Archie's Weird Mysteries (French: Archie, mystères et compagnie) is an animated television series based on the characters by Archie Comics. The series premise revolves around a Riverdale High physics lab gone awry, making the town of Riverdale a "magnet" for B movie-style monsters. All the main characters solve strange mysteries in a format similar to both Scooby-Doo and The X-Files. Produced by Les Studios Tex and DIC Productions, L.P., the series was initially shown mornings on the PAX network premiering on 2 October 1999, often with infomercials bookending the program. The series eventually premiered in France on M6 on 19 January 2000.

Voice cast and characters

Main

Supporting

Show-exclusive characters

Episodes

Broadcast

United States

The series first ran in the United States on PAX, and was the first newly produced animated feature to first air on the network. It was planned to air alongside fellow DIC program Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century as part of an hour-long block, but the latter show instead aired on Fox Kids, leaving Archie to air alongside Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? on the channel's PAX Kids strand. It later moved to a daily slot on the network and remained on PAX until late 2000. In 2001, the show began to air on syndicated television stations throughout the United States, as a way to comply with their mandatory E/I regulations. The series would later be part of the syndicated DIC Kids Network block beginning in 2003, also to comply with E/I regulations. From 2012 to 2018, the show reran on Qubo. The full series has recently become available on Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video, and Tubi.

France

Archie, Mystère Et Compagnie first ran on M6 on 19 January 2000 as part of the channel's M6 Kid strand, and later reran on Disney Channel and Toon Disney in the country.

Production notes

The theme song was written and performed by Mike Piccirillo. Musical underscore composers were Mike Piccirillo and Jean-Michel Guirao. The Riverdale vampires story arc episodes were put together and released on VHS as Archie and the Riverdale Vampires. The voice cast was provided by the Omaha Theater Company for Young People of Omaha, Nebraska.

Comics

An ashcan comic book tie-in also titled Archie's Weird Mysteries, written by Paul Castiglia, pencilled by Bill Golliher, inked by Rick Koslowski and colored by Stephanie Coronado (née Vozzo) was published in 1999. This led to a February 2000 launch for an ongoing, regular-sized series with the same name and creative team. The first issue notably serves as an origin story for the canon's premise, showcasing the implied lab incident that turned Riverdale into supernatural central, and the moment when Archie decided to start his Weird Mystery column. "Weird" was dropped from the title starting with #25, signaling the end of the tie-in with the television series, and the comics were canceled at #34 after ten issues of doing straight mystery stories with no supernatural or science-fiction components.

Films

Archie and the Riverdale Vampires

Archie's Weird Mysteries: Archie and the Riverdale Vampires was released onto VHS by Universal Studios Home Video on August 30, 2000, alongside fellow DIC movie Monster Mash and Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman as part of Universal's "Haunted Fun" lineup. The film consists of shortened and edited versions of the episode "Attack of the Killer Spuds" and the Riverdale Vampires trilogy made to run at feature-length. Although the movie does not consist of any newly produced content, it contains newly-produced narration by Archie who talks about how Riverdale ended up how it was. The episodes that made up the film were also included within the Monster Bash Fun Pack alongside the rest of the Universal Haunted Fun releases, but the episodes are shown in their TV versions.

The Archies in JugMan

The Archies in JugMan is an animated television film produced by DIC Entertainment as part of the DIC Movie Toons series of made-for-TV movies. The movie functions as a sequel to the series, utalizing the same character designs (although with different outfits and new looks) and much of the same crew and voice cast, and the similar theme of weird events happening in Riverdale. It originally premiered on television on Nickelodeon on 3 November and was released on DVD and VHS shortly afterward by MGM Home Entertainment, followed by international airings on Disney Channel and Toon Disney.

Home media releases

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

All the Australian DVDs were released by MRA Entertainment.