Leslie Knope: [aside to camera] I may be leaving this office soon. I need to plant seeds for the next generation. Interns become full-time staff, become department directors. Circle of life. The seasons turn. It's really quite beautiful. And if Ron tries to stop me, he can eat a big ol' bowl of butts.

April: Why'd you pay for a limo?
Andy: Because it's prom. If you don't show up in a limo, legally, they can't let you in.

Andy: Hey, hey! Orin!
Orin: Who's Orin? I'm April's mom. You two look adorable.
April: Ugh, just take the picture already, mom.
Orin: My baby is all grown up. Have her home by 11:00.
April: Mom, stop embarrassing me.
Orin: Say good-bye to your father. [Champion limps out]
April: Bye, dad.
Andy: Good night, sir.

Principal Russell: Leslie, thanks again. We just wouldn't have had a prom without you. This is A-plus work.
Leslie Knope: A-plus! Thank you, Principal Russell. Can I get that in writing?
Principal Russell: Oh-ho, Leslie. You haven't changed since high school.
Allison: I can't believe he gave you an A-plus.
Leslie Knope: Oh, did he? I didn't even notice. No bigs.

Andy: Now that I've convinced you, why don't we go dance?
April: Um, I'm gonna go to the girls' bathroom to check the trash cans for babies, but you can dance if you want.

Doug: Uh, hey, no one's really feeling this.
Tom: All right, not a 2 Chainz crowd. I'll throw on some yeezy in a second. Jeezy? Weezy? Oh! You want some of that classic stuff. All right, I'll break you off some of that Ja Rule.
Boy: Who's Ja Rule?
Tom: What? How do you-- Wha-- Who's what?
Daphne: The stuff you're playing is so old, it's probably trinking on grizzledump.
Tom: Hey, what's grizzledump? And why is trinking on it bad? Oh, my God. I don't know what's cool anymore. What's grizzledump, Ben? What's grizzledump?

Leslie Knope: So have you ever pulled a ceremonial cord before? There's a little trick to it. You want to hold it - not too tight, sort of like a firm handshake - and then move towards the ground in a rope-pulling motion.
Allison: So just pull the rope?
Leslie Knope: That's right.

Allison: Thanks, Leslie, for this, and for making prom happen in the first place.
Leslie Knope: Oh, you don't have to thank me. Working for the government is its own reward- Run, Allison, run.
Ron Swanson: You're wasting your time, Leslie. Allison and I already had a good talk about the power of the hard-earned dollar.
Leslie Knope: Don't listen to him. Now, when you pull the rope, don't look at the balloons. Look at the faces of the people as the balloons drop. That's what government is about. Look at the faces.
Ron Swanson: No, look at the cage that is holding all of those balloons. I assembled that cage and was paid for my labor, and I will use the money to buy shelter, fuel, and medicine. Watch the cage.
Leslie Knope: Pull the rope. Watch the faces.
Ron Swanson: Watch the cage.
Leslie Knope: Watch the faces!
Allison: [pulls rope; people cheer]
Leslie Knope: Congratulations, Ron. You've ruined prom. Everybody's having a terrible time. [cheering continues]

Donna: I didn't go to my prom. I was dating an older fella back then. Like I'm gonna dance with a bunch of kids while he's coaching Duke to the final four.

Ron Swanson: You're finished, Knope. I just spoke with Tim Hautner from the sawmill on my mobile telephone, and he's offering Allison a paying job. She'll be assistant to the head mulcher. Beat that.
Leslie Knope: First of all, your telephone is ridiculous. And second of all, I already beat it. She's gonna take that internship. She pulled the rope. There's no turning back!