Why Parks & Rec Fans Will Love Mountain Dew's Baja Blast Super Bowl Commercial

A surefire way to make a Super Bowl ad stand out is to have a reunion between beloved TV actors. For instance, Uber Eats' Super Bowl LVIII commercial with Jennifer Aniston brings her back together with "Friends" co-star David Schwimmer. Mountain Dew has done something similar, with two stars from "Parks and Recreation" — Aubrey Plaza and Nick Offerman, who played April Ludgate and Ron Swanson, respectively — having a blast. 

In the commercial, Plaza talks about having fun no matter where she is, even if she's getting whacked by pool noodles at a children's party. At one point, she actually does something that looks pretty cool by riding a dragon, in which she's soon joined by Offerman, who's riding a different dragon and sporting some luxurious, fantasy-inspired locks. 

"Parks and Rec" fans will undoubtedly love seeing these two reunited, even if they look like they belong more on "Game of Thrones" than in Pawnee, Indiana. Throughout it all, the pair laughs frenziedly, exemplifying the camaraderie they perfected on "Parks and Rec." 

Aubrey Plaza's deadpan and sarcastic approach to playing April Ludgate earned the character legions of fans, so it makes sense a company would want to tap into that energy for a commercial. It's paid off for Mountain Dew since people are already discussing the spot before the big game. On X, formerly known as Twitter, @joneyre declared, "Super Bowl Sunday is just for the Aubrey Plaza Baja Blast Mountain Dew commercial." For the actor, the ad was more than just a paycheck.

Plaza gushed about her old "Parks and Rec" co-star and getting the chance to work with him once again to Variety, stating, "It was so fun because I love Nick so much, and even though we're not playing our characters in 'Parks and Rec,' it does feel in some way like a little April and Ron reunion, and I feel like in some alternate universe, this is exactly what they would be doing." The characters have a special friendship on the sitcom, with Ron acting as a father figure to April. Plus, they both generally hate other people, so their personalities mesh well. 

Viewers may wonder if this could lead to a larger-scale "Parks and Rec" reunion. Plaza joked, "There could be like a 'Parks and Rec'-'Game of Thrones' mash-up here, where April and Ron time travel into 'Game of Thrones' times, and then we're just riding those dragons around." They may only appear for a few seconds together to drink soda in the ad, but that's more than enough to get fans speculating about what April and Ron would be up to these days.