Leslie is happiness, sunshine, and waffles. She is adorable, perpetually positive, determined, flawed, and gooey on the inside and out. It’s easy to aspire to be a fantastical character with dragons or look up to a character with high-paid, glamorous job that could save a country; Leslie Knope is neither. She is a small town government employee who spends her days trying to build a park or hoping to keep a mini golf course from being torn down. She is one of the few characters on television whose ideal seems attainable. She seems like someone you can actually be. Plus, she’s married to Ben Wyatt, nerd extraordinaire. How could you not like her?