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Character Analysis

Retta

Donna Meagle

Played by Retta

136 jokes across 65 episodes of Parks and Recreation

WAR

43.8

Total Jokes

136

Avg Craft

7.0

Avg Impact

6.8

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Best Jokes by Donna

All Jokes — 135 total

S1E05

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

6.06.5
S1E05

Marlene Griggs-Knope is morbidly obese.

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S2E01

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

6.56.0
S2E08

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

7.06.0
S2E08

You opened the gates. To crazy town.

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S2E08

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

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

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S2E11

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.

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S2E15

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

6.36.0
S2E17

I'm out. Why? I hate that guy.

7.57.0
S2E17

What are you doing here? I bought three shares. Thanks for the tip.

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S2E18

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

8.18.0
S2E19

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

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

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

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S3E03

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

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S3E07

Who said anything about a boyfriend? / Use him, abuse him, lose him.

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S3E07

Beat it, Donna. / Aye, aye, captain.

5.95.3
S3E09

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

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S3E09

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

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S3E09

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

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S3E09

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

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S3E10

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

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S3E13

Snitches get stitches.

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S3E14

Back of my Benz? Let's check in with your boo! He said, 'Her Mercedes'! Jerry and Donna on fire.

6.56.0
S3E15

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

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S3E16

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

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S4E01

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

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S4E03

He just seems so happy. I didn't say anything.

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S4E04

Needles in your face, pleasure in your base.

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S4E04

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

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

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S4E04

Uh-oh. Batman's crying.

7.58.0
S4E05

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

6.86.0
S4E07

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

6.36.0
S4E09

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

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S4E09

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

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S4E10

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

7.06.0
S4E13

I WROTE 'TOM.'

7.37.0
S4E13

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.

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S4E14

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

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

7.17.0
S4E15

When you two spoon, who spoons who?

7.06.5
S4E16

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

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S4E16

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

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S4E16

Ginuwine's my cousin. Ginuwine? The Ginuwine is your cousin?

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S4E16

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.

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S4E17

Do I look like I drink water?

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S4E19

This cat was in Boogie Nights?

6.26.0
S4E22

Fixed it. What? What? How? Jerry accidentally deletes things all the time. Ten years ago, I installed my own secret backup.

8.08.0
S5E01

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

Well, how do I get I.T. Here? / Call 311.

7.07.0
S5E03

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

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S5E03

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

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S5E05

I hope no one minds if I live tweet this bitch.

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S5E05

In the fifth one, the canoe's actually the hero. It's a crazy twist.

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S5E07

I took my talents to South Beach.

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S5E07

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

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S5E08

I think one of the mannequins tried to commit suicide.

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S5E09

My favorite Jerry moment is when you switched out his potato soup with glue and he didn't know

6.97.2
S5E09

What? I don't see any gingerbread cookies. I'm talking about that jacked-up, light-skinned dude. Look like Blake Griffin

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S5E09

Merry critches, bitches!

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S5E14

Did you just pee your pants? Just a dab

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S5E14

Third time this week

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S5E22

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

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S5E22

Yes, I like the rain and the fish markets.

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S6E01

When did you make the switch to boxer briefs?

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S6E04

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

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S6E04

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

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S6E05

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

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S6E05

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

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

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S6E06

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

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S6E06

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

6.36.0
S6E06

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

7.07.0
S6E06

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

Oof, you got a long way to go, Swanson. / I regret everything.

7.67.3
S6E08

Keep walking, 98. Skill positions only for Donna Meagle.

7.47.0
S6E08

That was so spot-on, it was scary. I need to go lie down for 45 minutes. No, an hour... a full hour.

7.37.2
S6E09

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

6.76.2
S6E09

Ron, you want to stay outside and do nothing while they make your cabin look like garbage? I'd like that very much. We can watch the shadows get longer.

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S6E11

I can't shower in five minutes

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S6E12

Why are you yelling? Tom put all my records into this rectangle!

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S6E13

Donna, are you grabbing my butt? Can you blame me? No!

7.37.0
S6E14

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

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S6E14

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

6.56.3
S6E14

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.

7.06.3
S6E14

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

6.96.3
S6E14

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

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S6E14

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

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S6E17

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.

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S6E17

Rome's played out. Have y'all been to Kuala Lumpur? I go all the time. Where do you think I got that crystal Buddha head above my jacuzzi?

7.06.3
S6E17

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

7.16.7
S6E17

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

8.08.2
S6E17

Press the paw. Hi, Leslie. It's Ann. I love you, and everything's gonna be okay.

6.96.5
S6E18

Like I'm gonna dance with a bunch of kids while he's coaching Duke to the final four.

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S6E19

Donna's wine shortage: 'Aw, man, this wine bottle is all out of the wine'

6.05.8
S6E20

[Shouts] What? Ron Swanson asking for help?

6.36.0
S6E20

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

7.47.2
S6E20

He's constantly being respectful, wanting to spend time with me, trying to 'connect' with me. It's a nightmare. I become boring.

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S6E20

I promise not to cheat on you if you promise not to try to pin me down too fast.

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S6E20

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

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S6E20

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

7.37.0
S6E20

Your family has made you a more patient and empathetic person. You take that back.

7.27.0
S6E20

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

7.57.5
S6E21

Fine, but if he raises his voice once, once, I'm out. Please don't stick to that policy.

7.26.8
S6E21

Unless you want me to get on stage and talk about how we used to take baths together. How you cried whenever I took away your rubber duckies. Damn, Donna, why you gotta bring the Quackson Five into this?

7.57.3
S6E22

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

6.46.0
S6E22

Unless you want me to get on stage and talk about how we used to take baths together. How you cried whenever I took away your rubber duckies. Damn, Donna, why you gotta bring the Quackson Five into this?

7.47.5
S7E01

Shia LaBeouf designed wedding dresses do not come cheap.

6.97.0
S7E02

Saturn's Return.

7.16.8
S7E02

When I was your age, I got banned from every riverboat in Germany.

8.18.3
S7E03

That feud is, like, Biggie-Tupac level. Maybe even Morgan Freeman-Shailene Woodley level. Naw. It's bad, but it's not that bad.

7.47.0
S7E05

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

7.17.0
S7E05

You wanna put me on blast? I'ma put you on Front Street.

7.37.0
S7E06

Maybe it's because he's my fiancé and I love him, but I kind of like the grocery store one, too.

6.76.0
S7E06

Treat Yo' Self. Treat Yo' Self 2017!

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S7E07

Ha ha! We real cute.

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S7E07

And I love you like a sister. - Ew.

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S7E07

The Meagles are a cold-blooded crew of judgmental grudge-holders.

6.86.3
S7E07

My cousin Winnie once forgot to use a coaster at my grandpa's house, and he wrote her out of his will.

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S7E07

The last four Meagle family Pictionary tournaments ended at the hospital.

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S7E07

Legally, no more than three Meagles are allowed on an international flight together.

8.28.2
S7E07

But they give great gifts. Gotta get that flatware.

7.56.8
S7E07

Well. Now no one gets any popcorn.

7.77.5
S7E09

You kept yelling 'Team Voldemort!' At the screen and we were kicked out. I was furious. You only get to see the second Twilight film for the seventh time once.

7.47.3
S7E09

We are very different people.

7.17.0
S7E12

That crazy story about you getting kicked out of En Vogue. Technically, I kicked them out.

7.97.3
S7E12

You can watch them build the new Space Haystack around the Space Needle.

6.56.3
S7E12

I can hardly see the needle anymore. I know. It's kind of the point.

6.75.8
S7E12

I think it's all that coffee and legal marijuana. Has people wanting to buy houses quickly and irrationally.

6.76.2
S7E12

Call Satan's niece.

7.77.2
S7E12

I single-handedly started that door-knockers earring trend.

7.57.0
S7E12

I guess what I'm saying is, I'm out of your league, and you need to move on. What? Sorry. I stopped listening when you called me sugarpea.

7.57.0
S7E12

I took the quiz in your book about what kind of person I am. I'm a Ron. Ha. I'm usually a Tom, but sometimes, I'm a Don.

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