Malory and the ISIS agents travel to the Monte Carlo Grand Prix to recover another one of her sex tapes, but Archer loses all the blackmail money gambling and must enlist Ray and Lana's help to recover it before Malory finds out.
This episode provides examples of:
- As Long as It Sounds Foreign: The ISIS team's French is not great, but acceptable considering they're non-native speakers. The Monacans have fewer excuses for speaking rather poorly: the dealer says "Jusqu'il a perdu trois millions," which should be "jusqu'à ce qu'il ait perdu trois millions." Benoît says "le suite royal" instead of "la suite royale," and at one point "la grand prix" instead "le grand prix", which are both French 101 gender mistakes. Other Monacans have poor pronunciation.
- Call-Back: Ray knocks out a guard with Malory's purse, even asking if she keeps buckles in it.
- Can't Bathe Without a Weapon: Archer pulls out a gun from under the water during his hot tub scene and then promptly Lampshades what a silly idea it isArcher: ...My gun's all soapy. Pretty dumb, taking a bath with it...
- Coitus Uninterruptus: A entire scene has Malory talking to Archer while he's lounging in a hot tub. When she leaves, a woman surfaces from the water, revealing she had been giving him a blow job the whole time. He considers her a Sex Goddess since as he says: "Not many women can bring me to orgasm in front of my mother... I would think."
- Did Not Think This Through: Selling ISIS equipment to replace their 401k might sound like a good idea. But not asking the customer to pay them after fencing it all was something Cyril missed.
- Dumbass Has a Point: Yes, Archer did gamble with the 401k money from ISIS. But he was not the one who took it out of everyone's account (that would be Malory), nor was he aware where the money came from in the first place. Ray himself lampshades it when Archer points it out, and Lana reluctantly concedes.
- When Lana threatens to shoot the guard in the head unless he tells where Benoit (balls) took the money, Archer points out that he would have no way of knowing.
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: When they go to steal the 401k money back at the vault, Archer, Ray, and Lana see that the guards have already been tied up. Archer initially sees this as a good thing, since they forgot to bring the ropes, until Lana asks this simple question:Lana: Archer, why would somebody tie up the guards!?
Archer: Duh, so they could rob the...oh shit. - Faking Engine Trouble: Ray when he sees he's up against a helicopter firing missiles and starts braking.Oh, rocket launchers? My car is slowing down for no apparent reason! It must just be out of... carburetor.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus/Shout-Out: The winners of the first qualifying round are named Bell, Bivins, and DeVoe; the winners of the second are Moonsie, Bennett, and Kotero. Evidently, the members of Bell Biv DeVoe and Apollonia 6 all took up auto racing.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Cyril has a massive one when he see's the 401k accounts are emptied.
- Lana when she learns from Cyril of the money situation and the cards dealer from how much Archer gambled.
- Cyril has a massive one when he see's the 401k accounts are emptied.
- Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Archer was turned off by gambling (at first) because his mother used to take all his Halloween candy away from him while he was a child by gambling it all and losing to her.
- Archer: Why was I dressed up as Hitler?
- I've Never Seen Anything Like This Before: The announcer of the Monte Carlo Grand Prix exclaims how unexpected it is seeing a black woman [Lana] or a cross-dresser [Ray], driving in the race, though they are actually chasing Benoit (balls).
- Mexican Standoff: Ray sparks this when he learns Archer gambled away almost everyone's 401k money. Archer reacts, aiming at Ray, while Lana aims at Archer. They stop when Archer points out that he just spent it, with no knowledge that his 401k is part of the exchange.
- Happens again afterwards while discussing what exactly is on the disk they are trading for. Archer reacts to the notion that it may be a sex tape from Malory.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Archer may be a semi-effective secret agent but he has absolutely no skill or self-control with gambling. So, of course he blows it.
- Noodle Incident:
- Both Archer and Malory wonder why Archer was dressed as Hitler when he was a child during Halloween.
- This isn't a Noodle Incident, Archer is clearly dressed as Charlie Chaplin. The joke is that he and his mother apparently just remember the moustache, not the whole costume... or they remember Chaplin was The Great Dictator, but Archer's version is the Tramp Chaplin.
- We don't know what's on the disk, and Malory refuses to reveal its contents. The agents suspect it to be a sex tape, much to Archer's disgust, but there is no confirmation.
- Both Archer and Malory wonder why Archer was dressed as Hitler when he was a child during Halloween.
- Rapid-Fire "No!": When Cyril finds out their 401ks have been wiped out.Cyril: What in the world? Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no! PAAAAAAM!
- Running Gag: Once he hears that that the host's name is Benoit (balls), Archer takes every instance throughout the episode to add "balls" to every mention of it, as it is a homophone with Ben Wa Balls.
- Say it with me. "Benoit." "Balls!"
- Even Benoit (balls) himself does this once, to Archer's annoyance.
- Say it with me. "Benoit." "Balls!"
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Ray slows his car down when he see's a rocket helicopter.
- Shout-Out: The car Lana is driving while chasing down Benoit (balls) is numbered 53, grey, and with a red, white and blue stripe running down the front. The same number, color and design as racecar Herbie the Lovebug.
