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* BaitAndSwitch: Kreieger attempted to have Archer take a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind to retrieve Colt's information about the device the IIA had taken. Thanks to Archer, for better or worse, that's no longer necessary now that the scientist has woken up.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Kreieger Krieger attempted to have Archer take a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind to retrieve Colt's information about the device the IIA had taken. Thanks to Archer, for better or worse, that's no longer necessary now that the scientist has woken up.



* VillainRespect: Despite being annoyed by Archer's behavior and interference, Fabian confesses the agent is starting to grow on him and offers him a job at IIA. Archer refuses.

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* VillainRespect: Despite being annoyed by his annoyance at Archer's behavior and interference, Fabian confesses the agent is starting to grow on him and offers him a job at IIA. Archer refuses.
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* Mal Mariee: Lana's escapades in the previous episodes are brought up. Even though she argues that she did not fully cheat on Robert, Cyril considers her actions emotionally cheating, which is worse.

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* Mal Mariee: MalMariee: Lana's escapades in the previous episodes are brought up. Even though she argues that she did not fully cheat on Robert, Cyril considers her actions emotionally cheating, which is worse.

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* Mal Mariee: Lana's escapades in the previous episodes are brought up. Even though she argues that she did not fully cheat on Robert, Cyril considers her actions emotionally cheating, which is worse.



* YourCheatingHeart: Lana's escapades in the previous episodes are brought up. Even though she argues that she did not fully cheat on Robert, Cyril considers her actions emotionally cheating, which is worse.
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* NotSoDifferent: Krieger discovers how much alike Colt/Jeremy is to him. Absent-minded scientists with a love for vans and rock. They even have a holographic companion.

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* NotSoDifferent: MirrorCharacter: Krieger discovers how much alike Colt/Jeremy is to him. Absent-minded scientists with a love for vans and rock. They even have a holographic companion.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Cheryl's immense mortification she finds that, while obscenely wealthy in America, in the relatively wealthier Singapore she's small potatoes.
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* FriendsRentControl: {{Lampshaded}}. Colt/Jeremy finds out that the rent in his home in Switzerland is $12,000.

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* FriendsRentControl: {{Lampshaded}}. Colt/Jeremy finds out that the rent in his home in Switzerland Singapore is $12,000.
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* RichesToRags: Cheryl takes this attitude to realize that Singapore is so wealthy that a hotel clerk dismisses her thousand-dollar tip as chump change. She spends the episode acting like she's bankrupt despite having no idea why $12,000 a month rent for an apartment is so much.
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* FairWeatherFriend: Played for laughs. Ray is upset they have to go through a guard who's "the only friend I've made here" as they eat at the same lunch table every day. It turns out the guy has no idea who Ray even is so Ray punches him out.
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* EliteMooks: The IIA has trained assassins known as the Diamond Force
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* BaitAndSwitch: Kreieger attempted to have Archer take a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind to retrieve Colt's information about the device the IIA had taken. Thanks to Archer, for better or worse, that's no longer necessary now that the scientist has woken up.
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* TheReveal: The device that the Agency and the IIA were fighting for creates a power source that can solve the world's energy crisis. In the wrong hands, however, it can be a DoomsdayDevice that can wip out all life on the planet.

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* TheReveal: The device that the Agency and the IIA were fighting for creates a power source that can solve the world's energy crisis. In the wrong hands, however, it can be a DoomsdayDevice that can wip wipe out all life on the planet.
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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use Colt's device from the premier episode for nefarious purposes. Fabian says he wants to use it to help the environment so the world stops using fossil fuels. How exactly? By creating a protection racket against major countries and hold the fuel companies ransom. So, he's more of a WellIntentedExtremist.

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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use Colt's device from the premier episode for nefarious purposes. Fabian says he wants to use it to help the environment so the world stops using fossil fuels. How exactly? By creating a protection racket against major countries and hold the fuel companies ransom. So, he's more of a WellIntentedExtremist.WellIntentionedExtremist.

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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use Colt's device from the premier episode for nefarious purposes. Fabian says he wants to use it to help the environment so the world stops using fossil fuels. How exactly? By creating a protection racket against major countries and hold the fuel companies ransom.

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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use Colt's device from the premier episode for nefarious purposes. Fabian says he wants to use it to help the environment so the world stops using fossil fuels. How exactly? By creating a protection racket against major countries and hold the fuel companies ransom. So, he's more of a WellIntentedExtremist.


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* ProperlyParanoid: After learning the truth about the device, Archer believes Fabian is using the IIA as a front for a classic ''"evil villain destroys the world with some sort of weird doomsday device"'' plot. He is mostly right when Fabian spells it out for him.


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* TheReveal: The device that the Agency and the IIA were fighting for creates a power source that can solve the world's energy crisis. In the wrong hands, however, it can be a DoomsdayDevice that can wip out all life on the planet.
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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use Colt's device from the premier episode for nefarious purposes. Fabian says he wants to use it to help the environment so the world stops using fossil fuels. How exactly? By creating a protection racket against major companies and hold the fuel companies ransom.

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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use Colt's device from the premier episode for nefarious purposes. Fabian says he wants to use it to help the environment so the world stops using fossil fuels. How exactly? By creating a protection racket against major companies countries and hold the fuel companies ransom.

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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use Colt's device from the premier episode for nefarious purposes. Fabian says he wants to use it to help the environment. How exactly? By holding the world government ransom and convince them to stop using fossil fuels.

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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use Colt's device from the premier episode for nefarious purposes. Fabian says he wants to use it to help the environment. environment so the world stops using fossil fuels. How exactly? By holding creating a protection racket against major companies and hold the world government ransom and convince them to stop using fossil fuels.fuel companies ransom.
-->'''Archer''': Okay, wires uncrossed.

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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use the device from the premier episode to help the environment. How exactly? By holding the world government ransom and convince them to stop using fossil fuels.

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* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use the Colt's device from the premier episode for nefarious purposes. Fabian says he wants to use it to help the environment. How exactly? By holding the world government ransom and convince them to stop using fossil fuels.



* HopeSpot: When Barry comes art the end to apparently rescue Archer from the IIA agents, Barry informs Archer that he is "other Barry" before knocking him out.

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* HopeSpot: When Barry comes art at the end to apparently rescue Archer from the IIA agents, Barry informs Archer that he is "other Barry" before knocking him out.



* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Despite waking from his coma, Colt loses his memories and half the team must try to help him regain it.



* NotSoDifferentRemark: Cyril begins comparing Lana to Archer, due to her recent half-ass-ing of strategy and thoughts of cheating on Robert. Lana angrily denies it.

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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Cyril begins comparing Lana to Archer, due to her recent half-ass-ing half-assing of strategy and thoughts of cheating on Robert. Lana angrily denies it.



* PunchClockVillain: Ray acts like this, saying that IIA is just a backup in case their own agency shuts down again. He still assists them in stealing back the device, blowing his cover.
* VillainRespect: Despite being annoyed by Archer's behavior and ruining his initial plan, Fabian confesses the agent is starting to grow on him and offers him a job at IIA. Archer refuses.

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* OhCrap:
** Cheryl learns that her US money is chump change in Singapore.
** Colt discovers a paper with his possibly actual name: Jeremy. He still decides to use Colt.
* PunchClockVillain: Ray acts like downplays this, saying that IIA is just a backup in case their own agency shuts down again. He still assists them in stealing back the device, blowing his cover.
* VillainRespect: Despite being annoyed by Archer's behavior and ruining his initial plan, interference, Fabian confesses the agent is starting to grow on him and offers him a job at IIA. Archer refuses.



* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: This episode answers why Ray Gilette was missing for some time. The gang infiltrate IIA HQ, only to discover he was moonlighting at IIA.

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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: This episode answers why Ray Gilette was missing for some time. The gang infiltrate infiltrates IIA HQ, only to discover he was moonlighting at IIA.there.
* WhatTheHellHero: Robert is understandably upset that Archer booked an expensive hotel in Singapore for a stakeout. He tones it down though as he admits it would make a perfect honeymoon with Lana.
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* FriendsRentControl: {{Lampshaded}}. Colt/Jeremy finds out that his home in Switzerland is $12,000.

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* FriendsRentControl: {{Lampshaded}}. Colt/Jeremy finds out that the rent in his home in Switzerland is $12,000.
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* TheBusCameBack: Barry, or rather "Other" Barry, returns at the end of the episode.

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* TheBusCameBack: Barry, or rather "Other" Barry, returns at the end of the episode.episode despite Barry claiming to have overcome his issues with regards to Other Barry.

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Trope is for when they are explicitly written out of the show, namely, Put On A Bus. Simply not appearing for a few episodes is not TBCB


* TheBusCameBack:
** Fabian and the IIA.
** Ray as he has been missing since the two-parter premiere, and is now seen working for IIA.
** Barry, or rather "Other" Barry, returns at the end of the episode.

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* TheBusCameBack:
** Fabian and the IIA.
** Ray as he has been missing since the two-parter premiere, and is now seen working for IIA.
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TheBusCameBack: Barry, or rather "Other" Barry, returns at the end of the episode.
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* NoSoDifferentRemark: Cyril begins comparing Lana to Archer, due to her recent half-ass-ing of strategy and thoughts of cheating on Robert. Lana angrily denies it.

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* NoSoDifferentRemark: NotSoDifferentRemark: Cyril begins comparing Lana to Archer, due to her recent half-ass-ing of strategy and thoughts of cheating on Robert. Lana angrily denies it.

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* TheBusCameBack: IIA. Also, Ray as he has been missing since the two-parter premiere.

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* TheBusCameBack: IIA. Also, TheBusCameBack:
** Fabian and the IIA.
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Ray as he has been missing since the two-parter premiere.premiere, and is now seen working for IIA.
** Barry, or rather "Other" Barry, returns at the end of the episode.
* EvilAllAlong: Downplayed and Double Subverted. Archer suspects Fabian to be a villain who wanted to use the device from the premier episode to help the environment. How exactly? By holding the world government ransom and convince them to stop using fossil fuels.



* NotSoDifferent: Krieger discovers how much alike Colt/Jeremy is to him. Absent-minded scientists with a love for vans and rock. They even have a holographic companion.
* NoSoDifferentRemark: Cyril begins comparing Lana to Archer, due to her recent half-ass-ing of strategy and thoughts of cheating on Robert. Lana angrily denies it.



* YourCheatingHeart: Lana's escapades in the previous episodes are brought up. Even though she argues that she did not fully cheat on Robert, Cyril considers her actions emotionally cheating, which is worse.

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* PunchClockVillain: Ray acts like this, saying that IIA is just a backup in case their own agency shuts down again. He still assists them in stealing back the device, blowing his cover.
* VillainRespect: Despite being annoyed by Archer's behavior and ruining his initial plan, Fabian confesses the agent is starting to grow on him and offers him a job at IIA. Archer refuses.
* YourCheatingHeart: Lana's escapades in the previous episodes are brought up. Even though she argues that she did not fully cheat on Robert, Cyril considers her actions emotionally cheating, which is worse.worse.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: This episode answers why Ray Gilette was missing for some time. The gang infiltrate IIA HQ, only to discover he was moonlighting at IIA.

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* AchievementInIgnorance: Krieger's machine was supposed to allow Archer to go into Colt's brain and get the information needed to stop IIA. Instead, it somehow awoke Colt from his coma.



* TheBusCameBack: IIA.
* FriendsRentControl: {{Lampshaded}}. Colt/Jeremy finds out that his home in Switzserland is $12,000.

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* TheBusCameBack: IIA.
IIA. Also, Ray as he has been missing since the two-parter premiere.
* FriendsRentControl: {{Lampshaded}}. Colt/Jeremy finds out that his home in Switzserland Switzerland is $12,000.



* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Archer, Lana and Cyril find Ray working for the IIA, Ray at first says the trope verbatim before confessing that it truly is what it looks like.

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* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Archer, Lana and Cyril find Ray working for the IIA, Ray at first says the trope verbatim before confessing that it truly is what it looks like.like.
* YourCheatingHeart: Lana's escapades in the previous episodes are brought up. Even though she argues that she did not fully cheat on Robert, Cyril considers her actions emotionally cheating, which is worse.
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A mysterious stranger and a scavenger hunt help Archer and the gang get a jump on their enemies.
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* BerserkButton: Lana is utterly enraged when Cyril keeps saying she's becoming more like Archer.
* TheBusCameBack: IIA.
* FriendsRentControl: {{Lampshaded}}. Colt/Jeremy finds out that his home in Switzserland is $12,000.
* HopeSpot: When Barry comes art the end to apparently rescue Archer from the IIA agents, Barry informs Archer that he is "other Barry" before knocking him out.
* HypocriticalHumor: When Lana disparages billionaires trying to make themselves look like nice people, Cyril points out that ''she's'' married to a billionaire.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Archer, Lana and Cyril find Ray working for the IIA, Ray at first says the trope verbatim before confessing that it truly is what it looks like.

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