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3	''Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again'' (Released as ''Archie: Return to Riverdale'' on home video in the United States and as ''Archie's Weekend Reunion'' in Australia and the UK) is a 1990 MadeForTVMovie based on the Creator/{{Archie\|Comics}}'s comic book ''ComicBook/ArchieComics''.
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5	Fifteen years after the events of the books, Archie Andrews since graduating from Riverdale has his life set. He's moved out of his small town life into the big city, has become a successful lawyer, and is getting ready to marry his fiancee, Pam. Before tying the knot, he decides to go to a [[ClassReunion high school reunion]] back in his hometown. When he sees the now-grown Betty and Veronica (along with a majority of his classmates) for the first time in over decade, old feelings resurface and he begins to doubt his love towards Pam, throwing him back into the love triangle that the series is oh-so-known for.
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7	The concept of Archie and his friends growing up was later tackled in the comics with the the spinoff title ''ComicBook/LifeWithArchieTheMarriedLife''.
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9	This movie also has a comic book adaptation.
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11	Compare to ''[[Series/BradyBunchSpinOffs The Bradys]]'', another nostalgia-based sequel series.
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13	Not to be confused with the ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E11Chapter11ToRiverdaleAndBackAgain episode]].
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15	!!This film contains examples of:
16	* AdaptationDyeJob: Archie's hair is a dark, near-brown shade of red instead of its more familiar bright orange.
17	* ArtShift: The comic book version features a more realistic style matching the special, but switches to the original art style of the comics during the flashbacks.
18	* CanonForeigner: Jordan "Jughead Junior" Jones, Max Mason, Robert Miller, and Pam are all original characters.
19	* ContinuityNod: Archie and Betty discuss the events of a 1970s issue where, after they had to visit a NoTellMotel together after their car broke down, Betty's parents misunderstood and tried to force them into a ShotgunWedding. Archie misremembers the events and thinks they [[TheirFirstTime did actually have sex]].
20	* DirtyKid: The first thing Jughead's son does when he sees Veronica is check her out.
21	* EmbarrassingNickname: Jordan hates being called "Jughead Junior".
22	* HotterAndSexier: Mildly. Sex gets alluded to more explicitly than in most ''Archie'' comics.
23	* KidHeroAllGrownUp: In the comics, [[NotAllowedToGrowUp the characters never age]] in the main comics. This film was made to depict how their lives could develop as they aged.
24	* MeetCute: Betty met her boyfriend Robert this way at the museum.
25	* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The film was a {{Pilot Movie}} for a series that never came to be.
26	* SlutShaming; PlayedForLaughs when Mr. Weatherbee and Ms. Grundy mistake Jordan for Archie's son and admonish him for having a kid out of wedlock.

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