Pretty Little Liars Compare And Contrast

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The two most exciting television shows that have a sizeable fan base of teenagers are Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars. Both shows have a vast fan base because they share a genre and similar characters that people can relate to. However, the shows do have difference because Pretty Little Liars is about a group of girls being attacked by a group called A; while, Riverdale features a friend group with boys and girls who are dealing with finding a murder. The main characters of Pretty Little Liars are Spencer, Emily, Hannah, and Ariel. The main characters of Riverdale are Jughead, Archie, Veronica, Betty, Kevin, and Cheryl. The episode of Pretty Little liars that show similarity to Riverdale is, “Bite your tongue” in season four episode seventeen. …show more content…
The characters that have the most in common are, Betty and Spencer. They share almost the same type of parents who try to control their life. The reason why Betty’s mom controls every aspect of her life because of one of her children running away made her tougher on Betty. Spencer’s mom did the same thing to her because of her sibling leaving to stay in England. Also, with having a dark side that reveals itself when Betty is going through a dark time. Spencer has a dark side just like Betty, except, Spencer’s dark side is her taking drug to be able to handle the stress of life. Consequently, their dark side might be different but they both use their dark side to handle stress in their lives. Both characters are intelligent characters in their friend group making them, the brains in any plan that the group plans to go through. Their intelligence is not the only thing they have in common but having a family who hide secret family members from them. They are both related to the families who are the reason for a missing person in the show. For example, Betty is first cousins with Cheryl who is a part of the problem with the show; while, Spencer is related to Jason, who is Alison's brother making her family have a problem with Allison’s family. These characters are classified as the girl next door or as the preppy school girls with a good

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