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5	!Government Employees
6	[[folder:Ethel Beavers]]
7	!!Ethel Beavers
8	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HelenSlaytonHughes
9
10	A very old woman who works in the dreaded fourth floor of City Hall and is also a court stenographer. In "Two Funerals" we find out she had an affair with the late Mayor Gunderson who had an open marriage with his wife.
11	----
12	* BrutalHonesty: When Leslie asks Ethel what she thinks her chances in her trial are in "The Trial of Leslie Knope", Ethel doesn't sugarcoat her belief of what the outcome will be (50-50 at best, 60-40 against when betting money on it).
13	* CoolOldLady: April even wants to adopt Ethel as her grandmother.
14	* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally plays this role.
15	* TheMistress: Subverted. [[spoiler:She was dating Mayor Gunderson, but he and his wife had an open marriage, and all parties were fully aware and 100% on board with the situation.]]
16	* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: She doesn't sugarcoat her words and has a very blunt and snarky tone when interacting with other people, especially if they're at least a few decades younger than her.
17	* SecretRelationship: Had one of these with [[spoiler:the late Mayor Gunderson]].
18	[[/folder]]
19
20	[[folder:Jeremy Jamm]]
21	!!Jeremy Jamm
22	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_12_at_50039_pm.png]]
23	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JonGlaser
24
25	City councilman, orthodontist and {{Jerkass}} extraordinaire who generally opposes everything Leslie does on principle. As time goes on, it becomes clear that he's also a lonely and pathetic man who desperately needs a friend.
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27	* AlliterativeName: '''J'''eremy '''J'''amm.
28	* BreakTheHaughty: While dating Tammy Two. Her attempts to turn him into a clone of Ron turn him into a hollow shell of a man.
29	* CardCarryingVillain: Practically brags that he uses underhanded tactics like fear-mongering and demonisation and takes positions for purely self-serving reasons. In "Gin It Up!" he calls a hearing over a tweet in order to undermine the Parks and Rec department and waste Leslie's time; he freely and publicly admits that he is blowing things out of proportion, conducting a witch hunt and looking to score political points. In "Flouride" he admits that he opposes putting fluoride in the Pawnee water supply only because he is a dentist and he doesn't want people's teeth to get better. And in "The Cones of Dunshire", he says Leslie is the Superman to his Lex Luthor, preferring to be the supervillain because Lex is rich.
30	* CharacterCatchphrase: "You just got Jammed!"
31	* CoolCar: He's very proud of his yellow Corvette.
32	-->'''Jamm:''' I once got an Asian girl to sit in it!
33	* DemotedToExtra: A prominent antagonist in Seasons 5 and 6, he only gets a couple of appearances in Season 7, one of which is just a cameo in the finale.
34	* DepravedDentist: Well, he's depraved at everything else, but he does seem to be competent in his day job.
35	* EmptyShell: Tammy 2 turned him into this while they were dating. Jamm ends up so depressed and broken that Leslie and Ron, who ''hate'' Jamm, felt morally obligated to put their vendetta at the time aside and help him get out of the relationship.
36	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's introduced by having Leslie walk in on him in the private bathroom attached to her councilor's office. He then refuses to take "no" for an answer when she tries to prevent this from continuing into the future.
37	* EvilerThanThou: On the receiving end of this when he starts dating Tammy 2.
38	* ForeignCultureFetish: In "The Cones of Dunshire" he is shown to have a fetish for East Asian culture.
39	* HatedByAll: Jamm is not liked by all that many people. He exists largely so Leslie can have an annoying enemy on the council, and even has his own lackeys who encourage his dickwad behavior.
40	* HateSink: Quite possibly the biggest {{Jerkass}} in the show, whose sole purpose in life seems to be to antagonize Leslie and be completely incompetent as a councilman.
41	* HazyFeelTurn: He never explicitly renounces his selfish ways, but he becomes far more sympathetic after being abused by Tammy 2 and he grows to have a genuine fondness for Ron and Leslie and no longer undermines their efforts.
42	* HummerDinger: Owns the TropeNamer, also in yellow.
43	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: It's very telling that, when Leslie needed his support on an issue, the hoops he forced her to jump through were having breakfast with him and singing karaoke with him. He also calls Leslie and Ron his two best friends in the world, even though neither of them can stand him.
44	* {{Jerkass}}: Especially to Leslie, even though he considers her [[FriendlyEnemy a friend]].
45	* KarmaHoudini: Jamm several times admits, in public and at one point in front of an entire wedding, that he financially benefits from many of the issues before the city council, up to and including accepting bribes.
46	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[FateWorseThanDeath His time with Tammy 2]] definitely makes up for all the shit he got away with.
47	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Tries to obstruct anything Leslie does on principle.
48	* OccidentalOtaku: His collection of Japanese memorabilia suggests this. He even becomes a teppanyaki chef in the DistantFinale.
49	* PetTheDog: Played for laughs when he repays Leslie and Ron for helping him escape an abusive relationship with Tammy Two. He holds a deciding vote in a dispute over land that Leslie and Ron both want and after they help him he abstains from the vote, feeling equal gratitude for both but not wanting to help one at the cost of the other. Though he's sincere, this ultimately helps neither of them.
50	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: One of the most regular antagonists and he makes no attempts to be politically correct. Ever. However, even he squirms under Ken Hotate.
51	* SitcomArchNemesis: One of Leslie's many, and her most prominent in Seasons 5 and 6.
52	* SmugSnake: He clearly sees himself as some sort of devious mastermind but he usually gets outplayed by the main characters or shoots himself in the foot, such as when he has to drop his lawsuit against Ron for punching him in the face when the team find out that he lied 11 times in his affidavit.
53	* StealingTheCredit: Whenever he hears an idea that he likes he openly announces that he is going to tell people that it was his, and if this happens in a meeting he says he wants ''the record'' to show that, even in cases where he was arguing the opposing view for his own benefit.
54	* TookALevelInKindness: In the series finale, while he's still a bit of jerk, he does do some kind gestures for Leslie, including giving her a painting of them posing like John Lennon and Yoko Ono as a parting gift.
55	* VitriolicBestBuds: Oddly, he genuinely considers Leslie to be his best friend, and presumably sees their relationship as friendly sniping. Leslie doesn't return the sentiment, at ''all''.
56	* WickedPretentious: Despite his Asian cultural interests, he mispronounces words and cooks regular American breakfasts as if they were Japanese dishes (although the DistantFinale implies that he does genuinely go on to become a successful Japanese chef); he also tries to lure people to his own rock concert by singing generic rock words that don't belong to any particular song and doesn't see the issue.
57	[[/folder]]
58
59	[[folder:Bill Dexhart]]
60	!!Bill Dexhart
61	!!!'''Played By:''' Kevin Symons
62
63	City councilman. An incredibly SleazyPolitician who is usually involved in some kind of sex scandal.
64	----
65	* CorruptPolitician: A sexual deviant who will do anything to win and stays in office due to a combination of living in the worst district in town and playing incredibly dirty.
66	* DoubleStandard: Enjoys the benefits of this. Whenever a sex scandal crops up, it's the women around him who get lambasted rather than Dexhart himself, such as his wife for [[WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack staying with him despite his many infidelities]], or suspected mistress Leslie Knope for [[SlutShaming "throwing herself at him."]]
67	* ExtremeOmnisexual: Whenever a sex scandal comes up, expect it to involve multiple people of any gender identification, age, profession, etc.
68	* {{Jerkass}}: He stays in office despite his many sex scandals only because he runs scorched-earth negative campaigns to make his opponents look even worse than he does.
69	* KavorkaMan: His sexual exploits are genuinely impressive, if only because he's not notably attractive but manages to bed a ridiculous number of women.
70	* RunningGag: Whenever Dexhart is mentioned, he's usually at the center of another sex scandal.
71	* TheBusCameBack: While he never actually went anywhere, he first showed up in Season 2 where he drags Leslie into his sordid sex scandals, then largely disappears until Season 5 once Leslie joins the City Council.
72	* TookALevelInJerkass: Subverted, as he has likely never been a likable person to begin with, but during his brief appearance in season 1, his sex scandals come off as more funny given the sheer ridiculousness of them. Even during his first appearance in season 2, he starts off as simply someone to make jokes about during the city council roast. But once he targets Leslie by falsely claiming she had slept with him, it becomes clear he has always been a terrible person under the silly jokes about his infidelity.
73	[[/folder]]
74
75	[[folder:Fielding Milton]]
76	!!Fielding Milton
77	!!!'''Played By:''' James Greene
78
79	City councilman since 1948. Mostly a source of [[RacistGrandma Racist Grandpa]] jokes.
80	----
81	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Not necessarily an out-and-out villain, but he's a noted racist and sexist who regularly tries to down-talk Leslie and treats Tom like an errand boy.
82	* RacistGrandpa: As noted above. He originally ran for office on a promise to re-segregate baseball.
83	* SeniorSleepCycle: Often dozes during meetings. In fact, many jokes are made about him being older than dirt.
84	[[/folder]]
85
86	[[folder:Douglass Howser]]
87	!!Douglass Howser
88	!!!'''Played By:''' Yvans Jourdain
89
90	City councilman. Seems to be a StraightMan. A RunningGag involves Leslie running into him in awkward situations and her using the opportunity to try and talk about some issue.
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92	* BaldOfAuthority: He seems to be the City Council's president/chairman/whatever (he sits in the middle and his chair is on a raised platform). He is also bald.
93	* NotSoAboveItAll: In spite of his usual TheComicallySerious role, he laughs when Leslie dumps a pitcher of margarita on Jamm's head. Considering he has to work with the guy, this is completely understandable.
94	* OnlySaneMan: On the city council. You've got overzealous Leslie, sleazy Jamm, sex-scandal-prone Dexhart, [[RacistGrandma Racist Grandpa]] Milton, and then Howser, whose only quirk is a propensity to keep running into Leslie at inconvenient times.
95	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Although Howser doesn't seem to appreciate Leslie's antics, he almost always voted with her during her stint on the city council. He's also visibly disgusted by Jamm and Dexhart's blatant corruption and reins it in when he can.
96	* ShoutOut: One wonders if [[Series/DoogieHowserMD he's a doctor]].
97	[[/folder]]
98
99	[[folder:Larry Pillner]]
100	!!Larry Pillner
101	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BradleyWhitford
102
103	The city councilor whose seat Leslie and Bobby are campaigning to fill in Season 4.
104
105	* BeleagueredBureaucrat: Has shades of this when giving his "live ammo" speech to Leslie.
106	* CastingGag: Much like his old ''Series/TheWestWing'' co-star Creator/RobLowe plays Chris Traeger, Bradley Whitford plays Councilman Pillner in this series.
107	* {{Expy}}: Similar to how Chris Traeger is practically like a more comedic Sam Seaborn, Councilman Pillner comes across as an older and more world-weary Josh Lyman.
108	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Generally tries to be one, being measured and calm in the face of Leslie's zealousness.
109
110	[[/folder]]
111
112	[[folder:Ingrid de Forest]]
113	!!Ingrid de Forest
114	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KristenBell
115
116	A resident of the former Eagleton and Leslie's replacement on the city council.
117	----
118	* AntiVillain: She runs for City Council against Leslie during the recall election arc purely in her hometown's interest.
119	* HistoryWithCelebrity: Name-drops a few. Apparently, she and Karl Lagerfeld partied together on one of her yachts.
120	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Quite mean at first, but later shows herself to be a great politician who honestly cares about the former Eagletonians.
121	* RichBitch: Like the other Eagletonians, she happily rubs her wealth in the faces of the poorer Pawnee residents. After the town goes bankrupt (and she likely has lost her own money too), she mellows out.
122	* WorthyOpponent: Considers Leslie this after running against her.
123	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Seems to have vanished after the TimeSkip; the one time a City Council vote is shown, there's simply an empty seat with the nameplate simply reading "Councilwoman".
124	[[/folder]]
125
126	[[folder:Wreston St. James]]
127	!!Wreston St. James
128	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BradHall
129
130	A resident of the former Eagleton and Eagleton's esteemed architect. He works with Leslie and Ben to finalize plans for Lot 48.
131	----
132	* EveryoneHasStandards: After he learns that two of his employees attempted to sabotage his plans for the park with Leslie and Ben, he's rightfully furious and has them fired for going against his instructions.
133	* GoodIsNotSoft: Tells Leslie that her constant antagonizing of him isn't helping despite him making a genuine effort to be on friendly terms. He also fires two of his employees after he trusted them to deliver a model of Lot 48, but they ended up pranking Leslie and Ben, which explicitly went against his wishes.
134	* NiceGuy: In comparison to other Eagletonians, he's much more pleasant to be around.
135	* TokenGoodTeammate: From Leslie's perspective, Wreston is the only good Eagletonian who doesn't continue their ongoing feud and actively goes out of his way to make sure she loves and approves of his design for Lot 48. Ben even invites him to his and Leslie's wedding.
136	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Vanished after appearing at Leslie and Ben's wedding.
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder:Dave Sanderson]]
140	!!Dave Sanderson
141	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LouisCK
142
143	Leslie's boyfriend in Season 2. A bumbling cop. Their relationship is cut short due to Dave joining the Army Reserve and moving to San Diego, but he comes back in Season 4's "Dave Returns" and [[TheMissusAndTheEx awkwardly interacts with Ben]].
144	----
145	* FriendOnTheForce: Tries to be this for Leslie and the Parks Department in "Greg Pikitis", but between his reluctance to stray too close to the line and Leslie getting ''way'' too emotionally invested in the problem at hand, it doesn't work out well for anyone involved.
146	* {{Malaproper}}: Frequently misspeaks and strings his words together incorrectly.
147	* NiceGuy: He's a pleasant if bumbling man.
148	* PutOnABus: Has to move to San Diego in Season 2 to fulfill his obligation to the Army Reserve.
149	** TheBusCameBack: For the Season 4 episode aptly named "Dave Returns."
150	* SecondLove: He was Leslie's first serious boyfriend since she finally moved on after spending nearly five whole years hung up on Mark. They don't last, but the relationship gives her the courage to be more outgoing with her feelings, and ultimately gets her together with Ben.
151	* TookALevelInJerkass: When he's seen again in Season 4, he's a good deal more unhinged than when he departed in Season 2, still hung up over his feelings for Leslie, expecting her to return them, and even going so far as to handcuff Ben to a urinal in the restaurant they were all in.
152	** JerkassRealization: When he realizes what he's done, he lets Ben go and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wishes the best for Leslie]].
153	* VerbalTic: Speaks in very blunt, straightforward sentences.
154	[[/folder]]
155
156	[[folder:Ron Dunn]]
157	!!Ron Dunn
158	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SamElliott
159
160	Ron Swanson's counterpart from the Eagleton parks and recreation department. He is superficially identical to Ron Swanson, until it transpires he is a NewAgeRetroHippie and generally Ron Swanson's political and philosophical opposite in every way. Although he does not stay in the combined parks department for long, he shows up twice more in the series.
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162	* ActualPacifist: Says that if Ron attacks him, he won't fight back.
163	* BourgeoisBohemian: Worked for the Eagleton government and has a very hippie mindset.
164	* CoolOldGuy: He is a calm, chilled, easygoing guy who gives out positive advice and wishes everyone well. Naturally, Ron hates him.
165	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: He believes in spirit animals and is seemingly able to summon his own (a falcon) at will. He also believes in astrology and guesses that Ron Swanson is a Taurus -- Ron never tells anyone his birthday, but he alluded in a later episode that it was in the springtime, meaning that Taurus is a possibility.
166	* ShadowArchetype: He is basically Ron if he was a vegan hippie instead of a carnivorous hunter.
167	* SitcomArchNemesis: Ron Swanson seems to regard him as one, though Dunn naturally doesn't consider anyone his enemy.
168	[[/folder]]
169
170	[[folder:Brett and Harris]]
171	!!Brett Hull and Harris Wittels
172	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ColtonDunn and Harris Wittels
173
174	Two stoned morons who work at Pawnee Animal Control and are the major reason for its massive incompetence in catching animals. They are fired in Season 5 and later end up squatting in the basement of City Hall.
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176	* AMFMCharacterization: Harris is a fan of Music/{{Phish}} and has seen over 300 of their concerts, [[ActorAllusion just like his actor had]]. Harris is also a [[TheStoner huge stoner]], stereotypical of Phish fans.
177	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Due to being high in all of their appearances.
178	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: They join the "Recall Leslie Knope" rally, thinking it's a rally to legalize marijuana.
179	* InsultBackfire: When Leslie describes the animal control department as being run by two moronic stoners, Harris thinks it's a compliment.
180	* LethallyStupid: When Leslie ordered Brett to pretend to kill every bird in Pawnee for the avian flu crisis simulation, Brett doesn't get the "pretend" part, and keeps asking Leslie how she wants the birds killed.
181	* RunningGag: Harris keeps declaring that he's "down to clown" with April and either attempting to flirt with her or asking another character if she's available. One time, it's right in front of Andy (who is naturally less than impressed) and the other time it's at the party ''immediately after her wedding''.
182	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Ron, April and Andy find them in the City Hall basement, they say they certainly aren't living there.
183	* {{The Stoner}}s: They're high all the time.
184	* StonersAreFunny: Their antics are always played for laughs.
185	* ThoseTwoGuys: They're rarely ever seen without each other.
186	* TooDumbToLive: They got fired because they left a coyote trap around since they had a huge pest problem, and tried to reach Animal Control about it but no one would pick it up. As Leslie pointed out, they were the people they'd call about it.
187	[[/folder]]
188
189	[[folder:Mayor Gunderson]]
190	!!Mayor Walter Gunderson
191	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BillMurray
192
193	The [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen invisible]] mayor of Pawnee. Ends up dying two months before his term is up in the seventh season episode appropriately titled "Two Funerals".
194	----
195	* TheCameo: In "Two Funerals", he appears as a corpse.
196	* TheGhost: Mentioned frequently before "Two Funerals," but never shown. Of course, by the time we see him, he's dead, so this entry works on two levels.
197	* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler:He and his wife and an open marriage, which Ethel (Gunderson's girlfriend) said kept all parties happy. Ethel and his wife are shown smiling fondly at each other during his funeral, so it really does seem to have worked for them.]]
198	* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:With Ethel Beavers. Apparently, Gunderson's wife knew and was completely okay with it]].
199	[[/folder]]
200
201	[[folder:Kyle]]
202	!!Kyle
203	!!!'''Played By:''' Andy Forrest
204
205	A regular at Andy's shoe shine stand and an attorney for City Hall, he is the lowest on the City Hall pecking chain. Even Jerry treats him like garbage.
206	----
207	* ButtMonkey: Only Chris is actually nice to him.
208	* TheChewToy: Unlike Jerry, there is no good nature to the ribbing and no silver linings in his life.
209	* ExtremeDoormat: He tries to assert himself, but it doesn't work. Even Jerry of all people, doesn't like him (because Kyle takes his parking space to the point he rants about it in the Whine and Cheese Club).
210	* OccidentalOtaku: Subverted: he is characterized as this once by Ron, even though all he was doing was eating rice.
211	* OldWindbag: His stories inspire either this or inappropriate laughter.
212	[[/folder]]
213
214	[[folder:Joe Fantringham]]
215	!!"Sewage Joe" Fantringham
216	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KirkFox
217
218	The head of the Pawnee Sewage Department and also a really creepy and disgusting pervert.
219	----
220	* AbhorrentAdmirer: To both Leslie and April in different episodes.
221	* AllMenArePerverts: He shamelessly flirts with every woman in City Hall in inappropriate ways and employs a group of attractive female interns for his department. He eventually gets fired for sending a picture of his genitals to every female employee of the city government.
222	* AnimalMotifs: With his repulsive obsession with sewers and dumpsters and his overall slimy demeanor, he most likely is meant to invoke the image of [[YouDirtyRat sewer rats.]]
223	* CasanovaWannabe: Despite the fact that his job is not a charming profession, he's delusional about his "charisma" and is oblivious about how much of a vile and repulsive creep he is. In "I'm Leslie Knope", he emailed a photo of his genitals to every woman in the Pawnee city government (which got him fired), and was later diagnosed with the mumps.
224	-->'''Sewage Joe:''' I'm up to my waist in hot snizz.
225	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's creepy and weird the same way Orin is, but while Orin is not particularly offensive with his eccentricities, Joe's actions are very much sexual harassment.
226	* HateSink: Before Jeremy Jamm was a known presence on the show, Sewage Joe was an annoying SmugSnake that was often hated by other characters due to his lack of redeeming qualities.
227	* {{Jerkass}}: Sewage Joe is a perverted, obnoxious and unlikable slimeball who's very brash about his sewer work. He's also petty and immature enough to throw pies at Ben (one of which hits Jerry) just to get back Ben for firing him despite his unemployment being his own fault.
228	* {{Slimeball}}: He's such an intolerable sleazeball that he gives people like Jeremy Jamm, Bill Dexhart and Jean-Ralphio Saperstein a run for their money when it comes to douchey behavior.
229	* TeenyWeenie: According to Leslie, the picture of his genitals he sent out to every female City Hall employee is not that "big" of a deal.
230	* TooDumbToLive: When sending out emails with a photo of his genitals, he completely ignores that he has the mumps.
231	[[/folder]]
232
233	[[folder:Carl Lorthner]]
234	!!Carl Lorthner
235	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4b9b0900_5bf5_48a4_8eca_904954763e4c.jpeg]]
236	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AndySamberg
237
238	A member of Parks Security in Pawnee, notable for his loud voice.
239	----
240	* {{Fanboy}}: He really loves ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
241	* NoIndoorVoice: His default setting is constant yelling.
242	[[/folder]]
243
244	! Pawnee Media
245	[[folder:Joan Callamezzo]]
246	!!Joan Callamezzo
247	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MoCollins
248
249	The vapid host of ''Pawnee Today'', a talk show frequented by the main characters. She likes Tom due to his flattery, but seemingly has a vendetta against Leslie. She's [[SmallNameBigEgo oddly arrogant for a local media personality]].
250	----
251	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Always had a mutually flirty relationship with Tom, but when she starts drunkenly throwing herself at him, it scares the hell out of him.
252	* TheAlcoholic: Has a poorly-concealed drinking problem that she tends to try to cover up with lame excuses like eating too much shellfish.
253	* CloudCuckoolander: While never a paragon of stability during the series, she entirely lost her mind [[spoiler:during the TimeSkip between Seasons 6 and 7]]. Highlights include calling all her ex-boyfriends while sitting on a washing machine on-air, having her audience fight over a car, and believing she's in [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham City]] in the middle of a speech.
254	* ImmoralJournalist: She's a reporter who has a taste for controversies more than she is interested in the truth. She extrapolates every little thing that goes wrong and even outright lies about things and events in the city (such as telling that all staff in Leslie's Harvest Festival are criminals when she was specifically told they aren't), and freely shames many of her show's guests (mainly Leslie) whenever it will bring her ratings.
255	* {{Jerkass}}: Rarely kind to anyone, as she thinks she's above most people.
256	* KentBrockmanNews: She's an insufferable {{Jerkass}} and has no shame in hiding it whenever she's on air.
257	* LadyDrunk: She's almost always inebriated, even on air.
258	* {{Narcissist}}: To an absurd degree -- she has huge oil paintings of herself in the nude in her house, for example. The only people she doesn't constantly belittle are suck-ups who praise everything she does.
259	* NotSoAboveItAll: As snobby and superficial as she is, she still [[{{Squee}} squeals in delight]] at seeing Li'l Sebastian at the Harvest Festival.
260	* SitcomArchNemesis: One of Leslie's first. She seems to relish taking her down.
261	* SmallNameBigEgo: A local talk show host who seems to think she's the next Oprah. She even has nude paintings of herself hanging from her walls.
262	[[/folder]]
263
264	[[folder:Shauna Mulwae-Tweep]]
265	!!Shauna Mulwae-Tweep
266	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_12_at_50535_pm.png]]
267	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlisonBecker
268
269	->''"I can't even land the shoeshine guy!"''
270
271	The IntrepidReporter for the local paper. Usually, the Parks Department gives her access in the hope that she'll report something positive for them, but hijinks ensue and her story ends up with a negative, sensationalistic slant. In Season 5, Chris has a short-lived and ambiguously romantic relationship with her.
272	----
273	* AntiVillain: Yes, she causes problems for the department, but she's simply doing her job.
274	* BrosBeforeHoes: Variation. Her relationship with Chris hits a snag because she insists on bringing her family and friends onto every date she has with him. She considers this entirely natural and doesn't see a problem with it. Chris doesn't exactly conflict with them per se, but he isn't really thrilled about this behavior either.
275	* GreenEyedEpiphany: She causes this with three of the main relationships of the show (Andy/April, Ben/Leslie, and Chris/Ann) by getting friendly and seemingly hitting it off with the guy and making the woman realize her true feelings for him, driving them to confess their feelings and become official.
276	* IntrepidReporter: Well, about as intrepid as one can be in Pawnee. If there's a story, Shauna's on it.
277	* NiceGirl: She's a sweet, well-meaning lady who doesn't seem to have any contempt for anybody.
278	* NoSocialSkills: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}. On the surface, she seems entirely normal socially, but a pattern emerges of her being oblivious to the way she says or does things affects those around her or acts inappropriately, such as bringing friends and family with her on dates (although this implies that she might also have been raised this way if they see no issue with this either).
279	* OnlySaneMan: Compared to the rest of the Pawnee news media. She has her quirks but is by far one of the most reasonable and level-headed people in Pawnee.
280	* RomanticFalseLead: Her other usual role besides doing news reports on the Parks Department's projects involves her having some friendly rapport with a male character, making his actual LoveInterest have a GreenEyedEpiphany. This happens with Andy, Ben, and Chris in that order.
281	* RomanticRunnerUp: As a perpetual RomanticFalseLead, she winds up as this frequently. She even {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s this ("I can't even land the shoeshine boy!"). It gets deconstructed later on, as it's shown she's pretty miserable because of this.
282	* RunningGag: Whenever she's reporting on a story involving Leslie, Leslie will suggest an overly long pun-filled headline for the stories to her, and Shauna will gently reject them.
283	* StepfordSmiler: Revealed to be this in "Galentine's Day 2", where she tries to stay positive to ignore the painful parts of her personal life. Leslie can't help but pity her a little.
284	* ThrowTheDogABone: After being a perpetual RomanticRunnerUp, she finally finds romantic happiness in the distant finale with [[spoiler:Bobby Newport]] [[PairTheSpares of all people]].
285	[[/folder]]
286
287	[[folder:Perd Hapley]]
288	!!Perderick "Perd" Hapley
289	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot95.jpg]]
290	!!!'''Played By:''' Jay Jackson
291
292	Host of ''Ya' Heard? with Perd'', and a prominent newscaster inside Pawnee. [[VerbalTic Tends to speak]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment redundantly]], which are sentences which repeat their meaning.
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294	* {{Acrofatic}}: Perd can do the Worm despite being rather round around the middle.
295	* BunnyEarsLawyer: In his more competent moments, he can show some skill at hosting a show, and is clearly likable enough to cultivate a local following.
296	* CaptainObvious: He speaks like this, most of his statements are pointing out the obvious, then adding a redundant statement:
297	-->"Issue number one is the first issue we're going to talk about."
298	* CloudCuckoolander: Even if he isn't sure if there are real cuckoos living in the clouds, his offbeat behavior would fit right in if there were. He has to ask if centaurs are real.
299	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: His standout trait is to speak in CaptainObvious sentences, which is quite notable and redundant.
300	* TheDitz: While Pawnee is filled with them, he stands out as the most naïve and idiotic media representative.
301	* FanCommunityNickName: He refers to his fans as Perd-verts.
302	* TheFool: Has done quite well despite not being the smartest tool in Pawnee.
303	* IncrediblyLamePun: Loves making these with his name.
304	* KentBrockmanNews: Of the spacey, cuckoolander kind.
305	* LiteralMinded: Is so tunnel-visioned with his questions and answers, jokes and sarcasm tend to escape his mind:
306	-->'''Perd:''' The lewd photo, how big of a deal is it?\
307	'''Leslie:''' Well, Perd, it's not that big a deal, if you know what I mean.\
308	'''Perd:''' I don't know what you mean, but it had the cadence of a joke!
309	* NiceGuy: The nicest person in the Pawnee media. Any time he's caused trouble for Leslie, it hasn't been on purpose, if anything, he's not at all against ''helping Leslie.''
310	* PungeonMaster: Anytime he makes a pun, it's always related to his name.
311	* SarcasmBlind: Occasionally, due to being so literal-minded.
312	* SpinOff: In-universe, he gets a new show, called ''Judge Perd'', [[BetterThanABareBulb which often reminds the viewer,]] that Judge Perd is not a real judge.
313	* VerbalTic: Speaks in sentences that are somewhat redundant and repeat themselves, because of the redundancy of rephrasing everything he says in the sentences that he speaks is just hilarious.
314	[[/folder]]
315
316	[[folder:Derry Murbles]]
317	!!Derry Murbles
318	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DanCastellaneta
319
320	Host of a public radio show that plays terrible music. Leslie has been a guest on the show a couple of times.
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322	* BitingTheHandHumor: At one point, his announcer talks about one of the underwriters for the station, a new film called ''The Shadows of Seven Heads'', "the dramatic tale of an Israeli soldier who falls in love with conjoined Palestinian sextuplets", that's set to be released by Creator/FocusFeatures, another branch of NBC Universal.
323	* CloudCuckooLander: Upon finding out that his target audience likes jazz music, he plays two jazz records simultaneously.
324	* DullSurprise: Even when he's angry he still keeps a very even tone.
325	* MeaningfulName: "Murbles" sounds vaguely like "mumbles", and is also only one letter away from "marbles" -- as in, "mouth full of marbles." A fitting name for a host who never raises his voice or inflicts any emotion into it.
326	* SitcomArchNemesis: After the Pawnee-Eagleton merger, he finds himself saddled with an Eagletonian co-host, August Clementine (Creator/JohnHodgman), who he doesn't get along with.
327	* TheStoic: He shows very little emotion, even when he's furious.
328	* TakeThat: He and his show seem to be a lighthearted jab at NPR and its soft-spoken hosts.
329	[[/folder]]
330
331	[[folder:Crazy Ira and the Douche]]
332	!!Crazy Ira and the Douche
333	!!!'''Played By:''' Matt Besser (Ira) and Creator/NickKroll (The Douche)
334
335	Crazy Ira and Howard "The Douche" Tuttleman are two shock jocks of a morning zoo-style Pawnee radio program. They serve primarily as a parody of those types of radio shows, especially in a small-town market like Pawnee. The show prominently features fart jokes and YourMom insults, as well as constant sound effects from their sound man "China Joe", who hates his job. Crazy Ira and The Douche are widely admired in Pawnee.
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337	* AlterEgoActing: Howard occasionally points out when he's speaking in character. "That's the Douche talking."
338	* BecomingTheMask: Howard states that he mainly made up "The Douche" for the radio show, but it ended up becoming part of his personality for real.
339	* {{Dumbass DJ}}s: Played up for all its worth. Despite this, both are also shown to be very intelligent, even courteous.
340	* HiddenDepths: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]]. Will occasionally provide moments that show they are more mature than their on-air behavior suggests, only to follow it up by acting like they would on air.
341	** The Douche, in particular, attended Northwestern University to study semiotics and can be eloquent and intelligent when he wants to be.
342	* {{Jerkass}}: The two are NOT the least bit likable.
343	* JerkassHasAPoint:
344	** The Douche, oddly enough, has a point that Leslie really has no right to make decisions for Ann, especially when it's for something as big and personal as wanting to become a parent.
345	** While his sincerity about running for interim mayor is understandably questioned, Ben has to concede that Douche has a point when he notes that he went to Northwestern University, worked on two political campaigns, and communicates with the public for a living. All of which are valid qualifications for the position he's trying out for.
346	* NoSell: In the companion book ''Pawnee: The Best Town in America'', Jerry transcribed the two trying to prank Ron. Ron stonewalls them since their choice of disguises to bug him with are random citizens and other members of the government, both of which Ron avoids like the plague.
347	* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Crazy Ira.
348	* PetTheDog: Surprisingly, The Douche genuinely adored his grandmother, considering her to be a strong, inspirational woman, and intends to name his first daughter after her.
349	* ShockJock: They're quite filthy on-air, and their sound guy is incredibly good at pulling up perfect perverted soundbites.
350	* SitcomArchNemesis: They are two among many citizens in Pawnee who ruin things for Leslie on a regular basis.
351	* SmarterThanYouLook: Ironically, despite being Pawnee's resident DumbassDJ duo, they regularly show themselves to be the most well-spoken and intelligent Pawnee media personalities.
352	* SophisticatedAsHell: Prone to suddenly slipping out of their ShockJock personas in order to eloquently and effectively challenge their guest (generally Leslie), only to slip right back into it just as quickly.
353	* ThoseTwoGuys: Rarely seen apart, other than a brief stint where The Douche was considered to be a sperm donor for Ann.
354	* ToiletHumor: Their show uses fart jokes as punctuation.
355	[[/folder]]
356
357	[[folder:Annabel Porter]]
358	!!Annabel Porter
359	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ErinnHayes
360
361	Staggeringly pretentious owner and CEO of Bloosh, a popular lifestyle blog Tom and Donna follow.
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363	* ColbertBump: InUniverse example. She's a big trendsetter among the Pawnee upper class, so Tom is extremely eager to get his business featured on her blog.
364	* FamousForBeingFamous: Her rise to success heavily relied on befriending various celebrities.
365	* GranolaGirl: Invoked: Many of the products she endorses cultivate an image of being "natural" and locally sourced, but the bottom line is she's all about the money.
366	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She and Bloosh are a nod to Creator/GwynethPaltrow and her controversial lifestyle brand Goop.
367	[[/folder]]

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