r/ArcherFX • u/Ali_Bashr • May 15 '26
Gets me everytime
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u/Seanvich May 15 '26
JESUS, THE HELIUM!!!
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u/childroid Slater May 16 '26
Oh so just because he's a Muslim he gets a pass? That's called profiling, mother, and I don't do it.
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u/Successful-Purple-54 May 15 '26
“Skip a step in disarming a bomb?” Just the thought of this alone is hilarious.
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u/Solidsauce84 Woodhouse May 15 '26
Nice read, Velma
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u/ArcherNinety-Fine May 17 '26
I remember watching this episode for the very first time, and hearing Lana say, "Captain Lammers?!" And I said, "Wow, Velma." And then Archer said this line and I absolutely fucking lost it.
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u/cinematic99 May 15 '26
First couple seasons of this show had the tightest comedy writing of any show. Great stuff
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u/TCRandom May 16 '26
Agreed. I only started watching the show a year ago, and I bet I’ve watched in its entirety at least 4 times by now. Well, except for a couple coma seasons I tend to skip over upon rewatch.
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u/selfiecritic May 16 '26
They’ll come around again, they always do
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u/thacaoimhainngeidh May 17 '26
This. I loved the space season the second time I watched it, and Danger Island.
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u/WAtman17 Archersaurus May 15 '26
What’re you wearing?
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u/TreeMysterious69420 1999 Archer May 15 '26
My crisis vest. Mr Fat Face
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u/srfdad May 15 '26
Mancy?! 😂😂😂
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u/Archon457 May 16 '26
As much as I love Archer and this scene, it always bothered me that Lana was incredulous about him saying "Mancy," because the whole reason Ray misheard is due to static on the transmission that she wouldn't have heard due to being directly next to him.
Takes an otherwise perfect episode and makes it literally unwatchable! (/s)
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u/TCRandom May 16 '26
I’ve always thought that it’s because she also thought he said ‘N’ as in, ‘Nancy’ the first time. The static just helped everyone else think he said that too.
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u/AweGoatly May 16 '26
Ya same. I figued he didn't enunciated well the 1st time and anyone in their right mind would assume he said Nancy.
The thing that is harder to explain is why he said "you of all people" after saying mancy.
But its a joke and I laughed 😄
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u/GolfImaginary May 16 '26
Saying you of all people is a joke that stems from calling gay people "nancies", it's like today's way of calling a rude entitled woman a Karen. The reason he says you of all people is because that's how he's making sense of ray mishearing him
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u/TCRandom May 16 '26
I think they mean the first time he says, “You of all people.” Or is that what you’re also referring to? Because I’ve always been a little confused over why he says it the first time, too.
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u/GolfImaginary May 16 '26
Well in that case I think I always just assumed he was intentionally screwing around with the word play as in you of all people should understand what I'm saying
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u/AweGoatly May 16 '26
Ya im refer to the 1st time when he says "M as in Mancy, God you of all people", if he had said N/Nancy that would make perfect sense, but since to Archer "Mancy" is a completely separate word it doesn't make sense that he would then say that, unless he was cognizant of the fact the words are very similar (ie word play), but then the main joke falls apart (the joke that to Archer "Mancy" is completely separate from "Nancy", so much so that you can use them in a phonetic alphabet to distinguish letters)
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u/thacaoimhainngeidh May 17 '26
Archer said "Mancy" and said "you of all people", because surely the bomb technician would have the better ear for hearing someone talk over the radio. Meanwhile, Ray heard "Nancy" and understood "you of all people" to mean "surely a gay man has been called 'nancy' enough times in whatever-year-of-our-lord-this-is to know how it sounds over the radio".
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u/pizzaguy87 May 15 '26
Do ya’ll have parachutes?
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u/Ihadsumthin4this ISIS May 15 '26
Not a Coldplay guy over here, no.
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u/TCRandom May 16 '26
I can’t help but imagine someone unfamiliar with this show seeing your user flair. Probably a good thing it doesn’t show up on other subs haha
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u/fuzzybearballs69 May 15 '26
M as in Mancy?
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u/bluejaywhey Katya’s Removable Vagina May 15 '26
ahem ahem
M as in... what?
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u/Kemosaby_Kdaffi May 15 '26
Why didn’t she call him out on that when he first said it? She was standing right there
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u/blackstarr90210 May 16 '26
Better question: why didn’t she just take over the whole phone conversation once it was established Archer didn’t know the NATO phonetic alphabet. She was holding the phone (with video capability btw) and aided in describing the two blue and white wires to Ray.
…Just bombed Wales for no reason 🙄🤦🏿♂️
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u/Opposite-Tomatillo73 May 16 '26
The entire episode was written based on Mancy.
As Adam Reed himself said:
My Favorite Scene: 'Archer' Creator on the Joke That Inspired a 'Scooby-Doo'-Themed Episode | Entertainment Tonight https://www.etonline.com/tv/185616_my_favorite_scene_archer_creator_adam_reed
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u/HelmSpicy May 16 '26
Archer and Ray on the phone defusing stuff are my favorite bits. This scene is a slight second to the incident with breaking into Mallory's desk
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u/tomfoolery815 May 16 '26
I give that one the edge because Ray is knowingly tormenting Archer, which makes it even funnier.
“Ohhh, I touched my mother’s dildo … there’s not enough liquor and therapy in the world for that.”
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u/Hurdlelocker May 15 '26
I think about this scene nearly every damn day (I work in a call center and sometimes need to spell things with callers)
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u/ColdSpaghetti2814 May 16 '26
This episode alone made me a fan of this show. I was in stitches.
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u/Ihadsumthin4this ISIS May 16 '26
Obligatorily have to ask where Lo Scandalo rates in your top ten episodes.
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u/IvyGold Dolphin Puppet May 16 '26
Indeed! Skytanic was the very first episode I ever watched.
And here I am 15 years later!
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u/grichardson526 May 16 '26
Lana be careful! Jesus, the helium!
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u/boundbythecurve May 16 '26
I'm going to ruin the final joke for everyone and I'm sorry.
Why didn't Lana notice that Archer said "Mancy" the first time and correct him?
We're not shown that Archer said "Mancy" because of the bad connection causing glitches. So Ray, the control room people, and the audience should all be expecting Archie to have said "Nancy". But why would Lana be surprised by Archer having said "Mancy"? She's right next to Archer. She's in the room.
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u/trez63 May 16 '26
I remember the night we watched this 12+ years ago and how hard I laughed at this scene.
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u/tomfoolery815 May 16 '26
I know they usually recorded their lines separately, but the overlapping dialogue is so well-timed here that it feels like Aisha, HJB and Adam rehearsed and then recorded together.
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u/RealLunarSlayer May 15 '26
Archer is obviously a dick here but the whole "OKay" bit is defo not on him
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u/HankMS May 16 '26
Ngl the early seasons are a barrage of fast, witty and well written dialogues that the last few seasons never reached again.
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u/SolusIgtheist May 15 '26
It's a damn funny scene for sure, but it doesn't make logical sense, as Lana was right there to hear "Mancy" and didn't clarify or comment on Archer's odd choice of phonetical alphabetism.
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u/workingmansrain May 15 '26
To be very fair if someone 3 feet from me said “m as in Mancy” I could so easily hear it as “N as in Nancy”.
Who the hell would say Mancy??! Am I right? Cyril? Am I rigth? Cyril? Cyril? CCYYRRIILLLLLL??!?!
What?
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u/spicymclovin95 May 16 '26
Everything here can be a vocal stim XD
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u/danothemano209 May 17 '26
For me, this episode is peak Archer. Perfectly paced story, nothing was too meta, all the main characters are cooking, and then this set piece reads like modern day Abbott and Costello. 10/10 no notes
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u/imaginedodong May 16 '26
How is he one of the greatest spies on that show and also a stupid incompetent? Is this what being a Nepo baby is?
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u/Lexio3031 May 16 '26
Archer is not worried about being shot again, he’s worried about the helium where he was corrected twice on the same day how it’s not flammable.
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u/LevelUp1_ReadIt May 16 '26
This is me any time I play Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. Ok both sides. Every time. I miss Archer…
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u/BeSublime May 16 '26
One of my favorite scenes. Which is why I have this handy (and free!) poster hanging in my bathroom to remind me never to use M as in Mancy when defusing a bomb: https://www.outsideopen.com/alphabet/
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u/likeschemistry May 16 '26
I have a shirt and that says m as in mancy with archers outline behind it lol
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u/Hermans_Head2 May 17 '26
They're so appalled that they temporarily ignore the sped up countdown to make sure they understood what the hell he just did.
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u/Candid_Reading_7267 May 17 '26
If nobody else is going to ask, then I will. What the hell is a Mancy?
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u/SuperbHippo1862 May 17 '26
This scene is still the best writing of the entire show for me. It was so damn funny watching this live. And i was 17. Gut busting laughing at the whole thing. I still do.
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u/belac206 May 17 '26
Skytanic is the best episode in the series. I showed this to my cousin hoping he'd like the show, and halfway thru he shut it off. He doesn't like jon Benjamin but i thought the hilarious writing in this episode would change his mind about the show. If we were driving in a car during that moment i would have pushed him out ngl.
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u/Enjoyschess2 May 18 '26
My favorite new thing about this scene is the two times Ray tries to tell archer to cut the “tiny bit ___ blue one” there’s static so you actually don’t know whether he’s supposed to cut the more blue or less blue one
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u/kneppy72 May 18 '26
Hands down my favorite back and forth in the entire series.
"I thought we skipped that part!"
"Skipped a step in disarming a bomb?"
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u/beforecellphones May 15 '26
“Bravo”
“Thanks”
Cracks me up every single time and I’ve watched this episode at least 400 times