Jughead Jones

"Yeah... Maybe they'll save it. All the pieces. Store it in the town hall attic, and rebuild it in a hundred years. Wonder who the hell we were."

- Jugehad to FP Jones

Jughead Jones III is a main character on Riverdale. He is portrayed by Cole Sprouse.

Jughead is a student at Riverdale High School and a close friend of Archie Andrews. He is the narrator of the series who starts writing a novel about Jason Blossom's mysterious death.

Character description
''A heartthrob with a philosophical bent and former best friend of Archie Andrews. He is still smarting from the rift that took place between the two.''

Early life
Jughead grew up in Riverdale alongside Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper. In the fourth episode it is told that he had a sister, mother, and father. The whereabouts of the sister and mother is unknown but the father is part of the Southside Serpents. At one point, he and Archie were best friends, but they later had a falling out after Archie cancelled a road trip to have a liaison with Ms. Grundy, straining their friendship. This road trip was intended to take place on July 4th, the same day Jason Blossom mysteriously disappeared on a boating trip at Sweetwater River.

Season 1
Sitting in Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe, Jughead began writing a novel about the events surrounding Jason Blossom's apparent death. In it, he described how the town of Riverdale is often presented as safe, decent and innocent, as many other small towns around the world are, but if you look close enough, you can see the shadows underneath. When he returned to school the next day, he attended the memorial for Jason at Riverdale High School's gymnasium, sitting on the top of the bleachers. He was in the Chock'lit Shoppe again later that evening, when Archie came in looking for Betty, and they discussed Jason's death. Jughead also told him to talk to Betty, because it could go a long way and it would have gone a long way with him as well. Jughead was later present at Sweetwater River with the rest of the town as Jason's body was discovered.

Jughead came across Archie and Ms. Grundy in a close embrace, leading him to confront Archie about their affair. Archie revealed that he was with Ms. Grundy at Sweetwater River on July 4th when Jason was ostensibly killed, and Jughead urged him to go to the police with what he knew. Archie resisted, having been manipulated by Ms. Grundy into keeping this information to himself for fear their relationship would be discovered. Eventually, however, he came to the conclusion that Jughead was right, and the two repaired their friendship. They went to Pop Tate's for milkshakes, where they were joined by Betty and Veronica.

We l;earned out that Jughead actually lives in the Twilight Drive-In, a small place where people watch movies in their car. After it was announced that the drive-in is going to be demolished, as it doesn't serve much of a purpose, Jughead was forced to leave this place and was once again homeless. As he was leaving the site, he bumps into his father, FP Jones, who is actually a member of Southside Serpents. (Work in Progress)

At school, Jughead, Betty, and Kevin reconstructed Sheriff Keller's murder board that had been previously destroyed. Unfortunately, the police had no suspects in the break-in, there weren't any fingerprints, and the files, background checks, and video and audio tapes of police interviews were stolen. That evening, after learning from Betty, that Polly attempted suicide, and that Jason Blossom began selling drugs shortly before his murder, Jughead began to not only question why a rich kid would do such a thing, but what would make him want to run away from his parents, since they couldn't ask Jason or his parents, Jughead decided they would raid his room during Jason's memorial, which they had earlier been invited to by Cheryl. Following an emotional eulogy from Cheryl, Jughead and Betty snuck away during the commotion, and made their way to Jason's room, Jughead suggested that they check in such places as under the mattress, in the drawers, under the headboard, and in the closet, all locations where teenage boys would hide things.

Unbeknownst to either of them, Rose Blossom, Jason's grandmother is also in the room, she startled them both, however, she mistakenly took Betty for Polly, her old sister, Jughead remained quiet, and listened as the two of them conversed. Rose Blossom unknowingly revealed to them that Polly and Jason were engaged. As more secrets from Betty's family came to light, Jughead believed that her parents knew more than they're letting on, if Betty's father would be willing to do anything to protect Polly, the next logical question would be, how far would he go. Whoever broke into Sheriff Keller's house wasn't at the Twilight Drive-In, and coincidentally, Betty's father wasn't at the drive-in, with that being said, they added the Cooper family's name to the board.

Physical appearance
Jughead is a lean young man of medium stature with pale skin. He has black hair and blueish-green eyes. He isn't very flashy, his choice in clothing is often darker colors, such as black and grey along with his trademark crown-shaped hat.

Personality
Jughead is most accurately described as a sort of creepy, wise-cracking, sleuth. He's crafty, intelligent, and well known for his cynical wit and sardonic humor. Fairly perceptive, Jughead looks at Riverdale from a point of view that no one else has. He can surely be passionate at times, there aren't many things than catch his attention, or that he would consider as being worth his time, however, those that do manage to draw him in, he puts all effort and care into, such as the Twilight Drive-In, it was like a home for him. Besides his passionate nature, Jughead is fiercely loyal, even to those who have done him a great wrong. He was willing to help Archie in his dilemma with Ms. Grundy and the gun shot that possibly killed Jason Blossom, despite the fact that they were no longer friends, proving that even in spite of their strained friendship, he could never sit back and allow his friends to suffer.

Relationships

 * Archie and Jughead
 * Jughead and Reggie
 * Jughead and Veronica
 * Jughead and Betty
 * Jughead and FP
 * Jughead and Jellybean

Trivia

 * He is writing a novel based on Jason Blossom's disappearance.
 * Jughead was living at the Twilight Drive-In until it's closing.