Miss Grundy

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Miss Geraldine Grundy is a fictional character of the Archie Comics series. In the comics, she is the homeroom teacher at Riverdale High School, occasionally teaching English and Math, as well. Her name is derived from Mrs Grundy, a name that has been used to refer to a prudish woman since the early 19th century. Before she became a teacher, she worked at a pickle-packing plant.

Despite occasional grumblings from her students, they seem to genuinely like and admire her. She in return tends to drive them hard, pushing Archie Andrews and Moose Mason in particular, but remains quite fond of her students.

Miss Grundy's first name is most often given as "Geraldine". However, at least once, another staff member called her "Amanda", and in at least one Little Archie story, Miss Grundy's first name is said to be "Grisensnable." She was also called "Alice" in at least one mainstream story. It was given as "Elizabeth" in The Archie and Sabrina Hour, and as "Doris" in the animated series Archie's Weird Mysteries. Nevertheless, "Geraldine" remains the commonly accepted one.

In older stories, she was bald and wore a white wig, which fell off frequently, embarrassing her greatly. However, this has not been referenced for a long time and it can be assumed that this idea was nixed and that she has real hair. Ever since her introduction, her nose has been identical in appearance to Jughead Jones' nose, and her figure just as slim as his. In a comic strip, Jughead is ordered to try on a wedding dress meant for Miss Grundy since their figures look alike. She is one of the few females that Jughead likes outside of his family.

In some comics, it is implied that she has a crush on Mr. Weatherbee, although this has never really been explored in the comics.