Archie's Weird Mysteries

Archie's Weird Mysteries
French	Archie, mystères et compagnie
Genre	Mystery Horror Science fiction Comedy
Based on	Archie Andrews by John L. Goldwater, Bob Montana, Vic Bloom, & Archie Comics
Developed by	Jymn Magon, Brian Swenlin, & Michael Patrick Dobkins
Voices of	Andy Rannells America Young Camille Schmidt Chris Lundquist Paul Sosso Tony Wike Ben Beck Ryle Smith Jerry Longe John Michael Lee
Country of origin	France United States
Original languages	English French
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	40 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Andy Heyward Robby London Michael Maliani Richard Goldwater Charles W. Grimes Tony DeRosa-Grund Michael Silberkleit
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production companies	Riverdale Productions and Kent/QMA Les Studios Tex DIC Productions, L.P.
Original release
Network	PAX (United States) M6 (France)
Release	2 October 1999 (1999-10-02) – 22 February 2000 (2000-02-22)

Archie's Weird Mysteries (French: Archie, mystères et compagnie) is an animated television series based on the characters by Archie Comics. The series premise revolves around a Riverdale High physics lab gone awry, making the town of Riverdale a "magnet" for B movie-style monsters. All the main characters solve strange mysteries in a format similar to both Scooby-Doo and The X-Files.

Produced by Les Studios Tex and DIC Productions, L.P., the series was initially shown mornings on the PAX network premiering on 2 October 1999, often with infomercials bookending the program. The series eventually premiered in France on M6 on 19 January 2000.

Voice cast and characters

Main

• Andrew Rannells as Archie Andrews – a redheaded, freckled student at Riverdale High, and a reporter for the school newspaper. All of his news stories are centered around the surreal occurrences that take place within each episode and always end with "...in a little town called Riverdale." Despite his clumsiness and rash decision-making, he is overall kind-hearted and brave, and frequently attracts girls, human or otherwise.
• America Young as Betty Cooper – a literal girl-next-door who is intelligent, comely, cute, level-headed, caring, and the head of the cheerleading squad. She is best friends with Veronica, despite them both competing for Archie's affection. She has bright blonde hair that's always worn in a ponytail.
• Camille Schmidt as Veronica Lodge – a beautiful, rich, popular, and somewhat self-centered girl. She is best friends with Betty, with whom she also shares a rivalry for Archie's affection. Although both of them are frequently the target of Reggie's advances, Veronica is targeted somewhat more often. Her hair is black, long and wavy, just like in the comics.
• Chris Lundquist as Jughead Jones – Archie's eccentric yet insightful best friend who almost always has food on his mind, especially hamburgers. He generally does not like girls, although he is close friends with Betty, and he often butts heads with Veronica and Reggie. This version owns a litany of pets throughout the series, most notably Hot Dog, who is just as lazy as he is. Jughead usually wears a gray whoopee cap on his head, covering his choppy black hair.
• Paul Sosso as Reggie Mantle – an egotistical, aloof, prank-prone jock who has a one-sided crush on Veronica and is frenemies with Archie. He is generally the most disliked member of the group. In this particular incarnation, he has a niece named Amy.
• Ben Beck as Dilton Doiley – a bespectacled, nerdy genius who is friends with Archie and the others. His inventions usually help save the day, although they are sometimes the cause of the titular weird mysteries. In this incarnation, he does most of his work in the school lab ("Invisible Archie" reveals that this is a reward for his exceptional grades), where he is often isolated from his peers and all but lacks a social life. His catchphrase is, "I'll be super amalgamated!"

Supporting

• Jerry Longe as Moose Mason – a slow-witted but sensitive jock who is a friend of the gang. He is the boyfriend of Midge Klump despite their intellectual differences and is very protective of her, particularly from Reggie's advances.
• Michele Phillips as Ethel Muggs – a nerdy girl who has an open crush on Jughead. She is usually ignored by most of her peers despite her big heart. She is into magic and is also a beekeeper.
• Jill Anderson as Midge Klump – Moose's girlfriend, in spite of their differences in intelligence. She is Reggie's love interest, although she does not like him very much. She is into athletics and wants to become a stuntwoman.
• Chuck Clayton – a boy who is friends with Archie and the gang, seldom seen without Nancy at his side. He only speaks in "Driven to Distraction," but is reduced to silent cameos elsewhere.
• Nancy Woods – a girl who is friends with Archie and the gang, seldom seen without Chuck at her side. She only speaks in "Driven to Distraction," but is reduced to silent cameos elsewhere.
• Tony Wike as Mr. Waldo Weatherbee – the bald, short-tempered Principal of Riverdale High who has it in for Archie the most, blaming him for most of the weird events happening at school.
• Miss Grundy – the homeroom teacher of Archie and the gang, who has feelings for Mr. Weatherbee. Her first name was Geraldine in the original comics, but was changed Doris in the show.
• Matt Bross as Coach Kleats – the athletic coach at Riverdale High, who considers Moose his favorite student.
• John Michael Lee as Mr. Flutesnoot – Riverdale High's stoic science teacher, whose favorite student is Dilton.
• Ryle Smith as Pop Tate – the owner and operator of the "Pop Tate Chock'lit Shoppe" shop where Archie and his friends hang out. He calls Jughead his best customer due to his large appetite.
• Jerry Longe as Smithers – Veronica's cynical butler. He is aware of the supernatural, but is only interested in serving Veronica.
• John Michael Lee as Mr. Hiram Lodge – Veronica's father who is disapproving of Archie.
• Fred Andrews – Archie's father, who is of Scottish descent and cares deeply about his generations-old traditions.
• Pam Carter as Mary Andrews – Archie's doting mother. "Alternate Riverdales" reveals that she met her husband at the local movie theater.

Show-exclusive characters

• Jerry Longe as Dr. Beaumont – the mysterious caretaker and owner of a curiosity shop, filled with magical artifacts that sometimes cause the episodes' conflicts. He provides advice to Archie and his friends as they solve mysteries.
• Lucinda – a Southern woman who lives in the woods outside of town. Considered to be a charmer, she practices voodoo magic, provides advice regarding the supernatural, and creates potions for individuals in love.
• Mr. Fisk – the CEO of ZoomCo who, after discovering that his Zoom energy drink contains a mutant formula that causes some people to mutate into monsters, tries to bribe and stop Archie from telling the world on national TV. He convinces Archie not to tell the news, as doing so would destroy his company and many people's jobs.
• Olga Karpuchi – the shy but intelligent civilian identity of a superheroine, named Supreme Girl. Her enemy is the villainous Dr. Arachnid, and they both hail from the Twelfth Dimension. During her stay at Riverdale High, she works with Archie on the school newspaper and has a crush on him. She only physically appears in "Supreme Girl vs. Dr. Arachnid," but is first mentioned in "The Jughead Incident."
• Robbie Dopkins – a friendly boy on Riverdale High's athletic team, who debuts in "Invisible Archie," where he enamors both Betty and Veronica due to his muscles. He is said to be the reason that Reggie was kicked from the track-and-field team. Following this appearance, he is reduced to silent cameos in other episodes.
• Jill Anderson as Cynthia Kim – the editor-in-chief for the Riverdale High paper who cares mostly about its viewership. Like most people, she can sometimes be skeptical of Archie's stories.
• Vinny Wells (or Vinnie Wells) – a teenage delinquent who only appeared in the three episodes "Archie's Date with Fate", "Alternate Riverdales" and "Teen Out of Time", where he and his future self were the main antagonists. He first appeared in "Archie's Date with Fate", when he was said to be breaking into the other students' lockers for money to buy nachos.
• John Michael Lee as Count Medlock – the leader of a vampire cult, who is the antagonist of "I Was a Teenage Vampire" and "Halloween of Horror." He plots to bring about an eternal night, allowing vampires to roam about Riverdale freely with no fear of the sun.
• Michelle Phillips as Scarlet Helsing – a vampire girl who has a crush on Medlock and works to help bring his plans to fruition, butting heads with Archie and the gang in the process. At the end of the three-parter, she turns out to be the key to defeating her boss and helps the teens thwart him after he backstabs her.

Episodes

Nº	Title	Written by	Air date
1	"Attack of the Killer Spuds"	Brian Swenlin	2 October 1999 (1999-10-02)
Jughead wins a trophy after watching a television marathon, unaware it is actually an alien potato capable of creating copies of its victims.
2	"Driven to Distraction"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	9 October 1999 (1999-10-09)
In the interest of his car, Archie buys a pair of fuzzy dice from a mysterious shop with no knowledge of what the effect the dice will have on his car and what it could mean for his friends, who he has been ignoring.
3	"Me! Me! Me!"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	16 October 1999 (1999-10-16)
Veronica does nothing but whine and get others to do her work, so her father asks her to help clean up some artifacts for a new exhibit. Among them is a wish-granting totem, which Veronica accidentally uses to turn all of Riverdale into duplicates of herself.
4	"Invisible Archie"	Brian Swenlin	23 October 1999 (1999-10-23)
Archie and Reggie are unhappy with Betty and Veronica's new muscle-bound interest. Reggie suggests that they use Dilton's new physique enhancing formula on themselves. Instead of the desired result, they both turn invisible.
5	"Attack of the 50-Foot Veronica"	Jymn Magon	30 October 1999 (1999-10-30)
Veronica accidentally put her finger on Dilton's new growth ray and grows to a 50 foot tall giantess and, in deep denial, goes on a rampage through Riverdale. It's up Archie, Dilton & Jughead to bring her back to her normal size seven.
6	"The Haunting of Riverdale"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	6 November 1999 (1999-11-06)
The ghost of Riverdale's old librarian comes back to haunt the town. Jughead refuses to help having bad past experiences with her.
7	"Curse of the Mummy"	Brian Swenlin	13 November 1999 (1999-11-13)
Archie procrastinates way too much, all to the point where he breaks into the Museum to get his report done, evoking a Pharaoh's curse.
8	"Fleas Release Me"	Jymn Magon	20 November 1999 (1999-11-20)
Tired of Reggie's werewolf pranks, Archie allows the local sheriff to arrest him. However, it seems a real werewolf is attacking, with Reggie being the prime suspect.
9	"The Jughead Incident"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	27 November 1999 (1999-11-27)
A pair of government agents come to Riverdale, thinking Jughead is an alien.
10	"Virtually Evil"	Brian Swenlin	4 December 1999 (1999-12-04)
Archie's constant bragging gets him and his friends in trouble in a new virtual reality game.
11	"Zombies of Love"	Jymn Magon	11 December 1999 (1999-12-11)
Veronica wants Archie to pay more attention to her, so she gets a hold of a magic potion. Now Archie won't leave her alone.
12	"Brain of Terror"	Brian Swenlin	18 December 1999 (1999-12-18)
Moose needs a passing grade, so he uses Dilton's new experiment to boost his intelligence.
13	"Twisted Youth"	Michael Patrick Dobkins (story) Dick Shimm (teleplay)	25 December 1999 (1999-12-25)
The faculty at Riverdale High turn adults into teenagers after drinking a new brand of bottled water. What's even stranger is that young Ms. Grundy is interested in Reggie.
14	"Monster in the Night"	Brian Swenlin	31 December 1999 (1999-12-31)
A monstrous man of incredible strength is making evening appearances in Riverdale. Archie's investigation leads him to uncover the side effects of a new energy drink being tested on unsuspecting citizens of Riverdale.
15	"Mega-Mall of Horrors"	Don Gillies	7 January 2000 (2000-01-07)
A new mall opens up in Riverdale, with everyone but Jughead wanting to buy more and more. Now the more the teens buy, the less they realize their friends have become window mannequins.
16	"Compu-Terror"	Jymn Magon	17 January 2000 (2000-01-17)
After hurting himself, Archie reluctantly lets Reggie write the weird mysteries articles. However, an evil genie now possess the laptop Reggie uses, turning his fake stories real.
17	"Misfortune Hunters"	Jymn Magon	19 January 2000 (2000-01-19)
Betty loves to do good deeds without using her judgement, but she quickly regrets it when a pair of treasure hunters trick her into releasing a gargoyle.
18	"Ship of Ghouls"	Brian Swenlin	20 January 2000 (2000-01-20)
A legendary medallion has possessed Reggie and made him obsessed with retrieving an underwater treasure guarded by ghouls determined to keep it there.
19	"Something Is Haunting Riverdale High"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	21 January 2000 (2000-01-21)
Midge, Dilton, and Ethel are not exactly the most popular of kids, so no one thinks much of it when they go missing. However, when Archie is rendered invisible and untouchable by one of Dilton's inventions, he finds that he must work with them to stop the haywire machine from turning Riverdale into a ghost town.
20	"Supreme Girl vs. Dr. Arachnid"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	24 January 2000 (2000-01-24)
Veronica loves to dish out gossip, no matter the cost, which puts her and Archie in the middle of the Superheroine Supreme Girl's attempts at stopping her nemesis, Dr. Arachnid.
21	"Reggie or Not"	Jymn Magon	25 January 2000 (2000-01-25)
Reggie is abducted by aliens, who leave a much kinder android duplicate in his place.
22	"It Lives in the Sewers"	Michael A. Medlock	26 January 2000 (2000-01-26)
Archie and the gang go down into the sewers to find a mysterious monster. Only to find out, it is Jughead's pet alligator Peanut, mutated by a chemical waste spill.
23	"Dream Girl"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	27 January 2000 (2000-01-27)
Feeling brushed off, Archie falls in love with a girl he sees in his dreams and she wants him to stay.
24	"Green-Eyed Monster"	Jymn Magon	28 January 2000 (2000-01-28)
A new girl named Dorsa Finn arrives in town and shows interest in Archie. As it turns out, Dorsa is actually a local sea monster.
25	"Cinemadness"	James W. Bates	31 January 2000 (2000-01-31)
Reggie refuses to help others, which he quickly regrets when movie monsters fill the town.
26	"Beware of the Glob!"	Michael Patrick Dobkins (story) Frank Santopadre (teleplay)	1 February 2000 (2000-02-01)
Part of Dilton's new experiment is accidentally mixed in with the lunchroom's tapioca, creating a massive blob.
27	"The Day the Earth Moved"	Dick Shimm	2 February 2000 (2000-02-02)
Archie refuses to continue his family traditions, until he learns it is the only thing preventing a giant worm from destroying Riverdale.
28	"Dance of the Killer Bees"	Brian Swenlin	3 February 2000 (2000-02-03)
With prom around the corner, Big Ethel enlists Archie's help upon finding a swarm of humanoid bees.
29	"Extra Terror-estrial"	Jymn Magon	4 February 2000 (2000-02-04)
Betty believes a cute alien is harmless and only wants to go home. But the others quickly realize, that isn't the case.
30	"The Christmas Phantom"	Michael Patrick Dobkins (story) Phil Harnage (teleplay)	8 February 2000 (2000-02-08)
The department store's newest Santa Claus, Archie, is the only one in the mood to celebrate the holidays, but a phantom from an unbelievable source just might fix that.
31	"Scarlet Night"	Brian Swenlin	9 February 2000 (2000-02-09)
Vampire Night Part 1 of 3: Veronica has a strange dream in which she isn't afraid of a vampire but is terrified of a redhaired girl she sees.
32	"I Was a Teenage Vampire"	Brian Swenlin	10 February 2000 (2000-02-10)
Vampire Night Part 2 of 3: Scarlet's master, Count Medlock, is unearthed and seeking to complete a prophecy that will bring the eternal night by transforming the 'Ender' into a vampire like them.
33	"Halloween of Horror"	Brian Swenlin	11 February 2000 (2000-02-11)
Vampire Night Part 3 of 3: Archie and his friends gather for the Lodge's annual Halloween party, but menaces thought to be gone forever threaten to ruin the night.
34	"Archie's Date with Fate"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	14 February 2000 (2000-02-14)
Time Travel Part 1 of 3: After using one of Dilton's two time machines, Archie finds himself living the same day over and over. He later finds out that local thug Vinny stole the other, using it to rewind time and attempt to rob a bank. At the same time, Archie is offered a scholarship to Europe.
35	"Alternate Riverdales"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	15 February 2000 (2000-02-15)
Time Travel Part 2 of 3: Vinny's future self returns and teams up with his younger self to take revenge on Archie. Being the only one unaffected by the time changes, Archie has to stop Vinny before he becomes ruler of Riverdale and the rest of the world. With Reggie's continuing pranks causing Betty, Veronica, and Jughead to turn on him, Archie considers revenge.
36	"Teen Out of Time"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	16 February 2000 (2000-02-16)
Time Travel Part 3 of 3: Believing no one person can make a difference, as well as feeling isolated from all his friends, Archie decides to take the Europe Scholarship. However, a mysterious somebody tells him to put on the time belt, which he'll need to stop Future Vinny from unleashing a T-Rex on Riverdale.
37	"Invasion of the Cockroaches"	Jymn Magon	17 February 2000 (2000-02-17)
Pop Tate revitalizes his restaurant to cater to adults, but when all of the adults in the town sprout antennas and talk like robots, he finds that he might need the help of his former customers to save the town.
38	"The Incredible Shrinking Teens"	Don Gillies	18 February 2000 (2000-02-18)
While visiting a mad scientist convention, Archie and Jughead are accidentally zapped inside a shrinking booth and have to struggle for survival while being two inches tall in Jughead's messy room.
39	"Little Chock'Lit Shoppe of Horrors"	Jymn Magon	21 February 2000 (2000-02-21)
Wanting to keep up with the new restaurant, Pop Tate allows Dilton to automate the Chock'Lit Shoppe, but the main processor used takes over the place.
40	"Big Monster on Campus"	Michael Patrick Dobkins	22 February 2000 (2000-02-22)
Moose tries to prove he's more than just muscle when a rival team's star player outshines him, only for Archie to discover he's a robot.

Broadcast

United States

The series first ran in the United States on PAX, and was the first newly produced animated feature to first air on the network. It was planned to air alongside fellow DIC program Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century as part of an hour-long block, but the latter show instead aired on Fox Kids, leaving Archie to air alongside Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? on the channel's PAX Kids strand. It later moved to a daily slot on the network and remained on PAX until late 2000.

In 2001, the show began to air on syndicated television stations throughout the United States, as a way to comply with their mandatory E/I regulations. The series would later be part of the syndicated DIC Kids Network block beginning in 2003, also to comply with E/I regulations.

From 2012 to 2018, the show reran on Qubo.

The full series has recently become available on Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video, and Tubi.

France

Archie, Mystère Et Compagnie first ran on M6 on 19 January 2000 as part of the channel's M6 Kid strand, and later reran on Disney Channel and Toon Disney in the country.

Production notes

The theme song was written and performed by Mike Piccirillo. Musical underscore composers were Mike Piccirillo and Jean-Michel Guirao. The Riverdale vampires story arc episodes were put together and released on VHS as Archie and the Riverdale Vampires. The voice cast was provided by the Omaha Theater Company for Young People of Omaha, Nebraska.

Comics

An ashcan comic book tie-in also titled Archie's Weird Mysteries, written by Paul Castiglia, pencilled by Bill Golliher, inked by Rick Koslowski and colored by Stephanie Coronado (née Vozzo) was published in 1999. This led to a February 2000 launch for an ongoing, regular-sized series with the same name and creative team. The first issue notably serves as an origin story for the canon's premise, showcasing the implied lab incident that turned Riverdale into supernatural central, and the moment when Archie decided to start his Weird Mystery column.

"Weird" was dropped from the title starting with #25, signaling the end of the tie-in with the television series, and the comics were canceled at #34 after ten issues of doing straight mystery stories with no supernatural or science-fiction components.

Films

Archie and the Riverdale Vampires

Archie's Weird Mysteries: Archie and the Riverdale Vampires was released onto VHS by Universal Studios Home Video on August 30, 2000, alongside fellow DIC movie Monster Mash and Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman as part of Universal's "Haunted Fun" lineup. The film consists of shortened and edited versions of the episode "Attack of the Killer Spuds" and the Riverdale Vampires trilogy made to run at feature-length. Although the movie does not consist of any newly produced content, it contains newly-produced narration by Archie who talks about how Riverdale ended up how it was.

The episodes that made up the film were also included within the Monster Bash Fun Pack alongside the rest of the Universal Haunted Fun releases, but the episodes are shown in their TV versions.

The Archies in JugMan

The Archies in JugMan is an animated television film produced by DIC Entertainment as part of the DIC Movie Toons series of made-for-TV movies. The movie functions as a sequel to the series, utalizing the same character designs (although with different outfits and new looks) and much of the same crew and voice cast, and the similar theme of weird events happening in Riverdale.

It originally premiered on television on Nickelodeon on 3 November and was released on DVD and VHS shortly afterward by MGM Home Entertainment, followed by international airings on Disney Channel and Toon Disney.

Home media releases

United States

VHS/DVD name	Episodes	Distributor	Release date
Monster Bash Fun Pack	Attack of the Killer Spuds Scarlet Night I Was a Teenage Vampire Halloween of Horror	Universal Studios Home Video	28 August 2004
Spells Spell Trouble!	Archie's Date with Fate Me! Me! Me! Invisible Archie The Incredible Shrinking Teens	NCircle Entertainment	26 August 2008
The Haunting of Riverdale	Scarlet Night I Was a Teenage Vampire Halloween of Horror The Haunting of Riverdale
The Best of Archie's Weird Mysteries	Standalone release of Disc 1 from The Complete Series set	Mill Creek Entertainment	22 February 2012
Archie's Weird Mysteries: The Complete Series	All 40 episodes of the series
Archie's Weird Mysteries: The Complete Series (3-disc re-release)	All 40 episodes of the series		6 June 2017

United Kingdom

VHS/DVD name	Episodes	Distributor	Release date
Volume 1	Attack of the Killer Spuds Me! Me! Me! Driven to Distraction Attack of the 50-Foot Veronica	Anchor Bay UK	28 June 2004
Volume 1	Extra Terror-Estrial Big Monster on Campus	Avenue Entertainment	5 July 2005
Volume 2	Me! Me! Me! Archie’s Date with Fate

Australia

All the Australian DVDs were released by MRA Entertainment.

VHS/DVD name	Episodes	Release date
Volume 1	Attack of the Killer Spuds Me! Me! Me! Driven to Distraction	2005
Volume 2	Attack of the 50-Foot Veronica Invisible Archie The Haunting of Riverdale	2005
Volume 3	Curse of the Mummy Fleas Release Me Mega-Mall of Horrors	2005
Volume 4	The Jughead Incident Virtually Evil Zombies of Love	2005
Volume 5	Brain of Terror Twisted Youth Compu-Terror	2005
Volume 6	Monster in the Night Misfortune Hunters Ship of Ghouls	2005

External links

• Archie's Weird Mysteries at DHX Media
• Archie's Weird Mysteries at IMDb

• Archie's Weird Mysteries at epguides.com
• Official Archie Comics website