History Characters / ParksAndRecreationTheSapersteinsAndTheNewports

! The Sapersteins

* CatchPhrase: "Moneeeeey, pleeeeeaase!" She usually says this to her father (who immediately hands her wads of cash when she does), but has been shown to do it to others.

! The Newports

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!!Jean-Ralphio Saperstein [-(Creator/BenSchwartz)-]

!!Mona Lisa Saperstein [-(Creator/JennySlate)-]

!!Dr. Saperstein [-(Creator/HenryWinkler)-]

!!Nick Newport, Sr. [-(Creator/ChristopherMurray)-]

!!Jessica Wicks [-(Creator/SusanYeagley)-]

!!Bobby Newport [-(Creator/PaulRudd)-]

!!Nick Newport, Jr. [-(Creator/GaryWeeks)-]
Current CEO of Sweetums in season two (until Jessica Wicks replaced him). Father of Denver [-(Ryan Hartwig)-] and Dakota [-(Harley Graham)-]. As of season four, he seems to have been {{Retcon}}ned out of existence.

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* SpoiledBrat: Calls his father "Daddy" and asks for money. Which he gets.

* AnythingThatMoves: Is ''perfectly'' open to having a foursome with Tom, Craig (a total stranger), and [[{{Twincest}} her own brother]]. In another instance, she offers to have a three way with Tom and Ann; when Ann turns her down, Mona Lisa turns to another random woman (who she has never met) and offers her a place in the threesome instead. The one exception to this is Garry (unsurprisingly), whom she gives a "hard pass" to.

* FreudianExcuse: A [[PlayedForLaughs comic version]]. It's implied that she became so spoiled because her father constantly indulges her every whim and hands her huge amounts of money whenever she demands it (largely because that's easier than dealing with her tantrums).

* PsychopathicManchild: Whereas Jean-Ralphio is a slimeball but otherwise harmless, Mona Lisa is a few paintings short of a Louvre. Case in point, her childishly asking for money while smashing up Ben's office is a hilarious and terrifying thing to watch.

* TranquilFury: A large part of the humor of her massive, property-destroying tantrums is how ''calm'' she is during them. She remains gentle and and even pleasant as she starts trashing Ben's office, happily describing what she's going to do while smashing furniture.

Former CEO of Sweetums, a candy corporation which owns half the town. Dies at the end of Season 4.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* DoWrongRight: A weird case. In ''Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America'', it's shown that the ''Pawnee Sun'', the local tabloid newspaper, was started by his youngest son, Cal, [[TantrumThrowing when he wasn't able to use the family jet to buy his girlfriend a scarf in South America]]. He proceeded to set up the ''Sun'' to spill the dirt on his family's inner machinations. In a subsequent letter, Nick actually ''encourages'' his family to keep doing all the crazy crap they want to, because as long as they are, it means the ''Sun'' is selling copies and Cal is actually earning his own money rather than just mooching off his dad. [[{{Irony}} The letter then got printed in an issue of the ''Sun'']].

Nick Newport Sr.'s GoldDigger wife. Also a RichBitch. Current CEO.

* GoldDigger: Marries the richest guy in town for his cash, although the amount of nude portraits of his old, frail body that she must have had commissioned suggests that she might have been physically attracted to him as well.

* RichBitch: Once she gets married she uses her wealth to seize historical buildings and get her dimwitted step-son Bobby elected as a puppet councilman [[note]]although everyone claims that Nick is the brains behind this, the fact that he was crippled and senile the last time we saw him makes it implicitly obvious that Jessica was the true brains behind this scheme[[/note]].

* TrophyWife: For Nick Newport, Sr., although given that he was almost a vegetable at the time of their marriage this might be a {{Subversion}}.

* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Ends up married to Shauna Mulwae-Tweep in the distant finale]].
* PuppetKing: He does little in the way to actually oppose Leslie, leaving all of his campaign decisions up to [[HypercompetentSidekick Jennifer]]. He even offers Leslie the chance to do the City Council work for him if she lets him win the seat.

* ShelteredAristocrat: He comes from major money. He's had so little exposure to the world that he generally acts more like a curious four year old than he does a man pushing forty. At the start of the election campaign he is genuinely mystified as to why Leslie won't just let him win. Yet he is not at all malicious.

* FriendlyEnemy: He's Leslie's opponent in the council race, but he's incredibly pleasant and friendly towards her regardless - if only because he's apparently [[GoodIsDumb too dim to be otherwise]]. Towards the end of the campaign, he publicly endorses her, although he doesn't seem to realize the implications of that.

* PushoverParents: He has spoiled his kids utterly rotten and just throws money at them whenever they ask for it.

Tom's partner-in-crime who is somehow even more slimy and obnoxious than Tom is. He's hilarious just from his hairstyle to his eccentric personality. Outright hated by Ron and Donna.

[[caption-width-right:350:''MONEY PLEEAAAAAASE!!'']]

[[caption-width-right:350: ''I need you to be Buddha on quaaludes.'']]
Jean-Ralphio and Mona Lisa's father. He finds his layabout offspring to be a huge disappointment.

[[caption-width-right:350: ''I guess my thoughts on abortion are, yknow, let's just all have a good time.'']]

* TheScrappy: She's this InUniverse. While Jean-Ralphio is at least liked by Tom, ''everyone'' hates Mona Lisa, including her brother, her father, and her boyfriend.

* AnythingThatMoves: Is ''perfectly'' open to having a foursome with Tom, Craig (a total stranger), and [[{{Twincest}} her own brother]]. The one exception to this is Garry (unsurprisingly), whom she gives a "hard pass" to.

* InsultBackfire: Any attempt to call her out on her horrific behavior or tell her that she's impossibly spoiled and childish results in her ''agreeing'' with the statement. She knows she's a greedy, manipulative, and selfish, and doesn't particularly care.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: She acts like a very vapid BrainlessBeauty in her first appearance, but later seasons show that there is in fact a scheming businesswoman underneath that smile. Her dimwitted Beauty Queen persona from her past might well have been just that, a persona, as it was made perfectly clear that this is what usually wins at such events. While she is certainly shallow and amoral, she is more savvy and convincing than she first appears.

->''"I heard 'sack of flour' and 'high school'. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Are you ding dongs making fake drugs for sophomores?]] Because if true, this guy wants in!"''

Tom's partner-in-crime who is (even more) slimy and obnoxious. He's hilarious just from his hairstyle to his eccentric personality. Outright hated by Ron and Donna.

* AnythingThatMoves: Is ''perfectly'' open to having a foursome with Tom, Craig (a total stranger), and [[{{Twincest}} her own brother]]. The one exception to this is Garry (unsurprisingly), whom she gives a "hard pass" to.

* FlatCharacter: Openly admits to the point of pride that he is exactly as vapid and shallow as he seems, and has no sort of HiddenDepths to speak of. Tom's development becomes more pronounced when put next to him as a result.

!!Nick Newport, Sr. [-(Christopher Murray)-]

!!Jessica Wicks [-(Susan Yeagley)-]

!!Nick Newport, Jr. [-(Gary Weeks)-]