- When Ann forces Ron to go to the hospital, he redacts his admission form. Meaning, he filled it out then blacked out all the information he wants to keep private...instead of simply leaving things blank.
- It's about making a point—a blank form could be something you're getting to filling out later. A form with redacted info says "I did this on purpose".
- Why does Ben seem to do fine on TV by 2020, in the Pandemic Special? He's a Member of Congress now; he's very used to public speaking and TV interviews, as many Congressmembers tend to do (not to mention being on camera every time he speaks in a House or Committee Session). It makes sense that he'd be over his TV jitters.
- Ron's alter ego Duke Silver is a jazz saxophonist, but the music he plays is smooth jazz—not challenging or abrasive jazz at all, but tuneful, romantic, even a little banal, and accessible to people who aren't into the hard stuff. It would figure that Ron Swanson, who in his work life tends to be brusque, deadpan and uncooperative, would have a much more romantic and cuddly side that only comes out when he plays the saxophone.
- Why is Pawnee, Indiana the fourth most obese city in the U.S.? Because Sweetums, the corporation which owns half the town, is a candy manufacturer!
- The Sweetums company is owned by the Newport family. Newport is the name of a popular cigarette brand, another industry that profits at the expense of human health.
- In the "Greg Pikitis" episode, Ann dresses as Raggedy Ann, one of her favorite childhood books. No wonder she dated a guy named Andy for so long!
- Leslie's "awesome shortcut" from Kaboom doesn't only involve Andy just giving up $100,000, but also Leslie hiring Andy part-time in the next episode, and full-time in the episode after.Leslie: I'm sad that Old Gus is leaving, but it allows me to help Andy restart his life.
- Even amongst the Parks Department, Tom is particularly mean to Jerry. Now why would that be? And Ben is shown to be one of the few characters to genuinely and consistently be pretty nice to Jerry. Now why would that be?
- Ann having a separate B-plot during "Andy and April's Fancy Party" seems odd, but makes sense she wouldn't be at the wedding because Ann used to date the groom (and the bride hates her).
- In Operation Ann, Leslie orchestrates for Ben and Ron to bond. Ron likes riddles, so he was likely to join the treasure hunt at the latest when Ben would find the hint under Ron's shoe.
- Ben is shown repeatedly to be a huge Game of Thrones fan. His original tabletop game, The Cones of Dunshire, is a literal Game of Cones.
- Why didn't Ann have a "Mark" box the way she did with Andy, Chris and Tom? Simple, Mark had no quirks for her to take on.
- No wonder Leslie was recalled. She won by only 26 votes and proceeded to enact several very controversial legislations.
- After Leslie goes to visit Ben in Washington DC, she gets frustrated thinking about Ben with a theoretical "jealousy amalgam" named Hot Rebecca, based on all the high-powered women Ben was talking to in Washington who made Leslie feel inadequate. All of these women are tall and dark-haired, something which makes a lot of sense when you remember that a few seasons earlier, when Chris was trying to set Ben up on a date, Leslie overheard him saying that Ben's "exclusive" type was tall and dark-haired!
- The show telegraphed a few episodes ahead that Leslie and Ben were going to become parents. After all, it's something of a running joke that Leslie refuses to actually refer to her and Ben having sex, and generally, we only see them kissing, even if we know they obviously are doing it at some point. Basically the ONLY time that we see them actually decide to have sex is two or three episodes before Leslie discovers her pregnancy!
- It's mentioned in the YMMV page's They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot that it was a waste that Tom took over as official Butt-Monkey after Jerry retired instead of someone else as he already had plenty of Butt-Monkey moments. However it may actually be the reason he was chosen, his other Butt-Monkey moments hinting that he is the natural successor as official Butt-Monkey.
- In season 1, Jerry is seen on a nature walk competently teaching children about plants in nature. In an oddly out of character time, he is able to teach them well while Leslie eats a plant that swells up her mouth. In this scenario, Jerry is in his element, where we have seen he does very well in when not subjected to criticism, and the main perpetrators of his abuse are still in the office, where they can't bring down his confidence and make him slip up. Meanwhile, this was early in Leslie's career when she was overeager to prove herself and was even more prone to jumping the gun than she is later after she learns some lessons about doing this.
- At first glance it seems very strange that Ron would end up with Tammy Two. As Ron is a stoic and morally upright man and Tammy Two is a psychotic harpy. But add Tammy One into the mix and suddenly it makes a lot more sense. Tammy One is so controlling of every aspect of Ron's life that he needs her permission to go to the bathroom. After escaping from that, the insane no-limits debauchery of life with Tammy Two probably felt like a breath of fresh air.
- In "Correspondents' Lunch," Ben is looking for a charity for Sweetums to fund. One of his suggestions is an orginazation that provides ambulances, which April turns down, saying "Ambulances are dumb." Why would she say that? Maybe because of that one time Andy ran headfirst into an ambulance in "Campaign Ad."
- When do Tammy Two and Tammy One show up unsolicited at Ron's work? Immediately after his fireball accident. Maybe one or both of them do care and worry about him (but refuse to believe that they can't make him happy).
- Around season 7, it is revealed that April's application for her internship consisted merely of a photo of ALF. Ron likes that attitude, but why did Leslie like such an application? During the retreat after the harvest festival, it is mentioned that Leslie knows/likes ALF.
- In "The Trial of Leslie Knope", Leslie and Chris are shocked to learn Jerry's real name is Garry. Yet, in the previous episode "Smallest Park", Tom does not react to Jerry's employee ID naming him Garry at all. Why? A possible explanation is that two seasons ago, in "Practice Date", the entire department played a game where they dug up dirt on each other, with Jerry being everyone's favorite target, surely they did find out his real name was Garry, but consciously chose to not call him that; in that episode, Leslie had her own subplot and didn't participate, and Chris hadn't come to Pawnee yet.
- The first two seasons make a Running Gag out of Leslie not enjoying sex — checking out The Mysteries of the Female Orgasm from the library, telling Tom women don't like when sex lasts too long, and so on. This joke is quietly dropped later. When? Oh, right about the time Ben shows up. Looks like he knows how to show a woman a good time.
- At first, Andy and Ann's relationship early on doesn't seem to make sense, but when one takes into account that Ann is prone to acting a bit maternal towards anyone who gets hurt and how she even describes Andy as having been a "totally helpless baby" when they first started dating, it can certainly explain why she felt like she had to take care of/protect Andy all the time. The self-defense course scene in "Park Safety" especially shows how April succeeded in motivating Andy to better himself where Ann failed - whereas Ann constantly coddled Andy and thus enabled his leeching, April simply told Andy to get back up and dust himself off.
- Jean-Ralphio fakes his own death so his sister can collect the insurance money and start a casino in Tajikistan. It's an idiotic plan, and for more then just the obvious reasons — gambling is blanketly illegal is Tajikistan. Apparently, the Saperstien siblings went into this plan with the same amount of foreplanning as the rest of them.
- From Season 7: the Google-like tech startup Gryzzl in 2017 engages in data mining, which is already creepy enough and already happens today (with Google and advertising). However, Gryzzl uses this data to determine Gryzzl users' (and non-users who end up on their networks and their devices!) favorite things and/or desired commodities and ships these things to their doorsteps presumably free of charge... via drones that can ring your doorbell. This is all Played for Laughs in the show, but becomes this especially after Ron's son is sent gifts from Gryzzl. Ron's son, who's 4 years old and doesn't even own a Gryzzl device.
- April dissuades a girl named Jen from getting an internship in the Parks department because she reminds April of herself (rude, unmotivated, and apathetic) and tells her to "do something fun" instead. While working at the Parks department might not have made Jen more motivated like it did April, April straight up encouraging this girl to not care about anything is likely going to lead Jen down some bad life choices.
- In the time skip series finale, there seems to be a national beef shortage. It is a wonder how Ron did not die of shock.
- Tammy One knew Ron from birth, and he had a relationship with her from at least age 15. She was his teacher for Sunday School, middle school, and driver's ed. She probably had a deep personal connection with him and his family, lowering his inhibitions. That's the definition of child grooming. Ron's aversion to blondes is likely a subconscious reaction to what was probably years of childhood sexual abuse.
- Sewage Joe appears in "Bailout" asking the government for money, saying that if he doesn't get it, he will be at risk of physical harm, and that he can't go to the police. Leslie doesn't give him any money, and that's the last we see of him.
