The twelfth season of the animated television series Archer, created by Adam Reed, aired on FXX from August 25 to October 6, 2021.
Malory fires the Cloudbeam marketing team she engaged to "brand" their business, but still uses their idea to apply for a valuable contract on the Global Spywire Website (GSW) to extricate a scientist named Colt and his prototype invention from Moldova.
Archer and Lana join a mission by an all female anti-poaching squad in Africa to return a young gorilla to its family and they are accompanied by Sandra, a UN liaison officer.
Archer learns from their leader that they want to eliminate the endangered animals within the area to extract valuable rare minerals.
The gorilla is reunited with its family and as Lana looks over the beautiful African landscape she is bitten by a venomous snake and collapses.
Pam suggests a "Pampage" and takes the gang to an all-night rave where she and Lana drink "shots" while Archer tries to bond with Cyril, accompanying him to a Planetarium, a slot car racetrack and wargames evening.
Meanwhile, three guards who were defeated and humbled on the microchip mission, have hunted them down and attempt to kill them with nerve gas, but they are foiled by a still-alert Cyril.
Archer, Krieger and Lana fly to Japan to trap an assassin called the "Dingo" while protecting the ex-MI6 agent William Radkin.
Archer has multiple flashbacks to his first mission in Japan to protect the head of a Japanese Yakuza clan with his mentor McGinley.
Colt has amnesia although he vaguely remembers his device is an alternative energy source which can eliminate dependency on fossil fuels but could also be weaponized and wipe out life on the planet.
They plan a rescue mission, including Ray who has rejoined them and Colt who remembered that he designed the IIA mainframe and security system.
The final scene shows Malory sitting on a tropical beach, holding hands with Ron Cadillac and watching the sunset.