History Characters / ParksAndRecreationRelatives

* WomenAreWiser: She and Tom have similar interests and senses of humor, but she's much more levelheaded than him, especially before he undergoes some CharacterDevelopment.

* SkipToTheEnd: {{Inverted}}. It took Ron ''two hours'' to get through his wedding vows at the altar with her, although the reason had nothing do with her -- Ron just disliked being told what to do so much that after the priest said "repeat after me" he fell silent and kept everyone waiting.

-->'''Lucy:''' Ten Cosmos, eight Smirnoff Ices, and everything else starts with the word "pomegranate". Aw, was it your bachelorette party?
-->'''Tom:''' No, I invited a bunch of girls here last night, and they all put drinks on my tab. And then I went home alone. I'm not sure what happened.
-->'''Lucy:''' You invited a bunch of girls here and tried to hit on all of 'em.
-->'''Tom:''' Fair enough.
-->'''Lucy:''' I mean, what were you expecting was going to happen, a 43-way?
-->'''Tom''': (chuckling) That would have been a little out of control.
-->'''Lucy:''' But awesome.
-->'''Tom:''' Yeah. The problem is I only have fifteen penises, so there would have been twenty-eight girls that were really upset with me. (both laugh)

* {{Open Minded Parent}}s: A deleted scene from "April and Andy's Fancy Party" shows that Larry and Rita are completely okay with April marrying Andy so soon after she began dating him. Apparently, it helps that Andy's actually straight unlike Derek, and isn't a weirdo like Orin.

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* UglyGuysHotDaughter: She and her two sisters are incredibly beautiful.

Ron's girlfriend in Season 5. She is a middle-school vice principal with two young daughters named Ivy [-(Rylan Lee)-] and Zoey [-(Sadie Salazar)-]. According to Leslie and Ron himself, she is perfect for Ron. They are married at the start of Season 6.

* HappilyMarried: To Ron as of Season 6.

* OutOfFocus: While it's confirmed by some dialogue that she and Ron are still married, Diane doesn't show up in the final season. Especially noticeable because Ron makes some important life decisions and their relationship was always portrayed as healthy enough for them to make those sorts of choices together.

* BaitAndSwitch: Donna describing Joe as "her Tammy" lead Ron to believe that Joe is a monstrous, controlling abuser like Tammy 1 and Tammy 2. Turns out he's actually a NiceGuy and Donna was referring to their incompatibility, and Ron calls her out on the unfair comparison.

April's family, consisting of father Larry, mother Rita, and sister Natalie.

!! Marlene Griggs-Knope [-(Creator/PamelaReed)-]

!!Tamara "Tammy" Swanson [-(Creator/PaulaPell)-]

!!Tammy Swanson "One" [-(Creator/PatriciaClarkson)-]

!!Tammy Swanson "Two" [-(Creator/MeganMullally)-]

!!Diane Elizabeth Lewis [-(Creator/LucyLawless)-]
Ron's girlfriend in season five. She is a middle-school vice principal with two young daughters named Ivy [-(Rylan Lee)-] and Zoey [-(Sadie Salazar)-]. According to Leslie and Ron himself, she is perfect for Ron. They are married at the start of Season 6.

!!Wendy Haverford [-(Creator/JamaWilliamson)-]

!!Lucy [-(Creator/NatalieMorales)-]
A bartender Tom dates in Season 2. [[spoiler:They reconnect in Season 7, getting engaged in the penultimate episode and are implied to be married in the DistantFinale]].

!!Gayle Gergich [-(Creator/ChristieBrinkley)-]

!!Millicent Gergich [-(Creator/SarahWright)-]

!!Joe [-(Creator/KeeganMichaelKey)-]
An elementary school music teacher and ex-boyfriend of Donna's, whom she begins dating again in season 6. [[spoiler:They get married in season 7's aptly-titled "Donna & Joe"]].

April's family, consisting of father Larry (John Ellison Conlee), mother Rita (Creator/TerriHoyos), and sister Natalie (Minni Jo).

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* GodzillaThreshold: Leslie recruits Tamara to save Ron from Tammy One, after he becomes a HenpeckedHusband due to her influence.

A bartender Tom dates in Season 2. [[spoiler:They reconnect in season 7, getting engaged in the penultimate episode and are implied to be married in the DistantFinale]].

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Most likely the basis of her and Garry's marriage. He's not much of a looker, but he's a ridiculously sweet guy and loving father, and Gayle genuinely adores him.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Ben is especially flabbergasted by the Gergich's relationship, but no one can understand it.

* FriendToAllChildren: Appears to be one; he knows exactly how to politely calm Ron's stepdaughters down when he sees them bothering Ron, and he seems to be a very popular teacher at the school he works at.

* DysfunctionalFamily: To the point that no more than three Meagles are allowed on an international flight together. During Donna's wedding, April's job is to stop the family from causing any trouble. She ends up rounding up all the "troublemakers" in the kitchen and putting the fear of God into them. (And making Ginuwine cry in the process.)

* ThisIsUnforgivable: PlayedForLaughs -- every member in the Meagle family has a grudge against some other member that they won't let go of.

* {{Fangirl}}: Rita owns all of Duke Silver's albums (although curiously, while her daughter recognized Ron was Duke as soon as she met him, Rita herself didn't see it).

* TheGhost: ''Only'' mentioned when Andy admits to provoking a goose into attacking her.

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!!Lucy [-(Creator/NatalieMorales)-]
A bartender Tom dates in Season 2. [[spoiler:They reconnect in season 7, getting engaged in the penultimate episode and are implied to be married in the DistantFinale]].

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Tom.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's how she puts up with Tom.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When she first appears, it's as a bartender at the Snakehole Lounge while Tom is settling his bill, showing how snarky she is and how well she can read Tom, but also why they click so well:
-->'''Lucy:''' Ten Cosmos, eight Smirnoff Ices, and everything else starts with the word "pomegranate". Aw, was it your bachelorette party?
-->'''Tom:''' No, I invited a bunch of girls here last night, and they all put drinks on my tab. And then I went home alone. I'm not sure what happened.
-->'''Lucy:''' You invited a bunch of girls here and tried to hit on all of 'em.
-->'''Tom:''' Fair enough.
-->'''Lucy:''' I mean, what were you expecting was going to happen, a 43-way?
-->'''Tom''': (chuckling) That would have been a little out of control.
-->'''Lucy:''' But awesome.
-->'''Tom:''' Yeah. The problem is I only have fifteen penises, so there would have been twenty-eight girls that were really upset with me. (both laugh)
* NiceGirl: She's a sweet and friendly person.
* OnlyOneName: Her last name isn't given in the show, though supplementary info reveals it's Santodomingo.
* TokenMinorityCouple: She's Cuban, and partnered with the Indian Tom.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: She states that she enjoys how easy it is to throw Tom around.
* WomenAreWiser: She and Tom have similar interests and senses of humor, but she's much more levelheaded than him, especially before he undergoes some CharacterDevelopment.

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!!The Meagles
Donna's family, the most passive-aggressive group of people that ever lived. Includes Donna's brothers, George and [=LeVondrias=], and her cousin, the singer Ginuwine.

* DysfunctionalFamily: To the point that no more than three Meagles are allowed on an international flight together. During Donna's wedding, April's job is to stop the family from causing any trouble. She ends up rounding up all the "troublemakers" in the kitchen and putting the fear of God into them. (And making Ginuwine cry in the process.)
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Everyone in this family snipes at each other ''all the time'' over some kind of NoodleIncident that happened ''years'' ago.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: PlayedForLaughs -- every member in the Meagle family has a grudge against some other member that they won't let go of.
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* OppositesAttract: Why they originally didn't work out. Joe is a gregarious NiceGuy who contrasts with the dramatic, adventurous Donna, and Donna felt that her steady relationship with him was "too boring". Ron calls her on this, and she gives him another shot with the understanding that he won't try to change her. [[spoiler:It works out so well they end up married.

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* BaitAndSwitch:

* GoldDigger: A literal example - she's trying to find Ron's hidden stash of gold.

* SkipToTheEnd: {{Inverted}}. It took Ron ''two hours'' to get through his wedding vows at the altar with her, although the reason had nothing do with her - Ron just disliked being told what to do so much that after the priest said "repeat after me" he fell silent and kept everyone waiting.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: PlayedForLaughs - every member in the Meagle family has a grudge against some other member that they won't let go of.

Leslie's mother and "a big mucky-muck in the county school system". Has shades of {{Meddling Parent|s}} and [[WellDoneSonGuy 'Well Done, Daughter' Girl]]. Leslie's father has been [[DisappearedDad dead]] since she was ten years old, which was first implied in a throwaway line explaining that 'he lives in Florida, in a cemetery' and later made explicit in the fifth season. "Galentine's Day" states she was born on March 5, 1953, the same day that Joseph Stalin died.

A teacher whom Donna begins dating in the sixth season. [[spoiler:They get married in season 7's aptly-titled "Donna & Joe"]].

* CovertPervert: Despite his general wholesomeness, pretty much every conversation he and Donna have is charged with sexual innuendo, and he seems ''very'' invested in seeing Donna wear a revealing outfit they refer to as "the red thing".
* FriendToAllChildren: Appears to be this.
* NewOldFlame: He and Donna apparently broke up and got together again several times in the past before they begin dating seriously in Season 6. Donna even compares their relationship to Ron's past marriages.
* NiceGuy: To the point that Donna originally broke up with him because she's used to messed up guys.
* OnlyOneName: His last name isn't given, even at his wedding.

* BrainyBrunette: Is a surgeon.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: ''Extremely'' inverted. She's a toxic ManipulativeBitch, but she and Ron have downright ''explosive'' sex.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Implied, given how HappilyMarried she and Garry are, and how... well-endowed he is.

Ron's mother, aka "Tammy Zero". Even more reclusive than her son, and a gun nut.

* GoshDangItToHeck: If she gets ''very'' angry with Garry, she'll call him the B-word: [[spoiler: Bozo.]]

* CrazySurvivalist: She lives alone in a secluded cabin far from civilization, lives off the land, has a whole room filled with nothing but guns, and she generally acts a lot like her son turned UpToEleven.

-->'''Chris:''' I've thought a lot about it, there is no logical explanation.

* AbsenteeActor: Doesn't appear in season 7 at all. There's plenty of dialogue reminding viewers that she exists and is still HappilyMarried to Ron, however.

* TokenMinorityCouple: With Donna (both black...ish).

* TokenMinorityCouple: With Indian Tom.