Ben Wyatt Is An Adorkable Nerd | Parks and Recreation

[@JITCompilation]

I love how he's such a rock star among accountants

[@jroyero]

He should’ve tapped that female accountant 😂

[@cerenb7909]

@@jroyero hey!

[@jroyero]

@@cerenb7909 you rang?

[@jerrymontgomery3486]

I always cringe because I know he’s gonna quit and break their accountant hearts lol

[@reaganriddle]

*a nerd among slightly less nerdy nerds*

[@zico739]

Ben is one of the very few realistic adult nerds on TV.

[@predatoreusfilms9992]

@@Thowzand_ ... mmkay

[@HeyArlo]

@@Thowzand_ No :)

[@Thowzand_]

@@HeyArlo Just know he’ll always love you unconditionally

[@HeyArlo]

@@Thowzand_ I don't want some guy I don't know to love me, especially not unconditionally. Sounds like a pervert to me.

[@Thowzand_]

@@HeyArlo (Parent to child) not anything creepy

[@brandonwenzel2844]

I'm still amazed it took him THAT long to realize that the Maverick should be able to trade lumber for agriculture credits. It's so blatantly obvious.

[@crimsonwolf933]

I know right!!!

[@emm_gee1294]

I still can't believe its not butter, what a noob 😆

[@jonathanleung4315]

It’s nice that he played the maverick in a later episode because he needed the agricultural credits

[@things_i_say5951]

I see you're not the only one that paused the video to read the rules ;)

[@ew__2]

this comment is overused ngl

[@cris-yo1950]

I think Bens character starts off slow but as time goes one he gets more interesting to watch. His seriousness is funny at times

[@mrmax5955]

Yeah him and Andy are pure gold together. Andy’s stupidity works so well with bens awkward nerd

[@richardnguyen1520]

I think they all took some time to find their footing. Except Ron Swanson. He was gold from day one.

[@GaretheDen]

He never should have left the accounting firm.

[@bentaylor809]

'That folder in my hands is more deadly than this bow in yours' 'Thats.... probably true'

[@azifazeez]

Yeah it's called character development

[@timclay6273]

Chris Traeger agreeing and supporting everything Ben said is really funny and lovely.

[@savageguineapig5857]

Ben: “This is the best idea I’ve ever had!” Chris: “That... is the worst idea I’ve ever heard.”

[@ilshat2955]

You both miss his LITERALLY the most iconic line in the show.

[@Godmcgod]

That idea is terrible

[@phrophannus]

I am not sure agreeing with everything a friend wants to do is lovely, if I am making a terrible mistake, please tell me friend.

[@sarahberkner]

@@phrophannus Agreed- and I'm only saying that because I really do agree lol.

[@LegenD4ryle]

Leslie: "Our starship is in trouble." I love how she plays along for Ben regardless. This is love.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Nah, playing along would be going through the trouble of learning at leat something about it)

[@pnut3844able]

​@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849to be fair, she was extremely busy all the time.

[@CliveSerpico-re5ru]

Parks and rec is fictional, do you know that? It's important to me that you know that

[@adrienneb.4710]

The look on Donna's face when Ben came out in the Batman suit is what came here for.

[@friendsfans123]

5:42

[@pipinm2214]

Batman is crying.

[@timclay6273]

The actor Adam Scott himself is a nerd. He meeting Mark Hamill is the greatest thing I've seen on the Internet. Pure joy.

[@fanboy5272]

Legend says his hands are still shaking

[@sydneytilden2341]

Star wars isn’t nerdy everyone watches it

[@Ale-is1dk]

I know it’s one of my favorite videos ever!

[@elmancogaming5339]

I believe the actors kind of brought their own interests to their characters, like Ron Swanson is actually a woodworker.

[@radmoonable]

@@elmancogaming5339 Mike schur does that in all his shows... Terry Crews is pretty similar to sergeant Jeffords in B99.

[@esgokhale30]

In an alternate universe, Ben would have continued his job at the accountancy firm

[@crusherconi]

I disagree that is not the world I want

[@yurit8866]

“TEEDDD! Get in here! Ben’s here!!”

[@angryaviator_]

😩

[@julesloveless]

My heart can't take it when the writers decided to pull him out of the accountancy firm, I mean he's fits in so well it might as well be his natural habitat.

[@ryman1933]

In an alternate universe ice town never happened and Ben was actually just a good mayor at 18.

[@auroraborealass]

I want to know what Ben thought of the final of Game of Thrones.

[@iridescentspiralling4787]

DEVASTATED

[@seventyeight3452]

Leslie said the show has really gone off the rails but Ben says it makes sense if you read the books.

[@GinArenas]

@@seventyeight3452 But it was poorly executed

[@SuperSparrow45]

"The cal-Thrones...betrayed me!?"

[@fanboy5272]

Ben was somewhat right about Star Wars sequels though

[@benjaminmiller936]

i love that every time Ben hypes up calzones it means something is going wrong in his life

[@anrtaverma5992]

The pie-mary would like to disagree with you

[@ragnorfellandcantgetup3916]

The calzones.........betrayed me

[@Animefreakess]

Wait till he hears about pasties....

[@Sonicwaffleproductions]

Its funny as I myself, love calizones, and would totally buy into "the low cal-calizone..zone"

[@bojackhorseman555]

Often times, new additions to shows really kill the dynamic (everyone who replaced Michael as boss in The Office) but Ben and Chris genuinely improved the show and gave it so much more to work with.

[@jasmine511]

100% agree- when I rewatch the show, I almost always start when Ben and Chris joined. They greatly improved the show

[@PianoGuy1226]

Ben and Chris were amazing additions to Parks & Rec! And they joined the show pretty early on so they could make a lasting impression!

[@marley92282]

Absolute turning point in the show when they joined the cast.

[@ricya1982]

I remember watching it as it was coming out and for me, at first, it was odd, but they did add more depth of personalities to the zany bunch. :) They grew on me

[@juliocadenas5149]

Just wished they removed Tom. He really was awful.

[@Shawnqual]

"Come here, come here peasant, who are you?" "Our Starship's in trouble!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dman4897]

I felt that

[@SamuraiMorshu]

Sounds like a phrase out of 40K

[@nakenmil]

@@SamuraiMorshu Hah!

[@BlaneNostalgia]

I lol'ed irl when Leslie said that

[@douglashay8626]

@@BlaneNostalgia blimey, that sentence is a blast from the past

[@samanthacrevellari6355]

The part were Ben was wearing his Batman cosplay to do mundane things... As a cosplayer, I can say, that was so relatable.

[@lytra_]

Samantha Crevellari nothing worse than answering the door in cosplay tho. The post man is used to it at this point now tho lmao

[@samanthacrevellari6355]

@@aido6460 Basically, a costume! To do cosplay is to dress up as a fictional character :) In this case, the Batman suit = Batman cosplay.

[@RileyHarrisVFX]

But it’s irritating that he’s wearing a dark knight suit with the Batman and robin cowl

[@micro-babe]

I'm wearing my cosplay as I'm making it, my dude. This is such a trash hobby.

[@amon8977]

@@RileyHarrisVFX huh, didn't notice that. I thought it's more of Keaton's Batman cowl due to hunch/curl at the neck.

[@lonelywhale9879]

That claymation bit gets me everytime

[@Sgtturtle22]

sadshibe so cool!!!

[@ashritachavali8688]

I'm an animator and that bit is so sad and relatable, it makes me laugh-cry every time!

[@mikevisby8744]

I have always wanted to make a claymation short film, but in order to make the animation look good, it is extremely tedious and time consuming. After I read about the grueling schedule to make Nightmare Before Christmas, I pretty much gave up on the concept.

[@atrophine_]

That’s what I think when i visualize anime artists I respect animators so much

[@Kelly-uw1xr]

I couldn’t be an actress, I can’t stop laughing

[@radmoonable]

Well Ben is right, many of the 'nerdy stuff' including GoT and star wars and Marvel is mainstream now.

[@insanem5258]

This statement is so obvious that I can't help myself not to mock you. So thank you Captain!

[@elijahlawrence8010]

Insane M okay to be fair to the original commenter when this show first aired the MCU didn’t exist and there was no talk of the Star Wars Disney purchase. So in fact this show quite literally was gifted a gold mine with Ben as the nerd culture was brought into the mainstream. Early in the show the nerd jokes made sense and we got to see the characters experience nerd culture grow in real time. For those of us that watched the show on NBC when it was airing still that is

[@baldman7738]

@@elijahlawrence8010 I mean star wars has been a massive franchise for decades that everyone is aware of. And the mcu started in 2008 and parks and rec started in 2009

[@sethdusith6093]

Well what makes it nerdy is the nerd itself. A person going "oh I hope Arya kills cersie" vs a person discussing the lore and theories aren't the same one is significantly more nerdy. What makes a nerd, a nerd, is obsession

[@edsonbojorquez2913]

Nop, it’s still nerd stuff in the real world

[@okayque]

Our starship is in trouble.

[@bptdns22]

Noo..

[@YouSuz]

no leslie...

[@gustavgnoettgen]

That's not a moon

[@kevinb314]

She got confused, thinking about their last bedroom role-play

[@Afterburner215]

Although he was an ensign on Star Trek First Contact.

[@alexmarding9960]

I REALLY LOWKEY WANTED BEN TO JOIN THE ACCOUNTING BUSINESS

[@lancejedrickmaniquiz7547]

Like Dunder Mifflin? 😎

[@alexmarding9960]

@@lancejedrickmaniquiz7547 what a coincidence I was just watching that

[@jimmylin7233]

Me, too! My god, he was so happy there, and they adored him.

[@julia-ex7im]

@@jimmylin7233 do u know what episode its from??

[@jimmylin7233]

@@julia-ex7im Episode 99 (S6E8) "The Cones of Dunshire" Ben Wyatt as a bona fide rock star is one of my favorite things.

[@emorydaniel9084]

I want more friends like the accountants. They are so delightfully kind

[@Dbgreene]

I wish we were like this. We are usually more cynical than most people because we have to be very practical and bound by rules.

[@robotman8444]

lol its a show, people really aren't like this

[@dogguy8603]

@@Dbgreene just start laundering money for a cartel C:

[@richardlebreton6690]

@@Dbgreene and always somehow responsible for cleaning up the masses that everyone else makes

[@Зелипупа]

And usually doing the most work while being underappreciated for it

[@spandanav22]

@1:02 to @ 1:58 - The only time Leslie ever considered divorce. Also it's criminal that this video doesn't include Ben reading his Star Trek fan fiction to April when they were stuck in the car. Seriously how could they miss "Data never felt this way before. Of course Data had never felt any thing before."!?

[@parksandrecreation6607]

Choices are always difficult, and we could not include everything we wanted. But keep an eye on the channel, we will soon upload that clip for all of you keen-sighted fans... Hope you can forgive us! 🖖

[@spandanav22]

@@parksandrecreation6607 Aww you guys! Can't believe you actually replied. I will forgive you :) But I'll maintain that adorkable Star Trek fan fiction is definitely nerdier than calzones. I love Ben and his calzones, but that should be a separate compilation.

[@hklegomaster]

@@spandanav22 starwars is nerdier

[@ayushmeena780]

Where's the reply

[@spandanav22]

@@ayushmeena780 What can I say! They chickened out.

[@acWeishan]

Parks and Recs was so well casted The actors really made you love each character.

[@Vero-yz9rb]

I always wanted a Ben but i've realised i'm my own Ben. I just need a Leslie

[@parksandrecreation6607]

Yes, but who doesn't need a Leslie?

[@buzzlightyear2510]

@@parksandrecreation6607 yeah even ron swanson need one

[@sandrarivera1262]

I feel so attacked right now

[@scoliosispoopy]

yea we all need a leslie

[@Koragh_]

Yall need 🚫jesus🚫 Yall need leslie

[@joshamm1995]

I love how even Chris, the human optimism battery, is horrified to see Ben starting claymation. He knows he's going down a dark path xD

[@keithvalle4417]

"Our starship is in trouble." I laughed so much at this one more than I should be.

[@aMAXproduction]

Ben Wyatt Presents: "Requiem for a Tuesday" "STAND IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU-"

[@anshulsharma9429]

Did you...pause it?..

[@Raegoer]

@@anshulsharma9429 No, hang on… Edit: don’t just like this, do the next bits!

[@MannyTheSaxCat]

I laugh every time I hear this song in the grocery store

[@jenniferl.8111]

@@Raegoer *plays it again* “🎵STAND IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU-“

[@yeah_i_likeCartoons]

“Are the cones a metaphor? Well, yes and no.” Every English class I’ve ever had summed up into one sentence.

[@patrickho3405]

“The Low-Cal Calzone Zone.”

[@daxriley8195]

They should have made it the "Local Low-Cal Calzone Zone"

[@WorldWideWong]

That idea...is TERRIBLE!

[@onchristieroad]

@@WorldWideWong Are you having a Local Lo-Cal Calzone Zone moan?

[@babycloe8080]

In my head it’s more localcalzonezone

[@jiggamanog]

Just call it "The Low-CalZone"

[@zoestorms3537]

cones of dunshire is ICONIC

[@caellummclevie5969]

zoestorms I-CONE-IC

[@TomoYT]

what type if dice was he using? looked like d8

[@halneufmille]

You forgot about the essence of the game. It's about the cones.

[@MrSqurk]

My favourite part is that it’s 8-12 players

[@lucafouracre8217]

They should make it a real game.

[@tomoakley760]

The bit where Ben starts crying in the batman suit is pretty sad when you consider he's spent his entire adult life trying to show the world how responsible and sensible he can be to compensate for the Icetown debacle, and as such this might actually be the first time he ever got 'permission' to "treat yoself"

[@justjoannak]

Omg, you're right!

[@DazedSpy2]

insightful point

[@lianne2600]

8:49 i always thought he missed the chance to call it “The Local Low-Cal Calzone Zone”

[@karmanel5322]

The low-cost local low-cal calzone zone

[@sydneytilden2341]

Karma Nel that wouldn’t work as he is an accountant

[@WouldntWanaBAny1Else]

That’s actually so good wtf

[@makarismaileadnan]

You're the real life Ben then

[@realbr1koo]

The Local Low-Cal CALZONE Call-Zone

[@FrozenBeast-yv9mh]

That wink at the camera at the end is perfect.

[@angieliang8475]

Can we appreciate how much of a genius Ben is for creating an extremely complicated board game in less than a week that actually works?

[@tiannaboo222]

ugh the wink is so iconic i love ben so much

[@lavie_enlove]

“iS ShE GoNnA pOWdEr hEr VAgInA?” I AM DED

[@irjake]

But what is she going to powder? We need to know!

[@Bowtiedhillbilly]

@@irjake It's a legitimate question.

[@nanouklezaf4273]

"Our starship is in trouble" is the most adorable line of Leslie, she doesn't get anything of his passions but she's trying so hard to keep up and treat him lmao

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Trying hard would be at least googling what's GOT about lmao)))

[@eyedeasneverdie3348]

As someone who has dabbled in stop motion, nothing hit me harder than Ben's claymation, that was too relatable.

[@luminaryprism75]

The pure joy on Donna’s face when he walks out in the Batman costume kills me.

[@sanskarsaraf9552]

This is nerdism done right.

[@destroyerblackdragon]

Bazinga

[@sandwish_eetr7523]

I cringed so hard when she said take me to your star ship with the iron throne

[@jlfranco8113]

Is that wrong? I don't get it.

[@nR00R]

@@KS-tp1um Star Wars is NOT cyberpunk lmao it's sci-fi/fantasy

[@nR00R]

@@KS-tp1um No problem, friend!

[@vb8428]

You're even worse if you don't get the humor there🙄

[@albertodiaz9513]

Andy: I can't believe we're at Hogwarts Ben: No that's Buckingham palace. Hogwarts is fictional, do you know that? It's important to me that you know that.

[@juliocadenas5149]

I was laughing so much at this.

[@DPedro3]

The way the accountants like Ben is actually really sweet and heartwarming

[@mistertwister2000]

If you have an adult nerd in your life, you know that THIS is a far more realistic example than anything from shows like Big Bang Theory

[@pixelated23-b9z]

I think it depends, are the nerds super hyper intelligent or not?

[@ariellau9170]

ben is my favourite male character in all of television history.

[@elijahlawrence8010]

Ariel Lau NoHo Hank takes the cake for me

[@GeddyRC]

Ben had an amazing redemption at the end. The whole series since his first appearance he was constantly insulted for his nerd culture, and at the end he ends up working for a company that actually loved him for it.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

It's not ''redemption'' but rather his ''happy ending''

[@stellaroj]

That dice roll remains absurdly awesome.

[@smadnama]

8:14 it's my favorite part!!

[@Bowtiedhillbilly]

Just the line "so then you roll three dice to see how many dice you roll" is the best satire of TTRPGs or complex Table Top Games in general I've ever seen in my life.

[@TheAxeMonger]

So, it's like .. all Ben? Awesome!

[@Ryotaiku]

"Did they cancel Game of Thones?" No but they probably should've.

[@wheeler6768]

Ben Wyatt is the embodiment of the dorky/nerdy population

[@Ale-is1dk]

Wheeler67 that’s why we STAN!

[@robotman8444]

geek

[@claytonmyers9739]

"I don't have time to tell you how wrong you are. ... Actually, it's going to bug me if I don't." Possibly one of the most relatable things for me.

[@LorenzoDoesntExist]

Ben and the accounting firm compilation NOW!

[@zyaicob]

April as Ben's intern/daughter compilation

[@92pushkarsane]

They've already done it recently

[@LorenzoDoesntExist]

@@92pushkarsane Link us to it.

[@shiroespiral260]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipOommamZ6mMiKc close enough

[@ascl24]

Love the people at the accounting firm. Theyre so cute🤣

[@naomilamont3277]

3:52-3:56 is the most relatable nerd statement I've ever heard.

[@ethanmorgan7823]

I do badly wanted to be Bens friend he is exactly the person I want to hang out with

[@scpalucard8990]

Ethan Morgan same he seems great

[@bautiaguilar]

5:39 Donna and Tom looking at the camera just kills me every time dhdlsjkdksk

[@cuatripero]

i love that last scene where he winks at the camera, he looks so badass

[@TheAxeMonger]

9:37 Jon Snow arriving beyond the wall as "punishment".

[@SeriousJohnnyDay]

That definitely wasn’t stolen from reddit

[@SweelFor]

freefolk demands its meme back

[@joeysherman5070]

The claymation will forever be in infamy

[@clairele948]

🎵"stand in the place where you li--" 🎵

[@user-rw8hr8nw6d]

I relate to Ben in a Batman costume, crying.

[@angelurbina8158]

That was such a mood.

[@kevinprehm]

You know, not everybody has the required strong jawline to pull off the Batman look, but Ben does

[@natanmusmanthome6772]

Actually, it's gonna bug me if I don't...

[@marcelobertoni2967]

Quintessential nerd

[@Mubashir_AK]

That is one line that applies as it is to my life.

[@fanboy5272]

Relatable

[@alexandercanust5541]

3:32 our starship is in trouble

[@DavidNicolet20]

died

[@arsyoubae5092]

It's the way she walks up to him as well 🤣🤣

[@DavidNicolet20]

@@arsyoubae5092 true

[@JoseSanchez-sc6fe]

The ultimate nerd. Likes pizza, Star Wars, has a sick cosplay outfit, and is a master at board games.

[@crazebussines2215]

He doesn't like pizzas, just calzones

[@tubechiq88]

How they didn't have Settlers of Catan on here as well as beyond me

[@isaakwelch3451]

@@tubechiq88 they had cones of dunshire instead

[@ccggenius]

*Board game. Just because he's good at the game he invented does not mean that he is automatically good at other games. He is not Sun Tzu, and the Cones of Dunshire is not animal fight club.

[@demonking86420]

@@ccggenius it's a safe assumption to be fair One can't just make boardgames with no prior knowledge of how other boardgames work And that usually means playing the board game

[@staine4478]

When he said come here peasant. I lost it.

[@maxwellxv]

“Our starship is in trouble.”I laughed so hard when I saw it.

[@Robopercy]

I always love how Ben is a Jock of nerds lmaoo

[@MsAnnChannel]

Our starship is in trouble!

[@ServantSerah]

7:51 anime protagonists when they outsmart the villains after everyone thought they lost

[@drew3055]

6:10 by far the most realistic crying scene in a show, ironically in a sitcom

[@salmanghori7181]

Okay two things: 1- People think its funny but Ben crying while dressed as Batman is an incredibly sat moment for me. He loved this woman and he couldn't be with her, and he had no friends, and then Donna and Tom made him feel like he was their friend and he was enough as he was. 2- Ben's wink at the end is one of the sexiest moments in TV history.

[@tnate6004]

8:13 The dice roll will kill me every time. Cones of Dunshire is a great recurring gag because they go all in on it.

[@AgentMacklinFBI]

Ben (and Chris) is the best thing that happened to this show

[@markekar6021]

that would be jean ralphio

[@nynphose]

Every character in this show is prefectly written and played, they are all great.

[@shanks4391]

When he fixes the WIFI and you hear his Cape SWISH around the corner 😅❤ Also.. his adorable fist bumps

[@pandoralover21]

the ARBITER

[@AsiaThinks]

The fact that Leslie just listens and holds space while he just nerds out 🥰

[@laurene988]

"Okay, I don't have time to explain how wrong you are... Actually it's going to bug me if I don't. So!"

[@dachamp171]

It always broke my heart to see Ben disappoint the accounting firm guys by not accepting the job, and quitting when he finally did have the job lol

[@alejandrovega8370]

2:43 they should’ve canceled game of thrones when they had the chance...

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Are the cones a metaphor? Well yes and no.

[@WJen8]

I love how most of these have Ben in it 😂 He's such an adorable nerd but not derogatorily because otherwise I'd be the one out of the Zeitgeist 🙅‍♂️

[@bea4156]

Underrated comment 😂💯

[@ArchGab]

Ugh God, that wink will always make me weak in my knees

[@ohyouarenana8745]

I watched Parks and Rec before I watched Game of Thrones, and now I understand all the GOT references. Like when Ben used to talk about GOT it never made sense, but now it totally does

[@derricklafrance9440]

At 1:15 when Leslie says "oh boy", that was comedic timing at it's best.

[@aldowilliams4765]

Ben had the funniest running jokes. Being cool at the accountants’ office, not understanding lil sebastion, cones of dunshire. He’s hilarious

[@RahulPatel-og2ke]

What happened to the scene where Leslie tricks the press into thinking the water has midichlorians?

[@matthewstarliper4074]

I loved the running gag of Ben being hired by the accounting firm to then immediately leave it.

[@unknownuser0006]

Finally! Thank you for listening to our request, awesome nerd moments :)

[@ebrtico]

I always loved Ben and the accountant firm scenes. He was the coolest guy there

[@giofigueroa9021]

I love Leslie and Ron, they carry the true essence of the show, but Ben, oh he's my favorite

[@RareVideosByJavierVargasTV]

*STAND IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU S-* .........................0_o

[@christiancervantes4821]

I love how Lesley goes straight into her princess Leia impersonation when he's sitting on the throne lol

[@izzikyepez9804]

The first “Yes.” Ben says when he sits on the Iron Throne kills me every time 💀💀💀

[@Philthy215]

Donna’s face when he walks out in the Batman costume is hilarious 😂

[@kiidampuller97]

“Our starship is in trouble” always gets me 😂😂😂

[@a.nash.594]

Ben realizing his claymation was only 2 seconds long will never not be funny 😂😂

[@Mike-me3sp]

3:32 "Come here, come hither, peasant. Who are you?" Uncertainly: "Our starship is in trouble..." Gold.

[@XxBOSSxXxKSAxX]

2:47 oh but after seeing that ending, i really wish they did

[@sumitsunilkumar8233]

5 years later, that claymation project still gets to me. Absolute gold

[@gracebailey5989]

For the sake of Ben's feelings, i like to think in the Parks and Recs Universe, Game of Thrones ended perfectly

[@GawlJoey]

You gotta love Leslies commitment to trying to play along with Bens nerdiness while hes on the throne lol