Archie's Weird Mysteries (1999–2000): Season 1, Episode 18 - Ship of Ghouls - full transcript
When a sunken treasure is found off the coast of Riverdale, Reggie succumbs to the greedy curse of the pirate's gold.
Announcer: JUST OFF
THE COAST OF RIVERDALE,
AN ANCIENT HORROR LURKS
BENEATH THE OCEAN.
IT'S UP TO ARCHIE
AND THE GANG TO UNRAVEL
A TERRIFYING TALE OF GREED
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.
THIS IS NO PLEASURE CRUISE.
IT'S A SHIP OF GHOULS!
♪ WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THIS TOWN? ♪
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ WHO IS GONNA
CRACK THE CASE? ♪
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ THAT REDHEAD
WITH THE FRECKLED FACE ♪
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ THINGS ARE GETTIN' WEIRD
IN RIVERDALE ♪
♪ HEY, WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THIS TOWN? ♪
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ ARCHIE, REGGIE
♪ VERONICA, BETTY
♪ JUGHEAD, TOO
♪ WEIRD
♪ ARCHIE'S WEIRD MYSTERIES
GIVE IT BACK AFORE
SHE RUNS AGROUND!
IT'S MINE,
YOU STINKIN' SEA SCABS!
ME THINKS
HE'S HANKERING
TO LOSE HIS
OTHER EYE, THEN.
OVER ME DEAD BODY,
YOU'LL HAVE IT!
WHOA!
[ISLAND MUSIC PLAYING]
REGGIE, BE A DEAR AND PUT
SUNSCREEN ON MY BACK.
SURE, RONNIE.
I BET YOUR DAD
PAID SOME PRETTY FAT
CASH FOR THIS YACHT.
MM-HMM.
REGGIE, UM--
BACK OFF, JUGHEAD.
I'M TRYING TO WORK
A LITTLE OF
MY MANTLE CHARM.
SO, GORGEOUS,
I'LL BET IT'S NICE
BEING
SO FILTHY RICH.
FILTHY? YOU'RE
SAYING I'M FILTHY?
YOU KNOW, MANTLE,
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
MORE VALUABLE
THAN MONEY.
OH, YEAH? NAME ONE.
THAT'S EASY--FRIENDS.
SPEAKING OF WHICH,
ANYBODY FOR A DIVE?
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
WE CAN COLLECT SHELLS
WHILE ARCHIE
DOES HIS RESEARCH.
I'D RATHER STAY
HERE WITH VERONICA
AND--HUH?
WHATCHA YOU RESEARCHING,
ARCHIEKINS?
MY NEXT ARTICLE.
IT'S CALLED
"THE UNDERWATER
MASTERMINDS."
IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE MYSTERIOUS
BRAIN CORAL.
MAYBE ANDREWS WILL
FIND HIMSELF SOME
BRAINS DOWN THERE.
HUSH, REGGIE.
BRING ME BACK
A SOUVENIR,
ARCHIEKINS, HUH?
SURE, RONNIE.
I'LL FIND YOU
SOMETHING COOL.
WHOA!
[GULPS] ER, UH, RONNIE?
MAYONNAISE?!
UGH! GROSS!
HEY!
[CHEWING NOISILY]
THAT STUFF GOES
BETTER ON BURGERS.
[GASPING]
THERE'S SOMETHING
DOWN THERE!
ARCHIE, YOU LOOK
LIKE YOU'VE
SEEN A GHOST.
ARE YOU OK,
ARCHIEKINS?
WHAT'S THIS?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S SOLID GOLD!
GOLD?!
AH!
MWAH! YOU KNOW JUST
WHAT RONNIE LIKES,
DON'T YOU,
ARCHIEKINS?
GRR!
HA HA!
I'M TELLING YOU,
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
IN THAT BED OF SEA GRASS
WAS TRYING TO GET ME.
LIKE THIS? HEH HEH!
OH, ARCHIEKINS,
IT WAS PROBABLY
JUST A BIG FISH.
NO, THIS WAS
SOMETHING WEIRD.
IT JUST GAVE ME
THE CREEPS ALL OVER.
THE CREEP'S
GOT THE CREEPS.
SOMEBODY IS PARANOID,
AND HIS NAME
STARTS WITH "A."
COULD'VE BEEN
AN ILLUSION
CREATED BY
GAS ESCAPING
THAT VOLCANIC VENT
ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.
WE WERE DIVING
RIGHT ALONG IT
THE WHOLE TIME.
A VOLCANIC VENT?
NO, BETTY.
THIS WAS
SOMETHING ELSE,
SOMETHING
REALLY WEIRD.
[THUNDER CRACKS]
UH-OH. WE'D BETTER
HEAD BACK IN
BEFORE OUR BUNS
GET WET.
OHH!
OHH!
Archie: MAYBE
DR. BEAUMONT WILL KNOW
WHERE THAT MEDALLION
CAME FROM.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT?
HMM.
INTERESTING.
I THINK I HAVE
JUST THE BOOK
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SORRY.
WATCH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WHOA!
YOU WERE SAYING?
NYAH! OHH!
[SNICKERING]
MAYBE THAT MEDALLION
WILL GIVE US A CLUE
TO WHAT I SAW
DOWN THERE.
OH, NO. FODDER
FOR ANOTHER
WHACKED OUT
MYSTERY--OOPS!
HUH?
I'LL START YOU BOYS
A TAB.
GOSH, RONNIE.
IT'S GETTING BAD OUT THERE.
I'M STARTING TO FEEL QUEASY.
ARCHIE'S SUCH A SWEETIE.
[BETTY SCREAMS]
WHAT IS IT?
EWW!
SOMEONE'S LIVING
IN MY SOUVENIR.
I'LL HAVE TO TOSS HIM BACK
IN THE WATER ON OUR WAY OUT.
CAN I SEE THAT?
BETTY, DON'T BREAK IT.
ARCHIE GAVE ME THAT.
IT'S A KEY!
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS,
A KEY...
TO A ROYAL TREASURE CHEST,
THAT WAS STOLEN BY MURDEROUS
PIRATES IN THE YEAR 1700.
THEIR SHIP, THE TREASURE,
AND THE KEY
WERE LOST AT SEA
IN A HURRICANE.
AHH! IF WE COULD FIND
THAT SUNKEN TREASURE,
WE'D BE RICH!
CORRECTION. I'D BE RICH.
UNFORTUNATELY,
THE PIRATES WERE CURSED
BY THEIR OWN GREED.
REGGIE? GUESS HE
GOT SPOOKED.
WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY?
APPARENTLY THE PIRATES
WERE FORBIDDEN FROM
ENTERING THE AFTERLIFE.
NOW, AS MALEVOLENT GHOULS,
THEY'LL ROAM THE OCEAN FLOOR
GUARDING THEIR SUNKEN
TREASURE FOR ALL ETERNITY.
DURING THE 1800s,
THIS TREASURE WAS
THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER
TREASURE IN THE WORLD.
BUT THE PIRATES CURSE
KEPT IT SO WELL PROTECTED
THAT ALL WHO SOUGHT IT...
[GULP]
PERISHED.
[THUNDER]
IT'S REALLY COMING DOWN
OUT THERE.
COME ON, GIRLFRIEND,
LET'S GET GOING
BEFORE WE HAVE
TO SWIM HOME.
[GASPS]
I SAW SOMETHING!
WHERE?
OUT THE WINDOW.
[GASPS AND SHUDDERS]
WHAT WAS IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
EYES!
GREEN AND GLOWING EYES!
GREEN AND
GLOWING EYES?
LIKE WHAT ARCHIE
SAID HE SAW.
WE'VE GOT TO
GET OUT OF HERE.
NOW!
AAH!
AAH!
COME ON!
QUICKLY!
AAH!
HAR...
[CACKLES]
AAH!
AAH!
[GROWLING]
AAH!
AAH!
OPEN! OPEN! PLEASE OPEN
YOUR DOORKNOB! IT'S YOUR JOB.
OUCH.
[GROANING]
HI. YOU DON'T KNOW ME,
BUT MY NAME'S VERONICA LODGE.
AND MY DAD HAS LOTS OF MONEY.
[PUZZLED GRUNTS]
[MENACING GROWLS]
DON'T YOU LIKE MONEY?
I'LL PAY YOU
TO LEAVE US ALONE!
[GASPS]
OH, YEAH. WHEN I GET
THAT TREASURE,
I'M GONNA BUY A YACHT
JUST LIKE VERONICA'S,
GET A CAR
JUST LIKE VERONICA'S,
AND A BIG MANSION
JUST LIKE VERONICA'S.
HEH. THEN I'LL BUY VERONICA
AND BETTY, TOO.
HA HA HA HA.
I'M GONNA BE SO FILTHY,
STINKIN', DIRTY RICH
I'M GONNA OWN
ALL OF RIVERDALE.
HARRR!
GRRR....
GET YOUR SLIMY HANDS
OFF ME!
[FOOTSTEPS]
OW.
COME ON!
AAH!
REGGIE!
VERONICA. I KNOW
IT'S ONLY BEEN AN HOUR,
BUT I'VE REALLY MISSED YOU.
[GASPS] WHAT?
REGGIE! GHOULS!
AR-ARCHIE!
WHERE'S ARCHIE?
AT THAT WACKO
BEAUMONT SHOP.
WHY?
GHOULS, REGGIE!
COME ON!
YAAAA!
♪ I'M GONNA BE RICHER
THAN YOU ♪
HA HA HA. TWAA.
LOOK OUT, FORTUNE 500,
HERE I COME!
[GROWLING]
500 POUNDS OF PRICELESS
GOLDEN JEWELS.
THAT'S A LOT OF HAMBURGERS.
YOU DON'T SUPPOSE
REGGIE WAS DUMB ENOUGH
TO GO LOOKING FOR
THAT TREASURE HIMSELF,
DO YOU?
HE DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE.
NO ONE WHO SOUGHT
THAT TREASURE HAS EVER
COME BACK ALIVE.
[THUNDER]
ARCHIE!
ARCHIE,
WE SAW THEM, TOO.
SAW WHO?
YOUR GREEN-EYED GHOULS.
THEY TRIED TO GET US.
THEY TRIED TO
TAKE MY--AAH.
MY MEDALLION!
I LOST IT!
OH, NO!
UH-OH. LET ME GUESS.
YOU RAN INTO REGGIE,
DIDN'T YOU?
VERONICA DID.
THEN I RAN
INTO HER.
DOWN
AT THE MARINA.
MANTLE! COME ON,
REGGIE'S IN BIG TROUBLE.
[OBJECTS SHATTERING]
SOMEDAY, I'LL HAVE TO FIND
A MORE CAREFUL CLIENTELE.
[PANTING]
OH, NO!
REGGIE MUST'VE BORROWED
DADDY'S YACHT!
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
WE'LL TAKE MY YACHT.
COME ON.
YOU HAVE A YACHT?
SHE'S NOT MUCH,
BUT 10 MORE PAYMENTS
AND SHE'S ALL MINE.
[MUFFLED GROWLS]
OK, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
DOES ANYONE REALLY CARE
THIS MUCH ABOUT REGGIE?
HMM, GOOD POINT.
HEY, NOW, REGGIE MAY BE A PAIN
IN THE NECK, BUT HE'S...
HE'S...HE'S A...
WELL, HE'S...
INCREDIBLY GREEDY.
COME ON, ARCH,
HELP ME OUT HERE.
BETTY'S RIGHT.
OUR LIVES WOULD BE
WAY TOO EASY WITHOUT
REGGIE MANTLE.
BOY,
MY LIFE ESPECIALLY.
YEAH, NO ONE
TO TEASE YOU,
OR SET YOUR HOMEWORK
ON FIRE...
OR HUMILIATE YOU
IN PUBLIC...OR--
JUGGIE, YOU'RE NOT HELPING.
THIS ISN'T THE USUAL REGGIE
BEING OBNOXIOUS THING.
SOMETHING'S COME OVER HIM.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND FRIENDS
HELP OUT FRIENDS
IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.
EVEN THE GREEDY,
OBNOXIOUS ONES
WHO GET THEMSELVES
IN MORTAL DANGER.
REGGIE!
REGGIE!
HE'S GONE.
WE NEED TO FIND HIM.
WHO'S COMING WITH ME?
I'LL STAY ON THE BOAT,
IN CASE HE COMES BACK.
JUGHEAD?
OH, GEE. I JUST ATE.
I COULD GET A CRAMP
IF I SWIM RIGHT NOW.
I'LL COME WITH YOU, ARCHIE.
[CHEWING NOISILY]
OH, I HAVE TO ORDER
THIS DESIGNER DRESS!
IT'LL BE PERFECT FOR SPRING.
ALL YOU DO IS SHOP.
ALL YOU DO IS EAT.
900 BUCKS!
RELISH AND MAYONNAISE!
YUCK!
YUCK!
SO! YOU'VE COME FOR
THE TREASURE, HUH?
NO! WE'VE COME
TO SAVE YOU.
THERE'S A CURSE
ON THAT TREASURE.
EVERYBODY WHO
TRIES TO TAKE IT
NEVER COMES BACK ALIVE.
THAT'S A LOAD
OF CRUMBCAKE.
I TRIED TO TAKE IT,
AND I'M STILL ALIVE.
BARELY.
WE CAME TO GET YOU, REGGIE.
NOW, LET'S GO.
OH, NO! YOU JUST CAME
FOR THE TREASURE!
WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!
IT'S MINE!
BUT, REGGIE--
WHAT WAS THAT?
AN EARTHQUAKE?
UNLESS I MISS MY GUESS,
THE VOLCANIC CRUST
AROUND HERE IS GETTING
UNSTABLE.
COME ON, WE'VE GOT TO GET
MANTLE BACK TO THE SURFACE
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
IT'S MINE, ALL MINE!
AAAAAH!
THE TREASURE!
[GARBLED SHOUTING]
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT CAME OVER ME.
I JUST COULDN'T RESIST
ALL THAT TREASURE.
IT WAS THE CURSE OF GREED.
MAYBE SO.
BUT IF WE HAD GOTTEN
THAT TREASURE,
WE WOULD'VE BEEN ON
EASY STREET FOR
THE REST OF ETERNITY.
ETERNITY,
ONE OF THE MANY THINGS
MONEY CAN'T BUY.
[GASPS]
WELL, WOULD YOU
LOOK AT THAT?
Archie: WHEN THE TREASURE
WAS DESTROYED,
THE PIRATE GHOULS WERE FINALLY
RELEASED FROM THE CURSE
AND ABLE TO LEAVE
THIS PLANE OF EXISTENCE
AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
AT LEAST THAT'S MY THEORY.
I THINK REGGIE REALIZED
HOW CLOSE HE CAME TO BEING
A GHOUL HIMSELF
AND IS NOW MAKING A SINCERE,
THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY
ALWAYS EFFECTIVE,
EFFORT TO QUELL
HIS OWN SELFISH DESIRES.
MAYBE ONE OF THESE DAYS,
HE'LL REALIZE THERE'S MORE
TO LIFE THAN RICHES.
IN A LITTLE TOWN
CALLED RIVERDALE.
THE COAST OF RIVERDALE,
AN ANCIENT HORROR LURKS
BENEATH THE OCEAN.
IT'S UP TO ARCHIE
AND THE GANG TO UNRAVEL
A TERRIFYING TALE OF GREED
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.
THIS IS NO PLEASURE CRUISE.
IT'S A SHIP OF GHOULS!
♪ WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THIS TOWN? ♪
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ WHO IS GONNA
CRACK THE CASE? ♪
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ THAT REDHEAD
WITH THE FRECKLED FACE ♪
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ THINGS ARE GETTIN' WEIRD
IN RIVERDALE ♪
♪ HEY, WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THIS TOWN? ♪
♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD
♪ MYSTERIES
♪ ARCHIE, REGGIE
♪ VERONICA, BETTY
♪ JUGHEAD, TOO
♪ WEIRD
♪ ARCHIE'S WEIRD MYSTERIES
GIVE IT BACK AFORE
SHE RUNS AGROUND!
IT'S MINE,
YOU STINKIN' SEA SCABS!
ME THINKS
HE'S HANKERING
TO LOSE HIS
OTHER EYE, THEN.
OVER ME DEAD BODY,
YOU'LL HAVE IT!
WHOA!
[ISLAND MUSIC PLAYING]
REGGIE, BE A DEAR AND PUT
SUNSCREEN ON MY BACK.
SURE, RONNIE.
I BET YOUR DAD
PAID SOME PRETTY FAT
CASH FOR THIS YACHT.
MM-HMM.
REGGIE, UM--
BACK OFF, JUGHEAD.
I'M TRYING TO WORK
A LITTLE OF
MY MANTLE CHARM.
SO, GORGEOUS,
I'LL BET IT'S NICE
BEING
SO FILTHY RICH.
FILTHY? YOU'RE
SAYING I'M FILTHY?
YOU KNOW, MANTLE,
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
MORE VALUABLE
THAN MONEY.
OH, YEAH? NAME ONE.
THAT'S EASY--FRIENDS.
SPEAKING OF WHICH,
ANYBODY FOR A DIVE?
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
WE CAN COLLECT SHELLS
WHILE ARCHIE
DOES HIS RESEARCH.
I'D RATHER STAY
HERE WITH VERONICA
AND--HUH?
WHATCHA YOU RESEARCHING,
ARCHIEKINS?
MY NEXT ARTICLE.
IT'S CALLED
"THE UNDERWATER
MASTERMINDS."
IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE MYSTERIOUS
BRAIN CORAL.
MAYBE ANDREWS WILL
FIND HIMSELF SOME
BRAINS DOWN THERE.
HUSH, REGGIE.
BRING ME BACK
A SOUVENIR,
ARCHIEKINS, HUH?
SURE, RONNIE.
I'LL FIND YOU
SOMETHING COOL.
WHOA!
[GULPS] ER, UH, RONNIE?
MAYONNAISE?!
UGH! GROSS!
HEY!
[CHEWING NOISILY]
THAT STUFF GOES
BETTER ON BURGERS.
[GASPING]
THERE'S SOMETHING
DOWN THERE!
ARCHIE, YOU LOOK
LIKE YOU'VE
SEEN A GHOST.
ARE YOU OK,
ARCHIEKINS?
WHAT'S THIS?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S SOLID GOLD!
GOLD?!
AH!
MWAH! YOU KNOW JUST
WHAT RONNIE LIKES,
DON'T YOU,
ARCHIEKINS?
GRR!
HA HA!
I'M TELLING YOU,
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
IN THAT BED OF SEA GRASS
WAS TRYING TO GET ME.
LIKE THIS? HEH HEH!
OH, ARCHIEKINS,
IT WAS PROBABLY
JUST A BIG FISH.
NO, THIS WAS
SOMETHING WEIRD.
IT JUST GAVE ME
THE CREEPS ALL OVER.
THE CREEP'S
GOT THE CREEPS.
SOMEBODY IS PARANOID,
AND HIS NAME
STARTS WITH "A."
COULD'VE BEEN
AN ILLUSION
CREATED BY
GAS ESCAPING
THAT VOLCANIC VENT
ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.
WE WERE DIVING
RIGHT ALONG IT
THE WHOLE TIME.
A VOLCANIC VENT?
NO, BETTY.
THIS WAS
SOMETHING ELSE,
SOMETHING
REALLY WEIRD.
[THUNDER CRACKS]
UH-OH. WE'D BETTER
HEAD BACK IN
BEFORE OUR BUNS
GET WET.
OHH!
OHH!
Archie: MAYBE
DR. BEAUMONT WILL KNOW
WHERE THAT MEDALLION
CAME FROM.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT?
HMM.
INTERESTING.
I THINK I HAVE
JUST THE BOOK
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SORRY.
WATCH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WHOA!
YOU WERE SAYING?
NYAH! OHH!
[SNICKERING]
MAYBE THAT MEDALLION
WILL GIVE US A CLUE
TO WHAT I SAW
DOWN THERE.
OH, NO. FODDER
FOR ANOTHER
WHACKED OUT
MYSTERY--OOPS!
HUH?
I'LL START YOU BOYS
A TAB.
GOSH, RONNIE.
IT'S GETTING BAD OUT THERE.
I'M STARTING TO FEEL QUEASY.
ARCHIE'S SUCH A SWEETIE.
[BETTY SCREAMS]
WHAT IS IT?
EWW!
SOMEONE'S LIVING
IN MY SOUVENIR.
I'LL HAVE TO TOSS HIM BACK
IN THE WATER ON OUR WAY OUT.
CAN I SEE THAT?
BETTY, DON'T BREAK IT.
ARCHIE GAVE ME THAT.
IT'S A KEY!
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS,
A KEY...
TO A ROYAL TREASURE CHEST,
THAT WAS STOLEN BY MURDEROUS
PIRATES IN THE YEAR 1700.
THEIR SHIP, THE TREASURE,
AND THE KEY
WERE LOST AT SEA
IN A HURRICANE.
AHH! IF WE COULD FIND
THAT SUNKEN TREASURE,
WE'D BE RICH!
CORRECTION. I'D BE RICH.
UNFORTUNATELY,
THE PIRATES WERE CURSED
BY THEIR OWN GREED.
REGGIE? GUESS HE
GOT SPOOKED.
WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY?
APPARENTLY THE PIRATES
WERE FORBIDDEN FROM
ENTERING THE AFTERLIFE.
NOW, AS MALEVOLENT GHOULS,
THEY'LL ROAM THE OCEAN FLOOR
GUARDING THEIR SUNKEN
TREASURE FOR ALL ETERNITY.
DURING THE 1800s,
THIS TREASURE WAS
THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER
TREASURE IN THE WORLD.
BUT THE PIRATES CURSE
KEPT IT SO WELL PROTECTED
THAT ALL WHO SOUGHT IT...
[GULP]
PERISHED.
[THUNDER]
IT'S REALLY COMING DOWN
OUT THERE.
COME ON, GIRLFRIEND,
LET'S GET GOING
BEFORE WE HAVE
TO SWIM HOME.
[GASPS]
I SAW SOMETHING!
WHERE?
OUT THE WINDOW.
[GASPS AND SHUDDERS]
WHAT WAS IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
EYES!
GREEN AND GLOWING EYES!
GREEN AND
GLOWING EYES?
LIKE WHAT ARCHIE
SAID HE SAW.
WE'VE GOT TO
GET OUT OF HERE.
NOW!
AAH!
AAH!
COME ON!
QUICKLY!
AAH!
HAR...
[CACKLES]
AAH!
AAH!
[GROWLING]
AAH!
AAH!
OPEN! OPEN! PLEASE OPEN
YOUR DOORKNOB! IT'S YOUR JOB.
OUCH.
[GROANING]
HI. YOU DON'T KNOW ME,
BUT MY NAME'S VERONICA LODGE.
AND MY DAD HAS LOTS OF MONEY.
[PUZZLED GRUNTS]
[MENACING GROWLS]
DON'T YOU LIKE MONEY?
I'LL PAY YOU
TO LEAVE US ALONE!
[GASPS]
OH, YEAH. WHEN I GET
THAT TREASURE,
I'M GONNA BUY A YACHT
JUST LIKE VERONICA'S,
GET A CAR
JUST LIKE VERONICA'S,
AND A BIG MANSION
JUST LIKE VERONICA'S.
HEH. THEN I'LL BUY VERONICA
AND BETTY, TOO.
HA HA HA HA.
I'M GONNA BE SO FILTHY,
STINKIN', DIRTY RICH
I'M GONNA OWN
ALL OF RIVERDALE.
HARRR!
GRRR....
GET YOUR SLIMY HANDS
OFF ME!
[FOOTSTEPS]
OW.
COME ON!
AAH!
REGGIE!
VERONICA. I KNOW
IT'S ONLY BEEN AN HOUR,
BUT I'VE REALLY MISSED YOU.
[GASPS] WHAT?
REGGIE! GHOULS!
AR-ARCHIE!
WHERE'S ARCHIE?
AT THAT WACKO
BEAUMONT SHOP.
WHY?
GHOULS, REGGIE!
COME ON!
YAAAA!
♪ I'M GONNA BE RICHER
THAN YOU ♪
HA HA HA. TWAA.
LOOK OUT, FORTUNE 500,
HERE I COME!
[GROWLING]
500 POUNDS OF PRICELESS
GOLDEN JEWELS.
THAT'S A LOT OF HAMBURGERS.
YOU DON'T SUPPOSE
REGGIE WAS DUMB ENOUGH
TO GO LOOKING FOR
THAT TREASURE HIMSELF,
DO YOU?
HE DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE.
NO ONE WHO SOUGHT
THAT TREASURE HAS EVER
COME BACK ALIVE.
[THUNDER]
ARCHIE!
ARCHIE,
WE SAW THEM, TOO.
SAW WHO?
YOUR GREEN-EYED GHOULS.
THEY TRIED TO GET US.
THEY TRIED TO
TAKE MY--AAH.
MY MEDALLION!
I LOST IT!
OH, NO!
UH-OH. LET ME GUESS.
YOU RAN INTO REGGIE,
DIDN'T YOU?
VERONICA DID.
THEN I RAN
INTO HER.
DOWN
AT THE MARINA.
MANTLE! COME ON,
REGGIE'S IN BIG TROUBLE.
[OBJECTS SHATTERING]
SOMEDAY, I'LL HAVE TO FIND
A MORE CAREFUL CLIENTELE.
[PANTING]
OH, NO!
REGGIE MUST'VE BORROWED
DADDY'S YACHT!
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
WE'LL TAKE MY YACHT.
COME ON.
YOU HAVE A YACHT?
SHE'S NOT MUCH,
BUT 10 MORE PAYMENTS
AND SHE'S ALL MINE.
[MUFFLED GROWLS]
OK, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
DOES ANYONE REALLY CARE
THIS MUCH ABOUT REGGIE?
HMM, GOOD POINT.
HEY, NOW, REGGIE MAY BE A PAIN
IN THE NECK, BUT HE'S...
HE'S...HE'S A...
WELL, HE'S...
INCREDIBLY GREEDY.
COME ON, ARCH,
HELP ME OUT HERE.
BETTY'S RIGHT.
OUR LIVES WOULD BE
WAY TOO EASY WITHOUT
REGGIE MANTLE.
BOY,
MY LIFE ESPECIALLY.
YEAH, NO ONE
TO TEASE YOU,
OR SET YOUR HOMEWORK
ON FIRE...
OR HUMILIATE YOU
IN PUBLIC...OR--
JUGGIE, YOU'RE NOT HELPING.
THIS ISN'T THE USUAL REGGIE
BEING OBNOXIOUS THING.
SOMETHING'S COME OVER HIM.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND FRIENDS
HELP OUT FRIENDS
IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.
EVEN THE GREEDY,
OBNOXIOUS ONES
WHO GET THEMSELVES
IN MORTAL DANGER.
REGGIE!
REGGIE!
HE'S GONE.
WE NEED TO FIND HIM.
WHO'S COMING WITH ME?
I'LL STAY ON THE BOAT,
IN CASE HE COMES BACK.
JUGHEAD?
OH, GEE. I JUST ATE.
I COULD GET A CRAMP
IF I SWIM RIGHT NOW.
I'LL COME WITH YOU, ARCHIE.
[CHEWING NOISILY]
OH, I HAVE TO ORDER
THIS DESIGNER DRESS!
IT'LL BE PERFECT FOR SPRING.
ALL YOU DO IS SHOP.
ALL YOU DO IS EAT.
900 BUCKS!
RELISH AND MAYONNAISE!
YUCK!
YUCK!
SO! YOU'VE COME FOR
THE TREASURE, HUH?
NO! WE'VE COME
TO SAVE YOU.
THERE'S A CURSE
ON THAT TREASURE.
EVERYBODY WHO
TRIES TO TAKE IT
NEVER COMES BACK ALIVE.
THAT'S A LOAD
OF CRUMBCAKE.
I TRIED TO TAKE IT,
AND I'M STILL ALIVE.
BARELY.
WE CAME TO GET YOU, REGGIE.
NOW, LET'S GO.
OH, NO! YOU JUST CAME
FOR THE TREASURE!
WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!
IT'S MINE!
BUT, REGGIE--
WHAT WAS THAT?
AN EARTHQUAKE?
UNLESS I MISS MY GUESS,
THE VOLCANIC CRUST
AROUND HERE IS GETTING
UNSTABLE.
COME ON, WE'VE GOT TO GET
MANTLE BACK TO THE SURFACE
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
IT'S MINE, ALL MINE!
AAAAAH!
THE TREASURE!
[GARBLED SHOUTING]
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT CAME OVER ME.
I JUST COULDN'T RESIST
ALL THAT TREASURE.
IT WAS THE CURSE OF GREED.
MAYBE SO.
BUT IF WE HAD GOTTEN
THAT TREASURE,
WE WOULD'VE BEEN ON
EASY STREET FOR
THE REST OF ETERNITY.
ETERNITY,
ONE OF THE MANY THINGS
MONEY CAN'T BUY.
[GASPS]
WELL, WOULD YOU
LOOK AT THAT?
Archie: WHEN THE TREASURE
WAS DESTROYED,
THE PIRATE GHOULS WERE FINALLY
RELEASED FROM THE CURSE
AND ABLE TO LEAVE
THIS PLANE OF EXISTENCE
AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
AT LEAST THAT'S MY THEORY.
I THINK REGGIE REALIZED
HOW CLOSE HE CAME TO BEING
A GHOUL HIMSELF
AND IS NOW MAKING A SINCERE,
THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY
ALWAYS EFFECTIVE,
EFFORT TO QUELL
HIS OWN SELFISH DESIRES.
MAYBE ONE OF THESE DAYS,
HE'LL REALIZE THERE'S MORE
TO LIFE THAN RICHES.
IN A LITTLE TOWN
CALLED RIVERDALE.