Jughead Jones

Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III is a person and he lives in Riverdale and correctly is 27 years old.

Jughead used to be a senior at Riverdale High School and still the leader of the Southside Serpents with his girlfriend Betty Cooper. He is the son of FP and Gladys Jones, as well as the older brother of Jellybean Jones. Jughead is also the younger half-brother of Charles Smith.

He is the writer of an ongoing novel about Jason Blossom's mysterious death and the riveting events occurring in Riverdale, a town that while innocent on its surface, has many dark and hidden secrets.

Jughead is close friends with Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper, the latter with whom he’s currently in a relationship with. While Jughead was a sophomore at Riverdale High School, his father FP Jones, the leader of the Serpents was arrested, resulting in Jughead being placed into foster care and transferred to Southside High. While attending the gang and drug-infested high school, he re-opened the school newspaper, the Red and Black, where he was an editor, alongside fellow Serpent, Toni Topaz, the newspaper's photographer, with Robert Phillips, their adviser until his arrest. However, with the closing of Southside High, Jughead has since returned to Riverdale High.

After Jughead transferred to Southside High, even though he wasn't officially a Southside Serpent yet, they still considered Jughead as family, due to his relation to the leader. As Toni pointed out to him, he was a "Serpent by blood", stating that it was his birthright. Even though he refused at first to be a part of the gang, the Serpents still respected him and would protect him by having his back whenever they're needed.

It wasn't long after joining the Serpents that Jughead came back in contact with Penny Peabody, otherwise known as the Snake Charmer, who trapped him into becoming her personal drug-runner, thus fulfilling the debt that his father failed to pay. Due to the surveillance video that Penny acquired of Jughead Archie making a drug drop off, he was forced into regularly trafficking her drugs from the Southside of Riverdale to a warehouse in Greendale. However, his father took his place as Penny's drug runner upon his release. With Jughead refusing to accept this as their only option, he rallied the younger Serpents and they took care of Penny by driving her out to Greendale, and removing her Serpents tattoo, thus banishing her from ever returning to the Southside

Toward the end of the second year, FP announced his retirement for the second time, making it official that he was actually retiring from the Serpents this time around. With the recent events that had occurred between the Southside Serpents and Jughead almost dying for them, FP thought that it would be fitting if Jughead were to take the mantle from him and become the new Serpent King. As Jughead  graciously accepted, he states to the Serpents that he will not let them down on his watch.

Early Life
Jughead was born and raised in Riverdale alongside Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper. He is the son of Gladysand FP Jones, the leader of the Southside Serpents, and the elder brother of Jellybean Jones.

A few years before the series, Fred Andrews fired FP from his business and soon afterward, FP began drinking heavily interspersed with empty promises to quit drinking. His downward spiral along with their lack of income led Jughead's mother to take off with his ten-year-old sister, Jellybean, while Jughead took up residence in the projection booth at his workplace, the Twilight Drive-In. His mother and Jellybean currently live with Jughead and Jellybean's grandparents in Toledo.

Six years prior to the series, Jughead was playing with matches outside Riverdale Elementary School and was sent to the Riverdale Juvenile Delinquent Center for "arson" as listed on his permanent record. He was also routinely bullied throughout high school, predominantly by the football team, which included Jason Blossom and Reggie Mantle.

Jughead hates his birthday, because throughout his childhood, despite the constant chaos at home with his alcoholic father, there was an arbitrary day where he was supposed to pretend that everything was okay, which just made him feel really lonely. From that point forward he decided to barely acknowledge his birthday. Instead, he would attend a double-feature at the Bijou theater with Archie (aside from his 16th birthday, when he went with Betty instead).

Prior to the summer of 2017, Jughead and Archie were best friends. They had planned a road trip set to occur over Fourth of July weekend, however, Archie canceled at the last minute for unknown reasons. It was later revealed that Archie instead spent the weekend with his music teacher, Geraldine Grundy, with whom he was having an affair. As a result of Archie canceling their trip, he and Jughead had a serious falling out and broke off their friendship. However, their friendship has since been mended "over many hamburgers and milkshakes".

Gladys Jones
Gladys is Jughead's estranged mother, who left him and his father behind when she moved to Toledo with his sister due to FP losing his job and drinking heavily. Gladys was an absentee mother to Jughead during a time of need for their family. With his mother gone, Jughead was forced to take on the responsibilities that followed with his father. When Jughead hit rock bottom and tried to visit his mother and sister in Toledo, she shut him down, leaving Jughead feeling unwanted and unloved by his own mother. However, both Gladys and Jellybean have returned to Riverdale and intend to stay. Jughead later learns the truth behind his mother's sudden return to Riverdale. She intends to pick up where Hiram left off as the new drug lord and continue distribution of Fizzle Rocks. Because Jughead fears what the news might do to his father, having to go through their family falling apart all over again, Jughead has silently been combating his mother's efforts.

Jellybean Jones
''By the way, Jellybean wants to go with JB now. She thinks it sounds cooler. She's 10 years old and listens to Pink Floyd on vinyl, I don't think she could get any cooler.''

- Jughead about Jellybean

The brother-sister relationship between Jughead and Jellybean Jones appears to remain strong with despite the long period they remained separate as Jughead stayed in Riverdale while Jellybean moved to Toledo with their mother to stay with their grandparents. The two of them finally reunited in Toledo after Jughead ran away with Archie, who was in fear of Hiram Lodge. Proceeding Jellybean's actual appearance, Jughead mentioned her on several occasions, such as when he told Sierra McCoy about their family's trips to the Twilight Drive-In.

Reggie Mantle
Isn't it always some spooky, scrawny, pathetic Internet troll, too busy writing his manifestos to                      get laid? Some smug, moody, serial-killer-fanboy freak. Like Jughead.

- Reggie about Jughead

The relationship between Jughead Jones and Reggie Mantle can easily be defined as a rivalry, as they have both shown a great amount of disdain for one another. This rivalry likely stems from Reggie's typical jock nature, to pick on outsiders and misfits, such as Jughead, who was subject to a lot of Reggie's bullying. Jughead and Reggie had been adversaries long before the start of the series as their dislike of one another seems well ingrained.

Cheryl Blossom
The relationship between Jughead Jones and Cheryl Blossom has ranged from distant, at best, to hostile, at worst, with the latter becoming a reality after Cheryl discovered that Jughead's father, FP, supposedly killed her brother, Jason. However, after it was revealed that FP was merely covering for Cheryl's father, Clifford, who was the actual killer, Cheryl immediately apologized to Jughead for her savage attack on him. In order to make up for the harm she caused, she even gifted him with an expensive spider brooch. However, as previously stated, the dynamics of their relationship has been known to shift, though on many instances, they're at the very least cordial with one another. Towards the end of the second season, they become rather close as Jughead, becoming the Serpent King, has his first duty of giving Cheryl her own red Serpent Jacket, welcoming her into their family. However, when Jughead declares that the Sepents will no longer commit crimes and that those who do not obey will be exiled, Cheryl disputes his leadership. When Cheryl and Toni rob Hiram Lodge, Jughead expels them both from the Serpents. Cheryl later leads the members of her new gang the Pretty Poisons against the Serpents. Despite this, when her mother kidnapped Jughead, Archie, Veronica and Betty, with the intent of killing them, Cheryl led the two gangs to the rescue.

Veronica Lodge

 * Main article: Jughead and Veronica

The relationship between Jughead and Veronica is developing. They first became acquainted through mutual friends Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper, and soon they became friends themselves. However, they are rarely seen hanging out alone without the rest of the group. What they have in common is that they both have problems with their relationships, which caused them to break up with their partners at one point. As a result of this, they have kissed.

Trivia

 * He was living at the Twilight Drive-In until its closing, then moved into a forgotten cupboard under a staircase at Riverdale High School. Afterward, he moved in with the Andrews family before ultimately being transferred to foster care after his father's arrest.
 * Six years prior to the days, he lived at 3021 Norlin Crescent, Riverdale, USA 68247, as listed on his juvenile records.
 * In Jughead's dream sequence in Jughead, Archie, Veronica, and the Cooper family appear in their original Archie comics outfits.
 * Jughead practically ignores his birthday and hates celebrating it.
 * Jughead's dog in the Archie Comics was named Hot Dog. when the South Side Serpents visit Jughead at FP's trailer, they are accompanied by a dog with the same name.
 * He has other lots of siblings like too many to count and more than one set of parents.
 * He does been traveling around to place cause he has other big family scattered in states.
 * Jughead did sail on his sister’s Roxanne pirate ship before.