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“ | Riverdale would no longer be 'the town with pep'. From now on it would be known as 'the town that dreaded sundown'. | ” |
— Jughead in narration[src]
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Riverdale is a small town located in Rockland County, New York in the United States, founded in 1941.
History[]
Riverdale was founded in 1941 by General Augustus Pickens and bankrolled by Barnabas B. Blossom. The town is divided into two parts: the north side, where the rich live, and the south side, where the poor live, the home of the Southside Serpents.
The Northside appears to be more livable and prosperous, and crime rates are significantly lower than in the Southside, according to the USA 2010 Census Bureau. On the other hand, the Southside is rougher and tougher for the citizens who live there. It is also home to several criminal gangs such as the Southside Serpents and Ghoulies, who are involved in drug trafficking and other illicit activities that come secretly across the Northside boundary. Because of this, the Southsiders are usually frowned upon by the Northside, due to the way they live and are generally accused of criminal activities that occur on the Northside of Riverdale.
Both sides generally kept their noses out of each other's business. However, things changed when a dangerous criminal known as the Black Hood started committing violent crimes, generally occurring on the Northside only, and towards sinful people. For this reason, relations between the two sides of the town have become noticeably harsh, assuming complicity on the part of the Southsiders. After recent events, however, the tensions between the two cause riots to break loose.
Tensions between the Northside and Southside eased following the untimely death of Fred Andrews and the Farm's role in brainwashing most of Riverdale under false pretenses. Sometime later, the town was overshadowed for several months by disturbing VHS tapes left on the doorstep by an Auteur, re-enacting the town's darkest moments. This was revealed to be the work of teenagers influenced by Riverdale's dark and violent history.
Seven years later, Riverdale is a ghost town. Most of the citizens have moved, leaving behind abandoned buildings, plundered or used as shelters by the poorest or gangbangers left in the town. Parks and avenues have become Skid Rows. La Bonne Nuit, once an elegant speakeasy, was bought by the reformed Serpents and turned into their new base, called Whyte Wyrm, operating under the long-standing Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe. Riverdale High was privatized to stay open, despite Hiram Lodge succeeding in stripping Riverdale of its township.
Founding Families[]
Residents[]
Northsiders[]
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Southsiders[]
Former Residents[]
Northsiders[]
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Southsiders[]
- Tall Boy †
- Joaquin DeSantos †
- Mustang †
- Robert Phillips †
- Penny Peabody
- Kurtz †
- Sweet Pea (moved away)
Visitors[]
Locations[]
Public[]
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Businesses[]
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Residential[]
- Andrews house
- Thornhill (burned and later rebuilt by Cheryl Blossom)
- Thistlehouse
- Cooper house
- Keller house
- Sunnyside Trailer Park
- The Pembrooke
- Sisters of Quiet Mercy
- Conway house (abandoned after death of family)
Events[]
Appearances[]
Riverdale[]
Season 7[]
- "Chapter One Hundred and Eighteen: Don't Worry, Darling"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen: Skip, Hop, and Thump!"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty: Sex Education"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-One: Love & Marriage"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Two: Tales in a Jugular Vein"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three: Peep Show"
- "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Four: Dirty Dancing"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Five: Hoop Dreams"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Six: Betty & Veronica Double Digest"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Seven: American Graffiti"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Eight: Halloween II"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Nine: After the Fall"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Thirty: The Crucible"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-One: Archie the Musical!"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Three: Stag"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Four: A Different Kind of Cat"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Five: For A Better Tomorrow!"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Six: The Golden Age of Television"
- "Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Seven: Goodbye, Riverdale"
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina[]
Part 1[]
- "Chapter Ten: The Witching Hour" (mentioned)
Part 3[]
Katy Keene[]
Season 1[]
- "Chapter One: Once Upon a Time in New York" (mentioned)
- "Chapter Two: You Can't Hurry Love" (mentioned)
- "Chapter Three: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" (mentioned)
- "Chapter Six: Mama Said" (mentioned)
- "Chapter Eight: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" (mentioned)
- "Chapter Ten: Gloria" (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- According to the cast of the show, Riverdale is located somewhere along the East Coast.[2]
- According to Riverdale #8, the town of Riverdale is located North on the West Side Highway of the New York State Route 9A.[3]
- In "Chapter One: The River's Edge", the town is described as being located near Rockland County, making it close to the Archie Comics' headquarters in Pelham, New York. Kevin mentioned two night clubs, a strip club called The Ho Zone and a "tragic gay bar" called Innuendo.
- Confirmed by Javier Luna in "Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge".
- Riverdale is considered the "Murder Town of the World", as an inside joke to its high death rate.
- Josie mentions it in the "Chapter One: Once Upon a Time in New York" of the spin-off Katy Keene.
- In "Chapter Twenty-Three: Heavy is the Crown" of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, it's referred to as such on a graffiti likely made by Jughead.
- The realm in which Gryphons and Gargoyles takes place, Eldervair, is an anagram for Riverdale.
- The town of Riverdale and the Sisters of Quiet Mercy are both directly mentioned during episode 6 of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, created by Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who claimed that the series existed in a "shared universe."[4]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto (writer) & Krieger, Lee Toland (director) (January 26, 2017). "Chapter One: The River's Edge". Riverdale. Season 1. Episode 1. The CW.
- ↑ Riverdale Cast Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED - YouTube
- ↑ Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto (concept script) & Ewing, Will (writer) & Pitilli, Thomas (November 22, 2017). "Metropolitan". Riverdale. Issue 8. Volume 2. Archie Comics.
- ↑ Yes, Pretty Little Liars Now Shares a Universe With Another Huge Teen TV Franchise — Let the EPs Explain - TVLine