Line #16 WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow


1	[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Archies.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:206:One of the most successful cartoon bands ''ever.'']]
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4	->''Archie's here. Betty's here. Veronica, too. Reggie's here. And here comes Jughead, and Hot Dog too!''
5	-->-- "Everything's Archie"
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7	This Creator/{{Filmation}} series on Creator/{{CBS}} was based on the popular [[ComicBook/ArchieComics comic books,]] chronicling the comic misadventures of Archie Andrews and his friends in the town of Riverdale.
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9	One element in the TV series not previously featured in the comics was that Archie led a bubble gum rock quintet: He was the lead guitarist and lead singer, Reggie was the bassist, Betty was the tambourinist, Veronica was the keyboardist, Jughead was the drummer and Hot Dog, Jughead's canine pet, was the conductor. The Archies released several singles and albums; one of their songs, "Sugar Sugar", was a major hit.
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11	Spin-offs and successor series included:
12	* ''The Archie Comedy Hour,'' which expanded the first show to an hour and introduced Sabrina The Teenage Witch.
13	* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies'', which centered on Riverdale's teenage witch, her two aunts and the denizens of Horrible Hall.
14	* ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'', which centered on the titular band travelling the world and solving mysteries, using the Franchise/ScoobyDoo formula. This was the only Archie Comics cartoon of the era not produced by Filmation, instead being produced by Creator/HannaBarbera.
15	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBradyKids'', a recycled version of ''WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow'' but featured the Brady siblings from ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' in place of Archie and his friends (Greg, Peter, and Cindy were guitarists, Marcia was the tambourinist, Jan was the keyboardist, Bobby was the drummer, and Moptop, the Brady siblings' canine pet, can really howl).
16	* ''Archie's Fun House'', which featured a Giant Jukebox and a live-action audience of children. Was spun off from "The Funhouse" segments on The Archie Comedy Hour, as well as the "Side Show", which became "Thunderbolt Theater" in this series.
17	* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesTVFunnies'', which featured animated adaptations of newspaper comic strips such as ''ComicStrip/DickTracy''.
18	* ''The U.S. of Archie'', in which [[IdenticalGrandson identical ancestors]] of Archie and his friends participated in American historical events.
19	* ''The New Archie-Sabrina Hour'', which was a revival of sorts after years of reruns. Was later split into two separate shows (''Bang Shang Lalapalooza'' and ''Super Witch''). before becoming recombined into a single half-hour syndicated version.
20	* WesternAnimation/TheNewArchies, featuring the characters in middle school. Produced by Creator/DicEntertainment.
21	* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', a live-action sitcom based on Sabrina The Teenage Witch, portrayed by ''Creator/MelissaJoanHart'' from ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll''.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' (a sequel to ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' but had a middle school version of Sabrina The Teenage Witch, who was living in a town called Greendale) (co-produced with ''Hartbreak Films'' for ''Creator/DicEntertainment'').
23	* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'', which follows Archie and his friends encountering supernatural weirdness in Riverdale. Also produced by DIC.
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25	!!This series provides examples of:
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27	* AdaptedOut: Strangely, despite her boyfriend Big Moose Mason appearing in most of these shows, it seems that Midge Klump doesn't exist in any of them except ''Weird Mysteries.''
28	* AnimatedAdaptation
29	* {{Animesque}}: ''The New Archies''.
30	* TheArtifact: The voices are inspired by the 1940s-1950s ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfArchieAndrews'' radio show. Alas, CharacterizationMarchesOn has occurred and the voices don't match the characters. Most glaringly, New Yorker Veronica sounds like a SouthernBelle.
31	* ArtisticLicenseMusic:
32	** Rock bands don't have conductors, whether they're sheep dogs or not.
33	** The songs regularly use instruments that no one in the band uses.
34	* AscendedExtra: Hot Dog, compared to the comics, has become a major character.
35	* BeachEpisode: One short has Archie, Jughead and Reggie enter a surfing contest. Meanwhile, Betty and Veronica fawn over a very attractive male lifeguard.
36	* CanonImmigrant: The [[ComicBook/ArchieComics comic books]] incorporated the characters' band, "The Archies," into continuity, and it has remained ever since.
37	* EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop
38	* FakeBand: The Archies, of course.
39	* FilmComic: "Kids' Day" received this treatment in ''Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest'' Issue 100, as a MilestoneCelebration for that digest.
40	* FootBathTreatment: In "Snow Business," hijinks result in Veronica's dad getting covered in snow. In the next scene, he's shivering with his feet in a barrel of heated water.
41	* GratuitousAnimalSidekick: Hot Dog was invented for this show, although he shows up in the comic books later. His two relatives, Hot Dog Junior and Chili Dog, were only on the show, not the comic book.
42	* GretzkyHasTheBall: In "Par One", Betty roots for Mr. Lodge to "Hit a home run," while playing ''golf.''
43	* IdenticalStranger: In "Jughead's Double", Jughead meets a martial artist who looks just like him, and even has the same nickname.
44	* LaughTrack: This was the first-ever SaturdayMorningCartoon to utilize one; laugh tracks for Saturday Morning soon became standard practice afterwards till 1983.
45	* LeadSingerPlaysLeadGuitar: Archie is the band's lead guitarist and main vocalist.
46	* LimitedWardrobe: As opposed to the comics.
47	* RogerRabbitEffect: ''Archie's Funhouse'' mixes animation with a handful of stock film clips of an audience of kids clapping, laughing, bopping around in their seats, etc., [[LimitedAnimation none of which ever seem to be even remotely synced to the animation.]]
48	* SecondaryAdaptation: The original medium is the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' which began in TheForties. They were quickly adapted into a radio series, called ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfArchieAndrews''. Those were adapted into a cartoon series, where Creator/{{Filmation}} even [[TheOtherDarrin emulated]] the radio voices, which is why Veronica has a Southern accent despite being [[UnexplainedAccent from the Northeast]].
49	* SingingVoiceDissonance:
50	** Archie has a high-pitched and cartoony sounding speaking voice. His singing voice however is much deeper and suave sounding.
51	** Jughead also has a high-pitched speaking voice, but seems to be a basso profundo, if his solo lines in the song "Rock and Roll Music" are any indication.
52	* SkintoneSclerae
53	* ThemeTuneRollCall:
54	-->Archie's here,\
55	Betty's here,\
56	Veronica too,\
57	Reggie's here,\
58	And here comes Jughead,\
59	And Hot Dog too!\
60	So everything's Archie!
61	* UnexplainedAccent: North-Eastern Veronica has a Southern accent, which is based on her accent from the older radio shows.
62	** Sabrina for some reason has a British accent, despite being American and having no accent in any other version.
63	* VocalDissonance: The voices don't actually match the characters. Archie and Jughead have higher pitched voices than you'd think, Betty's voice is squeaky, and Veronica has a Southern accent.

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