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* GenieInABottle: An genie is trapped in an urn, kept by Dr. Beaumont, and may only be released if he can grant three wishes. Unfortunately, a crack a customer made in the urn allowed him to transfer over from it to Reggie's nearby laptop, allowing him to covertly grant Reggie's wishes to gain his freedom. In the end, Archie tricks the genie into a ketchup bottle, which is given to Dr. Beaumont for further safekeeping.
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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Archie pretends to think the genie is just bluffing and doesn't have real power any more than Reggie does. It agrees to get all the ketchup out of the bottle as a test and promises it will then kill Archie for being impertinent. [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu It gets trapped in the bottle instead.]]
* FlawExploitation: If the genie had thought at all, it would have realized it had no reason to respond to Archie's dare. However, his bruising its ego by pretending to doubt it gets it to cooperate.
* GenieInABottle: An genie is trapped in an urn, kept by Dr. Beaumont, and may only be released if he can grant three wishes. Unfortunately, a crack a customer made in the urn allowed him to transfer over from it toReggie's the nearby laptop, loaner laptop Archie carried in with him, allowing him to covertly grant Reggie's wishes to gain his freedom. In the end, Archie tricks the genie into a ketchup bottle, which is given to Dr. Beaumont for further safekeeping.
* FlawExploitation: If the genie had thought at all, it would have realized it had no reason to respond to Archie's dare. However, his bruising its ego by pretending to doubt it gets it to cooperate.
* GenieInABottle: An genie is trapped in an urn, kept by Dr. Beaumont, and may only be released if he can grant three wishes. Unfortunately, a crack a customer made in the urn allowed him to transfer over from it to
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Reggie releases an evil genie by writing with a computer from Dr. Beaumont's shop.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Reggie releases an evil genie by writing with a computer from Dr. Beaumont's shop.that it had inhabited.
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* StealingTheCredit: The opening indicates Reggie has a bad habit of telling others' stories as if they were his own. When he is freed from the laptop, the genie calls him out for taking credit for his magic.
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* TraumaButtonEnding: According to Archie's ending write-up, Jughead was so scared by almost being cooked alive by the genie that he couldn't eat hamburgers for a whole day.
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* TrickingTheShapeshifter: Archie is able to trap the evil genie by challenging him to get all of the ketchup out of a glass bottle. The genie shrinks down to get inside the bottle to push out all the ketchup just in time for Archie to put the cap on the bottle.
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* TrickingTheShapeshifter: Archie is able to trap the evil genie by challenging him to get all of the ketchup out of a glass bottle. The genie shrinks down to get inside the bottle to push out all the ketchup just in time for Archie to put the cap on the bottle.bottle.
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* GenieInABottle: An genie is trapped in an urn, kept by Dr. Beaumont, and may only be released if he can grant three wishes. Unfortunately, a crack a customer made in the urn allowed him to transfer over from it to Reggie's nearby laptop, allowing him to covertly grant Reggie's wishes to gain his freedom. In the end, Archie tricks the genie into a ketchup bottle, which is given to Dr. Beaumont for further safekeeping.
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* RealityWritingBook: A variation with an article. Whatever Reggie types into the computer, the genie makes it come true. Even Reggie gets pushed by the magic into doing things if he's mentioned in the article.
* SealedEvilInACan: Someone trapped the genie in the laptop, whence it can't escape unless it grants three wishes. Unfortunately, making Reggie's stories real counts as wishes. Luckily, Archie tricks the genie into doing something that results in it getting resealed before it can do much harm.
* SealedEvilInACan: Someone trapped the genie in the laptop, whence it can't escape unless it grants three wishes. Unfortunately, making Reggie's stories real counts as wishes. Luckily, Archie tricks the genie into doing something that results in it getting resealed before it can do much harm.
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* RealityWritingBook: A variation with an article. Whatever RewritingReality: Reggie inadvertently wishes that whatever he types into the computer, the genie makes it his laptop to come true. Even Reggie gets To his surprise, if he mentions himself even he will be pushed by the magic into doing things if he's mentioned in the article.
* SealedEvilInACan: Someone trapped the genie in the laptop, whence it can't escape unless it grants three wishes. Unfortunately, making Reggie's stories real counts as wishes. Luckily, Archie tricks the genie into doing something that results in it getting resealed before it can do much harm.what he writes.
* SealedEvilInACan: Someone trapped the genie in the laptop, whence it can't escape unless it grants three wishes. Unfortunately, making Reggie's stories real counts as wishes. Luckily, Archie tricks the genie into doing something that results in it getting resealed before it can do much harm.
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Doesn't fit the label. The genie is a jerk, but he fulfills "wishes" normally rather than sadistically.
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* ImpossiblePickleJar: A variation; Archie dares the evil genie to prove its power by opening a ketchup bottle. It's part of his plan to reseal the genie before it can cause any more havoc.
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* ImpossiblePickleJar: A variation; Archie dares the evil genie to prove its power by opening emptying a ketchup bottle. It's part of his plan to reseal the genie before it can cause any more havoc.
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* ToServeMan: The Genie attempts to eat both Principal Weatherbee and Jughead by barbecuing them.
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* ToServeMan: The Genie attempts to eat both Principal Weatherbee and Jughead by barbecuing them.them.
* TrickingTheShapeshifter: Archie is able to trap the evil genie by challenging him to get all of the ketchup out of a glass bottle. The genie shrinks down to get inside the bottle to push out all the ketchup just in time for Archie to put the cap on the bottle.
* TrickingTheShapeshifter: Archie is able to trap the evil genie by challenging him to get all of the ketchup out of a glass bottle. The genie shrinks down to get inside the bottle to push out all the ketchup just in time for Archie to put the cap on the bottle.
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* SmoochOfVictory: Reggie writes himself as getting one from Betty and Veronica on the computer. Both girls can't figure out why they'd want to, but instantly they find themselves kissing Reggie.
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* SmoochOfVictory: Reggie writes himself as getting one from Betty and Veronica on the computer. Both girls can't figure out why they'd want to, but instantly they find themselves kissing Reggie.Reggie.
* ToServeMan: The Genie attempts to eat both Principal Weatherbee and Jughead by barbecuing them.
* ToServeMan: The Genie attempts to eat both Principal Weatherbee and Jughead by barbecuing them.
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* ImpossiblePickleJar: A variation; Archie dares the evil genie to prove its power by opening a ketchup bottle. It's part of his plan to reseal the genie before it can cause any more havoc.
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* RealityWarper: Whatever Reggie types into the computer, the genie makes it come true.
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* RealityWarper: RealityWritingBook: A variation with an article. Whatever Reggie types into the computer, the genie makes it come true.true. Even Reggie gets pushed by the magic into doing things if he's mentioned in the article.
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A recent investigation of Archie's leaves him unable to type, so Reggie offers to do the ''Weird Mysteries'' column for him -- but purposely makes up a lot of nonsense. Unfortunately, the computer Reggie uses houses an evil genie, and once it has granted three wishes, it will gain freedom and can wreak havoc on Riverdale.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Reggie releases an evil genie by writing with a computer from Dr. Beaumont's shop.
* RealityWarper: Whatever Reggie types into the computer, the genie makes it come true.
* SealedEvilInACan: Someone trapped the genie in the laptop, whence it can't escape unless it grants three wishes. Unfortunately, making Reggie's stories real counts as wishes. Luckily, Archie tricks the genie into doing something that results in it getting resealed before it can do much harm.
* SmoochOfVictory: Reggie writes himself as getting one from Betty and Veronica on the computer. Both girls can't figure out why they'd want to, but instantly they find themselves kissing Reggie.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Reggie releases an evil genie by writing with a computer from Dr. Beaumont's shop.
* RealityWarper: Whatever Reggie types into the computer, the genie makes it come true.
* SealedEvilInACan: Someone trapped the genie in the laptop, whence it can't escape unless it grants three wishes. Unfortunately, making Reggie's stories real counts as wishes. Luckily, Archie tricks the genie into doing something that results in it getting resealed before it can do much harm.
* SmoochOfVictory: Reggie writes himself as getting one from Betty and Veronica on the computer. Both girls can't figure out why they'd want to, but instantly they find themselves kissing Reggie.
