History ComicBook / JosieAndThePussyCats

Following {{Creator/Filmation}}'s success with ''WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow'' in 1968, Creator/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.

* SiblingRivalry: Alexander and Alexandra. Alexander believes he's the only person on Earth that can out-nasty his sister, and Alexandra believes that nobody else knows how to make her brother look like a fool than she does. There were several instances where Josie (whenever Alexandra was trying to steal away Albert) or her friends (whenever Alexander was trying to steal away Josie) would enlist the help of either Cabot to sabotage the plans of the other, but naturally, there were some instances where they formed a temporary alliance so both could get what they wanted

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Melody is so beautiful that almost any man who sees her gets DistractedByTheSexy and suffers AmusingInjuries. In one story, the Pussycats can't get any work at a club because the female customers are so infuriated at losing all their boyfriends to Melody.

** One issue had the Cabot siblings dress up as Mighty Man and Mighty Girl, a clear expy of a certain dynamic duo that had [[Series/Batman a TV adapation]] that was really popular at the time of the issue's release.[[note]]''Josie'' #40 (1966)[[/note]]

* {{Expy}}: Several from its sister series:

* EnemyMine: Alexander would frequently

** Pepper has a similar role to Jughead, both being the snarky, yet extremely loyal friend of the main character, while also being more emotionally reserved than the others when it came to the opposite sex. The only trait that Pepper lacks is Jughead's love for food.

* {{Expy}}:

** Josie herself is a near-Expy for Archie
** Pepper has a similar role to Jughead.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Over in a issue, Valerie told Josie that their van broke down on the highway, and was asking for money for repairs. Josie says that she's also broke, but it doesn't matter, since the van will probably be torn frame by frame by road pirates by the time the girls get there. Now, read this exchange:

* DistractedByTheSexy: Melody is the poster girl for this trope.

* TheDitz: Melody. She is an absent-minded, bubbly sort of character often taken to using silly, nonsense language, and provides much of the comic relief of the series.
* DistaffCounterpart: For Archie Andrews and friends, particularly before the ReTool.

* DumbBlonde: The blonde Melody is a classic example.

* BlackBestFriend: Valerie.

* CatGirl: The theme of the Pussycats.

* TheDitz: Melody.

* RichBitch: Alexandra

* TheThreeFacesOfEve: Josie the child (sweet, lovable, innocent), Melody the seductress (HelloNurse, MsFanservice), and Valerie the wife figure (smartest, looks out for the others)

* DumbBlonde: Melody.

* {{Malaproper}}: Melody.

* MsFanservice: Melody.

Following {{Creator/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.

* ReTool: ''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.

** Zig-zagged in a story where a little boy is seen stalking Melody. When Alexander uncovers him, the kid tearfully confesses that he was stalking Melody because he was in love with her. Melody is so flattered she kisses the boy right on the lip, which sends him rocketing into the sky.

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.

* NewSeasonNewName: Twice, the comic was initially called ''She's Josie'' (see image above), then changed its name to ''Josie'' starting with issue #17, only to change its name to (the obviously most famous title) ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats starting with issue #45.

* BlackAndNerdy: Valerie.

* PowerTrio: Melody the Id, Josie the Ego and Valerie the Superego.

* 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 Alexander knew about her magic or not,

* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Melody usually has no idea of the impact she has on men.