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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Sterling and Lana use the London sewers to chase after the IIA agent in order to avoid the crowded London streets.
* AnswerCut: At one point as she and Pam are running around London doing everything except their actual job, Pam asks "What are we supposed to be doing?" Cut to Lana saying "Pick up the phone!" as she calls Pam and receives no answer.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: While looking for the IIA agent, Archer gets distracted by shopping for souvenirs at a nearby cart.
* BigHonkingTrafficJam: Krieger and Cyril get stuck in London traffic, so Krieger takes the van off-roading onto the sidewalk in order to get through.



* ComicallySmallBribe: Lana is indignant about Robert sending a bouquet of flowers as an ApologyGift for what he said in the previous episode.
* ContrivedCoincidence:
** Stuck in traffic, Cornelius suggests driving through a "chockerblock" route to meet up with Archer and Lana, but Malory says they would need a motorcycle. When Cornelius opens the van door, he accidentally knocks out an approaching cyclist, "giving" them the needed motorcycle.
** The Agency accomplishes in getting the briefcase with the bank account code, winning one over the IIA. As an added bonus, the IIA is blamed for the chaos throughout the episode, as Cornelius found an agency employee resembling Cyril. Since Cyril screwed up TheCaper initially, this actually lifts a big weight off his shoulders.



* TheCaper: Malory remembers an old assignment in London that involves planting a bug in a mansion. Cyril earlier discovers the contract relating to that is still open, which requires that the bug's battery be replaced. What gets everyone's attention is that replacing the battery will release a code connecting to the battery's bank account which, thanks to interest, racks up to a million dollars. While the team heads there to get the code, the IIA is not far behind.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Lana feels finding the agent will be easy as "how hard can it be to find a black guy in a London crowd." She then spots a square packed with black people.

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* TheCaper: Malory remembers an old assignment in London that involves planting a bug in a mansion. Cyril earlier then discovers that the contract relating to that it is still open, which requires that the bug's battery be replaced. What gets everyone's attention is that replacing the battery will release a code connecting to the battery's bank account which, thanks to interest, racks up to a million dollars. While the team heads there to get the code, the IIA is not far behind.
* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: When Lana wonders how the IIA agent is traveling through London so fast despite the traffic, Cheryl says "Through the secret escape tunnels in the British sewers!" She actually ends up being exactly right.
* ComicallySmallBribe: Lana is indignant about Robert sending a bouquet of flowers as an ApologyGift for what he said in the previous episode.
* ContrivedCoincidence:
** Stuck in traffic, Cornelius suggests driving through a "chockablock" route to meet up with Archer and Lana, but Malory says they would need a motorcycle. When Cornelius opens the van door, he accidentally knocks out an approaching cyclist, "giving" them the needed motorcycle.
** The Agency accomplishes in getting the briefcase with the bank account code, winning one over the IIA. As an added bonus, the IIA is blamed for the chaos throughout the episode, as Cornelius found an agency employee resembling Cyril. Since Cyril screwed up TheCaper initially, this actually lifts a big weight off his shoulders.
* DeliciousDistraction: Lana accuses Cyril of falling victim to this and paying more attention to his candy than to being a lookout for her and Archer. However, he wasn't actually being distracted by his chocolate bars, he was just...being Cyril.
* DisasterDominoes: Cheryl getting hit by a bus causes that bus to crash into the London Eye, which makes some of the suspension wires snap and allows Archer, who's fighting the IIA agent on top of the Ferris wheel, to get the upper hand and finally retrieve the stolen suitcase.
* {{Flashback}}: Malory has one in the beginning of the episode of her London spy adventure with Cornelius.
* FruitCart: While they're speeding down the sidewalk to get past traffic, Cyril points out a tchotchke cart that's in their path. Instead of avoiding it like Cyril had intended him to, Krieger rams it head on.
* HistoricalLongevityJoke: As Malory is reflecting back on her spy work in London, Archer uses it as an opportunity to make a dig about her age.
--> '''Malory:''' It was a different time.
--> '''Archer:''' 1812?
* HurricaneOfPuns:
--> '''Archer:''' [making fun of Cyril & his candy bars] ''Three Musketeers'' would pay a ''Bounty'' of ''100 Grand'' to send you to ''Mars''! Boom! Score! ...Is no one gonna ''Snicker'' at that?
* ImaginedInnuendo:
--> '''Malory:''' Sterling and Lana, you'll be making ingress -
--> '''Archer:''' I don't know if we'll have time for that...
--> '''Lana:''' Ugh. ''Not'' what it means.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Lana feels finding the agent will be easy as "how "it can't be that hard can it be to find spot a black guy in a London crowd." crowd". She then spots finds herself looking at a square packed with black people.



* LameComeback: Archer struggles quite a bit with coming up with good comebacks in this episode.



* LookBothWays: Cheryl, who spends her entire time in London not looking where she's going, gets hit by a double-decker bus at the end of the episode.
* LoudGulp: Cyril audibly gulps when Malory tells him she has a plan for him to help them recover the mission that he screwed up.



* PaperThinDisguise: Cheryl and Pam are supposed to be blending in and not drawing attention to themselves in order to be lookouts for Sterling and Lana. However, they stick out like sore thumbs in their Victorian costumes and cheesy accents.



--> '''Malory:''' He had the physique of a tawny Adonis and the nimblest fingers you've ever -
--> '''Archer:''' Okay, Mother, we get it!
--> '''Malory:''' I'm referring to the way he placed bugs.
--> '''Archer:''' [[ImaginedInnuendo Jesus, I don't need to know what you call it.]]



* ReducedToDust: Angry at how easily distracted he is, Lana grabs the London souvenir keychain from Archer and crushes it to dust in her fist.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Frustrated with her backseat driving, Cornelius asks Malory if she'd rather drive the motorcycle through the "chockablock route". She replies that she thought he'd never ask and pushes herself into the driver's seat.
* RunningGag: Pam pulling Cheryl back by her dress and saving her from certain death as they're gallivanting around London.



* SpyCatsuit: Malory wears one, to Sterling's disgust.

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* ASimplePlan: Malory details the team's plan for retrieving the bug's code. Of course, the plan goes off the rails before it can be carried out successfully.
* SpyCatsuit: Malory wears one, one for the mission, to Sterling's disgust.


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* TimeOut: To punish Cyril for screwing up the mission, Malory, instead of killing him, tells him to go stand in the corner and stare at the floor.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Cheryl and Pam put on horrible fake British accents while undercover in London.
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** Stuck in traffic, Cornelius suggests driving through a "chockerblock" route to meet up with Archer and Lana, but Malory says they would need a motorcycle. When Cornelius opens the van door, he accidentally knocks out an approaching cycler, "giving" them the motorcycle they need.

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** Stuck in traffic, Cornelius suggests driving through a "chockerblock" route to meet up with Archer and Lana, but Malory says they would need a motorcycle. When Cornelius opens the van door, he accidentally knocks out an approaching cycler, cyclist, "giving" them the motorcycle they need.needed motorcycle.



* OldFriend: Malory remembers Cornelius from London as a professional in espionage and, while she joins the gang for the bug she planted years ago, she also looked forward to see him again, much to Sterling's disgust.

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* OldFriend: Malory remembers Cornelius from London as a professional in espionage and, while she joins the gang for the bug she planted years ago, she also looked forward to see seeing him again, much to Sterling's disgust.
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* AbsenteeActor: Ray is completely absent from the episode.
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* ShoutOut: Due to the magnetic nature of Archer's cane, Lana jokingly calls him [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Max Eisenhardt. Though Archer says to call him by Max's code name, Magneto.]] The fact that they both know his true name shows a bit of HiddenDepths on their parts.
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* TemptingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many of them on the street. She acknowledges how diverse the city is.

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* TemptingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, London won't be hard, only to see that there are many of them on the street. She acknowledges how diverse the city is.

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* BrainBleach: Archer is disgusted about his mother wearing a SpyCatsuit in the ColdOpening. He rants how that image will burn into his retinas for the rest of his life.

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* BrainBleach: Throughout the episode, Archer is disgusted with what Malory is doing.
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Archer is disgusted about his mother wearing a SpyCatsuit in the ColdOpening. He rants how that image will burn into his retinas for the rest of his life.life.
** Archer is disturbed to learn that the breasts of the figurine holding the bug was modelled after his mother's.


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* ParentalSexualitySquick: Archer is not happy to hear about Malory being intimate with her old friend Cornelius.
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* ProperLady: While in London, Cheryl and Pam dress and act like stereotypical Victorian women.
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* BigWhat: Archer, Lana, and Malory do this after Krieger reveals that he put a tracker on the stolen suitcase.

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** [[Recap/ArcherS4E11ThePapalChase Jazz Legs!]]

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** Krieger voices his excitement about his part of the mission with a familiar, but slightly different, exclamation to one he previously used.
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[[Recap/ArcherS4E11ThePapalChase Jazz Legs!]]

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* BrainBleach: Archer is disgusted about his mother wearing a catsuit in the ColdOpening. He rants how that image will burn into his retinas for the rest of his life.

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* BrainBleach: Archer is disgusted about his mother wearing a catsuit SpyCatsuit in the ColdOpening. He rants how that image will burn into his retinas for the rest of his life.



* TheCaper: Malory remembers an old assignment in London that involves planting a bug in a mansion. Cyril earlier discovers the contract relating to that still open which requires the bug's battery replace. What gets everyone's attention is that replacing the battery will release a code connecting to the battery's bank account which, thanks to interest, racks up to a million dollars. While the team heads there to get the code, the IIA is not far behind.

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* TheCaper: Malory remembers an old assignment in London that involves planting a bug in a mansion. Cyril earlier discovers the contract relating to that is still open open, which requires that the bug's battery replace.be replaced. What gets everyone's attention is that replacing the battery will release a code connecting to the battery's bank account which, thanks to interest, racks up to a million dollars. While the team heads there to get the code, the IIA is not far behind.



-->'''Lana''': Wow, London is actually pretty diverse.

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-->'''Lana''': --> '''Lana:''' Wow, London is actually pretty diverse.



* SpyCatsuit: Malory wears one, to Sterling's disgust.



* TemptingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many of them on the street. She acknowledges how diverse the city is.

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* TemptingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many of them on the street. She acknowledges how diverse the city is.is.
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* AbsenteeActor: Ray is completely absent from the episode.
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** It was never fully explained about the purpose of Malory's London assignment, but it had something to do with "bringing down the powerful".
** Lana tells Archer about their first time together on a stakeout mission in Bermuda. She claims they "had fun" many times there, but Archer dismisses it because they never tried that "fun" since.

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** It was is never fully explained about the purpose of Malory's London assignment, but it had something to do with "bringing down the powerful".
** Lana tells Archer about their first time together on a stakeout mission in Bermuda. She To prove she wasn't "boring", she claims they "had fun" many times there, but Archer dismisses it because they never tried that "fun" since.

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-->'''Lana''': Wow, London is actually pretty diverse.



-->'''Lana''': Wow, London is actually pretty diverse.

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* TheLoad: Cyril causes the first plan to get the code from London to fail by failing to warn anyone about a person intentionally tripping the mansion's alarm where Archer and Lana are located.



* TheLoad: Cyril causes the first plan to get the code from London to fail by failing to warn anyone about a person intentionally tripping the mansion's alarm where Archer and Lana are located.
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* TempTingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many of them on the street. She acknowledges how diverse the city is.

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* TempTingFate: TemptingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many of them on the street. She acknowledges how diverse the city is.

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* BrainBleach: Archer is disgusted about his mother wearing a catsuit in the ColdOpening.

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* BrainBleach: Archer is disgusted about his mother wearing a catsuit in the ColdOpening. He rants how that image will burn into his retinas for the rest of his life.



* TheCaper: Malory remembers an old assignment in London that involves planting a bug in a mansion. Cyril discovers the contract still open that requires the bug's battery replace. What gets everyone's attention is that replacing the battery will release a code connecting to the battery's bank account which, thanks to interest, racks up to a million dollars. While the team heads there to get the code, the IIA is not far behind.

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* TheCaper: Malory remembers an old assignment in London that involves planting a bug in a mansion. Cyril earlier discovers the contract relating to that still open that which requires the bug's battery replace. What gets everyone's attention is that replacing the battery will release a code connecting to the battery's bank account which, thanks to interest, racks up to a million dollars. While the team heads there to get the code, the IIA is not far behind.



* StraightMan: Archer discusses Lana being "boring", just because she frequently tries to keep him in line throughout the series.

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* OldFriend: Malory remembers Cornelius from London as a professional in espionage and, while she joins the gang for the bug she planted years ago, she also looked forward to see him again, much to Sterling's disgust.
* StraightMan: Archer discusses Lana being "boring", a "boring" form of this, just because she frequently tries to keep him in line throughout the series.



* TempTingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many of them on the street. She acknowledges

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* TempTingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many of them on the street. She acknowledgesacknowledges how diverse the city is.
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* ContrivedConvenience:

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* ContrivedConvenience: ContrivedCoincidence:
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Lana feels finding the agent will be easy as "how hard can it be to find a black guy in a London crowd." She then spots a square packed with black people.
-->'''Lana''': Wow, London is actually pretty diverse.
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** Lana tells Archer about their first time together on a stakeout mission in Bermuda. She claims they "had fun" many times there, but Archer dismisses it because they never tried that "fun" since.

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* CallBack: [[Recap/ArcherS4E11ThePapalChase Jazz Legs!]]

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* CallBack: ContrivedConvenience:
** Stuck in traffic, Cornelius suggests driving through a "chockerblock" route to meet up with Archer and Lana, but Malory says they would need a motorcycle. When Cornelius opens the van door, he accidentally knocks out an approaching cycler, "giving" them the motorcycle they need.
** The Agency accomplishes in getting the briefcase with the bank account code, winning one over the IIA. As an added bonus, the IIA is blamed for the chaos throughout the episode, as Cornelius found an agency employee resembling Cyril. Since Cyril screwed up TheCaper initially, this actually lifts a big weight off his shoulders.
* CallBack:
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[[Recap/ArcherS4E11ThePapalChase Jazz Legs!]]Legs!]]
** Fabian listens in on Archer's conversation via satellite. He is surprised they didn't change frequencies from last time.



* TheLoad: Cyril causes the first plan to get the code from London to fail.

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* NoodleIncident:
** It was never fully explained about the purpose of Malory's London assignment, but it had something to do with "bringing down the powerful".
* StraightMan: Archer discusses Lana being "boring", just because she frequently tries to keep him in line throughout the series.
* TheLoad: Cyril causes the first plan to get the code from London to fail.fail by failing to warn anyone about a person intentionally tripping the mansion's alarm where Archer and Lana are located.

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* BrainBleach: Archer is disgusted about his mother wearing a cat cuit in the ColdOpening.
* ComicallySmallBribe: Lana is indignant about Robert sending a boquet of flowers as an ApologyGift for what he said in the previous episode.

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* BrainBleach: Archer is disgusted about his mother wearing a cat cuit catsuit in the ColdOpening.
* ComicallySmallBribe: Lana is indignant about Robert sending a boquet bouquet of flowers as an ApologyGift for what he said in the previous episode.



* TheLoad: Cyril causes the first plan to get the code from London fail.
* TempTingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many Negros on the street.

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* TheCaper: Malory remembers an old assignment in London that involves planting a bug in a mansion. Cyril discovers the contract still open that requires the bug's battery replace. What gets everyone's attention is that replacing the battery will release a code connecting to the battery's bank account which, thanks to interest, racks up to a million dollars. While the team heads there to get the code, the IIA is not far behind.
* TheLoad: Cyril causes the first plan to get the code from London to fail.
* TempTingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many Negros of them on the street.street. She acknowledges
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* ComicallySmallBribe: Lana is indignant about Robert sending a boquet of flowers as an ApologyGift for his actions in the previous episode.

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* ComicallySmallBribe: Lana is indignant about Robert sending a boquet of flowers as an ApologyGift for his actions what he said in the previous episode.
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* TemtpingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many Negros on the street.

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* TemtpingFate: TempTingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many Negros on the street.
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A mission across the pond turns into a trip down memory lane for Malory while Cheryl/Carol teaches Pam about British history.
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* BrainBleach: Archer is disgusted about his mother wearing a cat cuit in the ColdOpening.
* ComicallySmallBribe: Lana is indignant about Robert sending a boquet of flowers as an ApologyGift for his actions in the previous episode.
* CallBack: [[Recap/ArcherS4E11ThePapalChase Jazz Legs!]]
* TheLoad: Cyril causes the first plan to get the code from London fail.
* TemtpingFate: At one point, Lana says that spotting a black man in London, only to see that there are many Negros on the street.

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