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25 Times Parks and Rec's Ron Swanson Was a Whole Mood

May 25 2020

Has there ever been a grumpier — yet completely lovable — parks department director to grace our TV screens than Ron Swanson? We adamantly think not, because Parks and Recreation's bacon-loving outdoorsman might be the best part about the show. Whether he's lamenting Li'l Sebastian or dealing with 94 meetings in a day thanks to April, Ron's out here making us both cringe and laugh at his brash nature. At the end of the day, though, we all know he's just a softie who truly loves the Pawnee Parks Department and his coworkers — almost as much as he loves bacon and hates nonfat milk. For 25 GIFs that prove Ron is a total mood, keep reading.

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1. When He Tried to Very Authoritatively Get His Way

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2. Any Time We Got This Little Glimpse of a Smile

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3. When He Showed Off His Love of Fantasy Stories

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4. When He Totally Understood How We Feel

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5. Every Time He Showed His Deep Love of Bacon

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6. No, but Really, a Deep Love of Bacon

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7. See? Bacon.

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8. When You Knew He Was Actually a Good and Caring Guy

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9. When He Shared His Love of People

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10. And His Love of Cell Phones

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11. When He Couldn't Be Bothered With Technology

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12. When He Made You Feel OK About Your Love of Cocktails

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13. When He Hated on Salads — and Honestly, Same

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14. When He Said This and You Felt OK About Thinking the Same

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15. Every Time He Was in His Happy Place

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16. When He Said What We Were All Thinking

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17. Any Time He's So Unflinchingly Patriotic

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18. So. Patriotic.

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19. When He Was Such a Damn Good Stepdad

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20. When He Described Skim Milk Perfectly

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21. When He Was All of Us Trying to Escape Our Problems

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22. When He Let Loose a Little Bit and It Was, in a Word, Everything

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23. Whenever He Dropped a Sick Burn

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24. But Couldn't Hide the Fact That He Really Is a Softie

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25. Every Time He Said "No" and We Couldn't Help but Say, "Yes!!"

Because we just love him so freakin' much.

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