Why Is Ray Paralyzed in Archer Again
- "I was married! For two years. Yeah, I mean, she was a lesbian, but nonetheless. We met in a "Pray Away the Gay" Bible group. That was a pretty weird time for me..."
- —Ray Gillette[src]
Raymond Q. Gillette,[i] likewise known as Ray for short, is a main graphic symbol who is an ISIS annotator, bomb specialist, instance officer and field agent.
Childhood and Early Life [ ]
Ray grew up in the small town of Ferlin in the weald of West Virginia. He has one brother, Randy Gillette, a marijuana farmer. His father was extremely conservative and as a consequence Ray was forced to hibernate his homosexuality from anybody around him. He kept a number of diaries where he described his homosexual thoughts and feelings, specifically in a Miss Piggy diary that was later destroyed by his male parent. As a immature boy, his begetter took him on a hunting trip where Ray killed a comport with a bow. His male parent so forced him to accept a bite out of the comport's heart and slapped Ray repeatedly until he complied.
At several points in the show, it is implied that Ray went to Marshall University, which is located in Huntington, Due west Virginia. He frequently says "Up Herd," and "Down Herd," which are phrases used by the Marshall Academy cheerleading squad. In Smugglers' Dejection, Ray mentions that the Phi Mu sorority was pronounced "Phi Moo," an within joke near the reputation of Phi Mu at Marshall University for beingness overweight.
At some indicate, while In a "Pray Abroad the Gay" bible grouping, he met a lesbian adult female and the two ended upwardly getting married. The marriage lasted 2 years. He describes it as "a pretty weird time" for him.
Personality [ ]
Ray is one of the more optimistic and genuinely good-natured agents at ISIS, though he has a history of acerbic and sarcastic behavior also. He's particularly friendly toward Lana Kane and regularly goes out of his style to help his friends. He takes criminal offense when the other agents don't consider their friends' feelings before taking action. Unlike Sterling Archer, he is not nearly equally selfish, such every bit voluntarily going to rescue Pam Poovey after her kidnapping, as well as picking up the jobs of others when they're unable to. Like almost of ISIS, he finds Sterling abrasive, takes pleasure in tormenting him, such as the time he found Malory Archer'southward vibrator subconscious in her desk[2] and doesn't value Archer'southward life nearly as much as anyone else's, like when he never bothered to tell Archer how to disarm the explosives on Malory's desk. He has no problem with lying to his friends and coworkers, such as when he lied to them for months most being paralyzed and felt no guilt when constitute out.
Afterwards being paralyzed past Sterling for real notwithstanding, Ray has shown genuine anger and hostility towards him, going then far as to prevent backup being sent when Sterling was near gunned downwards by KGB agents. He grew far more cynical and depressed, and was often seen drinking heavily even at work. His inability to become on missions angered him and hurt his pride.
After being paralyzed by Archer more than than once, he grew depressed, hostile, and more negative. He especially despised Archer for his cavalier attitude and refusal to have responsibilty for injuring him. When Dr. Algernop Krieger gave him bionic legs, he initially opposed information technology on a moral level, believing that information technology was something merely God should exercise. However, after the operation he was much more positive and happy for being able to walk again. His constant trend to get paralyzed is a continual theme and has damaged his emotional stability heavily. He has developed a fear of eventually becoming a complete cyborg as his legs, feet, and right mitt are now bionic.
Ray is not without his vices, casually spending ISIS funding renting a Malaysian slave boy. He is also prone to dishing out frequent snide remarks towards his co-workers. In "Blood Test" it is very strongly implied that he sexually takes advantage of Cyril Figgis after he was knocked out past Malory.
Former Life [ ]
Prior to his employment at ISIS, Ray had a very interesting and diverse assortment of life experiences. Details of this life include:
- Cheer-leading at Marshall University, demonstrated by deftly lifting Lana while attempting to escape the pirate fortress' dungeon in "Middle of Archness: Part Iii". Also further demonstrated when he said "one-2-3, Go Herd!" after Dr. Krieger gives him the use of his legs once again in "Southbound and Downwards" and when Archer lifts him afterwards he pretends to have lost the use of his legs again in "The Rules of Extraction" .
- Competing in the Olympics in a giant slalom skiing contest, taking the bronze.[iii]
- Being married for 2 years to a lesbian he met at a "pray abroad the gay" army camp. (Admitting, "it was a pretty weird time for [him].")[two]
- Existence a disgraced former minister who is still capable of performing marriages for straight couples (the irony is non lost on him) and he has been known to wear a clerical shirt and collar underneath his clothes.[4]
Seasons 1-four: Career at ISIS [ ]
Ray has an antagonistic relationship with Malory since she sometimes uses offensive or homophobic linguistic communication, always referring to Ray as "she" or "Ms". Ray claims that he could write a book about the secrets he knows about ISIS. He has skills in electric technology and communications. He is often contacted by field agents to walk them through bomb defusals.[2] [5] When chosen to the ISIS control room Ray oft wears his crisis vest, similar to the ones worn by NASA scientists.
He assisted the ISIS field agents on their trip to Switzerland to help protect Anka Schlotz.
He assisted Archer in his plan to prevent ODIN from purchasing ISIS. When they were laying out a programme to do so with dolls and a map of the edifice, he was the "little pink sailor".
When Pam was kidnapped, he assisted in the command room with tracking the phone call. When it was credible that nobody would rescue her, he volunteered, which spurred Archer and Lana to volunteer. Malory decided to send Ray and Archer on the mission.
On a mission to Monaco, the ISIS team was tasked with obtaining a data disc that was valuable to Malory. Ray accompanied and assisted in the mission. When things went bad, he disguised himself equally Malory to expedite the mission, wearing a wig and one of her Chanel suits. He ended up driving a Formula 1 motorcar in pursuit of Benoit. When a helicopter started firing on the ISIS drivers, Ray's car "mysteriously" lost engine ability (Claiming the car was "Running out of carburettor"), which kept him out of harm'southward style.
Malory sent Ray on a mission that brought him almost the Russian border, despite Archer's volunteering to go on the mission. He was nigh to parachute off the C-130 when Archer knocked him unconscious then he could take the mission. Ray remained unconscious for an hour and sustained a heavy injury to his eye. Later on Archer returned with Katya Kazanova, he accompanied Malory, Lana and Doctor Krieger on their mission to eliminate Archer and Katya because they appeared to have double-crossed the bureau.
After Katya'southward death, Malory sent Ray and Lana on a mission to retrieve Archer from Pangu Island. In lodge to ensure they could complete the important mission, she lent them the ISIS Black Titanium Credit Card. With an unlimited budget, Ray took advantage of the situation, buying extravagant items, such as travel by individual jet, purchasing a yacht and fifty-fifty "renting" a teenage retainer male child.
While Lana piloted the yacht, she got annoyed by Ray and jarred the yacht, causing a brand-upwardly applicator to go lodged in his eye. Although this was the second injury to the same eye, he was non blinded, different Rip Riley, who did suffer fractional incomprehension on this mission.
Subsequently injuring his eye, Ray is shot in the abdomen by "Bucky" (the at present-arrested pirate mutineer) and is also seen in the end of the episode in an electrical wheelchair being called a cripple by Cheryl.
In the episode Bloody Ferlin, it is revealed that Ray had faked being handicapped for vi months, telling Lana and Archer "I never said I was paralyzed, you lot just causeless I was!". This was foreshadowed in The Limited when he said "Yeah, only yeah, other than that, fine." and in "Drift Problem", where he said "Ow... I recall." afterwards Archer dropped him in the surprise of seeing his birthday automobile.
During the flavour three finale, Ray accompanies Archer and visitor to a space shuttle to aid thwart an apparent mutiny. Subsequently they are double-crossed by their employer on the mission and escape, Archer causes the space shuttle to crash land on earth, injuring everyone simply himself. In the final scene, Ray leaves the room using his wheelchair, revealing he was genuinely paralyzed by the crash. Archer is dislocated past Ray's anger, insisting that he "already had the chair".
In the opening of Season 4, Ray follows the rest of the group to a resort in hopes of restoring Archer's suppressed memories, while at the same fourth dimension expressing heavy disdain over his paralyzed land. Later in the episode, he receives radio contact requesting aid to backup Archer later on he and Lana are ambushed by KGB agents attempting to chase down Archer. Ray spitefully hides the request from Malory and the others, denying to send Archer any backup.
In Legs, after hit the breaking signal of frustration with Sterling and some coercion by Krieger, Ray decides to undergo an operation to restore his ability to walk by having his lower body replaced with bionic prosthetics. Despite Pam'due south "sub-par" assistance in the operation and Sterling's many failed attempts to cease the process out of his fear of cyborgs, the operation is a success, allowing Ray to walk once more. Withal in the fourth flavor finale Sea Tunt: Office Two the CPU controlling his legs gets fried past a defibrillator cheers to Archer, and he is once again wheelchair bound.
Season 5: Vice [ ]
Ray'south paralysis causes him to go through depression for the first few episodes of flavour five. He is shown drinking heavily, crying, and sitting in soiled underwear in the episodes, a vanquish of his old self. However, in House Telephone call, a typically oblivious Krieger tells Cyril "Remind me to reboot the CPU in Ray'south legs", revealing that his legs could have been fixed at any time. In Southbound and Down, when Krieger repairs Ray'southward bionic legs, Ray exclaims "Virtually damn time!", which causes Krieger to button a button which disables Ray'south legs again, forcing Ray to begrudgingly thank him and take his legs turned back on. Krieger also afterwards demonstrates the ability to control Ray's legs remotely, forcing him to involuntarily do a Nazi march.
He accompanies Archer and Cyril on the trip to Colombia to sell cocaine to "La Madrina". At the start of The Rules of Extraction he is manifestly paralysed over again in a truck crash, much to Archer's annoyance because Ray "ever gets paralyzed". Archer has to acquit Ray for the remainder of the episode. Eventually, Ray reveals he was faking the paralysis to annoy Archer and get him to acknowledge he has non been taking the cocaine business organization seriously. Cyril is outraged at the charade, but Archer finds it funny. Ray then flies their stolen plane to the rendezvous with Slater in On the Carpeting.
Season 6: ISIS 2.0 [ ]
Post-obit the re-establishment of the ISIS agency nether contract of the CIA, Ray is once again a field agent, although his analysis task appears to have been eliminated due to lack of necessity. In Pocket Listing, during a botched mission at the Tuntmore Mansion, Ray comes face to face with an enormous and aggressive carnivorous constitute. Though he survives the run across, Ray's correct arm beneath his elbow is devoured, just earlier he manages to furiously stab the fauna to death. Back at headquarters, he is ridiculed for his lack of an arm by the other staff members.
In Achub Y Morfilod, he is given a new cybernetic arm by his co-workers (except Lana and Archer). At the stop of the episode information technology is revealed that he was given a black arm past his colleagues who, in the midst of surgery, accidentally place a discolored arm on him while they're chatting about an one-time moving-picture show. Ray is visually distraught by his new arm, which his co-workers are quick to attribute to racism, though Ray dispels this by declaring his trouble is the fact the arm is bionic. Regardless of this, Ray begins wearing a glove over his bionic hand. His new arm causes him to be subjected to more ridicule in Drastic Voyage: Part I and more jokes about his hand's resemblance to the 1 lost by Conway Stern are made by Archer and Cyril. Ray and Cyril are chosen equally the pilots of the miniature submarine and speedily cease Archer from trying to pilot the vessel and possibly ruin the mission. In Drastic Voyage: Function 2, he is once more bedridden, just acquired it himself when attempting to talk to Lana just as the transport was about to have a sudden surge in speed. In the season 7 premiere though, it was revealed Ray was in one case over again feigning his paralysis.
Season 7: Figgis Agency [ ]
In The Figgis Agency (s7e1) , Ray is seen using the bionic legs Algernop Krieger created for him inLegs (s4e3).
Dream Personas [ ]
After the events at the end of season seven, seasons eight, nine and 10 come across Ray take the form of a dream persona:
- Flavour 8 - Ray (Dreamland)
- The trumpet thespian and band leader for the Dreamland House Band.
- Season 9 - Capitaine Reynaud (Danger Island)
- The local gendarme on the fictional island of Mitimotu.
- Notably, he speaks French, or English with a military camp French accent.
- Season 10 - Ray MVS (1999)
Trivia [ ]
- In early on episodes, Ray was referred to by his last name Gillette past Malory and Sterling Archer. Later they switched to call him Ray.
- Ray'due south full proper noun is Raymond Q. Gillette, as stated in White Elephant. The pronunciation of his terminal name comes off as inconsistent still. His brother Randy and those from his hometown in West Virginia pronounce it "GILL-Information technology", only Ray and those close to him pronounce information technology "Jill-ETTE". This is nearly certainly intentional on Ray'due south part, to altitude himself from his hometown history. This may exist a reference to the BBC comedy "Keeping Upwardly Appearances", in which the main character changes the pronunciation of her terminal name from Bucket to Bouquet.
- Ray'due south grapheme blueprint is visually modeled on Lucky Yates, who is the vocalisation actor for Dr. Algernop Krieger [vi].
- He has $205,188 in his ISIS 401(k) account.[seven] Notwithstanding, when he was informed that his 401k is gone, he says that he had "virtually two hundred grand."
- Ray and Pam are similiar in that they both grew up in rural towns, both are LGBT+, both have blonde hair and both seem to have a bad human relationship with their siblings.
- Ray is skillful friends with Lana Kane. When Lana offers the ISIS employees the hazard to take sex on Cyril Figgis's desk in exchange for coin, Ray lines up, stating that no i is gay enough to turn downwards sex with her.[8] When it appears that Lana will be promoted to head of the agency, she reassures Ray that she will definitely keep him on board. At a infant shower for Seamus, Lana gets drunkard and tries to convince Ray to "pump a babe" into her.
- Ray was originally a field operative. Afterwards his declared crippling, Ray was removed from the active field agent roster, being replaced by Cyril Figgis. Despite his objections to this, he did not reveal his paralyzed state was fake at the time, until he was discovered on a ladder inside the ISIS armory, afterwards returning to the active field-amanuensis roster. At the finish of flavour 3, Ray was genuinely paralyzed following the space shuttle crash, forcing a (temporary) shift to a desk job.
- He has ii nickel-plated M1911 pistols, custom-engraved with the names Barbra and Liza, references to gay icons Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli.
Barbra and Liza, respectively.
- Ray is a very good artist, existence able to flawlessly draw the snake that bit Archer in Once Bitten.
- Ray is a skilled shipping pilot, frequently piloting planes to carry the main cast throughout season 5. It is not revealed where he got his airplane pilot training.
- His blood type is O positive.
- He owns two cats, 1 of which may have FIP.
- Ray at one signal owned a teacup sus scrofa, named Fiddling Hamlet. Ray had to give the grunter away upon realizing information technology was a regular, 200 pound pig when fully grown. Ray genuinely believed the grunter was sent to a farm upstate, not realizing until Nellis that the pig was likely processed for meat.
- Ray has a recurring and open fondness for Japanese culture. His flat is decorated in a modern Japanese style, and he traditionally eats a Bento box paired with Sake for tiffin. He is besides known to pack no fewer than 5 kimonos when on trips, which he claims is not excessive.
- He appears to utilise ecstasy (at raves), and is frequently seen smoking cigarettes, sometimes with a long cigarette holder.
- He stated that it was "assumed" by his coworkers that he was paralyzed, notwithstanding, he affirmed their assumptions multiple times, such as in El Contador when he was told they would have to "pee in a loving cup" to which he replied "I can't even do, y'all." and as well in The Limited, when asked if he was okay he replied "Paralyzed, simply yeah, other than that, fine". Despite this, he spent several episodes remaining in the wheelchair outside of work.
- Ray is the fourth grapheme in the series to become a cyborg. The bones in his legs are metal, described as a "vanadium-alloy endoskeleton" and supplemented by a battery installed in his lower back, and his right arm from the elbow downwards is entirely artificial.
- Ray correctly deduced that he would only crave the surgically-implanted battery to regain his mobility, though Krieger insisted on the metallic bones equally well simply because he felt they were "awesome".
- Due to the partial nature of his prosthetics, Ray is incapable of achieving the feats of superhuman strength and mobility demonstrated past the fully-cyberized Barry and Katya.
- Ray'southward paralysis has become a recurring gag, every bit well as the fact that it is always acquired by Archer in some way. Season half-dozen'due south finale was the first instance of Ray'south paralysis to not be Archer'south fault in any way.
- Ray is currently the just main character that is not credited every bit part of the main cast in the opening credits, probable due to the fact he is voiced by the show'southward creator and head author Adam Reed.
- In Legs, a pair of ballet slippers can exist seen in Ray's bays cabinet, suggesting that he was at once a dancer. InEncarmine Ferlin, Ray and his hometown sheriff, Due east.Z. Ponder, both remember immature Ray being teased for wearing Capezios, a brand of dance shoes.
- Ray is probably based on King Military camp Gillette[1], as he is "military camp" and bears a resemblance to the razor magnate.
- In Vision Quest, Ray says that he is color blind. Specifically, it's implied that he has a grade of red-dark-green color incomprehension, suggested past the fact that he repeatedly fails (admitting probably on purpose, in order to annoy Archer) to differentiate between the dark-green and cherry buttons inside the lift. If it is true, and so he could not have obtained his piloting skills as a commercial pilot.
- It is revealed that Ray masturbates with his left hand after he loses his right hand.
- In Once Bitten, Ray admits that his "go-to" for sexual fantasies is Canadian actor Lorne Greene, specifically in his office as the widowed rancher Ben "Pa" Cartwright in the 1960s Western serial, Bonanza. Greene's older, paternal graphic symbol was voted "Television's #2 Favorite Dad" in a 2007 TV Guide survey, which, together with Ray'due south story earlier in the aforementioned episode most his male parent forcing him to kill a bear and and then slapping him repeatedly until he stopped crying enough to eat part of its heart, adds a typicallyArcher Oedipal note to the attraction.
Quotes [ ]
- "She (Malory) has never liked me. Simply I'm gonna write a volume virtually this place. Mm-hmm. A real smackeroonie."
- "Dukes!"[three]
- "Double Dukes!"[three]
- "Triple Dukes!"[3]
- "Only try to call up about something else... like how there's no sink in at that place."[2]
- "You guys, my car'due south slowing down for some unknown reason, must just be out of... carburetor!"
- "You can't tourniquet the taint!"
- "You know...!"
- "You asshole!"
- "Girl, please... nobody'south that gay."
- "Oh no, it's Maximum Overdrive all over again...!"
Appearances [ ]
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Gallery of Images [ ]
At that place are 119 images of Ray Gillette on this Wiki, visit the Ray Gillette gallery to view all the images and screenshots. Here is a sample of some images from the gallery:
Ray wearing his Crisis Vest.
No bristles
With Frodon
Ray as a Decepticon.
References [ ]
- ↑ Archer S05E01: "White Elephant"
- ↑ two.0 two.1 2.2 2.3 A Going Concern
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 iii.three Swiss Miss
- ↑ Double Trouble
- ↑ Skytanic
- ↑ http://www.vulture.com/2013/02/archer-characters-real-life-models/slideshow/8/
- ↑ Jeu Monégasque
- ↑ Dial M for Mother
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| Characters | |
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| Master | Sterling Archer · Cheryl Tunt · Lana Kane · Cyril Figgis · Malory Archer · Pam Poovey · Ray Gillette · Dr. Krieger |
| Recurring | Aleister · Alton · Agent Holly · Bilbo · Brett Bunsen · Bryan · Ron Cadillac · Gustavo Calderon · Juliana Calderon · Charles · Chi · Colt · Ellis Crane · Veronica Deane · Diedrich and Harris · Tony Drake · Jane · Abbiejean Kane-Archer · Commander Kellogg · Fabian Kingsworth · Krieger's Virtual Girlfriend · Ramon Limon · Mannfred · Seamus McGoon · Trinette McGoon · Mitsuko Miyazumi · Mr. Moto · Captain Murphy · Noah · Rip Riley · Robert · Rodney · Mr. Rompers · Rudy · Sandra · Alan Shapiro · Slater · Conway Stern · Tiffy · Len Trexler · Cecil Tunt · Uta · Woodhouse · Zerk |
| KGB | Boris · Barry Dylan · Nikolai Jakov · Katya Kazanova |
| Other | Farooq Ashkani · Benoit · Kenny Bilko · Corporal Bishop · Crenshaw · Franny Delaney · Framboise · Gabrielle · Janelle Gillette · Randy Gillette · Mikey Hannity · Elke Hubsch · Claudette Kane · Lemuel Kane · Sato Kentaro · Lt. Klauss Kraus · Helm Lammers · Dafydd Llewellyn · Lloyd Llewellyn · Savio Mascalzoni · James Mason · Patrick McCaren · Mercedes Moreno · Pita · Sheriff Due east.Z. Ponder · Edie Poovey · Rita · Ruth · Anka Schlotz · Conrad Schlotz · Dr. Speltz · Richard Stratton IV · Tex Tacles · Lucas Troy · Torvald Utne · Cornelius Varma · Trent Whitney · Dicky Woodhouse |
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