Betty is in love with Archie, which drives her attempts to win his affections by whatever means possible, and her rivalry with her best friend, vocalist/keyboardist Veronica Lodge, have been among the longest-running themes in the comics.

[3] Created to serve as a love interest for Archie Andrews, she is portrayed as a smart, talented, sweet, tomboyish yet beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes.

The limited series Betty and Veronica, taking place in their rebooted New Riverdale universe, was published in 2017.

The quintessential girl next door, Betty's middle class upbringing is a world apart from the flashy lifestyle of her wealthy friend, Veronica Lodge.

Betty has played the recorder, tambourine, maracas, guitar, banjo, keyboard, saxophone, cello, and the bongos.

She likes to help the homeless, read to senior citizens, and rescue wounded animals and birds.

Betty is a skilled mechanic who frequently helps Archie with his broken down car Betsy.

Betty is a scuba diver, wearing a red shorty wetsuit, breathing with an air tank she carries on her back and a regulator in her mouth, wears red fins on her feet and a mask on her face, but she prefers to swim underwater.

Betty has an above-average intelligence and is one of the smartest students at Riverdale High School, along with Dilton Doiley.

Betty lost her ESP power when a ball that Reggie kicked accidentally hit her; in her gratefulness, she gave him a thankful kiss.

Betty's other female friends include Ethel Muggs, Midge Klump, and Nancy Woods, all of whom share common interests and group activities such as shopping and cheer-leading.

The four of them were having dinner together when people from the school mistook Jughead as Betty's boyfriend because he was carrying chocolates to her house.

She had a friendship with an elderly woman named Lydia Wyndham, whom she found when doing research about World War I.

Jason Blossom, Cheryl's twin brother, is sometimes seen to have a genuine interest in Betty, which makes Archie jealous.

She wants to be a famous writer someday, an aspiration that her teacher Miss Grundy approves of and encourages.

She only befriended Archie and faked her affections towards him in an effort to get closer to the newest werewolf of Riverdale, Jughead.

Archie convinces her to try curing Jughead with wolfsbane, which initially works until it wears off and results in Reggie's death and resurrection/metamorphosis.

[6] Betty sets out to find him with the help of Archie and her cousin Bo, with backing by her aunt, the Cooper family matriarch, Elena.