History ShoutOut / Archer

** The license plate of the Brazos County Sheriff car in "Eastbound and Down".

* Krieger's stack of bins bearing Implements labels, along with a sign in his lab reading "CLEAN OR DIE" are both elements he shares with [[{{Series/Mythbusters}} Jamie Hyneman]].

* Krieger's stack of bins bearing amusing labels, along with a sign in his lab reading "CLEAN OR DIE" are both elements he shares with [[{{Mythbusters}} Jamie Hyneman]].

* In "Palace Intrigue", Archer is confused that fine art can be worth a fortune, and Lana asks if he's ever seen ''Film/TheThomasCrownAffair''. Based on the context, it can be assumed she means the remake and not the original, though confusingly Archer mentions that he's not a Creator/SteveMcQueen fan, possibly implying that the original was about art theft, not a bank robbery.

* In "The Wind Cries Mary," Archer thinks for a moment that the Film/{{Predator}} killed Cyril when he finds his clothes, then notices a tree riddled with bullets from Lana's submachinegun and hopes she wasn't shooting at [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings an Ent.]]
* After learning that Cyril is being [[spoiler:promoted to field agent]] in "El Contador," Archer says he has to get back to Earth before the [[Franchise/StargateVerse Stargate]] closes and the chevrons lock.

** Archer finds himself in the afterlife wearing a sweater and talking to Creator/JamesMason, which are references to the 1978 version of ''Film/HeavenCanWait''. After dreaming that he discovers his father's identity, he wakes up and shouts, "Buck Henry," who also appears in the film.

* In "Drift Problem", Woodhouse sprays Archer's eyes with glass-cleaner because he was "going all [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Bilbo-y]]".

** More likely a reference to Film/{{Aliens}}

* Lana tells Cyril "[[Franchise/StarWars I find your lack of faith disturbing.]]" before Malory commands her to [[Film/ANewHope "release him."]] Interestingly, she says that line while performing that looks like [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcan Neck Pinch]]. Even more interesting, [[ClosetGeek not only does she nail a female Vader perfectly when Cyril succeeds in a coup she's savvy enough to see that Malory wants to play Palpatine to his Vader.]]

* The ending screen of Krieger's "You're Not My Supervisor" flash game, released as part of the Season 6 ARG, is a reference to the Film/{{Ghostbusters}} NES game:

* [[{{Film/Terminator}} Your clothes. Give them to me. Now.]]

* "The Handoff": Malory tries to cover for Cyril almost blowing their cover by saying he's an autistic detective, like Sherlock Holmes or [[Film/ZeroEffect Daryl Zero]].

* In "Sea Tunt, Part 2", four of the ISIS group are trying to escape the flooding underwater laboratory, but they find there are only three suits. The entire following sequence, including the resuscitation scene, was lifted almost wholesale from ''Film/TheAbyss''.

** And in Part 2, he's [[spoiler: crushed by a soda machine]] like his namesake was. And the fake brand name, "GOZ", is (almost certainly) a tribute to Murphy's 2021 voice actor, the late Harry Goz.

** Archer is also amnesiac and thinks he's [[Characters/BobsBurgers Bob Belcher]]
*** The burger special is the "Thomas Elphinstone Hambledurger with Manning Coleslaw," referencing the spy character Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon created by Manning Coles
*** He fights off the spies the same way Tom Stall does in ''AHistoryOfViolence''

* In ''Sea Tunt, Part 1" has Archer responding to Cyril with "Okay, [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Mr. Peabody]]."

* The ending of "Sea Tunt, Part 1" also ends with ISIS meeting [[WesternAnimation/{{Sealab2021}} the head of an underwater laboratory called Captain Murphy.]]

* When Cheryl [[MediumAwareness starts hearing the soundtrack]] in "Sea Tunt, Part 1", she yells out, "God damn it, shut up, Music/JohnWilliams!"

* Lana tells Cyril "[[Franchise/StarWars I find your lack of faith disturbing.]]" before Malory commands her to [[Film/ANewHope "release him."]] Interestingly, she says that line while performing that looks like [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcan Neck Pinch]]. Even more interesting, [[ClosetGeek not only does she nail a female Vader perfectly when Cyril succeeds in a coup she's savvy enough to see that Malory wants to play Vader to his Palpatine.]]

* In "Fugue and Riffs", Archer mentions the old live-action ''Series/{{Shazam}}'' show. He also calls Lana "Jennifer Walters", the alter ego of Series/{{She-Hulk}}.