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 [1]. Whether he's lamenting Li'l Sebastian [2] 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.
When He Tried to Very Authoritatively Get His Way
Any Time We Got This Little Glimpse of a Smile
When He Showed Off His Love of Fantasy Stories
When He Totally Understood How We Feel
Every Time He Showed His Deep Love of Bacon
No, but Really, a Deep Love of Bacon
See? Bacon.
When You Knew He Was Actually a Good and Caring Guy
When He Shared His Love of People
And His Love of Cell Phones
When He Couldn't Be Bothered With Technology
When He Made You Feel OK About Your Love of Cocktails
When He Hated on Salads — and Honestly, Same
When He Said This and You Felt OK About Thinking the Same
Every Time He Was in His Happy Place
When He Said What We Were All Thinking
Any Time He's So Unflinchingly Patriotic
So. Patriotic.
When He Was Such a Damn Good Stepdad
When He Described Skim Milk Perfectly
When He Was All of Us Trying to Escape Our Problems
When He Let Loose a Little Bit and It Was, in a Word, Everything
Whenever He Dropped a Sick Burn
But Couldn't Hide the Fact That He Really Is a Softie
Every Time He Said "No" and We Couldn't Help but Say, "Yes!!"
Because we just love him so freakin' much.