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* DisneyDeath: Trinette isn't actually dead; she's just unconscious.

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* DisneyDeath: Trinette isn't actually dead; she's just unconscious.unconscious thanks to the "poisocane" being a regular tranquilizer.

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* BulletproofHumanShield: Non-fatal version: During their test scenario, Cyril uses Trinette to block some ice cubes shot by Archer. They leave some welts, and Trinette is annoyed enough to quit right there.



* TheScapegoat: Fellow employee "Scatterbrain Jane," whom everyone blames for every piddling annoyance around the office. Cheryl and Pam eventually pin their data breach on her.




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* TheVoiceless: Krieger is silent during his meeting with Archer, which is either a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness or Krieger not currently on speaking terms with Archer. Considering his scowl, and Archer's normal relationship with his coworkers, the latter is certainly feasible.
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* NeverMyFault: Trinette suffers a DisneyDeath all because Archer pushed his deadly pen into Cyril's hands.
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* RoomDisservice: When Cyril asks why he'd need an underwear gun Archer describes a scenario where three strange men show up at his hotel room while he's high. It's strongly implied this is based on something that actually happened to Archer on a mission.
-->'''Archer:''' But since when does it take three huge, surly Jamaican guys to deliver one bottle of champagne?\\
'''Cyril:''' Oh, because they're assassins, too!\\
'''Archer:''' Or, maybe one guy's a new waiter, the second one's training him, and the third is from maintenance finally off his lazy ass to fix the A/C!\\
'''Cyril:''' Oh. Yeah. I guess that could happen.\\
'''Archer:''' Point is, you come out of the john waving this around, nobody's gonna bug you for a tip.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Malory talks about not wanting her son to rekindle his relationship with Lana. If she hadn't finished her sentence, it would have come out of racist reasons.
--> '''Malory''': My God, a black... ops field agent?
--> '''Pam''': Thought she was going in a whole other direction with that.


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* DiscriminateAndSwitch: Malory talks about not wanting her son to rekindle his relationship with Lana. If she hadn't finished her sentence, it would have come out of racist reasons.
--> '''Malory''': My God, a black... ops field agent?
--> '''Pam''': Thought she was going in a whole other direction with that.
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* AllThhereInTheManual: In his book, ''How to Archer...'', Archer explains his "Creator/DaneCook of martial arts" comment about karate. It was not meant as a TakeThat against Dane Cook, or even karate, just that karate is common and available. He also states he's a fan of Dane Cook and wonders if he should have said Appleby's instead.

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* AllThhereInTheManual: AllThereInTheManual: In his book, ''How to Archer...'', Archer explains his "Creator/DaneCook of martial arts" comment about karate. It was not meant as a TakeThat against Dane Cook, or even karate, just that karate is common and available. He also states he's a fan of Dane Cook and wonders if he should have said Appleby's instead.

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* AllThhereInTheManual: In his book, ''How to Archer...'', Archer explains his "Creator/DaneCook of martial arts" comment about karate. It was not meant as a TakeThat against Dane Cook, or even karate, just that karate is common and available. He also states he's a fan of Dane Cook and wonders if he should have said Appleby's instead.



* CruelMercy: In the end of the episode, Lana punishes Cyril by forcing him to rent the nastiest interracial adult movie he can find. He's not happy as that requires the store belonging to a sweet old Korean lady.

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* CruelMercy: CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In the end of the episode, Lana punishes Cyril by forcing him to rent the nastiest interracial adult movie he can find. He's not happy as that requires the store belonging to a sweet old Korean lady.


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* GilliganCut: When Lana catches them, Archer tells Cyril if he learned anything that day, he'll lie to Lana about the dead hooker in the trunk.
-->'''Lana:''' I DON'T CARE IF THERE'S 50 DEAD HOOKERS! YOU LIED TO ME!
-->'''Archer:''' Did not learn a thing.
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* SkewedPriorities: Archer is pissed about losing a rug after Trinette's death.
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* CarpetRolledCorpse: Archer has Woodhouse roll Trinette in a rug after her apparent death. Archer is then upset about losing the rug afterwards.
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--> '''Woodhouse:''' AND also woefully esoteric.

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--> '''Woodhouse:''' AND And also woefully esoteric.
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--> '''Woodhouse:''' Also woefully esoteric.

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--> '''Woodhouse:''' Also AND also woefully esoteric.
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* CruelMercy: In the end of the episode, Lana punishes Cyril by forcing him to rent the nastiest adult movie he can find. He's not happy.

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* CruelMercy: In the end of the episode, Lana punishes Cyril by forcing him to rent the nastiest interracial adult movie he can find. He's not happy.happy as that requires the store belonging to a sweet old Korean lady.

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--> No, Cyril, when they're dead, they're just ''hookers''!

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--> '''Archer''': Oh my god! You killed a hooker!
--> '''Cyril''': ''Call-girl''!
--> '''Archer''':
No, Cyril, when they're dead, they're just ''hookers''!



--> You know, I bet there's a lesson to be learned from all this, but I- Oh shit, my rug!

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--> '''Archer''': You know, I bet there's a lesson to be learned from all this, but I- Oh shit, my rug!
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* BaitAndSwitch: Malory talks about not wanting her son to rekindle his relationship with Lana. If she hadn't finished her sentence, it would have come out of racist reasons.
--> '''Malory''': My God, a black... ops field agent?
--> '''Pam''': Thought she was going in a whole other direction with that.
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* CruelMercy: In the end of the episode, Lana punishes Cyril by forcing him to rent the nastiest adult movie he can find. He's not happy.
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* DisposableSexWorker: Though it provides the page quote for the trope, the episode is actually a subversion.

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* DisposableSexWorker: Though it provides the page quote for the trope, the episode is actually a subversion.Subverted:
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Archer's mother Malory assigns her son the task of training ISIS accountant Cyril Figgis to be an agent. Meanwhile, secretary Cheryl and human resources representative Pam take advantage of Malory being temporarily blinded by an allergic reaction.

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Archer's mother Malory assigns her son the task of training ISIS accountant Cyril Figgis to be an agent.agent - purely so Lana will forget Archer. However, Archer easily realizes his mother's intention and sets out to screw it up. Meanwhile, secretary Cheryl and human resources representative Pam take advantage of Malory being temporarily blinded by an allergic reaction.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Archer at the end of the episode.
--> You know, I bet there's a lesson to be learned from all this, but I- Oh shit, my rug!
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* ChekhovsGun: Discussed by name and subverted, since it's not the expected ''gun'' that fires.

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* ChekhovsGun: Discussed by name Simultaneously {{discussed|Trope}}, played straight, and subverted, {{subverted|Trope}}, since it's not the expected ''gun'' that fires.

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* ChekhovsGun: Discussed by name and subverted, since it's not the expected ''gun'' that fires.
--> '''Archer:''' God, I said the cap on the poison pen slips off for no reason, didn't I?
--> '''Cyril:''' But I just assumed that if anything bad happened...
--> '''Archer:''' No, do not say the Chekhov gun, Cyril. That, sir, is a facile argument.
--> '''Woodhouse:''' Also woefully esoteric.
* DisneyDeath: Trinette isn't actually dead; she's just unconscious.
* DisposableSexWorker: Though it provides the page quote for the trope, the episode is actually a subversion.
--> No, Cyril, when they're dead, they're just ''hookers''!
* LampshadedTheObscureReference: Woodhouse in the above ChekhovsGun quote.
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Archer's mother Malory assigns her son the task of training ISIS accountant Cyril Figgis to be an agent. Meanwhile, secretary Cheryl and human resources representative Pam take advantage of Malory being temporarily blinded by an allergic reaction.

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