Archer seeks revenge when an old war enemy and his compatriots land on the island.
- Always Second Best: Deconstructed here. Archer was constantly shot down by and even lost his eye to Ziegler, who insults and derides him as the inferior pilot between the two. However Ziegler didn't win by merit of superior skill but because of superior equipment (Archer was flying obsolete Russian biplanes that for past fights against Ziegler's cutting-edge Messerschmitt Bf 109) and sneak attacks. Archer notably does better in their dogfight at the end because they're both in the same type of plane and Ziegler only does as much damage as he does because of another sneak attack to begin the fight.
- Bamboo Technology: Pam literally makes new wings out of bamboo for the plane. Archer is not pleased.
- Beat Them at Their Own Game: In a couple of ways.
- Archer manages to turn the tables on Ziegler by stealing one of the German Heinkel's to finally have a dogfight where he doesn't have a massive disadvantage in the quality of his aircraft. He ends up winning, more or less.
- Charlotte seduces the Germans, as Malory wanted her to. But with Reynaud basically being the only French officer on the island and the Germans immediately stuffing him into a trash can, Charlotte is now the one with the dominant military force on the island to back her up. She orders Malory to make her breakfast.
- Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Subverted. While the Germans do effortlessly occupy the French colony on the island, this is mostly because Reynaud is seemingly the only French soldier assigned to the place. That said, the Germans' method of dealing with him is quite humiliating.
- It's All About Me: Pam manages to take down Ziegler, blasting his craft with her machine gun. Archer, of course, believes it was his "million to one shot" that did it and Pam decides to let him just so he'll shut up about this.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Ziegler ends up killed by the pilot who he had incessantly taunted and shot down multiple times during the Spanish Civil War. Not only that, but his legacy is disgraced by Archer who managed to frame Ziegler to look like he and his wingman fell in love and stole two of their squadron's planes to run away, which would leave a very sour taste in the mouths of his fellow Nazi squadron-mates.
- Stealing the Credit: Pam easily dispatches (and kills) Ziegler, but Archer takes all the credit from his defeat.
