The Serpents' rival gang are named the "Ghoulies". A Saturday morning cartoon in the 1970s which starred Archie Comics' Sabrina the Teenage Witch had a feature named the "Groovy Ghoulies".
Archie names his vigilante group "The Red Circle". Red Circle Comics was the name of Archie Comics' horror and fantasy line of comics in the 1970's, and later their line of superhero comics in the 1980's.