Parks and Recreation

## Basic Info

Created by: Greg Jennings & Michael Schur

Number of Seasons: 7

Number of Episodes: 126

Camera Setup: Single Camera

Producer: Amy Poehler

Original Network: NBC

Original Release: 2009 - 2015

* Amy Poehler - Leslie Knope
* Nick Offerman - Ron Swanson
* Aziz Ansari - Tom Haverford
* Rashida Jones - Ann Perkins
* Audrey Plaza - April Ludgate
* Chris Pratt - Andy Dwyer
* Alison Becker - Shauna Malwae-Tweep
* Paul Schneider - Mark Brendanawicz
* Paul Laresco
* Him O'Heir - Jerry Gergich
* Donna Meagle - Retta
* Craig Middlebrooks - Billy Eichner
* C.K. Lewis - Dave/David
* Greg Pikitis
* Tammy "Two" Swanson
* Wendy Haverford - Tom's ex-wife
* Justin - Justin Theroux
	+ Friend of Anne and ex-boyfriend of Leslie; lawyer
* Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - Ben Schwartz
* Mona-Lisa Saperstein
* Will Arnett - Chris (MRI technician who dated Leslie once)
* DJ Roomba
* Kyle - Regular at Andy's shoe shining stand
* Marlene Knope - Leslie's mother
* Frank Beckerson - Summer fling of Marlene
* Frank the Opossum
* Dr. Harris - Deadpan doctor
* Lucy - Girlfriend of Tom
* Orin - April's weird friend
* Tammy "Zero" Swanson - Mother of Ron Swanson
* Diane Lewis-Swanson - Ron's 3rd wife
* Gale Gercich - Jerry's wife
* Millicent Gergich - Jerry's eldest daughter
* Dr. Saperstein - Henry Winkler
* Sewage Joe
* Mayor Gunderson - Bill Murray
* Ethel Beavers
* Crazy Ira and the Douce
	+ The Douche - Nick Kroll
* Joan Callamezzo
* Derry Murbles - Dan Castellaneta
	+ Host of Thought for your Thoughts
* Perd Hapley
* Brandi Maxxxx

## Quotes

* "He's probably thinking with the head of his wiener instead of the brain of his head."
* "I'm going to say something and I don't want you to take it the wrong way, but you're being a huge dork."
* "I don't even know what lexicons are. I thought it was a luxury automobile."
* "Tom's exactly what I'm looking for in a government employee."
* "Man, that dude has stuck it in some crazy chicks."
* "I wanna take that cheese and do terrible things to it."
* "You're a white protestant man with a rich, full mustache."
* "I asked Ron to blow the whistle on me and he refused. That is why I had to whistleblow myself."
* "I just put 12 new batteries in that thing!"
* "What I hear when I'm being yelled at is people caring loudly at me."
* I've been quite open about this around the office: I don't want this parks department to build any parks because I don't believe in government. I think that all government is a waste of taxpayer money. My dream is to have the park system privatized and run entirely for profit by corporations, like Chuck E. Cheese. They have an impeccable business model. I would rather work for Chuck E. Cheese.
* "My idea of a perfect government is one guy who sits in a small room at a desk and the only thing is is allowed to decide is who to nuke."
* “I don't want to be overdramatic, but today felt like **a hundred years in hell and the absolute worst day of my life**.”
* I enjoy government functions like I enjoy getting kicked in the nuggets with a steel-toed boot. But this hotel always serves bacon-wrapped shrimp. That's my number-one favorite food wrapped around my number-three favorite food. I'd go to a banquet in honor of those Somali pirates if they served bacon-wrapped shrimp.
* I had **to call in a few favors**. But if you don't call in favors to look at women in bikinis and assign them numerical grades, what the hell do you call in favors for?
* "Listen are we gonna talk about anything other than the lies I told you."
* "Uteruses before duderises."
* "Ovaries before brovaries."
* "I don't know about you Mark but I've seen a lot of porn and I know what "fixing your shower" means."
* "Until the women of Pawnee are judged not be the flatness of their tummies, but by the contents of their brains."
* "I'm not crying, I'm allergic to jerks."
* “I have never taken the high road. But I tell other people to 'cause then there's more room for me on the low road.”
* "I swear on, a grave."
* I passed up a gay Halloween party to be here. Do you know how much fun gay Halloween parties are? Last year I saw three Jonas Brothers make out with three Robert Pattinsons. It was amazing.
* On my deathbed my final wish is to have my ex-wives rush to my side so I can use my dying breath to tell them both to go to Hell one last time...Would I get married again? Oh absolutely. If you don't believe in love what's the point of living?
* **I'm a simple man**. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food.
* So you talked to Tammy? What's it like to stare into the eye of Satan's butthole?
* "Everytime she laughs an angel dies."
* "Damn! How does sewage always get the hottest interns."
* “I’m impressed with Andy, pulling himself up by his bootstraps. Reminds me of a young me. I got my first job when I was nine working at a sheet metal factory. In two weeks I was running the floor. Child Labor Laws are ruining this country.”
* "I have no interest in art. Let me clarify, I have no interest in non-nude images."
* "I never understood the term elbow grease. I guess its not really grease. Just hard work."
* "A piece of art caused me to have an emotional reaction. Its that normal?"
* "Are you surprised my breasts didn't throw off my aim."
* "What's weird about one friend sucking on another friend's neck."
* "You're a real stand-up guy."
* "I've seen you look at her ass when she leaves the room. You love her."
* "I like pretending to be sad. I see why girls do it."
* "I've gone on record saying if I had to have a stripper name it would be equality."
* "Tom go put these in places I don't approve of." "Leslie I'm gonna put these in places you've never heard of."
* "I know legally Anne is now mine. But it weirdly doesn't feel like it."
* "I don't get men, if they're not wagering their girlfriends in pool they are trying to steal each other's wives."
* "Yeah bitch give me those blood diamonds, make them extra bloody."
* "I'd rather watch a sex tape of my grandparents." "You know I think that it is really sweet that your grandparents still make love."
* "If sugar is so bad for you why did Jesus make it taste so good."
* "The whole point of this country is if you want to eat garbage, balloon up to 600 pounds, and die of a heart attack at 43, you can, you are free to do so. To me that's beautiful."
* "It makes the Notebook look like Saw 5."
* "God, why does everything we do have to be cloaked in like 15 layers of sarcasm"
* "April you're like an angel without wings." "So like a person."
* "Violators will be shot, survivors will be shot again."
* "You're telling me he might not be a her, but just some jerk that does around tackling random opossums.

## Important Terms and Facts

* Threeskin, formerly Fourskin - Andy's band
* Pawnee, Indiana - Location of the show
* Bobby Knight - Coach on a poster on Ron Swanson's wall
* Jagweed - Insult used by Andy
* The Bulge - Pawnee gay bar
* Scarecrow Boat - Andy's band's name in Season 1 Episode 6
* Duke Silver - Ron Swanson's jazz stage name
	+ Smooth as Silver
	+ Hi Ho Duke
* Jurassic Fork - Dinosaur themed restaurant, favorite restaurant of Jerry
* Pawnee Sun - Pawnee tabloid
* Sweetums - Large candy producer in Pawnee
* Turf N'Turf - Ron's favorite meal
* Galentines Day - Feb 13 holiday celebrated by Leslie and her female friends
* Mouse Rat - Former name of Andy's band
* Scarecrow Boat - Former name of Andy's band
* Tom's Bistro
* Tommy's Closet
* Rent-a-Swag
* Thought for your Thoughts

## Seasons and Episodes

#### Season 1

1. Pilot
2. Canvassing
3. The Reporter
4. Boy's Club
5. The Banquet
6. Rock Show