# Favorite PARKS & REC character (R1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558 "2015-02-25T00:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/21 "2015-02-25T22:59:48Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > You get one choice! Top 7 move on to second round of voting Not so sure we need the second round. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/22 "2015-02-25T23:03:24Z")
I voted for Andy, I liked him best when they started to show some of his better qualities, before they took him back towards being a total buffoon. Ann gets honorable mention because I’m a heterosexual and I had a bit of a celebricrush on her. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/23 "2015-02-25T23:16:58Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > Not so sure we need the second round. Round 2 will be held at the nearest churrascaria that has rodizio, which is the appropriate place for it, as it has No Salads and No Sharing. Okay, maybe there’s a salad bar, but you have to get up and go to it, whereas with the meat, they bring it to your table as long as you want - or as I like to call it, All You Can Meat. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/24 "2015-02-25T23:32:51Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > I voted for Ron, obviously. > > But April is, in addition to being one of the most beautiful women I’ve seen on TV or anywhere, is a great character who is also ridiculously funny. Doesn’t she also do stand up? > > Tom, as of right now has zero votes. 😕 Which would be understandable, except that people have voted for Ben, and … Mona-Lisa? Isn’t that Jean-Ralphio’s sister? Perd deserves more votes than her, let alone Tom. Aziz Ansari is a famous and hilarious comedian, guys! And he basically plays himself in this show. I would have voted for him if Ron “Give Me All The Bacon And Eggs You Have” Swanson wasn’t in the running. It’s because swarthy guys with Muslim-y sounding names don’t get anywhere in politics. I can’t choose - there are only 2-3 people on that list who AREN’T my favorite. If pressed, I’d have to choose Leslie, because no one else works without her to bounce off of. As amazing as Ron is, he wouldn’t work without a chipper liberal foil. (But Chris Pratt is the sexiest. He’s sexy when he’s doughy, and he’s sexy when he’s built, and I love him to pieces.) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/25 "2015-02-26T00:33:51Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > Not so sure we need the second round. At this point, I agree. I would do a second round to see who comes in second (essentially, redistributing the Ron votes) but as it stands, only 3 people have gotten more than one vote themselves. Such a great cast, pretty flawless across-the-board, but still a blowout. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/26 "2015-02-26T00:47:19Z")
I think we should celebrate Ron’s landslide victory with some good scotch, a steak, and a viewing of The Bridge over the River Kwai. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/27 "2015-02-26T02:42:53Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I think we should celebrate Ron’s landslide victory with some good scotch, a steak, and a viewing of The Bridge over the River Kwai. Works for me. The good Scotch of course being 16-year old Lagavulin, neat. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/28 "2015-02-26T03:55:24Z")
The list is invalid because it does not include Duke Silver. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/29 "2015-02-26T04:59:09Z")
April’s so anti- everything it’s adorable. Plus her non-smile on the opening credits is great. I’m sorry to think they’re all gone, but the finale that shows their future lives was satisfying. Loved that 100-year old Larry-Garry got enjoy his beautiful non-aging family for so long. And Ron is wonderful. I loved them all I guess. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/30 "2015-02-26T16:08:05Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I voted for Andy, I liked him best when they started to show some of his better qualities, before they took him back towards being a total buffoon. > Ann gets honorable mention because I’m a heterosexual and I had a bit of a celebricrush on her. Rashida Jones has been my celebrity crush since she was Karen on the Office. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/31 "2015-02-26T16:58:36Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > It’s because swarthy guys with Muslim-y sounding names don’t get anywhere in politics. So no one in this thread is voting for Tom because Aziz has a “Muslim-y sounding name”? :dubious: And this thread is “politics”? :dubious: Anyways, of course Ron is going to win but Andy is the second best so I voted for him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/32 "2015-02-26T17:02:42Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > So no one in this thread is voting for Tom because Aziz has a “Muslim-y sounding name”? :dubious: I think you’re getting whooshed by the implied Barack Hussein Obama joke. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/33 "2015-02-26T22:57:47Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I think you’re getting whooshed by the implied Barack Hussein Obama joke. Indeed. Though I didn’t remember the quote exactly. Here’s the exchange from Ep. 2.2, “The Stakeout”: > [@](#): > > Leslie Knope: You’re not from here, right? > Tom Haverford: No, I’m from South Carolina. > Leslie Knope: But you moved to South Carolina from where? > Tom Haverford: My mother’s uterus. > Leslie Knope: But you were conceived in Libya, right? > Tom Haverford: Wow. No. I was conceived in America. My parents are Indian. > Leslie Knope: Where did the name Haverford come from? > Tom Haverford: My birth name is Darwish Zubair Ismail Gani. Then I changed it to Tom Haverford, because you know, brown guys with funny-sounding Muslim names don’t make it far into politics. > Leslie Knope: What about Barack Obama? > Tom Haverford: Okay, yeah, fine, Barack Obama. If I knew a guy named Barack Obama was gonna be elected president, yeah, maybe I wouldn’t have changed it. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/34 "2015-02-27T02:22:04Z")
There is no way to choose. For one thing it’s pretty meaningless to compare major characters (Ron and Leslie) to minor characters (Jean Ralphio). And what about very minor characters (Jamm? Perd? The Douche?) Secondly, your poll does not list Lil’ Sebastian, and therefore is invalid. Lil’ Sebastian is the best. He’s just so amazing. You get it, right? Thirdly, it’s just impossible. It’s like Sophie’s Choice. I love them all so much!! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/35 "2015-02-27T03:07:25Z")
April, with Ron as a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/36 "2015-02-27T03:24:01Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Secondly, your poll does not list Lil’ Sebastian, and therefore is invalid. Lil’ Sebastian is the best. He’s just so amazing. You get it, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigDadWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/37 "2015-02-27T20:35:02Z")
I voted for Ron since his character is what got me hooked on P&R but Jerry/Garry/Larry/Terry gets my vote for most underrated. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558/38 "2015-02-28T01:33:02Z")
My real choice would be Ron Swanson, but I didn’t vote for him. That would be a violation of his privacy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-parks-rec-character-r1/713558.md?page=1)