Cheryl Blossom
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Cheryl Blossom is a fictional character of the Archie Comics universe. She is a wealthy, teenaged girl, the privileged daughter of a father who is a software engineer.
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[edit] History and character
Cheryl Blossom was introduced in 1982 as a third love interest for Archie Andrews (the redheaded Cheryl supposedly "complementing" the blonde Betty and the brunette Veronica), but she and her brother Jason disappeared two years later. It has been speculated that the reason for Cheryl's departure was because she was viewed as too racy and sexual.[citation needed]
The character was re-introduced into Archie Andrews' life during Archie's "Love Showdown" four-part series in 1994. During the series, Archie receives a letter from Cheryl which states she will be returning to Riverdale. Archie, infatuated with girls as always, decides to keep Cheryl's return a secret from Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. He merely acts in a typical Archie girl crush maneuver (looking dreamy, uttering nonsense).
Unknown to Archie is that Betty and Veronica both think the other person did this to Archie, and they declare war on each other to win back Archie once and for all. Super Soakers, dirty dancing, and fraud are just some of the tactics that the girls use on each other. Cheryl returns to Riverdale, leaving readers wondering whom Archie will choose in the end.
Cheryl has appeared in several comic book stories over the years and has even enjoyed her own series. In one story, it was revealed that an ancestor of Archie once fell in love with an ancestor of Cheryl's back in their native Scotland.
[edit] Friends and family
Cheryl has a brother, Jason, an arrogant rival of Archie and suitor of Betty. Jason is smitten with Betty, despite claiming that he only dates rich girls. Cheryl has never complained about his choice of girls. She often shows full support towards her brother, although sometimes she warns Betty about Jason's womanizing behaviour.
Cheryl and Jason lived in the neighboring, upscale community of Pembrooke during her second stay in the comic books, which lasted until the quiet cancellation of her title series and her subsequent move to Paris, France. However, Cheryl was soon brought back by popular demand from her fans. Cheryl now lives in Riverdale, but attends a private school, explaining why she appears only sporadically.
Betty became Cheryl's best friend in the three-part story, "Friendly Fire", in an issue of Cheryl's title series after Veronica humiliated Cheryl on Betty and Veronica's local cable access show, which alienated Betty from Veronica. Veronica, for no other reason than missing Betty's friendship, eventually very publicly apologized to Cheryl, winning back Betty's friendship in the process. Cheryl was shown to still be friends with Betty in a later issue, inviting Betty over to her house. It is unclear how much Archie writers other than Holly Golightly (the writer of "Friendly Fire") portrayed Betty and Cheryl as friends, but a story in Archie & Friends in early 2006 involves Betty suggesting that she, Veronica, and Cheryl go to Pop Tate's Chock'lit Shoppe and hang out. Veronica and Cheryl accept and walk off with Betty, indicating that Betty and Cheryl are still close friends.
In one story during the Pembrooke period, the Riverdale High kids compete against Pembrooke Academy at a picnic, with the usual events--sack races, canoeing, and such. The Riverdale kids quickly find that their rivals have sabotaged the equipment, and the officials are all Pembrooke teachers. This comes to a head when, at a pie-eating contest, Jughead's sense of fair play overrides his craving for food and he starts a foodfight! Cheryl and Betty sit on a bench nearby and look on, as their classsmates and faculty throw pies at each other; Cheryl, obviously, has limits.
In the late 1990s, Cheryl began dating Dilton Doiley. They were paired together online, without knowing each other's true identity, fell in love, met in real life, and decided to continue their romantic relationship, though this is rarely shown.
