History Recap / ParksAndRecreationS02E10

* ShipTease: The first seeds of this begin between April and Andy in this episode.

As the group tries to figure out who shot Ron, Tom suggests that someone outside their group shot him, making everyone paranoid. When a noise is heard outside, Tom tries to shoot whoever it is, but it turns out to be Donna's Mercedes guy.

* AccuserOfTheBrethren: Ron continually berates Leslie when he thinks she's the one who shot him. After learning the truth, he immediately apologizes to her and then turns it over to Tom, refusing to take his apology.

* DumbBlonde: When the park ranger refuses to believe Leslie's perfectly plausible explanation for how she shot Ron, she comes up with a hurricane of excuses to make her look like this, correctly figuring that if the ranger thinks she was genuinely negligent then there'll be trouble, but if she comes across like a clumsy idiot then he'll let her off the hook.

* PottyEmergency: April deals with one when she's left on hold for for an extremely long time by the State Parks Department.
* ARealManIsAKiller: Leslie tries to prove she's one of the guys by joining Ron's annual bird hunting trip. She claims to be a good hunter and does down a few birds.

* StrawFeminist: Leslie abuses this for comedic value: she says that Ron won't take her to the hunting trip because she's a woman. She also makes chauvinist comments about herself, hoping that pointing out that she is a woman will keep a sexist park ranger off her back.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So, did the State Parks Department finally answer April's call or did she spend a day waiting for nothing? In a deleted scene, [[spoiler:someone finally picks up, April reads out the number and confirms they did get the delivery, then asks them to put her on hold again.]]

After the ranger leaves, Ron berates Leslie for shooting him. Ann finally gets fed up and reveals that Tom was the one who shot Ron and Leslie took the blame because Tom doesn't have a hunting license. Ron tells Leslie she "did good" by covering for Tom and apologizes for yelling at her.

* AccuserOfTheBrethren: Ron refuses to accept apologies from both Tom and Leslie.

* AsideGlance: April gives a lot of these in this episode because she's self-conscious about flirting with Andy on-camera.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So, did the State Parks Department finally answer April's call or did she spend a day waiting for nothing? In a deleted scene, [[spoilers:someone finally picks up, April reads out the number and confirms they did get the delivery, then asks them to put her on hold again.]]

While they are away, Leslie has April call the state parks office to verify the budget documentation for the Lot 48 project. What should be a simple job, however, has April waiting on hold at the phone for hours. When she desperately has to use the restroom, Andy agrees to wait by the phone. When she returns, the two start to bond by making up their own lyrics to the hold music, playing a non-water game of Marco Polo around the office, and seeing who can make the best spit-take.

The next day, Ann is not impressed by Andy's attempts to make her jealous while the Parks Department holds a welcome-back party for Ron after he spent some time recuperating in the hospital.

* DumbBlonde: When the cop refuses to believe Leslie's perfectly plausible explanation for how she shot Ron, she comes up with a hurricane of excuses to make her look like this, correctly figuring that if the cop thinks she was genuinely negligent then there'll be trouble, but if she comes across like a Dumb Blonde then he'll excuse her.

* PottyEmergency: April deals with one when she's left on hold for hours by the state parks department.

* StrawMisogynist: The Ranger who responds to the emergency is like this. Leslie plays into it to manipulate him.

* WhatTheHellHero: Ann angrily calls Tom out for letting Leslie take the blame.

* StrawFeminist: Leslie abuses this for comedic value: she says that Ron won't take her to the hunting trip because she's a woman. She also makes chauvinist comments about herself, hoping that pointing out that she is a woman will make Ron less angry about being shot.

It is time for Ron, Jerry and Mark to do their "annual trail survey". Leslie is disgusted, because they're actually going hunting, staying at the park rangers' cabin. Leslie complains to Ron and convinces him to let Tom and the women join.

While they are away, Leslie has April call the state parks office to verify the budget documentation for the Lot 48 project. April spends a long time on hold in the empty Parks Department. When she has to use the bathroom, she gets Andy to man the phone for her. They play games while waiting for April's phone call.

After a safety briefing and a toast, the group sets out in pairs on their hunting adventure. Leslie goes with Ron, who has no problem with women joining them; he just doesn't like change. They make a wager over who can shoot the most birds. Leslie proves herself a capable hunter, while Ann learns how to shoot targets with Mark. However, the trip takes a sudden turn when Ron gets shot in the head and has to be brought back to the cabin. Although the injury isn't fatal, he's in a lot of pain and is utterly furious at whoever did this. Leslie calls a ranger over while Ann takes care of Ron. Donna then freaks out when she sees the window of her Mercedes was shattered.

Throughout the day, Andy and April bond as they have fun in the empty Parks office. When Andy says he's jealous of how Ann and Mark are on the hunting trip together, April offers to help Andy make Ann jealous by giving him a hickey. He's apprehensive at first but then agrees.

After the ranger leaves, Ron berates Leslie for shooting him. Ann finally gets fed up and reveals that Tom was the one who shot Ron. Leslie took the blame because Tom doesn't have a hunting license. Ron tells Leslie she "did good" by covering for Tom and apologizes for yelling at her.

The next day, Ann is not impressed by Andy's attempts to make her jealous while the Parks Department holds a welcome-back party for Ron.

** The ''only'' gun safety rule that gets mentioned is, "don't point your gun at a person; that includes yourself," and that one rule is soon broken.
* AsideGlance: April gives a lot of these in this episode, because she's self-conscious about flirting with Andy on-camera.

* PetTheDog: Uncharacteristically, everyone actually treats Jerry decently. In fact, it's even shown that he has something of a friendship with Mark and Ron, since the three are surprisingly very amicable during the hunting trip itself. Maybe some of the cast respects Jerry after all.

* ShipTease: Between April and Andy.

* FallGuy: [[spoiler:Tom]] was the one who shot Ron, and Leslie covers up for him to spare him Ron's wrath.

* OneOfTheGuys: Leslie wants to prove herself to be this. [[spoiler: It works, but only because Tom admits that she covered for him after the shooting accident. Ron is immediately impressed and actually calls Leslie "a real stand-up guy".]]

* ARealManIsAKiller: Leslie tries to prove she's one of the guys by joining Ron's annual bird hunting trip. She claims to be a good hunter, and does down a few birds.

While they are away, Leslie has April call the state parks office to verify the budget documentation for the lot 48 project.

April spends a long time on hold in the empty Parks department. When she has to use the bathroom, she gets Andy to man the phone for her. They play games while waiting for April's phone call.

After a safety briefing and a toast, the group sets out in pairs on their hunting adventure. Leslie goes with Ron, who has no problem with women joining them; he just doesn't like change. They make a wager over who will shoot the most birds.
Ron gets shot in the head and has to be brought back to the cabin. He's very angry at whoever did it. Leslie calls a ranger over, and Ann takes care of Ron. Donna freaks out because her Mercedes was also hit.

Tom suggests that someone outside their group shot Ron, making everyone paranoid. When a noise is heard outside, Tom tries to shoot whoever it is, but it turns out to be Donna's Mercedes guy.

Ann tells Leslie she knows who shot Ron. A ranger shows up, and Leslie takes the blame. The sexist ranger questions her, and Leslie at first states her competence with guns but then pretends to be a clueless female.

April offers to help Andy make Ann jealous by giving him a hickey. He demurs at first but then agrees.

After the ranger leaves, Ron berates Leslie for shooting him. Ann finally gets fed up and rats on Tom, who really shot Ron. Leslie took the blame because Tom doesn't have a license. Ron tells Leslie she "did good" by covering for Tom and apologizes for yelling at her.

Later, Ann is not impressed by Andy's attempts to make her jealous. The Parks department holds a welcome-back party for Ron.

* BeneathTheMask: Jerry briefly explains in one of the interview sections that thanks to living in a house with only women the hunting trip is (or rather was) the only time he gets to relax and act masculine.

'''Leslie:''' You're right--he loves the back of his head. He would ''never'' shoot himself there.

* FallGuy: [[spoiler: Tom]] was the one who shot Ron, and Leslie covers up for him to spare him Ron's wrath.

* ARealManIsAKiller: Leslie tries to prove she's one of the guys by joining Ron's annual bird hunting trip. She claims to be a good hunter, though [[InformedAttribute we never really see much evidence one way or the other.]]

* BehindTheMask: Jerry briefly explains in one of the interview sections that thanks to living in a house with only women the hunting trip is (or rather was) the only time he gets to relax and act masculine.

* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: After Ron gets shot in the head, Tom asks the others how angry Ron is on a scale of 1 to ChrisBrown.

Leslie convinces Ron to take her, Ann, Tom and Donna to his annual guys-only hunting trip, but things go south when someone shoots Ron in the head. Meanwhile, April and Andy have some time alone in the office.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Andy doesn't understand that in order to induce a spit take, he has to say something actually surprising.

* MadeOfIron: Ron was shot in the back of the head (albeit from a distance), and all it really does and lead to some bleeding and him in enraged pain.

* TooDumbToLive: Donna, when she [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety looks into the barrel of her rifle]].

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Andy doesn't know he should say something surprising to induce a spit take.
* FallGuy: Tom was the one who shot Ron and Leslie covers up for him to spare him Ron's wrath.
* MadeOfIron: Ron was shot in the back of the head with a hunting rifle (albeit from a decent distance), and all it really does and lead to some bleeding and him in enraged pain.
* OneOfTheGuys: Leslie wants to prove herself to be this.

* StrawFeminist: Leslie abuses this for comedic value - she blames Ron for not taking her to the hunting trip due to her being a woman. She also makes chauvinist comments about herself, hoping that pointing out that she is a woman will make Ron less angry about being shot.

* TakingTheFall: Tom was the one who shot Ron and Leslie covers up for him to spare him Ron's wrath.

* WhatTheHellHero: Ann's reaction to Tom letting Leslie take the blame.

'''Hunting Trip'''

Leslie convinces Ron to take her, Ann, Tom and Donna in his guys-only hunting trip, but things go weird when someone shoots Ron in the head. April and Andy have some time alone in the office.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Andy doesn't know he should make a comment during a spit take something surprising.
* OneOfTheGuys: Leslie wants to prove to be this.

* ScreamingWoman: Donna, going into OverlyLongScream after a while.

* SpitTake: April and Andy try doing this.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: The basis of Andy and April's friendship.
* StrawFeminist: Leslie abuses this for comedic value, she blames Ron of not taking her due to her being a woman. She also makes chauvinist comments about herself, believing that pointing out that she is a woman will work in favor of the accusations of the guard.

* TooDumbToLive: Donna, but downplayed, when she points her gun to herself believing it to be a trick question.
** Tom, who went hunting without a hunting license, something that Ron blames him for it.
* WhatTheHellHero: Ann's reaction to Tom letting Leslie take the blame.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Tom mentions various things they need to do in case they are being followed by the Predator, Donna seems to know a bit as well, but the seires have nothing to do with aliens.