While presenting his work, a pointillism piece that includes pictures of all the citizens in Pawnee, creating an image of the city hall, he refers to it as a 'murinal' rather than a mural, opening him up to ridicule from the entire department. When one of the city hall murals is defaced, the Parks Department is tasked with creating a new mural in the episode ' The Camel'. It's also been revealed that Garry was once hit by a fire truck and had to have plastic surgery. When asked if he knew about this, Garry responded that he didn't know he was adopted. Mark Brendanawicz reveals Garry's adoptive mother, was arrested for marijuana. Dave Sanderson states Garry has had a few public urination violations.

In the episode ' Practice Date', while the Parks Department is attempting to dig up dirt on one another, several things come out about Garry. Garry's personality is not very developed at this point in the show, and his role mostly consists of being the co-worker who is constantly mocked by the other employees. Outside of work, mainly with his family, he is shown to be often charismatic, confident and well liked. He is also a skilled pianist, an amateur inventor, a good chef and a talented painter.ĭue to his reputation as a sad excuse for a human, Garry is often dismissed even if he is clearly in the right and what he has created is breathtaking. He once created a mural of an alcove of Pawnee City Hall, which was actually composed of small pictures of Pawnee citizens. He seems to have a normal family life and a strong artistic side. While he is the butt of endless mockery, he is shown to have one of the happiest and most fulfilled lives of any character. Garry was often mistreated due to his embarrassing history, which is a collection of awkward incidents resulting from his apparent clumsiness and ineptitude. His wife Gayle is a beautiful blonde woman, and their daughters are similarly attractive. Garry was a married father of three girls, who worked for the Department of Parks and Recreation.

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