# If you are an "Archer" fan this is amusing - Real Life Models for the "Archer" Characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-an-archer-fan-this-is-amusing-real-life-models-for-the-archer-characters/709798 "2015-01-14T06:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-an-archer-fan-this-is-amusing-real-life-models-for-the-archer-characters/709798/1 "2015-01-14T06:05:24Z")
I had no idea they were based on real live people. Uncanny valley indeed! [See the Real Models for the Archer Characters](http://www.vulture.com/2013/02/archer-characters-real-life-models.html#) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-an-archer-fan-this-is-amusing-real-life-models-for-the-archer-characters/709798/2 "2015-01-14T14:31:16Z")
The girl who is the model for Cheryl is hooooooooot ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-an-archer-fan-this-is-amusing-real-life-models-for-the-archer-characters/709798/3 "2015-01-14T14:44:17Z")
Aisha Tyler should have modeled for Donna. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-an-archer-fan-this-is-amusing-real-life-models-for-the-archer-characters/709798/4 "2015-01-15T19:01:31Z")
That is sooo awesome! Many thanks! I really, really figured that most (or at least some) of them \*were \*modeled after their voice actors. Notably Lana, Mallory, Cyril, Cheryl/Carol. I still feel Lana looks a lot more like Aisha Tyler than that wings waitress they show… ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-an-archer-fan-this-is-amusing-real-life-models-for-the-archer-characters/709798/5 "2015-01-15T19:42:51Z")
I don’t watch Archer, but this guy > **[See the Real Models for the Archer Characters - Slideshow - Vulture](https://www.vulture.com/2013/02/archer-characters-real-life-models.html)** > > The animators used a ragtag assortment of people as their physical inspirations: See them side by side. View the Slideshow. has made several appearances as characters on Good Eats. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-an-archer-fan-this-is-amusing-real-life-models-for-the-archer-characters/709798/6 "2015-01-18T08:54:20Z")
I am impressed. Usually I see this sort of thing and there’s either too much detail, too much caricature, or too forced to an archetypal character style. But I could genuinely believe these are the cartoon versions of these people. Maybe it’s because these were models, and not supposed to be the same people.