Archie Comics in popular culture
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The following is a list of reference to Archie Comics in popular culture.
Film
- In 1998, director Tommy O'Haver was hired by Universal to write and direct a big-budget Archie movie, but the project never went before the cameras.
- In the 1985 feature film Police Academy 2, Officer Mahoney goes undercover to infiltrate a gang that is taking over their city. When first making contact with members of the gang, he claims that his name is Jughead and that he runs with a gang called The Archies.
- The 1970s soft-core porn movie Hot Times was loosely based on the Archie characters.
- In straight.
- In The Right Stuff, Gus Grissom wryly refers to fellow future Mercury astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter as "Archie and Jughead" due to their friendly sense of competition during the grueling testing sessions conducted by government medical personnel.
Television
- In the Seinfeld episode "The Wink", Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and George were once referred to as 'Archie', 'Veronica', 'Jughead' and 'Mr. Weatherbee' respectively
- In an episode of Smart Guy, TJ pretends to be stupid and reads a Jughead comic.
- In Ed, Ed's friend compares him to Archie.
- In Corner Gas, the characters compare themselves to the Archies and later dress up as them.
Animation
- In The Simpsons episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts", Archie, Reggie, Moose, and Jughead make a brief cameo; they pull up to the Simpsons' house tossing Homer Simpson out of Archie's car as Moose warns Homer, "Duh, stay out of Riverdale!". Later in the episode, Homer is seen reading Archie Comics, plotting revenge on "those Riverdale punks."
- In The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Tree Hugger", Bart is shown reading an "Itchy & Veronica" comic book where he sighs and says aloud, "Oh, Betty..."
- In The Simpsons episode "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy", Grundy is seen on a poster of Cartoon Women's History in Lisa's bedroom.
- In an episode of Hey Arnold!, Helga mentions Jughead. Also Harold Berman originally had a crown beanie resembling that of Jughead.
- In the Xandir and Tim, Sitting in a Tree", a red-haired character, shown playing Whac-A-Mole, is modeled after Archie Andrews.
- In the Johnny Bravo crossover episode with Scooby-Doo, Johnny, assigned to search for clues with Shaggy who would rather search for food, comments, "Why did I have to get stuck with Jughead?"
- In the Family Guy episode "North by North Quahog", Peter is caught reading an Archie comic book while driving the car, as he picks on Jughead for eating a large pile of hamburgers.
- On an episode of Robot Chicken, there's a parody with the Archie characters called "Archie's Final Destination" which mashes up Archie Comics and Final Destination. In the sketch, Archie and friends try to cheat Death. There was a later skit that put them on the reality show Are You the One?
- Jughead was featured in a Filmation-animated segment for Sesame Street about the letter J.
Music
- The Firesign Theatre's album Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliershas a segment called "High School Madness" about two characters based on Archie and Jughead.
- Trip-hop band Lovage wrote a song called "Archie & Veronica".
- Punk band Jughead's Revenge.
- Punk band The Riverdaleswrote the song "Riverdale Stomp".
Comics
- In a The Simpsons comic, Archie appears in a flashback of Homer's teenage years, holding a sign that says "Riverdale".
- In 1954, Mad Magazinereleased the comic story Starchie, whose characters Starchie, Bottleneck, Biddy and Salonica were clear parodies of the Archie Comics teenagers. It has been reprinted numerous times.
Lawsuits
- The February 1962 issue of Mad Magazinestory Starchie, which has been reprinted numerous times.
- Archie Sonic Comic and its spin-offs due to Sega's copyrights. (However, story contests are frequently run through the official Archie website, allowing fans to create their own stories in accordance with site's rules).
- On April 4, 2003, Dad's Garage Theatre of Atlanta, was scheduled to debut a new play, Archie's Weird Fantasy, which depicted Riverdale's most famous resident coming out of the closet and moving to New York. The day before the play was scheduled to open, Archie Comics issued a cease and desist order threatening litigation if the play proceeded as written: "The play was to depict Archie and his pals from Riverdale growing up, coming out and facing censorship. 'Archie Comics' thought if Archie was portrayed as being gay, that would dilute and tarnish his image." For full report, see the "Archie satire lawsuit."[1]
- Some believe the pop duet legal action against the group for trademark infringement.[2] However, The Veronicas claimed that they merely liked the sound of the name Veronica, making it only a coincidence.[3] A settlement was reached that included a cross-promotiondeal where the duet appeared in some comics.
- Jughead's Revenge, an American punk rock, band was forced to split up after a lawsuit from Archie Comics in April 2001.
References
- ^ Henry, Scott (2003-04-09). ""Archie satire lawsuit"". Atlanta.creativeloafing.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ^ "Australia's The Veronicas Sued By Archie Comics". Female First. 2005-08-21. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ^ "News - You Hear It First". MTV.com. 2006-03-09. Archived from the original on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2010-12-27.