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Character Analysis

Jim O'Heir

Jerry Gergich

Played by Jim O'Heir

207 jokes across 80 episodes of Parks and Recreation

WAR

25.3

Total Jokes

207

Avg Craft

6.8

Avg Impact

6.5

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Jerry delivers 207 scored jokes across 80 episodes of Parks and Recreation, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.5 on impact for a career WAR of 25.3. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Jerry Lines

All Jokes — 125 total

S1E03

Jerry:See all the spikes? So, two things. One, it's poisonous. And two, it would hurt.

5.44.5
S1E03

Leslie · Jerry:Leslie eating the honeysuckle despite Jerry saying not to eat it

6.56.0
S1E03

Leslie · Jerry:Why did you let me eat that? / I never told you to eat that.

7.06.5
S1E03

Jerry · Leslie:Leslie, the animals know you don't eat the country honeysuckle. / I'm not an animal.

6.75.5
S2E05

Jerry · April:Can you help me out a second? Go away, Jerry.

6.96.0
S2E05

Leslie · Jerry:Jerry, are you happy? What did I do?

6.76.0
S2E06

Leslie · Jerry:Jerry, did you use permanent marker again? I'm sorry, guys... Forget it. Let's all pretend Jerry wasn't born.

6.15.0
S2E07

Jerry:And almonds give me the squirts.

5.86.0
S2E09

Jerry:No, I have a bunion that's practically its own toe. Normally, the pain howls through my loafers like a banshee on the moors, but... for these past three minutes, it's been reduced to a faint growl.

7.97.5
S2E09

Ann · Jerry · Ann · Jerry:Who's the Jesus? / That would be Greg Kinnear. / I didn't know he was from Indiana. / Yeah, you know, I read that he was.

7.06.5
S2E09

Jerry · Ann · Jerry · Ann · Jerry:He was great on ER... / Greg Kinnear wasn't in ER. / Yeah, he was. / I don't think that he was. / Who am I thinking of?

6.56.0
S2E09

Tom · Jerry · Tom · Tom:You said 'murinal'. / No, I didn't. / You said 'murinal'. I heard it. / Why don't you put that murinal in the men's room so people can murinate all over it?

6.86.5
S2E09

Jerry · Tom:It's pointillism. And each dot is a photo of a citizen of the town. / No one cares. At all.

7.27.0
S2E09

Ann · Jerry:It looks like he's carrying Kinnear into the burning building. / That's because he's moonwalking. So he... Should be goin' the other way.

7.77.5
S2E10

Jerry · Tom:Holy cow. It is good to be back! Sneak attack! Damn it! I'm the pants king! Bow to me.

5.76.0
S2E10

Jerry:Ron, your toast sucked. The traditional toast is 'to the hunt.' And it is said by me.

6.56.0
S2E10

Jerry:See, at my house I've got a wife and three beautiful daughters. But this trip, it is the one time of year I get to pee standing up.

7.67.5
S2E10

Tom · Jerry:Maybe Ron shot himself. He has seemed really depressed lately. He was shot in the back of the head. Right, he loves the back of his head. He would never shoot himself there.

7.47.5
S2E10

Jerry · Leslie:Pants king. Pants queen.

7.16.0
S2E11

Jerry · Others:Strip club? Did somebody say strip club? No. Somebody say strip club? You did. I definitely heard someone say strip club. You did.

6.26.0
S2E11

Jerry:I'm not a big fan of group dinners where everybody splits the bill no matter what they get. I ordered a tyranno-ceasar salad, and that's all I'm paying for.

6.86.5
S2E11

Jerry · Tom:I really wish I could have your body. What? Like, tied up, naked, in your basement?

7.48.0
S2E11

Jerry:There is a girl here that also works at Quiznos. She's really nice to me here but really mean to me at Quiznos.

7.37.5
S2E14

Jerry · Tom · Leslie:What are you guys talking about? Nothing. Don't worry about it. What?

6.05.5
S2E15

Andy · Jerry:Terrific's not more than amazing, Jerry. No? Well, it's not less.

6.66.0
S2E15

Jerry · Ann:Krackel bars, also healthy and delicious. No, they're not. Yeah. They actually have rice in them. So...

6.26.0
S2E15

Jerry:You wanna watch me rollerblade in the parking lot after work? I'm pretty awesome. I used to be really good. That was, like, 70 pounds ago.

7.07.0
S2E15

Jerry:Just kidding! I don't fall!

6.36.0
S2E16

Jerry · Leslie:I've been happily married for 28 years. You've met my wife gayle many times. Whatever.

6.66.0
S2E17

Unknown · Jerry:Jerry! You got soup all over our mail! You jerk.

5.76.0
S2E18

Jerry · Leslie:It's ketchup! / Is it? / Jerry. Jerry. Yes. It's ketchup.

5.55.5
S2E19

Jerry · Tom:This is my third time in a row. Just a bad luck streak, buddy. Next time, I'm sure it will definitely be one of us. But it won't be me. Because I always write...

6.26.0
S2E19

Jerry:No, I always write my own name. But just to be safe, I do add 20 extra 'Jerry's.

7.78.0
S2E19

Tom · Jerry:Ew! Is that code for some kind of weird sex act? Lord Sheldon is my dog. My wife named him. Ew!

6.56.5
S2E19

Jerry · Andy:No, I just curled up and laid still until they left. Well, that's another way to play it.

7.17.0
S2E19

Leslie · Jerry:If even one of them had a unique scar, we got them. I didn't get a good look. Damn it, Jerry. Sorry. You're the victim. Sorry. Sorry.

7.37.5
S2E19

Jerry · Office workers · Leslie:Ha-ha, guys. Really funny. Where's the real banner? We only had an hour. So did I. Look what I did.

6.46.5
S2E19

Jerry · Tom:Really. My gosh, you should not have gone to all this trouble. Oh. It's no trouble for our buddy.

5.75.5
S2E19

Leslie · Jerry:Jerry? I don't... I don't think your computer is plugged in. I'm sorry, guys. Just got to power up.

5.45.5
S2E19

Tom · Jerry · Leslie:You went on a vacation and you chose Muncie, Indiana? Yeah. My wife and I have a time-share. In Muncie? Tom, Muncie is a lovely city.

7.17.0
S2E19

Jerry:I said 'twout' instead of 'trout.' It happens to everyone. My marbles are full of mouth today.

7.58.0
S2E19

Leslie · Jerry:He can't talk right now because he has hysterical muteness from trauma. Correct.

7.47.5
S2E19

Jerry:And Lord Sheldon... He lunged at a bird, I dropped the burrito, and it landed on a log in the creek. So, I go to reach for it, I lose my balance, and I fall on my shoulder really weird.

7.48.0
S2E19

Jerry:Because two more years until I retire with full benefits and pension. And the wife and I, we have bought a little cottage on a lake. And I am going to get myself a stack of mystery novels, a box of cigars, and I am going to sit back and enjoy my life.

7.37.0
S2E20

Jerry:Come on, I didn't know that. He seemed okay. We had dinner together.

5.85.5
S2E22

Jerry:My phone has 25 lines. I think it might be a switchboard.

6.25.5
S2E22

Jerry · Leslie:I will now drink eight glasses of milk in three minutes. No. No, you won't. No, you won't. Because if you do that, you will die.

7.27.0
S2E23

Jerry:Jerry's panicked 'Death!' response to seeing the state auditors

7.17.0
S2E24

Jerry · Leslie:My doctor just said I should avoid... / Being a wuss? Yes, I agree.

6.75.5
S3E01

Leslie · Jerry:Jerry. / Oh, my gosh. Look who's here. Leslie. / The nightmare's over, Jerry. We're going back to work. / You're not going to need this anymore. (SPLASH)

5.85.5
S3E03

Jerry:It was an all-boys school.

7.27.0
S3E04

Jerry:Tammy Swanson Swanson.

5.86.0
S3E08

Jerry:No, Tom, don't! Her boob kills!

7.07.5
S3E08

Jerry · Tom:Oh, I know this one. They are all rap-pists. - Oh, my God, they're Rappers, Jerry!

6.27.0
S3E08

Jerry:You know, I was 24 when Gayle took my virginity.

6.46.5
S3E08

Jerry:You know what I should do? I should lead a teen abstinence workshop. That might be incredibly effective.

7.57.5
S3E08

Tom · Jerry:Chocolate or butterscotch? - Uh, swirl me.

6.36.0
S3E08

Jerry:Yeah, she died, like, 20 minutes after that.

7.78.0
S3E11

Jerry · Leslie · Tom:So for my painting, I chose one of my very favorite Greek myths-- the centaur goddess Dyaphena slaying a great stag. - It's, uh, stunning. - It's breathtaking, Jerry. - Yeah. Really is. - Wow. Thanks, guys.

6.66.0
S3E11

Leslie · Jerry:Oh. Oh, my God. That's me. Is that me? What? No. Oh, jeez, it does look like you.

7.08.0
S3E11

Tom · Jerry:Is your penis between the front arms or the back legs? - Yeah, where's your penis? - Damn it, Jerry!

6.77.0
S3E15

Chris · Jerry:Swivel! What is it, Jerry? You told me to say your name. And you did a great job, superstar.

6.46.5
S3E15

Jerry · Ron:Who was that? I don't know. I saw her crying, and so I helped.

7.16.5
S3E15

Jerry:So, Webster's dictionary describes a pork as a... No, it's park... Park. I'm sorry. Geez, okay.

6.26.0
S3E16

Leslie · Tom · Jerry:That's weird. Must be a typo. Yeah, Jerry, it's probably a typo, because it probably should've said, 'You have a cube butt.' 'Cause your butt's shaped like a cube.

6.45.5
S3E16

Tom · Jerry:Which one floats your penis? They're all black. Maybe to the layman, Jerry. Obsidian, onyx, midnight, lost soul, rolling blackout, sleeping panther, and void by Armani.

7.57.5
S3E16

Jerry · Leslie:No, they were out. So I just got a big thing of lighter fluid. It's kind of the same thing. Huh? Oh! We planned that! Wow, wow!

6.57.5
S3E16

Jerry:Ron, are you mad at me? 'Cause without eyebrows, I can't really tell.

7.06.5
S4E01

Chris · Jerry:If I could go back in time and cut your eyeballs out, I would. Wow, that is so sweet. Thank you.

7.88.0
S4E03

Jerry:Leslie? Here's the thing. I've been all over the state. Indianapolis, Bloomington, Lafayette, Muncie, Gary, all the places you mention in the book. And I've interviewed all the people you mentioned. And so far, there is not one incorrect fact.

6.76.0
S4E05

Jerry · Chris:You can text without looking at your phone? I think it's rude not to maintain eye contact with the people that I'm talking to.

7.37.0
S4E05

Ron · Jerry:You, bean bag, come with me. I'm an eggplant. I don't care. Come with me.

7.26.5
S4E05

Chris · Jerry:And we may be having intercourse. Please, you've got to stop saying things like that to me.

6.76.5
S4E06

Jerry:Hey, you know what? Can I go? Gayle is making a roast.

8.07.5
S4E09

Jerry:Is this about the laptop? I didn't mean to steal it. I took it home, and I spaced. I forgot. I'm gonna bring it back. It totally works, but I got spaghetti in the keyboard.

7.87.5
S4E10

Jerry:Aw, jeez. Socks. She gets me.

6.86.0
S4E13

Jerry:LET'S GET THIS PHONE PARTY STARTED.

5.55.0
S4E13

Jerry:I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY YOU WOULD NEED MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, BUT--WELL, YEAH, NO. YOU'RE RIGHT. I GUESS IT COULDN'T HURT TO GIVE IT TO YOU. IT'S 210--

6.56.5
S4E13

Jerry:MILLI'S GONNA BREAK UP WITH CHRIS.

6.36.5
S4E14

Jerry:Jerry, well done. I put an ad on Craigslist. 'Man seeking man for a night of casual fun.' Enrico, he responded right away.

6.76.5
S4E14

Leslie · Jerry:You hired a male escort. A what? Please get your gigolo out of here.

6.36.0
S4E15

Jerry · Andy:So, we have to play it perfectly every time? No, Burly. Play it unperfectly. You mean, imperfectly? I mean perfectly.

6.86.0
S4E16

Jerry:My birthday is February 29th, so I only get one real birthday, you know, once every four years.

6.86.0
S4E16

Jerry:We go, we split a huge piece of cotton candy cheesecake from Cakey J's Cheesecake Facility.

6.86.0
S4E16

Jerry:And then, well, we hold hands for a while. We listen to some Anita Baker. She meets up with some friends, and I turn in early.

7.26.5
S4E16

Jerry:Well, because I thought you were Gayle. What are you doing in my bathroom?

6.56.0
S4E16

Jerry:Oh, did we lose more seniors in the woods? No, it's a sinkhole, right?

7.37.0
S4E16

Jerry · Leslie:We didn't get to the drug store for my liver medication. Well, you should've thought about that before we dragged you out of the bath, Jerry.

7.26.5
S4E16

Jerry:Oh, what the [Bleep]? Surprise. Where the hell is everybody?

6.66.5
S4E17

Jerry · Ann · Andy:Why don't we just turn up the pressure? That way you don't have to put your mouth so close. All right, here we go. Ah, stop! Honey, I'm sorry. That'll teach you to pay attention.

5.45.0
S4E18

Jerry:It ain't government work if you don't have to do it twice

6.56.0
S4E19

Jerry · April:These are blank. Weird.

6.35.0
S5E01

Jerry · Ron:Well, Ron, can we at least have corn on the cob? No.

6.66.0
S5E01

Jerry · Ann · Tom:It feels like I just exercised. Just sit on the ground. No, Jerry. It's dirty and I'm wearing my summer linens.

5.54.5
S5E01

Jerry · Tom:I smuggled in some candy. Oh, thank God. I'm starving. Raisins? It's nature's candy.

6.26.0
S5E01

Jerry:Ron, if no one takes me to the bathroom, I'm just going to have to go in the trees.

5.35.0
S5E02

Jerry:Community college. Eh, that's too far.

6.35.0
S5E07

Jerry · Andy:It's not. My real name is Gary. Well, Gary--if that even is your real name--

7.26.5
S5E13

Jerry:Oh, my God. Gayle. My girls!

6.25.5
S5E13

Ben · Jerry · Tom:Should someone stop Jerry? / Gayle! / Eh, he'll figure it out eventually.

6.45.8
S5E13

Jerry · Donna:We got all the way to Muncie before we realized that it was just a drill. / I mean, all I'm saying is you could've called. / No one had your cell number, Big "J."

6.86.5
S5E14

Donna · Jerry:There's a Li'l Sebastian look-alike on the way-- what? What? Oh, my G-- Oh! Oh.

6.36.7
S5E14

Tom · Jerry · Donna:Did you just pee your pants? Just a dab. You nasty, Jerry. Third time this week.

5.95.5
S5E14

Tom · Jerry:Jerry, everything I wrote is wrong. There's, like, 20 minutes of Hitch quotes before I even say Leslie's name. What do I do? You know what, Tom? Just speak from the heart, okay?

6.76.5
S5E15

Leslie · Jerry:We got Jerry some earbuds, and a bag of peanuts, and the Skymall catalog. - Same thing you got me from your trip to Washington!

6.16.0
S5E15

Jerry · Leslie:There's a 'Top Ten Ben's butt 2012 slide show.' You emailed it to Ben and Ann... And The Huffington Post?

7.17.5
S5E15

Jerry · Leslie:You wrote him an email about riding your dragons to Pelennor Fields and signed it 'Dimple Broadbelt of Buckland.' Yes, that's Ben and my fantasy Lord Of The Rings pen pal letters.

7.37.5
S5E19

Jerry:Duraflex cut-top A350s in deep maroon? The honor is all mine.

6.86.5
S5E20

Jerry · Tom · Donna:Multiple confusing Jerry retirement timeline statements

6.27.0
S5E20

Jerry:Well, this is my last weep. Oops. I mean, 'weep.' Week.

5.85.7
S5E20

Ron · Jerry:Jerry, thank you for your service. Good-bye. Thanks, Ron. That speech means a lot.

7.57.2
S5E20

Jerry:Hello, Mr. Mayor. First of all, I'm so sorry that those Serbian mobsters shoved you out of that helicopter.

7.17.0
S5E20

Jerry · April:Gross, Jerry. She made a meatloaf.

7.06.7
S5E20

Leslie · Jerry:Jerry Gergich Memorial Conference Room. R.I.P.? Oh, the guy at the plaque store thought you had died. It was a rush job, so we didn't have time to change it.

6.97.5
S5E20

Jerry:Jerry catches fire during his own retirement ceremony

6.57.0
S5E20

Jerry:The hug machine is here. The hug machine--it's firing on all cylinders.

6.86.7
S5E20

Ron · Jerry · Leslie:Jerry returning as part-time employee after retirement

6.36.0
S5E22

April · Tom · Jerry:God, nobody cares, Gary. / Enough. / Thank you.

6.86.3
S6E04

Jerry · April:- Hey, everybody. - No! No, why? This can't be happening. Why, Leslie?

7.07.5
S6E04

Jerry · April · Tom:It's Jerry. No, it's Gary. Your name is Larry, Larry Gengurch. His name is Larry Gengurch.

6.16.5
S6E04

Jerry:Come on, April, it's already hard enough for my family when you call me 'Gary.'

6.76.0
S6E04

Jerry:I said, 'Gayle, put that bikini away, because Pawnee needs me.'

7.17.0
S6E04

Jerry:Oh ho! Somebody forgot a banana in here--ooh!

5.75.5
S6E13

Tom · Ben · Jerry:Hey, that box has my name on it. Hey, this one has my name on it. This one has plates' name on it.

7.57.3
S6E13

Jerry:That's Garry Jerry Larry Gergich Gengurch. I burned in all my names. I really--I didn't know what to do.

7.57.3