Subtle Details You Missed on ‘Parks and Rec’

“Parks and Recreation” has earned its place among our most beloved sitcoms for its incredible cast, endearing characters, and laugh-a-minute humor. It only gets better upon repeated viewing as you start to notice some of the smaller jokes and details that show just how clever the writers are.

Here are some things you might have missed so you can keep an eye out on your next inevitable re-watch.

Leslie’s Doctor Predicted the Triplets

Most “Parks and Rec” fans probably realized that Chris, Leslie’s creepy MRI technician date in the season two episode “The Set Up,” was played by Will Arnett, who was Amy Poehler’s husband at the time.

It’s only in hindsight, though, that we can pick up on the foreshadowing that Chris delivered when he told Leslie that her uterus was healthy enough to “have triplets right off the bat,” which is exactly what she did at the end of season six.

Ron’s Only Halloween Costume

When Ron shows up at the Halloween party in the season four episode “Meet ‘N’ Greet” wearing the same simple pirate costume he wore in season two episode “Greg Pikitis,” Andy questions the repetition and Ron responds matter-of-factly, “This is my Halloween costume.” Ever true to his word, Ron once again dresses as a pirate, this time without comment, in the season five episode “Halloween Surprise.”

Ann Forgot That She Dated Mark Brendanawicz

In season five, Ann Perkins hoped to break her bad habit of changing her interests to align with her current boyfriend by getting rid of boxes full of things that remind her of past relationships.

There are boxes for Chris, Andy, Tom and even someone named Rob, but notably missing is a box for Mark Brendanawicz, Ann’s boyfriend throughout season two. We can only assume that Mark was so boring that he didn’t have any interests worth adopting, or that Ann forgot about him entirely.

Andy’s List of Places to Live

In the season four finale, after April accidentally deleted all of the Parks Department’s files and feared she would be fired, she and Andy tried to brainstorm plans for a new life.

Andy briefly flipped over a page of places they could live that’s full of amusing options from the “Game of Thrones” castle Winterfell, to South Africa (because it’s the birthplace of Andy’s hero Dave Matthews), to nearly all of the locations from the Beach Boys’ “Kokomo.”