Angry Archer
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| This article is about the Animated supervillain. For the real-life Hasbro designer with the same name, see Aaron Archer. |
- Angry Archer is a human from the Animated continuity family.
What, ho! Dost thou ponder the curious countenance of yon emerald-clad highwayman? 'Tis that villain of greatest renown, the Angry Archer! (real name Aaron A. Archer). Armed with naught but his wits, his trusty bow, and a profusion of wizardly-empowered arrowheads, the Angry Archer is the very scourge of olde Detroit town!
| “ | We steal from the rich and give to the poor. Namely, ourselves. | ” |
| —Angry Archer on his career choices, "Garbage In, Garbage Out" | ||
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Fiction
Animated cartoon
- Voice actor: Jeff Glen Bennett (English), Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese), Kaspar Eichel (German), Matteo Zanotti (Italian), Kari Tamminen (Finnish), Frédéric Cerdal (French), Mario Santander (Latin-American Spanish), César Marchetti (Portuguese, season 1), Mauro Eduardo Lima (Portuguese, season 2)
The Angry Archer didst reveal himself from within the shadows of the night. Dropping down on a passing horseless carriage, he bade its occupants stand and deliver. Howe'er, the local enforcers of the law didst vex him with their approach. This worried him not, for a swift rescue carriage was passing. Latching on't, he didst away with glee. But, forsooth, the carriage didst shift form to become a metal giant, who defeated the Archer with reckless abandon.
Whilst the Angry Archer pled that he desired naught but fame and fortune, flying cameras arrived anon to record his humiliating fate. The metal giant then didst mock him most cruelly, advising the Archer he would have to settle for fame. Oh, what a twisted move by the fickle hand of fate. Home Is Whither Thine Ember Is
At a later date, the Angry Archer attempted to abscond with one of many horseless carriages. Howe'er, after a golden carriage shifted form into a saffron champion, he fled the scene and was apprehended by yon ghostly knight. He Who Craveth Vanity Shall Meet his Undoing The Archer's fancy for horseless carriages wert rightly piqued, and for the nonce he availed himself of a truly colossal coach forged in the likeness of the most powerful mail-plated behemoth he had e'er beheld. But alas, the Archer had aspired beyond his natural station, for his armored chariot proved slow and unwieldy. Thy Sweet Words Art Bespoke With Forked Tongue
The Angry Archer was next espied fleeing from constables with his latest ill-gotten finery. His escape was madeth easier when said constables literally ran into Wreck-Gar and wer't dashed rightly senseless. The Archer convinced the clockwork squire to journey with him and help with future roguish gallantry, and did even give him his new appellation. Alas, yon giant couldst not distinguish a difference 'twixt jewels, tools, and spools, so much of the bounty would ne'er be seen again. In their next sortie to lay low an armored coach, the two highwaymen ran afoul of yet more celestial knights, who convinced the tractable trash-toting titan to turn 'gainst the valiant Archer. The befuddled behemoth didst then try to "catch" his former cohort by hurling him high into yon blue sky. When danger reared its ugly head, the Archer turned his tail and fled. What Thou Casteth into the Midden, Thou Shalt Receive
The Angry Archer didst later sortie to form a sacred order with like-minded knaves, namely a velocity craving dervish, a cherubic maiden and a comely wench commanding mastery over Father Time himself. The merry band allied with a merchant of dubious caliber who offered them a stout sailing vessel's weight in treasure for their larcenous services. But ho, their benefactor was a celestial dark knight whose whims wouldst bring bloody rapine. Thus disadvantaged, they didst ally with yon saffron champion to avenge their wrongs. But, forsooth, they broke this pact when their quest was achieved, and were jailed by the city constable. Order of the Tournament Chariot
Once the celestial knights did riddeth themselves of the bonds of Earth, the Angry Archer verily ran rampant on the fair townspeople. He waylaid the lavish coach of one of Detroit's well-monied barons and sought to away with a sliver of a star-crossed gem. But pandemonium held sway, as the mystickal humours of the gem conjured into this mortal coil a new armored knave with a foppish taste for finery. Necronomicon of Nerdly Nadir, Part the Second
Notes
- This character's name and face are a play on Transformers design director Aaron Archer. The initial designs were conceived by Cartoon Network without Archer's awareness, and his original name would have been "Aaron the Archer," then "Aaron the Angry Archer." Once he learned of the character, the only change Aaron requested was to make the Archer left-handed, like Aaron himself. The Archer appears to be ambidextrous, though.
- His anachronistic robotic left hand was added to point out that even such a historically immersed character would still be taking advantage of future Detroit's advanced technology.
- The Angry Archer's arrowhead arsenal
ancludesincludes....- Magnetic grappling lines
- Laser cutters
- Steel fists
- Grenades
- He's also a parody of Robin Hood, Hawkeye, Green Arrow, and other archer-themed supercharacters, if you hadn't noticed.
- Angry Archer's voice is Jeff Bennett's John Cleese voice, which he's used for characters in other cartoons, including Lord Bravery (legally, it's "Lord Smoked Meats and Fishes") from Freakazoid.
- His theme music is evocative of the sound of a harpsichord.
- Angry Archer was intended to have a brief cameo in the season 3 episode "Human Error, Part II", in which he would be seen "sticking up" a Detroit citizen, only to have his mugging interrupted by several Sound Wave toys marching by in a parody of the Energizer Bunny commercials. The scene was cut for time according to The AllSpark Almanac II.
Foreign names
- Japanese: A.A. Archer (A.A. アーチャー A.A. Āchā), Angry Archer (アングリー・アーチャー Angurī Āchā)
- Finnish: Häijy Hood
- French: L'Archer Vengeur (The Avenger Archer)
