History ShoutOut / FargoSeasonOne

* When Malvo walks into the dinner he orders coffee and is offered [[Series/TwinPeaks cherry pie]].

* While passing a janitor mopping the floor, Lester tells him, "You missed a spot." This is a reference to the opening montage of ''Film/RaisingArizona'', when H.I. passes the prison janitor mopping the floor and tells him the same thing.

* The hallway and elevator in the Las Vegas hotel where Lester encounters Malvo again resemble those in Film/TheShining.

* The confrontation between Malvo and Lou in Lou's diner plays like an inversion of the famous scene in ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'' where Chigurh takes offence at an innocent comment from an unwitting gas station owner and proceeds to gamble for the man's life over a coin toss without the other man being fully aware of what's happening. Except in this series, while initially Malvo clearly thinks he's dealing with a hapless rube as Chigurh was, to his discomfort it turns out that Lou is a lot more savvy to the type of person he is and isn't easily intimidated.

* The confrontation between Malvo and Lou in Lou's diner plays like the famous scene in ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'' where Chigurh takes offence at an innocent comment from an unwitting gas station owner and proceeds to gamble for the man's life over a coin toss without the other man being fully aware of what's happening. Except in this series, while initially Malvo clearly thinks he's dealing with a hapless rube as Chigurh was, to his discomfort it turns out that Lou is a lot more savvy to the type of person he is and isn't easily intimidated.

* The confrontation between Malvo and Lou in Lou's diner plays like a flipped version of the famous scene in ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'' where Chigurh plays a threatening game of life-and-death with an unwitting gas station owner over a coin toss. Except in this series, while initially Malvo clearly thinks he's dealing with a hapless rube as Chigurh was, to his discomfort it turns out that Lou is a lot more savvy to the type of person he is and isn't easily intimidated.

* The confrontation between Malvo and Lou in Lou's diner plays like a flipped version of the famous scene in ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'' where Chigurh plays a threatening game of life-and-death with an unsuspecting gas station owner over a coin toss. Except in this series, while initially Malvo clearly thinks he's dealing with an unwitting rube as Chigurh was, to his discomfort it turns out that Lou is a lot more savvy to the type of person he is and isn't easily intimidated.

* After Malvo kills Mr. Numbers, he frees Mr. Wrench from the hospital and tells him "if you still feel raw about it" to come see him. This mirrors the Brode's words to Nikki in ''Film/KillBill'' after the Bride kills her mother.

* After Malvo kills Mr. Numbers, he frees Mr. Wrench from the hospital and tells him "if you still feel raw about it" to come see him. This mirrors the Brode's words to Nikki in ''Film/KillBillVol1'' after the Bride kills hermother.l

* After Malvo kills Mr. Numbers, he frees Mr. Wrench from the hospital and tells him "if you still feel raw about it" to come see him. This mirrors the Brode's words to Nikki in ''Film/KilBillVol1'' after the Bride kills her mother.

* When Malvo walks into the dinner he orders coffee and is offered [[Series/TwinPeaks cherry pie]].

* When Malvo walks into the dinner he orders coffee and is offered [[Series/TwinPeaks cherry pie]]

* Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers are dressed like Joe Buck and Ratzo Rizzo from the non-Coen Brothers film ''Film/MidnightCowboy''.

* Molly Solverson is loosely based on Marge Gunderson. This is more evident [[spoiler:after the TimeSkip, when she's a more confident detective and heavily pregnant.]]

* Lorne has a conversation with a man that will determine whether the man will live or die. We then cut to him grimly exiting the front door without learning whether he killed him. This mirrors Anton Chigurh's confrontation with Carla Jean Moss in ''No Country for Old Men''.

* Malvo kidnaps a man from McDonnough & Snoats Accounting and Consulting. The name is a reference to protagonist H.I. [=McDonnough=] and his former prison pals the Snoats brothers in ''Film/RaisingArizona''.

* Malvo kidnaps a man from [[Film/RaisingArizona McDonnough & Snoats]] Accounting and Consulting.

* One of the Bemidji deputies is named Knudsen, the true surname of Bunny Lebowski in ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.

* Lester tries to get some "unguent" for his hand infection in "The Rooster Prince." In ''Fargo'', Grimsrud declares that he needs "unguent" for his wound when kidnapping Mrs. Lundegaard.

* While passing a janitor, Lester tells him, "You missed a spot." This is a reference to the opening montage of ''Film/RaisingArizona'', when H.I. passes the prison janitor and tells him the same thing.

* With his weird haircut and stoical sadism, Lorne Malvo brings to mind [[Film/NoCountryForOldMen Anton Chigurh]]. He's also one to Gaear Grimsrud: a stoic, merciless sociopath who has no qualms about shooting you in the back of the head if you've inconvenienced him in any way. Malvo even gets a scene of performing surgery on his own leg, like Chigurh.

* The restaurant where Lester meets Malvo is advertising [[Film/TheBigLebowski white Russians.]]

* Lester tries to get some "unguent" for his hand infection in "The Rooster Prince."

* One of the Bemidji deputies is named [[Film/TheBigLebowski Knudsen.]]

* The Fargo Mob's headquarters is located in the Showalter Block.
* At one point, Lou is switching channels and the familiar "bark beetle" channel is briefly heard.

* There's a familiar scene where Lester tries incompetently to sell a couple insurance; the husband is later revealed to be a car dealer, like Jerry.

* The portrait of two bikini-clad woman on the beach is an allusion to ''Film/BartonFink''.

* A major plot relevant one. [[spoiler: Molly's and Gus's marriage follows cues from Marge's and Norm's marriage.]]

* Malvo kidnaps a man from [[RaisingArizona McDonnough & Snoats]] Accounting and Consulting.