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Character Analysis

Retta

Donna Meagle

Played by Retta

136 jokes across 65 episodes of Parks and Recreation

WAR

46.9

Total Jokes

136

Avg Craft

7.0

Avg Impact

6.8

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Donna delivers 136 scored jokes across 65 episodes of Parks and Recreation, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.8 on impact for a career WAR of 46.9. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Donna Lines

All Jokes — 112 total

S1E05

Donna:I was learning disabled, and my mom cast a very long shadow.

6.06.5
S1E05

Donna:Marlene Griggs-Knope is morbidly obese.

4.95.5
S2E01

Donna:Well, you look good, girl. You're gonna turn somebody tonight.

6.56.0
S2E08

Tom · Donna:Would you rather be able to fly or speak fluent French? Donna, go. / French.

7.06.0
S2E08

Donna:You opened the gates. To crazy town.

6.96.5
S2E08

Andy · Donna:If you had to choose, who would you choose? Right now, on the spot. / I'm not sure. Why don't you spin around for me.

7.57.0
S2E09

Leslie · Donna:That's not true. I've seen your fingernails. / I pay someone to do this.

6.86.5
S2E11

Donna:I love you, Tom. You're my little prince. Just want to put you in a little cape and a little hat and just fly you around.

7.27.5
S2E15

Donna:Uh-uh. That's it. My baby has a delicate suspension. Put it in your truck, Brendanawicz.

6.36.0
S2E17

Donna · Tom:I'm out. Why? I hate that guy.

7.57.0
S2E17

Tom · Donna:What are you doing here? I bought three shares. Thanks for the tip.

8.68.5
S2E18

Donna · Tom:I'll take it. / Donna, there's a camera in it. / I know.

8.18.0
S2E19

Donna:There was this one, How Far is Too Far Enough: The Teri Palliber Lonergan Story. This woman had agoraphobia and her therapist was obsessed with her, and he hid in her house. And then he attacked her and tried to eat her toes. Also, her daughter was having sex way too young.

7.37.5
S2E22

Donna:That's horrible. I have to nap up. If I don't get a solid five, it kills my sunny disposition.

7.27.0
S2E22

Donna:Oh, I called him. He's in Liberia visiting my uncle. He wants to know what happened on Lost.

7.37.0
S3E03

Donna:And if I had an hour alone with Robert Pattinson, he would forget all about Skinnylegs McGee.

6.46.5
S3E09

Donna:We're in the jungle. There are no friends here. It's every woman for herself.

7.37.5
S3E09

Donna:Dating is a zero-sum game. If you get a man, I don't get that man.

7.87.5
S3E09

Donna:Did you grow up in the woods? Are you Nell from the movie Nell?

7.27.5
S3E09

Donna:'Hope we can get together soon.' Okay, now you write, 'Who is this?'

7.37.0
S3E10

Donna:Every time I want you to shut up, from now on.

7.26.5
S3E15

Donna:But this is Chris Traeger, the six million dollar man. He won't quit.

6.36.0
S3E16

Donna · Glenn:Catching the number 12 bus to Satan's butthole? Actually, I prefer the number 69 train to Humpsville station.

6.45.5
S4E01

Tom · Donna:Donna, you look amazing. How are the kids? I don't have kids. Wow. How long has it been? Three weeks.

7.17.0
S4E03

Donna · Leslie:He just seems so happy. I didn't say anything.

6.76.0
S4E04

Donna:Needles in your face, pleasure in your base.

7.06.5
S4E04

Ben · Donna:I really want this dress, and I like this crystal beetle, but it's expensive and there's no use for it. / Donna Meagle? Treat Yourself.

6.87.0
S4E04

Donna:Wyatt, if you could blow big money on one thing, not sock money, what would it be?

6.96.5
S4E04

Donna:Uh-oh. Batman's crying.

7.58.0
S4E05

Chris · Donna:You are a policewoman. Yep. You're a regular... Sherlock Holmes. I solved that mystery before you did.

6.86.0
S4E07

Donna:You're too accessible. Every time she calls, you answer. You gotta dangle the carrot, literally and metaphorically.

6.36.0
S4E09

Donna:Um, khakis and button-down shirts-- your basic white people clothes.

7.37.0
S4E09

Donna:Oh, hell, no. I have ruined my share of hotel rooms, and trust me, nothing sexual happened in that room.

7.57.5
S4E10

Tom · Donna:Did you just scoop it out of the jar with your hand like a bear? Yes.

7.06.0
S4E13

Donna:I WROTE 'TOM.'

7.37.0
S4E13

Donna:ALL I KNOW IS THAT I JUST WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD THAT'S A BETTER PLACE, AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL DEFINITELY HELP US GET THERE, TO THE... [sighs] BETTER-PLACE WORLD, FRED.

6.05.5
S4E14

Donna:I have several men in rotation. One's waiting for me out in the car. Don't worry. I rolled down the window.

7.57.0
S4E14

Donna:My dentist is 80, and he's gay and he's taken.

7.17.0
S4E15

Donna:When you two spoon, who spoons who?

7.06.5
S4E16

Donna:We're not big on hospitality. The Meagles are a cold people.

7.16.5
S4E16

Donna:And if you listen closely, that is the bubbling of the hot tub. You do not have access to it.

7.37.0
S4E16

Donna · Tom:Ginuwine's my cousin. Ginuwine? The Ginuwine is your cousin?

7.06.5
S4E16

Donna:I would like to address the fact that rule number seven says, 'no pets,' and yet there is a three-legged animal in my living room.

7.36.5
S4E17

Donna:Do I look like I drink water?

7.06.5
S4E19

Donna:This cat was in Boogie Nights?

6.26.0
S5E01

Donna:As someone who has lied a lot about various aspects of a myriad of relationships, I respect the effort you've gone to.

7.37.0
S5E03

Ron · Donna:Well, how do I get I.T. Here? / Call 311.

7.07.0
S5E03

Donna:Living in this town's like living in the devil's butt crack.

6.36.0
S5E03

Donna:Lay the mother on her side and try to move the baby in a corkscrew fashion.

6.86.5
S5E07

Donna:I took my talents to South Beach.

5.34.5
S5E07

Donna:Yes, I took your government computer from Indiana to Miami to sell it on the black market for 150 bucks.

7.26.5
S5E13

Donna:Hello, my name is Donatella Breckinridge, M.D. I graduated first in my class from Harvard Medical School, so I know what I'm talking about. This is the avian flu, or we call "H5N1."

6.66.3
S5E13

Jerry · Donna:We got all the way to Muncie before we realized that it was just a drill. / I mean, all I'm saying is you could've called. / No one had your cell number, Big "J."

6.86.5
S5E14

Donna · Jerry:There's a Li'l Sebastian look-alike on the way-- what? What? Oh, my G-- Oh! Oh.

6.36.7
S5E14

Tom · Jerry · Donna:Did you just pee your pants? Just a dab. You nasty, Jerry. Third time this week.

5.95.5
S5E19

Donna:Have you seen those Dothraki dudes? They can get it. Everybody on that show can get it.

6.86.7
S5E20

Jerry · Tom · Donna:Multiple confusing Jerry retirement timeline statements

6.27.0
S5E22

Donna:Cost of living is cheap. In about three years, I will have saved enough to pay off my condo in Seattle.

6.86.2
S5E22

Leslie · Donna:You have a condo in Seattle? / Yes, I like the rain and the fish markets.

6.45.5
S5E22

Andy · Donna:How many people am I talking to, Donna? One or 1 1/9? / Are you asking me if I'm pregnant?

7.06.3
S5E22

Donna:I'm talking pedicures on pedicures on pedicures.

7.26.5
S6E03

Donna:Hashtag quest for coffee, blowin' up my timeline. You get my snapchat about it?

6.75.7
S6E03

Donna:I live for the grid. It's where I meet 40% of my jump-offs.

7.46.8
S6E03

Tom · Donna:Grid, grid, grid, grid, grid, grid, grid-- If you help me get off the grid, I will let both of you go home early. No grid, no grid, no grid, no grid.

6.96.3
S6E04

Craig · Donna:Oh, that is the perfect name for you. I love it. Never change it! Wasn't gonna.

7.37.0
S6E04

Donna:I've got the condo in Seattle, the fiance in Denver. - Huh? - It won't last.

7.87.5
S6E05

Donna:Not to give you too much of a peek into my personal life, but this could have been way worse.

6.76.5
S6E05

Donna · Typhoon:Damn it, Typhoon! Why'd you do this? Maybe if you had bothered to come to my Great Gatsby Brunch, you'd know.

7.07.0
S6E05

Donna · Leslie:Leslie, sometimes you're kind of annoying. I mean, I thought that was your thing. My thing? My thing is not being annoying.

6.76.5
S6E06

Donna:Hey, you know you're supposed to hit the deer, right?

5.75.5
S6E06

Donna · Ron:I thought you were serious. / Come on, now. You know I don't give a [bleep].

6.36.0
S6E06

Donna · Ron:Why are you covered in blood? / Don't worry. It's not human.

7.07.0
S6E06

Ron · Donna:Now, that's what I call shooting. / That's a new record. / Hey, look at that. You finally made it into the top ten. / Now, you can enter your initials. / My initials are private.

7.57.0
S6E07

Donna · Ron:Oof, you got a long way to go, Swanson. / I regret everything.

7.57.5
S6E09

Donna:Spladow! Check it. 'Regal Meagle Realty.' 'Find your castle.'

7.16.5
S6E13

Donna · Ann · Tom:But now that you're officially out of the dating pool, you know I'm gonna run this town, right? Ooh. Oh, yeah, you do not wanna go down that road. Trust me, I tried.

7.06.7
S6E14

Donna:Why lie? I'm shopping. Back in an hour.

7.06.8
S6E14

Donna:I'm about to hunt you down.

6.56.3
S6E14

Donna:I'm about to come down on this dude like Thor's hammer Mjolnir. I'm about to go Mjolnir on his ass!

6.46.3
S6E14

Donna:You tried to adopt a cat last week and I turned you down, because I thought it was too sad for you to have six cats. Then you tried to blow up my spot online. You're fired.

6.86.5
S6E14

Kyle · Donna:You're not my boss, I work for the city attorney's office. You're fired.

6.56.2
S6E14

Donna:It was a review of a funeral home that said 'Great first date spot.'

7.57.5
S6E14

April · Donna:Your lipstick looks weird. You're gonna want to shut your mouth right now.

7.47.3
S6E17

Donna:I'm listening to Jaleel Or No Deal. It's a podcast where the kid who played Urkel reviews old Deal Or No Deal episodes. It's pointless, and I love it.

7.67.5
S6E17

Donna:Where do you think I got that crystal Buddha head above my jacuzzi?

6.86.2
S6E17

Donna:Well, for live tweeting, it's Scandal. For binge watching, it's Scandal. But for fashion, it's actually Scandal. My answer is Scandal.

7.06.5
S6E17

Donna:I've gotten two annulments. One for pleasure, and one to cap off a long con I was running against Keith Sweat.

8.18.2
S6E17

Donna:You're better than that, Knope.

6.45.8
S6E17

Donna · April:We love your crazy ass too, Knope. / I think you're fine. Like a solid B-minus.

6.86.0
S6E18

Donna:I was dating an older fella back then. Like I'm gonna dance with a bunch of kids while he's coaching Duke to the final four.

7.47.0
S6E18

April · Donna:How can I love someone when I hate everything he loves? That's not true. He loves a lot of dumb stuff, but he loves you the most.

7.77.2
S6E20

Donna:[Shouts] What? Ron Swanson asking for help?

6.45.8
S6E20

Donna:He's my Tammy.

7.87.3
S6E20

Donna:I go insane.

6.96.2
S6E20

Donna:I understand this problem well and agree to this exchange of services.

6.96.0
S6E20

Donna:I'm getting a picture of you volunteering at a public elementary school in case I ever need to blackmail you.

7.67.2
S6E20

Donna:Do you remember the time when you put sleeping pills in my soda? I fell right over in the middle of a town hall meeting.

7.57.3
S6E20

Donna:You made a video of it and showed it at my birthday party.

7.16.5
S6E20

Donna:Yeah, um, I have got an itch that I have not been able to get to all day, and even against the wall, nothing will do it.

6.86.2
S6E20

Donna:When we're together, all we do is have sex, sit on the couch, eat homemade pasta, have sex again.

7.77.5
S6E20

Donna:It's a nightmare. I become boring.

7.67.3
S6E20

Donna:I'll wear that red thing when you deserve to see me in that red thing.

6.86.0
S6E20

Donna:You're King Sparkle of Cupcake Forest. It suits you.

7.57.0
S6E22

Donna:Fine, but if he raises his voice once, once, I'm out.

6.76.3
S7E01

Donna:Yeah. Ron hired Regal Meagle Realty to broker the deal. And I'm gonna need the money for my wedding. Shia LaBeouf designed wedding dresses do not come cheap.

7.47.3
S7E02

Donna:I got banned from every riverboat in Germany.

7.87.7
S7E05

Donna:'Honeybear' and 'Sugar Plum' are the special names Joe and I call each other. / Aww. / Yeah, we're adorable, but this is creepy.

7.27.0
S7E05

Donna · Leslie:You wanna put me on blast? I'ma put you on Front Street. / I don't understand what that means, but I think I get the context, and I love it.

7.47.3
S7E06

Donna:but I kind of like the grocery store one, too.

6.76.0
S7E06

Tom · Donna:Treat Yo' Self 2017!

6.37.5
S7E06

Tom · Donna:Treat Yo' Self. In Beverly Hills!

6.97.0
S7E06

Donna:Treat yo' self.

7.06.8