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Doctor Algernop Krieger
Algernop
First appearance "Mole Hunt"
Voiced by Lucky Yates
Information
Age 40-45
Height 6'1"
Eyes Green
Hair Brown
Languages German (native)
Portuguese (fluent)
English (fluent)
Affiliations
Nationality Brazilian/American
Occupation Head of ISIS applied research department
Personal Life
Family Adolf Hitler (Possible Genetic Source)
Relationships Cheryl Tunt (ex-girlfriend)
Krieger's Virtual Girlfriend (girlfriend)

Doctor Algernop Krieger[1] is the head of the ISIS Applied Research Department. He goes by the title of Doctor and performs many activities that require a medical degree; however, he is neither a medical doctor nor "the other kind" ("technically").

He is trilingual as he speaks fluent English, German, and Portuguese.[2] However, he appears to have little or no exposure to modern street vernacular; for example, he misunderstands the phrase "tight" to mean "confining," rather than "very satisfactory," as intended by the speaker.[3]

HistoryEdit

His "father" was a Nazi scientist who fled with him to Brazil, where they lived until Krieger was 15 when his pet Dobermans killed the man. It is implied that Malory Archer somehow set these events in motion as she arranged for him to be brought to ISIS afterwards. Krieger studied and became accomplished in a variety of different sciences including bionics, electronics, neuroscience, chemistry, biotechnology, surgery, and robotics, but, despite this, never earned a formal doctorate degree of any kind which is sometimes evident in his conversations where people ask if he is a doctor.

Krieger lives in a run-down, "transitional" neighborhood in New York which allows him to focus his salary for "pet projects." His apartment is only shown once and is full of weird stuff such as a skin-colored wet suit and jars of human remains. He was in a relationship with Cheryl Tunt, which he sustained by giving her doses of LSD via his "magic breath strips." His current love interest is his Virtual Girlfriend whom, Archer has been quoted as saying, "is so real that the state of New York is allowing him to legally marry her."[4] Unfortunately, their marriage was forced to be called off indefinitely (she was destroyed by Lana in the next shot, although later reprogrammed). Krieger is implied to be a clone, made explicit after meeting three other clones. It was also implied that he was specifically a clone of Adolf Hitler, by Malory however Krieger replies "well Edmund Berk, but it doesn't matter." He had just quoted Edmund Berk.

PersonalityEdit

OverviewEdit

Krieger would be considered "immoral" when compared to the average individual, but in actuality he only does his amazing (often terrifying) acts of science for the pure thrill of personal achievement and scientific discovery. All in all, he's a weirdo, but a pretty nice person. He genuinely seems to enjoy helping his ISIS coworkers and often looks to offer aid with any of their problems. However, Krieger's idea of "helping" doesn't usually fall in line with others' notions. For example, he is more than happy to cut up the dead body of Savio Mascalzoni for Malory when he's killed in her apartment, he swaps out Ray's perfectly functional leg bones with vanadium replacements when all Gillette really needed was a battery pack to reactivate his nerves, he enjoys staging bum fights using electric shock gloves, implying that he is not a "serial" killer, installing cameras all over bathrooms in peoples houses, and has self professed to have murdered several people.

Krieger is very sensitive and prone to emotional reactions depending on the situation. Upon seeing his clones in San Marcos or learning the meaning of life from aliens at Area 51, he's overpowered with emotion and cannot function. When learning of Archer's impending wedding to Katya Kazanova, he's moved to tears of joy (and an erection). When the CIA scientists scoff at his abilities, Krieger dramatically vents his frustration by smashing their computer.[5].

Though mostly a nice guy, Krieger has a tendency to lie. He was willing to trick his co-workers into unwillingly becoming lab rats for multiple experiments. He claims have invented a microchip that'll cure Cheryl Tunt of stage fright, but it turns out to be a sticker. He pretends that he developed a way to sell and smuggle the cocaine online, but this turns out to be a ruse staged to make Malory feel better. Because of this, it's sometimes unclear when he's telling the whole truth.

Sexual TastesEdit

Krieger's sexual proclivities are more libertine than most people's. He's created a Virtual Girlfriend with whom he (somehow) seems to have an active, satisfying relationship. He has numerous sexual fetishes and is expert in many of them: he's well-versed in kinky, German porn, he likes collecting vibrators[6], and he was revealed to be the notorious food rapist, AKA the "Pita Predator."[7] He has a firm opinion in favor of using corn starch as an aid to putting on "gimp suits"[8]. He frequently gets erections at seemingly inappropriate times, such as with his bum fights[9], while carving up dead bodies[6], when contemplating cyborg fights[10], or when he is just happy.[11] These recurring erections are a running joke in the series as they are obvious to the other characters, or even pointed out by himself when they go unnoticed. Unfortunately, he also sometimes has difficulty achieving erection under more normal circumstances.[10]

InterestsEdit

In addition to his scientific research, Krieger has a variety of more harmless recreational interests. He is a certified diver and has a flesh-tone, neoprene or human skin diving suit in his apartment.[11] He is an avid fan of rock music and apparently is a fairly accomplished drummer, although he is unable to play Rush's "YYZ", which he claimed to be "impossible [as] Neil Peart stands alone."[11] In addition to Rush, he is also a fan of Creedence Clearwater Revival; Cheryl returned his CCR album collection as she was breaking up with him.[12] He is frequently shown to own less than legal vans, which often get damaged or destroyed through the course of the series. They all have references to Rush albums, both in their names and the murals on the side. He bowls and plays poker with his fellow coworkers and enjoys making personalized firearm modifications. He also does a one-man comedy improv titled "The Science of Funny."

Science ExperimentsEdit

Krieger Clones

Krieger's Clones

Doctor Krieger has conducted many experiments in the ISIS applied research laboratories:
  • Creating a series of (imperfect) clones of himself.[13]
  • Engineering a half-man, half-pig creature named "Pigley."[14]
  • Engineering (what is assumed to be) a half-man, half-goat creature named "Goatley." [14]
  • Programming his own virtual girlfriend.[4]
  • Creating his own breast milk, which he has drunk on at least one occasion.[15]
  • Testing a very ineffective form of body armor with an intern named Chet.[15]
  • Creating a sex-bot called "Fister Roboto", but he doesn't just fist— he's a fully intergrated multi-fetish artificial being. And the best part is that he's learning. [16]
  • Creating a Chokebot to choke Cheryl after she complains that his own hands were weak and childlike.[12]
  • Creating the Formula K compounds that he tested on Danny the Intern, which supposedly turns subjects gay.[17]
  • Creating Magic Breath Strips that were actually laced with LSD.[18]
  • Tricking Ray, Pam, and Cheryl into drinking Krieger Kleanse, a tea he said was to evade a drug test, but also served as a hallucinogenic experiment.[19]
  • Designing the world's most advanced Spy Car.[20]
  • Turning Archer's mostly dead fiancee, Katya Kazanova, into a sexually functional Cyborg.[11]
  • Attempting to channel and duplicate the pound-for-pound strength of an ant into himself.[21]
  • Building cyborg legs for Ray Gillette and a bionic arm for Conway Stern. Has bionic hands ready for Lana; all she has to do is: "Say the word." Till that time, they shall suffice as "jazz hands".[22]
  • Working on unspecified but, (presumably) dangerous and unsuccessful projects involving Komodo Dragons.[23]
  • Instructing Barry Dylan in how to build a spacecraft capable of surviving re-entry.[10]
  • Made an irradiated pig named Pigley III, who eats people.[24]
  • Made a mind control chip that is so tiny that it can be placed into the head with a syringe, that is later to be revealed as a tiny sticker from a Lego toy in season five.[25]
  • Made a narco submarine that is undetectable by the coast guard, but confined entirely to Cheryl's indoor swimming pool. [26]
  • Presumably the creature whose eyestalk emerges from the hot tub of the secret spa, as seen in The Archer Sanction.
  • Has created a (possibly) functional "pants shitting ray" device the k-9000 infrasonic pulse rifle that utilizes the "Brown Note" {s6E4}
  • In s6e4 Cyril Figis through implication (13:32/21:09) reveals that at some point in time Dr Krieger was working on an "Ejaculation Ray" to what extent and outcome is unknown.

Quotes Edit

  • "Smoke bomb!" - Various episodes.
  • "Stop! My penis can only get so erect."
  • "For the love of God! Seal the exits!"
  • "No, you maniac! You blew her up! Damn You! Goddamn you all to hell!"
  • "That'll do Pigley... that'll do"
  • "Are you addressing me? Because your authority is not recognized in fort kickass."

TriviaEdit

  • Ben Brieger served as the model for Krieger.
  • Even though Krieger was shown in the first 2 episodes, he didn't have a voice until season 1 episode 4, Killing Utne.
  • He seems to be one of the few characters who genuinely likes Archer.  This may be because Archer generally treats him well.
  • He has $105,526 in his ISIS 401(k)[3]
  • According to ISIS employment records, his legal first name is "Doctor."[3]
  • He is neither a medical doctor, nor does he have a doctoral degree of any kind.[18]
  • "Krieger" is German for "warrior."[2]
  • He is an expert in manipulating the controls for the ISIS building, such as the elevator and the furnace (although he admits he has no idea how to run the ISIS worldwide radar system). He is also very good at improvising devices from scavenged equipment.[9][10]
  • Pam has sarcastically called Krieger "Clone Wars," after she discovered that he was a possible genetic clone of Adolf Hitler.[2] This is a reference to how the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series were created by using a genetic sample from Mandalorian bounty hunter, Jango Fett.
  • The door to Krieger's lab is apparently from the pocket battleship Graf Spee, as stated in Legs. Though resistant to handgun fire and protected by electronic locks, it is vulnerable to rocket launchers and C4. Further, his lab is directly connected to the HV/AC duct, into which he has positioned nerve gas canisters.
  • Krieger says he is not a "serial" killer, although he put emphasis on the word "serial," implying that he is a killer. He is an expert at disposing of bodies and is completely callous both about the death of his colleagues and the act of putting bodies in dumpsters.[11][6][22]
  • Throughout the series, as another running joke, he often shouts "Me, too!" in odd circumstances, for instance in reference to making his own aforementioned breast milk,[15] when Pam tells Archer to give his mother a hug as a thank you for his Dodge Challenger Special Agent Edition birthday present, he says no, and then Lana states, "Oh, God! He's got an erection!" [20], when Archer tells Woodhouse he would sneak up on him in his sleep if he wanted to see his bare feet[15], when Trinette says Seamus has a full diaper[15] and when Ray says he "piss[es] and shit[s] in a plastic bag".[22] This joke had fallen into disuse as of season 4.
  • Krieger encounter three clones identical to himself in appearance, habits and personality in San Marcos. Following a fight that resulted in three of the four Kriegers dead, it is ambiguous as to whether or not the surviving Krieger is the original of the group or one of the three clones, the identity muddled by being aware of Cheryl's "microchip" yet seemingly "forgetting" his co-workers names (which he originally attributed to a concussion.) This seems to be a reference to the film The Boys from Brazil, in which 94 genetically identical clones of Adolf Hitler were created by Joseph Mengele.
  • As a running joke Krieger reacts to something by screaming, "No, you maniac! You blew her up! Damn you! God damn you all to hell!" (Or some variation on the original line, such as, "They were goat feet. And you threw them out! Oh, damn you! God damn you all to hell!" in Pocket Listing.) This is an obvious reference to the final line from the 1968 film Planet of the Apes.
  • Krieger owns and operates a company called AlgerSoft which has a top secret website[27] which can be accessed by deciphering the various clues provided in Season 6 starting with episode 2 to obtain the username and password. Among the files available on the site include all of Krieger's research, some music and ringtones and surveillance videos inside of the Tunt Manor bathroom.
  • Although possible, he is most likely not a clone of Adolf Hitler because if he was, he would look like Hitler.

Appearances Edit

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(Note: Lucky Yates, the voice of Dr. Krieger, was added to the main credited cast. The main opening sequence was modified to include his name.)

Gallery of ImagesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Kreiger". Archer Official Website. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Placebo Effect
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jeu Monégasque
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tragical History
  5. ↑ Drastic Voyage: Part II
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Lo Scandalo
  7. ↑ Mole Hunt
  8. ↑ Fugue and Riffs
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Rock
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Viscous Coupling
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Skin Game
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Dial M for Mother
  13. ↑ Pipeline Fever
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Stage Two
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Blood Test
  16. ↑ Killing Utne
  17. ↑ Honeypot
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 A Going Concern
  19. ↑ El Contador
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Drift Problem
  21. ↑ The Wind Cries Mary
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Legs
  23. ↑ Midnight Ron
  24. ↑ The Honeymooners
  25. ↑ House Call
  26. ↑ On the Carpet
  27. ↑ Algersoft - “We Don't Ask What You'll Use It For"
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