History Characters / JosieAndThePussycats

* HeroesWantRedheads: Though he's not TheHero (he fits as a sort-of Lancer), Alan would rather have Josie than Alexandra.

* {{Expy}}: In the comic, he is just a much richer [[Comicbook/{{Archie}} Reggie Mantle.]] The cartoon turned him into more of an expy of [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Shaggy]] -- which made the crossover episode with Scooby-Doo a little weird, since they were [[TalkingToHimself both voiced]] by Creator/CaseyKasem.

* InformedDeformity: Several early issues imply Pepper is supposed to be unattractive, but as drawn, she's just a typical Dan De Carlo pretty girl with freckles.

* InformedDeformity: Several early issues imply Pepper is supposed to be unattractive, but she's just a typical Dan DeCarlo pretty girl with freckles.

* DeadpanSnarker

* InformedDeformity: Several early issues imply Pepper is supposed to be unattractive.

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Especially in the cartoon - her declaring that she can do something better than anyone else (double points if it's someone obviously more qualified), only to immediately [[EpicFail foul it up]], is one of the show's biggest running gags. Ironically, she can actually be quite competent and helpful when she's not trying to showboat - some episodes like ''X Marks the Spot'' even put her in a larger heroic role.

** In the cartoon, Alexandra stoops to subversion to undermine Josie, and insists upon being the DesignatedHero, which often sunders the effort to thwart the villain, though there were times when she actually managed to thwart the villain of the episode, mainly by accident.

->'''Voiced by:''' Jackie Joseph, Creator/CherylLadd (singing)

* PersonalHateBeforeCommonGoals: She is seething jealous of Josie's musical talent, and that Josie has Alan's affections. Alexandra will routinely jeopardize the Pussycats' efforts to escape from the villain or to thwart the EvilPlan just to humiliate Josie or to grandstand for Alan's attention. Naturally, this results in LaserGuidedKarma biting Alexandra on her butt, because in this animated series, SlapstickKnowsNoGender.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Alexandra suffered by far the most comic mishaps on the cartoon, with Alexander coming in a distant second.

* MeaningfulName: Melody certainly lives up to her name, because she usually speaks in a sing-song voice, denoted by the musical notes in her word balloons in the comics. She does not have this habit in the modern comics, however.

* MsFanservice: She wears the skimpiest outfits and draw all the male attention.

* MacGyvering: Valerie was the champion of this in the cartoon, making solutions and springing traps with guitar strings, bubble gum and hairspray.

* TokenMinority: Valerie is the first African-American female cartoon character on a regular animated television series. Naturally she become this also in the comic.

* TVGenius: She is the character who saves the day the most often, thanks to her street smarts and her mechanical and scientific genius.
** In the modern comics she was studying ''veterinary medicine'' before she joined the Pussycats on tour.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the comic strip, Alan was portrayed to be, at best, an average guy with muscles or, at worst, a bit of DumbMuscle, but in the cartoon, he is made out to be just as intelligent as Valerie, turning him into a GeniusBruiser.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Alexander's personality is markedly different in the animated series; he is much friendlier, though no more dependable and far more cowardly than his comic strip alter ego.

* MeaningfulName: Melody certainly lives up to her name, because she usually speaks in a sing-song voice, denoted by the musical notes in her word balloons in the comics.

* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: For Archie Andrews in the comic. She was featured as his love interest in a crossover supplement story, and the idea became popular enough that she returned several times as his permanent girlfriend. She even received her own ''Married'' storyline alongside Betty and Veronica, wherein Archie chose to go into music rather than go into business. He and Valerie become a husband-wife singing duo, and even have a dark-skinned redHead baby who follows in their footsteps.

* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: For Archie Andrews in the comic. She was featured as his love interest in a crossover supplement story, and the idea became popular enough that she returned several times as his permanent girlfriend. She even received her own ''Married'' storyline alongside Betty and Veronica, wherein Archie chose to go into music rather than go into business. He and Valerie become a husband-wife singing duo, and even have a DarkSkinnedRedHead baby who follows in their footsteps.

* AlliterativeName: Sometimes, though the comics are inconsistent about whether her surname is Jones or James (or whether it's [=McCoy=] as in the 2001 film).
* ContinuitySnarl: Josie's surname has been inconsistent. It was alternately "Jones" or "James" for much of the comic's run. [=McCoy=] was her surname for the 2001 movie. Archie Comics later sometimes acknowledged the surnames from the movie as canonical, though not consistently. In a few stories reprinted in the 2000s, Archie Comics changed her surname to [=McCoy=]. However, the manga version used "Jones", which was her first surname to actually appear in the comics.

** AdaptationalWimp: Her magic powers are nowhere to be found in the film; probably for the best since she [[spoiler:[[StoryBreakerPower could've resolved the problems involving the record company's subliminal messaging far sooner.]]]]

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[[folder: Josie]]
!! Josie
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[[folder: Melody]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In the modern comics. When she finds out [[spoiler: Alan is cheating on Josie]] her first reaction is '''I WILL MURDER HIM IN PUBLIC.'''

* NWordPrivileges: With "ditzy", in the modern comics

[[folder: Valerie]]
!! Valerie Brown
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** She's Archies ex in the live-action ''Riverdale'' series.

[[folder: Alan M.]]
!! Alan M.
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[[folder: Alexander Cabot III]]
!! Alexander Cabot III
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[[folder: Alexandra Cabot]]
!! Alexandra Cabot
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Isn't as much of a jerk in the live-action film (since there were already antagonists), and ultimately helps Josie [[spoiler: uncover the SubliminalSeduction [=MegaRecords=] was using on them.]]
** AdaptationalWimp: Her magic powers are nowhere to be found in the film; probably for the best since she [[spoiler:[[StoryBreakerPower could've resolved the problems involving the record company's subliminal messaging far sooner.]]]]
* TheBusCameBack: Alexandra having magical powers, along with Sebastian, had been missing since the 80s. A 2014 issue brought them back.

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Especially in the cartoon - her declaring that she can do something better than anyone else (double points if it's someone obviously more qualified), only to immediately [[EpicFail foul it up,]] is one of the show's biggest running gags. Ironically, she can actually be quite competent and helpful when she's not trying to showboat - some episodes like ''X Marks the Spot'' even put her in a larger heroic role.

[[folder: Sebastian]]
!! Sebastian
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[[folder: Pepper]]

Josie’s best friend in the original comics, and, until the 1969 renovation, one of the main five characters (along with Josie, Melody, Albert and Alex).

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: She started out with a elaborate poufy and flipped bouffant in the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/archiecomics/images/3/35/She%27s_Josie_Vol_1_1.png/revision/latest?cb=20170404234522 1963-1964 comics]], [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/she-s-josie-11-the-great-one/4000-409776/ 1965 gave her the signature bouffant/bob hairstyle]] associated with her, only for it vary in styles throught the years (poufy bangs in TheEighties and a blunt bob or shag in TheNineties and TheAughts).

* 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.

* InformedAttractiveness: Several early issues imply Pepper is supposed to be unattractive.

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Alexandra didn't have her signature SkunkStripe early on.

* SkunkStripe: Alexandra has black hair with a white lightning-bolt shaped stripe running through the middle of it, giving her ponytail a slight impression of a skunk's tail.

->'''Voiced by:''' Jackie Joseph, Cheryl Ladd (singing)

* NWordPriveleges: With "ditzy", in the modern comics

->'''Played by:''' Creator/GabrielMann (2001 movie)

->'''Played by:''' [[Series/{{Animorphs}} Paulo]] [[Series/{{Joey}} Costanzo]] (2001 movie), Lucien Laviscount (''Katy Keene'')

->'''Played by:''' Creator/MissiPyle (2001 movie), Camille Hyde (''Katy Keene'')