History HoYay / Riverdale

* '''Toni''': In 2.06, Cheryl and Toni both seem to [[DistractedByTheSexy check each other out]] in their first interaction. Note that Toni is also canonically bisexual and "more into girls," and there have been rumours of her being Cheryl's "unexpected love interest" for months. As of 2.18, this can be safely declared [[TheBigDamnKiss no longer subtext.]]
** Not to mention 2.14, which has the two properly interact. Cheryl even opens up to her near the end of the episode.
** Their interactions prior to 2x14 practically ''scream'' UST, with Toni and Cheryl even exchanging "why don't you say that to my face" type cliche sexual tension phrases. When Toni starts her protest speech, Cheryl looks on with obvious admiration.
** In 2x16, Cheryl and Toni share a bed, with Cheryl confiding that she "craved" Toni's company and the two sharing an AlmostKiss.

* Veronica's solution to Cheryl not liking their cheer audition? [[BigDamnKiss Lay a big smooch on a bewildered Betty.]] Betty herself looks a little stunned afterwards. It's also worth mentioning that the soundtrack that accompanies the kiss implies that the kiss is serious, right until the kiss stops and MusicalisInterruptus.

* '''Toni''': In 2.06, Cheryl and Toni both seem to [[DistractedByTheSexy check each other out]] in their first interaction. Note that Toni is also canonically bisexual and "more into girls," and there have been rumours of her being Cheryl's "unexpected love interest" for months. As of 2.18, this can be safely declared [[BigDamnKiss no longer subtext.]]

* Penelope really comes off as having a crush on Sierra in [[Recap/RiverdaleS3E04Chapter39TheMidnightClub Chapter 39: The Midnight Club]]. In particular fans noticed that Penelope never reprimanded Sierra for drawing on the mirror, nor did she demand a hall pass like she did from Alice and Hermione, despite Penelope being a rule pushing “teacher’s pet,” the way Penelope perked yo when Sierra suggested playing Truth or Dare, the way she and Sierra walk down the hall with their arms linked together just like [[OfficialCouple FP and Alice and Hermione and Fred do,]] and the fact that she specifically set up the pairs for the scavenger hunt so that she and Sierra would be alone together.

[-Canonically, Kevin is the ''only'' openly gay kid at Riverdale High School, much
to his dismay. Yet he's managed to surround himself with a group of friends overflowing with gay subtext anyways.-]

[-Canonically, Kevin is the ''only'' openly gay kid at Riverdale High School, much to his dismay. Yet he's managed to surround himself with a group of friends overflowing with gay subtext anyways.-]

* After this the two settle instead as rivals, butting heads thanks to Reggie antagonising Jughead, however despite their competition to become quarterback, the two end up treating one-another as a WorthyOponent, Reggie going as far as to make sure Archie isn't damaging his health and Archie subsequently dropping out so Reggie could take it.

* Fred and FP in season one gave off a lot of ex-boyfriends vibes. Their reconciliation at times comes off as a romantic one.

* Reggie's very first scene in the first episode is complimenting Archie's new physique, and acting as his hype man for the rest of the episode. Given the theory from the old comics that he was a closeted bisexual with a crush on Archie... Reggie also immediately (and very enthusiastically) seconds Cheryl's vote for Archie to be the first player in Spin The Bottle. Almost as if Reggie wanted the bottle to land on himself.

** There was a lot of FoeYay between Jughead and Sweet Pea early on in the second season, with Sweet Pea showing absolutely no respect to Jughead's personal space and almost harassing Jughead into joining the Serpents. Toni even lampshades it by suggesting Sweet Pea "take the hint" that Jughead "just isn't that into you." After [[spoiler: Jughead officially joins the Serpents]] a mutual respect starts to grow, although there is still some animosity and just as much sexual tension.
** There was arguably some FoeYay between Reggie and Jughead early in the series, with Reggie going out of his way to harass Jughead and clearly putting a lot of thought into creating very specific insults for Jughead coming off almost as if he [[LovingBully had a crush on him.]]

* '''Toni''': In 2.06, Cheryl and Toni both seem to [[DistractedByTheSexy check each other out]] in their first interaction. Note that Toni is also canonically bisexual and "more into girls," and there have been rumours of her being Cheryl's "unexpected love interest" for months.

** Let's not forget that Valerie is the song writer and [[RecursiveAdaptation possibly]] wrote the song "Sugar Sugar" which is essentially a song about how attractive another girl is, one with long legs and brown eyes........hmmm....

* In 2.07, Archie tells Jughead he has a fantasy of them living together in New York city. Just to ''really'' ramp up the HoYay, Archie says that in this scenario, their girlfriends aren't living with ''them'', but rather are living with ''each other'', a la ShipMates.

** In the same episode, Cheryl refers to them as "[[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]]", a pair memetically famous for their HoYay.

* '''Betty''': Of the FoeYay variety. She really doesn't respect Betty's personal space, and is happy to straddle her to put makeup on. There's also the extremely LesYay locker room scene in 2.02, which practically looks like the opening scene of a lesbian porn film. Not helped by the fact that Cheryl is wearing lingerie the whole time and gets rather close to Betty's face, almost like they are about to start making out.

** Let's not forget that Valerie is the song writer and [[RecursiveAdaptation possibly]] wrote the song "Sugar Sugar" which is essentially a song about how attractive another girl is, one with long legs and brown eyes........hmmm....

** In 1x10, there's a scene that can only really be explained by Cheryl [[OperationJealousy trying to make Veronica jealous.]] To wit, Cheryl starts dancing erotically with Moose and ends up making out with him, all while staring right at Veronica and making sure to be in her line of sight. For extra gayness, Veronica actually does seem to be a little jealous.

** Some fans have picked up on a certain FoeYay between Archie and Sweet Pea

** Goes into {{Yandere}} territory in 2.07, where it's hinted that [[spoiler: Cheryl was the one who left the threatening note and pig's heart for Josie out of jealousy that she went on a date with Chuck]].

* In 2.07, Archie tells Jughead he has a fantasy of them living together in New York city. Just to ''really'' ramp up the HoYay, Archie says that in this scenario, their girlfriends aren't living with them, but rather are living with each other, a la ShipMates.

!!Josie and... several girls

* Veronica trying to make up with Betty after their fight at the end of Chapter 1 comes across as someone trying to get back together with their girlfriend. She even sends her a bouquet of apology roses and signs the card "XOXO, V".
* Veronica's jaw drops at seeing Betty in lingerie in Chapter 3. There are two people there to see Betty like this: Veronica and Chuck. No one's pretending ''Chuck'' doesn't look interested. And his expression and Veronica's are ''exactly the same''.

* In Chapter 20, Archie tells Jughead he has a fantasy of them living together in New York city. Just to ''really'' ramp up the HoYay, Archie says that in this scenario, their girlfriends aren't living with them, but rather are living with each other, a la ShipMates.

** Goes into {{Yandere}} territory in 2x07, where it's hinted that [[spoiler: Cheryl was the one who left the threatening note and pig's heart for Josie out of jealousy that she went on a date with Chuck]].

** In 2x06 it's revealed that Veronica let Cheryl sleep over after the [[AttemptedRape traumatic experience]] Cheryl suffered last episode, and, judging by the color of the silk pajamas Cheryl's wearing, even let Cheryl borrow some of her own pajamas.
*** Also in 2x06, Veronica refers to Cheryl as "Cherry Bombshell."

* '''Toni''': In 2x06, Cheryl and Toni both seem to [[DistractedByTheSexy check each other out]] in their first interaction. Note that Toni is also canonically bisexual and "more into girls," and there have been rumours of her being Cheryl's "unexpected love interest" for months.

** In the outtakes, apropos of nothing, KJ Apa (Archie) starts holding Casey Cott's (Kevin) hand after finishing - or rather, thinking he's finished - a shot.

* In Chapter 20, Archie tells Jughead he has a fantasy of them living together in New York city. Just to ''really'' ramp up the HoYay, Archie says that in this scenario, their girlfriends aren't living with them, but rather are living with each other.

** In the promo for 2x07, Cheryl appears to be jealous when Josie admits that Chuck asked her out.

Canonically, Kevin is the ''only'' openly gay kid at Riverdale High School, much to his dismay. Yet he's managed to surround himself with a group of friends overflowing with gay subtext anyways.

* Veronica's solution to Cheryl not liking their cheer audition? [[BigDamnKiss Lay a big smooch on a bewildered Betty.]] Betty herself looks a little stunned afterwards.