History BettyAndVeronica / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' pushes this one to its logical extremes: Abraham Lincoln is madly in love with demanding, selfish, spoiled, slutty, gorgeous, popular Cleopatra (Veronica), while remaining completely clueless to the devotion of his best friend: spunky, intelligent, independent, creative, semi-goth Joan of Arc (Betty). In the end he realizes that he really loves Joan, etc.

** [[spoiler: Tenzin]] is revealed to have been an Archie in the past between [[spoiler: his failing ChildhoodFriendRomance with tough, independent Chief of Police Lin (Betty), and his young, shy Acolyte student Pema (Veronica)]]. Like the Mako/Korra/Asami LoveTriangle above, this is an interesting example as [[spoiler: Lin has traditional Veronica traits, and Pema seems like she should be the Betty]].

* This occurs a few times in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In 'The Last Temptation of Homer', Homer almost has an affair with eccentric Mindy (Veronica), but chooses his devoted, down-to-earth wife Marge (Betty).

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': Rich, popular, snobbish, born with a silver spoon in her mouth, Felicia Hardy is the Veronica and down-to-earth girl next door Mary Jane is the Betty For Spider-Man. [[spoiler: And then Felicia gets CharacterDevelopment, a convoluted deal with Morbius... and becomes Black Cat.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', both quiet, reliable [[HospitalHottie Jane Foster]] and sexy, dangerous [[ComicBook/TheEnchantress Enchantress]] seem to love Comicbook/TheMightyThor. However, he just doesn't like the Enchantress. Ultimately, [[spoiler: Enchantress stops pursuing Thor's affections after becoming enslaved by Surtur the fire demon, and Jane breaks up with Thor after realizing that dating a superhero might endanger her.]]
* Terry from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' had his [[HighSchoolSweethearts long-time girlfriend]] Dana as the Betty and the [[DatingCatwoman Royal Flush Gang member]] Melanie as the Veronica.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn 2019}}''; Harley is the energetic, hard-driving Veronica to Kite Man's laid back and supportive Betty, with Poison Ivy as Archie. [[spoiler: Ivy chooses Kite Man because she believes Harley's too wild to have a stable relationship with... until ''Kite Man'' breaks it off at the end of season two, realizing that Ivy loves Harley far more. Ivy is finally willing to admit her feelings after seeing how much Harley has changed to be more reliable and less selfish.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'', Tony has Pepper (Betty) and Whitney (Veronica). Pepper has Tony (Betty) and Gene (Veronica).

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' would have Hawkgirl and Vixen in these roles... but the challenge here is [[PlayingWithATrope to determine who's who]] to [[Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart's]] Archie. On one hand Mari/Vixen is a world famous fashion model, very beautiful and glamorous while Hawkgirl is a more down-to-earth character and kinda OneOfTheBoys. On the other, Hawkgirl is a redhaired alien woman with wings, which makes her a lot more exotic than the Earth-born Vixen will ever be.
** Also they play this trope a step further making them [[FriendlyEnemy frenemies]] rather than downright rivals. To the point that [[spoiler: Mari is able to rescue herself and Hawkgirl from some enemies... via pretending that she wants to MurderTheHypotenuse.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' has [[GirlNextDoor Gwen Stacy]] as the Betty, similar to some of her comic book presentations, but it is [[LovableAlphaBitch Liz Allen]] who is given the status of the Veronica whom Peter goes out with first. Mary Jane only fits the Veronica role for a quick bit of ShipTease--she went on one blind date with Peter, but during the first and second seasons at least she doesn't harbor much serious interest in him [[JustFriends other than as a friend]].[[WhatCouldHaveBeen This would have changed had the show continued]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''. Rich, popular, snobbish, born with a silver spoon in her mouth, Felicia Hardy as the Veronica and down-to-earth girl next door Mary Jane as the Betty. [[spoiler: And then Felicia gets CharacterDevelopment, a convoluted deal with Morbius... and becomes Black Cat.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', Jean Grey is the Betty and Rogue the Veronica for Scott Summers/Cyclops.
** Also, Cyclops could be said to be the Betty and Gambit the Veronica for Rogue in this series.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has Arnold having a crush on the graceful, popular NiceGirl Lila (Betty) and admired by JerkWithAHeartOfGold {{Tsundere}} Helga (Veronica). In "Arnie visits Arnie", Arnold is admired by Arnie's girlfriend Lulu (Veronica) and falls in love with Hilda (Betty). In turn, [[AllLovingHero Arnold]] is the Betty to [[Yandere Arnie]]'s Veronica for Hilda.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has Arnold having a crush on the graceful, popular NiceGirl Lila (Betty) and admired by JerkWithAHeartOfGold {{Tsundere}} Helga (Veronica). In "Arnie visits Arnie", Arnold is admired by Arnie's girlfriend Lulu (Veronica) and falls in love with Hilda (Betty). In turn, [[AllLovingHero Arnold]] is the Betty to {{Yandere Arnie}}'s Veronica for Hilda.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has Arnold having a crush on the graceful, popular NiceGirl Lila (Betty) and admired by JerkWithAHeartOfGold {{Tsundere}} Helga (Veronica). In "Arnie visits Arnie", Arnold is admired by Arnie's girlfriend Lulu (Veronica) and falls in love with Hilda (Betty). In turn, [[AllLovingHero Arnold]] is the Betty to [[Yandere Arnie]]'s Veronica for Hilda.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has Arnold having a crush on the graceful, popular NiceGirl Lila (Betty) and admired by JerkWithAHeartOfGold Tsundere Helga (Veronica). In "Arnie visits Arnie", Arnold is admired by Arnie's girlfriend Lulu (Veronica) and falls in love with Hilda (Betty). In turn, [[AllLovingHero Arnold]] is the Betty to [[Yandere Arnie]]'s Veronica for Hilda.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has Arnold having a crush on Lila (Betty) and admired by Helga (Veronica). In "Arnie visits Arnie", Arnold is admired by Arnie's girlfriend Lulu (Veronica) and falls in love with Hilda (Betty). In turn, Arnold is the Betty to Arnie's Veronica for Hilda.

* This occurs a few times in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In 'The Last Temptation of Homer', Homer almost has an affair with Mindy (Veronica), but chooses Marge (Betty). A rare example where Betty is a girly girl and Veronica is a tomboy.

** Marco (Archie) eventually catches himself in a LoveTriangle between cool yet friendly skater girl classmate Jackie Lynn Thomas whom he pines for and has known since childhood, and his bubbly [[ManicPixieDreamGirl interdimensional magical princess]] best friend Star, who harbors a crush on him [[GreenEyedMonster and a repressed jealous side]]. It's kinda hard to tell who's supposed to be "Betty" and who's supposed to be "Veronica" as Star and Jackie share traits of ''both'' Betty and Veronica. [[spoiler:He ends up dating Jackie for a while, but she breaks up with him upon realizing he actually loves Star more, something he doesn't realize himself until another friend directly addresses it. However, it takes until [[LastMinuteHookup a few episodes before the finale]] for Marco and Star to get together.]]

** Marco (Archie) eventually catches himself in a LoveTriangle between cool skater girl classmate Jackie Lynn Thomas (Veronica), whom he pines for, and his bubbly [[ManicPixieDreamGirl interdimensional magical princess]] best friend Star (Betty), who harbors a crush on him. [[spoiler:He ends up dating Jackie for a while, but she breaks up with him upon realizing he actually loves Star more, something he doesn't realize himself until another friend directly addresses it. However, it takes until [[LastMinuteHookup a few episodes before the finale]] for Marco and Star to get together.]]

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'', [[PerkyGoth Gwen]] is the Betty and [[WellExcuseMePrincess Courtney]] the Veronica to [[TroubledButCute Duncan's]] Archie.

* Wallace and Victor Quartermaine in ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' episode "Lady Hawke", Jay Sherman (the Archie) got into a triangle with Alice (the Betty) and his best friend Jeremy's twin sister Olivia (the Veronica). [[spoiler: He chooses Alice at the end of the episode.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' puts [[TallDarkAndSnarky Mako]] in the Archie position, choosing between [[BloodKnight Korra]] (the Veronica) and Asami (the Betty). Interestingly, a lot of the traits usually associated with each side are swapped around; ie. Asami is the richer, more traditionally beautiful one, while Korra is the naive, Amazonian beauty from the country (well, Southern Water Tribe).
** In Season 1, [[spoiler:he dates Asami for several episodes, but eventually chooses Korra after her abduction induces a LoveEpiphany.]]
** In Season 2, [[spoiler:this falls apart. He breaks up with Korra, has a brief fling with Asami, gets back together with Korra after LaserGuidedAmnesia makes her ''forget'' they broke up... and finally ends the season single when they break up again, realizing that their relationship simply doesn't work.]]
** Season 4 ''finally'' resolves the love triangle [[spoiler:when Korra and Mako clear up where they stand in their friendship, before Korra goes off to have a LastMinuteHookup [[PairTheSuitors with Asami]].]][[note]]This was left ambiguous in the show itself, but quickly confirmed by WordOfGod and made explicit in the sequel comics.[[/note]]
** [[spoiler: Tenzin]] is revealed to have been an Archie in the past between [[spoiler: his failing ChildhoodFriendRomance with tough, independent Chief of Police Lin (Betty), and his young, shy Acolyte student Pema (Veronica)]]. Like the Mako/Korra/Asami LoveTriangle above, this is an interesting example as [[spoiler: Lin has traditional Veronica traits, and Pema seems like she should be the Betty]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'', it's implied that Doc Saturday was the Betty, and Leonidas Van Rooke the Veronica for Drew when they were younger.
* This occurs a few times in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In 'The Last Temptation of Homer', Homer almost has an affair with Mindy (Veronica), but chooses Marge (Betty). A rare example where Betty is a girly girl and Veronica is a tomboy.
** A gender inversion occurs when Marge chooses Homer (Betty) over an affair with Jacques (Veronica) in 'Life on the Fast Lane'.
** Several hypothetical/future episodes have Lisa involved with Milhouse (Betty) while attracted to [[TroubledButCute Nelson]] (Veronica).

** Several hypothetical/future episodes have Lisa involved with [[{{Nerd}} Milhouse]] (Betty) while attracted to [[TroubledButCute Nelson]] (Veronica).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn 2019}}''; Harley is the energetic, hard-driving Veronica to Kite Man's laid back and supportive Betty, with Poison Ivy as Archie. [[spoiler: Ivy chooses Kite Man because she believes Harley's too wild to have a stable relationship with... until ''Kite Man'' breaks it off at the end of season two, realizing that Ivy loves Harley far more.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'', natch. In one episode, a sea monster tries to woo Archie by taking on the guise of a girl combining Betty and Veronica's best features, prompting Betty and Veronica to form an EnemyMine as they think [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou they're the only ones who will fight for Archie]]. In the finale, a time-travelling future version of Archie is about to tell his past self who he finally got together with, only to be zapped away at the last moment.

** Several hypothetical/future episodes have Lisa involved with [[HollywoodNerd Milhouse]] (Betty) while attracted to [[TroubledButCute Nelson]] (Veronica).

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' the conflict between Pearl and Greg in the first few seasons stems from the fact that Rose Quartz was the Archie to Pearl's Betty and Greg's Veronica, and she eventually chooses Greg. Not really helping Pearl and Greg's relationship is that Rose essentially [[DeathByChildbirth died]] to transfer her gem to her and Greg's son, Steven, which Pearl blames Greg for.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', [[UglyCute Tootie]] is the Betty and [[AlphaBitch Trixie]] is the Veronica to Timmy Turner's Archie. If you consider [[Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner the live action film]] canon, Timmy ends up with Tootie.

** Tenzin is revealed to have been an Archie in the past between his failing ChildhoodFriendRomance with tough, independent Chief of Police Lin (Betty), and his young, shy Acolyte student Pema (Veronica). Like the Mako/Korra/Asami LoveTriangle above, this is an interesting example as Lin has traditional Veronica traits, and Pema seems like she should be the Betty.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Mordecai has Margaret (his Betty) and C.J. (his Veronica).

* Applies to ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', where Danny is infatuated with Paulina, the shallow, beautiful "Veronica" of the school, ignoring the pretty, intelligent "Betty" at his side, Samantha Manson. Later on, Danny's crush on Paulina fades, and [[DatingCatwoman one of his arch-enemies]], Valerie, becomes the "Veronica" instead. Valerie hates Danny Phantom, but [[LovesMyAlterEgo she's very fond of his secret identity]] and dating him for a while. And she would have continued dating him if she didn't ironically invoke ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies.

* Applies to ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', where Danny is infatuated with Paulina, the shallow, beautiful "Veronica" of the school, ignoring the pretty, intelligent "Betty" at his side, Samantha Manson. The love triangle isn't clear at the beginning of the show, when Samantha and Danny are JustFriends, but eventually their feelings do grow for each other. Later on, Danny's crush on Paulina fades, and [[DatingCatwoman one of his arch-enemies, Valerie, becomes the "Veronica" instead]]. A bit of a subversion, in that the biggest strike against Valerie is that she's trying to kill Danny, [[LovesMyAlterEgo though she likes his secret identity just fine]].

** Marco (Archie) eventually catches himself in a LoveTriangle between cool skater girl classmate Jackie Lynn Thomas (Veronica), whom he pines for, and his bubbly [[ManicPixieDreamGirl interdimensional magical princess]] best friend Star (Betty), who harbors a crush on him. [[spoiler:He ends up dating Jackie for a while, but she breaks up with him upon realizing he actually loves Star more, something he doesn't realize until another friend directly addresses it. However, it takes until [[LastMinuteHookup a few episodes before the finale]] for Marco and Star to get together, partly because of below.]]
** Star herself is an Archie as well. While she does have a crush on a classmate named Oscar, the love triangle ultimately breaks down into her reliable Earth best friend Marco (Betty) and her temperamental ex-boyfriend Tom (Veronica). [[spoiler:She gets back together with Tom after he makes an effort to become a better person, with Tom eventually breaking up with her after realizing she isn't as invested in their relationship and likely still pines for Marco. She and Marco hook up soon after.]]