Ron Swanson

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Played by: Nick Offerman
Occupation: Leslie’s superior
Family: Two ex-wives (Tammy and Tammy); A brother
Relationship status: Dating (Beth, Tammy’s sister)

  • Thinks all government is a waste of taxpayer money; dream is to have park system privatized (”Pilot”)
  • Convinced by Mark to give Leslie lot #48 by being told by Mark that Ron “owes him one” (”Pilot”)
  • Has picture of Bobby Knight behind his desk and a sawed off shotgun on his desk (”Pilot”)
  • Plays a lot of online Scrabble with Tom (”The Reporter”)
  • Divorced his ex-wife, Tammy, because she cheated on him (”Rock Show”)
  • Gave Marlene an unrepeatable nickname in 1994, the Iron [expletive] of Pawnee (”The Banquet”)
  • Loves bacon-wrapped shrimp. Bacon is his #1 favorite food and shrimp is his #3 favorite food (”The Banquet”)
  • His brother is an officer in the Air Force (”The Banquet”)
  • The Bulge, a gay bar, is located behind his house (”Pawnee Zoo”)
  • Has a hernia, and is forced to sit still for an entire work day after sneezing (”The Stakeout”)
  • Receives flowers from the office (which Leslie ordered) while recovering from surgery at the hospital (”Beauty Pageant”)
  • His mom’s name is Terry (”The Practice Date”)
  • Has established a scientifically perfect 10-point scale of human beauty. On the scale, Tom is a 3.8 and his wife, Wendy, is a 7.4. Tennis legend Steffi Graf is a 10 (”The Practice Date”)
  • Plays jazz under the pseudonym Duke Silver at Cozy’s in Eagleton, IN; plays Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is” with Tom in the audience; has two albums, Smooth as Silver and Hi Ho, Duke, and a third to be released, Memories of Now (”The Practice Date”)
  • Dresses as a pirate for Halloween 2009 (”Greg Pikitis”)
  • Almonds give him the squirts (”Greg Pikitis”)
  • Would use his last dying breath to tell his two ex-wives to go to hell one last time (”Ron and Tammy”)
  • While married to Tammy, he set the bed on fire (”Ron and Tammy”)
  • Wears a red shirt and black pants after having sex (”Ron and Tammy”)
  • Likes dark-haired women and breakfast food (”Ron and Tammy”)
  • Proposes to give Tammy Lot 48 for more sex (”Ron and Tammy”)
  • Got his first job when he was 9 at a sheet metal factory. In two weeks, he was running the floor (”The Camel”)
  • Thinks child labor laws are ruining America (”The Camel”)
  • Has a bunion that’s practically its own toe (”The Camel”)
  • Really enjoys Andy’s shoe shines (”The Camel”)

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