page_title: Training Day (Archer)
section_title: Cultural references
hierarchical_section_title: Training Day (Archer) / Cultural references
caption_attribution_description: Dane Cook attending Comic Con 2007 promoting Good Luck Chuck.
context_page_description: "Training Day" is the second episode of the animated comedy Archer. It was written by Archer creator and co-executive producer Adam Reed and directed by Mack Williams. In the episode, Archer's mother Malory assigns her son the task of training Cyril to be an agent. Meanwhile, secretary Cheryl and human resources representative Pam take advantage of Malory being temporarily blinded by an allergic reaction.
  "Training Day" was produced at Floyd County Productions and animated at Radical Axis studio in Atlanta, over the course of approximately one month. FX had initially planned on airing the series alongside the fifth season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in 2009, but production constraints led to it being pushed back to January 2010. The episode features cultural references to the films Rain Man and James Bond, and stand-up comedian and actor Dane Cook. In its original broadcast, the episode was met with 1.8 million viewers and positive reviews.
context_section_description: The episode featured multiple cultural references. Cyril asks Archer if he'll get to learn karate. Archer replies that karate is the Dane Cook of martial arts. Archer explains that ISIS agents get trained by a former member of Mossad to use Krav Maga,, an eclectic hand-to-hand combat system developed in Israel.
  After Trinette is accidentally poisoned by Cyril, Archer argues his point of reasoning by introducing "Chekhov's Gun." It is believed that Chekhov once stated that if a gun is introduced in the first act, then we should expect it to go off in the last act. Thus, inviting Woodhouse to comment that Archer's reference was woefully esoteric.
  While Archer and Cyril are being shot at by an unknown vehicle behind them, Archer refers to Cyril as "Rain Man," a 1988 drama film starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. Cyril believes that Archer is calling himself a better spy than James Bond from the James Bond film series, to which Archer pronounces "I don’t like to invite that comparison but... yeah, basically." Several critics have noted satirical comparisons between Archer and the Bond films. Reed, himself, based the Archer character on Bond, perceiving Bond as misogynistic and racist.
caption: Stand-up comedian and actor Dane Cook is disparaged in the episode.
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