.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: For a while in the early '70s, the comics featured adventure and even horror stories in addition to the typical Archie-style humor. This trend may have reached its apex with the story "Vengeance from the Crypt". In this story (no doubt inspired by ''Film/TheExorcist'', Josie is a victim of straight-up, no-kidding DemonicPossession! (Don't worry, Satan is ultimately banished by the [[HolyBurnsEvil Cabot family Bible]]!)[[note]]''Josie and the Pussycats'' #72 (1973)[[/note]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: For a while in the early '70s, the comics featured adventure and even horror stories in addition to the typical Archie-style humor. This trend may have reached its apex with the story "Vengeance from the Crypt". In this story (no doubt inspired by ''Film/TheExorcist'', ''Film/TheExorcist''), Josie is a victim of straight-up, no-kidding DemonicPossession! (Don't worry, Satan is ultimately banished by the [[HolyBurnsEvil Cabot family Bible]]!)[[note]]''Josie and the Pussycats'' #72 (1973)[[/note]]
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* DumbIsGood: Melody may not have a very big brain, but she certainly has a very big heart, making her one the nicest Archie characters, especially in the animated series!
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* DarkerAndEdgier: For a while in the early '70s, the comics featured adventure and even horror stories in addition to the typical Archie-style humor. This trend may have reached its apex with the story "Vengeance from the Crypt". In this story (no doubt inspired by ''Film/TheExorcist'', Josie is a victim of straight-up, no-kidding DemonicPossession! (Don't worry, Satan is ultimately banished by the [[HolyBurnsEvil Cabot family Bible]]!)[[note]]''Josie and the Pussycats #72 (1973)[[/note]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: For a while in the early '70s, the comics featured adventure and even horror stories in addition to the typical Archie-style humor. This trend may have reached its apex with the story "Vengeance from the Crypt". In this story (no doubt inspired by ''Film/TheExorcist'', Josie is a victim of straight-up, no-kidding DemonicPossession! (Don't worry, Satan is ultimately banished by the [[HolyBurnsEvil Cabot family Bible]]!)[[note]]''Josie and the Pussycats Pussycats'' #72 (1973)[[/note]]
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* ItsFakeFurItsFine: Alexandra switches her furs to this, but Melody thinks she just killed a bunch of orlons.
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Josie and her friends have remained ArchieComics mainstays. Although the ''Josie and the Pussycats'' title was canceled in 1982 (followed by a brief revival on the heels of [[Film/JosieAndThePussycats the 2001 feature film]]), the characters have regularly appeared in Archie titles. In 2010, Valerie became a love interest for Archie Andrews, a romance that was explored (as with his longtime romantic interests Betty and Veronica) in WhatIf stories that show an older Archie and Valerie marrying and having a baby together.
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Josie and her friends have remained regular ArchieComics mainstays.fixtures. Although the ''Josie and the Pussycats'' title was canceled in 1982 (followed by a brief revival on the heels of [[Film/JosieAndThePussycats the 2001 feature film]]), the characters have regularly appeared in Archie titles. In 2010, Valerie became a love interest for Archie Andrews, a romance that was explored (as with his longtime romantic interests Betty and Veronica) in WhatIf stories that show an older Archie and Valerie marrying and having a baby together.
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* AlliterativeName: Josie, sometimes, though the comics are inconsistent about whether her surname is Jones or James, or whether it's [=McCoy=] as in the 2001 film.
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* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Melody, Valerie, and Josie, respectively. Although Valerie could be both Brains and Brawn.
* BlackAndNerdy: Valerie.
* BlackAndNerdy: Valerie.
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* DistaffCounterpart: For Archie Andrews and friends, particularly before the ReTool.
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* {{Expy}}:
** Alexandra, of Veronica Lodge. Same attitude (though Alexandra almost ''never'' gets a PetTheDog moment), same dark hair (with a white streak in it), same role towards the NiceGirl Josie. The only difference is that Alan M, her romantic target, scarcely reciprocates her feelings at all.
** Josie herself is a near-Expy for Archie
** Pepper has a similar role to Jughead.
* FollowTheLeader: ArchieComics knew a good setup when they had one. A story about a redheaded hero being fought over by a blonde and a brunette, while having a brunette rival and a quirky, dark-haired best friend.
** Alexandra, of Veronica Lodge. Same attitude (though Alexandra almost ''never'' gets a PetTheDog moment), same dark hair (with a white streak in it), same role towards the NiceGirl Josie. The only difference is that Alan M, her romantic target, scarcely reciprocates her feelings at all.
** Josie herself is a near-Expy for Archie
** Pepper has a similar role to Jughead.
* FollowTheLeader: ArchieComics knew a good setup when they had one. A story about a redheaded hero being fought over by a blonde and a brunette, while having a brunette rival and a quirky, dark-haired best friend.
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* LoveTriangle: A minor one between Josie, Albert, and Alexander at first, though Alexander was clearly somewhat unwanted. With the "Pussycats" retool came Alan M., and then it became purely unrequited on Alex's part.
* {{Malaproper}}: Melody.
* {{Malaproper}}: Melody.
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* PowerTrio: Melody the Id, Josie the Ego and Valerie the Superego.
* RedheadedHero: Josie, of course.
* RedheadedHero: Josie, of course.
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* StandardizedLeader: Josie suffers from this at times. Alexandra is the main plot driver, and Valerie is the main problem solver, leaving Josie not very much to do.
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* TheThreeFacesOfEve: Josie the child (sweet, lovable, innocent), Melody the seductress (HelloNurse, MsFanservice), and Valerie the wife figure (smartest, looks out for the others)
* {{Tomboy}}: Valerie is frequently a WrenchWench or {{Tsundere}}. SheCleansUpNicely, though.
* {{Tomboy}}: Valerie is frequently a WrenchWench or {{Tsundere}}. SheCleansUpNicely, though.
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* ReTool: ''It's Josie!'' was a fairly simple series, featuring Josie as a red-haired everygirl who had a snarky, odd-dressing best friend, a nice blond and a nasty brunette fighting over her, a rich rival, etc. Basically a DistaffCounterpart Archie. When HannaBarbera asked the Archie company for another group to mimic the success of "The Archies," Josie suddenly shifted into being defined by her existence in a band. Best friend Pepper was dropped, BlackBestFriend Valerie was added, and the focus of the feature became "traveling band" instead of a regular teens in high school.
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* ReTool: ''It's Josie!'' ''She's Josie'' was a fairly simple series, featuring Josie as a red-haired everygirl who had a snarky, odd-dressing best friend, a nice blond and a nasty brunette fighting over her, a rich rival, etc. Basically a DistaffCounterpart Archie. When HannaBarbera asked the Archie company for another group to mimic the success of "The Archies," Josie suddenly shifted into being defined by her existence in a band. Best friend Pepper was dropped, BlackBestFriend Valerie was added, and the focus of the feature became "traveling band" instead of a regular teens in high school.
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* FurBikini: Josie and the Pussycats wear them occasionally. Melody sometimes will wear one in contrast to one-pieces worn by Josie and Valerie.
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* MsFanservice: Melody.
* ReTool: ''It's Josie!'' was a fairly simple series, featuring Josie as a red-haired everygirl who had a snarky, odd-dressing best friend, a nice blond and a nasty brunette fighting over her, a rich rival, etc. Basically a DistaffCounterpart Archie. When HannaBarbera asked the Archie company for another group to mimic the success of "The Archies," Josie suddenly shifted into being defined by her existence in a band. Best friend Pepper was dropped, BlackBestFriend Valerie was added, and the focus of the feature became "traveling band" instead of a regular teens in high school.
* ReTool: ''It's Josie!'' was a fairly simple series, featuring Josie as a red-haired everygirl who had a snarky, odd-dressing best friend, a nice blond and a nasty brunette fighting over her, a rich rival, etc. Basically a DistaffCounterpart Archie. When HannaBarbera asked the Archie company for another group to mimic the success of "The Archies," Josie suddenly shifted into being defined by her existence in a band. Best friend Pepper was dropped, BlackBestFriend Valerie was added, and the focus of the feature became "traveling band" instead of a regular teens in high school.
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* AuthorAppeal: Josie was based on Dan [=DeCarlo=]'s wife, also named Josie. [[http://blakebellnews.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-interview-with-josie-decarlo-p2.html As you can see here]], the real-life Josie also filled out a pussycat costume nicely.
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* AuthorAppeal: AuthorAppeal[=/=]WriteWhoYouKnow: Josie was based on Dan [=DeCarlo=]'s wife, also named Josie. [[http://blakebellnews.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-interview-with-josie-decarlo-p2.html As you can see here]], the real-life Josie also filled out a pussycat costume nicely.
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* GenderBender: In the ArchieComics story "The Great Switcheroo", Comicbook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch's cat Salem casts a spell that changes the sex of everybody in Riverdale. This includes Josie and the Pussycats, who perform as "Joe and the Junkyard Dogs".[[note]]''Archie'' #636 (2012)[[/note]]
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Josie was created by Archie mainstay Dan [=DeCarlo=], and heavily based on his own wife Josie. The idea of the Pussycats was also inspired by the real-life Josie, after a cat costume worn by the lovely Mrs. [=DeCarlo=] on a cruise the couple took together.
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Originally, Melody, Pepper, and Josie. Later, Melody, Valerie, and Josie.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Josie's friends Pepper, Albert, and Sock vanished from the feature in the 1969 ReTool, though Pepper returned for a brief cameo in a 2007 story.
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* DumbBlonde:MelodyMelody.
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* LargeHam: While this fell to Alexandra in the cartoon, Alexander often exemplified this trope in the comics.
* ThereAreNoAdults: Teenage musicians just wander around performing in strange places with no parents, or chaperones, or other authority figures... and everyone's okay with this.
* ThereAreNoAdults: Teenage musicians just wander around performing in strange places with no parents, or chaperones, or other authority figures... and everyone's okay with this.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Alexandra. Also, Alexander can slip between this and JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* {{Jerkass}}: Alexandra. Also, Alexander can slip between this and JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
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* AuthorAppeal: Josie was based on Dan [=DeCarlo=]'s wife, also named Josie. [[http://blakebellnews.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-interview-with-josie-decarlo-p2.html As you can see here]], the real-life Josie also filled out a pussycat costume nicely.
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* BlackBestFriend: Valerie
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[[caption-width-right:350:The first issue of Josie's own title.]]
''Josie and the Pussycats'' is the eventual title of a long-running ArchieComics feature starring the redheaded Josie. Josie was originally created by Archie mainstay Dan [=DeCarlo=] as the star of a proposed newspaper comic strip. She instead ended up becoming an ''Archie'' spinoff character, debuting in ''Archie's Pals and Gals'' #23 (Winter 1962-1963) shortly before getting her own title, ''She's Josie''.
Originally, she was something of a DistaffCounterpart Archie {{Expy}}, a levelheaded and easy-going girl whose best friends were DumbBlonde Melody and BrainyBrunette Pepper.
Following {{Filmation}}'s success with ''WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow'' in 1968, HannaBarbera sought to develop its own Archie property. Since ''TheArchieShow'' also produced a number of hit records by The Archies, ArchieComics revamped the ''Josie'' property to support similar crossover possibilities. Josie became the headliner of a band, Valerie, a new girl at school, was introduced as that band's new bassist, and Josie's series was retitled ''Josie and the Pussycats'' in late 1969. The animated ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'' debuted in September of 1970.
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* DumbBlonde: Melody
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[[caption-width-right:350:The first issue of Josie's own title.]]
''Josie and the Pussycats'' is the eventual title of a long-running ArchieComics feature starring the redheaded Josie. Josie was originally created by Archie mainstay Dan [=DeCarlo=] as the star of a proposed newspaper comic strip. She instead ended up becoming an ''Archie'' spinoff character, debuting in ''Archie's Pals and Gals'' #23 (Winter 1962-1963) shortly before getting her own title, ''She's Josie''.
Originally, she was something of a DistaffCounterpart Archie {{Expy}}, a levelheaded and easy-going girl whose best friends were DumbBlonde Melody and BrainyBrunette Pepper.
Following {{Filmation}}'s success with ''WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow'' in 1968, HannaBarbera sought to develop its own Archie property. Since ''TheArchieShow'' also produced a number of hit records by The Archies, ArchieComics revamped the ''Josie'' property to support similar crossover possibilities. Josie became the headliner of a band, Valerie, a new girl at school, was introduced as that band's new bassist, and Josie's series was retitled ''Josie and the Pussycats'' in late 1969. The animated ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'' debuted in September of 1970.
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* BrainyBrunette: Pepper
* DumbBlonde: Melody
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