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* CryingWolf: PlayedForLaughs, of course. Due to Archer’s long history of voicemail pranks, Malory refuses to call him. When she finally does, the group initially assumes the fight going on over the phone is yet another elaborate voicemail prank. They soon realize some time after that it was all real, much to Mallory's horror.

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* CryingWolf: PlayedForLaughs, of course. Due to Archer’s long history of voicemail pranks, Malory refuses to call him. When she finally does, the group initially assumes the fight going on over the phone is yet another elaborate voicemail prank. They soon realize some time after that it was all real, much to Mallory's Malory's horror.
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* CryingWolf: PlayedForLaughs, of course. Due to Archer’s long history of voicemail pranks, Mallory refuses to call him. When she finally does, the group initially assumes the fight going on over the phone is yet another elaborate voicemail prank. They soon realize some time after that it was all real, much to Mallory's horror.

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* CryingWolf: PlayedForLaughs, of course. Due to Archer’s long history of voicemail pranks, Mallory Malory refuses to call him. When she finally does, the group initially assumes the fight going on over the phone is yet another elaborate voicemail prank. They soon realize some time after that it was all real, much to Mallory's horror.



* RagingStiffie: Archer pops a very audible boner when Veronica Dean merely touches his arm. Also Krieger has one when he doesn't want to get up during a meeting.

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* RagingStiffie: Archer pops a very audible boner when Veronica Dean merely touches his arm. Also Also, Krieger has one when he doesn't want to get up during a meeting.



* ToiletHumor: Shapiro describes how his dogs were poisoned, which resulted in severed diarrhea. Aside from the excruciating detail of how the doggie treats affected them, making an epic mess of the house, the dogs are shown beforehand wearing diapers.

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* ToiletHumor: Shapiro describes how his dogs were poisoned, which resulted in severed severe diarrhea. Aside from the excruciating detail of how the doggie treats affected them, making an epic mess of the house, the dogs are shown beforehand wearing diapers.
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I removed the “The Man is Keeping us Down” example. This trope deals with cases where, “The heroes have failed through no fault of their own, but rather due to factors in the world beyond their control which are largely a problem with their society.” The example deals with Cryil being a bit of a jerk to Lana and threatening to dock her pay if she leaves work during work hours. It doesn’t deal with Lana facing oppressive forces nor being unable to succeed because of these forces. So I do not believe this is an example of this trope.


* TheManIsKeepingUsDown: Cyril, who is officially in charge of the agency, threatens to dock Lana's pay if she leaves during work hours.
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* TheManIsKeepingUsDown: Cyril, who is officially the owner of the agency, threatens to dock Lana's pay if she leaves during work hours.

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* TheManIsKeepingUsDown: Cyril, who is officially the owner in charge of the agency, threatens to dock Lana's pay if she leaves during work hours.

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* TheManIsKeepingUsDown: Cyril threatens to dock Lana's pay if she leaves during work hours.

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* TheManIsKeepingUsDown: Cyril Cyril, who is officially the owner of the agency, threatens to dock Lana's pay if she leaves during work hours.


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* ToiletHumor: Shapiro describes how his dogs were poisoned, which resulted in severed diarrhea. Aside from the excruciating detail of how the doggie treats affected them, making an epic mess of the house, the dogs are shown beforehand wearing diapers.
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* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: Archer convinces Lana to continue the job without contacting Cyril or Malory, as Cyril threatened to take her pay if she left early. In Archer's words, Cyril made her "his giant bitch" in front of the rest of the group that morning.



* EasilyForgiven: Shapiro says he will recommend the Figgis Agency to his other clients, despite the fact that they were responsible for stealing the Longwater disk in the first place (as well as poisoning his dogs). Of course, the fact that they helped retrieve it when they realised their mistake probably helped.

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* EasilyForgiven: Shapiro says he will recommend the Figgis Agency to his other clients, despite the fact that they were responsible for stealing the Longwater disk in the first place (as well as poisoning his dogs). Of course, the fact that they helped retrieve it when they realised realized their mistake probably helped.


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* TheManIsKeepingUsDown: Cyril threatens to dock Lana's pay if she leaves during work hours.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don’t actually get to see Archer knock the crap out of the half-dozen or so bikers on the outside. We ''hear'' it, but we don’t ''see'' it.

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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don’t actually get to see Archer knock the crap out of the fighting a half-dozen or so bikers on the outside. We ''hear'' it, but we don’t ''see'' it.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse. Pam believes she and her friends have just heard "the best voicemail ever" when attempting to call Archer. Cut to [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome the aftermath of Archer's epic fight]], he says to himself "it could have been", implying he would have set this up in hindsight.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse. Pam believes she and her friends have just heard "the best voicemail ever" when attempting to call Archer. Cut to [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome the aftermath of Archer's epic fight]], he says to himself "it could have been", implying he would have liked to set this up in hindsight.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-Universe. Pam believes she and her friends have just heard "the best voicemail ever" when attempting to call Archer. Cut to [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome the aftermath of Archer's epic fight]], he says to himself "it could have been", implying he would have set this up in hindsight.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-Universe.InUniverse. Pam believes she and her friends have just heard "the best voicemail ever" when attempting to call Archer. Cut to [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome the aftermath of Archer's epic fight]], he says to himself "it could have been", implying he would have set this up in hindsight.
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* CryingWolf: Due to Archer’s long history of voicemail pranks the group initially assumes the fight going on over the phone is actually an elaborate voicemail prank. PlayedForLaughs, of course.

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* CryingWolf: PlayedForLaughs, of course. Due to Archer’s long history of voicemail pranks pranks, Mallory refuses to call him. When she finally does, the group initially assumes the fight going on over the phone is actually an yet another elaborate voicemail prank. PlayedForLaughs, of course.They soon realize some time after that it was all real, much to Mallory's horror.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-Universe. Pam believes she and her friends have just heard "the best voicemail ever" when attempting to call Archer. Cut to the aftermath of Archer's epic fight, he says to himself "it could have been", implying he would have set this up in hindsight.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-Universe. Pam believes she and her friends have just heard "the best voicemail ever" when attempting to call Archer. Cut to [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome the aftermath of Archer's epic fight, fight]], he says to himself "it could have been", implying he would have set this up in hindsight.

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* TheUnreveal: We still don’t find out what was on the “Longwater” disk, or who was blackmailing Veronica Deane. Of course, it’s possible and indeed likely that these may be revealed in later episodes.

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* TheUnreveal: We still don’t find out what was on the “Longwater” disk, or who was blackmailing Veronica Deane. Of course, it’s possible and indeed likely that these may be revealed in later episodes.episodes.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-Universe. Pam believes she and her friends have just heard "the best voicemail ever" when attempting to call Archer. Cut to the aftermath of Archer's epic fight, he says to himself "it could have been", implying he would have set this up in hindsight.
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* RagingStiffie: Archer pops a very audible boner when Veronica Dean merely touches his arm.

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* RagingStiffie: Archer pops a very audible boner when Veronica Dean merely touches his arm. Also Krieger has one when he doesn't want to get up during a meeting.
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* FullFrontalAssault: Archer takes out the bikers while completely naked.
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* LeatherMan: Ray dresses up as one when dealing with the motorcycle gang.


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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The bikers make several anti-Semitic comments towards Shapiro.
* RagingStiffie: Archer pops a very audible boner when Veronica Dean merely touches his arm.
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* OverlyLongGag: The “voicemail”.

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* OverlyLongGag: The “voicemail”. It lasts about a minute and a half.
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* BlatantLies: They try to hide their involvement in the theft of the “Longwater” disk to both Veronica Deane and Alan Shapiro, and they are hilariously bad at it, but Shapiro only finds out when Archer lets it slip towards the end of the episode (thinking that Shapiro had already figured it out, when in reality what he had figured out was that they used to be spies).


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* CryingWolf: Due to Archer’s long history of voicemail pranks the group initially assumes the fight going on over the phone is actually an elaborate voicemail prank. PlayedForLaughs, of course.
* EasilyForgiven: Shapiro says he will recommend the Figgis Agency to his other clients, despite the fact that they were responsible for stealing the Longwater disk in the first place (as well as poisoning his dogs). Of course, the fact that they helped retrieve it when they realised their mistake probably helped.
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* TheUnreveal: We still don’t find out what was on the ”Longwater” disk, or who was blackmailing Veronica Deane. Of course, it’s possible and indeed likely that these may be revealed in later episodes.

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* TheUnreveal: We still don’t find out what was on the ”Longwater” “Longwater” disk, or who was blackmailing Veronica Deane. Of course, it’s possible and indeed likely that these may be revealed in later episodes.
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* ImmediateSequel: Somewhat unusually for this series, this episode picks up exactly where the previous one left off. In the past this generally only happened with multi-part stories or at a few points during the ''Archer Vice'' arc.
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* TheUnreveal: We still don’t find out what was on the ”Longwater” disk.

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* TheUnreveal: We still don’t find out what was on the ”Longwater” disk.disk, or who was blackmailing Veronica Deane. Of course, it’s possible and indeed likely that these may be revealed in later episodes.

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* OverlyLongGag: The “voicemail”.

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* OverlyLongGag: The “voicemail”.“voicemail”.
* TheUnreveal: We still don’t find out what was on the ”Longwater” disk.
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* BigDamnHeroes: After they figure out that they weren’t actually listening to a voicemail prank, the other members of the agency come to Archer and Lana’s aid, turning up just at the right moment.
* {{Catchphrase}}: “Phrasing” makes its triumphant return.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don’t actually get to see Archer knock the crap out of the half-dozen or so bikers on the outside. We ''hear'' it, but we don’t ''see'' it.
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Archer and Lana make a tricky handoff while the rest of the gang hears the best voicemail ever.

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* OverlyLongGag: The “voicemail”.

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