Parks & Rec: Jerry's Fart Attack Made The Show's Biggest Problem Even Worse

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Parks & Recreation introduced viewers to some truly colorful characters, among those Jerry Gergich, the one character everyone incessantly made fun of, and there was a turning point in Jerry’s story that made the series' biggest problem even worse: his “fart attack”, which was the beginning of one of Parks & Recreation’s worst changes. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, Parks & Recreation is often considered among the best TV shows of the decade, and while it has many memorable characters, moments, and jokes, it also has its weaknesses, mainly how much it failed Jerry Gergich.

Parks & Recreation took the audience to the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana, where they met the Parks Department crew, led by the always optimist Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler). Over the course of seven seasons, Leslie shared the spotlight with her closest friends and coworkers, and many of them became quite popular with the audience and were at the center of some of the show’s best jokes, as was the case of Jerry Gergich (Jim O’Heir). Jerry, whose real name is Garry Gergich, is one of Leslie’s coworkers at the Parks Department who stood out for being very kind to those around him, but also for being constantly bullied by those in the Parks Department.

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At the beginning of Parks & Recreation, Jerry Gergich was the office manager of the Parks Department, and the show even had a visual running gag of his desk getting smaller and smaller with time as more people arrived at the Department. Jerry was kind-hearted but also very clumsy, which led to never-ending mockery from his coworkers, particularly Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) and April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza). Jerry accepted all the jokes,