History Characters / FargoFilm

* BigSHUTUP: He does this to Jerry during their first phone call.

* BigSHUTUP!: He does this to Jerry during their first phone call.
->''"DON'T EVER INTERRUPT ME, JERRY ! JUST SHUT THE [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK UP !!]]''"

* DirtyCoward: He tries to steal $320,000 from his father-in-law to cover his debts. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, he's still trying to escape out of the window of his hotel room. He doesn't get far.]]

* BullyingADragon: He keeps insulting Grimsrud for great part of the movie despite knowing what a dangerous and murderous psychopath he is. [[spoiler: This leads him to his gruesome death after he refuses to pay the Sierra's value.]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/FrancesMcDormand

->'''Played by:''' Creator/BruceBohne

->'''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamHMacy

->'''Played by:''' Kristin Rudrüd

->'''Played by:''' Creator/TonyDenman

->'''Played by:''' Creator/HarvePresnell

->'''Played by:''' Creator/SteveBuscemi

->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterStormare

->'''Played by:''' Steve Reevis

->'''Played by:''' Creator/LarryBrandenburg

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnCarrollLynch

->'''Played by:''' Creator/StevePark

->'''Played by:''' Gary Houston

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: He screams like this when he turns around and sees Grimsrud, who's about to attack him with an axe, after he insults both him and Shep. He also did this after being shot in the face by Wade.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: He screams like this when he turns around and sees Grimsrud, who's about to attack him with an axe, after he insults both him and Shep. He also did this after being shot in the cheeck by Wade.

* PapaWolf: DeconstructedTrope. His insistence on handling the ransom money is tainted with his dislike of Jerry. As far as he knows, the kidnappers gave specific instructions for Jerry to bring the money, so going himself could very well endanger Jean. [[spoiler:His John Wayne act when interacting with Showalter is completely ineffective, gets himself killed, and exacerbates the danger to his daughter's life even further.]]

* KickTheDog: He heartlessly laughs as a scared and desperate Jean attempts a hopeless getaway, falling down in the snow.

* VillainousFriendship: Averted with Carl but played straight with Shep Proudfoot. [[spoiler:He even kills Carl when the latter threatens Shep.]]

* AssholeVictim: He gets shot to death by Carl when he confronts him at the parking lot.

* AssholeVictim: [[Spoiler: He's killed by his own partner (i.e., Grimsrud) after he betrays him by telling him that he's keeping all of the money for himself.]]

* AssholeVictim: He's killed by his own partner (i.e., Grimsrud) after he betrays him by telling him that he's keeping all of the money for himself.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: He screams like this when he turns around and sees Grimsrud, who's about to attack him with an axe, after he insults both him and Shep.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He beats up Carl after the latter almost got him in trouble with the police for kidnapping Jean.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Wade may not be a criminal, but he's one of the most unsympathetic characters in the film, being bad-tempered, arrogant, greedy, and stupid, [[spoiler:all of which cause his death]]. His arrogance and stupidity lead him to believe that just a few stern words from him will intimidate professional criminals into handing over his daughter. His greed makes him insist that he get his daughter ''before'' he hands the money over (his bringing a gun to the exchange suggests that he plans to face the crooks down himself and give them nothing) and his general obnoxiousness enrages an already angry Carl [[spoiler:into shooting him]].

* KarmicDeath: He ends up getting chopped to pieces by Grimsrud after he betrays him by telling him that he's keeping the car and money for himself, as well as insulting Shep right to his face. His chopped-up body then gets shoved into a woodchipper for good measure.

* LaserGuidedKarma: He gets his karma for kidnapping Jean when Shep confronts him at his apartment room by beating him up and he gets even more karma when he gets shot in the face by Wade as well as getting chopped to pieces by Grimsrud after he betrays him in order to keep all of the money for himself.

A fast-talking, funny-looking small-time criminal who tags along with Grimsrud only to find he's in over his head.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Her cheerful, friendly personality doesn't conflict with her natural talent for policework or her willingness to use her gun when she has to.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He shoots Wade in cold blood when the latter meets up with him at the parking lot and refuses to hand the money over to him unless he gets his daughter back.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He betrays Carl by chopping him up to pieces after the latter antagonizes him for wanting to keep the car as well as insulting Shep.

* CloudCuckoolander: A darker example than most. Grimsrud seems to live in his own little world; he has a constant craving for "[[TrademarkFavoriteFood pancakes house]]," suffers from a weird case of SkewedPriorities (he wanders off and goes searching for ointment for a hand injury, right in the middle of the kidnap job he's been hired for), has no emotional reaction or investment to anything [[RealMenWearPink except cheesy soap operas]], and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick casually murders a woman and can't provide any other reason for it than "she started shrieking."]]

* TooDumbToLive: First he goes out of his way to insult Shep by telling him to smoke on a peace pipe which results in him getting beaten up and then he shoots Wade only for him to get shot in the face in return. Later, he argues with Grimsrud over a car ([[spoiler:despite having just made almost $1 million in secret]]). Arguably justified, [[spoiler:since he did just get shot and spent several hours bleeding out without seeking medical attention, so he may not have been thinking straight.]]

* TooDumbToLive: First he goes out of his way to insult Shep by telling him to smoke on a peace pipe and then he shoots Wade only for him to get shot in the face in return. Later, he argues with Grimsrud over a car ([[spoiler:despite having just made almost $1 million in secret]]). Arguably justified, [[spoiler:since he did just get shot and spent several hours bleeding out without seeking medical attention, so he may not have been thinking straight.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Later, he argues with his psychotic accomplice over a car ([[spoiler:despite having just made almost $1 million in secret]]). Arguably justified, [[spoiler:since he did just get shot and spent several hours bleeding out without seeking medical attention, so he may not have been thinking straight.]]

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Like Grimsrud, he's a man of few words, but he can be quite aggressive, especially at the thought of going back to prison, as Carl finds out.

* BerserkButton: He does NOT want to go back to prison.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After he beats up Carl, he never appears again.

* TooDumbToLive: See LaserGuidedKarma above.