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* AnAesop: No matter what you do, somebody is going to be mad at you, and that's okay.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: In a case of bad timing, while the IOW director disparages how sexist the Pie Mary competition is

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* ThatCameOutWrong: In a case of bad timing, while the IOW director disparages how sexist the Pie Mary competition isis, Ben comes into the room jokingly telling Leslie to get into the kitchen and start baking him a pie while completely unknowing of who the other woman is.

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* AtrociousAlias: "The Male Men"

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* AtrociousAlias: "The The Men's Rights Activist group that protests against Leslie calls themselves "the Male Men"Men".



* CookingDuel: The eponymous Pie Mary is a pie-baking competition the state's political candidates' wives participate in during the election season.



* GoshDangItToHeck: If she's ''really'' mad with him, Gayle will call Garry the b word - Bozo.

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* GoshDangItToHeck: If she's ''really'' mad with him, Gayle will call Garry the b word b-word - Bozo.



* StayInTheKitchen: The Pie Mary reinforces this attitude with regards to political candidates' wives and Jen points out that the public is freaked out by "smart" wives.
* TakeAThirdOption: A couple times.

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* StayInTheKitchen: The Pie Mary reinforces this attitude with regards regard to political candidates' wives and Jen points out that the public is freaked out by "smart" wives.
* TakeAThirdOption: A couple of times.



** When faced with the choice of either throwing the election or swallowing their pride to appease a bunch of unreasonable critics, Ben and Leslie refuse to do so and instead reasonably point out their perspectives and shoot down the critics' accusations.

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** When faced with the choice of either throwing the election or swallowing their pride to appease a bunch of unreasonable critics, Ben and Leslie refuse to do so and instead reasonably point out their perspectives and shoot down the critics' accusations.accusations.
* ThatCameOutWrong: In a case of bad timing, while the IOW director disparages how sexist the Pie Mary competition is
* TheBusCameBack: Elise Yarktin, the director of the Indiana Organization of Women, returns for a cameo appearance.
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Donna shows up at Garry's house in the morning, telling him that she managed to get people to open up the drain and to remove all the things that Garry had dropped inside over the years. She also gives Garry some oranges to thank him for his time.

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Donna shows up at Garry's house in the morning, telling him that she managed to get people to open up the drain and to remove all the things that Garry had dropped inside over the years. She also gives Garry some oranges he needed for breakfast to thank him for his time.



** Leslie is once again passed over for the Woman of the Year award [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS02E17 in favour of a man]].

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** Leslie is once again passed over for the Woman of the Year award [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS02E17 in favour favor of a man]].


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* FriendshipMoment: Donna calls Garry her buddy.
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* FemaleMisogynist: Marcia Langman believes women should StayInTheKitchen.

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* FemaleMisogynist: Marcia Langman believes women should StayInTheKitchen. One of the guests on Joan's show is also a representative from a group called "Women Against Feminism".

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Leslie's refusal to take part in the "Pie Mary", a pie baking contest for the political candidates' wives, becomes a point of controversy. April informs Ron that she is about to move to Washington with Andy to take on a new job. Ron tells her that she has to return him the key to his house and she realizes she left herself a long trail of riddles to clue her in on its location. Donna discovers Garry trying to fish something from the drain, and learns that Garry had dropped his wedding ring in it again. The two of them talk and reminisce about the old days.

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Leslie's refusal to take part in the "Pie Mary", a pie baking contest for the state's political candidates' wives, due to its retrogressive nature becomes a point of controversy. However, she decides to change her mind after Mike Peterson's yellow journalism makes her determined to prove she can bake a better pie than the other wives. The Indiana Association of Women does not like this and boycotts her and Ben.

April informs Ron that she is about to move to Washington with Andy to take on a new job. Ron tells her that she has to return him the key to his house and she realizes she left herself a long trail of riddles to clue her in on its location. location, the first being four human teeth and a ''Twilight'' ticket stub. She and Andy tell Ron, who is very excited to solve this mystery. They first visit Donna, who informs them that she and April watched that movie together years ago, when April removed her wisdom teeth. Donna also informs them that April also visited the shoeshine stand that day to see Andy as he had still been working there at the time. The trio runs to the shoeshine stand, only to find that it was removed during the remodeling of the city hall building. They visit the basement and they find Harris and Brett there, who tell them that a ghost took it. Ron realizes that the ghost is actually Councilman Milton, and they find him in his office polishing his shoes. They locate a note written by April to Andy, which ends with 'woof woof', which seems to be a dead end.

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Donna discovers Garry trying to fish something from the drain, and learns that Garry had dropped his wedding ring in it again. The two of them talk and reminisce about the old days.
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Facing pressure, Ben decides he'll take on Leslie's spot in the Pie Mary to bring back the focus on his congressional campaign. Ben, of course, instantly fixates on the idea of redefining pie-making by making a dessert calzone. But as the contest is underway, a local group of men's rights activists called the "Male Men" protest his participation, accusing Leslie of being a controlling wife that domineers Ben and the contest is ruined.

Back at Ron's office, April feels guilty that she couldn't figure out where she hid the keys, but Ron reveals that he changes his locks every sixteen days, so the keys that April had no longer work anyway. April then suddenly remembers where she hid the keys: she buried them under a large tree in a park that reminded her of Ron. Ron highly approves of this hiding place, because he too had buried some gold there years earlier.

Donna shows up at Garry's house in the morning, telling him that she managed to get people to open up the drain and to remove all the things that Garry had dropped inside over the years. She also gives Garry some oranges to thank him for his time.

Ben and Leslie discuss things with Jen, who tells them their best option at this point would be to apologize. They reluctantly set up a press conference, but before Leslie can give out her apology, Ben stops her, stating he can't let her do this to herself even if it might cost him his chances of winning. They proceed to call out the press for the way they've scrutinized Leslie and the double standards and limiting boxes they put on the candidates' wives. They earn equal amounts of applause and boos from the audience.



* DoubleStandard: Leslie and Ben point out a lot of these in their "apology" speech, namely how Leslie is constantly scrutinized for her appearance and being a mother working full time in politics and yet Ben himself never gets those.

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* DoubleStandard: Leslie and Ben point out a lot of these in their "apology" speech, namely how Leslie is constantly scrutinized for her appearance and for being a mother working full time in politics and yet Ben himself never gets those.those sorts of questions.



* GoshDangItToHeck: If she's ''really'' mad with him, Gayle will call Garry the b word - [[spoiler:Bozo]].

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* GoshDangItToHeck: If she's ''really'' mad with him, Gayle will call Garry the b word - [[spoiler:Bozo]].Bozo.


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* ParallelPornTitles: Brandi Maxxxx's newest movies are ''[[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet 69 Jump Street]]'' and ''[[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shaved Old Gays]]''.


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* StayInTheKitchen: The Pie Mary reinforces this attitude with regards to political candidates' wives and Jen points out that the public is freaked out by "smart" wives.
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** Leslie is once upon passed over for the Woman of the Year award [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS02E17 in favour of a man]].

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** Leslie is once upon again passed over for the Woman of the Year award [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS02E17 in favour of a man]].

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* CallBack: Donna still remembers [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS02E19 the incident where Garry injured himself over a burrito and was believed to have been a victim of a mugging]].

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Donna still remembers [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS02E19 the incident where Garry injured himself over a burrito and was believed to have been a victim of a mugging]].mugging]].
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* CallBack: Donna still remembers the incident where Garry injured himself over a burrito and was believed to have been a victim of a mugging.

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* CallBack: Donna still remembers [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS02E19 the incident where Garry injured himself over a burrito and was believed to have been a victim of a mugging.mugging]].
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* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Marshall Langman concurs with Marcia that women's place is at home.
* FemaleMisogynist: Marcia Langman believes women should StayInTheKitchen.
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-->'''Leslie:''' It's great if you want to bake a pie and it's great if you want to have a career. That's great too, do both, or neither. It doesn't matter, just don't judge what someone else has decided to do. We are all just trying to find the right path for us. As individuals... on this earth.

Leslie's refusal to take part in the "Pie Mary", a pie baking contest for the political candidates' wives, becomes a point of controversy. April informs Ron that she is about to move to Washington with Andy to take on a new job. Ron tells her that she has to return him the key to his house and she realizes she left herself a long trail of riddles to clue her in on its location. Donna discovers Garry trying to fish something from the drain, and learns that Garry had dropped his wedding ring in it again. The two of them talk and reminisce about the old days.

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* DoubleStandard: Leslie and Ben point out a lot of these in their "apology" speech, namely how Leslie is constantly scrutinized for her appearance and being a mother working full time in politics and yet Ben himself never gets those.
* GoshDangItToHeck: If she's ''really'' mad with him, Gayle will call Garry the b word - [[spoiler:Bozo]].
* HeManWomanHater: The "Male Men" are men's rights activists who complain about the smallest things that inconvenience them and blame women for it.
* RunningGag: Ben's love of calzones comes back here.
* TakeAThirdOption: A couple times.
** Ben decides to enter the Pie Mary to subvert the StayInTheKitchen attitude held by the contest and to change the idea of what a pie is by making a dessert calzone.
** When faced with the choice of either throwing the election or swallowing their pride to appease a bunch of unreasonable critics, Ben and Leslie refuse to do so and instead reasonably point out their perspectives and shoot down the critics' accusations.

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