Parks and Recreation: April Ludgate - Type 4w5
April is sarcastic, dramatic and contrarian. She has a desire to be special and wants to be unique. April acts like she doesn’t want the approval of others but will often try to impress people with her obscure references and interests.
While she often tries to come across as cool and above working at the Parks and Rec Offices, she has a lot of things in common with the other characters. She often tries to find a negative when talking to her friends to appear like she is dark, unusual and very different from people like Leslie and Chris. April rejects the daily life of Pawnee as she sees it as being mundane and wants to be doing things that are more important and special.
April is somewhat of a loner and often wants to have her own space. She sees herself as an outsider and believes that she is different to the her co-workers and family. It takes her a long time to let people in and start to express her feelings and thoughts to them. This can be seen with how she treats both Andy and Ron.
At her best, April becomes less dramatic and starts to take on more responsibilities. She finds a career that she is passionate about and is able to pursue this with a principled attitude.
At her worst, April becomes melancholy and reactive. She beings to be self-absorbed and will withdraw from her problems or react passionately against those she sees as questioning her.
April takes a long time getting to know Andy and having a relationship with him. They start off as friends and April first realises that she has feelings for Andy. April romanticises Andy and looks past a lot of his idiosyncrasies as she views him as being her perfect partner. When they are not together she wants to make him jealous of her relationship in a way to try and show him what he is missing. After they get together, they have a very accelerated relationship and are married soon after as they are so sure that they are right for each other.
April is insecure and jealous of Andy’s past relationship with Ann. As a result of this, she treats Ann badly and speaks to her abrasively. Especially in the earlier seasons when she is beginning to have feelings for Andy, she will be more confrontational towards Ann and wants to push her away. As the series continues it can be see than she grows more fond of Ann but doesn’t want to admit that to her.
April has a wing 5 as she is less people-oriented than a wing 3 and is more inward thinking and introspective than a wing 3.
Tri-type: 4w5 - 9w8 - 6w5
Some quotes to describe April’s motivations:
“I really only listen to, like, German Death Reggae and Halloween sound effects records from the 1950s. And Bette Midler. Obviously.”
”I’m just an impartial bunny, but I think Ann sucks! And also, I’m the Zodiac Killer!
“I just want to say thank you, and I love you very much. Which is why I decided not to turn you into a sea urchin, which I can do, because I’m an actual witch, with powers, and I’m evil, and -“
“I don’t care about that prize, but I’m gonna win because I want his happiness to away.”
"I guess I kind of hate most things. But I never really seem to hate you. So I want to spend the rest of my life with you, is that cool?”
“I love games that turn people against each other.”
“I hate talking to people.”
“I want to tell people what to do, then send them far away from me.”
Andy: “It’s so much more beautiful than I ever could have imagined.”
April: “Yeah, I’m trying to find a way to be annoyed at it, but I’m coming up empty.”
Andy: “Ohh babe you had a crush on me, that’s embarrassing!”
April: “We’re married.”
Andy: “Still!”
