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Character Analysis

Paul Schneider

Mark Brendanawicz

Played by Paul Schneider

86 jokes across 26 episodes of Parks and Recreation

WAR

5.1

Total Jokes

86

Avg Craft

6.7

Avg Impact

6.3

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Mark delivers 86 scored jokes across 26 episodes of Parks and Recreation, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.3 on impact for a career WAR of 5.1. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Mark Lines

All Jokes — 85 total

S1E01

Mark · Leslie · Mark:I just work right there. Well, thank you for clearing your schedule. Oh, I didn't clear anything.

7.06.0
S1E01

Mark:Is it likely? No, it's not likely, you know. But is it possible? No. It's not possible.

7.16.5
S1E01

Tom · Mark:The up-skirt photo. Awesome. Hey, man. Give me the photo back.

6.15.5
S1E01

Mark:Leslie is unique. Government work can beat you down. I would say that I lost my optimism about government in about two months. Leslie's kept hers for six years.

6.96.0
S1E02

Mark:This is gonna be a train wreck.

6.06.0
S1E02

Mark:It's a rectangular lot. It's got excellent drainage.

7.27.0
S1E02

Mark:You know, normally, I don't agree with Leslie about anything, but this book is awesome.

7.37.0
S1E03

Mark · Leslie:What about that thing you did for the middle school newspaper last year? / Oh. No. I don't count that. That was a smear job.

7.26.5
S1E03

Mark · Leslie:How you spell your name. / Of course. Because of the silent 'K.'

7.57.0
S1E03

Mark · Leslie:How many discussion questions do you have there? / Um... Thirty. / Wow! You're insane.

6.66.0
S1E03

Mark:But you're being a huge dork.

6.35.5
S1E03

Mark · Leslie:Do you have to say it's off the record? / Oh, God.

6.66.0
S1E03

Mark · Shauna:Come on, stay in bed. That park is never, ever, ever gonna get made. / Right. And then I came back to bed. / Yeah, but the important part of what I said was, 'Stay in bed.'

7.06.5
S1E03

Mark:I wouldn't say romantically involved. You know, going forward.

7.07.0
S1E03

Tom · Mark:Whoa! You nailed Malwae-Tweep? Nice. / Yes, but I'm not gonna do it again. It's over. / So she's available.

6.66.0
S1E04

Mark:'Cause parties usually get started when you run out of booze.

5.55.5
S1E04

Mark:I got seven letters in my file. Pretty much every guy in city planning has a bunch of letters.

6.86.0
S1E05

Mark:Abraham Lincoln, when he started his speeches, he would come up and say, 'My name's Abraham Lincoln. I'm the President of the United States. But I'm gonna be honest with you. I have no clue what I'm doing.'

6.16.5
S1E05

Mark:Marlene Griggs-Knope is definitely not a whore. Marlene Griggs-Knope has not five, but seven Asian friends. Marlene Griggs-Knope has never solicited a male prostitute. Marlene Griggs-Knope has said the 'N' word only four times in her entire life.

5.87.0
S1E05

Mark:She said it more than that?

5.96.5
S1E05

Mark:It's fun to pretend to be zoning board members.

6.56.5
S1E05

Mark:Look, I would love to come hit on chicks with you guys, but, uh, she seems kind of engaged in something and I--I think I should probably stay.

5.95.5
S1E06

Mark:Apparently, what I can achieve in government can literally be measured.

6.97.0
S1E06

Mark · Ann:But if I were, would you be interested? No. Okay.

6.36.0
S1E06

Mark:You should be dating men that Al Roker announces their birthdays.

7.38.0
S1E06

Mark:You think I can get my beer bottle in that shopping cart right there?

6.05.0
S1E06

Mark:You missed the entire pit, which is huge, by the way.

5.35.0
S1E06

Mark:Look, I mean, you got Dirt Slide over here, you got Ring Around The Diaper you could play there. You've got Duck, Duck, Glass you could play right there. Mystery Trash.

7.78.0
S1E06

Mark:Mark falling into the pit

7.89.0
S2E02

Mark · Ann:I have been a perfect gentleman this evening. In fact, watch this. I would like you to now please invite me in for a nightcap. Not a chance. No. Just watch... watch what I'm gonna do. Ask me in for a nightcap. Will you come in for a nightcap? Yes, I will. No, no, damn. Drats, I was gonna plan to not.

7.67.5
S2E02

Mark · Ann:You kind of kissed me. Yes, I did, and now we both have herpes.

7.26.5
S2E02

Ann · Mark:We didn't think you were a pervert. We thought you were a criminal. For the record, I still actually kind of think he's a pervert.

6.86.0
S2E03

Mark:I hooked your toilet up to your shower. That's what you wanted?

7.17.0
S2E03

Mark:I peeked. I also didn't see any toothpaste. Do you not use toothpaste?

6.56.0
S2E05

Raul · Mark:This city was planned? It looks like it was designed by a very stupid rodent.

7.98.0
S2E05

Mark:He's actually a pretty smart rodent.

7.47.0
S2E06

Mark · Leslie:Would you break the rules? I won't murder.

6.86.0
S2E06

Mark:Leslie, the man lived in a pit. He couldn't find a place to live on the earth's surface, so he went under the ground. You're dealing with a grown man who thinks like a gofer.

7.07.0
S2E06

Mark:Who knows why that gopher does what he does?

5.95.0
S2E07

Mark · Wendy:What? No. I'm dating Ann. Good. That was a test. You passed.

6.36.5
S2E07

Tom · Mark:About to head home and have crazy sex. That's cool. I don't... Yeah!

5.75.5
S2E08

Mark · Andy:I'm more than a friend of Ann's. / Not for long. / I'm sorry? / I don't know.

7.06.5
S2E09

Leslie · Mark · Leslie:Ann's in trouble. We think it might be pills. / What? / That's a lie. But this is as important.

8.17.5
S2E09

Mark:You made a camel. You've never heard that saying? A camel is actually a horse designed by a committee

7.27.0
S2E09

Leslie · Mark:I've seen you sketch things. Like poles for stop signs. That everybody stops and looks at. / By law, they're required to.

8.07.5
S2E09

Mark:I was gonna go to Arby's and watch Frontline.

7.77.0
S2E09

Mark:It's like what motels put up, and it hangs there for years, and no one ever throws acid at it.

7.77.0
S2E10

Mark:I always forget because you're so pretty you're not used to rejection.

6.66.0
S2E10

Tom · Mark:Man is the most dangerous game. To the predator. I did smell something out there, and it wasn't human. That was pine trees.

6.86.5
S2E11

Andy · Mark:So if I win, I also get Ann. Okay, fine. If you win, then you get Ann.

6.87.5
S2E12

Mark:So, yeah, I guess I'm in love with the Army. Oh, Leslie? Well, yeah. Yeah, that makes a lot more sense. Yeah, I'm definitely in love with Leslie.

6.56.0
S2E12

Mark:That's what's called being an amazing boyfriend.

5.85.0
S2E12

Mark:There's a $75 change fee, but I could pay you that, or I could reimburse you. There's a lot of ways we could handle that.

6.86.5
S2E12

Mark · Ann:Reggie Wayne! Dude! You remembered me complaining about my computer bag!

7.07.0
S2E12

Mark:You don't have to come to this game with me. You don't have to.

6.55.0
S2E13

Mark:Leslie is a notoriously cruel and thoughtless person.

7.27.0
S2E13

Mark:Well, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't crazy, so, naturally, I came to you for reassurance.

6.76.0
S2E14

Leslie · Mark:You've been here? Right.

6.45.5
S2E14

Mark:That was after I told him that I sometimes go swimming at the Y.

6.96.0
S2E14

Mark:So my face is literally on fire, but it's this weird chemical, so no one can see the flames. I'm dancing around, freaking out. I end up having to dunk my face into a bucket of sand.

6.36.0
S2E14

Mark:Didn't happen to me. It was a kid I knew from camp. But a great story's a great story. Well, plus, the kid can't tell it, his mouth melted.

7.27.0
S2E15

Mark:It's really nice of you to compliment my pickup truck with no ulterior motives.

6.76.0
S2E15

Mark:I'm totally blanking on a valid excuse right now, so, yes. I'll help you.

6.97.0
S2E15

Mark:I (fucking) hate having a pickup truck.

7.57.0
S2E15

Mark:I'm not a mover! I'm a sap who owns a truck.

7.37.0
S2E16

Mark · Leslie:I didn't volunteer. Yeah, too bad. You got drafted.

5.94.5
S2E16

Mark:You know, I might be crazy, But I have this weird suspicion That things are going well with us.

5.74.5
S2E17

Tom · Mark:You'd never have to beg for sex again. I don't wanna get into this, really, but I don't beg for sex now.

7.16.5
S2E18

Mark · Ron:You don't have any code violations, do you? / [Long pause] / Nope.

7.37.0
S2E18

Mark · Ron:This says it should be recharged June of 1996. / Those dates are arbitrary. They're like those expiration dates that the government forces companies to put on yogurt and medicine.

6.56.5
S2E18

Tom · Mark:Seriously, man, when you wear these clothes, you just feel better than everyone else. You know? / Yeah.

6.26.0
S2E18

Mark · April:Not because I'm pissed at Andy, which I'm not. Because I care so deeply about possums. / Because they're so adorable.

6.06.0
S2E18

Mark · Campopiano:Mr. Campopiano, those are photos of three different possums. / Huh.

5.96.0
S2E18

Andy · Mark · Ron:Those city planning guys can be real pains in the ass. / Okay. I just want you to know that I still don't think city codes... / Ron, shut up.

5.75.5
S2E18

Ron · Mark:And if the Swanson Code happens to overlap with the City Government Code... / Shut up.

5.85.5
S2E20

Mark:Swiss army watch, mofo.

6.96.5
S2E20

Mark:That guy really seemed dead.

5.85.5
S2E20

Mark:There's no such thing as a city-planning emergency.

6.35.5
S2E20

Tom · Mark:Do what mark's doing. He's doing great. I'm not doing anything, so...

6.96.5
S2E22

Mark:Was she on the Titanic? No. She was just my grandma.

7.37.0
S2E23

Ann · Mark:Ann explaining to Mark that couples are 'supposed to fight' and 'supposed to miss each other even if they're only gone for 20 minutes'

6.55.5
S2E23

Mark:Mark's response: 'I should have yelled at you way more'

6.26.0
S2E24

Mark:You know, they offered me a buyout, and I took it. And so now, I work for Norton Construction.

5.84.5
S2E24

Mark:And I was indoors.

7.16.5
S2E24

Mark:I liked this a lot better when it was a pit.

7.06.0