The Parks and Rec Iceberg Explained
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2022
- It's another iceberg video. This time we're looking at Parks and Rec, Ron Swanson, Leslie, April, Andy, and the rest of the gang. Is Jerry a spy or a cult leader? Who is April's father? Let's find out.
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Ron's secret message being a map certainly would fit his character since he loves riddles so much.
The second bit, about why Ron works for the government even though he doesn't like the government, where your theory is that he's there to obstruct the government is exactly right. Ron even says that's why he took the job in one of the episodes.
The first episode to be exact.
Also he mentions "I will walk deeper Into the belly of the beast to bring all of this crumbling down"
That’s literally his whole thing is that he works for the government to slow down the government, that is like his main character.
Except that Ron hired Leslie to the department out of genuine respect for her, which isn't the act of someone totally wanting to obstruct things.
@@Avatar1977 that's because his character is poorly made and he's given way too many "redeeming moments," where he gives up on his ideology for his friends, to the point where his character is no longer this hardline conservative but instead a character willing to sacrifice his beliefs at any moment when someone asks him nicely.
The thing about Ron wanting to slow the government down isn’t a theory, he outright says on multiple occasions that he’s happy when the other department members, especially Tom, go through an entire day without doing any work since he thinks that a government shouldn’t actually intervene.
Exactly. Literally his character is to duck up the government, that’s why he hired April.
It’s pretty ironic
He also states in one episode that he's willing to go deeper into the belly of the beast if that means it helps destroying it. So yeah, definitely not just a theory.
Exactly, The video gave me vibes of ”I didnt actually watch the show but made a video about it” kind of thing.
Andy got a perfect score because he filled out the bubbles on the SAT with whiteout and broke the scantron lmao
Because he is inept? Or because he is a genius who knew it would break the machine? Giving him a perfect score while making him seem like an idiot. Finally, a case worthy of legendary on again off again FBI agent Burt T. Macklin.
Also at the time of the episode airing (albeit not the time when andy was in high school) the SAT was out of 2400, not 1600. So the joke can be perceived as he's a genius or he's an idiot based on your age and experience.
Am I the only one who understands this is a reference to Gina Linetti giving Terry advice to pass his lieutenant test? 😂 beautifully subtle!
I had 700 on the sat. I am an idiot.
@@davidparr4636 yes you are 🤣💀
Wow that Chris Traeger theory is so true! I was referring to Ann Perkins as Karen Fillipelli for the first two seasons, and then finally got her name down when Traeger started yelling “Ann Perkins!” fifteen times an episode.
But it doesn’t make sense in a larger context. The Office had a much larger cast, with tons of supporting characters. And Dunder Mifflin had a lot more complicated interpersonal relationships than the Parks Department.
Leslie drives a little cheap car, she never buys expensive stuff for herself (it’s shown that the town loves her and gives her stuff for free or discounted alllll the time) and she spends pretty much ALL of her time working where she has no time to spend money so she spends it on the people she loves in the form of gifts. Also a lot of her gifts are handmade and not like designer gifts.
aren't her mom politician or something, this covers her as well
What are “designer gifts”??
@@Qvmmy It's possible her mom paid for her college education and maybe gifted a car or a mortgage payment, but it's weird for working adults to rely on their parents, especially a hard worker like Leslie. Plus, unless they are corrupt, a politician's salary is not that high.
@@Katya_Lastochka i don't trust a Clinton/Biden sympathizer despite her character.
I’m not certain, but I imagine the cost of living, especially 10+ yrs ago would of been pretty low. Owning a sizable house wouldn’t be out of the question
That "second most likely reason gale is with jerry" joke is going criminally underappreciated.
Every superfan knows why Gale is with Gary, because he is very big downstairs and is nice
I remember when i first saw that doctor scene it didn't make a lot of sense. But now it does 😃
I didnt even check for mumps! I was distracted by the BIGGEST penis, ive ever seen.
Didn’t he also say he looked a lot like Chris before having kids?
@@mrpotato9851 yeah, he did and it made Chris spiral into an existenssial crisis so she probably just still sees him as handsome as he was in the past
That's kinda sad
My big disagreement with the theories is Chris Traeger’s using full names. I think that because he does this it comes from his background as the person who lays off people. A big tactic used is “if I can’t remember your name, you’re not important to the workings of the company.” So he uses names to help their chances of keeping their jobs so he has ammo against Ben Wyatt’s aggressive firings.
I swear Chris mentioned the reason he says full names is because he moves from city to city so often, it helps him remember people.
😂
IMO it serves both purposes, a tightly written show can have one line do multiple things!
Mark is the true representation of when people leave jobs no big send off just adios
Gayle is Zorp, that would explain her agelessness and her devotion to the soon to be mayor of Pawneagleton; there is a precedent for a spouse assuming the role of a politician if they die midterm, we don't know what happened after Gerry's death, as timeline-wise that was the latest moment in the show's finale, but I could see her becoming mayor and initiating a new reign of terror.
This is an amazing theory haha
Jerry’s family success was explained by the doctor in season 1... the largest penis he had ever seen. It was so impressive the trained and experienced doctor forgot how to do his job. Gale obviously loves this and it allowed the children to grow up in a house that was so positive the kids didn’t get as much trauma as your average family
And he had 3 children so
Didn’t Andy get a 1500 on his SAT cuz of a computer malfunction? Does someone else remember him saying this
yeah, he filled all the bubbles with whiteout and it broke the machine
the one with Mark is something i never thought about. it would make sense, he literally left once everything went downhill and his last conversation with Leslie was so heartwarming... interesting analysis!
wish they mentioned him more in the show or he at least made an appearance int he later seasons, maybe try to win Ann back when she was with Chris.
I really didn’t like Brendamawics. He was such a boring character. Series got a lot bétter when he was replaced by Ben and Chris.
@@stoopidapples1596 Good actor, though. He would have been great on The Office where there's more natural characters. I could picture him being the new boss or a rival for Jim.
Yikes to the Wamapoke curse theory. It pretty much ignores the whole point of them bringing the whole curse thing up in the first place.
I feel like all "X is a secret genius" theories ignore the diversity of human brains. Andy isn't stupid, he has ADHD so the traditional learning environment isn't good for him. But we see in the final season that he's incredibly motivated to combine education with fun and music.
Please read the headline out when you switch sections between iceberg topics. It's the only thing stopping people from listening to this like a podcast without the video
I honestly don't think I've ever seen a less-plausible series of fan theories back to back. No criticism to 10k for highlighting them, but wow these are some crazy theories with NOTHING backing them.
Theory: Jerry is actually Jerry Seinfeld from the show Seinfeld, who escaped from prison, got plastic surgery and made a new identity for himself to evade the police. After the series ended, the ruse was found out. So Jerry faked his death and disguised himself as Jerry Smith from Rick And Morty.
Evidence: they’re all called Jerry, which is completely irrefutable.
I agree and will add another caveat--Tammy 2 is actually also Tammy from Bob's Burgers and Tammy from Rick and Morty.
Proof: they're all brunettes (Tammy from Bob's Burgers is dyed blonde--she was introduced as a brunette and constantly has bad roots) and they're all named Tammy. Completely irrefutable. I will not be explaining the timeline at this time.
@@katla_phc very strong evidence. Definitely buying that.
Yeah my thoughts exactly. A lot of these "theories" were outright stupid or things that were actually said in the show. Worst iceberg video I've seen unfortunately
Never mind that Tammy in Rick and Morty is a teenager, and that Tammy from Bobs is a child. It doesn’t matter. Not important
The Andy Dwyer/Toy Story Andy theory feels like something some sort of UA-cam Disney theorist would come up with just for fun. I mean it doesn't really make sense because Andy Dwyer didn't go to college and Toy Story Andy did but it's something fun to think about.
Personally suprised no Andy is a psychopath/sociopath as he was a lazy manipulative villain for season 1and didn’t start acting super dumb till after Ann broke up with him for keeping the cast on extra time and whatnot
i recommend listening to the parks and recollection podcast. i kinda thought the same thing for a while but on the podcast they talk about basically the fact that the writers changed the character of andy to be more like pratt during the end of season 1 and season 2 bc pratt was so naturally funny and likeable. also this went well with how the general tone of the show changed. season 1 is more edgy and artsy and depressing and later on it becomes more 'fun' and lighthearted, similar to the character of andy. i think yang said something about how the theme song knew what the tone of the show was before the writers did.
I think I heard that the Andy character wasn't supposed to make it past season 1, but they liked Pratt and decided to fit his character into the show permanently.
i guess this is what i’m doing for the next 22 minutes. you never fail to entertain mr 10k bill
Happy to help
One thing I always disliked about theories regarding Jerry is that they always center around "How can someone like Jerry be with Gale!?", some will stop at him having a large penis others will go deeper as demonstrated in this, very enjoyable, video. This explanations always left a bad taste in my mouth because it seems like something as simple as "Jerry is a lovable person and Gale loves him for his qualities as a man and father" isn't enough to justify Gale's love for him. I know we are talking about a fictional couple in a fictional show but personally I like to belive that the reason Gale loves Jerry is just that, he's a good man and a great father.
What the actual fk, dude. You say you dislike the explanation that he’s just a good man and father. Then you LITERALLY WRITE that you think it’s just because he’s a great man and father…
Do you not brain good or are you hypocritical on purpose?
Their love is the only thing that keeps me going.
I too wish this was the case
The Pawnee curse one doesn’t exactly make sense because Ken literally says that he’s making shit up and he’s not actually doing anything while “removing” the curse
That’s why it would be an accident of him removing the real curse in that episode.
Leslie’s mom could be funding her
Regarding Anne being in witness protection. It wouldn’t make sense for her to go from working an office job to being a nurse. You have to go to school for that.
Online school exists, and she could get a chance at a government residency.
Eh, I don’t think you need to go to school to become a nurse. Nursing is easy. You just go to work, people come in, and you heal them.
@@dylankrejci9965 nurses dont heal people by osmosis. they have to learn how to actually heal. that's what nursing school is for.
Didn’t she get pregnant in the office too?
I would like to know why Leslie keeps making reference to Pawnee's citizens being obese, but we never actually see obese people. What's the point of the running gag?
Go to McAllen with os fattest town in America but phots citizens look normal
I think Andy getting a 1500 on SAT was when it was scored out of 2400.
That extra 2 minutes of editing to put that suicide hotline up was such a good idea, you are truly an amazing person and the world thanks you so much.
10:26 that’s hella reductive, to both Chris and the audience. It was season 3 when Chris was introduced. Do you really think the audience wouldn’t know all the main characters by then? Besides Chris was so much more than just that one name quirk. He was the optimism when things looked hopeless, hilariously hyper-concerned about his health, and an emotional piece of the Pawnee puzzle with his Dr Richard Nygard arc.
but would you remember the name of his therapist if he didn’t say is so often
Omgggg how did I not connect Ben’s love of skates with icetown? 😳
Ron worked under cover in a 3 letter agency or special forces in the military. He was decorated many times , and due to his notoriety among terrorists , Ron Swanson had to go into hiding and too thank him for his years of service the government made him a head of the Parks and Rec in Pawnee, Indiana and was told not to make waves and give him free reign to work whenever he wanted
7:27- Oh, thanks a lot, man! Now I really want to see "How Much is Leslie Knope Worth?" become an actual video.
For the witness protection theory there is some continuity with the two shows. During the halloween episode where Ben was printing out things during the party he is using a sabre printer.
Andy said that he’s actually good at remembering things, but when he said it the character (idr who) blew him off. But it explains why he does so well at things despite being a damn fool.
"How do you know what a crypt text is?"
"I know what things are 😏"
Something i've always wondered is who's handling the camera? After all, there are talking heads just like The Office, and clearly there is some sort of person filming the stuff Leslie and them do
I think in PnR case the Mockumentary is just a style they use and there's no in-universe documentary making like in The Office.
@@manuluh_ I always thought it felt weird. I liked a idea that Leslie hired a camera person to film her job
I miss parks and rec. wish it would return to Hulu or Netflix. Screw you peacock plus
You know that close-up of Andy where he gasps and he's smiling cuz he finds out who's pregnancy test it was in the garbage??
That face. That's my face.
Didn’t Karen from the office have a kid? Where would that fit in with the witness protection theory?
The theory about Leslie being rich makes sense.
How can she afford all the things she makes and buys.
I think it came from a life insurance policy from her dad’s death
Disappointed that Duke Silver isn’t at the very bottom below everything else.
You know what’s so funny, here in Mexico there have been MULTIPLE raccoon infestations in government hospitals lmao
my goodness
love to mexico from russia, we could help rebuild hospitals
I need to rewatch this series. Thank you for the video.
I'm a former naval officer and I pitched the idea for the Harvest Festival episode in the Parks and Rec Hulu page comments section. The 'curse' in the episode is actually a reference to the Havana Syndrome that the public has learned about starting in 2017. I was investigating whether those weapons were being used on everyday civilians -they are- and I was trying to figure out who had access and who the perpetrators' victims were.
Greg Daniels - an executive producer on Parks and Rec - also worked on the show King of the Hill. There is an episode titled Peggy's Fan Fair that describes how Peggy sent out unsolicited ideas to various country music stars and one of them used her song idea without attributing her letter. I kinda thought the episode was just admitting a practice that happens often in the entertainment industry.
So, pitching the Harvest Festival concept was a way to test if the music, movie, and tv industries really take fan concepts and use them without attribution. They do. In addition to the Harvest Festival episode, I also pitched the idea for the Camping episode.
My ultimate goal was to uncover the type of contract stalking that the public learned about in the Harvey Weinstein and Scientology cases. Ronan Farrow's articles 'Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies' and 'A Private Mossad for Hire' describe Weinstein's methods and Leah Remini's show 'Scientology and the Aftermath' describes Scientology's 'Fair Game' organized harassment program.
I had hoped to attract one of these schemes along with a targeting campaign that used the Havana Syndrome weapons so that I could find the victims, free them, and get the program shut down. I'm a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a degree in control systems engineering and I worked in electronics warfare and nuclear engineering as a Surface Warfare Officer. I knew that if Hollywood creeps were targeting their critics with the types of contract stalking schemes we saw in the Harvey Weinstein case, their victims would be in real trouble. Those types of crimes involve sophisticated psychological warfare methods that are designed to discredit the target as a mental case. Add if they used the Havana Syndrome weapons, I guessed that those people would be totally screwed if they tried to report the crime. Law enforcement would be clueless.
So, the Harvest Festival episode serves as a sort of time capsule that demonstrates that I knew that the crime was happening and that I was trying to work on a solution to get the victims freed. A couple of points: First, Li'l Sebastian is a real-life deus ex machina for the people who have been targeted in this scheme. The Pawnee Harvest Festival is based on my hometown's, Dwight, IL, Harvest Days festival they have every September. Our high school mascot is the Trojans -Li'l Sebastian is a Trojan Horse- and my alma mater's mascot is Bill the Goat.
The reason Li'l Sebastian has an honorary degree from Notre Dame is that Navy plays Notre Dame in football every year. They've done so since World War 2. I thought that bit might point to me when I tried to reveal the crime in the future. Li'l Sebastian is meant to become a real-life honorary mascot for the University of Notre Dame during the annual Navy v Notre Dame football game. I figured if the details of this targeting system started to become public, that the public would have a difficult time processing the horror of the scheme. However, if the public saw Li'l Sebastian on the field next to Bill the Goat, they'd be intrigued and it would be a way to ease them toward the truth of this harsh reality - kinda like the way the Chapelle show introduced the R. Kelly crimes through humor. He was too big of a star to stop at the time, but the public eventually came around once Surviving R. Kelly aired. The Cook County State's Attorney indicted Kelly soon after, and I hope that everyday people who are attacked with the Havana Syndrome weapons will someday get some similar measure of justice and be freed from their attackers.
The narrative to this plan becomes lengthy, but that's the gist. We're getting closer to the truth becoming mainstream knowledge. 60 Minutes just did another round of interviews with the original diplomats and officials who were featured in their first news segment with the Havana Syndrome victims. Eventually, they are going to understand that this is happening to thousands and thousands of everyday Americans and tens of thousands of people all over the world. Moreover, the Navy Yard, Baton Rouge, Hollywood Airport, Florida State University, and Las Vegas shooters were all targeted with the Havana Syndrome weapons for a number of years before they went on their criminal rampage. After the Baton Rouge shooting, there was significant coverage noting that that shooter had voiced similar claims as the Florida State University and Navy Yard shooters. And the first Havana Syndrome case was reported just a few months later, so at some point the media and the public are going to compare the complaints and learn that it's the exact same weapon in use and that those shooters weren't mental cases as first described. Rather, they had been tortured for a number of years before they went on their rampage. Also, It's important to note that the Las Vegas shooting occurred at a 'Route 91 Harvest music Festival.' That was no coincidence and was meant to send a chilling message to not talk about these types of crimes.
And to think, the truth was hiding in plain sight. The Pawnee Curse in the Harvest Festival is actually a reference to the Havana Syndrome. Neat!
A couple of reference stories to search: "6 eBay Executives And Employees Charged With Sending Threats, Bloody Pig Mask To Natick Couple" and "Five Individuals Charged Variously with Stalking, Harassing and Spying on U.S. Residents on Behalf of the PRC Secret Police"
One more thing. I also pitched the idea to reveal the King of the Hill character Boomhauer as a Texas Ranger assigned to keep an eye on Dale. The concept was relevant and important to this topic.
I still love this show.
First of all: Parks and Recreation and The Office are definitely in the same universe. This logic is why Amy Poehler didn’t play Jan in the Office; they were saving her for Parks and Recreation.
I have a (admittedly stupid) theory that El from ST grew up to be Leslie. They share their love of waffles and are very forward with their emotions, plus I could definitely see El wanting to get into government to make sure that the things that happened to her never happen to anyone else and to keep the experiments in Hawkins covered up to protect herself and the other test subjects.
the video was fun, but I thought there would be more to the iceberg than just theories
These videos are always just theories that don’t have much substance. They’re garbage
I'm 100% on board with the Steve Harrington theory. Dr. Saperstien is Jean-Ralphio and Mona-Lisa's adoptive father.
Never heard any of theses. And I'm so glad I did.
Andy Dwyer is actually Star Lord
My personal Parks & Rec theory is that Dr. Richard Nygard is not a real person.
Dr. Richard Nygard is Chris Traeger’s therapist. Leslie makes a comment on how she had a feeling that Chris’ therapy sessions were just him talking to himself in a mirror, and this would explain how Chris is able to have sessions 15 times a week at one point.
We never actually SEE Dr. Richard Nygard and only one other character mentions seeing him, and she was a one-off character who was trying to overcome her fear of animals by applying for the animal control department.
I personally think that Dr. Richard Nygard is an online program/guide where you talk with yourself, and emulate what you would think a therapist WOULD say to you. For example that lady might have asked herself what advice a real doctor might have given her, and concludes that the best way to overcome a fear is to expose yourself to it all at once, rather than little steps at a time (which is more effective)
Idk the way Shauna Mullway-Tweep talks about Dr.RN makes him sound like a real person .
Craig also talks about him seeing Dr. Richard Nygard on the last episode or so
I've seen this show a few too many times (I might be an addict,) but I had to check to see if this was posted on April fools days cause most of the theories are so unfathomably bad
Please cover The Good Place and Brooklyn 99
18:08 Fun fact: Jim Jones was from Indiana.
You’re gonna talk about who’s got secret stacks of cash and not talk about Donna?!
IKR 💵🪙💵💰💵🪙💵
Love iceberg videos, thanks
10:57 its also common in social engineering people love to hear their name. if you're good at getting things from people by talking you'd use this.
literally threw up when i saw the notification I was so excited
Oh no
There was a deleted scene in the episode where April briefly quits and Ron shows up at her house. The interaction between Ron and her mom implies they did sleep together and Ron could be her father.
Considering how similar the two sisters are, it probably wasn't just a one night stand.
My favorite "theory" for lack of a better word, about Jerry is how he got Gale as a wife. In one episode where all the guys are getting checked after someone sent a nude to Ann, there's a cutaway to the doctor that checked Jerry and he says, "That man has the biggest penis I've ever seen." I like to think that plays a big part of how he got Gale. Lol
Didn’t Jerry also say that he used to look like Chris?
@tavadaardendrian319 you know what? That makes sense!!!
8:15 the episode where they are starting to slash the budget, they say that leslie has one of the highest salaries or sumthing, so that would explain that
The Ron being Aprils father theory always felt so legit to me.
I never thought I'd see myself watching a video on a show I only watched a few episodes of, but damn this is good
The first season is extremely terrible but it gets so much better at the start of the second
Ann is Karen and she is in witness protection and to keep her safe with her they sent Burt Tyrannosaurus Macklin but they fell in love, then Burt is then laid off for not playing by the books, all his history stricken from the FBI records. The people Karen was hiding from finally were caught and then the case blows over. So she returns back to her old life and goes off the show.
As a common visitor to Patoka lake it was awesome to see that theory.
I think personally that Ron Swanson owns the Sweetums company
Zorp is dead. Long live Zorp.
Awesome!!!
Maybe instead of ann and Karen being the same person instead they could be cousins or identical twins
Ron literally says he’s there to disrupt the government. I think he says it in the first episode. If not the first episode, it’s definitely in the first season. He repeats this a few more times.
Super-fun video.
I think if Mark was to die, Leslie would have spent a year or two naming a park, a room in City Hall, a breakfast item at the diner, the pit, or the infamous speed bump after him.
Jerry didn’t vote.
Great video, super underrated
Bruh I was watching a toy story video and thought to myself "damn the child's name is Andy, like the guy from parks and rec" I never thought someone else made the connection
I can see Larry being a spy, but why the knee-jerk theory that it’s Soviet? The Soviet Union fell in the 90’s. He could be a spy for literally anyone
9:25 raccoons in the hospital.
No offense, but you've obviously never been to Toronto Canada 🤣
hail zorp
Hail zorp
8:50 looks haunted
19:02 Heh, I get that refference.
More parks and red pls
The reason Pawnee started doing really well wasn't because the curse was lifted it was after Leslie took the job for the federal government and improved her town
"pawnee is cursed" nah I'm from Indiana, the whole state's just Like That
Love parks and rec
Uhh...people like overthink things. Actors can be in unrelated shows.
I like Ron - he looks like Ned Flanders.
can you say each theory out loud it’s hard to read it so fast
I'd like to order all the bacon and eggs you have. Now, you heard a lot of bacon and eggs. I said all.
I mean, her mom is wealthy, especially for Pawneeans, also, she was born in Eagleton, so....
Jerry one is easy the Dr. Confirmed it
Can we get an adventure time iceberg?!
Thank you.
19:04 second most likely reason…I see what you did there hahaha
The Andy is a genius one makes little sense. Most of those accomplishments aren't due to any of Andy's actions. They're due to his character being re-written between seasons 1 and 2 to become a lovable goof that everyone around him takes care of him. Andy is just lucky, not a genius. He doesn't manifest any of the things that happen TO him.
Did mark not leave to work for Norton construction?
Another reason the “Anne is just Karen in WPP” theory doesn’t hold much water is that Anne is a nurse, a highly skilled job that requires not only a degree in nursing, but demonstrable experience which we see her show throughout the show, which your average paper saleswoman would not be able to just fake
Last week I messed up a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It was just jelly.
1:53 lol. What if he dies of like, cancer? Are they going to somehow give money to cancer?
idk how believable joe keery could age into henry winkler is but i love the fact that joe keery and ben schwartz joke about this theory i am not surprised joe keery would as even though i don't watch stranger things anytime those actors read theories they are more open to them believing theories lol or atleast playing along
Steve Harrington is Dr. Saperstein. It's canon now.