
Character Analysis

Shauna Malwae-Tweep
Played by Alison Becker
22 jokes across 10 episodes of Parks and Recreation
2.9
22
6.7
6.4
Character Comedy
Shauna delivers 22 scored jokes across 10 episodes of Parks and Recreation, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.4 on impact for a career WAR of 2.9. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Shauna Lines
Andy · Shauna:Andy's interview logic: 'When you're in a situation, you don't have time to think. So I thought to myself, Don't think, Andy, act.' / 'So you weren't thinking?' / 'Not at all. I cannot emphasize enough how little I was thinking.'
Ron · Shauna:Ron appears and immediately says 'No comment.' before the reporter has asked him anything. Shauna: 'About what?' Ron: [no response]
Shauna · Mark:Shauna: 'You know, I wouldn't say romantically involved.' Mark: 'You know, going forward.'
Mark · Shauna:Mark explains the context: 'You got up because you had to write the article and I said, Come on, stay in bed. That park is never, ever, ever gonna get made.' Shauna: 'Right. And then I came back to bed.' Mark: 'Yeah, but the important part of what I said was Stay in bed.'
Shauna · Leslie:Shauna reads a series of increasingly absurd quotes about the park from unnamed sources: 'The Sullivan Street pit is always going to be a pit.' / 'Hey, you should write an article on unicorns, because they're more likely to exist than this park.' / 'You should write an article on the Pope getting married...' / 'You should write an article on talking monkeys.' / 'You should write an article about leprechauns.' / 'You should write an article about the sun falling out of the sky.' / This one is just 'No.'
All Jokes — 28 total
Leslie · Shauna:Leslie to Shauna: 'I've read everything you've ever written. You did an amazing in-depth article on the raccoon problem here in Pawnee.' Then a raccoon apparently runs through the office: 'Who left the door open? No! No! No!'
Shauna:Shauna: 'Thanks. I was happy with that line.' (about 'nature's bandits')
Leslie · Shauna:Leslie gives Shauna a tour of a mural called 'The Trial of Chief Wamapo' — Chief Wamapo was 'convicted of crimes against the soldiers' and is depicted 'right before he's killed by a cannonball.' Shauna: 'I'm surprised no one's complained about this.' Leslie: 'Oh, tons of people have. Yeah, we get letters every day.'
Ron · Shauna:Ron appears and immediately says 'No comment.' before the reporter has asked him anything. Shauna: 'About what?' Ron: [no response]
Leslie · Shauna:Shauna refers to Leslie's group as a 'committee'; Leslie corrects her: 'I'm sorry. It's actually called a subcommittee, not a committee.' — then realizes this is being recorded and backs off.
Andy · Shauna:Shauna: 'Why would you want a toaster that's lying at the bottom of the pit?' Andy: 'I don't know. I was pretty wasted.'
Leslie · Shauna:Shauna: 'Yeah, I guess I'm free. I'm assuming not Mexican.' Leslie: 'Why?' Shauna: 'Because of the burrito.' Leslie: 'Oh! Yeah, well, it wasn't a Mexican burrito.'
Shauna · Leslie:Shauna reads a series of increasingly absurd quotes about the park from unnamed sources: 'The Sullivan Street pit is always going to be a pit.' / 'Hey, you should write an article on unicorns, because they're more likely to exist than this park.' / 'You should write an article on the Pope getting married...' / 'You should write an article on talking monkeys.' / 'You should write an article about leprechauns.' / 'You should write an article about the sun falling out of the sky.' / This one is just 'No.'
Shauna · Leslie:'This park is never, ever, ever, ever going to happen.' — attributed to Mark Brendanawicz.
Mark · Shauna:Mark explains the context: 'You got up because you had to write the article and I said, Come on, stay in bed. That park is never, ever, ever gonna get made.' Shauna: 'Right. And then I came back to bed.' Mark: 'Yeah, but the important part of what I said was Stay in bed.'
Shauna · Mark:Shauna: 'You know, I wouldn't say romantically involved.' Mark: 'You know, going forward.'
Andy · Shauna:Andy introduces himself to reporter Shauna by referencing the article she wrote when he 'fell in the pit' — and then, matter-of-factly: 'And then afterwards, had sex with Mark and everyone talked about it.'
Leslie · Shauna:Leslie interrupts the reporter's line of questioning about Fairway Frank to insist the possum be called 'just a possum' — setting up a correction that immediately undermines the whole mission
Andy · Shauna:Andy's interview logic: 'When you're in a situation, you don't have time to think. So I thought to myself, Don't think, Andy, act.' / 'So you weren't thinking?' / 'Not at all. I cannot emphasize enough how little I was thinking.'
Andy · Shauna:Reporter asks what Andy's girlfriend (the nurse) thinks about his heroism; Andy reveals the breakup: 'I broke up with Ann. Shortly after she kicked me out and told me we wouldn't be together anymore.'
Andy · Shauna:Reporter suggests the article might win Ann back; Andy: 'What now?' — long pause — 'I hadn't even thought of that. Wow. Of all the things I thought would bring us back together, catching a possum was never on that list.'
Leslie · Shauna:Leslie shows the reporter a business card and begins over-pitching it: 'This isn't a really big story, right? Nobody cares about this very much.'
Shauna:Reporter's headline pitch: 'It's time to encapsulate the future.' Sub-headline: 'The parks department cuts the crapsule, buries the time capsule.'
Leslie · Shauna:Leslie interrupts Ben's spin attempt to refocus on the time capsule, then pitches the reporter: 'It's time to encapsulate the future' — the reporter reveals it's already her headline. Then Leslie tries: 'Parks department cuts the crapsule.'
Shauna:Shauna's two headline pitches: 'It's the End of the World as They Know It, but Pawnee Feels Fine' (too long) / 'Zorp Shmorp. Doomsday Prediction Falls Flat as Citizens Spend Pleasant Evening Enjoying One of Pawnee's Finest Parks.' (somehow longer)
Leslie · Shauna:Shauna asks if Chris is single. Leslie says no, he's dating Jerry's daughter. Shauna says she meant Ben. Leslie's increasingly panicked non-answers about Ben.
Chris · Shauna:I think I accidentally got the meat option. Yeah, and I got the veggie option. Shauna Malwae-Tweep, my ex-girlfriend.
Shauna · Leslie:Shauna Malwae-Tweep reads Dexhart's text 'Sweet jugs' — then admits 'He's kinda cute. I feel like I could fix him, you know?'
Shauna:Oh, thanks. I just got back from a solo trip to Rome. I was gonna go with my boyfriend, but he couldn't come because he decided to stay with his wife.
Shauna:I'm writing a memoir based on my blog. It's called Tweeping Up Appearances, and it's about my journey to find happiness by smiling through the pain.
Leslie · Shauna:"'Still Swinging: Parks Gang Reunites for One Last Bang.' That's a little dirty." / "Well, it's a headline, Shauna. Sex sells."
Shauna · Leslie:Shauna's romantic history summary: 'I had met a guy online, and we started chatting a lot, and I really liked him, but he turned out to be a computer program that a scientist invented to test the gullibility of human women.'
Tom · Shauna · abandoned woman:Tom and the abandoned woman's wedding — they met five hours ago and are getting married because he gave her gum