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* ShoutOut: The whole scene at the end with the spaceship and the crew coming out of their sleeping pods is a shot for shot remake of the opening scene from ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
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With a crazed Fuchs on their tails, Archer and crew discover the idol. But it's not what they expect.

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With a crazed Fuchs on their tails, Archer and crew discover the idol.idol... But it's not what they expect.



* ArtifactOfDoom: The idol turns out to be one giant chunk of uranium. Which naturally kills any moron who tries to take it. This is actually why the Nazis want it, since such an amount of pure uranium would be a ''huge'' boost to their nuclear weapons program.

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* ArtifactOfDoom: The idol turns out to be one giant chunk of uranium. Which uranium, which naturally kills any moron who tries to take it. This is actually why the Nazis want it, since such an amount of pure uranium would be a ''huge'' boost to their nuclear weapons program.



* HereWeGoAgain: Archer sacrifices himself to stop Fuchs from obtaining the idol. And wakes up...on a spaceship.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Archer sacrifices himself to stop Fuchs from obtaining the idol. And wakes up... on a spaceship.



** How did Fuchs even get into the tomb without making too much noise opening the door, which would have also lighted up the dark passage?

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** How did Fuchs even get into the tomb without making too much noise opening the door, which would have also lighted lit up the dark passage?
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* TempleOfDoom: The temple of the volcano god, which is an architectural and technological achievement far beyond what the natives ought to have been able to construct.

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* TempleOfDoom: The temple of the volcano god, which is an architectural and technological achievement far beyond what the natives ought to have been able to construct. Funnily enough, the idol it guards doesn't even have magical properties--unless you consider "emitting deadly radiation" to be an equivalent of magic.

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* ItAmusedMe: The cannibals' racism for white people gets even more deranged when they intentionally allow (white) people to get to the uranium-made idol to die from radiation.



* RiddleForTheAges: How exactly did somebody last long enough to carve an idol out of uranium?

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* RiddleForTheAges: RiddleForTheAges:
** How did Ray's partner leave without opening the locked entrance door?
** How did Fuchs even get into the tomb without making too much noise opening the door, which would have also lighted up the dark passage?
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How exactly did somebody last long enough to carve an idol out of uranium?uranium?
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ray allegedly runs off to go get help to get Archer and Pam back to the floor, but he really just runs away before the volcano can erupt.


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* StealthHiBye: Clearly distraught, Ray's partner suddenly disappears after the group is trapped inside the tomb. What's incredible is that there was no indication he opened the locked door to leave.
* TakingYouWithMe: Archer lets go of Pam's foot so that he can save her while he sacrifices himself with Fuchs to fall into the lava.
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* FamousLastWords: Right when he's about to fall into the lava, Archer makes a point of reminding Princess Lanaluakalani that they were "''this'' close to banging", which she denies ''right before'' he loses his grip and begins to fall into the lava. As such, seconds before impact:
-->'''Archer''': ... [[FaceDeathWithDignity (chuckles; holds up hand)]] ''[[FaceDeathWithDignity This]]'' [[FaceDeathWithDignity close.]]
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* AsYouKnow: In response to Noah's confusion about references to ''The Hobbit'', Charlotte makes a specific point of explaining to him (and the audience) that the original novel was published in 1937, which allows for the characters in this time to be familiar with it.

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* AsYouKnow: In response to Noah's confusion about references to ''The Hobbit'', Charlotte makes a specific point of explaining to him (and the audience) that the original novel was published "one year ago, in 1937, which allows for the characters in this time to be familiar with it.1937".



* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Noah has never heard of ''The Hobbit'', because the book was published a year before the episode takes place and he's been on the island for ''four'' years.

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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Noah has never heard of ''The Hobbit'', because the book was published a year before the episode takes place and he's been on the island for ''four'' years. The other characters continually needle him about not getting their references to it.

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* ArtifactOfDoom: The idol turns out to be one giant chunk of uranium. Which naturally kills any moron who tries to take it. This is actually why the Nazi's want it, since such an amount of pure uranium would be a ''huge'' boost to their nuclear weapons program.

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* ArtifactOfDoom: The idol turns out to be one giant chunk of uranium. Which naturally kills any moron who tries to take it. This is actually why the Nazi's Nazis want it, since such an amount of pure uranium would be a ''huge'' boost to their nuclear weapons program.


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* FamousLastWords: Right when he's about to fall into the lava, Archer makes a point of reminding Princess Lanaluakalani that they were "''this'' close to banging", which she denies ''right before'' he loses his grip and begins to fall into the lava. As such, seconds before impact:
-->'''Archer''': ... [[FaceDeathWithDignity (chuckles; holds up hand)]] ''[[FaceDeathWithDignity This]]'' [[FaceDeathWithDignity close.]]
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* FamousLastWords:
--> '''Archer''': Heh. Thiiiis close...
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The idol turns out to be one giant chunk of uranium. Which naturally kills any moron who tries to take it.

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* ArtifactOfDoom: The idol turns out to be one giant chunk of uranium. Which naturally kills any moron who tries to take it. This is actually why the Nazi's want it, since such an amount of pure uranium would be a ''huge'' boost to their nuclear weapons program.



--> '''Archer''': Thiiiis close...

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--> '''Archer''': Heh. Thiiiis close...
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Noah has never heard of ''The Hobbit'', because the book was published a year before the episode takes place and he's been on the island for ''four'' years.

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* DeathByAdaptation: Unlike Dreamland, Archer dies in his battle against Fuchs.


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* DeathByAdaptation: Unlike Dreamland, Archer dies in his battle against and along with Cyril (Fuchs).
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* FamousLastWords:
--> '''Archer''': Thiiiis close...
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* AdaptionalDeath: Unlike Dreamland, Archer dies in his battle against Fuchs.

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* AdaptionalDeath: DeathByAdaptation: Unlike Dreamland, Archer dies in his battle against Fuchs.
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* AdaptionalDeath: Unlike Dreamland, Archer dies in his battle against Fuchs.
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* SicklyGreenGlow: The idol emits an ominous green glow once the final seal is unlocked, just to drive home the nature of the "curse."
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* RiddleForTheAges: How exactly did somebody last long enough to carve an idol out of uranium?
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* InASingleBound: Archer is able to do a physically-impossible flying leap that not only blocks Fuchs, who was also doing a flying leap in his MiniMecha, but actually ''knocks him back''. Granted, this is a dream.
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* AsYouKnow: In response to Noah's confusion about references to ''The Hobbit'', Charlotte makes a specific point of explaining to him (and the audience) that the original novel was published in 1937, which allows for the characters in this time to be familiar with it.
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* LampshadeHanging: Noah openly wonders how the natives managed to carve that much deadly uranium into an idol.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Archer sacrifices himself to stop Fuchs from obtaining the idol. And wakes up...on a spaceship.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Archer sacrifices himself to stop Fuchs from obtaining the idol. And wakes up...on a spaceship.spaceship.
* TempleOfDoom: The temple of the volcano god, which is an architectural and technological achievement far beyond what the natives ought to have been able to construct.
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* BaitAndSwitch: All the references to ''Literature/TheHobbit'' seem to hint the next season will be a fantasy land. Instead, it's sci-fi.
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Archer sacrifices himself to take down Fuchs, and a new scenerio begins with Archer waking up in a space station.]]

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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Archer HereWeGoAgain: Archer sacrifices himself to take down Fuchs, and stop Fuchs from obtaining the idol. And wakes up...on a new scenerio begins with Archer waking up in a space station.]]spaceship.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The idol turns out to be one giant chunk of uranium. Which naturally kills any moron who tries to take it.

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* ArtifactOfDoom: The idol turns out to be one giant chunk of uranium. Which naturally kills any moron who tries to take it.it.
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Archer sacrifices himself to take down Fuchs, and a new scenerio begins with Archer waking up in a space station.]]
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With a crazed Fuchs on their tails, Archer and crew discover the idol. But it's not what they expect.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The idol turns out to be one giant chunk of uranium. Which naturally kills any moron who tries to take it.

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