Okay. Guys, this is real. I am not kidding. Those guys at Archie Comics are going to create a Jersey Shore mash-up, and there’s nothing we can do about it. Reggie (who is a big douchemuncher to begin with) will rechristen himself as “The Complication,” and get six-pack abs. More from StyleList:

Archie’s red hair is gelled up into a Pauly D do, and newcomer Cheryl Blossom (now known as Snookums) sports an impressive pouf that would make Snooki proud. Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and the rest of their gang will also undergo similar transformations, and an Archie Comics rep tells StyleList that Veronica’s parents, Mr. Lodge and Mrs. Lodge, get made over “Jersey Shore”-style too!

Now I can’t decide if this is the greatest thing ever or if this is a sign that the fall of Western Civilization is at hand.

Archie Comics is no stranger to pop-culture references (have you seen all those dated 70′s pop-culture jokes they still publish in those Digests?) but this is like the first time they’ve published something that’s not at least six years obsolete. I mean, wow. And of all the things they have to use, they had to choose fucking Jersey Shore? I don’t know if they’re doing this as a spoof or if they’re really in love with Jersey Shore, but I’m reading this once it comes out.