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- 1. Training Day Jan 14, 2010
- Malory promotes Cyril to field agent and Archer trains his new competition as only he can.
- 2. Mole Hunt Jan 14, 2010
- Archer attempts to cover up discrepancies in his ISIS expense account.
- 3. Diversity Hire Jan 21, 2010
- Archer and Lana suspect there may be something all too perfect about their new hire.
The show follows titular protagonist, "superspy" Sterling Malory Archer, an agent for the open-market spy agency, the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS; not to be confused with a certain real life Islamist militia), and his random misadventures both inside and outside of the office walls.
- Tropes a to C
Archer admitting that Lana is his only friend may count....
- Recap
A list of episodes and their summaries for the FX series,...
- Characters
Some unmarked spoilers in the subpages below. The character...
- Tropes O to S
Out of Focus: In the first season, ISIS' rivalry with ODIN...
- Funny
Archer, Lana, Cyril, Pam, and Malory describing their...
- Trivia
A page for describing Trivia: Archer. Trivia Tropes...
- Frisky Dingo
Character Name Alias: Xander hides his identity from a...
- Archer / Anachronism Stew
Archer, according to Word of God, is deliberately an...
- Laconic
A page for describing Laconic: Archer. Workplace comedy set...
- Tropes a to C
- Development
- Premise
- Evolution
- Techniques and Trademarks
- Cultural References
The inspiration behind Archer came to Reed while in a cafe in Salamanca, Spain. Finding himself unable to approach a beautiful woman seated nearby, Reed conjured up the idea of a spy who "would have a perfect line." Reed conceived the show's concept while walking along the Via de la Plata in 2008. His basic pitch was, "what if James Bond was played...
Set in a unique universe at the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), suave master spy Sterling Archer - complete with less-than-masculine codename: "Duchess*" - balances the demands of global espionage work for his domineering, hypersexual, late middle-aged mother/boss Malory Archer (and her crazy secretary Cheryl/Carol) with those of ...
Main article: Episode Guide2009-2010: Season 1 consisted of 10 episodes, airing between September 2009 and March 2010.2011: Season 2 aired between January and April.2012: Season 3 concluded between January and March.2013: Season 4 aired between January and April.2014: Season 5, or Archer: Vice, aired between January and April, 2014.Due to the extreme amount of control Adam Reedhas over Archer, he has been able to continue some long running jokes and keep a consistent style and pacing. Some of the conventional (and unconventional) methods of story telling include (but are not limited to): 1. Foreshadowing 2. Rule of 3 3. Callbacks 4. Running gags 5. Smash Cuts 6. Meta-Humor: I...
Archer is a kind of visual hypertext, using hypotexts of other genre-defining office-based sit-coms, spy-themed romantic/action-adventures and sci-fi silliness as launch pads for Reed to weave his own literary and scenic references from the threads of memory we all share into a grand parodic tapestry. This is evidenced by the density of this wiki.
April 5, 2017. ( 2017-04-05) –. December 17, 2023. ( 2023-12-17) Archer is an American adult animated sitcom created by Adam Reed for FX that aired from September 17, 2009, to December 17, 2023. The show follows the exploits of bumbling, yet volatile secret agent Sterling Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) and his dysfunctional colleagues.
Archer is a TV series that follows the adventures and misadventures of a group of secret agents and their co-workers. The show features action, comedy, and references to various tropes and genres, such as spy, retro, and parody.
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