History Fridge / Archer

* TheReveal in "The Kanes". [[spoiler:The CIA is suppressing Lana's father's research into biofuel alternatives to continue US dependence on OPEC-sourced oil. Slater justifies this by stating "You think the Middle East is messed up now, just wait 'till no one needs their oil." This is indeed a frightening thought.]]

** Which leads to Fridge Brilliance regarding his and Trinette's disappearance from the series: She doesn't want Archer causing any more harm to Seasmus.

* Everyone in the office hates and mistreats each other constantly. It's a very hostile work environment - because *Pam is terrible at her job.*

* The season six opener has the team touring their rebuilt headquarters, now a sparkling and dazzling white. Mallory is stunned, wondering aloud if she can even take her shoes off. She shouldn't, but not for the reason she's thinking -- it's all a hologram covering a near-perfect restoration of the terrible, old office, including the legendarily disgusting carpet.

[[AC:Fridge Logic]]
* In Season 1, the "''M'', as in ''M''ancy" line is funny, but how the hell did Lana ''not'' intervene on that one? She didn't have any static to interfere with her hearing. Similarly, why did Lana not aim the camera at the bomb code in the first place?

** This troper thought it was a cleverly-constructed pun: [[spoiler: the cocaine is the elephant in the room (and even named as such) that Malory is avoiding talking about, it's white, and there is a (literal) ton of it - the layman's estimation of how much an elephant weighs).]]

* In Season 1, the "''M'', as in ''Mancy''" line is funny, but how the hell did Lana ''not'' intervene on that one? She didn't have any static to interfere with her hearing. Similarly, why did Lana not aim the camera at the bomb code in the first place?
* Some Fridge Horror. Seamus, as a baby. He already has an implied addiction to alcohol, has a prostitute for a mother, doesn`t know who his father is, has a tattoo of a man who frequently had sex with his mother on his shoulder (Of whom he can`t be sure is his real father or not) before the age of one. This kid doesn`t have a great start to a happy life already.
** Which leads to Fridge Brilliance regarding his and Trinette's disappearance from the series: She doesn't want Archer causing any more harm to Seasmus.

** She also sings "Eastbound and Down" on TV for his benefit. And there's the obvious "Baby Please Don't Go."

** This troper thought it was a cleverly-constructed pun: {{spoiler: the cocaine is the elephant in the room (and even named as such) that Malory is avoiding talking about, it's white, and there is a (literal) ton of it - the layman's estimation of how much an elephant weighs).}}

** This troper thought it was a cleverly-constructed pun: the cocaine is the elephant in the room (and even named as such) that Malory is avoiding talking about, it's white, and there is a (literal) ton of it - the layman's estimation of how much an elephant weighs).

* In Season 1, the "''M'', as in ''Mancy''" line is funny, but how the hell did Lana ''not'' intervene on that one? She didn't have any static to interfere with her hearing.

* Some Fridge Horror. Seamus, as a baby. He already has an implied addiction to alcohol, has a prostitute for a mother, doesn`t know who his father is, has a tattoo of a man who frequently had sex with his mother on his shoulder (Of whom he can`t be sure is his real father or not) before the age of one. This kid doesn`t have a great start to a happy life already

* Season 5 finds the group perplexed at Cheryl/Carol's decision to become a country music singer. They can't understand why she'd want to do it. The answer is simple: in her "dream the impossible dream world" she thinks it'll attract Archer to date her again. The key is in the lyrics to her songs. A good, clear example is the beginning of "Burn It Down," which starts off with "I saw you driving by in your El Camino Rio, Swagger never left your step. Trying to make me jealous with that blondie by your side, hey guess what, you did it again."

* Another moment from the Season 5 finale: Archer's old 'Mulatto Butts' ringtone gets funnier when [[spoiler: it's revealed that since Archer is Lana's baby's father, Abbiejean actually does have a black ass mama and a white ass daddy.]]

* Fridge Brilliance moment in the Season 5 Finale, to close a Fridge Logic moment from the season opener. How does the FBI fail to announce themselves when entering a raiding a building they know is armed and just go in guns blazing? Why is their gear so irregular that the people they've opened fire on can't tell that they're FBI? Answer: [[spoiler: They're not the FBI, they're the CIA and this is an elaborate operation to get ISIS personnel to get them to sell cocaine on behalf of the CIA.]]

* Archer is referred to as the "world's most dangerous spy", while failing constantly. He's [[ExactWords the most dangerous spy, not the most competent]].

* The title "White Elephant" refers to the [[spoiler: cocaine: it is a valuable, but ultimately burdensome possession which the owners cannot easily get rid of.]]

* Some Fridge Horror. Seamus, as a baby. He already has an implied addiction to alcohol, has a prostitute for a mother, doesn`t know who his father is, has a tattoo of a man who frequently had sex with his mother on his shoulder (Of whom he can`t be sure is his real father or not) before the age of one. This kid doesn`t have a great start to a happy life already

* In "Skytanic", when Archer said "[[spoiler: ''M'', as in ''Mancy''!]]", why the hell didn't Lana ''immediately'' step in and correct him for Ray? RuleOfFunny, but still.

* In Season 1, the "''M'', as in ''Mancy''" line is funny, but how the hell did Lana ''not'' intervene on that one? She didn't have any static to interfere with her hearing.

* In "Legs", Krieger says "Me too!" to Ray's "I piss and shit in a bag". It's a lot less weird when you remember that Krieger's apartment has a communal bathroom that's a literal shithole and going in a bag is probably safer and more sanitary.

* In "Once Bitten", Archer--coming out of a hallucination--appears to claim that his father is Buck Henry. In a meta sense, he's right, seeing as Buck Henry co-created the [[UrExample ur-]]spy-comedy ''Series/GetSmart''. --Tropers/{{Wackd}}

* In "Once Bitten", Archer--oming out of a hallucination--appears to claim that his father is Buck Henry. In a meta sense, he's right, seeing as Buck Henry co-created the [[UrExample ur-]]spy-comedy ''Series/GetSmart''. --Tropers/{{Wackd}}