History Characters / Archer

* [[Characters/ArcherDreamland Dreamland]]: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] Sterling Archer, Mother, Lana, Poovey, Charlotte, Vandertunt, Cyril Figgis, Len Trexler, Dutch Dylan[[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/ArcherDangerIsland Danger Island]]:

* [[Characters/ArcherDreamland Dreamland]]: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] Sterling Archer, Mother, Poovey, Vandertunt, Cyril Figgis[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/ArcherDreamland Dreamland]]: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] Sterling Archer, Mother, Poovey, Vandertunt, Cyril Figgis[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/ArcherDreamland Dreamland]]: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] Mother, Poovey, Vandertunt[[/labelnote]]

** [[Characters/ArcherOneShotCharactersSeason5To7 5-7]]: [[labelnote:Click to expand.]]Season 5 (Ramon Limon -- Second Appearance, [[spoiler:Charles and Rudi]], La Madrina, Gustavo Calderón, Juliana Calderón), Season 6 (Sato Kentaro, Conway Stern - Second Appearance, Patrick "Crash" [=McCaren=], Edie Poovey, Farooq Ashkani, Queen Yasmin Fawaz, Dr. Sklodowska, TV's Michael Gray), Season 7 (Richard "Ivy" Stratton IV)[[/labelnote]]

** [[Characters/ArcherOneShotCharactersSeason5To7 5-7]]

** [[Characters/ArcherOneShotCharactersSeason3And4 3-4]]

* [[Characters/ArcherMainCharacters Main Characters]]: [[labelnote:Click to expand]]Sterling Archer, Lana Kane, Cyril Figgis, Malory Archer, Cheryl Tunt, Pam Poovey, Dr. Krieger, Ray Gillette, Woodhouse[[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/ArcherRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]]: [[labelnote:Click to expand]]ISIS (ISIS Workers/The "Drones", Brett Bunson, Bilbo, Rodney), ODIN (Len Trexler, Barry Dylan), KGB (Nikolai Jakov, Boris, Mannfred and Uta, Katya Kasanova), CIA ([[spoiler:Agent Holly]], [[spoiler:Slater]]), Other Characters (Trinette [=McGoon=], Seamus McGoon-Archer, Popeye, Mitsuko Miyazumi, Babou, Ron Cadillac, [[spoiler:Abijean "AJ" Malory Kane-Archer]]), Figgis Agency Clients (Veronica Deane, Alan Shapiro, Ellis Crane)[[/labelnote]]

** [[Characters/ArcherOneShotCharactersSeason1And2 1-2]]

* [[Characters/ArcherMainCharacters Main Characters]]
* [[Characters/ArcherRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]]

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'''Unmarked spoilers below.'''

* ''[[Characters/ArcherMainCharacters Main Characters]]''
* ''[[Characters/ArcherRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]]''
* ''[[Characters/ArcherOneShotCharacters One-Shot Characters]]''

!Main Characters
[[folder:Sterling Archer]]
!!Sterling Malory Archer
[[quoteright:309:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/archer_sterling_5461.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:309:''"Lying is, like, 95% of what I do."'']]
->'''Voiced By''': H. Jon Benjamin

->''"I'm looking for a terrorist and an ocelot!"''

Despite being one of ISIS's top secret agents, Archer has consistently proven himself to be questionably competent, questionably sane, questionably moral and an absolute jackass. He has still kept his job at ISIS (his mother is the boss), but this hasn't shielded him from the ire and scorn of his colleagues or mother.
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Tropes associated with Archer:
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: All the partying and getting poisoned means he can metabolize tranquilizers in a few minutes, as demonstrated in "The Wind Cries Mary".
* TheAlcoholic: Drinks cocktails all the time, and has been drinking since before he was 12. Archer often drinks a ton on assignments, really strong stuff too, and has switched out necessary equipment for more booze. It never really affects his job performance though.
* AmbiguousDisorder: It's been implied that Archer's attitude may be a result of atypical autism, clinical insanity, or physical brain damage on a few occasions.
** Archer himself has begun to wonder if he's autistic after finding out that normal people can't instinctively count bullets fired.
* AntiHero: Selfish, vain, childish, but unquestionably a hero.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Archer gets ''distracted'' very easily, usually by alcohol, hookers, adorable animals, or anything relating to Burt Reynolds. Sometimes all of the above.
---> ''Archer'': What the hell was that?
---> ''Cheryl'': Ugh…my stupid pet ocelot.
---> ''Archer'': …(with child-like glee) '''''I've never SEEN an ocelot!'''''
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Sterling Archer.
* {{Badass}}: He's the "World's Most Dangerous Spy" for a good reason.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Archer is often seen in either a tailored suit or a black tactical turtleneck (a "tactleneck").
* BadBoss: To Woodhouse. BIG time.
* BeardOfSorrow: Archer grows one for three months after [[spoiler: his fiance is killed.]]
* BerserkButton:
** Anything that hints at his mother's out-of-control sexuality.
** Tying into that, hearing that Woodhouse helped his mother give birth to him, meaning that he saw her no-no square.
* BigEater: Not large quantities like Pam but Archer does have a rather large appetite.
* BiTheWay: Maybe not full-on Bisexual, but a pretty strong argument could be made for Heteroflexable. To date, he has had sex with a pair of Kathoey at least once, was willing to kiss Ramon Lemon while he was dying, and when [[spoiler: locked in a cell in San Marcos with Gustavo Calderon two cells down, and his wife in between them, the three of them have been having sex through the bars. When Juliana is taken upstairs by Cyril so she can marry him, Gustavo asks if Archer "wants him to move over one." Archer seriously considers the idea.]] And in "THe Archer Sanction" he mentions that if he were to sleep with a guy, "it would be one who didn't forget the gum! And not that it's any of [Ray's] business, also black." Later that episode, it is revealed that "Bang Joe Fraizer" is (possibly) on his bucket list.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: During the car chase in "[[Recap/ArcherS3E4TheManFromJupiter the Man from Jupiter]]," the Cuban assassins' vans fly off the road into the water in two identical (save for the vehicles) sequences. Archer notices this, somehow.
* BunnyEarsLawyer:
** He's an extremely talented agent and feared worldwide as the world's most dangerous spy. When he's not on a mission, he's sleeping with inordinate numbers of women and getting blackout drunk.
** He sleeps around and gets blackout drunk during missions, too, but still manages to avoid getting killed. Whether or not he actually completes the mission itself is a whole other issue.
* CannotSpitItOut: He really does love Lana. He's just absolute shit at expressing it properly.
* CatchPhrase: Archer's ''"Danger zone!"'' said to Lana. Also ''"Do you not?"''
** "PHRASING!"
** Name! NAME! NAAAAME!!!!!....Fine then just pout!?!
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Archer's love of animals (except alligators) comes up frequently in the series. However, in the pilot episode, he freaks out when he sees that the air stewardess that he brought back to his penthouse also took her dog with her. Four episodes later, he barely bats an eye when a [[NoodleImplements lemur]] attacked one of his prostitutes.
* TheChewToy: In season 2.
* ChubbyChaser: He begins [[spoiler: having an affair with Pam]] in Season 3, and [[spoiler:claims that it's the best sex he's had in his life]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To an extent. Most of his dumbassery isn't really him being outright ''stupid;'' instead, his brain just makes very odd connections filtered through an obsession with Burt Reynolds movies and Kenny Loggins.
* ComedicSociopathy
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: While being a complete moron, Archer is more than competent at violence when the situation arises.
* CutenessProximity: Wildly gushes over Carol's pet ocelot, loving his "cute little spots!" Archer in general goes nuts over cute animals, including lemurs, adorable pugs, and at one point he even gets completely distracted when he thinks there's a zoo nearby. He admits that if not for his bad grades, he'd be working as a vet.
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheDreaded: Surprisingly, Archer manages to live up to his title as the "World's Most Dangerous Spy." A few people have actually hesitated when they realised they're dealing with the infamous Duchess.
** Note that he's the World's Most ''[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Dangerous]]'' spy, not the world's most competent, intelligent, or useful spy. He's also equally dangerous whether you're with him or against him.
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:When he drowns in "Sea Tunt, Part 2". He gets better, though.]]
%%* DreamWorksFace
* DumbMuscle: He manages to fill this role for ISIS despite [[GeniusDitz actually being very intelligent]]: he's a phenomenally effective ActionHero but that's pretty much his only relevant talent as a spy.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Has moments of these. Noteworthy in "Skytanic", where he keeps thinking the airship is flammable even though it's full of helium, but his other reason why it's a stupid idea (it's a boring slow ride which can only go between two places) turned out to be completely true.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:When he drowns in "Sea Tunt, Part 2", his last words are "Lana...! I... love... you."]]
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: His middle name is his mother's first name.
* EmbarrassingNickname: His codename is "Duchess" after his mother's dead dog.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: [[spoiler:Gets an erection at the thought of his mother dying]] in the pilot. Only half of one though. The other half would have really missed her.
* 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. He even sticks up for Pam against her horrible sister in "Edie's Wedding" and starts to treat her like a true friend.
* {{Expy}}: Visually, Archer bears many similarities Xander Crews from ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'' though Archer is way nicer, smarter and less self-centered than Xander was.
* {{Fainting}}: Of the emotional type through complete disbelief (or {{Squick}}), usually when hearing about his mother's sexual exploits. So frequent is this that Malory even quips he might as well be half fainting goat.
* {{Fetish}}: He loves a chick who's into anal.
* FinaglesLaw: He will screw up any mission he is given in any way possible. ISIS in general tends to screw up everything but it's most prominent with Archer.
* FreudianExcuse: Archer's dysfunction is a result of growing up with a negligent and outright abusive mother, as revealed in a number of flashbacks to his traumatic childhood. She abandoned him until the age of five, then sent him off to 12 straight years of boarding school. Other examples include abandoning him on Christmas Eve with no way to get home, taking all of his Halloween candy from him in a poker game, stealing his unattended bike to "teach" him about responsibility...without ''giving it back or mentioning it further'' afterwards and giving him liquor at a young age. After several flashbacks, various characters admit that it "explains a lot" about Archer's personality.
* TheGadfly: He goes out of his way to tick Lana off. Whether or not he's trying to tick everyone else off hasn't been stated.
* {{Gasshole}}: Again, not to the extent as Pam but Archer burps a lot.
* GeniusDitz: He's a complete moron 95% of the time and an expert spy the remaining 5% of the time. He also has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture, and knows his way around history and classic literature. He's also surprisingly proficient with electronics, creating increasingly elaborate pranks and even rerouting his answering machine to Cheryl's mansion to set off lights and techno music when full, a feat that impresses Krieger.
* GenreSavvy: Archer seems to have this mindset when he wants to play pranks on people, if his voicemails or his little stint in Movie Star are anything to go by.
** In "Legs", his first instinct is to go looking for [[ButtMonkey Brett]] after he accidentally fires his gun.
*** [[spoiler: Subverted as of season 5, as his skill as a spy is WrongGenreSavvy for a drug-runner. Case in point: he smuggles drugs INTO Colombia.]]
* GentlemanSnarker: Sterling is pretty incompetent in most things, but he's the best field agent there is. He's also incredibly slow on the uptake on a number of occasions, but he also displays a surprisingly hefty education, apparently coming from his years at a boarding school. In one exchange that exemplifies the dichotomy, he overhears two mooks on a space station make an ''AnimalFarm'' reference. Archer knows that ''Animal Farm'' is "an allegorical novella about Stalinism by Creator/GeorgeOrwell," but thought they were talking about an actual animal farm.
* GoodIsNotNice: Of the UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist variety. Being an agent doesn't mean he is a nice person at heart.
%%* HandsomeLech
* HaveIMentionedIAmGay: A CrowningMomentOfFunny for him in "Honey Pot".
* HeroicBSOD: A minor one after he [[spoiler:learns that Barry killed Jakov.]] And a big one when he learns [[spoiler: he's become a father.]]
* HiddenDepths: Despite his questionable competency as a secret agent, he is actually rather knowledgeable, and proves as such to the Irish mob with his knowledge of history when one of the mobsters insults the Honduran janitors about being immigrants.
** He uses his knowledge of chemistry to improvise bombs out of empty glass bottles, dry ice, and water.
** And he's apparently a HermanMelville fan.
** His knowledge of nearly all of the crocodile and alligator deaths in North America. Mainly due to the fact that he's paranoid about them.
** '''Lana:''' "You don't know your own blood-type, but you know the name of the guy who ''discovered'' blood-types?!"
** He understands the metaphor in Animal Farm (not that it's a hard one to get, but still)
** It's also heavily implied that he really does love Lana, but has no idea how to say it.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Mallory's parenting skills are a thing to behold. Highlights include teaching him to play Blackjack and taking all of his Halloween candy because he hit on 17, getting him drunk and then criticizing him for being unable to hold his liquor, stealing his bike to teach him a lesson about responsibility and letting him believe it was stolen. All this happened when he was around 7, by the way.
* HoneyTrap: Archer claims to love this one (except when he is assigned to seduce a man). Ironically, he himself is exceedingly susceptible to it.
** In "Coyote Lovely" he completely abandons the stated mission of stopping illegal immigrants from being smuggled into the U.S. upon discovering that the woman in charge was beautiful. [[spoiler: Mallory planned for this, as she had already been bribed by the smugglers]].
** In "Viscous Coupling", KGB head Katya is able to trick Archer into arranging for Krieger to help Barry escape from the space station ''Horizon'' by playing with his affections. She doesn't even need to actually have sex with him!
* HookersAndBlow: What Archer gets up to in his spare time, though the only drug he abuses is alcohol.
* HotBlooded: Basically the only thing that raises him above the level of BadassNormal agents such as Lana. If he must violate the laws physics to save her (from a mess he got her in), he'll bend them out of the way.
* HyperAwareness: When not distracted by booze, tits and/or cute fuzzy animals. He manages to constantly keep track of the number of bullets fired by anyone's gun, even to the point where he can track the number of shots fired from multiple weapons at the same time, ''while'' he is getting hit by said bullets.
--> '''Archer:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Holy shit, maybe I]] ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext am]]'' [[AmbiguousDisorder autistic.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: He belittles Ray for receiving a bronze medal in the Olympics, but brags about how he took second place in a minor contest.
* IncestSubtext: In the pilot episode, Lana mentions that he yells his mother's name during sex.
* IdenticalStranger: With a Cuban official in "Diversity Hire".
* IdiotBall. Archer almost always finds a way to screw something up usually due to his own arrogance. Expect him to hold the idiot ball multiple times in an episode.
** To get an idea of how badly he screws up, in the three part season 3 premiere, "Heart of Archness", Archer manages to cause a seaplane to run out of fuel thinking autopilot follows the flight plan, then when Rip Riley tries to land the plane safely in water Archer lowers the landing gear causing the plane to crash into the water. Then on the life raft, eats all the rations before Riley wakes up, then manages to get them captured by pirates. This is all happens just barely two thirds through the first episode.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: Is an expert Lacrosse player and has even used his talent there in the field several times (including killing four KGB agents with a makeshift Lacrosse stick and some cocktails). As he said himself, "The skills are pretty universal."
* InformedAttribute: They say he's ISIS' top field agent as if they believe it.
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* {{Jerkass}}: Especially towards Cyril and Woodhouse.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** His relationship with Ruth in "Placebo Effect".
** Being more concerned about Cheryl's Ocelot being lonely in his room, despite said Ocelot just having destroyed one of his suits, which is normally a berserk button for him. In a similar vein he also sympathizes with a [[KickTheDog shot Tiger]] in El Contador.
** In "Honeypot", he, for no readily-explainable reason, helped a distraught Dominican man bury his prized rooster in the Everglades after it was killed in a chickenfight. Made all the more heartwarming when it's revealed a season later that alligators are one of his biggest fears.
** In "Heart of Archness", he's much too sympathetic to actually commit any piracy.
** He willingly gave up the last scubasuit without hesitation to Lana when he learns she going to be a mom.
** Telling Pam that he and the other characters liked her the way she was, and that even though her cocaine use has made her thinner and sexier, the effect it has had on her personality is undesirable and the risk of a fatal overdose is not worth it.
** In the ending of the Season 6 opener, he uses his sat-phone to track down and call the wife of the elderly Japanese soldier he's been working with through most of the episode so they can reunite for the first time in decades.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: A lot of his more sympathetic moments, particularly with Lana, are immediately subverted by him being an [[{{Jerkass}} ass]].
* KickTheDog: Does this ''constantly'' to Cyril and Woodhouse.
* KindheartedCatLover: Archer appears to have shades of this, judging by his concern for Babou the ocelot, as well as his surprising empathy for a Bengal Tiger.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: He's a huge fan of Burt Reynolds.
* LadykillerInLove:
** With Katya.
** It bears mentioning that Archer is more than likely actually in love with Lana (as shown in the Season four finale where he [[spoiler: screamed "Lana! I love you!" right before he drowned)]], but considering his background, he doesn't actually know ''how'' to love anyone or anything.
* LamarckWasRight: Seems to have inherited all his mother's personality traits, both bad and good.
%%* LargeHam
* LastNameBasis: Malory, Jakov and Katya are the only characters who call him Sterling.
* LethallyStupid: Sometimes.
* LetsGetDangerous: He may be an unrepentant playboy with questionable common sense and no skill at or concern over actually staying undercover, but he's an excellent fighter and is surprisingly knowledgeable.
* TheLoad[=/=]TheMillstone: His tendency to be an insatiable poon-hound with a planet-sized ego often causes things to go wrong for his colleagues.
* MadeOfIron: Archer is incredibly tough, surviving among other things a boat loaded with high explosives going up around him, multiple car (and one spaceship) crashes, amateur brain surgery, six .44 Magnum rounds in the chest at point blank range, and getting shot ''twelve times'' in the back.
* ManChild: He can be pretty immature, such as antagonizing Lana just for kicks.
* MeanBoss:
** To Woodhouse.
** Also tends to demand that he be agent in command on missions, making him this to his fellow field agents.
* MistakenForRacist: In "Diversity Hire", Conway [[spoiler:after revealing himself as an enemy]] calls Archer racist for asking if Conway slept with Mallory. While he can be pretty insensitive at times, he's not actually racist; he's just squicked out by ''anyone'' sleeping with his mother, regardless of race.
** He spends the majority of "The Limited" being called a racist by that week's villain due a mixture of unfortunate-looking circumstances and his usual ignorance.
* MommasBoy: Has a very dysfunctional love/hate relationship with his mother. On one hand, he hates everything his mother stands for, on the other, he completely loses it at the thought of anyone having sex with or marrying her. Ron even lampshades this by comparing him to [[{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]].
* MommyIssues: His EstablishingCharacterMoment in the ''very first'' episode...
-->'''Malory:''' The thought of me ''dead'' gives you an ''erection''?\\
'''Archer:''' Just... half of one. [[DiggingYourselfDeeper The other half would really miss you.]]
* NeverMyFault: Pretty much everything he does wrong.
* NoodleIncident: His conception. There are at least 4 candidates for his father. Considering his mother ReallyGetsAround, though, the number may be even higher.
* OedipusComplex: Inverted. He absolutely ''despises'' every last thing about his mother but he seemed to have idolized the image of his father... until he learned that his dad was not who he thought he was.
* OvertOperative: He'll tell ''anybody'' that he's a secret agent. Leads to this exchange:
--> '''Malory''': Real secret agents don't tell every harlot from here to Hanoi that they ''are'' secret agents!\\
'''Archer''': *scoffs* Then why be one?
* PetTheDog:
** 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 and what he did was more of an unintended KickTheDog to Woodhouse.
** In "Phase Two" Archer thanks Woodhouse for his generosity and hard work, and even half-way apologies for a lifetime of being a dick to him. Admittedly, this moment comes after Archer stole Woodhouse's vacation and got his brother Dickie into legal trouble... but the sentiment's nice.
** A straight example with Archer's relationship with Ruth, a sweet old lady who happens to be a fellow [[spoiler:cancer patient]].
** Also apparently likes Ocelots. Seems rather fond of animals in general, except for [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes alligators]].
** Calling Kentaro's wife for him without prompting probably counts.
** He agrees to go to Edie's wedding with Pam as her date so that she won't be humiliated in Season 6, [[spoiler:which initially has adverse effects, with Barry tracking them down, but eventually ends with Pam getting some long-needed revenge on her sister.]]
* PingPongNaivete: While Archer is usually a BunnyEarsLawyer who's able to deal with spy work competently while being a complete moron in every other area, sometimes the stupidity bleeds into his work for the sake of the RuleOfFunny; for example, completely missing a parachute drop zone only to land in the wrong country.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Mistakes Sikhs for Muslims, accusing a Sikh man of being a potential terrorist and calling him "Beardsly [=McTurbanhead=]"
%%* PopCulturedBadass
* PsychopathicManchild: Extremely self-centered and abuses his co-workers and Woodhouse for his own amusement.
* ReallyGetsAround: Spends most of his free time with hookers, and everyone assumed he was the father when Trinette gave birth in Season 2. Has had sex with Lana and Cheryl off-screen, and starts sleeping with [[spoiler:Pam]] in Season 3.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes on one against a group of Irish gangsters after they give him fake cancer medication. He even films it, and ends up playing it at the office over and over after he recovers.
-->"[[{{Pun}} Terms of Enrampagement]] [[LampshadeHanging which, again, is a working title]]."
* RuleOfCool: Thinks this applies to his life, which often results in failed missions or comedic injuries (to himself or others). However, in some cases, such as "Skorpio", it miraculously ''does'', which only encourages him to keep trying to apply it.
* SayMyName: To Barry at the end of Season 2 [[spoiler:after Barry kills Archer's fiancee Katya]].
* SexForSolace: After [[spoiler: Barry murders Katya]], Archer spends the next several months, in Malory's words, grief-banging the entire Pacific Rim, to the point where she believes Polynesia's gene pool was permanently altered. He also became a pirate king, but that's semi-unrelated.
-->'''Archer''': I was emotionally shattered. Which turns out to be kind of a panty-dropper.
* SharePhrase: "What the shit?" he took from [[BelligerentSexualTension Lana]].
* SkewedPriorities: Just one example: he's more interested in a pirate lacrosse game than saving Ray's life and escaping the island he's being held prisoner on.
** He'd also rather let Barry suffer a potentially fatal fall than risk having his clothes damaged. This happens ''twice''.
* SmugSnake: As Lana puts it, his ego needs its own zip code.
* SociopathicHero: The only time he ever really comes close to acting like a civil person [[spoiler:is when he thought he was dying of cancer]].
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Archer has had lengthy conversations with an English Mastiff and Cheryl's pet ocelot.
* SpoiledBrat: He gets away with a lot because his mom's the boss.
* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]] An in-universe example. He responds to anything sexual involving his mother with disgust and disdain.
* SteelEarDrums: Oh so subverted. He has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus Tinnitus]] (ringing of the ears) as a result of his fellow agents firing guns near his ear, and one too many explosions. He accumulates more damage to his eardrums each season.
* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Drink]]: He'll drink practically anything but he tends to favor Bloody Mary's.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: He's a borderline VillainProtagonist at times.
* UpperClassTwit: On one occasion he references ''Bartleby The Scrivener'' and is surprised that no one gets it.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He really was, before his mother screwed him up.
* VitriolicBestBuds: His relationship with Lana is this plus tons of UnresolvedSexualTension. He even says in one episode that she's not only his best friend, but his OnlyFriend.
* WellDoneSonGuy: His relationship with Mallory is...complicated.
* WhatTheHellDad: To the Wee Baby Seamus, [[spoiler:who isn't his child]].
* TheWoobie: Being GenreSavvy, he deliberately ''[[InvokedTrope invokes]]'' this to get pity sex from [[spoiler:Lana]] while he has [[spoiler:cancer]].
* WouldHitAGirl: He has no problem attacking women in the course of doing his job, though if they're hot he might hold off a bit.
** Or if they are relentlessly abusive toward his friends, as seen in "Edie's Weddding."
%%* WouldHurtAChild
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Archer's three greatest fears: Alligators, crocodiles, and ''brain aneurysms.'' His fourth is killer robots.
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[[folder:Lana Kane]]
!!Lana Kane
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[[caption-width-right:309:''"When we first started going out, I may have injected a tracking device into your body."'']]
->'''Voiced By''': Aisha Tyler

->''"So as far as Archer is concerned, I feel like I dodged the world's most dysfunctional bullet."''

Another of ISIS' top agents. Like Archer, she's an excellent but flawed agent, her problems manifesting in her sarcastic and slightly bloodthirsty nature. She routinely squabbles with Archer, both of them bringing up their previous sexual history with each other. She also has large, mannish hands.
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Tropes associated with Lana:
* ActionGirl: She's received all the same training as Archer, and kicks as much ass as he does.
* {{Badass}}: She's at least as big a badass as Archer, if not more so.
* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:At the end of season one she has sex with Pam, apparently out of pity.]]
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Lana shows a distinct preference for white men, as well as bareback interracial porn.
* BloodKnight: Lana ''likes'' her job, and also likes violence a bit more than is healthy.
* BoobsOfSteel: Double D according to the series, she's certainly well endowed and strong enough to rip open a foot thick magnetically sealed door. With one hand.
* ButNotTooBlack: Lana is a light-skinned black woman. This is somewhat {{lampshaded}} when Archer calls her "black... ish." She gets offended, and he defends himself by saying that she exploded when he called her a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadroon quadroon]].
* CatchPhrase: "Asshole" to Archer, "God damn it Archer!" She also has an overly drawn out "nooooooooooooooope" or "yuuuuup" as well as a SharePhrase "What the shit?" with Archer.
* TheChewToy: Depending on the episode, such as Pipeline Fever, where she severely burns her hands and is shot full of morphine, as well as Space Race, where she continuously vomits until there was "literally no more fluid left in her body."
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Cyril lies to her she first tries to gun him down, then makes him get their favorite adult movie. Might not be much of a punishment until she says, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale "Night ain't over yet."]]
* CovertPervert: Into interracial porn and is familiar with the variety of fetishes on the Internet, saying pregnant women is totally a thing.
* DeadpanSnarker: Most often she snarks at Archer.
* DemotedToExtra: In Archer Vice, she takes a less active role due to [[spoiler:being pregnant]]. Pam, Cyril and Ray seem to take turns being Archer's aide during this season.
* {{Dominatrix}}: Hinted at in several episodes and confirmed in the preview/ImagineSpot for Archer Vice.
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse: Her reaction when Pam compares herself to Schindler and Gandhi.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Both Pam and Cheryl make comments about how they might be interested in sleeping with her. [[spoiler:Both of them follow through, too - Cheryl gets an orgasm from a beating from her, and Pam gets pity sex from her.]]
** Even The Gay Guys Want Her: Ray was willing to have sex with her, when she was [[spoiler:seemingly allowing all the men (except Cyril, whom she had recently broken up with) of [=ISIS=] to have sex with her]] in the Season 1 finale. and when asked why by Cyril:
-->'''Ray:''' Girl, please. Nobody's that gay.
* GunsInChurch: Despite being a self-proclaimed "covert operative", Lana usually wears a side-holster with one or two guns on top of her otherwise skintight dresses, in public.
* HiddenDepths: In "Heart of Archness" and "Space Race", she displays insecurities with her looks and needs to be reassured that she's good-looking. She also imitates [[Films/ANewHope Darth Vader]] word for word, complete with inflection.
%%* HotBlooded
* InformedFlaw: Her hands are apparently ''huge''.
* JerkassBall: 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.
** She threatened Scatterbrain Jane with a switchblade twice in 'Training Day'
** When Uta asked her if she wanted the Nordic dish Gravlax, Lana reponds: "No I'm allergic to cat piss. Go away."
** She shot Archer more than once. Even though he himself is the reigning Jerkass of the show, none of the things he did warranted physical violence.
** When she shot her gun right by Archer's ear in 'Movie Star'.
** When she called Conway Stern, Homeboy [=McJewerson=] because she was jealous of his status as TheAce. [[spoiler: Sure he was a traitor, but she didn't know that at the time]].
*** She even punched Cyril for insinuating she was jealous of Conway.
** She let Cyril get his ass kicked by Calzado, just because he got a little overzealous with his leadership during 'El Contador'
** A lot of people agree that though a semi-sweet moment, it's morally dubious at best when she [[spoiler: stole Archer's sperm to impregnate herself]].
*** And then when [[spoiler: Archer does a semi-realistic thing and runs away from the new responsibility, she has the nerve to call him irresponsible, even though she forced him to be a parent against his will!]]
* TheLancer: To Archer.
%%* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Katya's light. Ultimately subverted after [[spoiler: Katya's resurrection as a cyborg and her palace coup against Barry. Katya even starts wearing a much darker [[CustomUniformOfSexy KGB uniform]]]].
* MadeOfIron: Her hands. They're so strong she was able to keep a helicopter from flying away by holding onto a grappling hook that was latched onto it and pull open a electro-magnetically locked door.
* ManipulativeBitch:
** In the Season 1 finale "Dial M for Mother", she [[spoiler:offers to sleep with all the men in the office to get even with Cyril. She actually doesn't have sex with ''any'' of them and charges just for being able to say they did; she gets away with it because she knows none of them will admit he didn't sleep with her.]]
** The only reason [[spoiler:stealing Archer's sperm to impregnate herself and make him the father]] doesn't automatically qualify here is because [[spoiler:all indication says Archer didn't need to be manipulated to want to be with her]].
* MarriedToTheJob: Hints of this in the first few seasons, and made very clear in Season Four when Carol rips into Lana with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that pretty much beats her over the head with this trope so hard that she's left totally speechless.
* MsFanservice: At least once a season she'll somehow manage to parade around in her underwear. At least before Season 5.
* OnlyFriend: Archer admits that she is this to him.
* OnlySaneWoman: Lana is easily the most competent member of ISIS, along with Ray. Her outbursts are usually due to someone/something that has gone crazy (most of the time, via Archer) and is very good at her job. However, while she might be the most moral, it's only by default.
* OnlySaneEmployee
--> Since when is babysitting Archer my... oh my God, that's exactly my job.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: In the season five premier, she tells Archer that she'd [[spoiler: rather lose the baby than marry him]]. She immediately realizes her mistake when she sees his reaction. Notably, it's not certain which part of the statement upset him, given that [[spoiler: Archer was surprisingly supportive of her having a baby.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: A gigantic one after accidentally touching some dry ice.
* PregnantBadass: For the majority of Season 5 she's pregnant via a donor, [[spoiler: who turns out to be Archer.]]
* PunnyName: Possibly [[http://lanacane.com/ a coincidence]], but who knows? Lana is also [[BackwardsName 'anal' spelled backwards]], much to Sterling's undoubted delight.
* ReallyGetsAround: She has been in sexual relationships with [[spoiler:Joshua Gray]], Barry, Archer and Cyril, and [[spoiler:cheats on Cyril with Archer, Skorpio, Pam and almost Sandu Singh]] in Season 1[[note]]Although to be fair, [[spoiler:Archer and Skorpio was part of a do-or-die situation, and Sandu Singh was to get information on a potential bomb threat]][[/note]]. In the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler:she pretends to have sex with every man at ISIS to punish Cyril for cheating on her.]]
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Dislikes [[spoiler:Conway]] because of jealousy, not realizing that he actually ''is'' a traitor.
* SassyBlackWoman: [[CatchPhrase ''"Yuuuuuuup!"'']] She's like a ball busting combination of [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Turanga Leela,]] [[Series/MassEffect Ashley Williams]] and [[VideoGames/DeadIsland Purna Jackson.]]
* SayMyName: And it's always Archer's name.
* ShipTease: With Archer, couples with EveryoneCanSeeIt. Season four amps this up to infinity. [[spoiler: Season 5's finale has her come out and admit it, but Archer is distracted and doesn't notice.]]
* StatuesqueStunner: Easily one of the tallest women on the show which is appropriate considering her voice actress.
%% * [[StraightMan Straight Woman]]
* StupidSexyFlanders: In a twist, Lana is attractive enough that ''Gillette'', a professed homosexual man, is perfectly willing to sleep with her, saying that "No one is ''that'' gay."
* {{Stripperific}}:
** All of Lana's outfits seem tailor-made to show off her figure. If not that, then she'll invariably end up in a situation where she'll be stripped to her underwear.
** As lampshaded by Archer when he gets distracted by her in underwear when they're in the middle of a gunfight:
--->'''Lana:''' Now?! ''Really?!''\\
'''Archer:''' Oh, right! Because you walked into Strippers Discount Warehouse and said "Help me showcase my intellect!"\\
'''Lana''': Discount?! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint This is]] ''[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Fiacci]]''.
* SuperStrength: Due to the [[InformedAbility massiveness of her hands]], but only for comedic effect. In one episode, a particularly insistent Lana pries open the magnetically locked vault door Malory had installed in place of her office door, ''literally single-handedly and without setting down or even spilling her coffee.''
%%* ThighHighBoots
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Beleaguered as she is by her coworkers, she is still a shockingly petty person, willing to let fellow agents be brutally beaten and tortured in front of her due to snippiness or insulting her fashion.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Might as well be. Not only women and but also gay men are willing to have sex with her, because nobody is ''that'' gay, and during Space Race: Part II, [[spoiler:commander Drake, of all women on earth, chose specifically her to be their "brood sow" because he]] considers her the perfect female specimen based on her morphology, I.Q. and medical history. That's flattering... ish.
%%* ZettaiRyouiki
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cyril Figgis]]
!!Cyril Figgis
[[quoteright:309:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/figgis_cyril_8946.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:309:''"[[BlatantLies Just]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms jackin' it]]."'']]
->'''Voiced By''': Chris Parnell

ISIS comptroller. A meek, wussy, and slightly whiny in a [[spoiler:now-ended]] relationship with Lana. At times he's been a helpful influence in a few missions, but sticks to ISIS HQ and worries about Lana. Promoted to field agent as of Season 3's "El Contador".
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Tropes associated with Cyril:
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler:To Juliana Calderon, Gustavo's ex-wife, as the dictator of San Marcos.]]
* ATeamFiring: When holding a gun, he's a threat to everyone ''except'' the bad guys.
* BadassBookworm[=/=]BadassPacifist: Pulls off his most badass things, field agent or otherwise, nonviolently: Helping Lana push the bomb out of the blimp, bluffing Spelvin with an empty gun, and most of "El Contador".
* BerserkButton: It seems that he ''really'' hates being pushed, to the point that when Archer does it to him twice in "Coyote Lovely" [[spoiler: he socks him.]]
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: It was revealed in the first episode of the series that he tried to get ISIS to cover a penis-reduction procedure, and his size--''twelve inches''--is mentioned several times in the first season.
* ButtMonkey: Swings between this and TheWoobie.
* CatchPhrase: "Hello!" Often accompanies InterruptedIntimacy.
** [[ATeamFiring "SUPPRESSING FIRE!"]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: Lana's many missions with Archer has made Cyril feel very threatened about his relationship.
* {{Cuckold}}: Lana cheats on him with Archer more than once [[spoiler:and has a daughter with him]]. Although to be fair, he wasn't exactly Mr. Monogamous either.
* TheDogBitesBack: He's become a lot more assertive lately, to the point where he [[spoiler:actually punches Archer in the face]] in Season 4.
** Taken to a whole new level when he [[spoiler:single-handedly executes an impromptu coup d'etat and seizes control of the nation of San Marcos]] near the end of ''Archer Vice''.
* DoggedNiceGuy: A strange subversion. He's in a relationship with Lana, but is constantly pushed aside or treated with little respect.
* [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Dude, He's Like in a Coma!]]: [[spoiler: After being knocked unconscious and having a litre of blood stolen from him in "Blood Test", Cyril is molested by both Pam and Ray separately while he's still unconscious.]]
** [[spoiler: When he wakes up next to Ray in a toilet stall after Pam tranquilized both of them, he implies that it's happened several times.]]
%%* ExtremeDoormat
* GoshdangItToHeck: Cyril has a habit of using bizarre half-measures when cursing, resulting in phrases like "gosh-dammit" and "Jesus H. Jones".
* HiddenDepths: "White Elephant" reveals he used to be a defense attorney who went into accounting after he got tired of defending scumbags. This ends up coming in handy when ISIS goes from a spy agency to a cartel, needing both good legal defense and someone who can maneuver around the law.
** In Season 5, it turns out that he's also an astonishingly capable military commander, [[spoiler:taking the San Marcan Army back from the verge of absolute defeat within three weeks of assuming control of the nation.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: The plot of "Tragical History" when he infects the ISIS computer system with a worm in order to remove it and prove his abilities to the others.
* KavorkaMan: For such a nebbish schlub, he gets an awful lot of action.
* LeeroyJenkins: In "Crossing Over" and "Space Race Part 1".
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Because it would be difficult to run a drug cartel without at least one lawyer.
* NonActionGuy: Mid season 3 and onward seems trying to avert this, it's implied he's going on more missions and getting better on the field.
* ReallyGetsAround: He has slept with [[spoiler:Lana, Cheryl, Scatterbrain Jane, Malory, Trinette, Pam and Framboise]], plus any number of unnamed sexual partners.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: The season 5 premiere has him suddenly reveal he is a former ''defense attorney'' but went to night accountancy school because he was sick of defending scumbags. Apparently he had "long talks" about it with Lana but even she doesn't remember. [[http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2014/01/archer-season-5-matt-thompson-interview/ Lampshaded]] by WordOfGod:
-->'''Matt Thompson''': [...]Cyril is serving in that function as a former district attorney, which we found out is part of his background. That we just gloss right the f*ck over.
* TalkingYourWayOut: Newly-promoted field agent Cyril bluffs his way to Ramon's trust in "El Contador" by pretending to be an accountant for his boss, and offering to help Ramon get a bigger share of the profits. [[spoiler: It works]]
* TheScapegoat: Whenever Archer does something illegal openly, he poses as Cyril, leaving him to deal with the fallout.
* TheSmartGuy: By this outfit's standards, at least.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** He may have caused the problems in "Tragical History" in the first place, but it was pretty cool when Cyril [[spoiler:ruined Spelvin's server and all of the info he had gathered before bluffing him with an empty gun.]]
** He's actually shown to be an intelligent and resourceful thinker when he becomes a field agent.
** Unless it involves using a gun. Then he's lethal to everyone.
** Taken to ridiculous levels in ''Coyote Lovely'' when, provoked at least, he [[spoiler: actually punches Sterling who wasn't expecting that]]. Granted he [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown gets his ass kicked afterwards]] but still, Season 1 Cyril would've never done something like that.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Married a woman against her will when he became said dictator. Counts as IdiotBall since said women has been established to be untrustworthy.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Demonstrated in "Tragical History"
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:He gets pressured into cheating on Lana several times, which leads to their break-up.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Malory Archer]]
!!Malory Archer
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[[caption-width-right:309:''"If I cared what you did on a weekend I'd put a shotgun in my mouth and pull the trigger with my toes."'']]
->'''Voiced By''': Creator/JessicaWalter

Head of ISIS and Archer's mother. Just about as snarky, sex-crazed, and jerkish as her son, if not more so. At times she'll abuse her power (such as using a bomb threat to steal a first-class cabin on a blimp from her hated neighbor), but mostly she'll try to make sure that ISIS missions go as smoothly as possible, sighing all the way as her idiot son screws everything up.
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Tropes associated with Malory:
* AbusiveParents: She's the reason Archer is so messed up.
* ActionGirl: Based on various flashbacks and the fact that she was able to [[spoiler: shoot her son six times in the torso with what was revealed the next season to be a .44 magnum]]. She expresses pride that all six shots were grouped "in the '10 ring.'"
* TheAlcoholic: A shared family trait, as she got Archer drinking at a really young age.
* AnythingThatMoves: Not that her son is any different...
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Gets a ''very'' brief moment with Sterling in "Dial M for Mother"... which he almost immediately ruins.
* BatmanGambit: Several episodes end with the plot twist that she has set everything up, with her plans working because she knows everyone well enough to manipulate them.
* BestialityIsDepraved: Malory's relationship with her deceased dog Duchess.
* BigBad: PlayedWith. While [[spoiler: Barry and Katya]] may be the most obvious (albeit: current) opponents of the main characters, Malory Archer has ''consistently'' proven herself to be the series' primary conflict creator, [[ManipulativeBastard often using ISIS and its employees to commit heinous and criminal acts bordering on treason]] (ranging from the sake of [[OnlyInItForTheMoney financial gain]], to revenge against another, to just getting her sex tape(s) back). [[BadBoss To say nothing of how she treats her subordinates]], more often than not, she tends to [[KarmaHoudini get away with it all]] most of the time. [[spoiler: And that's not even covering the events of the fifth season.]]
* BiTheWay: Possibly. She had a threesome with Pam and a German chubby-chaser. And during Season 5 when she and Ron were trying out an open marriage, Cheryl and Pam both had keys to her apartment, and when Cyril asks about it, the following exchange happens:
--> '''Cyril''': You both had sex with... hopefully Ron?
--> '''Cheryl and Pam simultaneously''': [[RunningGag ...Don't worry about it.]]
* CynicalMentor: To Archer and the Wee Baby Seamus. Varied from the norm in that it's made clear that her "mentoring" of them is closer to abuse and Archer is deeply, deeply disturbed as a result.
* DaChief: When berating ISIS members.
* DatingCatwoman: In a relationship with the head of the KGB. She tries to keep this hidden, and the fact that this relationship may have produced Archer.
** May have. There's still Len Trexler and Buddy Rich (and an assassinated Italian anti-fascist activist) as possible candidates.
* DeadpanSnarker: One of the sharpest witted characters in the series.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** When she finds out Cheryl specifically missed her [[spoiler: parents' funeral]], Malory demands to know why. Cheryl says it's because Malory threatened to fire her if she missed work again, and Malory counters she wouldn't have fired her for going to that.
** According to "The Limited", Malory is, at worst, ''elitist'', not racist. She treats all servants the same, regardless of skin color.
* {{Expy}}: Malory ''is'' [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] (right down to being portrayed by Jessica Walter).
* FamilyVersusCareer: Averted. Malory prioritizes her career over her son, leaving Woodhouse the butler to raise young Sterling. On the rare occasions when she did spend time with him, she usually tormented him in order to teach him a lesson.
* GenerationXerox: For all the crap that she gives her son about his uncontrollable libido, it gradually becomes clear that [[NotSoDifferent she was every bit as lecherous as him when she was younger]] (and she still has plenty of affairs on the side).
* AGlassInTheHand: Malory breaks the last of her Steuben glass set in frustration when Nikolai hangs up on her in "Dial M For Mother".
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Malory thinks this of herself, as seen in "Lo Scandalo".
** Lampshaded in "Skin Game":
-->"Dead woman my still-shapely ass!"
%%* HeroicComedicSociopath
* InkSuitActor: She bears an (apparently completely coincidental) striking resemblance to Jessica Walter.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Used this a few times in Season 1 to justify her behavior:
-->'''Archer:''' Who puts [=Oxycontin=] in a Xanax bottle? \\
'''Malory:''' People with ''servants'', idiot! \\
'''Archer:''' But if they're stealing pills, how does it help to switch the labels? \\
'''Malory:''' Because they can't read English!
* InsistentTerminology: She claims not to be racist, and that if anything she's an elitist. She treats all servants equally, which is to say, like crap.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Is even ''more'' shamelessly self-centered than her son, and that's saying something. For instance, in "Stage Two", she's upset that [[spoiler:Archer has breast cancer and she doesn't]], since it means she's no longer the center of attention.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Confirmed in flashbacks in "The Double Deuce".
* {{Jerkass}}: She's pretty much the reason why Sterling is how he is.
* KarmaHoudini: Despite her amoral and completely unethical behavior, she usually escapes completely unscathed (on a few occasions she does receive her comeuppance).
** Taken up to eleven with the season 5 premier, what with her connections causing the FBI to set her free even though ISIS was an illegal spy ring with everyone (Minus archer and Lana) blabbing about what happened in the past seasons.
** LaserGuidedKarma: Some finally hits her in "House Call" when Ron leaves her and takes her house since she hid it under his name.
* LadyDrunk: Malory is almost always seen with a drink. She resorts to drinking ''isopropyl'' in the third season finale.
* LovableSexManiac: Archer's father could be any one of five guys, including jazz drummers Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. By the way, [[BrainBleach don't look in her desk]].
* MamaBear: Has shades of this, even though she's as much of a caring mother as Lucille Bluth or Peg Bundy are ([[DontExplainTheJoke read: she's not that caring at all).]]
** Except in the case of [[spoiler:Baby AJ.]] Krieger barely gets away without getting his balls blown off.
* ManipulativeBitch: In "Lo Scandalo", [[spoiler: she tricks the whole cast into covering up her murder of the Italian Prime Minister. She even calls the police while she is having the body being disposed by Krieger so that they are thrown off once they arrive to find the room all cleaned, and they aren't aware they are being played until the very end of the episode when Lana points it out.]]
* MaternallyChallenged: Averted. She can actually be pretty good with kids when she cares to be, its just her approach to parenting that leaves something to be desired.
* MeanBoss:
** Exemplified in this conversation when the ISIS support staff is on strike in "The Rock".
--->'''Lana:''' What do they want?\\
'''Malory:''' Oh, the same entitled crap as always. "''I can't afford to make ends meet! I'm on food stamps! My child died because I couldn't afford new bone marrow!''" Just me me me me me!\\
'''Lana:''' Jesus, whose kid died?\\
'''Malory:''' [[CrossesTheLineTwice Oh, who remembers?]]
** And earlier in the episode, it showed her murdering the cleaning staff simply for wearing pro-union buttons.
** Whenever Brett gets shot, her first instinct is to berate him for wrecking her carpets or to order him back to work.
** She routinely abuses ISIS resources to one-up her neighbor, Trudy Beekman. She'll make anonymous terrorist threats against some establishment that Trudy was bragging about going to (an upscale restaurant, a fancy blimp, an opera theater, etc) so that she can get ISIS hired to provide security.
* MyBelovedSmother: Half of her interactions with Archer.
* NobleBigot: Holds some prejudiced views of Lana and Ray, but still recognizes and respects their skills as agents.
* NoSell: Completely immune to tranquilizers, due to having abused ''that many'' substances.
* NoodleIncident: Apparently her "second fake 50th birthday" was pretty bad, because Archer compared it to having a group of armed men in combat armor burst into the office and start firing, killing Bret.
* ParentsAsPeople: Archer suffered from ParentalAbandonment due to Malory actually continuing with her career. Burt Reynolds also argues that Archer needs to allow her to flourish as her own person now that he's an adult.
* {{Politically Incorrect Hero}}ine: Hates the Irish and isn't afraid to show it. She's also made racist comments at the expense of blacks and the Japanese: when she shoots a Yakuza member off a ladder in "Drift Problem", she claims that "[it's payback] for Pearl Harbor".
* PetTheDog: She does occasionally have moments of this. She took Krieger to see both the theater and movie versions of Theater/TheWiz, and she did pay to have a car upgraded to a super spy car for Archer's birthday (even if she did ruin it by stealing it "to teach him a lesson")
* PhraseCatcher: "That's so classic ''her!''" usually when she's not around, occasionally to her face, "That's so classic ''you!''"
* RacistGrandma: In spite of her claims that she's "an elitist, not a racist," she has some ''very'' outdated opinions on different racial groups, and a pretty strong distaste for the Irish.
* ReallyGetsAround: Just about every male character on the show over 50 (Woodhouse [[spoiler:and her actual husband]] excepted) is a candidate for Sterling's father. Has sex with [[spoiler:Cyril]] in "Movie Star" and [[spoiler:Pam]] in "Swiss Miss".
* RetiredBadass: She is no longer an active field agent, but when she was, she was as feared a spy as her son and Lana are now. Even in retirement, Malory still can hold her own in a gunfight.
%%* SmugSnake
* StrawmanPolitical: Is a staunch conservative, and has some very odd ideas of what liberals and socialists are up to in the goverment.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: During ''The Double Duce'', both Sterling and Malory have flashbacks to a Halloween when Sterling was 8 years old and dressed as CharlieChaplin. Both of them wonders "Why was I/he dressed as Hitler?"
* TricksterMentor: This is her parenting strategy towards her son, even though it's taken to levels that would realistically be considered child abuse. It doesn't really help that he doesn't learn his lessons.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: She's an emasculating, condescending whore, but the show wouldn't be half as funny without her.
%%* UpperClassTwit
* [[VillainProtagonist Villainess Protagonist]]: Particularly in season 5 when the gang [[spoiler: forms a drug cartel]].
* WhenEldersAttack:
** Despite being drunk a good majority of the time, she's still a crack shot with a pistol, a fact she demonstrated on a [[spoiler: mind controlled Archer]].
** Demonstrated again in "Drift Problem" when she's able to precisely hit a metal ladder from a good distance away with a pistol, one handed and ''without looking.''
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Tends to proclaim "I will literally ''die''" in connection with decidedly non-life-or-death situations, such as stealing giant diamonds, or getting another drink.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cheryl Tunt]]
!!Cheryl(/Carol/Carina/Cristal/Cherlene) Tunt(/Gimple)
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[[caption-width-right:309:''"You're not my supervisor!"'']]
->'''Voiced By''': Creator/JudyGreer

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 5, she becomes a country singer by the name of Cherlene.
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Tropes associated with Cheryl:
* AmbiguouslyBi: While Cheryl hasn't overtly hit on any woman, her fetish for being strangled and murdered seems to apply even when women do it. She enjoys being slapped by Malory, orgasms during a beating from Lana, and solicits a choking from Pam. She later comments that she is "digging the Queen Kong vibe" Pam has in one episode.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Her craziness, outbursts and general oddness are suggested to stem from some mental disorders. In "Sea Tunt Part 1", her brother Cecil says she's always been nuts and had been getting worse over time, but he had no idea how bad it was. It is implied that most of her family are either crazy or perverted.
* AnythingThatMoves: Men, women, robots, genetic clones of Hitler. You name it. She even commented that the idea of being strangled by ''a child'' was hot (she already considers being strangled hot to begin with).
* TheBeard: Pretends to be Ray's wife during a visit to his redneck brother.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Played with as part of her general crazy behaviour. She can actually hear suspenseful string music when something dramatic happens but tries to convince herself that it's "non-diagetic".
* CatchPhrase: "You're not my supervisor!" and "Duh!" as Cheryl. "Outlaw Country!" as Cherlene.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In Diversity Hire, after having sex with Conway Stern, she actually hopes that she's pregnant. In later seasons, the mere mention of the word 'birth' causes her to shutter and say gross.
* TheChewToy: Or more accurately, 'choke toy'.
* ChildHater: Her present for Trinette's baby shower is a book on SIDS and a box of plastic laundry bags. When Krieger asks if she'd ever thought of having her own kids, she responds that she'd considered adopting a child...... but only so she could abandon it at a mall.
* CloudCuckooLander: She's easily the craziest member of ISIS, which is saying an awful lot.
* CombatSadomasochist: Her response to Lana reacting to her taunts? '''"BRING IT!"''' She gets off on having the shit beaten out of her. And taunting people into doing so. Yeah, she's got issues.
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Her brother]] recounts a time when, as a child, she burned down a gazebo while laughing wickedly.
* DirtyCoward: In "El Secuestro", she throws off some kidnappers by making them think Pam is her.
* EroticAsphyxiation: One of Cheryl's fetishes, closely related to her murder fetish. She frequently demands to be strangled during sex, has fantasies of being murdered, and has a general masochist streak in her.
* {{Flanderization}}: Cheryl goes from being an insecure and slightly unhinged secretary to a full-blown maniac. In the space of about four episodes. Lampshaded by her brother Cecil, who claims she has gotten steadily more disturbed over time.
* FunnySchizophrenia: Though [[spoiler: her brother takes it seriously, and tries to use this as a way of taking her half of the inheritance.]]
* GallowsHumor: Jokes that her parents were murdered, then laughs when she sees Lana and Malory react. Her parents ''were'' killed, but in a car accident.
* HiddenDepths: Season 5 reveals shows [[spoiler:her pursuing a career as a country musician after ISIS goes out of business and it's implied that it was something Cheryl wanted to do for a while. Lampshaded by Cyril, who wonders why a trust-fund kid with half a billion fortune would go after such an unrealistic goal.]]
* LethallyStupid: In "Crossing Over", [[spoiler:Barry talks her into taking him to the ISIS safehouse, where he kills Jakov and nearly kills her.]]
* LiteralMinded: Especially in season four, where she actually believes in [[OppositeDay Opposite World]].
** When Malory tells her to tell any callers that she's not there, Cheryl believes that she's some sort of hologram or illusion. [[FreezeFrameBonus If you look closely, you can see her checking Malory in the mirror to see if she's real.]]
* MagicFeather: Turns out [[spoiler: Krieger didn't put the mind control chip in her.]]
* MsFanservice: ''[[FanservicePack Especially]]'' in Season 5, if the WhoWearsShortShorts trope didn't already tip you off.
* NightmareFetishist: She loves EroticAsphyxiation, the harder and more dangerous the better, to the point that Cyril thinks he's killed her during their hookup. In fact, she also fantasizes about being murdered and likes being beaten.
* NonIdleRich: [[spoiler:In "El Secuestro", it's revealed that Cheryl is a Tunt and is worth half a billion dollars. Why she's working as a secretary for ISIS for minimum wage baffles everyone. But then, she is insane.]]
* NoodleIncident:
** She did time in a mental hospital after pleading insanity, and was also institutionalized under a false name with total amnesia. It's not clear whether these are the same incident.
** She spent 6 months thinking she was a werewolf, demanding that the ISIS staff lock her in the vault during the full moon.
** Malory had to ban scissors from ISIS because of an unspecified incident involving Cheryl. It's implied that she tried to cut Brett's tongue out.
* OutOfFocus: She and Pam seem to occupy a permanent place in any episode's B-plot.
%%* PluckyOfficeGirl
* ThePowerOfHate: Apparently the only thing that can make her get out of bed in the morning, and a huge part of why she stays at ISIS [[spoiler:after she becomes a multimillionaire]].
* PsychopathicManchild: Cheryl is a cross between types D and E.
* PyroManiac: Cheryl mentioned watching a building burn down in "Stage Two", was seen lighting a dumpster on fire in "El Secuestro", and took delight in burning the corpses of Torvald Utne and Elke Hubsch in "Killing Utne". In "Sea Tunt Part I", she's shown watching a fire she set in her waste paper bin, and squealing with delight when Pam accidently poured alcohol on it, then mentioned her and Pam having a date with some firemen who she met at a warehouse, her Brother mentions her burning down a gazebo at an extremely young age.
-->'''Cheryl:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext That's our pee]], and that’s the last I better hear about it because this stupid building is a tinderbox and ''I will burn it to the ground''!"
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers a ''devastating'' one to Lana in the fourth season:
-->"Oh please. If you really cared, you’d resign. But there’s no way you ever will, because you’re just counting the days, until - her face bloated and yellow from liver failure - [Malory] calls you to her deathbed and, in a croaky whisper, explains that Mr. Archer is totally incompetent and that you, the long suffering Lana Kane, are the only one qualified to run ISIS and you weep shameful tears because you know this terrible place is the only true love...''you will ever know''."
* {{Robosexual}}: Gets off to being strangled by Krieger's choke-bot.
* SanitySlippage: Looking like this as the series progresses. It's theorised she has multiple personalities like Barry.
* SecretlyWealthy: For awhile, but it's eventually revealed that she's from one of the wealthiest families in the country.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Pam.
* TooKinkyToTorture:
** She goads Lana into beating her up, by bragging about having sex with Cyril, and has an orgasm from the ensuing beatdown. Also wears a ton of breast cancer support ribbons all over her body so the safety pins can poke her.
** This extends to mental and emotional abuse. Even Archer gets {{Squick}}ed at this.
* {{Troll}}: Very much shown that this is why she is horrid to people, hoping for a violent reaction to get off on.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:In "Crossing Over", takes Barry to the ISIS safehouse, where Jakov is in protective custody, for sex.]]
* VerbalTic: Has a tendency to yell out "Duh!" whether she actually finds something obvious or not. Also gratuitously uses "stupid" a lot. (''"They can't get to the stupid mainframe because some stupid battery thing is in some stupid vault!"'')
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Pam.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pam Poovey]]
!!Pam Poovey
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[[caption-width-right:309:''"And that's the reason I never have sex with my coworkers. That... and no one ever lets me."'']]
->'''Voiced By''': Amber Nash

Head of HR at ISIS. Plump and incapable of keeping secrets. Possibly has a crush on Lana. Often seen hanging out with Cheryl, Cyril and Dr. Krieger.
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Tropes associated with Pam:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Pam is vigorously rebuffed by everyone she flirts with in early episodes, leading to her breaking down crying. In later episodes, she morphs into a self-confident badass sex goddess.
* ActionGirl: Pam pulls a little SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat on this trope, suddenly revealing that she's an underground bare-knuckle boxer who can snap a man's neck and take a punch like a champ. She's even got the third stanza of "The Destruction of Sennacherib" tattooed on her back under 13 tally marks. Oh, and she drift-races against the Yakuza.
* AlliterativeName: '''P'''am '''P'''oovey
* AscendedExtra: While she was important in Season 1, she (along with Ray and Krieger) became a main character in Season 2.
%%* TheAlcoholic
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite now being a StatuesqueStunner, she still averts this. ''Quite brutally''.
* BestialityIsDepraved: When asked where she got her sexual skills:
--> '''Pam:''' You know I grew up on a farm, right?\\
'''Archer:''' ...Really hoping that's not relevant.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Both In-Universe, as far as Archer is concerned, and amongst the fans.
* BigEater: Won't even stop eating artificial shellfish ''when she's dying of an allergic reaction to it''. Even after being saved from death with an [=EpiPen=], she keeps eating it.
** Season 5 ramps this up with her eating ''cocaine.''
* BiTheWay: Pam goes both ways. She has a crush on Lana as well as Archer, and has been in at least one threesome with [[spoiler: Malory and]] a rich German ChubbyChaser.
* BoobsOfSteel: She's a highly talented bare-knuckle boxer.
%%* ButtMonkey
* CannotKeepASecret: Is shown to reveal secrets mere momemts after hearing them.
* CatchPhrase: ''"Holy shitsnacks!"'' and ''"Sploosh!"''
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Don't let her appearance and behavior fool you. She can kick a ton of ass if she wants to.
* DeadpanSnarker: Is one, although not at the level of Sterling or Malory.
* DemonicDummy: Her Pam doll in the ISIS training videos. It's not clear how much control she has over it, and it seems to be rather abusive.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[spoiler:She has her way with Cyril while he was unconscious]] in "Blood Test". In "White Elephant" we learn it's not the first time she's done so, also PlayedForLaughs.
* EmbarrassingNickname: A subversion: Pam has a nickname on the racing circuit as "white shadow", but it actually means "white [[FatGirl pumpkin]]."
* ExtremeOmnisexual:
--> '''Pam''': "Don't get me wrong, I'd still do [Lana]"\\
'''Malory''': "Please you'd do...name a noun!"
* {{Flanderization}}: Pam is reverse-flanderized, going from the tubby, unloved, and rather pathetic HR lady to a fight-clubbing sex goddess who drag races with the Yakuza. Come season 4 she ricochets back and forth between the two.
* FormerlyFat: In season 5, after eating 5kg of Cocaine she lost A LOT of weight. It was so dramatic that Archer, Krieger, Cyril, and Cheryl all find her attractive.
* {{Gasshole}}: Biggest one in the show. Pick an episode, any episode and chances are Pam will be burping and or farting.
* GossipyHens: Over the course of the show, Pam has blabbed that both Scatterbrain Jane and Malory had breast cancer, [[spoiler: although Malory's result was a false positive,]] filmed Cyril's confession that he's going show off Lana [[WellDoneSonGuy to his unpleasable father]] and texted Katya Kasanova's [[spoiler: false double-agent status to Malory and Lana]].
* JustEatGilligan: It gets to this point in Season 5, in which her stupidity, insanity and cocaine addiction cause the majority of the problems the nascent cartel faces.
* MadeOfIron: Was able to take repeated blows to the head when she was mistakenly kidnapped, all the while mocking them. She also used to make money by participating in underground fighting rings, and winning handily.
** A flashback showed an opponent being carried out in a body bag, making her quite the CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.
--> '''Pam''': Who taught you to punch? Your husband?
* NobodyPoops: She subverts this once almost every other episode.
* TheLoad: Becomes this in season 5 when her cocaine addiction causes her to behave erratically, chip away at the gangs cocaine supply, and constantly blow their plans due to not thinking her ideas through, such as buying amphetamines from the Yakuza with counterfeit money.
** And then goes to impressive lengths to tell said Yakuza '''exactly where she lives'''
%%* PluckyOfficeGirl
* ProgressivelyPrettier: She goes from a dowdy human relations worker in season 1 to BadAss in season 2 to [[SexGod Sex Goddess]] in season 3, and in season 5 after becoming addicted to cocaine she's lost a lot of weight, to the point of turning from a BrawnHilda to StatuesqueStunner.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In Season 2.
* PungeonMaster: Second only to Sterling Archer, but has had moments when she's trumped him.
* ReallyGetsAround: She's slept with more people in the office than anyone else, and that's saying something. This includes:
** [[spoiler:Lana, through a pity-lay]] (in "Dial M for Mother")
** [[spoiler:Malory, as part of a three-way]] (in "Swiss Miss")
** [[spoiler:Cyril, via molesting his unconscious body]] (in "Blood Test") and [[spoiler:sleeping with him when drunk]] (in "Heart of Archness")
** [[spoiler:Archer, a recurring secret sex-buddy because Archer is embarrassed about it.]]
* ResetButton: She lost a lot of weight in season 5, but regains by season 6.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Comes out in [[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ku2Volb2OFPnRQ-H3M38zp5bHtAmcROWRkwWv9w6XKGp50su6G9vkJ-TRcWgwEwtRjtx853Z9FCuiF62SYnqL5TtmpUebuX8ZfBgOmruUDW7m4MKmzVVQxVm7I2p4WLXZw this]] for her sisters wedding. Hubba hubba.
* StoutStrength: As revealed in "El Secuestro".
** When Dr. Krieger drugged her, Ray and Cheryl, she pulled a toilet from the stall she was in, ''by herself''.
** When the gang was attempting to forcibly break her cocaine habit cold turkey by tying her to a chair, she tore off the ropes in a withdrawal fueled fury, and carried off Cheryl ala KingKong.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Cheryl.
* TookALevelInBadass: Quite a few. Season two reveals that she boxes in underground matches. Season three reveals that not only is she involved with underground racing, but she also sneaks up and apprehends the BigBad of the Space Race two-parter. Come to season 4, where [[spoiler: she aces the field agent exam and wails on several characters to prove herself worthy of joining the others out on the field.]]
** [[spoiler: In Season six she the first character to lay some serious damage on bionic Barry.]]
* TookALevelInDumbass: In season 5 she starts making some really stupid calls, likely due to her cocaine addiction.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Following her cocaine addiction in season 5.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bear claws.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Cheryl.
** By season 5 she's also become this with Archer, being one of the few people in the cast who enjoys spending time with him, as seen by her glee at getting to ride with him in 'Southbound and Down', not to mention [[spoiler: jumping in front of a bullet for him in the season finale.]] Archer for his part is vocally irritated by her personality but does seem to care [[spoiler: As seen with him faking to be her boyfriend for her sister wedding, and demanding a sincere apology for Pam from Edie.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Invokes this on ISIS when she escaped her captors in "El Secuestro". The episode ends with her preparing to beat the ever loving piss out of Malory for only offering the kidnappers $5000 for her return.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Doctor Algernop Krieger]]
!!Dr. Algernop Krieger
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[[caption-width-right:309:''"And I love that I have an erection... that doesn't involve homeless people."'']]
->'''Voiced By''': Lucky Yates

Gadget master for ISIS and all-around {{mad scientist}}. According to Malory, he is the son of a Nazi veteran who hid in Brazil after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and may be a genetic clone of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
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Tropes associated with Dr. Algernop Krieger:
* AffablyEvil: Krieger is generally a nice, friendly fellow. He's also a rampant MadScientist who tapes bum fights, experiments on people without their consent, steals bodies for experiments (including [[spoiler: Katya]] and [[spoiler: Bilbo]]), is ''eager'' to pump nerve gas into the ISIS ventilation system, and [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial insists that he isn't a "serial" killer]]. He also freely sells ISIS weapons to gangs and criminals to fund his lab operations, sells important ISIS secrets to [[spoiler: Barry and the KGB]], and tried to sell [[spoiler: uranium to North Korea]].
* AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles: At least in Krieger's collection, which includes such titles as ''Fisherman’s Wife'' and ''Fisherman’s Wife II: The Retentacling''.
* AllGermansAreNazis: [[spoiler:It's even implied that he's possibly a genetic clone of Der Fuhrer himself. Or Edmund Burg.]]
* AnythingThatMoves:
** And some things that don't. He's drugged interns with gay hormones, choked Cheryl (and used a robot later), and in the first episode, [[spoiler: revealed to have been raping employee lunches and returning them to the refrigerators.]]
** In "Tragical History" Archer noted that he created a virtual girl that was "so real, the state of New York [was] allowing him to legally marry her."
** "And I love that I have an erection... that doesn't involve homeless people!"
** "''Every'' single ''noun'' and ''verb'' in that sentence ''totally arouses me.''"
** Averted with [[spoiler: his own clones when they "clonebone."]] They just say he's not doing it right.
* AscendedExtra: For the first several episodes, Krieger didn't even speak. During "Archer Live" Lucky Yates rallied audiences to scream into a recording device to show their support for Yates ascending to an actual star. As of season 5, he's been promoted to the opening credits.
* BadLiar:
** Constantly. When asked how he knows Portuguese:
--> '''Krieger''': [[ArgentinaIsNaziland I grew up in Braz]]--istol County, Rhode Island. ''(Beat)'' Lots of Portuguese in Rhode Island.
** Later in the same episode, asked if his father was a Nazi:
--> '''Krieger''': No, he was a... scientist!\\
'''Cyril''': Pretty sure the Nazis had scientists.\\
'''Krieger''': No! That's why we--urg--THEY lost the war! [[StupidJetpackHitler Lack of science!]]
* BestialityIsDepraved: With his newest pet project, Piggley 3.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Krieger, despite being insane and not a medical doctor (or technically the other kind of doctor) manages to perform brain surgery successfully—-while high on acid. [[ThisIsADrill With a drill]].
* CallingYourAttacks: Smoke bomb! Granted that he never has an ''actual'' smoke bomb...
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Your authority is not recognized in ''Fort Kick-ass''.
* CoolCar: His custom van, which Malory refers to as the "S.S Date Rape" due to its illegal window tints.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In his first appearance, he is being chastised by Pam for being the [[spoiler: food rapist.]] Three episodes later, when he first speaks, one of his first lines is introducing us to Fister Roboto.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Has raped food, sold sensitive government information, and meddled in God's domain, but even he draws the line at [[spoiler: releasing nerve gas on New York City.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep[=/=]OnlyOneName: His 401k actually has the word "doctor" instead of a first name.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He creates Piggley, a hybrid pig-boy, but had to put it down some time before "Stage Two". Possibly Goatley, too.
* HiddenDepths:
** He is a ''huge'' fan of Rush, and has been trying (unsuccessfully) to nail the drum solo from ''YYZ''. His vans all feature scenes from Rush album covers, doctored to add him and with the name altered. To date, there's been Exit...Van Left, Vanispheres, Caress of Krieger and Van By Night. [[RunningGag All four have been destroyed.]]
** His scientific expertise also applies toward cooking; with a single sniff he is able to diagnose what's wrong with Archer's spaghetti sauce, and how he can fix it.
* ILoveTheDead:
** Clearly gets aroused by touching [[spoiler:Katya's]] corpse in "Skin Game".
** And when he's disposing a dead body in "Lo Scandalo":
--->'''Malory''': Is Krieger hard at work?\\
'''Archer''': He literally might be.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: When he's with [[spoiler:his clones]], they all wear neckties and he wears a [[BowtiesAreCool bowtie]].
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler:It's hinted the Krieger from seasons 1 to 5 died in San Marcos, and was replaced by one of the Clone Bone club.]]
* LastNameBasis: His first name, Algernop, is only given in the book ''How To Archer'' and in the episode "White Elephant", but he still goes by Krieger.
* MadScientist: Has created, among other things, tablets that temporarily induce homosexuality in the user.
** In "Lo Scandalo", when asked to dispose of a body, he responded by putting on a respirator and saying only "Thank you".
** In "The Wind Blows Mary" he built some kind of laser device to deal with the "ant problem" in the ISIS break room. It looks like it was some kind of attempt to let Krieger [[ComicBook/AntMan absorb the power of ants.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Krieger" means "Warrior" in German.
* MesACrowd: He's attempted to make clones of himself before. [[spoiler: Season 5 reveals that someone else has already made clones of him, as three other Kriegers are working for the president of San Marcos.]]
%%* NightmareFetishist
* NoodleIncident:
** Archer implies that Krieger used to lure bums into his home and videotape them fighting and doing other unstated, unsavory things. Things that were not disturbing enough for Krieger, who told Archer that he stopped doing that and had moved onto "darker things".
** "Fister Roboto" is mentioned, but never shown. Neither is Goatley, which might be a HalfHumanHybrid.
%%* NonActionGuy
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Or the other kind, technically.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, bionics, chemical and directed-energy weapons and brain surgery are among the fields he dabbles in and he's also a capable gunsmith, wiretapper, computer programmer and auto mechanic.
* OccidentalOtaku: Kind of implied. He created his own sentient holographic perfect mate, and she's a [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pink-haired]] anime girl who calls him "Kuriga-san".
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Offers to give Ray his ability to walk again. Although he resorted to drugging him, he did make Ray's life much better without any selfish intent]].
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Krieger's many sleazy airbrushed '78 conversion vans, all ultimately destroyed over the course of the series.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: As of Season 5.
* PsychopathicManChild: He's more than a little unhinged and has many childlike attributes, such as "Fort Kickass".
* {{Robosexual}}: Dr. Krieger built a sexbot named "Fister Roboto", a "choke-bot", and a virtual girlfriend so realistic that the state of New York is allowing him to legally marry.
* SerialKiller: Is implied to be one, and acts very mysteriously on the topic. Although he denies being a ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial serial]]'' killer.
* {{Sexbot}}: He built one that he named "Fister Roboto."
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: He's not a... ''serial''... killer.
** And he doesn't have a hybrid pig-boy... anymore.
* ThoseWackyNazis: [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that he's a clone of Adolf Hitler.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: While very few (if any) ISIS agents could be considered very "good", Krieger is the only one who is pretty much undebatably evil. Despite this he is also one of the more [[AffablyEvil genuinely friendly]] ISIS employees.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Woodhouse]]
!!Woodhouse
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[[caption-width-right:309:''"Sir, that stolen lemur bit one of your prostitutes right in the face and she says she can't go to hospital because she's, quote, 'tripping balls.'"'']]
->'''Voiced By''': George Coe, Roy [=McCrery=], TomKane (''Archer Vice'')

Archer's elderly, long-suffering butler. Also essentially raised him.
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Tropes associated with Woodhouse:
* AmbiguouslyBi: He was AmbiguouslyGay for the longest time but, in ''[[Recap/ArcherS3E4TheManFromJupiter The Man From Jupiter]]'', he responds to Burt Reynolds' comment that Malory is "drop-dead-sexy" with "Oh God, yes."
* RetiredBadass: Was quite the soldier in his younger days. See the UnstoppableRage entry below (for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross!).
* BeleagueredAssistant[=/=]ButtMonkey: Malory treats him like dirt. Archer is even worse.
* BiTheWay: He was in love with Reggie Thisleton, but he's also been observed to be attracted to women, including Mallory.
* CoolOldGuy: Does heroin, hung out with William Burroughs (and was the person who actually killed the famous author's wife, as part of a bet for more drugs), [[ImAHumanitarian ate long pig]] while in the service, and likes to listen to jazz. His coolness was such that two assassins who encountered him not only bought him new clothing to replace the ones Archer destroyed, but also purposely spared his life when they went after Archer.
** Even more in "The Double Deuce", where we learn that in UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne, after a sniper killed the man he loved, he killed and scalped 50 Germans in one night in a fit of rage, and also helped Malory fight off 4 armed German agents with two sawed off shotguns in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Archer devises all sorts of bizarre punishments to subject Woodhouse to whenever he fails in his duties or betrays Archer. One notable example is forcing him to eat a big bowl of spider webs, a threat he makes in Season Two and carries out in Season Four.
* TheDogBitesBack: While he'll rarely stand up to Archer's face and does take the worst of the abuse, Woodhouse is more than willing to work against Archer on Malory's orders [as she's the one who pays his Salary, while Archer was unaware that he was paid at all, leading to Woodhouse locking Archer out of his apartment when Mallory fires Archer]. He admits that he knocks Archer out a couple of times a year only to blame it on alcohol and hookers and by the final season, he is even willing to refuse to mail Archer money when he is trapped in Quebec without a passport.
--> '''Woodhouse''': '''You ass!! You unbelievably gigantic ass!!'''
* ExtremeDoormat: Ever since Archer was a child, he's been treated with nothing less than complete disdain by Archer.
* ImAHumanitarian: Ate human flesh, which the locals called long pig, while serving with the British military in Africa, though he said he didn't really care for it much.
* IfItsYouItsOk: Woodhouse seems to have this for Reggie Thistleton. In "Honey Pot", Charles and Rudy make a remark about Woodhouse not being gay, and he corrects them not by saying he "was very fond of a boy at school", mentioning Reggie. He elaborates on his relationship with Reggie in "Double Deuce", including his death on the battlefield. The only other indication of any kind of love/sex life at all is in that same episode when he's in bed with two women on a drug running ship... and he's openly pining for Reggie. He then delivers Archer and becomes his butler-for-life.
* IWasQuiteTheLooker: Was very handsome and dashing in his younger days.
* TheComicallySerious: What really sells his quote above is how he reports the strange situation in the calmest possible way.
--> '''Archer''': I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll... rub sand in your dead little eyes.\\
'''Woodhouse''': Very good, sir.\\
'''Archer''': I also need you to go buy sand.\\
'''Woodhouse''': Yes, sir.
* FunctionalAddict: Woodhouse has lived a surprisingly long time for a (very active) heroin addict.
* IdenticalStranger: Looks ''exactly'' like the current pope, enough so that he is able to be used in a TwinSwitch plan.
%%* TheJeeves
* {{Jerkass}}: Despite initial claims in early seasons by Mallory, Season 4 reveals that Woodhouse's brand of "raising" Archer apparently involved much of the same mistreatment Archer now heaps on him, such as ignoring him for selfish reasons, frequently passing out in the bathroom from heroin use instead of celebrating childhood Archer's birthday, and ultimately explaining much of why Archer treats him so poorly.
** After pistol whipping Archer into unconsciousness in "The Double Deuce", he states that he would simply douse him in scotch, throw women's clothing around him and claim Sterling slipped and hit his head chasing a hooker, then reveals he does this ''several'' times each year.
* NoNameGiven: So far, his first name has not been revealed.
* {{Retcon}}: Mentioned he served with the King's Rifles in Africa in "Killing Utne", but mentions Reggie dying in Flanders in "Honeypot" and reveals he was in the Flying Corps in "The Double Deuce".
* UnstoppableRage: He went into one when Reggie was shot in front of him during the Great War and killed 50 Germans in one night. He could have made a blanket out of the scalps. Even Archer is impressed/horrified when he hears about it.
--> '''Archer''': That's a lot of scalps!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ray Gillette]]
!!Ray Gillette
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[[caption-width-right:309:''"She has never liked me. But someday I'm gonna write a book about this place. Mhm, a real smackaroonie."'']]
->'''Voiced By''': [[CreatorCameo Adam Reed]]

ISIS' openly gay head intelligence analyst. Possibly one of the few competent employees at ISIS. Pronounces his last name "Jill-ETTE", while everyone else in his family pronounces it "GILL-it."
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Tropes associated with Gillette:
%%* ABNegative
* AgentPeacock: Just because he's a pooftah doesn't mean he can't kick your ass.
* AllGaysArePromiscuous: He routinely goes to hardcore gay fetish clubs, but is the only ISIS staff member who can keep his sex life out of the office.
* AscendedExtra[=/=]CreatorCameo: Voiced by series head Adam Reed, Ray spent pretty much all of the first season as a barely named extra sitting at a desk and talking sassy with Lana over the phone. But starting with season two onward it's shown he is an agent too, and he later becomes a series regular.
* BadassGay: A highly efficient agent, often the only reason he fails on a mission is due to Lana's pettiness, Archer's childishness, or Cyril's ineptness. Plus when he was a child he killed a bear with a bow and took a bite out of his heart.
* BigWhat: Has one after Archer's "'M' as in 'Mancy'" line in "Skytanic".
* ButtMonkey: He is treated as such by the ISIS staff, especially during the "Heart of Archness" arc. He also [[spoiler:ends up losing the use of his legs ''constantly'' throughout the series]]. See HandicappedBadass.
* CampGay: Though he was willing to sleep with Lana because, "No one's ''that'' gay."
** This is turning into an InformedAttribute: His voice and mannerisms were very effeminate in his first few appearances, but this is becoming less prominent and the rest of his personality is more like StraightGay or ManlyGay.
* CatchPhrase: Ray has ''"Dukes!"'' and ''"Double dukes!"'' and ''"Triple dukes!"''. ''"You know..."'' when he's angry/annoyed.
* CureYourGays: Married for 2 years to a lesbian, whom he met at a pray-away-the-gay Bible group. Not clear if they were [[TheBeard each other's beards]] or they were actually trying to go straight.
* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler: Has his legs roboticized by Krieger. At first he didn't want to, but after having it unwillingly done on him, he was thrilled to walk again]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Is from time to time shown to be a bigger one than Archer, likely due to his work environment.
* DisabledSnarker: Though he goes back and forth on the 'disabled' part.
* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: [[spoiler:Has his way with Cyril's unconscious body]] in "Blood Test", which is completely PlayedForLaughs. The same happens when [[spoiler:Pam]] does the same thing.
* GayBestFriend: Is this to Lana. One episode in season 2 has him crying when he thinks Lana will quit ISIS to start working for ODIN, with Lana reassuring him she'll gladly hire him to come with her.
* HandicappedBadass:
** During Season 3, after the "Heart of Archness" arc, he is left paralysed from the waist down, preventing him from going on any field missions. [[spoiler:He was faking the whole thing because everyone just assumed he was paralysed when the doctors made him leave the hospital in a wheelchair.]]
** [[spoiler:He gets paralysed for real in the Season 3 finale after Archer crashes the space shuttle, leaving him disabled for half of Season 4, until Krieger gives him robotic legs.]]
** [[spoiler:The CPU in his cyborg legs gets fried at the end of Season 4, when Archer tickles him, resulting in the defibrillator they used to revive him going off. In Season 5, Krieger reveals taht all it took was a quick manual reset to fix it.]]
** [[spoiler:He also pretends to be paralysed in the Season 5 mission "The Rules of Extraction" to get Archer to carry him.]]
* HiddenDepths: Won an Olympic bronze medal for slalom skiing, was a protestant minister before realizing his sexuality, and was once married to a lesbian he met at a "pray away the gay" Christian camp. He's also fiercely loyal to his redneck family (despite knowing that they wouldn't approve of his sexuality), and was willing to sacrifice his life in a shootout with police in order to protect his marijuana farmer brother.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Although a clear and out of the closet homosexual, he doesn't pass up the offer to have sex with Lana, claiming "Nobody's that gay."
* NoodleIncident: Revealed at the end of Season 2 to be a disgraced former minister, with no details given, brought up again in Season 3 when [[spoiler:he officiates at Archer & Katya's wedding, wearing a suit]].
* NotSoDifferent: In a season 5 mission Ray, [[spoiler: fakes paralysis in an elaborate scheme to get Archer to finally admit that he half-asses majority of his missions. Intentionally acting like TheLoad to get his way? Sounds just like something Archer would do.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Compared to the rest of the cast, at least.
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[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.]]
* SouthernFriedGenius: He's from West Virginia, from a classic rednecks, though his brother is a very skilled marijuana farmer. But, as noted above, very smart.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability:
** Type 3: [[spoiler:Late in Season 3, he is caught using his legs by Lana and Archer, having faked his paralysis the whole time.]]
** Type 2: [[spoiler:After losing the use of his legs for real at the end of Season 3, Krieger gives him cyborg legs in Season 4, allowing him to walk again.]]
** Type 2: [[spoiler:Although the CPU in his legs get fried, all it takes is a quick manual restart from Krieger in he middle of Season 5 to help him walk again.]]
** Type 3: [[spoiler:He also reveals he was faking his paralysis in "The Rules of Extraction" to get Archer to admit that he doesn't care about his own mortality.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: He got quite a bit more cranky [[spoiler: after Season 3's ending with him paralyzed for real]], which is mostly justified given how his life was made much harder thanks to Archer's dim-witted mishap. [[spoiler: Might be getting better now that Krieger gave him Cyborg limbs]].
* VocalEvolution: Ray's effeminate voice becomes less camp and more southern as the series goes on.
[[/folder]]

!ISIS
[[folder:Brett Bunson]]
!!Brett Bunson
->'''Voiced By''': Neal Holman

ISIS employee and resident ChewToy.

* BoomHeadshot: He was killed at the start of season 5 by a headshot.
* ButtMonkey / ChewToy:
** Gets hit with every single stray bullet fired in the ISIS office. Taken UpToEleven in Season 4's "Legs", when he gets hit with a bullet that had ''ricocheted down a flight of stairs from another floor''. Gets savagely beaten at least twice (see NoHoldsBarredBeatdown below), and Archer accidentally maims him in "Skin Game". None of the other ISIS employees even care when he gets shot.
** He was even shot three times off-screen in season one before actually appearing on-screen.
* CatchPhrase: God DAMN it [name of whoever just shot him]! (usually Archer)
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Killed by a stray bullet barely five minutes into "White Elephant". Predictably, his death is barely acknowledged by anyone at ISIS]].
-->'''Archer''': [[spoiler: He died doing what he loved. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Getting shot.]] ]]
* InSeriesNickname: Mister Bloodmobile.
* Jerkass: His reaction to Archer's breast cancer, though it is a bit understandable.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gets a very much deserved one from Archer after he [[spoiler:makes fun of him for having breast cancer]]. Receives another one off-screen from [[spoiler:Barry]] in "Skin Game".
%%* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bilbo]]
!!Bilbo
->'''Voiced By:''' Adam Reed

%%* BigEater
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:In "Coyote Lovely", he suffers a fatal heart attack after being slapped by Mallory. Nobody but Krieger notices.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: In the pilot episode, he can be seen twice in one shot. Whether this is just a mistake, lazy editing, or an implication that Bilbo may have a twin brother (or a clone) remains unknown to the fandom.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone calls him "Bilbo" because of his love for ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', unless that happens to be his real name.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rodney]]
!!Rodney
->'''Voiced By:''' Andrew Donnelly

The ISIS Requisitions Officer introduced in Season 4. Rodney supplies weapons from the armory to those who fill out the proper paperwork and are approved to use them, and if you do not meet those requirements he will be more than glad to close his window in your face.

* BeleagueredBureaucrat: He's a bit of a dick, but it's hard to blame him given his co-workers and their often absurd weapon demands.
* CorruptQuartermaster: Inverted and slightly played straight. In contrast to the unprofessional ISIS staff, Rodney is much more by the book, and put a stop to the staff using weapons for personal use. He does however, accept a sexual bribe in exchange for letting some weapons out.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being portrayed as a very serious and fairly realistic employee, he jumps at the bribe of a handjob from Cheryl in exchange for some unauthorized weapons.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: While most of the workers and agents at ISIS are highly incompetent and/or unprofessional, Rodney takes his job managing the armory very seriously, much to everyone else's chagrin.
* SexEqualsLove: Falls in love with Cheryl after being given a handjob by her.
[[/folder]]

%%
%%[[folder:Scatterbrain Jane]]
%%!!'Scatterbrain' Jane
%%->'''Voiced By:'''
%%[[/folder]]

!ODIN
[[folder:Len Trexler]]
!!Len Trexler
->'''Voiced By:''' Jeffrey Tambor

* AffablyEvil: Though not exactly evil.
* DatingCatwoman: With Malory.
* DisappearedDad: There's a one in four chance he's Archer's father.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Gets a faulty Soviet mind control device implanted in his brain. Even Archer feels sorry.
-->'''Archer:''' Is he always going to be like this? Because I kind of feel bad now.
* InkSuitActor: He shares more than a passing resemblance with Jeffrey Tambor.
* MeanBoss: To Barry.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Framboise]]
!!Framboise
->'''Voiced By:''' Judy Greer

* EuropeansAreKinky: She's into anal sex.
* YourCheatingHeart: She cheats on Barry with Archer [[spoiler:and Cyril]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lucas Troy]]
!!Lucas Troy
->'''Voiced By:''' Timothy Olyphant

Archer's best (only; shut up) friend.

* CatchPhrase: [[ThatsWhatSheSaid "Said your mom! BOOM!"]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Is crushed by a giant tree.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: For Archer
* LastWords: Though his last words were confessing to raping Archer.
%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: he somehow needs to kill everyone just to be with Archer.]]
[[/folder]]

!KGB
[[folder:Katya Kasanova]]
!!Katya Kasanova
[[quoteright:249:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/katya_4601.png]]
[[caption-width-right:309:[[labelnote:Click here]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kazanova_katya_9712.png[[/labelnote]] to see her as [[spoiler:the head of the KGB.]]]]
->'''Voiced By''': Ona Grauer

'''Unmarked spoilers for Season 3 below'''.

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.

* ActionGirl: Just as much as Lana, more-so after Krieger cyborgs her.
* BerserkButton: People breaking promises to her, to the point that [[spoiler:Barry is now meekly saying "Yes dear" to her when she speaks even slightly cross at him.]]
%%* BigBad: [[spoiler:From "Viscous Coupling" onwards. She's usurped Barry as the head of the KGB and manipulated him and Archer. Now even ''Barry'', the show's initial BigBad, is afraid of her.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: She is introduced killing an entire KGB firing squad by herself to rescue Archer.
* BirdsOfAFeather: 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}}: 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: She grabs Barry and dives off his apartment's roof during her wedding, saving Archer but killing herself in the process.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Sort of. Her everyday attire is definitely the skimpiest and most overtly sexual of any character, but she doesn't use it to gain an advantage. And she's not shown using sex the way most of the rest of the female cast does, and is probably the least promiscuous major character on the show after Gillette and Woodhouse.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to Lana's dark.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Fell in love with Archer just from seeing his profile.
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:In "Viscous Coupling", she manipulates both Barry and Archer to do what she wants, and ends up usurping Barry as the head of the KGB.]]
* MeaningfulName: Her last name sounds almost exactly like "Casanova". Ultimately subverted as she's not actually a slut and doesn't seduce ''anybody''.
* MsFanservice: Almost to Lana's level.
* SensualSlavs: Is a direct shout out to the sexy Russian female spies of the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' world.
* SlapSlapKiss: When she fights Barry in "Skin Game", she ends up having sex with him and leaving Archer for him.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Went from being devoted to Archer to sleeping with his enemy, [[spoiler:to emotionally manipulating Archer to rescue said enemy with no trace of guilt, and later leaving Barry for ''Borris''.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Dumping Barry for Borris in "Edie's Wedding". Surely she knew what she was doing, but she probably didn't realise just how completely emotionally unstable it would leave Barry.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Her death, resurrection as a {{Cyborg}} and [[spoiler:status as the new head of the KGB]] all lead to her being this.
* WhamShot:
** Rhe shot of her body in Krieger's lab at the start of "Skin Game".
** The final shot of [[spoiler:"Viscous Coupling", showing her new position as the head of the KGB.]]
* WomanInWhite: When she's first introduced, but averted when she's [[spoiler:head of the KGB]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Barry Dillon]]
!!Barry Dillon
[[quoteright:309:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dylan_barry_4876.png]]
[[caption-width-right:309:''"YEAH! One for three off the roof, Bitch! WOO!"'']]
->'''Voiced By''': Dave Willis

'''Unmarked spoilers for Season 2 follow'''.

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.
----
Tropes associated with Barry:
* TheAce: He is definitely a better agent than Archer even before he was turned into a cyborg.
* AffablyEvil: At least until he gets turned into a cyborg.
* ArchEnemy: If anyone can get under Archer's skin (besides his mother), it's Barry.
* AssholeVictim: Until the Season 2 finale.
* 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 as a cyborg.
* BadassIsraeli: According to his passport.
* BigBad: While he's AffablyEvil at worst and generally justified in his actions throughout the first two seasons, after he's turned into a {{Cyborg}} during the Season 2 finale, he murders Katya at her wedding and shows ''no remorse'' for it at all. He's since been [[spoiler:DemotedToDragon in favor of Katya.]]
%%* BlondGuysAreEvil
* BunnyEarsLawyer: For the first two seasons. He talks to his gun and addresses himself as "Other Barry" but is one of the most competent agents on the show.
* ButtMonkey: Often ends up injured due to Archer dropping him off balconies.
* {{Cyborg}}: The KGB turns him into one after he is badly injured in Russia. As of "Edie's Wedding", [[spoiler:the damage from his fight with Archer and Pam leaves him as just a robotic skeleton.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Later, tater."
* DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler: Katya's whipped him good.]]
* DragonAscendant: In either "Double Trouble" or "Crossing Over".
* DragonInChief: To Trexler, later to [[spoiler:Jakov, before usurping him as head of the KGB]] and possibly even later to [[spoiler:Katya.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Though [[spoiler:Katya took over the KGB in his absence]], he still has an as yet unknown master plan.
* EnemyMine: His first appearance has him trying to recruit Lana into ODIN. In Season 2, Malory recruits him to rescue Archer (Though she has to throw in free sex with Lana to make him do it). Inverted in Season 4, when [[spoiler:Katya recruits Archer to rescue him from outer space]].
* {{Expy}}: When he's a cyborg, Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan. Even having the same clothes as the guy.
** The climax of "Edie's Wedding" results in him looking like [[spoiler:the metal Endoskeleton of a Terminator]]
* EyeAwaken: [[spoiler:After [[EyeLightsOut his eyes power down]] at the end of "Edie's Wedding", and it looks like he's down for good, one eye flashes back open, and he begins to laugh.]]
* EyeLightsOut: [[spoiler:Subverted in "Edie's Wedding": After all the damage he sustained, the final shot of the episode is of his eyes fading away, only for one to flash back open and him to start laughing manically.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: His smile and congeniality go away as soon as something goes wrong. See HairTriggerTemper.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: He wasn't exactly sane before, but [[spoiler: spending months stuck on an abandoned space station]] seems to have cracked the shell off the nut. Then again, he wouldn't have been alone in the first place if he hadn't murdered everyone else.
* HairTriggerTemper: Once he 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.
* HandsomeLech: Loses Framboise, and can never seem to get Lana. Doesn't stop his confidence, though.
* HenpeckedHusband: [[spoiler:Looking this way with Katya. He now meekly says "Yes dear" whenever she so much as raises her tone at him.]]
* HijackedByGanon: In Season 3's "[[spoiler:Space Race, Part 2]]": [[spoiler:Even though the BigBad of the episode has committed suicide, and the ISIS crew are free to go, he flies all the way ''into space'' just to continue his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
* HughMann: Inverted. His KGB-issued passport reads "Sy Berg".
* IconicOutfit: Exclusively wears a tracksuit, starting in "Double Trouble".
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* KnightOfCerebus: As of the Season 2 finale.
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: In the last scene of "Edie's Wedding"]]
* MisplacedRetribution: 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.
* NighInvulnerability: After being turned into a cyborg he is almost literally indestructable, and nobody is able to even harm him. The best anyone can do to him for several seasons is [[spoiler:leave him stranded at the space station]]. Finally, in Season 6, [[spoiler:he is shot by Pam with explosive rounds, buried under a ton of grain, which was then set on fire, and then getting hit by a car, ''and he still doesn't die''. It does leave noticeable damage, however, as his skin has been burnt off, resulting in his robotic endoskeleton being left exposed.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:After being shot twice with explosive rounds, buried under a ton of grain, burnt alive and then hit by a car, he still survives, but only barely.]]
* NoodleIncident: What happened on that mission that ended with Barry hanging off a balcony, clinging to Archer's sleeve?
* OhCrap: While he usually inspires this in ISIS, more specifically Archer, he is on the other end of this trope in "Edie's Wedding" after Archer [[spoiler: reveals that he brought explosive shotgun shells]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Archer (after being nearly choked to death by Barry''': Barry...just for you... I got explosive ammo.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Barry''': ...you what n-?]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Pam''': *Blasts Barry with the Shotgun Archer brought.*]]
* PhraseCatcher: "Barry, you ass!"
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: What invariably happens when Archer attacks him in Season 3's "Skin Game".
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After all the abuse he was dealt, his entire life after becoming a {{Cyborg}} is dedicated to making Archer's life miserable.
** In "Double Trouble", he crashes Archer's wedding and kills his fiancee in the process.
** In "Crossing Over", he [[spoiler:kills Archer's possible father Nikolai Jakov and does it in such a way that Archer will never be able to get the DNA necessary to test if Jakov truly is his father.]]
** In "Skin Game", he [[spoiler:crashes Archer and Katya's second wedding, and hooks up with Katya just as she is about to marry Archer.]]
** In "[[spoiler:Space Race, Part 2]]", he [[spoiler:attempts to kill Archer at the International Space Station ''Horizon''. However, this isn't successful for him, and he ends up stranded in outer space for it.]]
** In "Edie's Wedding", he ambushes Archer when he accompanies Pam to Edie's wedding and [[spoiler:kidnaps Pam]].
* RunningGag: Him getting thrown off of balconies. Other characters also frequently say: "Barry, you ass!" to him.
** Archer will usually reference specific past injuries he inflicted on Barry in greeting.
* SanitySlippage:
** He wasn't all there to begin with, but becomes clearly psychopathic and obsessively seeks revenge on Archer after being turned into a cyborg.
** He starts to display signs of more traditional insanity when he is [[spoiler:trapped on a space station in orbit]] in Season 4, to the point where Other Barry appears to be a separate personality.
** He finally goes completely off the deep end after [[spoiler:Katya dumps him for Boris]].
%%* SmugSnake
* SmugSuper: After becoming a Cyborg. He ''loves'' reminding Archer that he can't beat him in a fight anymore.
** SuperLoser: He isn't so invincible in the face of [[spoiler: explosive rounds fired from a shotgun at close (but not point-blank) range.]]
* TheSociopath: After being turned into a cyborg.
* 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, and is officially ended as of "Edie's Wedding"]].
* ThirdPersonPerson: Seems to have forgone his previous habit of talking to himself for this in the third season. May or may not be a result of SanitySlippage. He could, in fact, be narrating his every action and motivation to "Other Barry". It's logical, for him. [[spoiler:In Season 3, he announces that "Other Barry might object" to Archer and Katya's wedding and scrawls "Other Barry was here too" in an elevator, below "Barry was here". SanitySlippage looks more and more likely.]] By Season 4, he's discussing "Other Barry" in conversation like he's a separate entity.
* TookALevelInJerkass: At the end of the second season. 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.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: While always one of the more competent agents when not falling off a roof or being thrown off one he proved his badass credentials in "Crossing Over" where [[spoiler: it's revealed he is now the insane head of the KGB and has an elaborate master plan. Killing Archer's possible father in a way that makes sure there will be no DNA left to test is 'just a goof' for him.]]
* TragicVillain: Considering how many times Archer has screwed him over, it's not all that surprising that he turns evil.
* VerbalTic: He often talks to [[TalkingToThemself "Other Barry"]] whenever he talks to himself.
* WeCanRebuildHim: Said word for word by Boris explaining to Jakov Barry's augmentations.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nikolai Jakov]]
!!Nikolai Jakov
[[quoteright:309:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jakov_6179.png]]
->'''Voiced By''': Peter Newman

A Major General in the Russian military and the head of the KGB, and [[LukeIMightBeYourFather possibly Archer's father]].

* AlasPoorVillain: Although it's debatable whether or not he's even a ''villain'' anymore, as he gets a lot of CharacterDevelopment in "Crossing Over", and even apologises to Archer for his earlier actions [[spoiler:before being killed by Barry.]]
%%* BackForTheDead: In "Crossing Over".
* BerserkButton: Malory's infidelity.
* DatingCatwoman: Jakov has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with Malory for about 40 years.
* DisappearedDad: The odds are about 1-in-4 that he's this to Archer. When they finally meet, [[spoiler:he assumes he's the father and tries to bond with his son. In a rare moment, Archer reciprocates and tries to make up for lost time]].
%%* DyingClue: "Remember, things are not always as they seem."
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He faces eventual explosive destruction surprisingly calmly, and spends his final minutes alive recording a message for Archer. The only thing that truly affects him about his death is Barry denying him his final request of leaving a DNA sample so that Archer can find out whether or not he is truly Jakov's son.]]
* GeneralFailure: He's not terribly good at his job.
%%* KilledOffForReal: He is replaced as the head of the KGB, and subsequently murdered, by Barry in "Crossing Over".
* MeanBoss: To Boris. He creates a [[RunningGag hostile work environment]].
* PunnyName: Major Jakov = Major Jack-off.
* SacrificialLion: His appearance [[spoiler:and death]] in "Crossing Over" exist mostly to establish [[spoiler:how violent and insane Barry has become]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Boris]]
!!Boris

Nikolai Jakov's second-in-command and general ButtMonkey.

* ButtMonkey: To Jakov.
* ChekhovsGunman: While he usually just appears now and again for comic relief, on two occasions he has played an active role in the plot:
** "Crossing Over": [[spoiler:Helping Nikolai Jakov flee the country]].
** "Edie's Wedding": [[spoiler:Dating Katya, who broke up with Barry for him, which sends Barry completely off the deep end.]]
* 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?".
* TheDitz: Barry describes him as "literally the dumbest guy in Russia". In the same episode, he is seen serving [[spoiler:his girlfriend Katya]] an empty platter of syrup and butter, having ''forgotten to make the waffle''.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Helps Jakov escape to the United States in "Crossing Over".]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: It was [[spoiler:his own creation, Bionic Barry,]] who ended up [[spoiler:killing Jakov, who he eventually came to care about.]]
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters
[[folder:Crenshaw]]
!!Crenshaw/Kremenski
->'''Voiced by:''' Shelly Desai

A KGB mole in the ISIS organization, Crenshaw is introduced in "Mole Hunt" during, ironically, a KGB interrogation training exercise. When Archer tries to cover up his own inappropriate expenses, Crenshaw is forced to out himself as a KGB operative named Kremenski and take Archer hostage. During his escape attempt, he is distracted by Archer's [[MommyIssues strangely-timed]] erection, and is killed on the spot.

* CharacterDeath: Shot three times by Archer at the end of his first and only episode, "Mole Hunt".
* ChekhovsGunman: Introduced as a minor side-character, Crenshaw ends up being the main antagonist of the first episode.
* CigarChomper: Lights a cigar during the training exercise.
* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Archer uses him as such. After Cyril notices Kremenski had stolen $50,000 from Archer's account, Archer lets everyone believe Kremenski had been stealing from him all along.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Is genuinely disturbed by Archer getting an erection at the thought of Mallory dying, and feels everyone mistreats Pam.
* {{Flashback}}: One in "The Wind Cries Mary" shows him seated opposite Mallory at the celebration for Archer and Lucas Troy completing training.
* InsistentTerminology: It's a ''golf'' cart battery, not a go-kart battery.
* TheMole: While Archer initially made up the idea of a mole inside ISIS, Crenshaw actually was one from the beginning.
* StarterVillain
* TortureTechnician: At least, plays the part in an ElectricTorture training exercise.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's impossible to describe him without ruining TheReveal that he's the traitor inside ISIS, and explaining his absence from the rest of the series as a recurring villain is even worse.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Archer complains about his poor attempts at accents in the training exercise:
-->'''Archer''': Can you just pick an accent and stick with it?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Trinette]]
!!Trinette
->'''Voiced By:''' Maggie Wheeler

A prostitute who was first seen in "Training Day" as part of an exercise to train Cyril as a field agent. She reappears in Season 2's "Blood Test", with Archer's child. [[spoiler:Said child turns out to be Cyril's, not Archer's.]]

* BerserkButton: When Archer flat out calls her a heroin addict ("I'll bet that's not the first needle you've had in you"), she is ''royally'' pissed and takes his wallet, watch and car as collateral.
* ChekhovsGunman: She shows up as a largely unimportant character in Season 1, and reappears in Season 2 [[spoiler:with Cyril's child]], warranting an entire episode focusing on her.
* DisneyDeath: She was thought to have died in "Training Day", but ended up surviving the ordeal, barely.
* InsistentTerminology: Agrees with Archer when he describes her as a call girl, not a hooker. In "Blood Test", she insists that she's an escort. Her baby is referred to as the "wee baby Seamus".
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* NotQuiteDead: After being rolled up in a rug and stuffed in Archer's trunk at the end of "Training Day". [[spoiler:The "poison-tipped pen" turned out to just be a sedative so Cyril would think he had killed a hooker.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: In "Blood Test", Archer comments that "[he] had to book her weeks in advance".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Hasn't been seen since a brief appearance in "Stage Two". [[FridgeBrilliance Probably to keep Archer away from Seamus after his horrific baby sitting.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mannfred and Uta]]
!!Mannfred & Uta
->'''Voiced By:''' René Auberjonois & Kathryn Cressida

A pair of German assassins working for Jakov. The least competent KGB employees, which is saying a LOT.

* MayDecemberRomance: Uta is 19. Manny's age is never given, but he's at least as old as Uta's father (and that's a whole other thing).
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They haven't been seen since the Season 1 finale "Dial M For Mother", where they [[spoiler:install a mind-control chip in Archer's brain]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Conway Stern]]
!!Conway Stern
->'''Voiced By:''' Coby Bell
A new agent brought in by Malory in 'Diversity Hire' to replace three culturally diverse agents whom Archer had gotten captured. He's actually a KGB DoubleAgent inside ISIS, and backstabs Archer at a crucial moment. He has since been seen in Season 4 getting a robotic hand from Krieger.

* TheAce: It took him two phone calls to complete a mission Lana had been planning for months.
* AnArmAndALeg:
** [[spoiler:His left hand is ripped off in his first appearance when Lana's harpoon pulls back the briefcase handcuffed to his wrist, detaching his hand in the process.]]
** [[spoiler:While he gets a robotic left hand from Krieger, his ''right'' hand is ripped off when Lana slams shut a glass door on it in "Three to Tango".]]
* TheBusCameBack: He finally returns in Season 6's "Three To Tango".
* TheCameo: He makes one in Season 4's "Legs", [[spoiler:in a flashback that shows Krieger building him a [[ArtificialLimbs robotic hand]] to replace the one that [[ContinuityNod Lana ripped off]], technically making him a {{cyborg}}.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:He betrays Lana and Archer in both "Diversity Hire" and "Three to Tango".]]
* DoubleAgent[=/=]TheMole: Played with in "Diversity Hire". Archer and Lana theorise that he is this, but when Archer and Conway travel to Miami on a mission, Conway saves his life ''twice'' [[spoiler:before revealing himself to be this after all seconds later, when he literally stabs Archer InTheBack]]. In "Three to Tango", [[spoiler:Archer and Lana are understandably concerned about this, but Slater reveals that he was working for the CIA the whole time, and the Whisper Drive was a fake. However, after taking the microfilm, he reveals himself as a mole once again.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:After double-crossing Archer again and shooting him in the back, he refuses to shoot Lana on the grounds that she's a mother now.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:He pulls a FaceHeelTurn at the end of "Diversity Hire", then a HeelFaceTurn at the start of "Three to Tango", then another FaceHeelTurn at the end of said episode.]]
* InTheBack: [[spoiler:He ([[RunningGag literally]]) stabs Archer in the back in "Diversity Hire", and then shoots him in the back in "Three to Tango". Both are representative of actual backstabbings.]]
* NoNameGiven: His last line in "Diversity Hire" is him confirming that "Conway Stern" is not his real name. After five seasons of waiting, we ''finally'' find out in "Three to Tango" that [[spoiler:it actually ''is'' Conway Stern.]]
* TwoferTokenMinority: Black and Jewish. It was literally the only reason Mallory hired him. Well, that and because he's hot.
* VillainBall: [[spoiler:In "Two to Tango", he had no reason to stick around and tell Lana that she needs to "lose the baby weight", which resulted in him losing another hand and the microfilm.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Anka Schlotz]]
!!Anka Schlotz
->'''Voiced By:''' Kari Wahlgren

A rich 16 year old Swiss girl whom Archer is assigned to protect in "Swiss Miss". She sexually harasses Archer constantly and tries to frame him when they get caught.

* FreudianExcuse: She acts out the way she does because her father never gives her the time of day.
* JailBait: Although it takes all his willpower, Archer refuses to give into her advances.
* MsFanservice: Especially since she spends a good 7 minutes or so on a snowmobile topless.
* OfCourseImNotAVirgin: She insists to Archer that she's seen ''scores'' of "Wilheims".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Benoit]]
!!Benoit
->'''Voiced By:''' Cedric Pendleton

The concierge of a Monaco hotel where ISIS is staying, who tries to steal their 401K money.

* InSeriesNickname: Archer can't hear his name without adding "balls" after it, since it reminds him of the sex toy ben-wah balls.
* [[OhCrap Oh Merde]]: When he flies off a ramp in a Formula 1 car straight into a helicopter. Also counts as FamousLastWords.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rona Thorne]]
!!Rona Thorne
->'''Voiced By:''' Rachael Harris

A ditzy Hollywood star and KGB sleeper agent.

* AffablyEvil: She effuses sincerity and kindness while [[spoiler: tranquilizing Lana and Archer and assassinating someone.]]
* CatchPhrase: "AMAAAAAAZING!"
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Acts like a typical Hollywood starlet, but is actually a talented agent and sniper.
* DumbBlonde: How she behaves most of the time. Although even when she's competent, she still has a ValleyGirl talk.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rip Riley]]
!!Rip Riley
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PatrickWarburton

A private investigator hired by Malory to track down Archer when [[spoiler:he disappears after Katya's death]].

%%* BadAss
* BadassBaritone: Voiced by the eternally macho Patrick Warburton.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DiscoDan: Despite the series' AnachronismStew, he comes off as much more old fashioned than most, using an out of date sea-plane and wearing clothes that look like they're from TheThirties. Archer accuses him of trying to be "Sky Captain of Yesteryear" to be cool.
* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay:
-->'''Rip''': "And I'm asking you for the last time to get on that plane."
-->'''Archer''': Uh, you wanna try and make me... RIP?
-->'''Rip''': No I don't and trust me---
-->'''Archer''': (smashes a bottle across Rip's face)
-->'''Rip''': (Not even flinching, taking a slow drag of his cigar)... You don't want that either.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Subverted when he tells Archer that he'd have to be 15 in order to be his son. Both of them are relieved to know this.
* MadeOfIron: To him, a face full of broken glass is but a momentary annoyance.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Noah]]
!!Noah
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/DavidCross

%%* BeleagueredAssistant
%%* ButtMonkey
* LeeroyJenkins: Charges blindly with a sharpened spoon when told to attack Bucky.
--> "SPOOOOOOON!"
* NonActionGuy: Even more than Cyril.
%%* {{O Positive}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tony Drake]]
!!Commander Tony Drake
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/BryanCranston

* BigBad: Of "Space Race".
%%* CloudCuckoolander
%%* ControlFreak
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Not that he had a good reason. He's pretty much insane.
* KnightTemplar: He thinks enslaving women to be used as breeding machines on Mars is justified if it will save mankind.
* LargeHam: Ends up as this, yelling ''MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARS''.
* YourHeadAsplode: When he's defeated, he screams 'Mars' and makes Pam shoot him which blows his head apart.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kellogg]]
!!Commander Kellogg
->'''Voiced By:''' Dave Fennoy

* TheDragon: To Drake.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ron Cadillac]]
!!Ron Cadillac
->'''Voiced By''': Ron Leibman

Archer's milquetoast step-father and Malory's husband as of Season 4.

* CastingGag: He's voiced by Jessica Walter's real life husband.
* InnocentBigot: When trying to convince Mallory to let competent employees do their jobs without Mallory having to micro-manage, he references the head mechanic at one of his auto-dealerships, who is "[[YouAreACreditToYourRace a black]]".
* MeaningfulName: He owns a half-dozen Cadillac dealerships and is starting to expand into White Plains ([[InvokedTrope though he changed it from Kaczynski]]).
* OutOfFocus: Doesn't show up for the second half of Season 4.
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler:He got his start in illegal chop-shops and is now paying hush money to his operation's imprisoned members.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler: Leaves Mallory in "House Call" after getting fed up with the cartel, the final straw being Mallory's refusal to talk about Len Trexler.]] Though [[spoiler: he comes back in Season 6.]]
* TankGoodness: Stole an [=M4A3=] Sherman during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, although it was in 1945 so it didn't really hurt the war effort.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Apparently he and Mallory are in couples' counselling and are patching things back together.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His marriage to Malory caused Archer to forget his identity and think he was Bob of ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: E.Z. Ponder]]
!! Sheriff E.Z. Ponder
-> '''Voiced By:''' Michael Rooker

The sheriff of Ferlin, West Virginia. He went to the same high school Ray did. Ray's brother, Randy, claims E.Z wants to kill him and take his marijuana farm.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Interested in the fact that Ray is a secret agent, and says to give him a ring the next time he comes back home.
* DirtyCop: What Randy claims him to be. [[spoiler: He's actually a GoodCop.]]
* MotivationalLie: Variant: E.Z. claims that [[spoiler: if Randy surrenders, he can get him probation. He's lying, Randy is going to jail for life.]]
* NiceHat: A spectacularly large cowboy hat.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Ray confronts E.Z about [[spoiler: Randy's lie, E.Z. immediately has his people cease-fire so he can explain the truth.]]
* ReligiousBruiser: Is an elder of the church in addition to being the sheriff.
* TeensAreMonsters: Was "an extreme dick" to Ray in high school, by his own words. He admits he was immature.


[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lance Casteau]]
!!Lance Casteau
->'''Voiced By''': Anthony Bourdain

A snobby, verbally abusive gourmet chef who hires ISIS to go undercover on his TV show "Bastard Chef".

* BadBoss: Good God, yes. He even brags about what a bastard he is to his employees.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Barry and Katya chuck him out of a helicopter at the end of the episode.]]
* JerkAss: Arguably the biggest one in the entire series, and that's saying a lot. Only Pam's sister Edie comes close.
* LethalChef: Not only does he throw knives at people on occasion, [[spoiler:he intentionally poisons an Albanian ambassador, whom ISIS is trying to protect]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cecil Tunt]]
!!Cecil Tunt
[[quoteright:309:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tunt_cevil_4560.png]]
->'''Voiced By''': Eugene Mirman

Cheryl's brother who, like his sister, is entitled to half of their parent's fortune. He uses his half to fund many philanthropic ventures. He appears in the fourth season finale, helping Malory obtain a bomb. According to Cheryl, he's gross.

* AntiVillain:
** His plan to get Cheryl declared insane so he can get her money. He's broke so he needs outside funding to keep his charities afloat, and he'd be keeping a mentally-unstable, violent person off the streets. Pam doesn't think this is too bad, and even Lana says that they could have just gone to a lawyer and interviewed them there, instead of working this whole scheme.
** [[spoiler: In fact, beyond that, he doesn't do anything horrible whatsoever. He is, at most, an antagonist to Cheryl. The character himself is not a villain whatsoever.]]
* BadassBeard: In the family portrait. He's rather clean-shaven when he makes his debut in the show proper.
%%* BigFun
* CoolBigBro: Though Cheryl thinks he's gross. [[spoiler: He even apologizes to Cheryl for his plan to get her money.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Of the ''Sea Tunt'' two-parter.]] Kind of anyway. [[spoiler:Part 1 was him vs. Cheryl, but the other ISIS staff either didn't care or supported him when they found out what he was doing]].
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse; His reaction when Archer laughs about the time Cheryl had them lock her up because she thought she was a werewolf. He takes his sister's mental decline much more seriously than the others.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted:
** [[spoiler: Having spent all his inheritance funding so many charities.]]
** [[spoiler: Though this becomes inverted again as he makes back ''more'' than he had from insurance money after his sealab is blown up.]]
%%* TheGhost
* OnlySaneMan: Reacts with shock to the information given about Cheryl like any normal person.
* InformedAbility: Cecil is supposedly in charge of Cheryl's half of the Tunt fortune, which based on some of the things she owns (half a railroad, the spectacular Tuntmore Towers Hotel, etc.) implies he is an excellent businessman. [[spoiler: It turns out that he is terrible with money and does not even carefully scrutinize the budgets of his own charities to the point where he has spent his half of the fortune]]. Though it is theorized Cheryl lied about that to keep Malory away, or that he had power of state and had to give his approval to Cheryl's expenditures, but could not spend a cent of her inheritance himself.
* InkSuitActor: Looks almost exactly like Eugene Mirman.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He's trying to have Cheryl committed [[spoiler:so he can seize and spend her half of their inheritance]], but she probably should have been institutionalized years ago for everyone's safety, including her own.
* MysteriousBacker: [[spoiler: He offers his "choppersaurus" to help the ISIS crew find a bomb, but it's all part of a bigger plan.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler: At first, he seemed to be the OnlySaneMan (especially compared to his sister). But as it turns out, he's a complete idiot at spending his money, throwing away his entire fortune carelessly. Some of his charities are very poorly planned and damn near pointless (such as the underground water lab with a horrible budget and no oversight).]]
-->'''Cecil:''' “Nourish A Child, Shoe A Child, Bespectacle a Child, One Laptop Per Child Soldier...which unfortunately became one thousand laptops per warlord.”
* {{Retcon}}: In a couple of ways. His appearance in "Sea Tunt" is completely different from in the family painting shown in "El Secuestro". Also, [[spoiler: he is apparently ''not'' in charge of managing Cheryl's money, as he needs to prove her mentally incompetent in order to get control of it in "Sea Tunt", though it's possible she was lying to keep Mallory's hands off her fortune and Tiffy made him shave in addition to turning vegan]].
* RichesToRags: He bankrupted himself donating to incredibly poorly thought out charities. [[spoiler:Though he gained back his wealth from the insurance money from the blown up Sealab.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Captain Murphy]]
!!Captain Murphy
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JonHamm

%%* AlasPoorVillain
* BigBad: Of the "Sea Tunt" two-parter.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: [[spoiler:Went insane from being the only man in an undersea lab.]]
* HarmlessVillain: [[spoiler:He's nuts, but his threat to bomb the East Coast was a bluff. Once Lana calls him on this, he doesn't even pretend to be a bad guy anymore]].
%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tiffy]]
!!Tiffy
->'''Voiced By:''' Kristen Schaal

Cecil's vegan girlfriend/pilot and enemy of Cheryl.

* AcePilot: Is able to keep from crashing despite Cheryl beating the crap out of her.
* DeadpanSnarker: Very frequently.
* GranolaGirl: Has all the aspects of it, except for being a total bitch.

[[/folder]]


[[folder:Krieger's Virtual Girlfriend]]
!!Krieger's Virtual Girlfriend
->'''Voiced By:''' Judy Greer

The holographic woman created by Dr. Krieger. Originally thought to be destroyed by Lana, Krieger soon managed to create another one that is often always with him.

* GratuitousJapanese: What she normally speaks, complete with referring to Krieger "Kuriga-san".
* LegacyCharacter: Lana killed the first one; the second one looks exactly the same, however, and Krieger doesn't seem to acknowledge any differences.
* NoNameGiven: So far, its actual name is not known.
** codename.fileserv{miyazumi} is the name attached to the file for the render of her second incarnation. Seen briefly on screen in "Tragical History." Her name might thus be Miyazumi.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: It is drawn in an {{Animesque}} style.
* [[ProjectedMan Projected Woman]]: Despite this, Krieger (And possibly Cyril, during their time together in Krieger's van) is somehow able to have sex with it.
* RoboticSpouse: For Krieger. Despite being a hologram, it's evidently real enough that Krieger is able to have sex with it, and apparently the State of New York even allowed them to marry. That being said, their relationship is very strained.
* SatelliteCharacter: It's always in the same room with Krieger. Justified considering its nature as a holographic entity. However, it seems to have some sort of rivalry with Mallory.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: It has pink hair.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Babou]]
!!Babou

Cheryl's pet ocelot. Babou is an unruly pet, marking its territory constantly and scratching up Archer whenever he tries to play with him. That being said, it's hard to blame the animal when its owner is as neglectful as you'd expect from Cheryl.

* AndroclesLion: In ''The Limited'', Babou winds up unintentionally saving Archer's life by distracting a group of terrorists; Archer returns the favor a few seconds later.
* CatsAreMean: Babou has scratched Archer up twice. Archer justified the first time as Babou being bored and wanting things to play with, given Cheryl leaves it in an empty room.
* CoolPet: Archer seems to think so anyway.
* ThatPoorCat: Though Babou winds up uninjured, several Canadian terrorists fire upon him while he's off-screen (pissing on them).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Holly]]
!!Agent Holly
->'''Voiced by:''' Gary Cole

A member of the FBI, and the agent co-ordinating the raid on ISIS in "White Elephant". He is revealed to be a CIA agent, along with Slater, and behind the entire events of the season. Malory blackmails him to re-opening ISIS at the end of the season.

* TheManBehindTheMan: He and Slater were behind the events of Season 5, having given the cocaine to Malory to sell in the first place.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name has been spelled "Holly" or "Hawley".
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Slater]]
!!Slater
->'''Voiced by:''' Christian Slater
An arms dealer who does business with Archer, Ray and Cyril (under the names Rando, and Phil and Odie [=McKraken=]) in "On the Carpet". He later is revealed to be a CIA agent, along with the supposed FBI agent, Agent Holly. He reappears in Season 6, giving the ISIS gang their assignments.

* AlmostLethalWeapons: He shoots Archer with a beanbag gun, which almost kills him, and gives him a huge bruise and internal bleeding across his chest.
* DoubleAgent: He's working with the CIA and his boss's plan, but he's also running his own guns-for-drugs deal in Colombia behind his boss's back.
* InkSuitActor: Is modeled (and named) after his voice actor, Christian Slater.
* MrFanservice: To a degree. He always wears very tight-fitting t-shirts and is very muscular. Malory, Lana, and Ray all flirt with him as well.
* OnlyOneName: Is referred to only as Slater. Whenever Malory, Lana and Archer call him "Mr. Slater" he repeatedly insists that it's "just Slater. It's a mononym."
* QuestGiver: Seems to be his new role, giving the organisation formerly known as ISIS their assignments.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gustavo Calderón]]
!!El Presidente-por-Vida Gustavo Calderón
->'''Voiced by:''' Fred Armisen

Tinhorn dictator of the small Central American Republic of San Marcos, Calderón hosts Malory and her employees at his palace in the midst of a bloody civil war, believing them to be the new crew of weapon smugglers he's been expecting. He is later overthrown and subsequently thrown in prison by Cyril. In an attempt to escape with Cherlene and Archer, he is mauled to death by a tiger from the zoo.

* AmbiguouslyBi: After Juliana is taken out of her cell, he hits on Archer.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler:He forces Cherlene to marry him after divorcing his wife.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Goes out screaming while being mauled to bits by an escaped tiger from his own private zoo.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: He appears in the flash-forward during "White Elephant", telling one of his men that he must meet Cherlene in-person.
* LoonyFan: Like many other dictators, he has a fixation on Western pop singers - specifically, "Cherlene". The only reason her album went platinum in the first place is because he bought and shipped a million copies to give to the populace, and he even makes an effort to propose to her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Juliana Calderón]]
!!Juliana Calderón[[spoiler:-Figgis]]

Calderon's wife and the first lady of San Marcos.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her dress gives her this.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler: Cyril]] marries her. While she doesn't seem pleased with it, she goes along with it to still be the First Lady.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: She's in the palace when the Marines bomb it to the ground, and explicitly makes it a point not to go to a shelter.]]
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: She bears a resemblance to the newlywed Archer had sex with at the start of Season 3.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She believes her husband's things are hers, and gets upset when Cyril, Malory, and Pam rob the palace.
* MsFanservice: Her dress reveals more of her breasts than it covers.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Edie Poovey]]
!!Edie Poovey

Pam's sister.

* BerserkButton: For all the put-downs she hurls at... well... everyone, you'd think she would have thicker skin. [[spoiler:But when Barry tells her that she's "no prize herself," she launches tackles him to the ground.]]
* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: She more or less spends all of her screen time treating her sister like shit, and their childhood together was probably no different.
* [[FatBastard Fat Bitch]]: She's overweight just like Pam, but unlike her, she's a completely cruel and horrid bitch.
* TheGhost: She's mentioned a number of times by Pam and once by Malory before she is seen, as a person who is completely horrible. When she's met, it's discovered Pam was, if anything, understating what a terrible person she was.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Ends up losing her husband-to-be in a very similar manner to the way she hurt Pam's feelings in High School.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Her sister [[spoiler:has been kidnapped by 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}}:
** 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 any redeeming qualities, 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 Russian cyborg there would be a tender moment where she would admit that she actually does care for Pam. There isn't, and the only time she actively tries to help Pam is when Barry insults ''her'', not Pam.
* WouldHitAGirl: She's the victim of one by Archer and Barry. And she completely deserves it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Spoiler Character''']]
!!Abijean Kane-Archer

The baby daughter of Lana and Archer, whose sperm sample she used through artificial insemination.

* InTheBlood: Right in her introduction she already displays some of the characteristics of her father. Namely holding up a finger to stop a person from talking while she finishes drinking.
[[/folder]]

--> [[spoiler: '''Archer (after being nearly choked to death by Barry''': Just for you Barry... I brought Explosive Rounds.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Barry''': What?]]

%%[[folder:Tiffy]]

%%!!Tiffy
%%->'''Voiced By:''' Kristen Schaal
%%
%%Cecil's vegan girlfriend/pilot and enemy of Cheryl.

%%[[/folder]]

* AffablyEvil: She seems sincere about her praise of Lana.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass:Acts like a typical Hollywood starlet, but is actually a talented agent.
* DumbBlonde: How she behaves most of the time. It's an act.

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler: Leaves Mallory in "House Call" after getting fed up with the cartel, the final straw being Mallory's refusal to talk about Len Trexler]]

* LethalChef: Not only does he throw knives at people on occasion, [[spoiler:he intentionally poisons a Portuguese ambassador, whom ISIS is trying to protect]].

* MrFanservice: To a degree. He always wears very tight-fitting t-shirts and is very muscular.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her dress gives her this

** By season 5 she's also become this with Archer, being one of the few people in the cast who enjoys spending time with him, as seen by her glee at getting to ride with him in 'Southbound and Down', not to mention [[spoiler: jumping in front of a bullet for him in the season finale.]] Archer for his part is vocally irritated by her personality but does seem to care.