Archie

Archie is an ongoing comic book franchise created by John L. Goldwater that first began in 1942, the Archie story being published in an issue of Pep Comics in December 1941.

The Archie comics are set in Riverdale and focus on the life of teenager Archie Andrews, as well as his friends Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones.

Horsepitality (Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 1 #5, April 1951)

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Feast or Famine (Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 1 #6, June 1951)

Suffering after a week deprived of hamburgers as part of a wager with Reggie, Jughead's own sleeping mind betrays him; he later wins the bet, but is baffled as to why he isn't hungry.

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Cookie Caper (Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 1 #6, June 1951)

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Taste of the Town (Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 1 #9, December 1951)

Jughead dulls his tongue with a shot of novocaine to endure what he thinks will be Veronica's awful cooking, wasting a delicious meal by Gaston.

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Tonsil Tonic (Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 1 #9, December 1951)

Jughead's friends send him a massive gift of ice cream ahead of his tonsillectomy, which he greedily eats all at once.

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Vitamin "See" (Archie Comics #59, November/December 1952)

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Ice Cream, You Scream (Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 1 #20, October 1953)

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It's All Mental (Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 1 #22, February 1954)

Jughead stuffs himself to try and keep from fixating on burgers during his psych evaluation.

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Light Eaters! (Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 1 #25, August 1954)

Jughead takes advantage of the situation while secretly serving Archie and Veronica their candlelit dinner.

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(Untitled) (Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 1 #28, February 1954)

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The Faring of the Green (Archie Comics #85, March/April 1957)

Archie's excessive St. Patrick's Day spirit gets on Reggie's nerves, so he gets payback by stuffing him sick with a lunch of uncomplimentary green foods.

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Never Say Diet! (Archie Comics #90, January/February 1958)

Unaware that Pop's scale is off-register by ten pounds, Veronica gets an incorrect weight and begins morbidly fantasizing about herself becoming huge.

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Repeat Performance (Archie #165, June 1966)

Moose's cure for the hiccups ("all yuh gotta do is hole yer breath an' drink water!") has predictable consequences when Archie is left unattended.

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Fat Chance (Archie Giant Series Magazine #145, June 1967)

Veronica has a nightmare where she appears to be gaining so much weight from eating chocolate that she floats like a balloon.

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Weigh Out Scene (Life With Archie #95, March 1970)

Archie seems to have gained weight after making fun of portly Stanley, and is constantly mocked himself, but just like the last two stories, it is all a nightmare. Archie tells his friends all about it, leading to Stanley being treated like an ordinary friend.

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Burgers or Bust! (Jughead Vol. 1 #185, October 1970)

Jughead faces the consequences from having dozens of hamburgers, but this happens to be a nightmare.

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Jughead Vol. 1 #228, May 1974

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Burnt Offering (Archie Giant Series Magazine #228, December 1974)

Jughead dreads the prospect of a holiday meal from Veronica, until he learns it's not her cooking and proceeds to stuff himself.

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Cold Reception (Archie Giant Series Magazine #469, June 1978)

After Jughead gets a chill walking to school while his coat is at the cleaners, the other students assume his family is poor and hold an impromptu benefit party to secretly raise him the money for a new coat; instead, Jug attends the party and eats them out of their profits.

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The Way (Archie Giant Series Magazine #469, June 1978)

Big Ethel cooks a heavy picnic lunch to decrease Jughead's chances of running away from her.

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Testy Taste (Jughead Vol. 1 #296, January 1980)

Jughead drinks ten cases of hamburger-flavored soda, which everyone except him thinks is disgusting.

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Fat Chance (Archie's Joke Book Magazine #273, November 1980)

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The Jughead Jones Comics Digest Magazine #20, March 1982

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Feast or Famine (Archie Giant Series Magazine #526, June 1983)

Bound by a fifty-dollar bet with Veronica over whether he can be a good waiter and control his appetite until the last guest leaves, Jughead makes sure there are leftovers to spare.

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Movie Madness (Archie Comics #330, July 1984)

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Jughead Vol. 2 #44, April 1993

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Jughead's Double Digest Magazine #27, December 1994

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The Jughead Jones Digest Magazine #97, October 1995

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Archie's Pal Jughead Vol. 2 #101, February 1998

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Archie's Pal Jughead Vol. 2 #129, 2000

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Photo Flair (Jughead's Double Digest Magazine #92, April 2003)

Jughead has a bloated belly after eating a lot while getting photos for Betty.

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Another Fine Mess! (Archie's Pal Jughead Vol. 2 #169, December 2005)

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(Jug)Head Games! (Archie's Pal Jughead Vol. 2 #199, March 2010)

Jughead's arch-nemesis Trula Twyst unveils a scheme to "eliminate" Jughead by perfectly copying his mannerisms, fashion sense, and diet, thus subconsciously forcing him into normalcy. The plan backfires when Trula, revealing a small stuffed belly, moans that she can't keep up with his appetite.

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Something Ventured, Something Gained (Archie's Pal Jughead Vol. 2 #200, April 2010)

Jughead makes a deal with Darlene, a witch disguised as waitress for a new diner, which trades his metabolism for "paradise on a bun". It is when Jughead has gained a lot of weight that Archie's friends try and get his metabolism back.

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See Also

• Archie’s Weird Mysteries
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch