Archer premiered in 2009 as an animated spy comedy created by Adam Reed, with H. Jon Benjamin voicing Sterling Archer. The Danger Zone joke references the Kenny Loggins song from the 1986 film Top Gun, which Archer quotes obsessively throughout the series. It became one of the show's most quoted running gags, spreading through clips, GIFs and soundboards as fans shared Archer's lines out of context. The phrase outlived the original reference, so even viewers unfamiliar with Top Gun now use it whenever someone charges into danger with misplaced confidence.