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** {{spoiler|Familial version at the}} end of Season 1 with Sterling and {{spoiler|his mother, though, she had just shot him six times in the torso}}.
** Archer admitting that Lana is his only friend may count.
** [[Trope|Played apparently straight]] when Archer realises Pam might be his best friend and Pam reciprocates; [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when he says "what about Cheryl?" and she says "my ''second'' best friend".
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Cyril, of all people, in "El Contador". Archer and Lana assume he'll be a terrible field agent due to his poor combat skills and the fact that he wanders around a death trap-filled jungle with his nose in the mission briefing. But when he gets caught, he manages to use his knowledge of the gang and fluent Spanish to [[Master Actor|pass himself off]] as a fellow member of [[The Cartel]], while the others are [[Overt Operative|so obviously spies]] they get arrested on sight.
* [[Bad Boss]]: Malory. The list of grievances from her employees is pretty long, but the most trope worthy offense has got to be her cold-blooded murder of the entire team of cleaning ladies in an elevator "accident" when they threatened to unionize for better working conditions.
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** Archer's butler Woodhouse takes all kinds of scorn and verbal abuse from his employer.
{{quote|''"Look, he's sitting at the table! He thinks he's people!"''}}
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Archer and Lana.
▲** When Archer becomes the Pirate King, Noah the 'first mate' becomes one.
▲* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Archer and Lana. Lamp-shaded by the rest of the group as they escape Pirate Island.
* [[Berserk Button]]:
** Archer tends to have a minor freakout every time someone so much as hints at his mother having sex.
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** In "El Contador", Cyril speaks Spanish. (The episode title is also Spanish for "The Accountant".)
** "Drift Problem" features some Japanese from the [[Yakuza]]. Pam thought they were calling her "the White Shadow", but they reveal that it means "the White Pumpkin".
* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]: Katya Kasanova does this to Lana, although she doesn't actually drop them (y'know, man hands).
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]:
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** Averted for laughs when Archer {{spoiler|and Katya}} attempt a [[Blast Out]] and everyone runs out of bullets within about 10 seconds.
** The cuban gay spy calls out Archer on doing this in the final [[Blast Out]], but does the same thing not five seconds later to Archer's amusement.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]:
**During the car chase in "The Man from Jupiter", the Cuban assassins' vans fly off the road into the water in two identical (save for the vehicles) sequences. Archer notices this, somehow.
{{quote|"Wait, was that the same footage?"}}
* [[Brick Joke]]: The very first episode opens with a not so heinous scene of Archer goofing off in an "[[Electric Torture]] by the KGB" training scenario. Late in Season 2, guess what he's faced with?
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