Midge Klump
| Midge Klump | |
|---|---|
| Archie character | |
| First appearance | Jughead Comics #5 |
| Portrayed by | Debi Derryberry (Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again) |
| Voiced by | Jill Anderson (Archie's Weird Mysteries, The Archies in Jugman) |
| Hometown | Riverdale |
| School | Riverdale High School |
| Information | |
| Spouse(s) | Moose Mason (from #607-present) (husband) |
| Significant other(s) | Moose Mason, Jughead Jones (in a possible future) |
Midge Klump is a fictional character appearing in Archie Comics.
The character of Midge was designed by Dan DeCarlo and bears an uncanny resemblance to pin-ups he did for men's magazines just before he started working for Archie Comics. She was originally created simply to serve as Moose's girlfriend, simultaneously debuting in both Betty and Veronica #4 and Jughead #5. Her birthday is said to be on July 4.
Like certain other characters, Midge actually evolved from a similar but different character. Originally, Moose dated a blonde girl named Lottie Little, who was replaced by Midge. For many years, Midge had a more petite build than the other girls in the comics, sharpening the contrast between herself and Moose. In later stories, however, she was portrayed as tall as her friends, with only her short dark hair to make her identifiable.
It was revealed in a story in the late 1980s that Midge's parents were getting divorced. Originally, she blamed herself, but Betty convinced her otherwise. It is implied that due to some counselling, the Klumps were resolving their issue, though whether or not the divorce was finalized was not revealed.
Midge is Moose Mason's longtime girlfriend. Mostly, they are romantically devoted to each other. However, Moose is deeply protective of Midge, and if he feels the slightest bit threatened about their relationship, any boy seen talking to her will end up enduring his wrath. Midge's reactions to this varies from story to story.
She is occasionally annoyed by his violent jealousy and dislikes being avoided by all of Riverdale's boys because of this. However, because of Moose's possessiveness over her, she has a "taboo" appeal to her that many of the boys in Riverdale find irresistible. Despite her aggravation with Moose's overprotection of her, whenever another girl shows interest in Moose she reacts with the same jealousy.
At other times, Midge also gets Moose Mason jealous by flirting with other boys. Reggie Mantle is also known to be in love with her. However, Midge, through no fault or intention of her own, usually sets Reggie up to be beaten up by Moose when he flirts with her. Occasionally Midge herself loses patience with Reggie. At such times, when Reggie shows up with a black eye or other evidence of having been harmed, Moose sees this and denies attacking Reggie—it turns out Midge did it.
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