Fargo Quotes

Carl Showalter : Just keep it still back there, lady, or we're going to have to, you know, shoot you.

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Marge Gunderson : Say, Lou, didya hear the one about the guy who couldn't afford personalized plates, so he went and changed his name to J3L2404?
Lou : Yah, that's a good one.

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Carl Showalter : So, why don't you just ask him for the money?
Gaear Grimsrud : Or your fucking wife, you know.
Carl Showalter : Or your fuckin' wife, Jerry?

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Officer Olson : Hiya, Norm. How ya doin', Margie? How's the fricasse?
Marge Gunderson : Pretty darn good, ya want some?
Officer Olson : No, I gotta - hey, Norm, I thought you were goin' fishin' up at Mille Lacs?
Norm Gunderson : Yah, after lunch.

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Norm Gunderson : I love you, Margie.
Marge Gunderson : I love you, Norm. [ she leaves, closing the door; after getting in the car briefly, she comes back in the door ]
Marge Gunderson : Hon?
Norm Gunderson : Yah?
Marge Gunderson : Prowler needs a jump.

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Carl Showalter : Who the fuck are you? [ Wade doesn't answer ]
Carl Showalter : WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?
Wade Gustafson : I got your damn money; now where's my daughter?
Carl Showalter : I am through fuckin' around here. Drop that fuckin' briefcase!
Wade Gustafson : Where's my daughter?
Carl Showalter : Fuck you, man! Where's Jerry? I gave simple fuckin' instructions.
Wade Gustafson : Where's my damn daughter? No Jean, no money!
Carl Showalter : Drop that fuckin' money!
Wade Gustafson : No Jean, no money!
Carl Showalter : Is this a fuckin' joke here? [ shoots Wade ]
Wade Gustafson : [ as he sinks to his knees and falls back ] Aww, Jeez.
Carl Showalter : Happy now, asshole? What's with you people? Ya fuckin' imbeciles!
Carl Showalter : [ as Carl reaches for the briefcase, Wade shoots him in the face ]
Carl Showalter : Ah! You fuckin' shot me! [ shoots Wade 6 more times ]
Carl Showalter : [ screams, then kicks Wade twice ] You fuck! [ takes briefcase ]

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Cashier : How was everything today?

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Jean Lundegaard : [ chopping vegetables ] Hiya, hon! Welcome back! How was Fargo?
Jerry Lundegaard : Yah, real good now.
Jean Lundegaard : Dad's here. [ Jerry's mood changes as he hears this news ]
Jerry Lundegaard : Is he stayin' for supper then?
Jean Lundegaard : I dunno... I think so. Dad?
Wade Gustafson : What?
Jean Lundegaard : [ thick Minnesota accent ] You stayin' for supperrrrr?
Wade Gustafson : Yah!

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Scotty Lundegaard : [ finishing supper ] May I be excused?
Jerry Lundegaard : Ya done, there?
Scotty Lundegaard : Yah. Can I go out?
Jean Lundegaard : Where ya goin'?
Scotty Lundegaard : Just to McDonalds.
Jerry Lundegaard : Be back at 9: 30. [ Scotty exits ]
Wade Gustafson : He just ate - he didn't finish! He's goin' to McDonalds instead of finishin' here.
Jean Lundegaard : He sees his friends there. It's okay.
Wade Gustafson : It's okay, MAC-Donalds. Heh. Whaddya think they do there? They don't drink milkshakes, I assure you.
Jean Lundegaard : It's okay, Dad!

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Carl Showalter : [ Shep Proudfoot, enraged, bursts into apartment and knocks Carl out of bed while having sex with hooker ] Shep, whatthefuckyadoin'? I'm banging that girl!

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Jean Lundegaard : [ reprimanding Scotty, who is eating and watching TV, paying no attention ] I am talking about your potential. You're not a 'C' student.
Scotty Lundegaard : Uh huh...
Jean Lundegaard : Yet you're gettin' 'C' grades. It's the disparity here that concerns your dad and me.
Scotty Lundegaard : [ mumbling ] Mmmm.
Jean Lundegaard : Ya know what a disparity is?
Scotty Lundegaard : [ attentive now ] Yeah!
Jean Lundegaard : Okay, then! That's why we don't want ya goin' out for hockey!
Scotty Lundegaard : [ upset ] Oh, come on! What's the big deal? It's just an hour a... what's the big deal?
Jean Lundegaard : [ phone rings ] Hold on. [ answers phone ]
Jean Lundegaard : Hullo? Oh, hi, Dad! Yah! He's here, I'll catch him for ya!
Jean Lundegaard : [ to Jerry ] Hon, it's Dad.
Scotty Lundegaard : [ to his father, entering the room ] Look, Dad, there's no fucking way...
Jerry Lundegaard : [ putting his hand over the phone's mouthpiece ] Hey, let's watch that language there!

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Carl Showalter : [ on date with hooker ] So, how long you been with the escort service?
Escort : I don't know, a few months.
Carl Showalter : Find that work interesting, do ya?
Escort : What're you talkin' about? [ quick cut to next scene, where he's having sex with her ]

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Jerry Lundegaard : [ Jerry and Wade discuss business opportunity ] This could work out real good for me and Jean and Scotty.
Wade Gustafson : [ coldly ] Jean and Scotty never have to worry.

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[ Marge is interviewing the two hookers whose clients were the two suspects ]
Hooker No. 1 : Well, the little guy was kinda funny-lookin'.
Marge Gunderson : In what way?
Hooker No. 1 : I dunno... just funny-lookin'.
Marge Gunderson : Can you be any more specific?
Hooker No. 1 : I couldn't really say... He wasn't circumcised.
Marge Gunderson : [ amused by this unhelpful detail ] Was he funny lookin' apart from that?
Hooker No. 1 : Yah...
Marge Gunderson : So, you were havin' sex with the little fellow, then.
Hooker No. 1 : Uh huh...

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Carl Showalter : Whoa Daddy.

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Marge Gunderson : Oh for Pete's sake, he's fleeing the interview! He's fleeing the interview!

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Marge Gunderson : Well, I'm sorry, sir!
Jerry Lundegaard : [ storming off to do a lot count ] Aw, what the Chris'!

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[ as Shep angrily approaches Carl ]
Carl Showalter : You stay away from me, man! Hey, smoke a fuckin' peace pipe!

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Carl Showalter : You ever been to Minneapolis?
Gaear Grimsrud : Nope.
Carl Showalter : Would it... kill you to say something?
Gaear Grimsrud : I did.
Carl Showalter : "No." That's the first thing you've said in the last four hours. That's, a fountain of conversation there, buddy. That's a geyser.

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[ Jean is making noise in the back of the car ]
Gaear Grimsrud : Shut the fuck up! Or I'll throw you back in the trunk, you know?
Carl Showalter : Jesus, that's more than I've heard you say all week.

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Carl Showalter : [ banging on the TV ] Come on, plug me into the ozone, baby, come on!

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Marge Gunderson : Mind if I sit down? I'm carrying quite a load here.

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Carl Showalter : [ irately, over the phone ] Alright, Jerry, I'm through fuckin' around! You got the fuckin' money?
Jerry Lundegaard : [ into the phone ] Yeah, I got the money, but... uh...
Carl Showalter : Don't you fuckin' fuck me, Jerry! I want you to get this money to the parking garage at the Dayton Radisson, top level, in 30 minutes, Jerry. We wrap this thing up.
Jerry Lundegaard : Yeah, but...
Carl Showalter : Hey, you're there in 30 minutes, Jerry, or I find you, Jerry, and I shoot you and I shoot your fuckin' wife and I shoot all your fuckin' children and I shoot them all in the back of their little fuckin' heads! You got it?
Jerry Lundegaard : Okay, now you stay away from Scotty, now.

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Marge Gunderson : So, Mike, should we get together another time?
Mike Yanagita : No! [ sobs ]
Mike Yanagita : I'm sorry, I... I shouldn't have done this. I shouldn't have done this, I shouldn't have... I thought we'd have a really terrific time.
Marge Gunderson : It's OK, Mike.
Mike Yanagita : You were such a super lady... and I'm, I'm so lonely. [ sobs ]

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Shep Proudfoot : [ beating Carl Showalter violently ] Fucking little weasel! Fuck you! You fucking motherfucker son of a bitch! Fucking cock! Jesus Christ! You fucking shitbag motherfucker!

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Marge Gunderson : [ sitting up in bed, while Norm lies next to her, sleeping ] Norm?
Norm Gunderson : [ Norm wakes up ] Yeah, Marge?
Marge Gunderson : I'm turning in now.

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Mike Yanagita : [ moves to Marge's side of the table and puts arms around her ] Do you mind if I sit over here?
Marge Gunderson : No. Why don't you sit over there? I'd prefer that.
Mike Yanagita : Huh? Uh... ok. [ moves back to other side of table ]
Mike Yanagita : Sorry.
Marge Gunderson : Oh, no, no. Just so I can see you. I don't have to turn my neck.

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Norm Gunderson : They announced it.
Marge Gunderson : They announced it?
Norm Gunderson : Yeah.
Marge Gunderson : So?
Norm Gunderson : Three-cent stamp.
Marge Gunderson : Your mallard?
Norm Gunderson : Yeah.
Marge Gunderson : Oh, that's terrific.
Norm Gunderson : It's just a three-cent stamp.
Marge Gunderson : It's terrific.
Norm Gunderson : Hautman's blue-winged teal got the 29-cent. People don't much use the three-cent.
Marge Gunderson : Oh, for Pete's sake. Of course they do. Whenever they raise the postage, people need the little stamps.

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Marge Gunderson : [ to Radisson hotel concierge ] I'm doing really super there, thanks. I am Mrs. Gunderson. I have a reservation.
Hotel Clerk : Yep, you sure do, Mrs. Gunderson.
Marge Gunderson : [ smiling ] Is there a phone down here, you think?

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Marge Gunderson : You betcha!

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