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Veronica "Ronnie" Lodge ("born" April 1942) is an adolescent fictional character in the Archie Comics books series. Since the Archie characters are ageless, Lodge remains a high-school teenager after 66 years.
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History and character
Bob Montana, creator of the original Archie characters, knew the Massachusetts' Brahmin political family, the Lodges, because he had once painted a mural for them. Montana combined that name with actress Veronica Lake (at the peak of her popularity in 1942) to create the character of Veronica Lodge. Veronica is the beautiful, stylish daughter of Hiram Lodge, the richest man in the fictional city of Riverdale, and his wife Hermione Lodge. In the more recent comics, it has been mentioned that their family moved to Riverdale so that Mr. Lodge could avoid Veronica becoming spoiled, like many of the children he knew and grew up with. Veronica often sports what seems to be a heavy, affected Southern accent. Her character was added to the mix of Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, and Jughead Jones just months after these characters debuted, and her features and personality have changed perhaps less than any other character in the series.
Lifestyle and relationships
Sometimes she shows a great deal of interest in Archie, sometimes he must work to earn her interest, and sometimes she is not interested at all. By the 1960s, Veronica, along with her best friend and love rival Betty Cooper, joined Archie's band The Archies; Betty plays the tambourine, while Veronica plays the organ, and both girls sing accompaniment. Veronica frequently bounces back and forth between Reggie Mantle and Archie Andrews when she dates, since she feels strongly about Archie, but Reggie has the wealth and possessions that she craves, as well as an ego and love of himself that rivals hers. Her relationship with Jughead Jones is very complex. Veronica always having a constant argument and banter towards Jughead. She hates Jughead's laid back attitude and witty comments towards her, and he always pull a small pranks and smart comments. One storyline put them together in a school play, and she had to kiss Jughead, which both of them obliged reluctantly. Surprisingly, Jughead is a good kisser, and Veronica was caught in the moment and declared her love towards Jughead. For a while, she was obssesed with Jughead, to everyone's chagrin including Archie and Ethel. She finally got over her crush with Jughead, and back being mean towards Jughead. Many fanfics are actually dedicated towards Veronica and Jughead, and fans are hoping they would hook up someday.
Although Betty is her main rival for Archie's affection, Cheryl Blossom is the only girl she can't stand, especially for their constant battle to get Archie. The fact that Betty is befriended with Cheryl also infuriates her. It hurt her ego that even Jason Blossom seems more interested with Betty rather than her. Veronica is very popular among guys in Riverdale High School, a fact she knows very well. She always throw an extravagant party to keep her in the 'A' list.
Sometimes good-hearted, sometimes spoiled and vain, the fashion-conscious Lodge is the star, alongside Betty, of Archie spin-offs Betty And Veronica Magazine and "Betty and Veronica Spectacular," as well as her own title, "Veronica". Her foibles are commonly featured in stories: she has no talent for cooking and other feminine skills are usually lacking, although she is the classic impulse, hard-core shopper and often addicted to gossip. Her sports abilities vary from "total klutz" to superstar status.
Veronica has a cousin, Leroy, aged perhaps 8-12, whose treehouse, complete with an elevator, was built for him by a contracting company. Veronica also has a cousin named Marcy, who is very different from Veronica. Marcy enjoys science fiction and other things that Veronica finds "geeky". Every time Veronica runs into her, she has to make a point to call her "my annoying cousin Marcy." Most of the time when Marcy appears she helps out Veronica, and in turn Veronica discovers that her cousin isn't so geeky after all.
The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian Pop/Rock - singer/songwriter duo composed of identical twin sisters Lisa Marie and Jessica Louise Origliasso. Their name came from Archie Comics character Veronica Lodge. The group was featured prominently in an issue of their namesake Veronica's comic book as a result of their cross-promotion deal with Archie Comics. A few months later, Archie and Friends #100 featured The Archies meeting The Veronicas.
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Archie Comics characters | Fictional teenagers | Fictional schoolgirls
"Veronica Lodge"