Original air date: October 15, 2009
Writer: Alan Yang | Director: Michael Schur
Summary: LESLIE WELCOMES THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OF PAWNEE’S SISTER CITY—FRED ARMISEN (“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE”) GUEST STARS—Leslie (Amy Poehler) plays host to the Parks and Recreation department from Pawnee’s sister city, Boraqua, Venezuela, and is shocked at the cultural differences. Tom (Aziz Ansari) becomes an errand boy, and April (Aubrey Plaza) plays hard to get. Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider and Nick Offerman also star.
Poll:
In a poll conducted on Knope Knows from October 15-18, viewers gave “Sister City” a 7.62/10.
Ratings:
4.527 million viewers | 2.0/6 A18-49 | Source
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Leslie: Our photo op with the mayor is tomorrow at 3 p.m., so I’m gonna need your suggestions about my wardrobe asap.
Tom: I told you, gold sequin sweatpants.
Leslie: Also, remember everyone. Venezuela is a poor country. These men are not used to the wealth and flash that we have here in central Indiana.
Leslie: April, you know Spanish, right?
April (translated): You bury yourself in your work, because you are unhappy in your personal life.
Leslie: Oh good. Excellent.
April: My mom’s Puerto Rican. That’s why I’m so lively and colorful.
Leslie: I had to drop the rock and roll bowling alley from our itinerary. That was one of the most difficult phone calls I’ve ever had to make.
Leslie: I am deputy director of parks and recreation and chairwoman of the departmental adhoc subcommittee for pit beautification, Leslie Knope.
Leslie: Yes, we will get our pathetic servant boy to fetch your luggage. Go, boy!
Elvis: Do we just, uh, select the woman we desire? I will take the large, black one.
Tom: Interesting choice.
Raul: Do you have some kind of book with photos of the women available to us? If not, I will also take the sexy, black one.
Donna: I am not surprised at all. I’ve been to South America. I did very well there.
Leslie: I think there might have been a translation problem. When I said party, I meant one that did include sex for pay.
Leslie: Off to kind of a weird start.
Leslie: What kind of birds do you guys eat?
Raul: Chickens.
Leslie: Us too. Amazing.
Johnny (translated): In Venezuela, government internships are coveted positions. You must be well connected.
April (translated): Yes, I am very powerful and feared by many.
Leslie: Kernston’s rubber nipples. Tastes like the real thing.
Leslie: His English isn’t perfect. So I don’t think he realizes how insulting he’s being.
Leslie: That’s why people respect Hillary Clinton so much. ‘Cause nobody takes a punch like her. She’s the strongest, smartest punching bag in the world.
Elvis: On the drive in I saw a tattoo parlor next to a school next to a taco bell. It looks like it was designed by a very stupid rodent.
Ann (talking about Mark): He’s actually a pretty smart rodent.
Elvis: You know what? I’ve changed my mind. I will have you for the evening.
Ann: Oh, boy!
Ron: I don’t support Chavez. I despise him and everything that he does. On the other hand, this is a pretty sweet ass gun.
Raul: American children are fat and are more inefficient than any other children in the world. I mean, they are like little basketballs. I mean they are huge, you know, porkers.
Raul: I feel like my English was very clear. Shall I repeat? Venezuela. Venezuela, my country, has a lot of oil. Oil is food for cars.
Leslie: Look, I know these guys didn’t turn out to be exactly how we thought they would be.
Tom: You said they might not know what toilet paper is.
Leslie: I’m calling inaudible.
Leslie: We’ll take them to Chicago and pretend it’s part of Pawnee. Or New York. Or London! No, wait, the money’s different there. They’ll figure it out. OK, nevermind. We’ll go to the park.
Raul: We get 14,000 channels. Fourteen thousand. I already know who wins Project Runway.
Leslie: Wow, I’m coming over to your house then.
Raul: I see what you’re getting at, but no thank you. I am still primarily interested in the large, black woman.
Johnny (translated): Are you married?
April (translated): I have a boyfriend. Kind of.
Leslie: Great, well we don’t have Lady Gaga. And I don’t think she’s going to come here unless her career takes a very bad turn.
Tom: Antonio, Nestle Crunch with the crispy rice removed. Weird choice. But for you? I got it done.
Tom: I find it incredibly demeaning. But guess what? Cash money. I’m gonna make it rain. Actually I’m gonna pick that up real quick.
Lawrence (throwing Frisbees): How do you like it, huh? How do you like that? Now imagine you’re holding coffee.
Raul: This kind of behavior is never tolerated in Boraqua. You shout like that, they put you in jail. Right away. No trial, no nothing. Journalists, we have a special jail for journalists. You’re stealing? Right to jail. You’re playing music too loud? Right to jail, right away. You’re driving to fast? Jail. Slow. Jail. You’re charging too high prices for sweaters, glasses, you right to jail. You undercook fish, believe it or not, jail. You overcook chicken, also jail. Undercook overcook. You make an appointment with the dentist and you don’t show up? Believe it or not, jail, right away. We have the best patients in the world. Because of jail.
Elvis: This meeting of ugly people yelling? It is like torture.
Leslie: That’s one perspective.
Leslie: Well, in a true democracy we believe that the input of our citizens is extremely valuable.
Lawrence: Hey, these pretzels suck.
Leslie: Thank you. See?
Raul: No wonder nothing ever gets done in this country.
Leslie: Really? Nothing gets done. Tell that to the Golden Gate Bridge. Or American Idol. Or the moon. Oh wait, you can’t because you’ve never been there.
Leslie: I think that your medals are stupid. And your uniform is lame. And you guys want to marry Hugo Chavez.
Leslie: Good, shut up.
Leslie: Those are our pens.
Raul: We don’t even need them.
Leslie: Great, then don’t take them.
Leslie: Yesterday I was tough and direct, and today I have to be charming. Basically, yesterday I was Hillary Clinton and today I am Bill.
Tom: Can I get anyone anything to drink before we start. Coffee, brandy?
Leslie: I’d love some coffee.
Tom: Anything, guys? Some nuts?
Leslie: I’ll have some nuts.
Tom: Gummy Bears?
Leslie: Sure.
Tom: Apple Crisps?
Leslie: Yeah.
Tom: Granola Bars?
Leslie: I’ll take those.
Tom: Anything? Sure? OK. I’ll be right out there if you need me.
Elvis: Also, we were a bit jealous. Our colleagues from Boraqua are visiting the sister city of Miami.
Raul: Yeah. They’ve been partying with Dwyane Wade. They sent us all these photos and Quicktime files, I mean you have to see this place Miami.
Leslie: I’m gonna return the money.
Tom: Are you crazy? You could buy a low-end Lexus with that money.
Ann: Or you could build a park with that money.
Leslie: Let’s look at the pros and cons.
Ann: Pro, we can fill in the pit and build a park.
Leslie: Con, we might be filling it in with dirty money.
Tom: Pro, $35,000 worth of dirty money.
Leslie: Con, not quite sure why that’s a pro.
Mark: We can fill in the pit.
Leslie: Con, Ann already said that. Pro and con never works.
Tom: Pro, yes it does.
Leslie: Fine, we’ll keep the money, OK? Everybody happy? Jerry, you happy?
Jerry: What did I do?
Leslie: Meeting adjourned, Jerry.
Raul: Now say viva, Venezuela!
Leslie: Viva, Venezuela!
Raul: Viva Chavez!
Leslie: Thank you, Venezuela.
Leslie: I don’t want to viva that guy.
Leslie: The committee to humiliate and shame America?
Raul: Yes, it is Hugo Chavez passion project.
Raul: Why don’t you call the park after Chavez? You know you call it Hugo Chavez Park. You can have a nice, big fountain of his head so that when the water is coming out he’s spitting at you all the time. You should write this down.
Leslie: I am gonna build that park myself. And it is gonna be awesome. And it’s not gonna have a fountain shaped like Hugo Chavez’s head spitting water all over everyone. Unless that’s what the people want.
April: Oh, and Donna’s here.
Donna: Hey, guys. Hola.
