Tropes and Cliches

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There are a lot of tropes like the Token Gal and really hilarious cliches like Clumsy unless in Combat.And I... More

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Chosen One And Prophecies: In General
Chosen Ones and Prophecies: The "Chosen" Chosen One
Chosen One and Prophecies: Legacy Chosen One
Chosen Ones and Prophecies: The Prophetic Chosen One
Stoic Characters
Delinquent Hair
Stockholm Syndrome
Lima Syndrome
Planet of the Hats
Love Triangles: In General
Love Triangles:Sibling Triangle
Interracial Relationships
Love Triangles: Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor
No Social Skills
Villain Has A Point
-Dere Personalities :In gerneral
Tricksters
Formally Fat
Strong Female Characters
Philosopher's Stone
LGBTQ+ Characters
MacGuffin
Deus Ex Machina
Idol/Celebrity Storylines
Identity Crisis/ Loss of Identity
World Building: In General
Sibling Tropes: In general
Five Man Band: In General
Achilles in His Tent
Antagonist vs Villain
World Building : Religions
Tokenism: In General
Story Telling through Relationships: In General
True Love's Kiss
Man vs.....Coflict-In general
Tournament Arcs
Plot Holes
Everyone is Gay
Enemies to Lovers
Romanticized Abuse
World Building: Civil War
Magic Systems: In General
Sibling Tropes : Sibling Rivalry
Realism
Tokenism: Five Token Band
Allegories and Social Commentary: Part 1
Plot Twists- In General
World Building: Gender Roles.
Time Travel: In General
Dragons
Generational Trauma
Character Archetypes: In General
Horror Tropes: IN GENERAL
Sequels:In Genernal
Nepotism
Character Development: In General

Love Triangle: Betty and Veronica

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Some context : This trope is named after characters from Archie Comics, wherein the main character ("Archie") is caught between two love interests with drastically different personalities. "Betty" is the sweet, reliable, everyday Girl Next Door type (which could mean "kind of dull"), while "Veronica" is more alluring, exotic, and edgy, but has more of a mischievous or icy personality (which could mean "kind of a bitch"). This translates to their physical appearances; Betty will be pretty but modest in dress, while Veronica will be Ms. Fan service in all her glory. And this also mean they all have different colored hair as per the Blonde, Brunette, Redhead trope. 

Betty and Archie are loyal comrades and usually best friends, with Betty secretly pining for him while he (unaware of her feelings) is attracted only to Veronica, the sultry Ms. Unattainable who barely notices him. Betty, who wants Archie to be happy, may assist him in his pursuit of Veronica, even though we all know how much she wants him for herself. Another possibility is that Archie and Betty are already in a relationship, but then Veronica starts batting her eyelashes at Archie and causes friction between the couple."Archie," "Betty," and "Veronica" can be any gender or orientation It's probably the dumbest  of love triangles due to this being the main plot line in so many teen dramas...Looking at you Hetalia.

Ordinary High School GirlKagome is the Betty and Dark Magical Girl Kikyo the Veronica, in Inuyasha  Solved when Kikyo dies for a second time but now is able to go in peace, so Inuyasha finally lets go of his regrets and stays with Kagome.

X-Men had a long-running Love Triangle with Jean Grey, Cyclops (Betty), and Wolverine (Veronica)...which was turned on its head during Grant Morrison's early 2000s run, which introduced a Betty And Veronica love triangle with Cyclops as the center figure, Jean as the Betty, and Emma Frost as the Veronica. Then Jean dies, with the writers claiming she won't be back, but literally no one believes this so... take it with a grain of salt.

Beauty and the Beast gives us the Beast as the Betty and Gaston as the Veronica to Belle's Archie. But this is Disney we're talking about, so...

Deltora Quest has the genderflipped version with the straightlaced, dependable Lief (Betty) and the exotic-but-beautiful Dain (Veronica) for Jasmine's Archie.

Applies to Danny Phantom, where Danny is infatuated with Paulina, the shallow, beautiful "Veronica" of the school, ignoring the pretty, intelligent "Betty" at his side, Samantha Manson. The love triangle isn't clear at the beginning of the show, when Samantha and Danny are Just Friends, but eventually their feelings do grow for each other.

Please avoid referring to characters as "the Betty" and "the Veronica" to someone else's "Archie" when referencing this trope. It is not particularly helpful to those tropers who are not familiar enough with the characters in question to immediately extrapolate the implied relationships. If anything this is the "Rich Suiter, Poor Suiter" but the love triangle most definitely involves friends.

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