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I removed the “Epic Fail” example. This was about how Archer’s car wasn’t working and he wasn’t sure if the repair was covered because the warranty was in Italian. This trope is when, “a task that should be fairly straightforward and typical for a character goes HORRIBLY wrong in a manner that defies the laws of probability, and occasionally the laws of physics.” As noted, “It's a failure so ludicrously, unexpectedly bizarre that, despite its status as a failure, it manages also to be admirable for its uniqueness and irreproducibility.” A car breaking down is a perfectly mundane thing to go wrong and doesn’t count as going “Horribly” wrong. The warranty being in Italian is an unusual thing to go wrong but hardly defies the law of probability. So I don’t think this really qualifies for this trope.
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* EpicFail: Archer's broken CoolCar is obsolete to him because he can't read the foreign warranty.
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* EpicFail: Archer's broken CoolCar is obsolete to him because he can't read the foreign warranty.
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The group breaks into a Hollywood mansion to restore the honour of a Hollywood starlet. Of course, this being ''Archer'', things are hardly as simple as they first appear.
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The group breaks into a Hollywood mansion to restore the honour honor of a Hollywood starlet. Of course, this being ''Archer'', things are hardly as simple as they first appear.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Given how realistic this show is, he shouldn't be standing at all after ''both' tumbles from the mansion, as even one of the incidents should have broken every bone in his body.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Given how realistic this show is, he Archer shouldn't be standing at all after ''both' ''both'' tumbles from the mansion, as even one of the incidents should have broken every bone in his body.body. All he gets from those was a cast around his neck.
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* IdenticalStranger: One of the guards in Alan Shapiro's mansion looks exactly like Archer with a moustache.
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* IdenticalStranger: One of the guards in Alan Shapiro's mansion looks exactly like Archer with a moustache.mustache.
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* ObfuscatingDisability: Ray once again faked his disability for several months for no reason, except no one even questions him when he stands up.
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* SuperSpeed: Ray finally is seen using his bionic legs to run really fast while carrying Lana.
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode, apparently to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen. ''Website/TheOnion''[='=]s ''A.V. Club'' is speculating that the imposter is none other than KGB head Katya Kasanova, whose voice actor Ona Grauer is listed in the credits for the episode as playing the imposter.
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode, apparently to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen. ''Website/TheOnion''[='=]s ''A.V. Club'' is speculating that the imposter is none other than KGB head Katya Kasanova, whose voice actor Ona Grauer Creator/OnaGrauer is listed in the credits for the episode as playing the imposter.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Given how realistic this show is, he shouldn't be standing at all after ''both' tumbles from the mansion, as even one of the incidents should have broken every bone in his body.
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* IronButtMonkey: Archer fell off the mansion and tumbles down a high hill. ''Twice''. He's battered and bruised to say the least, but is still standing thanks to some painkillers.
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* IronButtMonkey: Archer fell off the mansion and tumbles down a high hill. ''Twice''. He's battered and bruised to say the least, but [[ArtisticLicenseMedicine is still standing thanks to some painkillers.painkillers]].
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* SubvertedCatchphrase: When Krieger makes a DoubleEntendre about "go[ing] in from the rear" and everyone expects Archer to [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre lampshade]] it with his usual comeback of "Phrasing", his response is instead, "No, you all took it for granted".
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* SubvertedCatchphrase: When Krieger makes a DoubleEntendre about "go[ing] in from the rear" and of Shaprio's mansion, everyone expects Archer to [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre lampshade]] it with his usual comeback of "Phrasing", his "Phrasing". His response is instead, "No, you all took it for granted".
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* CallBack: Everyone expected Archer to say "phrasing (boom)" when Krieger suggest they infiltrate the mansion through the rear. As they had initially tried to phase that out last season, he refused to say it, responding that "they all took it for granted".
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* IronButtMonkey: Archer fell off the mansion and tumbles down a high hill. ''Twice''. He's battered and bruised to say the least, but is still standing thanks to some painkillers.
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* RedHerring: As seen above in Identical stranger it has been implied that the body in the FlashForward won't be Archer. It will
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* RedHerring: As seen above in Identical stranger IdenticalStranger it has been implied that the body in the FlashForward won't be Archer. It willArcher.
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* RedHerring: As seen above in Identical stranger it has been implied that the body in the FlashForward won't be Archer. [[spoiler: It will]]
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* RedHerring: As seen above in Identical stranger it has been implied that the body in the FlashForward won't be Archer. [[spoiler: It will]]will
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* HowWeGotHere: After the WhamShot in the cold opening, the rest of the episode takes place six months earlier. Presumably the rest of the season will catch us up to the opening of this episode.
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* HowWeGotHere: After the WhamShot in the cold opening, the rest of the episode takes place six months earlier. Presumably the The rest of the season will catch catches us up to the opening of this episode.
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* RedHerring: As seen above in Identical stranger it has been implied that the body in the FlashForward won't be Archer. [[spoiler: It will]]
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Apparently, recaps aren’t supposed to have spoiler tags for events in the episode being recapped, so…
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. [[spoiler:The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode, apparently to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen. ''Website/TheOnion''[='=]s ''A.V. Club'' is speculating that the imposter is none other than KGB head Katya Kasanova, whose voice actor Ona Grauer is listed in the credits for the episode as playing the imposter.]]
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. [[spoiler:The The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode, apparently to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen. ''Website/TheOnion''[='=]s ''A.V. Club'' is speculating that the imposter is none other than KGB head Katya Kasanova, whose voice actor Ona Grauer is listed in the credits for the episode as playing the imposter.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: The agency thought they were stealing a disc to protect Veronica Deane from {{blackmail}}. By all indications, the end of the episode suggests that their theft puts Deane's secret, whatever it is, at risk.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: The agency thought they were stealing a disc to protect Veronica Deane from {{blackmail}}. By all indications, the end of the episode suggests that their theft puts Deane's secret, whatever it is, at risk.]]
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* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch ([[spoiler:See IdenticalStranger]]).
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* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. pool. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch ([[spoiler:See IdenticalStranger]]).(See IdenticalStranger).
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* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch ([[spoiler:See IdenticalStranger]].
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* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch ([[spoiler:See IdenticalStranger]].IdenticalStranger]]).
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* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch.
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* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch.BaitAndSwitch ([[spoiler:See IdenticalStranger]].
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* MistakenForRacist: SubvertedTrope. Cheryl, who has uncovered a news story about investigative target Alan Shapiro having a shellfish allergy, says, "I think it's safe to say he's allergic to shellfish". The others, assuming Cheryl is reacting to his Semitic name, react as you'd expect, commenting that Shapiro's being a Hollywood producer doesn't automatically make him Jewish. Cheryl's reaction is, "Ew, he's Jewish?" (Note that Shapiro's shellfish allergy is not revealed until after Cheryl's reaction, so the typical setup of a subversion is played with).
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* MistakenForRacist: SubvertedTrope. Cheryl, who has uncovered a news story about investigative target Alan Shapiro having a shellfish allergy, says, "I think it's safe to say he's allergic to he doesn't eat shellfish". The others, assuming Cheryl is reacting to his Semitic name, react as you'd expect, commenting that Shapiro's being a Hollywood producer doesn't automatically make him Jewish. Cheryl's reaction is, "Ew, he's Jewish?" (Note that Shapiro's shellfish allergy is not revealed until after Cheryl's reaction, so the typical setup of a subversion is played with).
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* SubvertedCatchphrase: When Krieger makes a DoubleEntendre about the "back door" and expects Archer to [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre lampshade]] it with his usual comeback of "Phrasing", his response is instead, "No, you all took it for granted".
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* SubvertedCatchphrase: When Krieger makes a DoubleEntendre about "go[ing] in from the "back door" rear" and everyone expects Archer to [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre lampshade]] it with his usual comeback of "Phrasing", his response is instead, "No, you all took it for granted".
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* SubvertedCatchphrase: When Krieger makes a DoubleEntendre about the "back door" and expects Archer to [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre lampshade]] it with his usual comeback of "Phrasing", his response is instead, "No, you took it all for granted".
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* SubvertedCatchphrase: When Krieger makes a DoubleEntendre about the "back door" and expects Archer to [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre lampshade]] it with his usual comeback of "Phrasing", his response is instead, "No, you all took it all for granted".
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* SubvertedCatchphrase: When Krieger makes a DoubleEntendre about the "back door" and expects Archer to [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre lampshade]] it with his usual comeback of "Phrasing", his response is instead, "No, you took it all for granted".
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. [[spoiler:The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode, apparently to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen. ''Website/TheOnion''[='=]s ''A.V. Club'' is speculating that the imposter is none other than KGB head Katya Kasanova.]]
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. [[spoiler:The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode, apparently to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen. ''Website/TheOnion''[='=]s ''A.V. Club'' is speculating that the imposter is none other than KGB head Katya Kasanova.Kasanova, whose voice actor Ona Grauer is listed in the credits for the episode as playing the imposter.]]
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The group breaks into a Hollywood mansion to restore the honour of a Hollywood starlet. Of course, this being Archer, things are hardly as simple as they first appear.
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The group breaks into a Hollywood mansion to restore the honour of a Hollywood starlet. Of course, this being Archer, ''Archer'', things are hardly as simple as they first appear.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: The agency thought they were stealing a disc to protect Veronica Deane from {{blackmail}}. By all indications, the end of the episode suggests that their theft puts Deane's secret, whatever it is, at risk.]]
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. [[spoiler:The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode, apparently to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen.]]
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. [[spoiler:The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode, apparently to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen. ''Website/TheOnion''[='=]s ''A.V. Club'' is speculating that the imposter is none other than KGB head Katya Kasanova.]]
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* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch.
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* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch.BaitAndSwitch.
* WholePlotReference: The episode's setup is eventually revealed to parallel that of ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.
* WholePlotReference: The episode's setup is eventually revealed to parallel that of ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.
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* IdenticalStranger: One of the guards in the mansion looks exactly like Archer with a moustache.
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* IdenticalStranger: One of the guards in the Alan Shapiro's mansion looks exactly like Archer with a moustache.
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* MistakenForRacist: SubvertedTrope. Cheryl, who has uncovered a news story about investigative target Alan Shapiro having a shellfish allergy, says, "I think it's safe to say he's allergic to shellfish". The others, assuming Cheryl is reacting to his Semitic name, react as you'd expect, commenting that Shapiro's being a Hollywood producer doesn't automatically make him Jewish. Cheryl's reaction is, "Ew, he's Jewish?" (Note that Shapiro's shellfish allergy is not revealed until after Cheryl's reaction, so the typical setup of a subversion is played with).
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. [[spoiler:The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen).]]
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. [[spoiler:The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode episode, apparently to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen).stolen.]]
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* BookEnds: The flashback portion of the episode (everything except the cold open) is structured this way. See Impersonation Gambit below.
* HowWeGotHere: After the WhamShot in the cold opening, the rest of the episode takes place six months earlier. Presumably the rest of the season will catch us up to the opening of this episode.
* HowWeGotHere: After the WhamShot in the cold opening, the rest of the episode takes place six months earlier. Presumably the rest of the season will catch us up to the opening of this episode.
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* ImpersonationGambit: An apparently villainous example. [[spoiler:The "Veronica Deane" who hires the agency in the opening proves not to be the real Veronica Deane, who shows up at the close of the episode to hire the agency to recover the "Longwater" disc they had just stolen).]]
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The group breaks into a Hollywood mansion to restore the honour of a Hollywood starlet. Of course, this being Archer, things are hardly as simple as they first appear.
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* IdenticalStranger: One of the guards in the mansion looks exactly like Archer with a moustache.
* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch.
!!Tropes
* IdenticalStranger: One of the guards in the mansion looks exactly like Archer with a moustache.
* WhamShot: The opening scene pans away to what appears to be [[spoiler:Sterling Archer lying dead in a pool]]. The rest of the season appears to be structured as a flashback that explains how we got there, though it's possible (even likely) that the shot will prove to be a BaitAndSwitch.
