The statue of which Cooper is fixated upon bears a striking resemblance to the movie poster for a film called
The FBI Story (1959) starring Jimmy Stewart, in which Stewart's character is posed in a very similar stance. In the tie-in book "The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes," Cooper states, "Above my bed is my most important personal item, a poster of Jimmy Stewart in the movie The FBI Story which only I can touch."