# Archie Andrews pops the question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918 "2009-05-28T11:45:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/21 "2009-05-28T15:59:16Z")
I’ll be in my bunk. In Riverdale. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/22 "2009-05-28T16:21:35Z")
Actually, they’re doing two of the three possibilities. Archie with Veronica first, then Archie with Betty. Sadly, they’re not covering Betty with Veronica or Archie with Jughead. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/23 "2009-05-28T16:32:41Z")
Since Archie Andrews was aged 17 in 1941, he’s now about 85 years old. It’s about time he made up his mind between those two floozies. And thank Og they are too old to have any children. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/24 "2009-05-28T16:38:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pish. > > Archie Andrews is _by definition_ a kid in high school. No getting married for him. > > What next? Curious George evolves into a human and is elected President of the United States? > > Give me a break. No! Not another George in the White House! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/25 "2009-05-28T16:44:14Z")
And then the Punisher shows up and slaughters the guests. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/26 "2009-05-28T16:57:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No, at the wedding Veronica wakes up to the fact that she’s settling for Archie Andrews and somehow it just doesn’t feel right. And then she looks over at Betty and Betty is looking back at her and the two of them realize what they’ve been denying all these years… > > Best. Comic. Ever. Hey! I had that one. No wait - it was the one where Betty and Veronica had a “sleep over.” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/27 "2009-05-28T17:03:40Z")
See what happens when you don’t “put out.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/28 "2009-05-28T17:04:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Sadly, they’re not covering Betty with Veronica or Archie with Jughead. “Archie was the bitch and Jughead was the butch. That’s why Jughead wears that crown-looking hat all the time. He the king of queen Archie’s world.” ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/29 "2009-05-28T17:19:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pish. > > Archie Andrews is _by definition_ a kid in high school. No getting married for him. > > What next? Curious George evolves into a human and is elected President of the United States? > > Give me a break. Our ratings were dropping, and the author had to introduce something truly outrageous to keep them up. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/30 "2009-05-28T17:29:29Z")
Archie should have stuck with Cheryl Blossom. Hubba hubba. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/31 "2009-05-28T18:12:12Z")
I still like the interpretation that Archie is intended as a morality play, with each of the major characters representing one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Archie, of course, who has been unable to decide between two (or three) different women for decades, is, of course, Lust. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/32 "2009-05-28T21:29:55Z")
I figured this was a fantasy when first I heard it- Popeye and Olive Oyl got married in a comic book in 1999, but a representative from King Features right out and said to the press that it was “a one-shot fantasy.” I wasn’t surprised when I saw the Archie-Veronica wedding is the same. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/33 "2009-05-28T21:33:04Z")
Am I the only one surprised that Archie is still around? Who’s reading it? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/34 "2009-05-28T21:37:22Z")
The Comics Curmudgeon, for one. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/35 "2009-05-28T21:42:40Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > The Comics Curmudgeon, for one. That’s the Archie _newspaper strip_- although I’m sure the AJGLU-5000 writes the comic book as well ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/36 "2009-05-28T21:46:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pish. > > Archie Andrews is _by definition_ a kid in high school. No getting married for him. > > What next? Curious George evolves into a human and is elected President of the United States? > > Give me a break. It would help if people read what is going on. 😛 This is the first of a six-issue series, starting with issue #600. In the first issue, he pops the question to Veronica, who says “yes!” But note please, this will be taking place 5 years AFTER the events of Archie’s prior comic book life. Specifically, he’s graduated from high school, and even, reportedly, has a job. So he’s old enough to marry. And since it’s going to be a six-issue storyline, it’s quite likely that Betty will end up being involved somehow with a plot twist. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/37 "2009-05-28T22:13:56Z")
> [@](#): > > I still like the interpretation that Archie is intended as a morality play, with each of the major characters representing one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Archie, of course, who has been unable to decide between two (or three) different women for decades, is, of course, Lust. Okay, this is a new one for me. Let’s see if I can decode it. Archie is lust. Jughead is probably gluttony. Veronica is probably vanity. Reggie is envy. Moose is anger. Which leaves sloth for Betty? I’m not seeing it. Even if you pass sloth off to Jughead that just leaves Betty with the even less appropriate role of gluttony. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/38 "2009-05-28T22:17:46Z")
I can’t remember all of the role assignments, but Betty was supposed to be the Everyman character (every morality play has to have one of those). I’m not well-enough versed in Riverdell lore to know who Sloth is supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/39 "2009-05-28T22:20:23Z")
I think the comics need a big crossover wedding arc. Archie should marry Olive Oyl. Popeye marries Lois Lane. Superman marries Betty and Veronica (because he’s super). Jon Arbuckle marries Elizabeth Patterson. And in a surprise twist ending, Anthony marries Sergeant Snorkel. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918/40 "2009-05-28T22:47:50Z")
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