Dream Persona

In Season 8, Season 9, and Season 10, following the events in Season 7 which lead to Sterling Archer being hospitalized in a coma, Archer and all of his associates manifest as a dream persona in his subconscious.

The events take place in a different timeline (B) to the events in the 'real world' (A). Whilst being related to (A), the events in (B) have no impact on it.

Characters and / or Personas[]

All of the main characters from the Archer Universe, as well as a handful of minor characters/extras, have been rendered into Archer's subconscious with their own dream personas;
Each dream persona (with the exception of Crackers and Pam) broadly maintains similarity in appearance with their real world counterparts, but their character and relationships to each other have changed;
There is both a degree of continuity and discontinuity between 'real world' and Archer's subconscious: how he sees - and therefore we see - himself, the other personas and their relationships, are as a dream, loosely based on reality;

Archer's dream persona
In Season 8, the dream personas act out events in a film-noir inspired dream state called "Dreamland".
In Season 9, events take place in a serial adventure-inspired South Pacific island called "Danger Island".
Each dream persona is worthy of it's own separate wiki page.^[1]
- Concise list of Season 9 dream personas.
- Explanation of Adam Reed's vision of them.
- Navigation Box with dream personas for seasons 8, 9, and 10.

Season 8: Dreamland[]

Main characters[]

Sterling Archer - Archer P.I. (Dreamland)

Role: Private Investigator (protagonist)
Appearance: Dapper; wears a trilby, waist coat and long overcoat
Character: Hopeless romantic, fiercely loyal, valiant, noble, despises misogyny (dislike of, contempt for or ingrained prejudice against women)
Relationships / Affiliations: Woodhouse's partner at Woodhouse and Archer

Malory Archer - Mother

Role: Dreamland (Nightclub) owner and mobster
Appearance: Glamorous and well-dressed
Character: Manipulative, dominant, mysterious and threatening
Relationships / Affiliations: Employer of Zirk, The House Band, Krieger, offers a job to Archer

Lana Kane - Lana Kane (Dreamland)

Role: Singer at the 'Dreamland' jazz club
Appearance: Glamorous, sophisticated, classy
Character: Femme fatale, gold-digger / undercover agent
Relationships / Affiliations: Works for Mother, and the IRS

Cheryl Tunt - Charlotte Vandertunt

Role: Heiress to the Vandertunt publishing fortune
Appearance: Incredibly svelte, mysterious, (at the beginning), then gets more disheveled
Character: Crazy, ignorant, feckless
Relationships / Affiliations: sleeps with Archer, kidnapped by Mother

Pam Poovey - Detective Lieutenant Poovey

Role: L.A.P.D Sergeant
Appearance: Short hair, stocky build, wears a trilby, waist coat and long overcoat
Character: Jocular, good-natured, manly role
Relationships / Affiliations: subordinate to Detective Sergeant Figgis

Cyril Figgis - Detective Sergeant Figgis

Role: Detective Sergeant
Appearance: Round glasses, greying above ears; wears a trilby, waist coat and long over coat
Character: Corrupt cop
Relationships / Affiliations: Working with Len Trexler (Dreamland)

Ray Gillette - Ray Gillette (Dreamland)

Role: Trumpet player in the Dreamland House Band
Appearance: White tuxedo
Character: Loud mouthed marijuana enthusiast, always getting the band busted
Relationships / Affiliations: The House Band, Mother

Krieger - Krieger (Dreamland)

Role: Bar Tender / Dope dealer / Mad scientist
Appearance: Full beard, 1940s barman
Character: Shifty, sexually ambiguous, secret operator
Relationships / Affiliations: Works for Mother, deals heroin to Woodhouse, employed by Trexler.

Woodhouse - Woodhouse (Dreamland)

Role: Private Investigator (former)
Appearance: Deceased
Character: Junkie (few details)
Affiliations: Archer's partner at Woodhouse and Archer

Minor characters[]

Len Trexler (Dreamland) - the biggest mobster in L.A
'Dutch' Dylan - Len's enforcer (although in every episode so not 'minor')
Dreamland House Band - the band in Mother's club
Cecil Vandertunt - Charlotte's brother
Trinette McGoon (Dreamland) - a sassy prostitute
Berenice - an ex-maid

Season 9: Danger Island[]

Word of God[]

According to writer Adam Reed:^[2]

"No matter where they are or what new accent they have... it's all about how Archer is perceiving them."

Their in-dream characters are the result of:

"Trying to crystallize and amplify all the other characters, as seen by Archer."

The reason Pam and Archer are paired up is because the inspirations featured a guy who:

"always had a sidekick...it just seemed natural..."

"he and Pam are like the only two who can stand each other."

Reed's hope for the characters is that:

"even though it’s a new setting and new roles for these characters, [that] people will become as invested in that season’s storyline as they were in previous seasons."

Main Characters[]

Sterling - Sterling (Danger Island)

Role: Pilot (Archer Airways)*
Appearance: Eye patch on left eye, leather flying jacket and hat, dishevelled
Character: Drunk, womaniser
Relationships / Affiliations: Son of Malory

Malory - Malory (Danger Island)

Role: Hotelier at Hotel Lotus* / (major stake-holder of Archer Airways)*
Appearance: Tropical attire, wavey hair, silver fox
Character: Manipulative, morally ambiguous, always looking to make money
Relationships / Affiliations: Mother of Archer

Lana - Princess Lanaluakalani

Role: Princess of Mitimotu.
Appearance: Majestic, tall, exotic
Character: Superior, fierce, independent
Relationships / Affiliations: Associates with Fuchs

Cheryl - Charlotte Stratton (nee Vandertunt)

Role: Vagrant (New York Socialite)
Appearance: Ranges from dishevelled to immaculate
Character: Useless, shrieky, kinky, corruptible
Relationships / Affiliations: Married to Whitney Stratton IV, courtesan of Malory's

Pam - Pam Poovey (Danger Island)