History Characters / Archer

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* JerkAss: Arguably the biggest one in the entire series, and that's saying a lot.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Archer may be an utter whoremonger and man-slut, but he won't take advantage of Anka. And he's never sexist, nor does he hit women who aren't combat-capable. He may be hideously culturally insensitive, and assume that the bomber is "Beardsley [=McTurbanHead=]" (actually [[{{Sikhism}} a Sikh]]), but if someone starts flat-out using racist slurs or starting a racist diatribe, he'll stop them with a little lecture on why racism is bad. He's also downright horrified when Calzado shoots a Bengal Tiger, calling it a murder.

* ObfusicatingDisability: [[spoiler:Twice - once in Season 3 when everyone assumed he was disabled because he left the hospital in a wheelchair, and once in Season 5's "The Rules of Extraction", where he acts like TheLoad to get Archer to admit his utter contempt for his own mortality.]]

** [[spoiler: However, by the end of season 3, he's seemingly paralyzed for real, after Archer forcibly tries to land their space shuttle and crashes it.]]
** [[spoiler: At the start of season 4 he's able to walk again after Krieger gives him cyborg legs... only for Archer to fry the CPU operating them in the season finale. So he's crippled. Again. At least until midway through season 5 when Krieger remembers he's capable of fixing it. His legs are seemingly disabled AGAIN during a mission in Columbia, but its revealed he faked it just to mess with Archer and force him to carry him]]

** [[spoiler:He also pretends to be paralysed in the Season 5 mission "The Rules of Extraction".]]

* ButtMonkey: During the Pirate Island arc. He loses an eye and [[spoiler: supposedly]] the use of his legs.

* OnlySaneMan: Compared to the rest of the cast, at least.

--> '''Cheryl and Pam simultaneously''': [[RunningGag: ...Don't worry about it.]]

* HairTriggerTemper: Once he [[spoiler: became a cyborg]], Barry's fuse became a hell of a lot shorter. At one point he goes from calm and quiet to screaming at the top of his lungs and chucking a desk across the room, before becoming completely calm again. It's implied that "Other Barry" is the psychopathic persona.

** Subverted. The one time he tries to do something nice for Woodhouse [[spoiler: by kicking his murderous army buddy off a roof to save Woodhouse's life]], it turns out the whole thing was a misunderstanding. Woodhouse was quite displeased.

A secretary at ISIS. Cheryl has been known to repeatedly change her name, due to people not remembering her original one or purely on a whim. She ranges from sexually precocious to voracious and has a twisted fetish for being strangled and murdered. Pretty loose with men. In the first season alone, she went from Archer to manipulating Cyril into a sexual relationship, before moving on to Krieger. Is a member of the highly wealthy Tunt family. She commonly changes her name throughout the first season, but sticks with Carol and Cheryl afterwards. In Season 4, she becomes a country singer by the name of Cherlene.

* BerserkButton: For all the put-downs she hurls at... well... everyone, you'd think she would have thicker skin. But when [[spoiler: Barry]] tells her that she's "no prize herself," she launches tackles him to the ground.
* Irony: Looses her Husband-to-be in a very similar manner to the way she hurt Pam's feelings in High School
* ItsAllAboutMe: Her sister has been kidnapped by [[spoiler: a sociopathic Russian cyborg]] and all she does is bitch about how she will be late to the rehearsal dinner for her wedding. More specifically, how she will miss the all-you-can-eat ribs.
* JerkAss:

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: You'd think that at ''some'' point throughout her adventure with Archer to rescure her sister from a psychotic Russian cyborg there would be a tender moment where she would admit that she actually does care for Pam. [[spoiler: There isn't]].

A sexy KGB defector. She joined with Archer in "White Nights", defecting from the KGB to ISIS, having fallen in love with him. As her relationship with Archer develops, he becomes a much better person as a result of her input. She is killed during their wedding by an out-for-revenge Barry when she [[HeroicSacrifice dives off the roof to save Archer]] in "Double Trouble". As of "Skin Game", she has been revived as a {{cyborg}} by Krieger, but she elopes with Barry shortly afterwards. When Barry is trapped in orbit during Season 3, she arranges for his "rescue" but in the process takes over the KGB herself.

* BirdsOfAFeather: [[spoiler: How she rationalizes leaving Archer for Barry. Ultimately subverted however as they have nothing in common besides being {{cyborg}}s. Their relationship becomes increasingly dysfunctional and unhappy as the series goes on.]]
* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler: After getting thrown off the balcony of Archer's apartment, Krieger revived her with cheap parts he bought off the KGB and the skin of homeless people.]]
* HeroicSacrifice[=/=]TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:She grabs Barry and dives off his apartment's roof during her wedding, saving Archer but killing herself in the process.]]

* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:When she fights Barry in "Skin Game", she ends up having sex with him and leaving Archer for him.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Went from being devoted to Archer to sleeping with his enemy, to emotionally manipulating Archer to rescue said enemy with no trace of guilt.]]
** [[spoiler: Later left ''Barry'' for "Literally the Dumbest Man In Russia" Borris]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Her [[spoiler:death, resurrection as a {{Cyborg}} and status as the new head of the KGB]] all lead to her being this.

** [[spoiler:the shot of her body in Krieger's lab at the start of "Skin Game".]]

An ODIN agent who has a history with both Archer and Lana. Often talks to his gun. After being gravely injured by Archer during a mission in Russia during "White Nights", he is turned into a {{cyborg}} under Boris' command and by Jakov's men, and proceeds to go rogue and devote his life to making Archer's existence a living hell as revenge for sodomising his fiancee and dropping him off a roof twice. By the end of Season 2, he becomes the show's BigBad when he murders Katya at her wedding. He eventually ends up taking control of the KGB, killing Jakov in the process and cooking up a brilliant master plan. But in the Season 2 finale he is left stranded on the International Space Station ''Horizon''. He has since escaped Horizon and is now headed back to Russia.

* TheAce: He is definitely a better agent than Archer even before he was [[spoiler:turned into a cyborg.]]
* AffablyEvil: At least until he gets [[spoiler:turned into a cyborg]].

* AxCrazy: This is merely [[ImpliedTrope implied]] at first given his tendency to chat with his gun as well as an unseen alter ego, "Other Barry". However, this is ultimately played straight when he discards all pretense of sanity [[spoiler:as a cyborg]].

* BigBad: While he's AffablyEvil at worst and generally justified in his actions throughout the first two seasons, after he's [[spoiler:turned into a {{Cyborg}}]] during the Season 2 finale, [[spoiler:he murders Katya at her wedding and shows ''no remorse'' for it at all.]] He's since been [[spoiler:DemotedToDragon in favor of Katya.]]

* CatchPhrase: "Later, tater"

* DrivenToMadness: Repeating dealings with Archer, culminating with being turned into a cyborg, caused Barry's last thread to snap.
** Driven Even [[UpToEleven ''Further'']] during "Edie's Wedding", Where it is revealed that [[spoiler: Katya left him for ''Borris'' of all people. And by the end of the episode, he has been blasted by explosive rounds from a Shotgun, buried under a ton of grain and had the grain set on fire, resulting in all of his skin burning off, reducing him to a Terminator {{Expy}}]]

* {{Expy}}: When he's a [[spoiler: cyborg, Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan]]. Even having the same clothes as the guy.
** The End of Edie's Wedding results in him looking like [[spoiler: the metal Endoskeleton of a Terminator]]

* HughMann: Inverted. [[spoiler: His KGB-issued passport reads "Sy Berg"]].

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After all the abuse he was dealt, his entire life [[spoiler:after becoming a {{Cyborg}}]] is dedicated to making Archer's life miserable.
** In "Double Trouble", he [[spoiler:crashes Archer's wedding and kills his fiancee in the process.]]

** In "Edie's Wedding", he tries to kill Archer because [[spoiler: Katya left him... for Borris]] Something which Archer was not involved in, nor was even aware of.

* SanitySlippage: He wasn't all there to begin with, but becomes insane and psychopathic after [[spoiler:being turned into a cyborg]]. He's also apparently been getting more and more stir-crazy and murderous [[spoiler:trapped on a space station in orbit]] to the point Other Barry appears to be a separate personality. Goes, if possible, even further off the deep-end after [[spoiler: Katya dumps him for Boris.]]

* TheSociopath: After [[spoiler:being turned into a cyborg]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: At the end of the second season. [[spoiler: Being betrayed and left for dead by someone whose life he just saved ''and'' being unwillingly turned into a cyborg]] will do that to a guy. Though to be fair, he was only doing it to get sex with Lana. In fact it's implied that one of the reason he try to hire Lana to ODIN was to get sex from her. In "Edie's Wedding" he pursues Archer to Wisconsin after spotting him in an airport in Chicago because [[spoiler: Katya left him for Borris.]]

* WeCanRebuildHim: [[spoiler: Said line for line by Boris explaining to Jakov Barry's augmentations.]]

A Major General in the Russian military and the head of the KGB, and [[LukeIMightBeYourFather possibly Archer's father]]. He is replaced as the head of the KGB, and subsequently murdered, by Barry in "Crossing Over".

%%* KilledOffForReal

Nikolai Jakov's second-in-command and general ButtMonkey. He serves a similar role to Barry, and later Katya, when they're running the KGB.

* DisappearedDad: It's heavily implied that he has one of these-when Jakov orders him to run a paternity test on Archer, Boris contaminates the sample, commenting "Who Archer think he is? Only guy who want father?".
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Helps Jakov escape to the United States]] in "Crossing Over".

* ItsAllAboutMe: Her sister has been kidnapped by [[spoiler: a sociopathic Russain cyborg]] and all she does is bitch about how she will be late to the rehearsal dinner for her wedding. More specifically, how she will miss the all-you-can-eat ribs.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: You'd think that at ''some'' point throughout her adventure with Archer to rescure her sister from a psychotic Russain cyborg there would be a tender moment where she would admit that she actually does care for Pam. [[spoiler: There isn't]].

Pam's absolute Bitchwhore of a sister.

* JerkAss: Pretty much every word out of her mouth is an insult, a put down, or just general bitching. She also had sex with a boy she ''knew'' Pam liked for no reason other than to hurt her feelings. She is one of the few characters that has neither a Redeeming Quality, nor a FreudianExcuse that balances out or slightly makes up for her terrible attitude.
** When Pam is hanging from the roof of a Grain Elevator by her hands and feet, she asks Edie to "cut her down" and Edie responds by [[ExactWords launching into a trade of verbal abuse.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: You'd think that at ''some'' point throughout her adventure with Archer to rescure her sister from a psychotic russain cyborg there would be a tender moment where she would admit that she actually does care for Pam. [[spoiler: there isn't]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: Her sister has been kidnapped by [[spoiler: a sociopathic russain cyborg]] and all she does is bitch about how she will be late to the rehearsal dinner for her wedding. More specifically, how she will miss the all-you-can-eat ribs.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Pretty much every word out of her mouth is an insult, a put down, or just general bitching. She also had sex with a boy she ''knew'' Pam liked for no reason other than to hurt her feelings. She is one of the few characters that has neither a Redeeming Quality, nor a FreudianExcuse that balances out or slightly makes up for her terrible attitude.

* {{Expy}}: When he's a [[spoiler: cyborg, Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan]]. Even having the same clothes as the guy

* JerkAss/JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Pretty much every word out of her mouth is an insult, a put down, or just general bitching. She also had sex with a boy she ''knew'' Pam liked for no reason other than to hurt her feelings.

* CompleteMonster: Maybe not a ''Complete'' Monster, but pretty much every word out of her mouth is an insult, a put down, or just general bitching. She also had sex with a boy she ''knew'' Pam liked for no reason other than to hurt her feelings.

* {{Cyborg}}: The KGB turns him into one after he is badly injured in Russia.

* StepfordSmiler: In "Skin Game", after [[spoiler:running away with Katya, their glowing smiles quickly give way to looks of uncertainty and sadness]]. This is explored throughout the series. In "Space Race, Part 2", he [[spoiler:lies to Katya about his whereabouts during a phone conversation]], implying that [[spoiler:their relationship is not as happy as he would like Archer to think it is.]] As of "Live and Let Dine", [[spoiler:their relationship is clearly dysfunctional]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: At the end of the second season. [[spoiler: Being betrayed and left for dead by someone whose life he just saved ''and'' being unwillingly turned into a cyborg]] will do that to a guy. Though to be fair, he only doing it to get sex with Lana. In fact it's implied that one of the reason he try to hire lana to ODIN was to get sex from her.

* SanitySlippage: He wasn't all there to begin with, but becomes insane and psychopathic after [[spoiler:being turned into a cyborg]]. He's also apparently been getting more and more stir-crazy and murderous [[spoiler:trapped on a space station in orbit]] to the point Other Barry appears to be a separate personality.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Lana usually gets a pass from fans because she is fairly competent, professional, and has morals that some of the other characters don't, but she also has her moments.

* ManipulativeBastard: