Line #289 Funny/Riverdale


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3
4	!The Series
5	[[foldercontrol]]
6
7	!!Season One
8	[[folder: Chapter 1: The River's Edge ]]
9
10	* The constant lampshading about Archie's incredible abs are pretty amusing.
11	-->'''Kevin:''' ''[to Betty]'' Six more reasons for you to take that ginger bull by the horns tonight!
12	* When Veronica asks if Archie's single, Betty replies that he's just a friend and Kevin replies that he's straight--both in the same dismayed tone.
13	* Even Kevin admits that Cheryl's dismissal of Betty when she tried out for the River Vixens last year [[ActuallyPrettyFunny was a good burn]]:
14	-->'''Betty:''' Cheryl said I was too fat...
15	-->'''Kevin:''' ...too [[Series/MadMen season five Betty Draper]]. It was a great line.
16	* Betty failing miserably to ask Archie to the dance.
17	-->'''Betty:''' I was wondering if you wanted to come...[[CentralTheme with the both of us]].\
18	'''Archie:''' Huh?\
19	'''Veronica:''' What?
20	* While Betty and Archie awkwardly share a dance, you can see Veronica and Kevin in the background egging her on.
21	* The entirety of Kevin and Moose's flirtation.
22	** First Kevin rushes up to Betty to tell her who propositioned him in the bathroom.
23	-->'''Kevin:''' Give you a hint. His name may be Moose, but a I'd describe a certain appendage of his as [[BiggerIsBetterInBed horse-like]].\
24	'''Betty:''' ''{{stunned silence}}''
25	** Then Veronica drags Kevin onto the floor to dance, while he tries to stare longingly at Moose (who just grimaces and takes a swig from his snuck-in flask).
26	** Finally, when they get away from the dance.
27	-->'''Moose:''' Just to be clear--I'm not gay.\
28	'''Kevin:''' Obviously not Moose, you're on the football team!
29	* Cheryl honors Jason's memory at the school dance... By having Josie and the Pussycats play the song she claims her and her brother were ''conceived'' to.
30
31	[[/folder]]
32
33	[[folder: Chapter 2: A Touch Of Evil ]]
34
35	* As Sheriff Keller is telling the school (over the PA) that Jason was murdered and that the investigation is ongoing, Cheryl cuts in that her family will not rest until the killer is brought to justice. In the trailers it was dark and dramatic, but in the episode it's made hilarious by Keller and Principal Weatherby looking at her like she's crazy. The trailers also leave out the fact that she ends her message by saying "#[[MoodWhiplash RiverdaleStrong]]"
36	* Kevin to Moose: "Are you hot? Yes. Are you my type? Definitely. But you have more demons than ''Film/TheExorcist''."
37	* This gem from Jughead, when he and Archie make up.
38	-->'''Jughead:''' We're not gonna hug in front of this whole town. So why don't we both just do that bro thing, where we nod like douches and mutually suppress our emotions?
39	* Some of Reggie's nicknames for Jughead are [[ActuallyPrettyFunny pretty funny]]. Especially "Film/{{Suicide Squad\|2016}}."
40	* Betty's mother doing a ''sage smudging'' on Betty's room after Cheryl was there.
41	* Somehow, Jughead yelling "A kid is ''dead'', Archie!" is extremely funny because someone is finally reminding our ginger haired hero what's actually happening in the plot.
42
43	[[/folder]]
44
45	[[folder: Chapter 3: Body Double ]]
46
47	* When Cheryl shows up while the team is hunting for the football "scorebook," Betty and Veronica demand to know what she's doing there. Kevin demands to know where she got her ''amazing'' thigh-high boots.
48	* Jughead interrogating Dilton's scout. Yes, it's a serious scene, but the awkward way he's crouched and the way he casually steals the sundae is still fun.
49	* Betty's squeamish discomfort in the men's locker room. She's surrounded by half-naked guys and is trying ''so'' hard to pretend she doesn't notice that fact.
50	* Dilton running his boy scout troupe like it's a military unit, complete with hissing at them "Fail and you. Are. Dead." They just exchange glances of "this guy is taking this waaaaay too seriously..."
51
52	[[/folder]]
53
54	[[folder: Chapter 4: The Last Picture Show ]]
55
56	* The unsubtle symbolism of the Drive-In sign dropping the "C" from a billboard, turning "closing soon" into "losing soon".
57	* Veronica referring to Grundy as Archie's "booty tutor".
58	* When Veronica rhetorically asked who would still go to the drive in, Kevin suggested someone who was looking to buy crack.
59	* Cheryl forcing her way into Veronica and Kevin's truck. She never gives a reason why, just shoves them to the side and starts eating their popcorn.
60
61	[[/folder]]
62
63	[[folder: Chapter 5 - Heart of Darkness ]]
64
65	* Fred's incredible awkwardness upon discovering Archie and Valerie hanging out in Archie's room.
66	* The looks of everyone when they watch Mrs. Blossom caress Archie's face. Valerie and Betty look quite concerned, and Jughead and Kevin look freaked the hell out.
67	-->'''Kevin:'''''incredulous'' Did she just touch your hair?
68	* When Cheryl walks into Jason's memorial service wearing the white dress she wore on their boat ride, the other characters all react with varying levels of OhCrap....except for Kevin, who appears to be ''thoroughly'' enjoying the drama
69	-->'''Kevin''': [[PassThePopcorn Yes!!]]
70	* When Jughead and Betty go snooping through Jason's bedroom, Grandma Rose appears from absolute nowhere to say hello. Jughead, who has so far been TheStoic DeadpanSnarker, is so scared he ''hides behind Betty.''
71	-->'''Jughead:''' The horror. ''The horror.''
72	* Veronica's sly remarks about Grundy in the ColdOpen are ''delicious'' in their sheer inappropriateness.
73
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder: Chapter 6 - Faster, Pussycats! Kill! Kill! ]]
77
78	* Any time Alice says the word "Jughead," like she can't believe such a silly nickname even exists.
79	* There's something darkly funny about Alice cackling heartily at the idea of her husband being accused of killing any one, never mind Jason.
80	* After Jughead and Betty [[BigDamnKiss kiss for the first time,]] Betty's next immediate thought is a clue about Jason Blossom's murder, leading Jughead -who 20 seconds before was so nervous he choked on his words- to go right back into his default DeadpanSnarker mode:
81	--> '''Jughead:''' Wow, that's what you're thinking about in the middle of our ''moment''?
82
83	[[/folder]]
84
85	[[folder: Chapter 7 - In a Lonely Place ]]
86
87	* Jughead's dream, with everyone dressed exactly like the comic characters (and possibly a sly TakeThat to complaints that they don't look the same, showing how ridiculous that would be).
88	* When Betty is upset over Polly's situation, Jughead wraps an arm around her shoulders. Archie and Veronica both make expressions like "Wait, what?"
89	* When Jughead is being interrogated:
90	-->'''Sheriff Keller''': You've had a tough life, Mr. Jones. You've been bullied a lot.
91	-->'''Jughead:'''...Yeah, my name is ''Jughead.''
92	* When Betty is recounting her sister's disappearance and the possibility that her and Jughead had been followed around, Veronica immediately has a beautiful, LampshadeHanging moment:
93	--> '''Veronica''': ''[shaking her head]'' Oh my God. Honestly guys, we...we should just move.
94	* When Jughead is walking Betty home and realizes she seems kind of down, he employs some of his deadpan humour to cheer her up:
95	--> '''Jughead''': ''[concerned]'' What is it? I mean, besides everything.
96
97	[[/folder]]
98
99	[[folder: Chapter 8: The Outsiders ]]
100
101
102	* Archie and Jughead's banter over playing video games
103	* When Archie gets a bunch of his friends from school to help his dad out since his regular workers walked off, Kevin takes a moment to silently point out Hermione's lovely boots before getting to work.
104	* "Nana has dementia ''and'' gypsy blood."
105	* Amongst the otherwise melancholic and serious flashbacks to Jason and Polly’s relationship, Cheryl is [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]] of one scene, wearing a shirt that says “bitchy.” [[CardCarryingVillain Oh,]] [[LovableAlphaBitch Cheryl!]]
106
107	[[/folder]]
108
109	[[folder: Chapter 9: La Grande Illusion ]]
110
111	* Jughead and Cheryl are both at their snarkiest in a BlackComedy manner when interacting.
112	--> '''Jughead:''' Yeah, hostages don't often get to make phonecalls.
113	** And when Jughead calls her out on something he interprets as her usual bitchiness:
114	--> '''Cheryl:''' Oh it's a joke, you hobo.
115	* Cheryl's visit to the Andrews household.
116	--> '''Cheryl''': Mr Andrews! Nice haircut. Looking extremely [=DILFy=] today.
117	** When Jughead sees her walk in, he gets in another good jab.
118	--> '''Jughead:''' ''[deadpan]'' The ice-woman cometh.
119
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder: Chapter 10: The Lost Weekend ]]
123
124	* In the midst of an otherwise heartbreaking tangent, Jughead lets loose this line.
125	-->'''Jughead:''' I am ''weird''. [...] Have you ever seen me without my hat? That is ''weird.''
126	* FP walking in on Kevin and Joaquin [[MakeOutKids making out in the kitchen]]:
127	-->'''FP:''' Mm-mm-mm. You could cut the sexual tension in here with a knife. What's up, Joaquin?
128	-->'''Joaquin:''' ''[awkward]'' Nothing ... Kevin, you know FP, Jughead's dad.
129	-->'''Kevin:''' ''[awkward]'' Yeah, we met. Kicked me out of the White Wyrm.
130	-->'''FP:''' Good times.
131	* During Cheryl's Secrets and Sins game, in which Veronica rips into Cheryl about her and Jason's Twincest-implied relationship, Kevin turns to Joaquin.
132	-->'''Kevin:''' This is riveting. ''I can't breathe.''
133	* When Archie comes downstairs the morning after the party. Archie finds Jughead taking a page from his comic counterpart and chowing down on his birthday cake. His ''entire'' birthday cake. With a fork.
134	* Cheryl's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to [[GirlPosse Tina and Ginger]] is hysterical. The Vixens were to have a vote on who deserves the front spot, Cheryl or Veronica - Tina and Ginger not only do not vote for Cheryl, but they also don't vote for Veronica, which seems to anger Cheryl even further..
135	-->''You catatonic bimbos didn't even vote. So you stuttering sapheads are too dim to exercise your own rights and you've got the combined vocabulary of a baked potato. Consider this your last practice as River Vixens and your last week as my social handmaidens. You're fired, on all fronts. That's all. Shoo, bitches.''
136
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder: Chapter 11: To Riverdale and Back Again ]]
140
141	* Fred walking into the Homecoming dance with Mary on one arm and Hermione on the other. Clearly, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
142
143	[[/folder]]
144
145	[[folder: Chapter 12: Anatomy of a Murder ]]
146
147	* Betty's absolutely incredible WTF faces, particularly when Archie makes a suggestion.
148	* At home, late at night, Betty hears a loud noise and coming from downstairs; only to have a pistol shakily shoved in her face by her mother, investigating the same thing. Even funnier, after everything that's gone on in the season, and everything she's seen, Betty seems more ''annoyed'' than anything at Alice due to her waving the gun around so recklessly.
149	* Sorry to interrupt the witching hour at Thornhill.
150	* While it's an otherwise tense scene, there's the non-reaction from Clifford and Penelope Blossom after the Coopers charge into Thornhill and reveal that their families are related by blood, meaning Polly and Jason basically committed incest.
151	-->'''Clifford:''' Oh, get off your middle class morality.[[SurpriseIncest It's not like they were brother and sister, they're what...second, third cousins?]]
152	-->'''Penelope:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic What could be more Blossom than those two babies?]]
153	-->'''[[OnlySaneMan Hal]]:''' ...What is ''wrong'' with you people?!
154
155	[[/folder]]
156
157	[[folder: Chapter 13: The Sweet Hereafter ]]
158
159	* Jughead's opening narration:
160	-->'''Jughead:''' It was the ultimate [[{{Pun}} cliff]][[BlackComedy hanger]]. (''cut to Clifford Blossom after hanging himself'')
161	* Veronica hangs a [[LampshadeHanging deluxe-sized lampshade]] while talking with Betty. Easy on the meta, there, ''Riverdale!''
162	-->'''Veronica:''' At the risk of us [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall not passing]] UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest, are you legitimately okay with me and Archie together?
163	* While Betty's locker being vandalized is definitely not funny, Archie expressing his outrage over it to Fred is.
164	-->'''Archie:''' It was pig's blood, Dad. [[LampshadeHanging Where do you even get pig's blood?]] I wanna slam whoever did this through a wall!
165	* Betty sneaking Polly to school against their Mother's wishes.....only to find Polly babbling about it to Alice when she got home.
166	-->'''Betty:''' Jeez, Pol. Is there anything you ''didn't'' tell her?
167
168	[[/folder]]
169
170	!!Season Two:
171
172	[[folder: Chapter 14: A Kiss Before Dying ]]
173
174	* Cheryl's incredible nonchalance after everything that happened at Thornhill in the Season 1 finale. She serenely relates a made-up version of the events to Betty and Kevin at the hospital, both of them being too creeped out by her demeanor to even challenge her on anything she says.
175	* When Betty tells her mother that she and Jughead headed back to FP's trailer the previous night, Alice almost stumbles, as whimsical music starts playing in the background of the scene.
176	* Kevin and Betty's conversation in the hospital is pure comedy gold, at least initially.
177	-->'''Kevin:''' What? Jughead Jones said 'I love you'? Mr. 'I'm weird, I'm a weirdo'?
178	* Jughead cracks jokes to Betty throughout the episode about everything, from Alice's objections to their relationship, to his own [[Main/BigEater ravenous appetite]]. Betty isn't having any of it, and the faces she pulls in response to his attempts to lighten up the mood are priceless.
179
180	[[/folder]]
181
182	[[folder: Chapter 15 - Nighthawks ]]
183
184	* The return of Cheryl's patented inappropriate nicknames/insults, this time directed toward Betty and Jughead:
185	-->'''Cheryl:''' ''[to Jughead]'' Hobo. ''[to Betty]'' Bride of Hobo!
186	* When Hiram shows up at the school to see Veronica, Betty and Kevin are both shocked, but Kevin has a look of [[StacysMom absolute glee]].
187
188	[[/folder]]
189
190	[[folder: Chapter 16 - The Watcher in the Woods ]]
191
192	* It seems to be unintentional, but the last shot of Archie and the Red Circle making a recording, challenging the Hood, is hilarious. Some have noted that a bunch of young men with shirts off wearing masks looks a lot like, well, [[{{Narm}} gay porn]].
193
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder: Chapter 17 - The Town That Dreaded Sundown ]]
197
198	* Archie strutting down the hallway of Riverdale High while fellow students eye him apprehensively and part like the Red Sea wherever he goes as a dubstep remix of his threatening words to the Black Hood in the video he made in the previous episode plays in the background qualifies as this.
199
200	[[/folder]]
201
202	[[folder: Chapter 18 - When A Stranger Calls ]]
203
204	* Jughead's initiation to the Serpents begins with other members waking him up in the middle of the night wearing serpent masks, and dramatically announce his first trial will be "Assuming guardianship of the Beast!" Which turns out to be a big friendly fluffy dog.
205	* Even though this is arguably the most heartbreaking Riverdale episode to date, one cannot help but feel slight amusement at Betty's ringtone, which is Chordette's "Lollipop". The cheery tune blaring in the middle of emotionally charged moments gives the overall episode a certain amount of bizarre MoodWhiplash.
206
207	[[/folder]]
208
209	[[folder: Chapter 19 - Death Proof ]]
210
211	* When Betty goes to chat with Cheryl, she finds the redhead in a pool chair, sunbathing next to a fountain, and generally looking like she's about to be in a ''Vogue'' photoshoot. Even when she's all alone at home, Cheryl ''still acts as dramatic as possible''.
212	** [[https://twitter.com/madelainepetsch/status/930967998143250432 Cheryl's actress implied it was perfectly normal to sunbathe in the fall. During school hours. In a rose garden.]]
213	** And the race later? Cheryl decides she gets to be the backup girl who starts it off. Because, again, it's the most dramatic role in the day short of being a racer.
214	* When the Mayor decides to crack down on the Serpents at Southside High, Archie finds Jughead and drags him off ''seconds'' before the Mayor and Chief Keller burst through the front doors like they're storming the beaches at Normandy. Creator/RobinGivens ''really'' sells the Mayor's fury. And yet, it's a tad overdramatic, and thus a ''little'' funny.
215
216	[[/folder]]
217
218	[[folder: Chapter 20 - Tales From The Darkside ]]
219
220	* In the school hallway, Cheryl shoves Jughead and Archie out of her way without skipping a beat or sparing them a look as she struts past.
221	-->'''Cheryl:''' Out of the way, [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie.]]
222
223	[[/folder]]
224
225	[[folder: Chapter 22 - Silent Night, Deadly Night ]]
226
227	* After telling Cheryl they have no money, Penelope comes home to find her daughter has decked the place out like old times and brushing off how they can afford it.
228	-->'''Nana Rose''': You should have drowned them at birth. Like a basket of kittens.
229
230	[[/folder]]
231
232	[[folder: Chapter 24 - The Wrestler]]
233	* Jughead's uncharacteristically cheerful tone when he calls Hiram to get a quote on his article about Pickens.
234	--> '''Jughead''': Hi, Mr. Lodge? This is Jughead Jones; I'm writing an article about how General Pickens massacred the Uktena tribe and stole the land you're building on-
235	--> '''Hiram''': silently hangs up
236
237	[[/folder]]
238
239	[[folder: Chapter 31 - A Night To Remember ]]
240	* Cheryl worries that she doesn't know who she is anymore. She's not the lunatic who burned down her own home and threatened to kill her mother. [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Toni doesn't bat an eye, and says Cheryl is still that lunatic, on the inside]]. This encourages Cheryl to, you guessed it, threaten to kill her mother. While covered in blood and wearing Carrie's dress.
241
242	[[/folder]]
243
244
245	!!Season Three:
246
247	[[folder: Chapter 40 - The Great Escape ]]
248	* Finding out that everyone's parents played G&G back in highschool.
249	-->'''Josie''': Hold up. You're telling me that my mother was a rule-breaking, anti-apartheid activist in high school?
250	-->'''Kevin''': And that she and my dad were together back then?
251	-->'''Reggie''': I don't buy it. There's no way my old man hung out and did, like, cosplay with a group of lame-ass nerds.
252	** Plus, the wonderful touch of the cast playing the younger versions of their parents. Seeing Cheryl as the tightly-wound, glasses-wearing and prim Penelope or Veronica as her more timid mother is hysterical.
253
254	[[/folder]]
255
256	[[folder: Chapter 41 - Manhunter ]]
257
258	* During an otherwise tense scene involving a potential invasion of the Cooper home, F.P. shows up by climbing through a second-floor window. Not funny on its own, but when you remember that Skeet Ulrich [[{{Film/Scream}} famously did the same thing in his breakout role]], it becomes hilarious.
259
260	[[/folder]]
261
262
263	[[folder: Chapter 42 - The Man In Black ]]
264	* Betty's inner monologue is revealed to be a DeadpanSnarker that can rival Jughead or Cheryl on their best days.
265	--> '''Ethel''': I don't think Jughead's into you anymore. We connected when we played the game, and things got hot and heavy down in the bunker.
266	--> '''Betty (thinking)''': This psycho bitch...
267
268	[[/folder]]
269
270	[[folder: Chapter 45 - The Stranger ]]
271
272	* In school the locker room, Reggie tries to express his concern for everyone's favorite prodigal redhead in the only way he can; being kind of a dick about it.
273
274	[[/folder]]
275
276	!!Season Five:
277
278	[[folder: Chapter 79 - Graduation ]]
279
280	* Penelope talking to Cheryl at graduation.
281	--->'''Penelope''': Nightmare child, what ever do you mean?
282
283	[[/folder]]
284
285	[[folder: Chapter 86 - The Pincushion Man ]]
286
287	* Jughead's line to Tabitha while high on maple mushrooms.
288	-->'''Jughead:''' Don't be such a [[PersonAsVerb Betty.]] First sign of fun, you try to kill it.
289
290	[[/folder]]
291
292	[[folder: Chapter 87 - Strange Bedfellows ]]
293
294	* Betty and Tabitha's MushroomSamba while singing and dancing to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYfpR7I5BHw "Walking In Space"]], even funnier that the scene juxtaposes with Cheryl and Penelope also singing the same song.
295
296	[[/folder]]
297
298	!!Season Six:
299
300	[[folder: Chapter 114 - The Witches of Riverdale]]
301	* The fact that the ceremonies to turn Cheryl, Betty, Veronica and Tabitha into witches involves a dance party.
302	* Sabrina warns that something is going to prevent Betty from entering the afterlife. When Betty says "I was recently likened to the Whore of Babylon", Sabrina says "yep, that's it" as if it's a totally logical answer. Betty herself just nods "yeah, that figures."
303	* Sabrina resurrects her old boyfriend Nick into Jughead's body...and while the rest of the coven is "dead," they go on a date.
304	[[/folder]]
305
306	!!Season Seven:
307
308	[[folder: Chapter 118 - Don't Worry, Darling]]
309	* Veronica naming the gang one by one...''except Cheryl'', whose name she doesn't know. Cheryl's annoyed reaction? Even funnier.
310	* Jughead trying to convince his friends they're from the future, but the best part is how he suggests they go home.
311	-->'''Jughead:''' Instead of waiting for Bailey's Comet to return, the other way we can break through the space-time barrier...is to get ''Archie and Betty'' to ''make out''...on top of...Archie's bed! And then, we blow up a bomb underneath them.
312	[[/folder]]
313
314	!Meta and Behind-The-Scenes
315
316	* The Pop's Diner set is actually a fully-functioning diner, and convincing enough that [[http://www.vulture.com/2017/02/cole-sprouse-riverdale-jughead-trump.html a truck driver actually stopped there to try and get dinner]].
317	* Toni's leaked casting tape reveals some pretty interesting [[LampshadeHanging (To Say the Least)]] darkly and Regular Dunn moments.
318	* [[http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/trader-joes-our-jingle-jangle-is-not-drugs.html Trader Joe's confirmed their Jingle Jangle was actually a seasonal treat. And not drugs.]]

Context Funny / Riverdale