10 Best Characters From Michael Schur TV Shows 

1. Ron Swanson (Parks And Recreation)

Ron Swanson Leslie Knope
NBC

Being a Swanson is what it means to be a man, and Ron Swanson is the greatest man in Pawnee, Indiana. He married Xena, Warrior Princess, after all.

Ron's an anti-government man working a government job and doing everything in his power to grind that bureaucratic machine to a halt while doing it. Honorable to the end, Ron says and does some of the most insane things on the show, despite coming across as straight laced and down to earth. His hard-nosed attitude is matched by a hidden warmth he reserves for a select group of people.

The man with two ex wives named Tammy has carved out a place for himself as part of the cultural lexicon with innumerable GIFs and moments that have proven to be almost endlessly meme-able. People who have never watched Parks and Rec know who Ron Swanson is. That's how you know he's a truly great character.

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