25 Times Parks and Rec's Ron Swanson Was a Whole Mood

Published on 5/20/2020 at 11:58 AM

Has there ever been a grumpier — yet completely lovable — parks department director to grace our TV screens than Ron Swanson? We adamantly think not, because Parks and Recreation's bacon-loving outdoorsman might be the best part about the show. Whether he's lamenting Li'l Sebastian or dealing with 94 meetings in a day thanks to April, Ron's out here making us both cringe and laugh at his brash nature. At the end of the day, though, we all know he's just a softie who truly loves the Pawnee Parks Department and his coworkers — almost as much as he loves bacon and hates nonfat milk. For 25 GIFs that prove Ron is a total mood, keep reading.

When He Tried to Very Authoritatively Get His Way

Any Time We Got This Little Glimpse of a Smile

When He Showed Off His Love of Fantasy Stories

When He Totally Understood How We Feel

Every Time He Showed His Deep Love of Bacon

No, but Really, a Deep Love of Bacon

See? Bacon.

When You Knew He Was Actually a Good and Caring Guy

When He Shared His Love of People

And His Love of Cell Phones

When He Couldn't Be Bothered With Technology

When He Made You Feel OK About Your Love of Cocktails

When He Hated on Salads — and Honestly, Same

When He Said This and You Felt OK About Thinking the Same

Every Time He Was in His Happy Place

When He Said What We Were All Thinking

Any Time He's So Unflinchingly Patriotic

So. Patriotic.

When He Was Such a Damn Good Stepdad

When He Described Skim Milk Perfectly

When He Was All of Us Trying to Escape Our Problems

When He Let Loose a Little Bit and It Was, in a Word, Everything

Whenever He Dropped a Sick Burn

But Couldn't Hide the Fact That He Really Is a Softie

Every Time He Said "No" and We Couldn't Help but Say, "Yes!!"

Because we just love him so freakin' much.