History Characters / FargoSeriesGerhardtFamily

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Her main problem is that she's ''exactly'' like her father: cruel, vicious, confrontational, with an over-inflated idea of her own importance and dumb as bag of bricks. Floyd actually calls her out on it.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sure, Rye was a murdering manchild, but Dodd using his death as an excuse to kickstart the mob war with Kansas City was crossing the line. It doesn't help that he has a smug smile while doing it along with a "I told you" attitude.

* RuralGangsters: The Gerhardt crime family are based within the rural midwest, and use a farming/construction empire to mask their criminal activities. Their main plot is dealing with a potential war with the city-based [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Kansas Mafia organization]] looking to expand into their territory.

* WomenAreWiser: Floyd, along with her son Bear, is the coolest head in the Gerhardt family. Dodd dismisses this as feminine weakness, but her patience and intelligence are huge benefits. She's much more reasonable and intelligent than her sons (again with the exception of Bear) and perhaps moreso than Otto, if her remark to Bulo about how Otto would've killed Bulo rather than try negotiating with him means anything.

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GregBryk

!!!'''Played By:''' Greg Bryk

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MichaelHogan

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

-->''"Maybe, when you look at me, you see an old woman, and I am 61. I've borne six children, had three miscarriages. Two of my sons are here today. Two were stillborn. My firstborn, Elron, killed in Korea — gook sniper took off half his head. [[NeverMessWithGranny The point is don't assume, just because I'm an old woman, that my back is weak and my stomach's not strong.]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure I make this counter because a deal is always better than war.]] But no mistake — we'll fight to keep what's ours to the last man."''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JeffreyDonovan & Victor Hawryluk

-->''"[[HeManWomanHater Son, you got yourself a woman problem. How I know is they've been plaguing me my whole life. What's the joke? Can't live with them, can't turn them into cat food.]]"''

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

-->''"None of us are family anymore."''

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

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

-->''"You know what depresses me? I missed the '60s — free love, drop acid, Woodstock. Wake up one day, decide you want to call yourself Flower Rainblossom, you just call yourself Flower Rainblossom."''

->'''Played By:''' Allan Dobrescu

->'''Played By:''' Rob de Leeuw, James Downing & Jake T. Roberts

->'''Played By:''' Creator/ZahnMcClarnon & Samuel Marty

->'''Played By:''' Ryan [=O'Nan=]

->'''Played By:''' Greg Bryk

-> '''Played By:''' Matt Cooke

-> '''Played By:''' Andrew Legg

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Mickey is shot in the forehead, which is often but not always a fatal wound, but he isn't mentioned as having been killed along with Joey and Roost when the Gerhardt's bring up their deaths in the next scene.]]

* OverlordJr: He inherited the business from his father. [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] since his father ran the company in a honest way, it was only when Otto took over that it started to get into dirty business.

* VisionaryVillain: Her point to Dodd is that it really doesn't matter who's in charge of the outfit, it's about an maintaining an ''empire'' and an empire must be always greater than any of its members, including herself.

* PlayingBothSides: [[spoiler:What she's attempting to do with her affair with Mike: Pretending she's on her family's side, while also feeding information to the Kansas City syndicate to score points and so get the family business when the rest are gone. Before long, her plan collapses.]]

* BadassBaritone: Bear has a deep, gravelly voice. He prefers not to fight, but he knocks the living hell out of Dodd and it's clear he's the most physically formidable Gerhardt.

* ImplacableMan: [[spoiler:It takes a shot to his head to get him really angry. Two more bullets to his chest do not slow him down one bit from attacking his shooter and almost choking the life out of him. The only reason Lou gets the upper hand on him is an otherworldly experience.]]

* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler:Simone wants Mike to kill Dodd because of his constant abuse.]]

* HandicappedBadass: Despite a useless hand, he can quickly reload one-handed, is a fine shot, and packs a decent punch.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: [[spoiler:She receives one from Dodd and later, her grandmother, Floyd, due to her erratic behavior and bratty attitude.]]

* VisionaryVillain: Her point to Dodd is that it really doesn't matter who's in charge of the out, it's about an maintaining an ''empire'' and an empire must be always greater than any of its members, including herself.

* PyrrhicVillainy: [[spoiler:While he doesn't seem to get any comeuppance in Season 2, Hanzee certainly doesn't get a happy ending. Sure, he takes down the Gerhardts and it's implied he'll take down the Kansas City Syndicate with his ruthless ways, but he loses his identity (including his racial identity) and he falls back into the life he was so tired of, not knowing how to do anything else. He takes on a new identity, Moses Tripoli, and will go on to become fat and bored before meeting an ignoble death at the hands of [[PsychoForHire Lorne]] Malvo, a fellow force of chaos.]]

* NiceHat: Duke is partially recognizable by a knit cap he wears.

* KnifeNut: Sometimes carries a big-ass knife, while in another scene, he pulls out a straight razor.

* {{Courier}}: Ollie is introduced being given a bag money to drop off for criminal associate.
* HoldTheLine: He tries to do this for Otto when their attacked outside the nursing home.

* ManlyFacialHair: Duke is a gun-totting bodyguard with beard that's at least a foot long.

* BadassBeard: Roost has a gray goatee and mustache and comes across as the toughest of the three during the meeting with Floyd.

* RedHerring: their first episode implies they'll have more prominence than they end up getting.