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Take me back to Character bios.

Here’s a list of people either seen on screen on mentioned on the show:

Alexa Softcastle: Reporter for the Pawnee Sun (”Christmas Scandal”)
Angel: A stripper at The Glitter Factory (”Tom’s Divorce”)
Arnold: A local art student who Tom uses to help make a mural that resembles “The Spirit of Pawnee”; abstract expressionist (”The Camel”)
Anfernee (”Tom’s Divorce”)
Barney: Entertains people at Leslie’s house party (”Leslie’s House”); fills some time during Leslie’s programming block at the Pawnee Cares Diabetes Telethon (”Telethon”)
Barry: At a public forum, he voices concerns about Pawnee (”Pilot”)
Becky: Real estate agent; has forgotten the keys to one of the houses she was supposed to show; one half of the “key forgetting twins” (”The Banquet”)

Ben: Derek’s boyfriend (”Pawnee Zoo”); Dresses as a pirate for Halloween 2009 (”Greg Pikitis”)
Beth: Ron’s girlfriend; has a sister, Tammy, who used to be married to Ron; dislikes Tammy (”Rock Show”)
Bill Dexhart: City councilman who faced sexual infidelity charges (”The Practice Date”); spoofed by Leslie at the Pawnee City Government Follies; had sex with four nurses in a supply closet (”Christmas Scandal”)
Bill Haggerty: Pawnee Historical Society representative (”94 Meetings”)
Bobby: A boy who poses in Tom’s cover shoot with Mark and Ann (”Summer Catalog”)
Brian: Interviews to be Ron’s assistant (”The Set Up”)
Brett: An animal control employee; becomes a part of Leslie’s task force to find Fairway Frank (”The Possum”)
Burt Winfield: Tellenson Award winner; blackmailer (”The Banquet”)
Burly: Guitarist in Andy’s band; roommates with Andy (”Woman of the Year”)
Mr. Campopiano (”The Possum”)
Carl Lorthner: Head of Pawnee’s outdoor security (”Park Safety”)
Charles Woliner: One of five judges for the 2009 Miss Pawnee Beauty Pageant; has been a judge for the last 30 years (”Beauty Pageant”)
Chelsea: Freddy Spaghetti concert attendee; favorite song was “Penne and the Jets” (”Freddy Spaghetti”)
Chief Conner: Works for the Police Department (”The Camel”)
Chris: MRI technician; works with Ann; went to the University of Wisconsin; has a son, Nate (”The Set Up”)
Ciara: A stripper at The Glitter Factory; gives Tom a lap dance (”Tom’s Divorce”)
Cindy: Dances with another girl during Tom’s VIP investment opportunity presentation; friend of Mark’s (”Woman of the Year”)
Clarence Carrington: A former Pawnee parks director; is blatantly sexist (”Summer Catalog”)
Councilman Houser: Leslie sends him a proposal for a possible rezoning of Lot 48; runs into him while on Andy’s back (”Hunting Trip”)
Courtney: A friend of Leslie’s (”Galentine’s Day”)
Craig: A local locksmith who makes extra keys for Tom (”Beauty Pageant”)
Craig: Rynold’s Mercedes employee; Donna contacts him after one of her car’s windows gets blown out (”Hunting Trip”)
Dakota: Nick Newport, Jr.’s daughter (”Sweetums”)
David Meyers: Works at city hall; Jewish (”Park Safety”)
David Moser: A former Pawnee parks director (”Summer Catalog”)
Dawn Crink: Tellenson Award winner; slept her way to the top of the DMV (”The Banquet”)
Denise Dogan: Her prescription slip was in Ann’s pants (”The Set Up”)
Denise Yermley: Pawnee’s most bookable personality; sings “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” at the Pawnee Cares Diabetes Telethon (”Telethon”)
Denver: Nick Newport, Jr.’s son (”Sweetums”)
Detlef Schrempf: Leslie’s special guest for the Pawnee Cares Diabetes Telethon; hangs with Tom at the Snakehole Lounge (”Telethon”)
DJ Roomba: An iPod/Roomba combination; killed by Jerry (”Sweetums”)
DJ Roomba’s Ghost: Haunts Jerry (”Sweetums”)

Dr. Harris: Andy’s doctor; works with Ann (”Rock Show”); Dresses as a doctor for Ann’s Halloween party (”Greg Pikitis”)
Don: Owns Don’s Cement; Tom sings him a jingle (”Canvassing”)
Donny: Pawnee Today reporter (”Christmas Scandal”)
Dorothy Everton Smythe: Trailblazing feminist; first woman in Pawnee to wear pants on a Sunday and spent four years in jail because of it (”Woman of the Year”)
Elise Yarktin: Works for the Indiana Organization of Women (”Woman of the Year”)
Eugene: An animal control employee (”The Possum”)
Evelyn Roushland: Works in the mayor’s office (”The Possum”)
Fairway Frank: A possum who lives near the sixth hole of Pawnee’s public golf course; number three on the Parks Department’s most wanted pest list; ends up at the Pawnee Zoo (”The Possum”)
Frank Beckerson: Lives in Bridgeport, Illinois; 63 years old; divorced with no kids; once asked for Marlene’s hand in marriage, but her parents wouldn’t allow it; has lived in Grenada, Panama and Afghanistan; worked for a grocery store for 40 years but is now unemployed; has had four heart attacks (”Galentine’s Day)
Frank Schnapple: Former city councilman; implies to Leslie and Ann at the Tellenson’s that he’s gay (”The Banquet”)
Freddy: Owner of Snakehole Lounge (”Woman of the Year”)
Freddy Spaghetti: A musician who performs at the Children’s Concert Series (”Park Safety”); performs a concert for kids in lot 48 (”Freddy Spaghetti”)
George: Goes on a date with Leslie during Andy’s concert; Leslie believes he could help her build a park, but it turns out her mom, Marlene, set her up for a date (”Rock Show”)
George McFadden: Consults with Ron about the amount of snow in the parks (”The Set Up”)

Greg Pikitis: Leslie’s teen nemesis; defaces the statue of Mayor Percy in Ramsett Park every Halloween; may or may not have pooped on the handball courts; hires fake moms on Craigslist to help get him out of trouble (”Greg Pikitis”)
Harris: An animal control employee; becomes a part of Leslie’s task force to find Fairway Frank (”The Possum”)
Horace Wrangle: Tellenson Award winner; used the police to harass journalists (”The Banquet”)
Janine Restrepo: Dubbed the “queen” of the zoning board by Marlene; her husband got a DUI in Illinois (”The Banquet”)
Jasmine: Has Donna’s microwave (”Tom’s Divorce”)
Jean-Ralphio: Interviews to be Ron’s assistant (”The Set Up”); becomes part-owner of Snakehole Lounge with Tom for $5,000; works at Lady Footlocker (”Woman of the Year”); hits on April during her birthday party at the Snakehole Lounge (”The Master Plan”)
Jeffrey Morglesburg: Tellenson Award winner (”The Banquet”)
Jessica Wicks: Miss Pawnee 1994; one of five judges for the 2009 competition (”Beauty Pageant”); married to Nick Newport Sr. (”94 Meetings”)

Joan Callamezzo: Host of Pawnee Today; thinks Tom is great (”Pawnee Zoo”); co-host of the Pawnee Cares Diabetes Telethon (”Telethon”)
Joe: Works for the Sewage Department; he and Leslie mutually detest each other (”The Camel”); flirts with April while she’s working at the Pawnee Cares Diabetes Telethon (”Telethon”)
Justin: Ann’s friend; civil litigation attorney; dates Leslie (”The Set Up”)
Kate Spevack: Leslie tells her she’s probably a bad mother for not supporting parks; attends Leslie’s town hall meeting and criticizes the department’s plans (”Canvassing”)
Keef Slertner: Kaboom project manager (”Kaboom”)
Kevin: Makes sandboxes (”Canvassing”)
Kyle: Works in some capacity at City Hall; gets angry at Andy for letting Ron cut in front of him at the shoe shine stand (”The Camel”); had a family vacation Andy doesn’t want to hear about (”The Master Plan”)
Larry Ludgate: April’s father (”94 Meetings”)

Lawrence: Andy’s neighbor; thinks Andy plays his music too loudly (”Canvassing”)
Lord Sheldon: Jerry’s dog (”Park Safety”)
Lucy: Bartender at the Snakehole Lounge (”The Master Plan”); her father told her that a limp handshake is for weak men and communists (”Freddy Spaghetti”)
Marcie: Librarian at the Pawnee Public Library (”Sweetums”)
Marcie Price: Works in landscaping; according to Tom, she has the sexiest thighs (”Canvassing”)
Maria Portlesman: Teaches Organize Your Life with Maria Portlesman at Pawnee’s Recreation Center (”Leslie’s House”)
Marsha Langman: Spokeswoman for the Society for Family Stability Foundation; challenged Leslie to annul the Tux/Flipper marriage on Pawnee Today (”Pawnee Zoo”)
Marta: A Pawnee waitress (”Summer Catalog”)
Martin Housely: Co-host of the Pawnee Cares Diabetes Telethon (”Telethon”)
Mary Dunbar: Known as a “back ho” at Ann’s high school prom because she let anyone massage her back (”Kaboom”)
Michael Holloway: Tellenson Award winner; named name’s in the 50s (”The Banquet”)
Michael Tansley: A former Pawnee parks director; an avid pot smoker (”Summer Catalog”)
Morgan: A pedophile (”Summer Catalog”)
Mr. Funny Noodle: A musician who was murdered by his drummer (”Park Safety”)
Nate: Son of Chris (”The Set Up”)
Nick Newport, Jr.: CEO of Sweetums; has two kids, Dakota and Denver, and a dog, Shoelace (”Sweetums”)
Nick Newport Sr.: Former president of Sweetums (”Sweetums”); married to Jessica Wicks (”94 Meetings”)

Old Gus: Former shoeshiner at Pioneer Hall; replaced by Andy (”Ron and Tammy”)
Quentin Arble: Tellenson Award winner (”The Banquet”)
Paul: City manager (”Canvassing”); leads the Organizations of Local Auditing Systems meetings (”Christmas Scandal”)
Perd Hapley: A local channel 4 news reporter (”The Practice Date”); performs “the worm” at the Pawnee Cares Diabetes Telethon (”Telethon”)
Phil: Co-heads a disciplinary committee against Leslie Knope for allegedly evaluation the rec teachers (”Leslie’s House”)
Poopy: A raccoon who poops all over the high school cafeteria (”The Possum”)
Ray Halstead: One of five judges for the 2009 Miss Pawnee Beauty Pageant; owns Ray’s Sandwich Place (”Beauty Pageant”)
Rev. Turnbill: Officiated a wedding between a white woman and a Wamapoke Indian chief at Turnbill Mansion in 1867 (”94 Meetings”)
Rita Ludgate: April’s mother (”94 Meetings”)
Royce: Makes fences (”Canvassing”)
Rufus: Mayor Gunderson’s dog (”Christmas Scandal”); was bitten by a possum (”The Possum”)
Scott Braddock: City attorney; represents Leslie in Andy’s case against the city (”Kaboom”)
Shauna Malwae-Tweep: Writes an article about the pit for The Pawnee Journal; it’s implied that she has sex with Mark (”The Reporter”); writes an article about Andy catching a possum (”The Possum”)
Shoelace: Nick Newport, Jr.’s dog (”Sweetums”)
Sid Asnoff: Former city councilman (”Christmas Scandal”)
Stacy: Real estate agent; has forgotten the keys to one of the houses she was supposed to show; one half of the “key forgetting twins” (”The Banquet”)
Susan Gleaver: A 2009 Miss Pawnee Beauty Pageant contestant; history major at Indiana State; plays classical piano; volunteers at the children’s hospital; plays the piano during the talent portion of the beauty pageant (”Beauty Pageant”)

Tammy Swanson: Ron’s ex-wife; has a sister named Beth, who is dating Ron (”Rock Show”); deputy director of Pawnee’s Library Department; attempts to take Lot 48 from the Parks Department; clears Leslie of her $3 overdue book fee; really good at sex (”Ron and Tammy”)
Tanya: Teaches a cooking class at Pawnee’s Recreation Center (”Leslie’s House”)
Theo Fortmiller: Tellenson Award winner; his father, Oscar, is dead (”The Banquet”)
Tony Telleson: Has awards banquet named after him; tried to re-segregate the drinking fountains; can no longer speak (”The Banquet”)
Trish Lanetta: A 2009 Miss Pawnee Beauty Pageant contestant; 22 years old; been on YouTube; loves wearing bikinis at the beach; dances with a baton to Flo Rida’s “Right Round” during the talent portion of the beauty pageant (”Beauty Pageant”); attends April’s 21st birthday party at the Snakehole Lounge (”The Master Plan”)
Victor Miles: Tom’s #1 sod man (”Canvassing”)
Mayor Walter Gunderson (”Sister City”); has a dog, Rufus (”Christmas Scandal”)
Wendell Adams: Andy’s attorney in case against the city (”Kaboom”)
Wendy: Tom’s wife; a surgeon (”Rock Show”); dresses as a cowgirl for Halloween 2009; works at County General; lightly hits on Ron at Ann’s Halloween party (”Greg Pikitis”)
Wilmer Vissim: Tellenson Award winner (”The Banquet”)
Winston: Coach of a youth girls soccer team (”Woman of the Year”)