History Main / BettyAndVeronicaSwitch

* As the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' has many prospect love triangles, more than one BettyAndVeronica situation can be twisted around:

* CharacterDevelopment (see HourglassPlot): Through character development, the inaccessible, TallDarkAndSnarky love interest becomes a sweet pile of cuteness, and the viewers discover that the [[GirlNextDoor Boy Next Door]] and the NiceGirl TookALevelInBadass and possibly in [[TookALevelInJerkass meanness]].

* ''Film/BasicInstinct'': Good girl Dr. Beth Garner (whose name is eerily similar to Betty) is strongly implied to be just as murderous as the evil Catherine (Veronica).

* ''Series/GeneralHospital''. Karen, the supposed "Betty", spent months flitting between two guys (who were themselves this trope to her), while the flirtatious Brenda (the "Veronica") slept with only one.

* In ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'', Sekai Saionji seems to be a straightforward Veronica (middle-class, a GenkiGirl, very straightforward in her thoughts), while Kotonoha Katsura looks like quite the Betty (rich but also humble, soft-spoken and shy, very booksmart). However, depending on how you play the original game and/or the UpdatedRerelease, either of them can go ''dangerously'' over the edge for one or another reason, often involving quite the BreakTheCutie. On one hand, Sekai can [[spoiler: murder Makoto after a huge misunderstanding caused by something he ''really'' shouldn't have said]] (both games), [[spoiler: go mad after being to broken - then push Kotonoha over a train rail right after she and Makoto get together (with different results)]] (re-release) or [[spoiler: stab Kotonoha and leave her to bleed to death]] (re-release). On the other, Kotonoha can [[spoiler: use her sexuality to blackmail Makoto into leaving Sekai]] (both), [[spoiler: snap after being bullied into insanity by Sekai's "friends" and give Sekai a SlashedThroat in broad daylight]] (both), or [[spoiler: go the SpurnedIntoSuicide way in front of ''both'' Sekai and Makoto via throwing herself off a flat building]] (both).

[[folder: Music ]]

[[folder: Video Games ]]

* In TheReveal of [=ClockUp=]'s ''Euphoria'', [[spoiler: [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Kanae]] is the ''real'' EvilGenius mastermind behind the plot, who had been giving Keisuke FakeMemories [[MadScientist as part of a huge lab experiment]]; and [[CloningBlues Nemu]], made out to be the cold AlphaBitch in the simulations, is Keisuke's ''real'' and sweet ChildhoodFriend.]]

* In TheReveal of [=ClockUp=]'s ''Euphoria'', [[spoiler: [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Kanae]] is the ''real'' EvilGenius mastermind behind the plot, who had been giving Keisuke FakeMemories [[MadScientist as part of a huge lab experiment]]; and Nemu, made out to be the cold AlphaBitch in the simulations, is Keisuke's ''real'' and sweet ChildhoodFriend.]]

* In TheReveal of [=ClockUp=]'s ''Euphoria'', [[spoiler: Kanae is the ''real'' EvilGenius mastermind behind the plot, who had been giving Keisuke FakeMemories [[MadScientist as part of a huge lab experiment]]; and Nemu, made out to be the cold AlphaBitch in the simulations, is Keisuke's ''real'' and sweet ChildhoodFriend.]]

* In TheReveal of [=ClockUp=]'s ''Euphoria'', [[spoiler: Kanae is the ''real'' EvilGenius mastermind behind the plot, who had been giving Keisuke FakeMemories; and Nemu, made out to be the cold AlphaBitch in the simulations, is Keisuke's ''real'' and sweet ChildhoodFriend.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'', Sekai Saionji seems to be a straightforward Veronica (middle-class, a GenkiGirl, very straightforward in her thoughts), while Kotonoha Katsura looks like quite the Betty (rich but also humble, soft-spoken and shy, very booksmart). However, depending on how you play the original game and/or the UpdatedRerelease, either of them can go ''dangerously'' over the edge for one or another reason, often involving quite the BreakTheCutie. On one hand, Sekai can [[spoiler: murder Makoto after a huge misunderstanding caused by something he ''really'' shouldn't have said]] (both games), [[spoiler: go mad after being to broken - then push Kotonoha over a train rail right after she and Makoto get together (with different results)]] (re-release) or [[spoiler: stab Kotonoha and leave her to bleed to death]] (re-release). On the other, Kotonoha can [[spoiler: use her sexuality to blackmail Makoto into leaving Sekai]] (both), [[spoiler: snap after being bullied into insanity by Sekai's "friends" and give Sekai a SlashedThroat in broad daylight]] (both), or [[spoiler: go the SpurnedIntoSuicide way in front of ''both'' Sekai and Makoto via throwing herself off a flat building]] (both).

* ComicBook/LoisLane and ComicBook/LanaLang have switched the roles of Betty and Veronica to Franchise/{{Superman}} over the years.

----

* ''Series/{{BuffytheVampireSlayer}}'' & ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Gender-flipped- [[ByronicHero Angel]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Spike]] in their love triangle with [[ActionGirl Buffy]]. Angel seems to have personality of a Betty while Spike the personality of a Veronica, but as it turns out Spike is Betty since he's a self-proclaimed ("attainable") fool for love while Angel is the mysterious and "unattainable" Veronica. Buffy goes back-and-forth on them many times.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'' has Piper (Betty) and Cappy (Veronica), both having a crush on the protagonist, Rodney. However, their personalities are switched: Piper is a ninja-like fighter who can be short-tempered; while Cappy is much more serene and laidback.

* In the ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' anime, Fakir appears at first as a male {{Tsundere}}, and Mytho the Prince has a case of ChronicHeroSyndrome. They were respectively the Veronica and Betty to Ahiru's Archie [[spoiler: Then Mytho's heart shard is tainted with the Crow's blood and he becomes evil and potentially violent, and Fakir is seen as the friend and confident who does everything he can to protect Ahiru. And this is settled when Rue performs an HeroicSacrifice to bring Mytho back to the side of good... and then Mytho stays with ''her'' instead.]]

* In the ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' anime, Fakir appears at first as a male {{Tsundere}}, and Mytho the Prince has a case of ChronicHeroSyndrome. They were respectively the Veronica and Betty to Ahiru's Archie [[spoiler: Then Mytho's heart shard is tainted with the Crow's blood and he becomes evil and potentially violent, and Fakir is seen as the friend and confident who does everything he can to protect Ahiru]]. [[spoiler: And this is settled when Rue performs an HeroicSacrifice to bring Mytho back to the side of good... and then Mytho stays with ''her'' instead.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has Korra and Asami in a LoveTriangle for Mako and a lot of the traits usually associated with each side are swapped around. Asami is sweet and gentle and Mako feels more comfortable around her, but she's the richer, more traditionally beautiful one. Korra is much more violent and tends to crash with Mako, but she is naive and from the country (well, Southern Water Tribe). Eventually Mako becomes closer to Korra and his relationship with Asami becomes sour and finally falls apart after she finds out Mako and Korra kissed behind her back.
** [[spoiler: In the series finale, [[TakeAThirdOption Asami and Korra are the ones to get together]].]]
** [[spoiler: With this twist in mind, Mako also undergoes a "Betty and Veronica switch". He starts out as the Veronica for Korra's Archie and Bolin's Betty - the bad boy compared to his Dogged Nice Guy brother. But from Asami's point of view, in season 3 & 4 Mako becomes the Betty to her Archie and Korra's Veronica - since she's known Mako longer, and Korra as the Avatar is easily the more "unattainable" one.]]

* Many players see this as the case with ''DarkMessiahOfMightAndMagic'' with Leanna, the sweet mage girl, and Xana, the provocative and aggressive succubus. However, Xana [[spoiler: never actually forces you to do anything actually evil, saves your life, provides invaluable guidance, and helps to derail the evil plot you were born to carry out]], while Leanna [[spoiler: requires you to do all the dangerous and dirty work, tags along for some very annoying escort mission parts, pushes you to kill Xana after learning of the demoness' existance, then attempts to murder you if you choose not to]]. A majority of players chose to complete the optional quest [[spoiler: of saving Leanna from the spider pit]] not only for the bonus skill points, but also so they could kill her without a NonstandardGameOver resulting.

** [[spoiler: With this twist in mind, Mako also undergoes a "Betty and Veronica switch". He starts out as the Veronica for Korra's Archie and Bolin's Betty - the bad boy compared to his Dogged Nice Guy brother. But from Asami's point of view, in season 3 & 4 Mako becomes the Betty to her Archie and Korra's Veronica - since she's known Mako longer, and Korra as the Avatar is easily the more "unattainable" one.]].]]

** ''Literature/MansfieldPark'' has an interesting unmentioned objective variation [[spoiler: for the heroine and antiheroine]], a [[HurtingHero quietly depressed]], [[ExtremeDoormat meek]] and[[TurnTheOtherCheek forgiving]] LoveMartyr {{Woobie}} and a [[TheSocialExpert manipulative]], [[FemmeFatale charming-but-dangerous]] GoldDigger. Turns out the first becomes an IronWoobie [[BewareTheNiceOnes who won't let]] the others's mean preoccupations [[TheFettered go against her morals]] and knows perfectly well that [[YouGoGirl the treatment born by her gender is unfair]], and the other falls in love, {{wangst}}s, and consider abandoning her ambitions and also losing integrity. [[spoiler: The hero chooses the new Veronica, who throws a proto-feminist speech in his face, making the work FairForItsDay. ]]

* DragonAgeOrigins has Leliana and Morrigan. Leliana is the sweet Chantry sister while Morrigan is the mysterious Witch of the Wilds. It is later revealed that Leliana is a former bard who took shelter in the Chantry to hide from the Orlesian military who (incorrectly) believes she sold secrets to Ferelden. Meanwhile, Morrigan is really just a young, inexperienced girl whose 'survival of the fittest' beliefs are just parroting her mother's.
** Then ten years later in DragonAgeInquisition, Leliana is serving as the left hand of Divine Justinia, doing the dirty work the Divine can't be publicly involved in while Morrigan is (potentially) married in all but name to the Warden and raising a son with him, both of whom she is completely devoted to.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has [[spoiler:Merrill]] and [[spoiler:Isabela]]. The former is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with NoSocialSkills with innocent looking puppy eyes while the latter is a [[ReallyGetsAround promiscuous pirate]] [[BiTheWay more open about her preference than the other companions]]. However, [[spoiler:one turns out to be a [[EvilIsNotAToy Blood Mage]] [[WideEyedIdealist trying to save her people]] via [[WellIntentionedExtremist consequentialistic methods]] while the other is a BrokenBird trying to cope with the memory of ParentalAbandonment and can be persuaded to fully commit to love.]]

* DragonAgeOrigins has Leliana and Morrigan. Leliana is the sweet Chantry sister while Morrigan is the mysterious Witch of the Wilds. It is later revealed that Leliana is a former bard who took shelter in the Chantry to hide from the Orlesian military who (falsely) believes she sold secrets to Ferelden. Meanwhile, Morrigan is really just a young, inexperienced girl whose 'survival of the fittest' tendencies are just parroting her mother's.

** [[spoiler: In the series finale, [[TakeAThirdOption Asami and Korra are implied to get together]].]]