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Character Name: Leslie Knope
Series: Parks and Recreation
Timeline: Right before episode 5x15, upon returning from her honeymoon
Canon Resource Link: wikia
Character History:
Leslie Barbara Knope was born inPawnee Eagleton, Indiana on January 18th, 1975. The revelation that an actual dimension of hell was her birthplace is physically painful, but due to a raccoon infestation at the Pawnee hospital, her mother had no choice but to go to enemy territory in order to give birth safely to her daughter. Despite the shame of technically being an Eagletonian, Leslie thrived in Pawnee with two parents who encouraged her, always, to try her hand at anything and if she failed, talked with her about the important lesson she would carry with her always: It isn't that she failed that matters. What matters is that Leslie tries and picks herself back up.
Tragically, in 1985 when Leslie was just ten years old, her father was killed in an accident. Her mother, Marlene, who had a career in politics was left wondering what to do with her daughter and so, Leslie began a slew of afterschool activities to keep busy. Model U.N., girl scouts, the swim team. You name it, she did it, but she was mostly inspired by the times she shadowed her mother at City Hall, listening in on political conversations and starting to learn about how government works. That's what she fell in love with and soon she began recording her own political ads in her bedroom about hopes for a better future, what she wanted to see for Pawnee, and what she would do if elected into office. In high school, she joined debate club, participated in mock trials and graduated in the top 5% of her class before going on to graduate summa-cum-laude from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
As an adult, Leslie worked her way through the ranks to eventually become the employee of Ron Swanson in city government. Her job title became Deputy Director of the Parks and Recreation Department with employees Tom Haverford, Donna Meagle,Gary Jerry Gergich and April Ludgate. One of her job duties is to hold public forums about the status of the city, not just its parks but to hear concerns about all issues in Pawnee Indiana. One fateful evening, a beautiful, strong, independent woman named Ann Perkins introduces herself with a complaint that there is a giant pit in her backyard and she'd like someone to do anything about it. The pit becomes Leslie's passion project and Ann soon becomes Leslie's best friend. Through Ann, we meet Andy Dwyer which makes Leslie's friend circle complete - for now.
Eventually, it becomes apparent that the city doesn't have the money to do anything with the pit until Andy is hurt and when a lawyer convinces him to sue the city, Leslie goes one step further in asking Andy to stop the lawsuit against the city and instead simply demand the pit be filled in. She's crafty that way, always coming up with solutions to problems if given enough time and sugar to do so. The issue of the city being broke leads to the arrival of state auditors Chris Traeger and Ben Wyatt who are, at first, seen as only the enemy. They shut down the government and Leslie especially takes full offense, going so far as to explicitly state she doesn't care for Ben at all. The shut down of the government means no free public concert for the children of the city which Leslie really can't stand for; adults being impacted because of their own dumb decisions is one thing, but the kids shouldn't have to pay for it. So, she manages to organize an event all on her own, despite what Chris and Ben think or want. When Ben sees how passionate Leslie is and how much she actually cares, he relents and even helps her, agreeing to let her have the win today before refocusing on the problem at hand.
Leslie and Ben continue working together, and just as he's starting to slowly develop a small crush, he watches her - completely flu-ridden and out of it - give a speech so perfectly and passionately as she tries to get vendors to volunteer for an upcoming Harvest Festival, that his respect for her turns into a full-blown crush. Leslie spends more and more time with Ben, realizing her own feelings for him are less complicated and negative than she thought they were. However, as soon as they realize their feelings, Chris - who is now, technically, their boss somehow - states that under no circumstance are two employees allowed to date. Period. Leslie and Ben sneak around, hiding their relationship pretty well until Leslie accidentally butt-dials Ron and he hears a lot of sexy things he sincerely wishes he hadn't. Eventually, her mother is in on the secret (and she still works in the City Hall building) as well as a municipal worker. After a memorial service for the towns beloved miniature horse Lil' Sebastian, Leslie is approached by a group of people looking to back a great candidate for city council. They believe that candidate could be Leslie, and when asked if she has any secrets, anything that needs to be put out there, Leslie says she does not, determined to continue her secret relationship with Ben.
The relationship can't last, Leslie realizes that after failed attempts to see Ben in private, so they break up but it's amicable, with Ben presenting Leslie with a 'KNOPE 2012' campaign button. They try to remain close friends but it proves to be too hard, which drives Leslie insane. She hates the double standard that a woman can't be in a relationship and do something meaningful at the same time but dudes can practically do anything they want and remain unscathed. When she decides she wants to be with him no matter the consequences, Ben quits his job to save her political career. Eventually, she asks him to be her campaign manager, confident in him even though he has no confidence in himself. All of her friends rally behind her to run Leslie's campaign on top of maintaining their actual paying jobs. It appears, on election night, that Leslie lost to a multi-millionaire heir of the town's candy factory, but upon a recount, it's found that Leslie won by 21 votes. She becomes Pawnee's first female city council member.
Soon after winning the election, Leslie and Ben get engaged, buy a house, and plan to get married on a whim at a black tie event to raise money for a future park. It feels like the perfect opportunity with all their friends and the family they want with them already. However, one of the councilmen who very much hates that Leslie is trying to make positive change (and just hates that a woman is in city council at all) ruins the ceremony by setting off stink bombs. Leslie is resigned to not marrying Ben that night, but when she leaves to bail Ron out of jail (for punching the councilman), Ben sets up a wedding for them right in her office. It's perfect, quiet, intimate, and exactly what she wanted. The wedding itself and where it was didn't matter; all that mattered was being married to the person she loved and she liked.
Leslie and Ben soon leave for a honeymoon in Hawaii, but before they can actually return to Pawnee, they will arrive in Wonderland with all of their baggage and souveniers; totally and completely confused.
Abilities/Special Powers: Leslie has the ability to argue with the passion of a thousand hot white burning suns, but that is all.
Third-Person Sample:
For about a day, Leslie's convinced that something happened to her and Ben LOST style. Maybe they were dead and this place was some sort of intriguing purgatory, but that didn't make sense because Ben's her soulmate and she knows who he is. Besides that, she remembers her life in Pawnee, so LOST was out pretty quickly as actually having been real and a thing to experience. After that, the hows and whys become a guessing game. Maybe they were drugged or the cabin pressure in their plane went way too low causing mass hallucinations. It's a really fun game until Leslie finds a pamphlet and starts reading it out loud to Ben.
This place really has to work on its optics.
The information is concerning, sure, who wouldn't be concerned about being magically kidnapped with no way home and zero ways to be sure no one worries? But what's actually a bummer is that as far as she can tell there is no Ann, there are no parks, and there is no government at all to be seen. How does a place function without government??? Sure there are queens but they don't sound that great. Or like they care all that much. Besides, they're not hands-on, they don't know what anyone needs in the moment on a day to day basis. As Leslie sits in a tea room that she's converted into her office, she writes a few notes, biting into a magic waffle as she nods to herself. She has a goal, and that's to appeal to the queens and unite all of Wonderland.
At least for one day.
First-Person Sample:
Morning, Wonderland!
[ Leslie is bright-eyed when she addresses the network at 9 a.m. - a perfectly reasonable time - a coffee cup in front of her. ]
I wanted to take an informal poll regarding how you feel about the way things happen in Wonderland currently. Now, I realize we can't change being here or not being able to leave or when and why things happen, but everything in between we all directly impact!
[ Removing the lid of her coffee cup, she pulls out a diner style container of sugar, holding it in her hand, gesturing with it as she speaks. ]
First, if you could change one thing about what happened as soon as you arrived here, what would it be? And don't say I wouldn't arrive at all because that's obvious. I mean, tell me about the way information regarding being here was presented to you.
[ Now, she starts pouring sugar into her coffee. And pouring, and pouring. She's not stopping. ]
Second, what's one good aspect to this place you like? It doesn't have to be big, just positive. And if you don't have anything positive to say, maybe ignore this and move on.
[ She doesn't stop pouring the sugar until the coffee has visibly risen in the cup. Then she stops, stirs and takes a sip, humming because it's perfect. Then she adds the tiniest bit more sugar until she's finally done. ]
Last question: If you could see one kind of business here - keeping in mind that there's no money to be exchanged for goods and services - what would it be? Personally, I'd want an all-day breakfast restaurant. Now you go!
[ Leslie smiles and the feed ends, and now all she has to do is wait with her sugar coffee for the replies to roll in. ]
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Other Characters: Claire Fraser (
beautifullies) | Jane Weller (endingpoint) | Michonne (thesamurai) | Henry Mills (henrydaniel)Character Name: Leslie Knope
Series: Parks and Recreation
Timeline: Right before episode 5x15, upon returning from her honeymoon
Canon Resource Link: wikia
Character History:
Leslie Barbara Knope was born in
Tragically, in 1985 when Leslie was just ten years old, her father was killed in an accident. Her mother, Marlene, who had a career in politics was left wondering what to do with her daughter and so, Leslie began a slew of afterschool activities to keep busy. Model U.N., girl scouts, the swim team. You name it, she did it, but she was mostly inspired by the times she shadowed her mother at City Hall, listening in on political conversations and starting to learn about how government works. That's what she fell in love with and soon she began recording her own political ads in her bedroom about hopes for a better future, what she wanted to see for Pawnee, and what she would do if elected into office. In high school, she joined debate club, participated in mock trials and graduated in the top 5% of her class before going on to graduate summa-cum-laude from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
As an adult, Leslie worked her way through the ranks to eventually become the employee of Ron Swanson in city government. Her job title became Deputy Director of the Parks and Recreation Department with employees Tom Haverford, Donna Meagle,
Eventually, it becomes apparent that the city doesn't have the money to do anything with the pit until Andy is hurt and when a lawyer convinces him to sue the city, Leslie goes one step further in asking Andy to stop the lawsuit against the city and instead simply demand the pit be filled in. She's crafty that way, always coming up with solutions to problems if given enough time and sugar to do so. The issue of the city being broke leads to the arrival of state auditors Chris Traeger and Ben Wyatt who are, at first, seen as only the enemy. They shut down the government and Leslie especially takes full offense, going so far as to explicitly state she doesn't care for Ben at all. The shut down of the government means no free public concert for the children of the city which Leslie really can't stand for; adults being impacted because of their own dumb decisions is one thing, but the kids shouldn't have to pay for it. So, she manages to organize an event all on her own, despite what Chris and Ben think or want. When Ben sees how passionate Leslie is and how much she actually cares, he relents and even helps her, agreeing to let her have the win today before refocusing on the problem at hand.
Leslie and Ben continue working together, and just as he's starting to slowly develop a small crush, he watches her - completely flu-ridden and out of it - give a speech so perfectly and passionately as she tries to get vendors to volunteer for an upcoming Harvest Festival, that his respect for her turns into a full-blown crush. Leslie spends more and more time with Ben, realizing her own feelings for him are less complicated and negative than she thought they were. However, as soon as they realize their feelings, Chris - who is now, technically, their boss somehow - states that under no circumstance are two employees allowed to date. Period. Leslie and Ben sneak around, hiding their relationship pretty well until Leslie accidentally butt-dials Ron and he hears a lot of sexy things he sincerely wishes he hadn't. Eventually, her mother is in on the secret (and she still works in the City Hall building) as well as a municipal worker. After a memorial service for the towns beloved miniature horse Lil' Sebastian, Leslie is approached by a group of people looking to back a great candidate for city council. They believe that candidate could be Leslie, and when asked if she has any secrets, anything that needs to be put out there, Leslie says she does not, determined to continue her secret relationship with Ben.
The relationship can't last, Leslie realizes that after failed attempts to see Ben in private, so they break up but it's amicable, with Ben presenting Leslie with a 'KNOPE 2012' campaign button. They try to remain close friends but it proves to be too hard, which drives Leslie insane. She hates the double standard that a woman can't be in a relationship and do something meaningful at the same time but dudes can practically do anything they want and remain unscathed. When she decides she wants to be with him no matter the consequences, Ben quits his job to save her political career. Eventually, she asks him to be her campaign manager, confident in him even though he has no confidence in himself. All of her friends rally behind her to run Leslie's campaign on top of maintaining their actual paying jobs. It appears, on election night, that Leslie lost to a multi-millionaire heir of the town's candy factory, but upon a recount, it's found that Leslie won by 21 votes. She becomes Pawnee's first female city council member.
Soon after winning the election, Leslie and Ben get engaged, buy a house, and plan to get married on a whim at a black tie event to raise money for a future park. It feels like the perfect opportunity with all their friends and the family they want with them already. However, one of the councilmen who very much hates that Leslie is trying to make positive change (and just hates that a woman is in city council at all) ruins the ceremony by setting off stink bombs. Leslie is resigned to not marrying Ben that night, but when she leaves to bail Ron out of jail (for punching the councilman), Ben sets up a wedding for them right in her office. It's perfect, quiet, intimate, and exactly what she wanted. The wedding itself and where it was didn't matter; all that mattered was being married to the person she loved and she liked.
Leslie and Ben soon leave for a honeymoon in Hawaii, but before they can actually return to Pawnee, they will arrive in Wonderland with all of their baggage and souveniers; totally and completely confused.
Abilities/Special Powers: Leslie has the ability to argue with the passion of a thousand hot white burning suns, but that is all.
Third-Person Sample:
For about a day, Leslie's convinced that something happened to her and Ben LOST style. Maybe they were dead and this place was some sort of intriguing purgatory, but that didn't make sense because Ben's her soulmate and she knows who he is. Besides that, she remembers her life in Pawnee, so LOST was out pretty quickly as actually having been real and a thing to experience. After that, the hows and whys become a guessing game. Maybe they were drugged or the cabin pressure in their plane went way too low causing mass hallucinations. It's a really fun game until Leslie finds a pamphlet and starts reading it out loud to Ben.
This place really has to work on its optics.
The information is concerning, sure, who wouldn't be concerned about being magically kidnapped with no way home and zero ways to be sure no one worries? But what's actually a bummer is that as far as she can tell there is no Ann, there are no parks, and there is no government at all to be seen. How does a place function without government??? Sure there are queens but they don't sound that great. Or like they care all that much. Besides, they're not hands-on, they don't know what anyone needs in the moment on a day to day basis. As Leslie sits in a tea room that she's converted into her office, she writes a few notes, biting into a magic waffle as she nods to herself. She has a goal, and that's to appeal to the queens and unite all of Wonderland.
At least for one day.
First-Person Sample:
Morning, Wonderland!
[ Leslie is bright-eyed when she addresses the network at 9 a.m. - a perfectly reasonable time - a coffee cup in front of her. ]
I wanted to take an informal poll regarding how you feel about the way things happen in Wonderland currently. Now, I realize we can't change being here or not being able to leave or when and why things happen, but everything in between we all directly impact!
[ Removing the lid of her coffee cup, she pulls out a diner style container of sugar, holding it in her hand, gesturing with it as she speaks. ]
First, if you could change one thing about what happened as soon as you arrived here, what would it be? And don't say I wouldn't arrive at all because that's obvious. I mean, tell me about the way information regarding being here was presented to you.
[ Now, she starts pouring sugar into her coffee. And pouring, and pouring. She's not stopping. ]
Second, what's one good aspect to this place you like? It doesn't have to be big, just positive. And if you don't have anything positive to say, maybe ignore this and move on.
[ She doesn't stop pouring the sugar until the coffee has visibly risen in the cup. Then she stops, stirs and takes a sip, humming because it's perfect. Then she adds the tiniest bit more sugar until she's finally done. ]
Last question: If you could see one kind of business here - keeping in mind that there's no money to be exchanged for goods and services - what would it be? Personally, I'd want an all-day breakfast restaurant. Now you go!
[ Leslie smiles and the feed ends, and now all she has to do is wait with her sugar coffee for the replies to roll in. ]