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* ShoutOut: Not surprisingly, to Fargo and many other Coen Brothers pictures.
** The opening shot of the first episode is similar to the opening of the movie. Just at a different angle.
** Even the theme music sneaks in some familiar music of the old movie.
** "Who Shaves the Barber"- Molly's father is switching channels and the familiar "bark beetle" channel is heard briefly.
** The opening shot of a simple prairie field can be evocative of "O Brother Where Art Thou?"
** The anecdote about the rich man who gave away everything to the poor, including his own life, is similar to the pointless "Goy's Teeth" sequence in a SeriousMan. Except for being considerably less pointless.
** The opening shot of the first episode is similar to the opening of the movie. Just at a different angle.
** Even the theme music sneaks in some familiar music of the old movie.
** "Who Shaves the Barber"- Molly's father is switching channels and the familiar "bark beetle" channel is heard briefly.
** The opening shot of a simple prairie field can be evocative of "O Brother Where Art Thou?"
** The anecdote about the rich man who gave away everything to the poor, including his own life, is similar to the pointless "Goy's Teeth" sequence in a SeriousMan. Except for being considerably less pointless.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: As condescending and unsupported Chaz may be as a brother, [[spoiler: he and his family pays greatly due to Lester's plotting.]]
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* GoodIsDumb:
** A major motif throughout the series is that as well-intentioned and good Gus and Bill may be, their flashes of incompetence are counterproductive.
** Averted with Molly.
** A major motif throughout the series is that as well-intentioned and good Gus and Bill may be, their flashes of incompetence are counterproductive.
** Averted with Molly.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Lorne Malvo. When we first see him, he's taking his latest victim somewhere to kill him.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Lorne Malvo. When we first see him, he's taking his latest victim somewhere to kill him. And also Numbers and Wench.
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* PoliceAreUseless:
** Except for Molly and Chief Thurman, the other cops are portrayed as incompetent and/or gullible. Gus freely admits that he is not a very good cop and while teaming up with Molly helps him improve, he clearly lacks the temperament to be a police officer.
** Two FBI are staking out the headquarters of the Fargo mob and are clearly bored out of their minds. They fail to notice Lorne walking past their car with a submachine gun barely hidden under his jacket. When Lorne [[spoiler: proceeds to kill everyone in the building]] they still fail to realize that something really bad is going on till [[spoiler: a dead body falls out a window]]. Once they realize how badly they screwed up, one suggest that they get back into their car and pretend that they just arrived at the scene.
** Except for Molly and Chief Thurman, the other cops are portrayed as incompetent and/or gullible. Gus freely admits that he is not a very good cop and while teaming up with Molly helps him improve, he clearly lacks the temperament to be a police officer.
** Two FBI are staking out the headquarters of the Fargo mob and are clearly bored out of their minds. They fail to notice Lorne walking past their car with a submachine gun barely hidden under his jacket. When Lorne [[spoiler: proceeds to kill everyone in the building]] they still fail to realize that something really bad is going on till [[spoiler: a dead body falls out a window]]. Once they realize how badly they screwed up, one suggest that they get back into their car and pretend that they just arrived at the scene.
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* OneManArmy: Lorne. [[spoiler: He clears Fargo's organized crime headquarters in less than 2 minutes by himself, without so much as a scratch.]]
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* BattleDiscretionShot: When Malvo [[spoiler:machine-guns the Fargo mobsters]], the camera stays facing the building as he goes in, then tracks up and over past the mirrored windows following the shots and screams. The only blood we see is from [[spoiler:one man thrown through a window down to the sidewalk]].
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** Chief Thurman is introduced making some astute observations and gently corrects Solverson, establishing him as a good guy and a good lawman.
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** Chief Thurman is introduced making some astute observations at a crime scene and gently corrects correcting Solverson, establishing him as a good guy and a good lawman.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Lester's wife is so mercilessly critical of him that it's still possible to sympathize with him even after he murders her]].
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* {{Troll}}: Lorne, especially with Sam's kids and the kid in the motel parking lot.
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* {{Troll}}: Lorne, especially with Sam's kids and the kid in the motel parking lot. lot.
* VillainProtagonist: Lester is the closest thing to a main protagonist in the show, and he's one of the villains, though not the worst villain by far.
* VillainProtagonist: Lester is the closest thing to a main protagonist in the show, and he's one of the villains, though not the worst villain by far.
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** Lester's first scene has him being mercilessly and passive-aggressively criticized for his inadequacies by his wife. He simply absorbs the abuse, establishing him as a rather pathetic ExtremeDoormat.
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* MinnesotaNice MinnesotaNice: Characters from Minnesota almost always affect a chipper and upbeat tone even when they're criticizing or insulting each other,.
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* PassiveAggressiveCombat: Lester's wife tears into him while pretending to engage in casual conversation over a meal.
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* DaChief: [[spoiler:Bill Oswalt becomes the new chief after his predecessor dies. He spends his first few episodes in office resisting Solverson's detective efforts before finally breaking down]].
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** Chief Thurman is introduced making some astute observations and gently corrects Solverson, establishing him as a good guy and a good lawman.
** Solverson is introduced following Thurman's lead and learning from his detective skills, showing that she is an up-and-coming police officer.
** Lorne Malvo is introduced with a naked man in his trunk, establishing him as a creepy crook.
** Bill Oswalt is introduced having just vomited at a crime scene, establishing him as a less-than-stellar example of police competence.
** Gus Grimly is introduced sitting in his police cruiser and catching up with his daughter over a walkie-talkie, establishing his dual life roles.
** Chief Thurman is introduced making some astute observations and gently corrects Solverson, establishing him as a good guy and a good lawman.
** Solverson is introduced following Thurman's lead and learning from his detective skills, showing that she is an up-and-coming police officer.
** Lorne Malvo is introduced with a naked man in his trunk, establishing him as a creepy crook.
** Bill Oswalt is introduced having just vomited at a crime scene, establishing him as a less-than-stellar example of police competence.
** Gus Grimly is introduced sitting in his police cruiser and catching up with his daughter over a walkie-talkie, establishing his dual life roles.
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* VomitingCop: Bill Oswalt is introduced returning to a crime scene after having just thrown up.
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* ConservationOfNinjitsu: The only reason why Lorne survives his encounter with two hitmen wielding UMP submachine guns.
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* PlotArmor: The second reason why Lorne survives his assassination attempt. Being attacked by two pretty damn competent hitman with SMG's and losing his gun at the start of the attack, the only reason he survived was because they planned their attack poorly to begin with, and then they split up during it.
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Lorne was attacked by two men wielding UMP\'s, which are submachine guns and not assault rifles.
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* MenacingStroll: Lorne's only means of moving around[[spoiler:, even when being attacked by assault rifle hitmen wielding hitmen.]] submachine guns]] Except when he's in character.
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Removed example: N Word Privileges: Sam refers to Lester as \"Lester Niggard\". | Reason: Niggard means miserly; it is completely unrelated to nigger, not even originating from the same language groups; niggard is Nordic — nigger is romance.
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* NWordPrivileges: Sam refers to Lester as "Lester Niggard".
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* GetIntoJailFree: Lester punches a cop in order to get arrested and away from Pepper and Budge. Pepper and Budge later stage a bar brawl and get arrested and placed in the same cell as Lester.
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* GetIntoJailFree: In "Eating the Blame", Lester punches a cop in order to get arrested and away from Pepper Numbers and Budge. Pepper Wrench. Numbers and Budge Wrench later stage a bar brawl and get arrested and placed in the same cell as Lester.
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* GetIntoJailFree: Lester punches a cop in order to get arrested and away from Pepper and Budge. Pepper and Budge later stage a bar brawl and get arrested and placed in the same cell as Lester.
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* MenacingStroll: Lorne's only means of moving around. Except when he's in character.
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* MenacingStroll: Lorne's only means of moving around. around[[spoiler:, even when being attacked by assault rifle wielding hitmen.]] Except when he's in character.
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* MenacingStroll: Lorne's only means of moving around. Except when he's in character.
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** [[spoiler:After Stavros buries the money in the snow, he happens upon Wally and Dmitri's car wreck while driving home.]]
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* AmericanAccents: Just like the original movie, it's populated with Mid-West accents (save for Lorne Malvo).
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* AmericanAccents: Just like the original movie, it's populated with Mid-West accents (save for Lorne Malvo).Malvo and Mr. Numbers).
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* ParanoiaFuel: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] against Stavros by Lorne in the blackmail subplot. For example, Lorne changes his back medication to Adderall and begins recreating The Ten Biblical Plagues.
* PlayingBothSides: Lorne against Don and Stavros in the blackmail subplot.
* PlayingBothSides: Lorne against Don and Stavros in the blackmail subplot.
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''Fargo'' is a 2014 television series on FX, based on the [[Film/{{Fargo}} movie]] of the same name. It's executive-produced by the Creator/CoenBrothers and stars Creator/MartinFreeman and [[Film/SlingBlade Billy]] [[Film/ASimplePlan Bob]] [[Film/BadSanta Thornton]]. It was originally announced as a miniseries, but later revealed to be an anthology series, a la Series/TrueDetective or Series/AmericanHorrorStory.
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''Fargo'' is a 2014 television series on FX, based on the [[Film/{{Fargo}} movie]] of the same name. It's executive-produced by the Creator/CoenBrothers and stars Creator/MartinFreeman and [[Film/SlingBlade Billy]] [[Film/ASimplePlan [[Film/TheManWhoWasntThere Bob]] [[Film/BadSanta Thornton]]. It was originally announced as a miniseries, but later revealed to be an anthology series, a la Series/TrueDetective or Series/AmericanHorrorStory.
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* [[spoiler: StealthSequel: Stavros' wealth apparently came from finding the bag of money that Carl Showalter hid in the snow at the end of the film.]]
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* [[spoiler: StealthSequel: [[spoiler: Stavros' wealth apparently came from finding the bag of money that Carl Showalter hid in the snow at the end of the film.]]
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: After being stuck in the house with the bodies of his wife and a police officer, Lester runs into a wall and knocks himself out so that it will look like he was just another victim. [[spoiler:It Works.works.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Molly has elements of Marge, being a PluckyGirl with serious MinnesotaNice and is a [[GoodIsNotDumb surprisingly competent police officer.]]
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** Molly has elements of Marge, being a PluckyGirl with serious MinnesotaNice and is a [[GoodIsNotDumb surprisingly competent police officer.]]
** Molly has elements of Marge, being a PluckyGirl with serious MinnesotaNice and is a [[GoodIsNotDumb surprisingly competent police officer.]]
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* FridgeLogic: The police are befuddled by the naked body found in the woods, not understanding why anyone would take their clothes off in such cold weather. Apparently these people from frigid Minnesota are unaware that undressing oneself is [[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2036058 actually a very common reaction to hypothermia]].
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* BilingualBonus: Viewers who know ASL can pick up on a few extra jokes and conversations between Mr. Numbers and Mr. Wrench.
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** In a flashback scene, Starvos's discovery of [[spoiler: Carl Showalter's stash of money right after he prays for a miracle.]] This naturally makes him start to believe in the existence of God.
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** In a flashback scene, Starvos's discovery of [[spoiler: Carl Showalter's stash of money right after he prays for a miracle.]] This naturally makes him start to believe in the existence of God.
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* FridgeLogic: The police are befuddled by the naked body found in the woods, not understanding why anyone would take their clothes off in such cold weather. Apparently these people from frigid Minnesota are unaware that undressing oneself is [[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2036058 actually a very common reaction to hypothermia]].
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!!The 2014 mini-series contains examples of:
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!!The 2014 mini-series series contains examples of:
