Meet the Characters
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Ron Swanson- The deadpan director of the Parks and Recreation department who actively works to make city hall less effective and despises interacting with the public. He loves meat, hunting, and breakfast foods.
Andy Dwyer- A city shoe-shiner who is later hired as Leslie's assistant; he is the lead singer and guitarist for his rock band, Mouse-rat and is married to April. Ben Wyatt-a state auditor who comes into Pawnee to evaluate the town's funds but then becomes the City Manager and later a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana. After him and Leslie start dating,they get married and have triplets. |
April Ludgate- An apathetic and deadpan coworker of Leslie's, who works in the Parks department, but is later made deputy director of animal control and is married to Andy.
Leslie Knope(protagonist)- The upbeat and zany Deputy Parks Director who also serves on City Council and hopes to beautify Pawnee and further her career into being a director of National Parks. She loves J.J.'s waffles and is married to Ben, who later becomes her boss. Anne Perkins- A nurse and Leslie's best friend. The directors describe her an initially political outsider who became indirectly involved in municipal government due to Leslie. |
