April and Andy bring opposite energies to Halloween party planning

RTÉ Player's Parks and Recreation clip pairs Aubrey Plaza's deadpan threats with Chris Pratt's determination to promise a good time.

Channel: RTÉ Player Story of November 1, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 54,569 views a day, 35 times a normal first day on this channel (1,546).

Black cat and golden retriever energy 🐈‍⬛ | Parks and Recreation

RTÉ Player has pulled a party-planning scene from Parks and Recreation in which even fake blood counts as a romantic gesture. Andy pretends the shop had no blood capsules, then grins with red liquid dripping from his mouth. April's verdict: "That's gross, I love it."

Played by Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza, the couple quickly establish that agreeing on decorations does not mean agreeing on the invitation. Andy promises fun; April keeps adding increasingly macabre possibilities. When she announces, "Someone will die," he supplies the hopeful clarification: "Of fun."

Posted on Halloween, the Short reached roughly 48,000 views in 18 hours, far beyond the channel's usual opening for this format. Its title, "Black cat and golden retriever energy 🐈‍⬛ | Parks and Recreation", puts a familiar internet label on the pair's contrasting personalities: April's darkness alongside Andy's eager friendliness.

That contrast is also what viewers are discussing. Some point to the couple as an opposites-attract pairing, while others marvel at the distance between Pratt's goofy sitcom character and his action-film roles. Here, his task is rather smaller: making April's proposed party sound safe to attend.

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The numbers

The Parks and Recreation Short drew an unusually large opening audience for RTÉ Player's short-form uploads.

the video's first day

usual first day here

1,546

this video

54,569

subscribers

108,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

56,328,537

views per day

32,602

typical day: 20,114

the video

views

48,356

likes

1,233

comments

16

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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112,000

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110,000

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110,000

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108,000

Criminal Minds

108,000

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106,000

As of November 1, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.