History WesternAnimation / ArcherDreamland

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Archer finally learns the truth regarding Woodhouse's murder. Dutch receives his due karma, and Archer is no longer working for Mother at the moment. Unfortunately, Lana is dead and Poovey's Chinese sister-wives left. However, Archer is trying to move on with his life, and the Chinese sister-wives are trying to make it on their own. In real world terms, Archer also hasn't woken up, but he isn't dead.]]

* InMemoriam: The finale ends with an "In Memory Of" to George Coe, the actor who played Woodhouse and died a few years before this season.

When we last left off, Sterling Archer was shot and left for dead. Season 8 reveals that he managed to survive, but ended up in a coma. When Malory and Lana visit him, they say that they're at least glad that he doesn't know that Woodhouse is dead. Archer then starts having a [[AdventuresInComaland coma dream]] where he's a PrivateDetective in 1947, investigating the death of his partner, Woodhouse.

''Archer Dreamland'' is a somewhat DarkerAndEdgier take on the series, and has a [[CerebusSyndrome semi-serious]] FilmNoir plot that sticks out compared to the pure SpyFiction absurdity of previous seasons. It's ultimately more of a {{Dramedy}}, albeit one that still leans close to the comedy part.

''Archer Dreamland'' is a somewhat DarkerAndEdgier take on [[WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} the series]], and has a [[CerebusSyndrome semi-serious]] FilmNoir plot that sticks out compared to the pure SpyFiction absurdity of previous seasons. It's ultimately more of a {{Dramedy}}, albeit one that still leans close to the comedy part.

When we last left off, [[DownerEnding Sterling Archer was shot and left for dead.]] Season 8 reveals that he managed to survive, but ended up in a coma. When Malory and Lana visit him, they say that they're at least glad that he doesn't know that [[BusCrash Woodhouse is dead.]] Archer then starts having a [[AdventuresInComaland coma dream]] where he's a PrivateDetective in the 1947's, investigating the death of his partner, Woodhouse.

When we last left off, Sterling Archer was shot and left for dead. Season 8 reveals that he managed to survive, but ended up in a coma. When Malory and Lana visit him, they say that they're at least glad that he doesn't know that Woodhouse is dead. Archer then starts having a [[AdventuresInComaland coma dream]] where he's a PrivateDetective in 1947 Los Angeles, investigating the death of his partner, Woodhouse.

''Archer Dreamland'' is a somewhat DarkerAndEdgier take on the series, and has a [[CerebusSyndrome semi-serious]] FilmNoir plot that sticks out compared to the pure SpyFiction absurdity of previous seasons. It's ultimately more of a {{Dramedy}}, albeit one that still leans close to the comedy part.

* FriendOnTheForce: Archer gets along with Poovey pretty well, and they help him in dealing with Trexler’s men.

* RunningGagged: Every episode starts with a character saying "So what are we doing, are we just jumping right into this?" When one starts to say it in the penultimate episode, they're cut off.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance / FairForItsDay / PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Invoked, played with, and discussed repeatedly in-universe, much like the more typical seasons.

* AmbiguousGender: Pam is just called "Poovey" and has a more androgynous look, despite still being voiced by Amber Nash. Characters frequently threaten to kick Poovey in the "genitals" and the {{Flash Forward}} {{Imagine Spot}}s that occur with Poovey imagining life with the Chinese sex slave depict Poovey as balding with a moustache.

* AdventuresInComaland: The entire season. Although there are a few vague allusions to the fact that it's all in his head (Such as Lana being familiar to Archer) it's mostly just an excuse for them to dump the cast into a different setting. Archer even has PTSD flashbacks of World War II, somehow, despite the fact that he didn't fight in it in real life. [[spoiler: Notably, the season doesn't end with him waking up.]]

--->'''Kreiger:''' ''[explaining his black eye]'' I...walked into a door? Repeatedly?\\

* AmbiguousGender: Pam is just called "Poovey" and has a more androgynous look, despite still being voiced by Amber Nash. Characters frequently threaten to kick them in their "genitals" and the {{Flash Forward}}s that occur with Poovey imagining life with the Chinese sex slave depict Poovey as balding with a moustache.

''Archer Dreamland'' is a somewhat DarkerAndEdgier take on [[WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} the series]], and has a [[CerebusSyndrome semi-serious]] FilmNoir plot that sticks out compared to the pure SpyFiction absurdity of previous seasons. It's ultimately more of a {{Dramedy}}, albeit one that still leans close to the comedy part.

When we last left off, Sterling Archer was shot and left for dead. Season 8 reveals that he managed to survive, but ended up in a coma. When Malory and Lana visit him, they say that they're at least glad that he doesn't know that Woodhouse is dead. Archer then starts having a [[AdventuresInComaland coma dream]] where he's a PrivateDetective in the 1947's, investigating the death of his partner, Woodhouse.

When we last left off, [[DownerEnding Sterling Archer was shot and left for dead.]] Season 8 reveals that he managed to survive, but ended up in a coma. When Malory and Lana visit him, they say that they're at least glad that he doesn't know that [[BusCrash Woodhouse is dead.]] Archer then starts having a [[AdventuresInComaland coma dream]] where he's a PrivateDetective in the 1947's, investigating the death of his partner, Woodhouse.

* * DeliberateValuesDissonance / FairForItsDay / PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Invoked, played with, and discussed repeatedly in-universe, much like the more typical seasons.

** After [[spoiler:Lana]] is revealed as a "T-man", both Cecil and Archer react as if it means "transsexual man", as a modern person might assume, rather than "Treasury agent". Lacking a more proper word in common use, they just use "transvestite", but Cecil agrees to be respectful of pronouns and Archer muses that "T-man" sounds awfully like a slur.

* * DeliberateValuesDissonance / FairForItsDay: Invoked and discussed repeatedly in-universe.

** When talking with Dreamland's house band about who should be "squad leader" when busting out of jail, Archer cites his time in WWII, to which they all reveal they served (except, of course, Ray, who was far too camp to avoid getting declared 4-F); this leads into a conversation about how the color barrier in the military -- which Archer agrees is "bullshit" -- putting Floyd and Cliff in support roles doesn't mean they're any less heroic, but Archer still has the most combat experience. Verl even reveals afterward that he was in Patton's 761st, and helped save Archer's unit at the Battle of the Bulge.

* FriendOnTheForce: Archer gets along with Poovey pretty well, and they help him in dealing with Trexeler’s men.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHistory: Various characters refer to black people as "Negroes" for the entire season. Of course, at the time, "Negro" was considered a relatively polite term to address African Americans whereas "Black" was considered derogatory.

* AmbiguousGender: Pam is just called "Poovey" and has a more androgynous look, despite still being voiced by Amber Nash. Characters frequently threaten to kick them in their "genitals" and the {{Flash Forward}}s that occur with Poovey imagining life with the Chinese sex slave depicts Poovey as balding with a moustache.

* AmbiguousGender: Pam is just called "Poovey" and has a more androgynous look, despite still being voiced by Amber Nash. Characters frequently threaten to kick them in their "genitals"

''Archer Dreamland'' is a somewhat DarkerAndEdgier take on the series, and has a [[CerebusSyndrome semi-serious]] FilmNoir plot that sticks out compared to the pure SpyFiction absurdity of previous seasons. It's ultimately more of a {{Dramedy}}, albeit one that still leans close to the comedy part.