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Vol. 1: Murder Family

  • Striker is abruptly awoken early in the morning by Jake twice, the first because the impling was excited about going to the living world, and the second because of a spider.
    • Striker is frustrated that his son is afraid of a 'tiny' spider only to find a giant tarantula on the couch.
  • After killing Martha and saving the rest of I.M.P. Striker punches Moxxie for messing the job, which he'd promised he'd do a few minutes earlier when held captive by the children.

Vol. 2: Loo Loo Land

  • Jake and Blitzo pull the 'puppy eye' card on Striker to convince him to accompany them to Loo Loo Land.
  • Striker agrees with Moxxie on finding theme park mascots disturbing, causing Millie, Jake, and even Moxxie himself to look at him in disbelief.
    • Moxxie jumps into Striker's arms when Loo Loo appears. Striker is so disturbed by the apple costume that he forgets to drop Moxxie.
  • Striker's response to Jake wanting an expensive stuffed dragon.
    Striker: 400 souls for a doll you'll end up throwing away? Don't you wanna throw away all of my salary, since you're on it?
  • Striker is in the middle of a 'Behave' speech when Blitzo points out that Jake has already left.
  • Blitzo asking Striker if he can keep Bombproof when he sees him riding the dragon.

Vol. 3: Nerd

  • Jake snaps his teeth at Moxxie when he tries to touch Striker's blessed tipped rifle.
  • Moxxie is mentioned to be afraid of roosters.
  • Striker teasingly calls Moxxie a nerd for his meek personality and fear of roosters. Moxxie points out he's not afraid of the rooster, he just doesn't want to get the avian flu, unknowingly proving Striker right again.

Vol. 4: Spring Broken

  • Jake's vomit unintentionally ends up in Verosika's face, and she reacts the way one would expect. Good thing that Striker was around.
  • Striker spends the entire chapter trying to keep Jake from seeing anything sex-related.
    • He spits his coffee right into Moxxie's face when Jake asks what an 'orgy' is.
  • While in his drunken stupor, Jake asks Striker if he can keep the mutant fish as a pet, not realizing the danger they're in.

Vol. 5: Mom

  • Blitzo is revealed to have been caught trying to sneak into Jake's room at 3 A.M., prompting Striker to tie him up and gag him before leaving him inside a closet until the next day. Just imagine being stuck inside a tiny, dark closet for hours.
    • The first thing Blitzo does after being freed is to go to the bathroom. A good thing he didn't release himself inside the wardrobe.
  • Striker is annoyed that Blitzo has read through his mail, even commenting that it's a good thing he doesn't keep a diary or Blitzo would read it.
    • Blitzo asks Striker to make a diary he can read because he's grown bored of reading Moxxie's.
  • Blitzo finds an album with photos of Jake as a baby and proceeds to look through it, much to Jake's embarrassment.

Vol. 7: C.H.E.R.U.B.

  • Moxxie's dismay at Striker being put in charge of I.M.P. thinking that he'd make him do embarrassing tasks.
  • Jake's reaction to his costumes, which included a sailor outfit with a braid wig and a full girl's dress with a matching wig with curls.

Vol. 8: Pilot

  • Blitzo's 'musical dreams' rant is directed at Striker instead of Moxxie. He even says that he would have expected it from Moxxie.
  • Striker's reactions to Blitzo breaking into his house. Instead of snapping at him like Moxxie, he merely kicks him out or pummels him in a casual manner, as if he's already gotten used to it.
  • Moxxie asks Striker to stop taking his stuff without permission and angrily saying they have his name on them. Striker justifies it by attributing it to Moxxie's 'girly writing' being ineligible.
  • Moxxie's complaint about Striker getting preferential treatment, to which Blitzo retorts that it's because he has a horse.
    • Bombproof is shown to be inside the office eating Moxxie's favorite cup.
  • Jake pulls a noisy cushion prank on Moxxie, prompting the latter to recall all the previous pranks Jake has pulled on him. To his chagrin, Striker shares a high five with Jake instead of scolding him.
    • A small montage of all of Jake's pranks towards Moxxie is described afterward, showing how the pranks went from offensive to outright dangerous.

Vol. 9: The Harvest Moon Festival

  • The rest of I.M.P. stay at Striker's place for different reasons; he doesn't seem to mind, though he lampshades that he couldn't refuse considering that they didn't even ask him first. Bombproof isn't happy about it either because Millie and Moxxie are implied to have had sex inside his stable.
  • Striker and Travers's mutual animosity toward each other is initially Played for Laughs, particularly on Striker's part as he resents Travers specifically for stealing a song from him for a musical showcase.
    • Adding insult to injury, Travers sings that very song after winning the Nightmare Derby just to outright spite Striker. Blitzo and Moxxie's barely manage to restrain Striker and keep him from attacking Travers then and there.
  • Bombproof is implied to have a crush on Travers's mare Wendigo.
  • Sallie-May's revelation that Millie and Travers were once engaged causes Moxxie to accidentally knock over the urn containing the ashes of Millie's grandmother, earning the ire of his mother-in-law. Way to go, Mox.
  • The circumstances of Travers' victory: he used two pistols instead of one in the mounted shooting event, so it counted as him shooting the target twice, thus handing him the victory. Striker, of course, is not happy about it.
    Striker: Just to make it clear, he only won on a technicality!
  • Moxxie and Striker speak simultaneously twice in the first chapter, and both times they express distaste towards Travers.
  • After Travers leaves Moxxie and Striker locked up in the basement, Striker remembers he still has his pistol and uses it to shoot the door open. Moxxie is naturally annoyed, but Striker isn't in the mood to hear it.
    Moxxie: Wait a minute, you had that on you this whole time and you didn't use it?!
    Striker: Don't make me wish to have let you bleed to death, Moxxie.
  • Ironically, it's thanks to Striker and Moxxie that Travers manages to get away, as they unknowingly slam the door open on Jake before he can shoot him, distracting Millie long enough for Travers to make his escape.

Vol. 10: Truth Seekers

  • Striker's rant after succumbing to the truth serum. He's witnessed Moxxie and Blitzo's 'childish exchanges' so many times that he should have gotten used to them, but this proves this isn't the case.
    Striker: SHUT THE FUCK UP THE TWO OF YA! I swear to Satan, ye two are worse than a three-year-old-implin' throwin' a tantrum! Sometimes I feel like I'm the only adult here!
    • Though it's mostly played for humor, Striker's words give an insight as to how he actually sees Blitzo and Moxxie.
  • Blitzo tries petting Bombproof only for the stallion to burn his hand.

Vol. 11: The Blood Countess

  • While examining an old armor, Blitzo accidentally knocks it down and hurriedly tries to put it back.
  • Striker tells Jake that he's trying to keep him safe from 'dust spiders'. When Moxxie points out they don't exist, Striker admits that he knows that, but Jake doesn't.
  • Striker is utterly embarrassed when Bathory picks him up like a rag doll. He stutters and tries covering his face with his hat.

Vol. 12: Ozzie's

  • Striker is utterly dismayed when Fizarolli calls him Verosika's 'newest conquest', realizing that Asmodeus set him up.
    • Blitzo calls Striker to yell at him over sleeping with Verosika, but this causes Striker to realize that Blitzo came to the restaurant to stalk Moxxie and Millie, something which he had told him NOT to do. Blitzo can only wave at him sheepishly from the table.

Helluva Dad Drabbles

  • Jake smears his snout with cupcake frosting in an attempt to imitate his father's mustache but is dismayed that Striker's hat is still too big for his two-year-old little head.
  • Despite being Striker's kid, Jake turns out to have a weak stomach when it comes to blood and hunting. He's utterly dismayed when Striker examines a deer's excrement to track it and throws up when his father asks him if he wants to skin the dead deer.
  • Not wanting to hurt Millie's feelings, Moxxie eats her poorly-cooked mac'n cheese and claims to love it, causing Blitzo, Striker, and Moxxie to pass their own onto his plate.

Vol. 13: Howdy!

  • Moxxie has a few butt monkey moments
    • The fact that Moxxie, a skilled gunman, is upstaged by a five-year-old child in killing a hog is quite hilarious in itself.
    • He's chased around by the entire flock of chickens while he was supposed to gather the eggs for breakfast and has to be saved by Striker-
  • Striker and Millie's reactions to Lynn asking them to make breakfast together, disguising it as Striker teaching Millie how to cook. The former is baffled while the latter is completely embarrassed.
  • Blitzo's first formal meeting with Bombproof doesn't exactly go as planned, as the stallion burns his hand when Blitzo tries to pet him and then walks away when he tries introducing himself, to his dismay. Jake lampshades that ''Bombproof doesn't like Blitzo.
  • Millie's startled into clinging to Striker's waist when the basement doors slam shut out of nowhere. The funny thing is that she doesn't even realize that she's doing it until Striker awkwardly calls her attention.
  • Striker is caught off guard by Millie and Blitzo shouting 'SURPRISE' and instinctively pulls out his pistol, nearly shooting Moxxie.
  • Moxxie warns Striker to get used to seeing Blitzo outside of work very often, referring to their boss's stalking tendencies.

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