History Trivia / Archer

** Creator/JessicaWalter passed away in March 2021, only a few months after Season 11 finished, leaving Malory Archer's fate uncertain. Apparently, she had finished the voice recording for Season 12.

** Creator/JessicaWalter passed away in March 2021, only a few months after Season 11 finished, leaving Malory Archer's fate uncertain.

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** Creator/JessicaWalters passed away in March 2021, only a few months after Season 11 finished, leaving Malory Archer's fate uncertain.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Creator/GeorgeCoe, Woodhouse's original actor, fell seriously ill before ''Archer Vice'' (forcing Creator/TomKane to replace him in the role) and would later die after Season 6 finished airing. Woodhouse then went missing in Season 7 [[spoiler:before being confirmed dead in the Season 8 premiere.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling:

** "The Double Deuce" originally had Archer disarming Lieutenant Stripes by throwing the Wee Baby Seamus at him.

** Similarly, Ron Leibman died several months after ''Archer: 1999'' aired. The second episode of season 11 was dedicated to him but, So far, it's unknown what will happen to his character Ron Cadillac.

** Similarly, Ron Leibman died several months after ''Archer: 1999'' aired. So far, it's unknown what will happen to his character, Ron Cadillac.

* ReleaseDateChange: The eleventh season was delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic interrupting the final stages of production.

* TooSoon: The showrunners [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/11/archer-removes-isis-spy-agency-name_n_5969838.html decided to drop the name ISIS for season 6]] because of the ongoing real-life events with the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

* AuthorExistenceFailure: George Coe, Woodhouse's original actor, fell seriously ill before ''Archer Vice'' (forcing Tom Kane to replace him in the role) and would later die after Season 6 finished airing. Woodhouse then went missing in Season 7 [[spoiler:before being confirmed dead in the Season 8 premiere.]]

** Ron Cadillac, Malory's husband, is voiced by Ron Liebman.

* {{Jossed}}: After the penultimate episode of ''WesternAnimation/ArcherDreamland'' had Trexler reluctantly say [[spoiler: that Mother killed Woodhouse]], a fan theory popped up saying that Trexler was lying, due to his reluctance to tell him. [[DownplayedTrope Semi-Jossed]]: [[spoiler: Mother ''didn't'' kill Woodhouse, it was Barry, but Trexler genuinely thought she did and had no idea that it was Barry.]]

* RealPersonCameo: In "The Honeymooners" a [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_super/16/165392/2455402-2633998291-bXYWH.jpg drawing of a hot dog guy]] is of video game journalist [[http://www.giantbomb.com/patrick-klepek/3040-100074/forums/patrick-klepek-cameo-on-archer-1428595/?page=1 Patrick]] [[GiantBomb Klepek.]]

* CastingGag: Lana is voiced by comedian Aisha Taylor. In season eight, the Dreamland version of Lana attempts standup comedy and is simply dreadful (highlights include a half-hour set on syphilis).

* ActorAllusion:
** Very blatant in "Fugue and Rifts." The episode opens with an amnesiac Archer living the life of Bob Belcher from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' (complete with ''Archer''-ized versions of the entire Belcher family). Both Archer and Bob are voiced by H. Jon Benjamin. John Roberts even has a cameo voicing Linda.
** In "The Papal Chase", Archer mentions that he prepared for a mission to save the Pope by watching episodes of ''WesternAnimation/LucyTheDaughterOfTheDevil'', which features H. Jon Benjamin as the voice of one member of a group of secret agent-like clergy workers (as well as the Devil himself).
** Captain Murphy [[spoiler:gets crushed to death by a Goz brand soda machine]], the last name of his late voice actor from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'', Harry Goz, whose character once spent in-episode months [[spoiler:trapped by a fallen soda machine.]]
*** More of a Creator Allusion, but there are a few more allusions to ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021,'' including a character opening up his own chest to show that he's a cyborg and space station having problems in Pod 6.
** A possible one when Archer says to Malory, "Wow you just don't get along with your neighbors ''anywhere''." Jessica Walter, who voices Malory, plays Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development. Lucille is known for never getting along with her neighbor, Lucille Austero.
** Creator/GaryCole [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw playing someone heavily involved in the law and much of his second appearance involving him spouting off legal regulations]].
** Matthew Rhys's character [[Series/TheAmericans conceals his identity by wearing a wig and glasses.]]
** The whole ''[[Series/MagnumPI Archer, P.I.]]'' parody can be seen as one for Creator/JessicaWalter, given that she appeared in a two-part crossover between ''Series/MagnumPI'' and ''Series/MurderSheWrote''.
** Jeffrey Tambor as the head of ODIN, who's in a somewhat tumultuous romance with Jessica Walter's Malory. The two voice actors had a similar dynamic in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''. [[spoiler:His character is also the potential father of Jessica Walter's character's son]], similar to Tambor's other character on ''Arrested Development'', Oscar Bluth.
** Malory, voiced by Creator/JessicaWalter, is a wealthy, hard-drinking, {{Jerkass}} mother with a long sexual past and a codependent son, very similar to her character in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.
** Malory also (incorrectly) claims that a husband and wife can't be made to testify against each other in court, which was part of the plot of the first episode of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''
** Although differently crazy between series, Judy Greer is a crazy PluckyOfficeGirl in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and plays a similar role as Cheryl in this series.
** When Archer is identified as a fake homosexual by Charles, he is dressed very similarly to a gay prostitute who is always getting caught by the police on ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'', in which Thomas Lennon (who voices Charles) stars.
** Turns out Burt Reynolds is every bit as much a crazy badass in real life as the characters he plays.
** At the start of Season 4, [[spoiler:Malory marries car dealership owner Ron Cadillac. He is voiced by Ron Leibman, Walter's real life husband.]]

* OneOfUs:
** In spite of spending most of his time drinking, whoring, and killing, Archer has a surprisingly detailed pop culture reference pool that includes some pretty geeky topics. Few others seem to share his interests, and he's always getting annoyed when no one else gets his references.
** Archer looks down on Bilbo, the ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' fanboy, [[HypocriticalHumor despite knowing what an Entmoot is]].
** In "The Papal Chase" when Cardinal Morelli is surprised that the Pope and Woodhouse are {{Identical Stranger}}s, Archer shows if not actually a troper himself, most likely is familiar with Wiki/TVTropes:
--->'''Cardinal Giancarlo Morelli ''': Mio Dio!
--->'''Archer''': I Know, right? [[LampshadeHanging Trope alert]]!
** Archer reveals that he has quite a detailed knowledge of comic books, listing his favorite character as Nightcrawler.

** EroticAsphyxiation

** Gary Cole [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw playing someone heavily involved in the law and much of his second appearance involving him spouting off legal regulations]].

** Turns out Burt Reynolds [[InUniverse is every bit]] as much a crazy badass in real life as the characters he plays.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: George Coe, Woodhouse's original actor, fell seriously ill before ''Archer Vice'' (forcing Tom Kane to replace him in the role) and would later die after Season 6 finished airing. Woodhouse then went missing in Season 7 before being confirmed dead in the Season 8 premiere.

** Anka, the German heiress from the Season 2 premiere, was originally planned to be 14, [[ShownTheirWork which is the age of consent in Germany]], but FX shot it down and made her 16.

-->'''Cardinal Giancarlo Morelli ''': Mio Dio!
-->'''Archer''': I Know, right? [[LampshadeHanging Trope alert]]!

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Cherlene's southern accent during Vice tends to come and go quite a bit
* TheOtherDarrin: Woodhouse was originally voiced by George Coe, but by ''Archer Vice'' he was voiced by Creator/TomKane, due to Coe's falling seriously ill. Coe died before season 6.

** Cheryl's brother, Cecil and his girlfriend Tiffy are based on their voice actors, Eugene Mirman and Kristan Schaal, and Captain Murphy is Jon Hamm with white hair.

--->"Shut up! It's not diegetic!"

* {{Jossed}}: After the penultimate episode of ''[[Dreamland/{{Archer}} Dreamland]]'' had Trexler reluctantly say [[spoiler: that Mother killed Woodhouse]], a fan theory popped up saying that Trexler was lying, due to his reluctance to tell him. [[DownplayedTrope Semi-Jossed]]: [[spoiler: Mother ''didn't'' kill Woodhouse, it was Barry, but Trexler genuinely thought she did and had no idea that it was Barry.]]

** Captain Murphy [[spoiler:gets crushed to death by a Goz brand soda machine]], the last name of his late voice actor from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab2021}}'', Harry Goz, whose character once spent in-episode months [[spoiler:trapped by a fallen soda machine.]]

* NonSingingVoice: For Cherlene's songs, Judy Greer was replaced by Jessi Lynn Martins