Jerry Gergrich
Jerry Gergich works for the Department of Parks and Recreation and is a married father of three girls. His surname was first mentioned in the episode "Park Safety". He is often the butt of jokes due to his embarrassing history, a collection of awkward moments including public urination, plastic surgery after being hit by a fire truck, routinely spilling his cup of soup, and being adopted by a woman arrested for selling marijuana. He seems to have a normal family life and some artistic talent, once creating a mural of the Pawnee City Hall composed of minuscule pictures of the town's citizens. In the episode "Telethon", he is shown to be a skilled pianist. His opinions and talents often go unnoticed due to poor respect from his co-workers. For example, on one occasion he stumbled over his words saying "murinal" rather than "mural", causing an abundance of teasing rather than a reaction to the aforementioned mural he had created. Ron says that Jerry is both the "schlemeil" and the "schlemazel" of the office, meaning he's both a klutz and the victim of the universe's contempt. For his part, Jerry mainly tolerates the mocking of his coworkers, looking ahead two years to his retirement on a full pension. However, he does feel intimidated by his colleagues. For example, in the episode "Park Safety", he claimed to have been mugged by teenagers rather than owning up to falling into a stream.