This earned the cult the nickname "The Zorpies" from the residents of Pawnee. They were founded by Lou Prozotovich, who wrote the groups' two foundational texts: Organize It! Decades after their initial takeover, the group has dwindled to only a few followers and their current leader, Herb Scaifer.
Every few years, the Reasonabilists predict that the end of the world is nigh, and they hold an all-night vigil at a park in Pawnee to await it. How sincere are they in their beliefs?
Well, Scaifer is happy to adjust his apocalypse predictions based on which nights the park is available for booking. The walls of Pawnee City Hall are covered in colorful murals, but look a little closer and you'll see that the history they depict is rather depressing.
No one loves Pawnee more than Leslie, but even she can't help but express shame when she describes exactly what's going on in these tableaus. For example, there's the "Turnbill Mansion Wedding" mural, depicting a wedding between a white woman and a Wamapoke Chief Then there's the mural of the traveling magician who wandered into Pawnee in and tried to impress the locals by pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
He was subsequently burned at the stake. There's also the infamous "Spirit of Pawnee" mural, which includes stereotypical caricatures of practically every group that has lived in Pawnee over the centuries.
Naturally, there was an attempt to paint this over, but when all of the new design proposals proved unsatisfactory, it was simply renamed "The Diversity Express.
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But in the past, Pawnee's legal system was even crazier. At one point, just "being Indian" was considered a crime that was punishable by death. Women were also banned from showing their elbows — it was considered a Class-A felony, in fact. When one local woman, Sarah Nelson Quindle, exposed her elbow outdoors, she had to endure a cruel punishment: She was sent adrift on Lake Michigan on an ice floe to become a "human popsicle. For a time, Pawnee did not even have a proper law enforcement system, because local sheriffs had either quit their jobs or died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds after drinking too much.
Therefore, the locals would settle all of their problems by brawling. If you got into a dispute with someone, a bare-knuckle fight was your only option for seeking justice. Every town has to deal with local critters, and Pawnee is no exception. For as long as Leslie can remember, Pawnee has had a serious raccoon infestation. Leslie resents the fact that she was born at a hospital in Eagleton because when her mother went into the labor, the hospital in Pawnee was overrun by raccoons.
This means that Pawnee has been struggling to deal with the raccoons for decades. Moreover, it seems that after all this time, the local raccoon population has begun evolving. While raccoons are typically nocturnal animals, the raccoons in Pawnee are active during the daytime as well. They're also more aggressive than your average raccoon. As the Parks Department prepares for a local Christmas celebration, Ron Swanson remarks that if the raccoons are not removed from the Christmas village, they will hunt the children for sport.
The town's ineffective animal control department also has to contend with a local opossum problem — when they're not getting high and ignoring their duties, that is. Pawnee has had many different town slogans throughout its existence. Fearing military invasions, previous mayors took some unorthodox foreign policy stances with slogans like "Welcome German Soldiers" and "Welcome Vietnamese Soldiers.
In that sense, the slogan is unpleasant, but it's definitely also honest. Eventually, the town hosts a public forum where residents can voice their opinions on a new potential slogan. Naturally, our heroes have to listen to quite a few nonsensical suggestions before hearing anything with potential.
One lifelong resident comes up with the slogan, "When you're here, then you're home," which wins over Leslie. Of course, even this process doesn't go smoothly: When she presents her idea, she uses "than" instead of "then. It seems like every old building has a haunted floor or room that you feel hesitant about entering. Pawnee City Hall is no different: Employees try to avoid the fourth floor at all costs. One reputable business is the fast-food restaurant Paunch Burger. In one episode, Leslie is talking about the book she wrote about Pawnee's history.
While sitting in her office, she goes into great detail about the slogans Pawnee had over the years. And no, they weren't all flattering or respectful. The parks and recreation department has a ton of familiar faces that stop by from time to time, like Barry the accountant , and Ken Hotate.
Ken Hotate is the tribe leader of the Wamapoke and he converses with Leslie often to make sure Pawnee's government is abiding by the agreement between them and the tribe. Shown through multiple colorful pieces of art, Pawnee settlers stole the land from the Wamapoke and took everything they had. Leslie notes that Pawnee's history is full of devastation, and the Wamapoke tribe is proof of that.
His name was brought up numerous times throughout the series but no one sees him until his death in "Two Funerals. With Pawnee being a fictional city, the characters did a good job of name-dropping sister cities; or cities that are comparable to Pawnee. Just in case there are any Parks and Rec. Lynn is a nomad who travels the globe on the hunt for her next adventure with her husband.
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The main character is the hopelessly optimistic Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler. Local government meetings can often be a showcase of some unique individuals with interesting complaints and ideas about how their local tax dollars should be spent. Parks and Rec leaned into this, injecting quirky characters in one-off roles to emphasize what an odd but hilarious place Pawnee could be. What makes it so unusual is its hilarious cast of characters, both from the main cast and the townsfolk.
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