The Hilarious Prop Mistake You Might Have Missed On Parks And Recreation

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Fans think a phone prop mistake is perhaps not a mistake at all

Though the beloved series aired its finale in February 2015, "Parks and Recreation" fans are still talking about their favorite moments. Even details or goofs that have been analyzed before are coming up again. Take, for example, a prop "error" that some fans think was intentional, and not a mistake at all.

In Season 4, Episode 7, "The Treaty," Ron tries to convince Tom to return to his government job at the Parks department after Tom's entrepreneurial venture, Entertainment 720, went belly up due to his own mismanagement. As Tom tries to put on his best face, viewers noticed an error. "When Tom is on the phone here you can see the screen rotate, which means this is a screenshot of the phone screen being used for a phone call," u/peezy8i8 posted on Reddit. They took that to mean the show's props department messed up, by using a photo of a phone call rather than an actual call. Or they should have at least turned on the portrait lock.

Other fans were quick to point out that it wasn't necessarily the crew's mistake, but an intentional thing the character did. "Tom wanted to look like a big shot and was not above faking it," u/E_m_maker pointed out. Given Tom's constant plots and attempts at success, this makes sense. As creator Michael Schur said on a Reddit AMA, "you can't create comedy, or comedic characters, if they don't have flaws."