Minnesota Nice: Difference between revisions

* Pixar's ''[[Cars]]'' has a scene where an overly cheerful lost car named [[Lampshade Hanging|Minnie]] asks for directions in an exaggerated accent and mentions that her husband also got them lost in Shakopee.

* ''[[Fargo]]'' is probably the definitive film example, and much of the laughs come from the juxtaposition of the incredibly nice characters with the horrifically violent crimes that are taking place. Just about the only people who ''aren't'' [[Minnesota Nice]] are the hired criminals, who aren't from the region. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Officer Marge Gunderson when she examines a crime scene:

* [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in the film ''[[Grumpy Old Men]]'', where the titular characters endlessly insult and pull cruel jokes at each others' expense. By the end, however, it turns out they are [[Vitriolic Best Buds]].

* Most of the people in ''[[Juno]]'' are essentially nice, though not to the extreme of some other examples. Even when Juno goes to an abortion clinic, the lone protestor (a classmate of hers) doesn't make that big a deal over it.