7.4/1059 votes#1 - Attack of the Killer Spuds
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1999
Jughead, after watching an entire movie marathon on television, calls into the station as part of a contest, and wins the odd prize of a potato. The next day, something seems different about old Jug, and he gives everybody gifts...more potatos. Soon it's realized that the potatos are being controlled by a powerful spud out for control of earth, and all of Riverdale's residents are being replaced by potatos acting as their clones! All except for Archie and Dilton, who must figure out a way to destory the potatos before it's too late.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Swenlin
- 7.1/1032 votes
#2 - Driven to Distraction
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1999
The gang is annoyed with Archie for devoting so much time to his car Betsy; it seems that he likes his car more than he likes his own friends. But Archie, in the interest of his car, buys a pair of fuzzy dice from a mysterious shop. Perfect for Betsy! The only problem? When he puts them on, the car comes to life...she's not too keen on Archie's friends, and will stop at nothing until she has Archie all to herself.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Patrick Dobkins
- 7.3/1028 votes
#3 - Me! Me! Me!
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1999
Veronica doesn't think she's as whiny and bratty as everybody says, and in fact, believes that it would be a whole lot better if everybody else were exactly like her. While holding an ancient artifact said to grant wishes, she voices this desire, and slowly, everybody in town begins turning into Veronica...and it isn't exactly as Ronnie had hoped!
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Patrick Dobkins
- 5.9/1019 votes
#4 - Invisible Archie
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1999
Archie and Reggie are unhappy with Betty and Veronica's new muscle-bound interest, who just so happens to have recently edged Reggie off of the track team. So Reggie suggests that they use Dilton's new physique inhancing formula on themselves, which thus far has been proven to work on lizards. Dispite Archie's disapproval, both he and Reggie end up doused in the formula -- but instead of the desired result, they both turn invisible! While Dilton tries to correct the situation so that the boys don't vanish for good, Archie must track down Reggie, who is gleefully attempting to use his new-found invisibility to exact revenge on the girls' new crush.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Swenlin
- 7.3/1030 votes
#5 - Attack of the 50-ft Veronica
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1999
Veronica is less than kind to Jughead for being different. She couldn't stand if she were different; nobody would like her anymore. Upon going with Archie to visit Dilton, Veronica accidentally zaps herself with a recently invented growth ray, which so far seems to have had no positive results. And then, Veronica begins to grow -- and grow -- and grow, and suddenly she's more different from everybody else than even Jughead is.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jymn Magon
- 8.1/1022 votes
#6 - The Haunting of Riverdale
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1999
Something is haunting Riverdale, and it seems to be related to the public library. After a bit of research, it is discovered that the ghost belongs to the former librarian, who was very devoted during life to the good of the library. It seems that she is still there because she has some unfinished business...and Jughead holds the key that will let her move on.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Patrick Dobkins
- 6.9/1021 votes
#7 - Curse of the Mummy
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1999
Archie procrastinates way too much, all to the point where he breaks into the Museum to get his report done, evoking a Pharaoh's curse.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Swenlin
- 7.4/1019 votes
#8 - Fleas Release Me
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1999
On a date with both Betty and Veronica, Archie's car is attacked by a werewolf, and after the three retreat back to Pop Tate's, Reggie happily reveals that it was a joke, and that he had been dressed as the monster. He's quite proud of his prank, but the next day, the police come by Riverdale High. There have been some disturbances around town, and the culprit was a werewolf. Archie refuses to back up Reggie's alibi, and so the prankster is taken off to jail. And later, a werewolf attacks again, wearing Reggie's letter jacket. It seems that Reggie really is the culprit, after all...or is he?
Director: N/A
Writer: Jymn Magon
- 8.0/1020 votes
#9 - The Jughead Incident
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1999
When a spaceship lands in Riverdale, two secret agents call upon Archie for help. They are on the look out for anybody who displays signs of being abnormal, different from everybody else. And suddenly the finger is pointed at Jughead, whose unique personality seems to make him the obvious choice.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Patrick Dobkins
- 6.6/1015 votes
#10 - Virtually Evil
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1999
After a bragging session from Reggie, the gang discovers the newest arrival to Riverdale, a carnival with a slightly too addictive virtual reality game. After blasting the game's evil monsters and winning multiple times against Reggie, Archie's new boastful attitude does little to impress the others. Not to mention that a glitch in the game due to Archie's carelessness in blasting his friends has allowed its monsters to escape into Riverdale!
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Swenlin
- 6.7/1015 votes
#11 - Zombies of Love
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1999
When Veronica buys a potion to make Archie love her, it accidently gets put on everybody! Now she must find a way to break the spell, or its everyone will love her forever!
Director: N/A
Writer: Jymn Magon
- 6.8/1014 votes
#12 - Brain of Terror
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1999
Moose's trouble with school work leads him to employ the use of Dilton's new invention, a helmet which seems to make him miraculously smart. But Moose soon becomes addicted to his new brains and keeps secretly using the machine, which grants him telekenises along with a dangerous angry streak -- and he leaves behind friends, football, and a heart-broken Midge in the process.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Swenlin
- 6.6/1020 votes
#13 - Twisted Youth
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1999
The Riverdale water supply is infused with an age-reversing chemical, and suddenly, all of the town's adults are turning into teenagers...including Mr. Lodge and Mr. Weatherbee, who are set to compete in a drag race, and Miss Grundy, who has an amorous eye for Reggie.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1010 votes
#14 - Monster in the Night
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/1999
A monstrous man of incredible strength is making evening appearances in Riverdale. Archie's investigation leads him to uncover the side effects of a new energy drink being tested on unsuspecting citizens of Riverdale.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Swenlin
- 8.1/1020 votes
#15 - Mega-Mall of Horrors
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/2000
When a new mall opens up in Riverdale, the town's teens couldn't be happier. The seemingly kind owner has given them each a card entitling them to buy whatever their hearts desire...all on credit. But what the shoppers don't know is that their greed is turning them into mannequins when it's time to pay up, and the town has been hypnotized to forget that the missing teens ever existed. And soon, the only teen left is Jughead, who must overcome temptation to save his friends.
Director: N/A
Writer: Don Gillies
- 5.7/1013 votes
#16 - Compu-Terror
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/2000
Dilton rescues a computer with a highly efficient AI from destruction and installs it in Pop Tate's shop. But when the machine decides that humans themselves are inefficient, Archie must stop it before it destroys his friends.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jymn Magon
- 6.0/1012 votes
#17 - Misfortune Hunters
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/2000
Betty Cooper's the good girl in town, always helping people out and doing good deeds. However, a pair of treasure hunters trick her into releasing a monster in the town! Can the good-hearted girl lock the monster up again forever?
Director: N/A
Writer: Jymn Magon
- 6.2/1013 votes
#18 - Ship of Ghouls
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/2000
When a pirate ship sank, the ghosts of the greedy pirates were forced to spend their time guarding the priceless treasure and slaughtering any who steal it. Unfortunately, a medallion has possessed Reggie and made him treasure-hungry! Can Archie and the gang save him from the blades of the pirates?
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Swenlin
- 6.6/1013 votes
#19 - Something Is Haunting Riverdale High
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/2000
Midge, Dilton, and Ethel aren't exactly the most popular of kids, so no one thinks much of it when they go missing. However, when Archie is rendered invisible and untouchable by one of Dilton's inventions he finds that he must work with them to stop the haywire machine from turning Riverdale into a ghost town! Can Archie learn enough about the classmates he usually ignores to help them turn the machine off, especially when they can barely move a stack of papers?
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Patrick Dobkins
- 6.8/1015 votes
#20 - Supreme Girl vs. Dr. Arachnid
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/24/2000
Veronica's gossip column is mean, but harmless, until Supreme Girl comes to town trying to stop Dr. Arachnid and Veronica learns everything about her! After Veronica blows the whistle on the superhero's weakness, can Supreme Girl still save the town?
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Patrick Dobkins
- 6.3/1011 votes
#21 - Reggie or Not
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/25/2000
Two aliens come to earth looking for somebody with a head full of knowledge, to drain for their own uses in taking over the planet. Enter the unsuspecting Reggie, who winds up trapped on their ship. The aliens, convinced that Reggie's friends might start to worry about him, decide to make a clone and send it back in his place. The only problem? The clone is nice...really nice. Archie isn't fooled by the imitation Reggie for a minute, but the rest of the gang are pleased with his ""change of heart""...until they discover the truth.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jymn Magon
- 6.0/1013 votes
#22 - It Lives in the Sewers
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/26/2000
Yesterday, Jughead lost his pet baby alligator Peanuts when Veronica flushed the poor thing down into the sewers; Jughead has been in mourning ever since. Today, there is a mysterious monster in the sewers, grown abnormally large from a toxic waste spill. Coincidence...?
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael A. Medlock
- 7.0/1014 votes
#23 - Dream Girl
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/27/2000
A very attractive young woman starts taking over archies dreams
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Patrick Dobkins
- 5.6/1011 votes
#24 - Green-Eyed Monster
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/28/2000
A sea creature, disguised as a beautiful green-haired, green-eyed exchange student, has an affection for redheads, and plans on taking the unsuspecting Archie for her husband. It's up to Betty and Veronica to discover their new rival's secret, and save Archie from her grasps.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jymn Magon
- 6.6/1010 votes
#25 - Cinemadness
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/31/2000
Owing Jughead a favor, Reggie accompanies Jug to view what he is sure will be a dull old horror flick. But when Reggie discovers and falls in love with the beautiful starlet of the film, Vanessa Blaze, he starts dreaming of having her for real. After viewing another of her films -- in which she plays a biker chick destined to fight off evil imps with a penchant for destruction -- Reggie decides to ask a woman gifted in the art of magic for help in bringing the character into the real world. And all seems well, until it's discovered that not only did the girl enter into Riverdale...so did the imps! And now, it's up to Reggie to clean up the mess he's created.
Director: N/A
Writer: James W. Bates
The Best Episodes of Archie's Weird Mysteries Season 1
Every episode of Archie's Weird Mysteries Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Archie's Weird Mysteries Season 1!
Archie's Weird Mysteries is an American animated children's television program, based on the Archie comics. The series premise revolves around a Riverdale High physics lab...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Attack of the Killer Spuds" is the best rated episode of "Archie's Weird Mysteries" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 59 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Brian Swenlin, it aired on 10/2/1999. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Driven to Distraction".