105 Best 'Riverdale' Quotes From All The Seasons

Srija Chanda
Dec 12, 2023 By Srija Chanda
Originally Published on Mar 09, 2021
Edited by Jacob Fitzbright
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'Riverdale' is a popular American drama TV series, especially among the younger crowd.

The characters of 'Riverdale' are an adaptation of the characters of Archie Comics. The show aired its first season in 2017 and got a total of five seasons.

The story of 'Riverdale' revolves around some teenage high schoolers who are adamant to investigate the mysterious murder of one of the Blossom twins, Jason Blossom. Over time, they get entangled in the strings of love, friendship, family, and school and how they cope up with all the drama that goes on in each of their lives is beautifully captured in the series 'Riverdale'. There are a number of characters in 'Riverdale' but the four names that automatically cross our mind when we take the name of the series are Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, and Betty Cooper. Here are some quotes and lines from the entire cast of 'Riverdale' that will give you a recap of your favourite series.

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Famous 'Riverdale' Lead Characters Quotes

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Here is a list of sassy, wholesome, funny, and wise quotes from the leads of 'Riverdale' that include Archie Andrews quotes, 'Riverdale' Jughead quotes, Veronica Lodge 'Riverdale' quotes, and Betty Cooper quotes from 'Riverdale'.

1. "I'm a weirdo. I don't fit in, and I don't want to fit in."

- Jughead Jones, Season One Episode 10.

2. "It's like you know-how in a time of crisis, people either come together or fall apart? It feels like we're falling apart."

- Betty Cooper, Season One, Episode Nine.

3. "I was born alone. I'll die alone. I'll sing alone. I'll be ok."

- Archie Andrews, Season One, Episode Six.

4. "I do everything for everyone. Everything to be perfect. The perfect daughter, the perfect sister, the perfect student. Can't I do this one thing for me?"

- Betty Cooper, Season One, Episode One.

5. "Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It's like this tangible thing that you can point to and say."

- Archie Andrews, Season Two, Episode Three.

6. "I'm game master. Which means it's my games and my rules."

- Jughead Jones, Season Three, Episode Five.

7. "Can't we just liberate ourselves from the tired dichotomy of jock, artist?"

- Veronica Lodge, Season One, Episode One.

8. "I'd recognize those abs anywhere. Archie! "

- Veronica Lodge, Season Three, Episode Five.

9. "Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on?"

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode 10.

10. "Thank you for mansplaining my business to me."

- Veronica Lodge, Season Three, Episode Five.

11. "Don't underestimate her and don't bet against her."

- Archie Andrews, Season One, Episode Nine.

12. "As kids, we're afraid of everything... And we pray for morning. For the monsters to go away. Though they never do. Not really."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode Six.

13. “If the Manolo Blahnik fits.” 

- Veronica Lodge, Season Two, Episode One.

14. "Who would've though, at the beginning of the year, that we would all become great friends?"

- Betty Cooper, Season One, Episode 13.

15. "That's the common misconception about fairy tales. They very rarely have a happy ending."

- Jughead Jones, Season Two, Episode Three.

16. "You may be a stock character from a '90s teen movie, but I'm not."

- Veronica Lodge, Season One, Episode Four.

17. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm weird."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode 10.

18. "From now on, we're protecting our own."

- Archie Andrews, Season Two, Episode Three.

19. "You're so much stronger than all of the white noise."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode 10.

20. "This is fun girl talk."

- Betty Cooper, Season Three, Episode 16.

21. "Sardonic humor is just my way of relating to the world."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode Two.

22. "I learned that from the Nancy Drew detective handbook."

Betty Cooper, Season One, Episode Four.

23. "I self-identify as a loner."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode 10.

Popular 'Riverdale' Quotes

Here are some of the most famous quotes from the series that will entertain you.

24. "I have a plan. It's slightly insane."

- Betty Cooper, Season Two, Episode 15.

25. "Can't we, in this post-James Franco world, be all things at once?"

- Veronica Lodge, Season One, Episode One.

26. "Every fairytale comes with the same warning, good children should never go into the woods alone."

-Kevin Keller, Season Two, Episode Three.

27. "We will find you, we will hunt you, and we will end you."

- Archie Andrews, Season Two, Episode Four.

28. "Sorry to interrupt the sad breakfast club."

- Cheryl Blossom, Season One, Episode Five.

29. "I was just night jogging and suddenly I hear gunshots."

- Kevin Keller, Season Two, Episode Three.

30. "I don't follow rules; I make them and when necessary I break them."

- Veronica Lodge, Season One, Episode Three.

31. "We're not gonna hug in front of this whole town. So why don't we just both do that bro thing where we nod and mutually suppress our emotions."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode Two.

32. "You act like we've got the same set of options. You live in this pale pink world of milkshakes and first kisses."

- Kevin Keller, Season Two, Episode Three.

33. "You tried to kill my father and my friends. You're going to pay for your crimes."

- Archie Andrews, Season Two, Episode Nine.

34. "You wanted fire? Sorry, Cheryl Bombshell, my specialty is ice."

- Veronica Lodge, Season One, Episode One.

35. "You think you are the only one who can scare people by being crazy?"

- Betty Cooper, Season Two, Episode Six.

36. "You're an enigma, Cooper."

- Jughead Jones, Season Two, Episode Six.

37. "Do you think that you can just waltz in here, with a bedbug-infested Trojan Horse ... and steal my daughter?"

- Alice Cooper, Season One, Episode Eight.

38. "We're looking for anything that proves Grundy isn't as clean as she says she is."

- Betty Cooper, Season One, Episode Four.

Funny 'Riverdale' Quotes

'Riverdale' TV series was a humor-packed show and below is a list of some funny TV show quotes.

39. "I was supposed to give you the full animatronic tour, but some robots went insane and started killing the guests, so, we'll just wing it."

- Toni Topaz, Season Two, Episode Three.

40. "You wouldn't be the first mobster to see a therapist, Daddy."

- Veronica Lodge, Season Three, Episode Seven.

41. "I wouldn't even go cruising here."

- Kevin Keller, Season Two, Episode Six.

42. "I guess I'll see you in New Haven next year. Of course, you will just be a visitor."

- Bret Weston Wallis, Season Five, Episode Five.

43. "Taking advantage of the school's state-of-the-art facilities."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode Seven.

44. "I usually open this tour with a little history, some context. Riverdale High first opened its doors in 1941."

- Betty Cooper, Season One, Episode One.

45. "Are we 100% sure that Archie's straight? Because no straight man has that body."

- Kevin Keller, Season One, Episode Two.

46. "I'm Breakfast at Tiffany's, but this place is strictly In Cold Blood."

- Veronica Lodge, Season One, Episode One.

47. "Your name maybe honey, but I will always be the queen bee."

- Cheryl Blossom, Season Four, Episode Two.

48. "Reggie, can you spell it?"

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode Two.

49. "I'm not gonna hit my kid, not like my old man hits me."

-FP, Season Three, Episode Four.

50. "They're parents. They're all crazy."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode Six.

51. "I mean, I am devastatingly handsome in that classic pre-accident Montgomery Clift kind of way."

- Kevin Keller, Season One, Episode Two.

52. "I'm Cheryl Blossom, a.k.a. Cheryl bombshell."

- Cheryl Blossom, Season Two, Episode 14.

53. "You ever seen what happens to a snake when a Louboutin heel steps on it? Keep talking and you'll find out."

- Veronica Lodge, Season One, Episode Four.

54. "You parade around the school in your varsity jacket like a North sider."

- Alice Cooper, Season Three, Episode Four.

55. "Get out of my way or someone will get hurt."

- Archie Andrews, Season Two, Episode Six.

56. "Doesn't it ever occur to you how different we are, like on a cellular DNA level? You're a straight-A student, a cheerleader. For God sakes, you're the perfect girl-next-door."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode 10.

Iconic 'Riverdale' Quotes

Here you will find some of the most iconic lines from the most iconic characters of 'Riverdale'.

57. "There's no way my old man hung out and did, like, cosplay with a group of lame-ass nerds"

- Reggie, Season Three, Episode Five.

58. "Betty's ponytail is iconic and beyond reproach."

- Kevin Keller, Season Two, Episode Four.

59. "Be the Jay to my Bey?"

- Veronica Lodge, Season One, Episode Six.

60. "Betty, don't take this the wrong way, but how many years did I listen to you go on about Archie and Jughead? Did you ask my permission to date them? "

- Kevin Keller, Season Two, Episode Three.

61. "Just curious, were you born with that mouth?"

- Penelope Blossom, Season Three, Episode Four.

62. "Veronica and I are finally free of you."

- Hermione Lodge, Season Four, Episode Six.

63. "If you roll a six, you can take over the kingdom of Theodore."

- Kevin Keller, Season Two, Episode Seven.

64. "You chose that boy over blood, my own daughter."

- Hiram Lodge, Season Three, Episode One.

65. "Love is finite. People run out of it eventually."

- Chic, Season Two, Episode 15.

66. "I know you don't wanna hear their from me right now, but I'm still proud of you."

- Hiram Lodge, Season Two, Episode Six.

67. "Betty… I'm happy to hear your voice."

- Jughead Jones, Season Two Episode 21.

68. "Hey there Juliet, nurse off duty. "

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode Six.

69. "Well, you'll just have to keep fighting."

- Fred Andrews, Season Three, Episode 10.

70. "You think you can attack us from the shadows but Riverdale is a lot stronger than you."

- Archie Andrews, Season Two, Episode Three.

Quotes From Cheryl Blossom Of 'Riverdale'

Although portrayed as a privileged brat, Cheryl Blossom gave us some really sassy lines from 'Riverdale' quotes to use as captions.

71. "I need girls with fire on my squad."

- Cheryl Blossom.

72. "Wanna team up for a little destruction?"

- Cheryl Blossom.

73. "Don't worry I'm fine. In fact, I'm amazing."

- Cheryl Blossom.

74. "I'm in the mood for chaos."

- Cheryl Blossom.

75. "Gasoline. It's the only way we can truly start over, be purified."

- Cheryl Blossom.

76. "Listen up fives, a ten is speaking."

- Cheryl Blossom,

77. "You were cruel to me mother, it was abuse."

- Cheryl Blossom.

78. "You've got the vocabulary of a baked potato."

- Cheryl Blossom.

Quotes From The Parents Of 'Riverdale'

The parents of the students of Riverdale High School were as savage as their children. Here is a list of quotes that show the nature of the parents.

79. "Mija, I own that jail. I come and go as I please."

- Hiram Lodge, Season Four, Episode Three.

80. "I know the difference between the letter of the law and doing what's right. And feeding those kids is what's right."

- Mary Andrews, Season Four, Episode Three.

81. "Is that how long it's gonna take you to decide between music or baseball?"

- Alice Cooper, Season Three, Episode Four.

82. "Cheryl, I went to school with your mother. She didn't know the difference between having money and having class, either."

- Hermione Lodge, Season One, Episode Four.

83. "Nightmare child, what do you mean?"

- Penelope Blossom, Season Five, Episode Three.

84. "Hiram, if you harm a hair on Archie's head, I will kill you. Make no mistake about it. And I will be at peace with whatever the consequences of that are."

- Fred Andrews, Season Three, Episode 10.

85. "My mom is all up in my relationships too."

- Hermione Lodge, Season Three, Episode Four.

86. "Well, I hope the song and dance was fun, 'cause at midnight, you turn back into a pumpkin, Cenicienta. And all this, it goes away."

- Hiram Lodge, Season Four, Episode Nine.

87. "You guys remember, back in high school, when we all used to hang out together? Us griping about how horrible our parents were."

- Hermione Lodge, Season Four, Episode Seven.

88. "We may not say it enough, but you mean the world to us."

- Hermione Lodge, Season Five, Episode Two.

89. "Show those preppies what it means to be a Jones man. Bring honor to our name."

- FP Jones, Season Four, Episode Five.

Romantic 'Riverdale' Quotes

Here is a list of quotes that show the love between the two power couples of the TV show that is definitely going to melt your heart.

90. "And there's nothing you could ever say that would change that. Or make me regret being with you."

- Archie Andrews, Season Two, Episode 12.

91. "Only for you, Betty Cooper."

- Jughead Jones, Season Three, Episode 20.

92. "Ronnie, when I first met you… you were it for me."

- Archie Andrews, Season Three, Episode Six.

93. "Because we're endgame, Archie."

- Veronica Lodge, Season One, Episode 10.

94. "I am not letting my dad take away the one thing I love."

- Veronica Lodge, Season Three, Episode One.

95. "Whatever you need to do or explore I support you."

- Betty Cooper, Season Two, Episode One.

96. "Veronica, I don't think I've ever stopped loving you."

- Archie Andrews, Season Three, Episode Six.

97. "My heart ached for you…because I felt the same way. I love you, Archiekins. For whatever good that does us now."

- Veronica Lodge, Season Three, Episode 22.

98. "I'm scared of getting hurt, being rejected, for being myself."

- Jughead Jones, Season One, Episode 10.

99. "How many times are we gonna push each other away?"

- Betty Cooper, Season Two, Episode 12.

100. "I love you Archie but we can't keep dating unless you understand something about my family."

- Veronica Lodge, Season Two, Episode 12.

101. "If I go away, I don't want you visiting me."

- Archie Andrews, Season Three, Episode One.

102. "Our story's not over. It's just beginning. So you come back to me. Okay?"

- Betty Cooper, Season Two, Episode 22.

103. "Everything I could have ever wanted. I saw our whole future."

- Archie Andrews, Season Two, Episode 12.

104. "That is why I love you, Betty. I love you."

- Jughead Jones, Season Five, Episode Three.

105. "I'm asking you now, right now, if you love me, Archie, or even like me?"

- Betty Cooper, Season One, Episode Two.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked out suggestions for 'Riverdale' quotes, then why not take a look at 'Stranger Things' quotes or 'Teen Wolf' quotes?

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Written by Srija Chanda

Master of Arts specializing in Mass Communication/Media Studies

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Srija ChandaMaster of Arts specializing in Mass Communication/Media Studies

An aspiring media professional, Srija is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Mass Communication at St. Xavier's University, Kolkata, after completing her degree in journalism. With experience in PR and social media, she has also honed her leadership skills through her participation in a youth parliament. Srija's interests include devouring books, watching movies, and exploring new places through travel.

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