History Recap / HelluvaBossS1E5TheHarvestMoonFestival

* HolyHandGrenade: What keys Moxxie in that Striker is up to something is when he finds an incredibly rare carmine-crafted, blessing-tipped rifle in his room, such a weapon being one of the few things that can kill [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils demon royalty]] like Stolas.

* CoolGuns: Striker has an incredibly rare carmine-crafted, blessing-tipped rifle in his room, is which is apparently leftovers from the last extermination of Hell by Heaven since Moxxie identifies it as an angelic weapon. Such a weapon is one of the few things that can kill [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Demon Royalty]].

* NoodleImplement: The episode opens up just after one of Blitzo and Stolas's intimate sessions. We never see it in action, but it's shown that Stolas is bound and initially gagged, and Blitzo is later seen removing one the owl's feathers from his mouth.

* OffModel: There's one frame where Wally's body [[https://preview.redd.it/vjhk9jenfnw61.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a36d9a3dd5d32d6e1be377d3c1a0c7327766d4a disappears]].

* UnderdogsNeverLose: {{Subverted}}. You would think Moxxie, one of the weaker imps, can miraculously pull off a win in the Pain Games. Sadly, despite wanting to prove himself, he fails and loses overall, leaving only Blitzo and Striker to tie for first place.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Wrath Ring (at leas the part we see) is based on a combination of the Wild West and the Southern US.

* WhamShot: At the end of the episode, Striker talks on the phone with his client about failing to kill Stolas. The shot eventually changes to show the person on the other end of the line, and thus the one who hired Striker to kill Stolas, is none other than Stolas' wife Stella. Though the drama of this is somewhat mitigated as when Stella yells about how she wants "that cheating prick" dead, the scene pans out, revealing that Stolas is literally sitting right across from Stella at the dinner table, [[FailedASpotCheck and somehow didn't hear her]].

* DoesntLikeGuns: This view is held by Millie's family and possibly inhabitants of the Wrath ring in general, not for any moral reasons, but [[TestosteronePoisoning because they prefer to kill hell-beasts with their bare hands]].

* FadeAroundTheEyes: The episode ends with Striker saying "I'll get him next time" while spinning a gun and turning off a bedside light, showing just his glowing yellow eyes in the darkness before fading to black.

* FantasticRacism: The episode makes several acknowledgements that there seems to be a class-divide between imps and other demons, something that was hinted at in previous episodes. The part of the Ring of Wrath they visit -- a country-setting where Hell's agriculture is done -- seems to be almost completely populated by imps. Various demons like Stolas make InnocentlyInsensitive remarks about imps and it is implied by Striker and Millie's parents that imps that try to go freelance outside of farming and make something for themselves like I.M.P suffer an uphill battle because of their race.

** Despite being essentially a hellish version of TheWildWest [[note]]perhaps the one setting where you can expect ''everyone'' to be armed to the teeth with guns[[/note]], the Ring of Wrath's inhabitants (at least of the part shown in the episode) have a general disinterest in guns, favoring GoodOldFisticuffs instead. See DoesntLikeGuns above.

* WhamLine: Moxxie finds a special gun that Striker has in his guest room, and wonders how he manages to get it. Striker arrives and dares Moxxie to ask him in person, which he does, soon learning of the bigger imp's true intentions.

* HumiliationConga: The entire episode is one of these for Moxxie. He has to deal with Millie's parents (who hate his guts), watch as the much more talented Striker upstages him, gets kicked around during the festival's competitions, fails to stop Striker after learning what he's up to, gets thrown in a basement, and finally gets a door slammed in his face by Loona just as he's about to get the upper hand over Striker.

* AscendedFridgeHorror: Due to postulations that some exorcists might leave their weapons behind during purges, there has been a lot of discussion of how dangerous a demon with an angelic weapon could be and how much damage they might do. This gets brought up in this episode when it's revealed that Striker has a rifle that's either an angelic weapon or made from one, and it's one of the few things that can kill demon royalty.

* ChekhovsClassroom: At the beginning, Moxxie tries and fails to impress his in-laws by spouting angelic weapon trivia. Later, he discovers an angelic gun in Striker's possession and correctly deduces that he plans on killing Stolas with it.

* CoolGuns: Striker has an incredibly rare carmine-crafted, blessing-tipped rifle in his room, is which is apparently leftovers from the last purge of Hell by Heaven since Moxxie identifies it as an angelic weapon. Such a weapon is one of the few things that can kill [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Demon Royalty]].