Archer 1999: "Road Trip" is the sixth episode of Season 10, and the one hundred and seventh episode overall.
Plot[]
Synopsis[]
Daydreams of an interstellar road trip turn into an existential nightmare.
Summary[]
The crew are seen in the process of a crash landing on an unknown planet where a distress signal orginates. As Lana tries to control the entry, Archer looks for Marashino cherries for a drink. Crashing on the planet, Laba and Archer find the shuttles fuel damaged, leaving them stranded. Tracing the distress signal to a destroyed shuttle, they are shocked to find clones of themselves dead in the wreck. Everyone believes Kreger is to blame for the mutiny, but in his attempt to run away, bumps into the shuttles mainframe that play a final message from Archers clone, who has a shaved head. Finding this Archer more straight minded and more caring of his friends, normal Archer stops the message and insults his duplicate. Archer runs off to try to find the fuel cell outside only to return in terror as a T-Rex like alien appears and attacks the wrecked shuttle. After distracting the creature and running for a nearby cave, they find clone Kreger still alive, though he does not last long as he is snuck upon by the alien that can camaflogue. Archer finds the fuel cell in the cave and walks back to the shuttle. Lana finding everyone hiding in the cave, accidentally draws the lizard back to them. Archer fly the now functionally shuttle trys to fend off the lizard only for it to grab onto one of the thrusters to keep him from flying away. With the flame of the engine in the monsters throat Archer burns the lizard to death, leaving its head charred.
Cast[]
- Starring:
- H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer / Archer MVS (Dream Persona)
- Judy Greer as Cheryl Tunt / Cheryl MVS (Dream Persona)
- Amber Nash as Pam Poovey / Pam MVS (Dream Persona)
- Chris Parnell as Cyril Figgis / Cyril MVS (Dream Persona)
- Lucky Yates as Dr. Krieger / Krieger MVS (Dream Persona)
- Jessica Walter as Malory Archer / Malory MVS (Dream Persona)
- Aisha Tyler as Lana Kane / Lana MVS (Dream Persona)
- Co-Starring:
- Adam Reed as Ray Gillette / Ray MVS (Dream Persona)
Cultural References[]
- Frisky Dingo (2006-07):
- When Krieger confirms that Archer should have died 9 times in the past year, Archer says "boosh", a catchphrase from Adam Reed's earlier cartoon.
- The dinosaur-like creature has the face and feet of Killface.
- Ghostbusters (1984) - When Archer stops the dinosaur-like creature in front of the cave the crew is hiding in, he says "Ok, who brought the dog".
- Predator (1987) - The invisible camouflage on the dinosaur is the same as the yautja in Predator.
- The scene where they crash land under red lighting is also reminiscent of this movie's opening sequence.
- This could also be a reference to "Indominus Rex" from Jurassic World and its similar ability to camouflage itself.
- Death Ship (The Twilight Zone) (1963) - The discovery of dead duplicate bodies of the Seamus crew may owe its inspiration to this episode. The plot was basically an earth ship landing on an alien planet and finding a crashed space ship like theirs. Inside the wreck, the crew discovered their own dead bodies. Eventually, two of the crew determine that they are in fact spirits, but their captain, through his sheer will rejects that premise, prevents them from achieving peace in the afterlife and doom the three of them to reliving the final several hours of their lives forever.
Running Gags / Callbacks[]
- Holy shitsnacks - Becomes 'holy spacesnacks'.
- Dick nuts - Pam's preferred insult makes a return.
- Cristal - An alternate name for Cheryl, a callback to "Diversity Hire".
- Earballs - Cheryl complains about how the loud gunshot noises "murder her earballs".
- Krieger Clones - Krieger confronting a clone version of himself is a callback to Krieger's backstory as mentioned in seasons 5 (Archer Vice) and 8 (Dreamland).
- Had Something For This - Krieger forgets the "good news".
Continuity[]
- Reality (Non-Dream):
- Archer remains in a coma brought upon by the events of "Deadly Velvet: Part II".
- Dream / Reality Crossover:
- (Dream) ...Archer says if the bald version of him was really his alter ego he would have been "something really cool, like a secret agent or a private investigator or a..." / (Reality) ... Archer is of course a secret agent, whose first dream persona in Season 8 was that of a private detective and his 2nd in Season 9 being a World War I flying ace.
Trivia[]
- non-cultural reference; misc information etc
Enhanced[]
- extra details, joke techniques, themes ideas will link to another set of pages
Locations[]
First Appearances[]
Quotes[]
- Archer: [wearing a laserproof vest] "Hey! This is totally safe, right?"
- Krieger: "Technically?"
- Archer: "As in actually, Krieger."
- Krieger: "Kinda feels like probably. To both of those."
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- Archer: "Please. If that guy was really my alter ego, Lana, he would have been something really cool like a secret agent or a private detective."
Gallery of Images[]
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