Archie and Reggie

The relationship between Archie Andrews and Reggie Mantle is not as clean cut as it may appear. They are friends and teammates but they often butt heads over football and Archie's friendship with Jughead Jones.

History
Sometime before the start of the series, Archie and Reggie became friends.

Throughout the Series

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Season 1
On Archie's very first day of sophomore year, Reggie joined him at his locker, hyped over Archie's new football-ready build. Reggie enthusiastically asked for tips before Archie explained that his recent change was from working construction all summer at his father's company. This led Reggie into his next question, if Archie had sex with any older women as he was out there working on private homes, but he smoothly deflected the question.

Following the back-to-school Semi-formal, Reggie attended Cheryl Blossom's after-party in which seconded Archie as Cheryl's pick play Seven Minutes in Heaven first and laughed delightedly when the bottle landed between both Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. After Archie left the closet with Veronica, Reggie gesticulated his approval.

In the student lounge, after everyone in town was questioned about Jason Blossom's murder following the discovery of his corpse, Reggie loudly ruminated on who the killer might be. He derisively suggested Jughead Jones, who he referred to as a spooky, scrawny, pathetic, the perfect suspect. Reggie asked him what it was like to kill Jason, and if he did anything to the body afterwards. Jughead reminded him that the correct term was necrophilia, he proceeded to ask Reggie if he could spell the word. Offended, Reggie leapt out of his seat, towards Jughead, but Archie intervened, leading Reggie to wonder if they killed Jason together. Archie then shoved Reggie, who shoved him back a lot harder, and knocked Archie to the ground, before finishing him off with a single punch.

Days later, following morning football practice, both Reggie and Archie were offered captaincy of the Riverdale Bulldogs. Coach Clayton, pit the two against one another to see who would impress him the most by week's end, with the winner becoming the new captain. Reggie believed if anyone deserved to be team captain, and wear Jason's jersey, it was him.

Despite Archie's best efforts to juggle football and music at the same time, Reggie got the better of him on every play, except for one, in which Archie managed to score on him. It wasn't long before Reggie discovered that Archie injured his hand, and insisted that he sit out on practice, but Archie refused. When it came time for the Coach to make his decision, he picked Archie, much to Reggie's surprise. He explained that he was very impressed when Archie gave Penelope Blossom her son's former football jersey, effectively retiring the number, which the Coach believed to be the right call, exactly what a captain would do. However, in an unexpected turn of events, Archie turned down the position, as he couldn't put all of himself in the team and still concentrate on his music. He wasn't quitting the team but suggested that it be given to Reggie instead, as the team deserved a captain who would make them his main priority.

Reggie, along with multiple other players on the Riverdale Bulldogs, heckled Archie, as attempted his audition for the 75th annual Variety Show. Archie's stage fright was so severe that he believed that he saw the players wearing werewolf masks and ultimately ran off the stage. However, on the night of the show, he did amazingly and earned much applause from everyone.


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Season 2
After Archie's father, Fred got shot, Reggie showed up at Riverdale General Hospital along with the Riverdale Bulldogs, to show his support to Archie in a time of need.

The day after Archie's father was discharged from the hospital and back home. Archie was back at Riverdale High School, where Reggie later spotted him him in the hallway, approaching him as he asked Archie what was on his mind. Asking him if it was girl troubles or scabies? As he continued to ask Archie why he wad seeking guidance. As he saw Archie standing in front of the guidance counselors door. Archie later responds to Reggies' comment, telling him that he wasn't. As Reggie walked with Archie in the hallway suggesting that maybe he should. Telling Archie that he looked like his nuts after football practice. Archie later asks Reggie if he had anything that would help him stay awake. As Reggie replied that he had many things, such as "amphetamines, baclofen, modafinil, jingle-jangle, while keeping his voice low so that no one would over hear him talking about drugs on school property. Archie later questions Reggie as to what jingle-jangle was, as Reggie informed Archie that it was a drug that would be able to keep him up for days. He then asks Archie why he would want them, as Archie informed him that he needed them until the Black Hood was caught. Adding that he wanted to be on high alert while the killer was still out there. As he asked Reggie if he could help him out, which Reggie assured him that he had him covered.

Later that night, Reggie thought it would be funny to play a prank on Archie, as he dressed up like the Black Hood, wearing a homemade mask similar to the one that the killer was wearing. Archie spotted him through the back window of his kitchen, as he quickly reacted while running towards him to tackle him onto the ground. Later trying to chock Reggie not knowingly knowing that it was him under the mask until he removed it from his face. Archie got off of him once he saw it was Reggie under the mask. Reggie's seen freaked out by what had happened, later asking Archie if he was insane. Archie then questions Reggie as to why he was by his house, which Reggie informed him that he came by to deliver his "uppers." While starting to think it was a bad idea to give Archie the drugs, as Reggie saw Archie was already going crazy off of the situation that he was currently in. As he pointed out to Archie that he's lost it. Archie then points out to him that he was the one under the mask, as Reggie informed Archie that he was trying to play a prank on him, not expecting that he would attack him. Reggie then questions Archie as to what if he was the guy, what would he have done in that scenario, asking Archie if he would've tackled like he just did a moment ago. As Archie informed him that he would have, which Reggie later pointed out the fact to Archie that the killer had a gun on him. Stating that he's already shot people, pointing out the fact that only a "dumb-ass lunatic would bring a bat to a gunfight."

The next day during football practice, Archie spots Reggie out in the field, as he asked Reggie if they were going to start practice, while also asking him where Coach Clayton was. Reggie then informs Archie that he is at the hospital with Moose Mason and Midge Klump. Archie is shocked to hear what Reggie had to say to him, as he called the rest of the Bulldogs over to hear the news what Reggie had to say to them. Reggie informs the team that late last night, Moose got shot multiple times by some lunatic at Lovers' Lane. For a moment Archie thought Moose died, but Reggie graciously informs Archie that he's alive as well as Midge. As he tells the team that Moose shielded her with his body. Informing them that she didn't get hit like Moose did. As he tells the team after that practice is canceled.

Later, Archie and the Gang is seen talking to each other in the school lounge, Reggie later walks in as he informs Archie that some of the football team members were coming with him to pay Moose a visit at the hospital, as he asked Archie if he was coming with them, as Archie later leaves together with the team.

While back at the hospital, Archie and Reggie are in the patient room together with Moose. As he speaks to Archie, telling him that if he wasn't so big, Midge might've probably gotten shot as well. Which Archie tells Moose that he saved her life. Reggie later takes a seat on Mooses' bedside, as he tells Moose that his nurse was hot. Asking him what would he do if he popped a boner during a sponge both. Archie later asks Moose to make sure if the killer wasn't wearing a ski mask. Making sure with Moose as to if he saw the killer wearing a black hood instead for sure, as Moose nods his head informing Archie that he was. He later asks Moose if he remembered anything else, which Moose brings up the subject of his eyes, as Archie asked if it looked green to him to make sure it was the same person. Midge later interrupts the conversation, informing Archie that the killers' eyes were blank, as if there wasn't a person behind them. Describing the man as he was like "Micheal Myers", stating that he had devil's eyes.

Gallery

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