Bret Weston Wallis

Bret Weston Wallis is a recurring character on The CW's Riverdale. He is portrayed by Sean Depner.

Bret is an insufferably competitive student at Stonewall Prep who targets Jughead when he enrolls at the prestigious school.

Season 4
Bret greets Jughead and his girlfriend Betty and takes them on a tour of Stonewall Prep. The school’s faculty holds 132 master’s degrees and 28 doctoral degrees. Mr. Chipping interrupts to invites Jughead to join them tomorrow for a discussion of the book Moby Dick. Bret extends the invite to Betty, but she’s had enough of Stonewall Prep in the little time she’s been there.

Jughead attends the book discussion of Moby Dick at Stonewall, where Bret introduces him to Donna, Johnathan, and Joan. Mr. Chipping enters the room and they begin discussing the book. Jughead believes that the whale in Moby Dick holds no sense of symbolism. The book's author, Herman Melville’s biggest fear was that Moby Dick would be seen as a fable.

Bret welcomes Jughead to Stonewall as he gets settled in with his roommate Marmaduke.

Bret reads his story in front of the group. When Mr. Chipping asks for the group’s thoughts, Joan and Jonathan nervously agree that his story was astonishing. Jughead on the other hand was unimpressed, much to Donna’s amusement, which angers Bret, who goes on to take aim at Jughead’s story, ripping it apart before Mr. Chipping steps in. After poking at Jughead’s story, he sets his sights on Jughead himself, referencing his troubled past. Jughead threatens Bret, forcing Mr. Chipping to intervene. He explains that Stonewall Prep has no tolerance for fighting.

Mr. Chipping cancels the seminar he initially had planned for Jughead, Bret, Donna, Joan, and Jonathan and instead they will be having an evening session. They’ve each been given a copy of the same mysteries with the final chapter omitted, in which the murderer’s identity would be revealed. Their each to write their own ending. They’ll read all the endings and decide the winner by vote. The exercise proves that there’s no single way to tell a story.

While writing their stories, Bret tries to get a rise out of Jughead. First throwing a paper ball at him and then asking about his placement in the Southside Serpents. He continues to pick at Jughead while Donna, Joan, and Jonathan watch. He mentions how Jughead's mom abandoned him and how his dad is a drunk. Through all this, Jughead maintians his composure. It isn’t until Bret mentions Jellybean that Jughead responds. He grabs Bret by his shirt and threatens him. While Jughead may not be as privileged as Bret, he has friends and family that care for him, unlike his opposer.

Mr. Chipping tallies up the votes and determines that Story C, belonging to Donna is the winner. Jughead and Bret tied for last place.

For the salon, Mr. Chipping tasks Bret, Jughead, Donna, Jonathan, and Joan with bringing in work from their favorite horror writers. Jughead brings in the work of H.P. Lovecraft. Bret scoffs, remarking there’s nothing scary about Lovecraft. He brought in the Raven. Bret's favorite Poe story is The Cask of the Amontillado. The story centers around a guy who is sealed behind a wall of bricks and is never seen or heard from again. Bret surmises this would be a horrible way to die. To just Vanish. Similar to the Stonewall Four, Joan remarks. Bret bets that Jughead can make it the Stonewall Five as they’re overdue for a vanishing.

Halloween night. Donna approaches Jughead and offers him some coffee as he does some research into the Stonewall Four. He’s searched through years of articles, and so far he hasn’t come up with anything about missing students. His next stop is the town’s newspaper office. However, he’s not going anywhere after being drugged by Donna. Within seconds, Jughead collapses to the ground and is surrounded by Donna, Bret, Joan, and Jonathan. They put Jughead in a coffin and lock him in for the night.

The following morning, Bret, Donna, Jonathan, and Joan arrive to find that Mr. Chipping has freed Jughead from the coffin. It’s Stonewall Prep tradition that shouldn’t be taken personally. Donna explains that it means Jughead belongs now. Bret claims it was just a bit of Halloween fun, and if Jughead feels they took it too far, then he could leave, though Jughead decides to stay.

Mr. Chipping hands out advanced copies of his latest novel to Bret, Jughead, Donna, Jonathan, and Joan. The tile of the book — Ten Little Boy Scouts. Written by Franklin P. Paxton. An alias of Mr. Chipping’s. He’s merely the latest in a long line of ghost writers. Jughead is a huge fan of the Baxter Brothers books. He has been since he was a youth. To celebrate the publication of the latest novel, Stonewall is throwing a party, which all the previous writers will attend.

Mr. Chipping introduces Bret, Jughead, Donna, Jonathan, and Joan to Francis DuPont. The originator of the Baxter Brothers franchise and the very first Franklin P. Paxton. Jughead expresses how much of an honor it is to meet DuPont. Mr. Chipping has written the last four Baxter Brothers books and it’s time he pass on the torch, meaning they’re on the hunt for a successor. The next ghost writer to take over the franchise, and their class is in the running. Every Baxter Brothers author beginning with DuPont has attended Stonewall. Jughead, Bret, Donna, Jonathan, and Joan tasked with writing the next three chapters of the Baxter Brothers novel and an outline for the rest of it. The theme has yet to be decided.

Bret, Jughead, Donna, Jonathan, Joan, Mr. Chipping, and DuPont attend the reception along with many others. They kick the celebration off with a game of "Murder". The rules are as followed. Everyone draws a card. Whoever picks "murderer" must walk amongst them winking at their prey. If they’re winked at, they die five seconds later. Jughead is given the murderer card. The objective of the game is to identify the murderer before being killed. Donna is Jughead’s first victim. He winks at her and she falls to the ground. By the end of the game, it’s down to Jughead and Bret, who Jughead kills.

Still sulking over his loss at the reception, Bret picks a fight with Jughead. He claims that Jughead was only accepted in because some of the school benefactors thought it would look good to take on a charity case. Bret tells Jughead that he’s nothing more than a statistic and project. Everyone year they pick someone new. Bret even claims that Jughead’s grandfather was also a charity case. Jughead grows angry. He slams Bret against the desk and grabs a stapler as if to hit Bret with it. Jughead regains his composure and leaves.

Mr. Chipping and DuPont have decided on the theme for the Baxter Brothers competition to become the next ghost writer. Bret, Joan, Jonathan, and Donna all raise their hand as they intent to participate. Jughead doesn’t raise his hand, but he’s definitely in the competition. He also requests that Mr. Chipping start calling him by his actual name of Forsythe III. Their challenge is to to devise the perfect murder.

Physical Appearance
Bret is a teenager with a tan complexion, grey eyes, and light brown hair, who wears his school uniform.

Trivia

 * His name is an obvious play on American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis.