Original air date: September 17, 2009
Writer: Norm Hiscock | Director: Paul Feig
Summary: LESLIE’S PENGUIN MARRIAGE AT THE LOCAL ZOO CAUSES A STIR IN PAWNEE—When Leslie (Amy Poehler) decides to marry two penguins to promote the local zoo, she inadvertently causes an uproar when both penguins turn out to be male. Meanwhile, Mark (Paul Schneider) puts Ann (Rashida Jones) in an awkward situation when he asks her to go see a movie. Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Pratt also star.
Poll:
In a poll conducted on Knope Knows from September 17-20, viewers gave “Pawnee Zoo” an 8.88/10.
Ratings:
4.96 million viewers | 2.1 A18-49 | Source
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Quotes:
Leslie: …Parents just don’t understand. Thank you, thank you. Just a little something I know. So what’s up?
Ron: Uh, someone is on fire in Ramsett Park. They need you to get down there right away.
Leslie: Oh my god.
Leslie: Chimpanzees are very smart so we had them graduate from college. And they like to fling their feces so we were hoping they would fling their hats. But they, they just flung their feces.
Leslie: Brendanawicz, you big sandwich eater.
Mark: I really hit rock bottom that night, and I mean that I literally fell to the bottom of a pit and hit a rock.
Leslie: People in this town don’t really like their government employees being activists. Last year a garbage man was suspended for wearing a Livestrong bracelet.
Leslie: Pawnee has a gay bar?
Ron: Yeah… the bulge. It’s behind my house.
Leslie: The bulge is a gay bar. Ahh, the nights I’ve wasted there.
Tom: Hey, girrrrrrrrl
Leslie: I know that you are not gay.
Tom: No I’m not.
Leslie: But you’re effeminate.
Tom: What?
Leslie: You’re wearing a peach shirt with a coiled snake on it
Tom: Yes, ’cause it was featured in Details magazine. And it’s awesome.
Leslie: Effeminate.
April: This is my boyfriend, Derek. This is Derek’s boyfriend, Ben.
Leslie: Wait, sorry, what’s the situation?
April: What do you mean?
Leslie: How does this work?
April: Derek is gay, but he’s straight for me but he’s gay for Ben and Ben’s really gay for Derek. And I hate Ben.
Derek: It’s not that complicated.
Leslie: The thing about youth culture is… I don’t understand it.
Leslie: Who made this?
All: We did.
Leslie: How?
April: Photoshop.
Leslie: What?
Ben: Computers.
Leslie: Oh.
Donna: You’re gonna turn somebody tonight.
Leslie: That was, hands down, the best interaction I’ve ever had with Donna.
Leslie: What can I do for you and those fine people at the S… F… S… F?
Marsha: Why else would you marry penguins?
Leslie: Because I firmly believed that it would be cute. And it was.
Ann: And Andy, after we broke up he told me he was going to Kansas to climb mountains. So, I don’t really know where he is.
Leslie: I just wanted you to know I was really serious about that secret language.
Leslie: I can’t believe this is a gay bar.
Tom: Yeah, especially with that heterosexual cowboy greeting us on the way in.
Leslie: Where should I drink now?
Tom: There’s a bar on 8th street called Pitchers and Catchers. You could go there.
Leslie: I’m really enjoying this hug.
Leslie: First of all, I would just like to say thank you so much for throwing me this party, especially on a night that the Colts are playing.
Leslie: Huh, this is green.
Leslie: Together we can change Pawnee forever. Let’s dance!
Tom: I’ve seen so many dudes from City Hall here tonight. It’s crazy. But I guess they’ve seen me here too. So uh, that’s not great.
Ann: Maybe next time don’t use the words “medical emergency”.
Leslie: I’m so glad you’re here!
Leslie: Everyone is just who they are. And who they are is just stone cold gay.
Leslie: Ma-ma-ma poker face, ma-ma poker face.
Leslie: There’s two bisexual guys here and I got both their phone numbers.
Leslie: I guess I’m kind of like queen of the gays.
Joan: Guess who?
Tom: Uh, Megan Fox? One of the Desperate Housewives?
Tom: I wish you could reach from your TV screen and just touch Joan’s skin for a second.
Ann: How was mountain climbing?
Andy: Oh….. What?
(silence)
Andy: Can I come in?
Leslie: Anything else? Want me to jump off a building? Perform Harry Carey?
Andy: I really think it would behoove us to give it another shot.
Andy: The hardest thing about living in this pit is probably keeping my suit pressed.
