- "Most of my life I bought into the idea that all I could ever be was a simple farm girl, or best - an underpaid goon. Until I met some knuckle head who never gave a fuck about what anyone else said he could or couldn't be. He made me believe he could be anything, and that made me feel like I could be anything, too. He gave me so much... A career, a husband, a future. And now... he's my best friend."
- ―Millie, about Blitzo
Mildred "Millie" Knolastname[6] is an assassin at I.M.P, Moxxie's wife, Blitzo's best friend, and one of the main protagonists of Helluva Boss.
She is the exciteful powerhouse of the I.M.P gang who always fights alongside Moxxie.
Appearance
Millie is a short imp with red skin and a long devilish tail. She has a pair of thin white-striped black horns and short messy, bob cut-styled charcoal hair with bangs. Her eyes have yellow sclera and long, thick eyelashes protruding from them, with a small beauty mark under the right eye. Her front teeth have a gap as well.
She also has a black heart tattooed on her right shoulder, and makeup which consists of shimmering dark red eyeshadow, thick black mascara, and black lipstick on her lips. She also has two white spots on her upper right arm, one on her upper left leg, two on her tail, and one on the tip of her tail.
Millie's attire is all-black with a tint of yellow, which consists of a black choker around her neck, a cold-shoulder black crop-top with the straps being held by two golden-yellow buttons, black fingerless gloves, black torn denim-pants and black toeless footwear, which exposes her hoof-like toes.
Her wedding photos and in a flashback during "Ghostf**kers" shows that Millie used to have longer hair, with the same flashback depicting her sporting a ponytail held by a burgundy hair tie.
During said flashback, she appeared to be more slender, and used to wear more Western-style clothing which is that of a burgundy, leather jacket-like crop-top with gold-like cuffs, gold-yellow studs on the popped-collar, and a black blood stain, two-toned purple jeans with tassels and a burgundy baldric strap around her left thigh, and small black heeled boots with red toes. She still sports her choker and gloves.
Pilot
In the pilot, Millie's appearance was nearly the same, only her skin was paler and she had a white patch in her hair.
Personality
Millie is a very lively and cheerful individual. Often with a smile on her face and rarely standing still, she is a clear extrovert and is not afraid to speak her mind. This is regardless to whether it's expressing her excitement or flipping off a co-worker.
As the bruiser for I.M.P, she is shown to enjoy her job. Her meek exterior appearance belies a tough and very violent skillset. This is highlighted during a conversation Millie once had with her mother and sister. According to Moxxie, she is aggressive in "the sack" as well as her job. In "Murder Family", she appeared to be very unsympathetic about killing a possibly innocent target, only caring if it was what their client wants, showcasing her dedication to her work, and her ruthlessness. Furthermore, she is also shown to be somewhat defensive of her work, expressing annoyance whenever anyone implies that freelance work doesn't pay well.
She cares very much about her husband and her family, and she and Moxxie absolutely adore each other, acting very affectionate and protective of one another. She has a childlike fondness of Loo Loo Land, triggered by familial memories of going there as a child, and gets easily excited by all the merchandise.
Millie will become vicious and violent whenever someone harms Moxxie, to the point of going feral. Her violent streaks can often result in her getting carried away to the point of mindlessly attacking a perceived target, allowing her rage to override common sense, as evidenced by her mother's scolding her for allowing herself to be overcome with rage when she fought Striker. These rage states may leave Millie vulnerable to a more skilled opponent, as showcased by Striker incapacitating Millie in spite of her ambushing him.
In "Unhappy Campers", it is revealed that she has some issues about how she sees herself, confessing how she sometimes does not feel appreciated enough and how she wants to be seen more than just a "killing machine", stating how it feels nice to feel important and hear the cheers and applause of people every once in a while rather than the occasional screams of agony from her victims. In "Ghostf**kers", she had once suffered from insecurity over how she feels like she's seen as a "Wrathian who's only good for their muscle" until she met Blitzo who changed her life for the better.
Unlike her husband, Millie seems to be not much bothered by Blitzo's constant attempts to become their "third", even if sometimes she wants to be alone with Moxxie. In "Ghostf**kers", it's revealed that, unlike most others, Millie doesn't see Blitzo as someone who messes with others' lives, as it was thanks to him that she got a better life than the one she had, including falling in love with Moxxie and marrying him. This leads Millie to be the only one to be able to snap Blitzo out of his depression after the latter's falling out with Stolas.
Abilities
- Earthly fire immunity - As shown in "Murder Family", Millie is completely unharmed by the effects of human world fires.
Skillset
- Weapon proficiency - Millie is skilled at using a melee weapons, such as a giant battleaxe, to eliminate targets. Like her husband, she's also adept at using firearms, and she can also create makeshift weapons on the fly, such as when she made a Molotov cocktail to throw at the Catfish Monster.
- Closed combat - Millie is highly adept at close combat in terms of raw strength, she is able to dismember armed human and eldritch opponents in hand-to-hand combat, being strong enough to force the jaws of a building sized monster open, or crush a human's skull with her thighs. Her actual close combat tactical skills are questionable, as she has been defeated by skilled or advantageously positioned opponents in melee combat on several occasions.
- Swimming proficiency - She is seen to be adept at swimming as shown in "Spring Broken".
- Volleyball-playing - Millie has proficient skills in volleyball, allowing her to make a perfect strike despite fracturing a camper's skull.
- Banjo-playing - Millie has some experience with playing the banjo considering that she was raised in Wrath Ring in a farmlands.
- Guitar-playing - In addition to her banjo music, she can play guitar music.
- Drum-playing - Talented in music, Millie can play the set of drums like a professional.
- Juggling - Millie was able to juggle five axes during her performance in Camp Ivannakummore.
- Singing - Like Moxxie, she has a habit of singing whenever she gets very excited.
- Driving - Millie has a driver skills that is essential for her work, and can even drive aggressively when she crashed into the wedding between Moxxie and Chazwick Thurman.
- Intelligence - In "Unhappy Campers", she was able to deduct that Counselor Jimmy was the culprit behind the murder of a client due to his shifty appearance and possession of money, drugs, and a drill. In "Mission: Antarctica", when she examined the marks on the seal's corpse, she identified them as non-bullet-inflicted scratches and bite marks, deducing that the seal wasn't running at her, Blitzo, and Moxxie, but was running away from whatever attacked it. She also possessed some knowledge regarding Blitzo's Asmodean Crystal, saying that because its from Lust it shouldn't be forced but "treated right" and caressed to work. In "Ghostf**kers," Blitzo commends Millie for her intellect in a flashback and she was able to figure out who the culprit was in the One Star Wonder hotel murders.
Gallery
Trivia
- As shown in "The Harvest Moon Festival", she has knives on the side of her and Moxxie's shared bed.
- In Vivziepop's 2019 short Holidaze as an ornament on a Christmas Tree, there is a tree carved with initials "M+M →B←" in a heart that alludes to her, Moxxie, and Blitzo.[7]
- While Millie seems to tolerate Blitzo's intrusions, she is not shown to be comfortable with other men flirting with her, as the game attendant pushing Moxxie away and attempting to flirt with her noticeably upsets her.
- However in "The Harvest Moon Festival", she didn't seem to mind and was actually flattered by Striker's attempt to flirt with her.
- In "The Harvest Moon Festival", it is revealed that she is no longer allowed to participate in the Pain Games because she was responsible for nine out of the fifteen funerals that occurred at the time.
- It was revealed in "The Harvest Moon Festival" that one of her brothers got married at one point, and that she got severely injured while competing over who would catch the bouquet, but in the end Millie managed to do so.
- In "Truth Seekers", she claims she is about five years older than Loona. If this is true, this places her and possibly Moxxie's age somewhere in her mid or late 20s, as Loona isn't any younger than eighteen.
- It was stated in a livestream on April 30, 2022, that in hell years Loona is 22, making Millie roughly 27 years old. It has not been confirmed, however, if Hell years are similar to Earth years, which makes their Earth age unknown.[note 1]
- It is revealed in "Ozzie's" that she and Moxxie have been married for a year. With the premiere date of the episode being approximately a year apart from the series' first episode, "Murder Family".
- In "Exes and Oohs" it was revealed on Moxxie's Sinstagram that Millie took his last name after they got married.
- It is revealed through Blitzo's text history with her in "Seeing Stars" that Millie sends Blitzo pictures of the sex toys she plans on using on Moxxie, asking Blitzo on what he thinks of them.
- Millie is rarely seen without her choker, even in bed.
- According to Vivziepop, Millie is planned to have more with her as the biggest/sole focus later on, and that she gets her episodes in the second season.[8]
- Vivziepop confirmed that in an upcoming episode Millie will sing "a more goofy song".[9] This could be referring to the song "Regular Joe", which is also her first solo song.
- Millie shares some characteristics of Kayla from ZooPhobia. Both are outgoing, romantic and music loving girls. Millie and Kayla have a hard time holding their anger and are willing to get violent and aggressive to hurt their enemies, but also to protect the people they love, especially their boyfriends. Millie and Kayla are combative, capable of mastering melee weapons.
- Millie's nickname could be a pun on how she is more adept at using melee weapons.
- According to Morgana Ignis, Millie is straight.[10]
- It is revealed in "Ghostf**kers" that Millie moved to the Pride Ring after joining I.M.P, and before meeting Blitzo, she used to be a free-lance assassin, who at one time stole a job from Moxxie, which led to Blitzo wanting to hire her.
Development
- Vivziepop had stated that she would change Millie's voice actor once the actual series premieres but would still keep her previous voice actor, Erica Lindbeck, to voice Loona.[11] Later, actress and dancer Vivian Nixon was hired to voice Millie, who developed her voice to have a Southern accent.
- In a tweet, Vivziepop explains that Millie's personality traits are written to be on display but they tend to be upbeat, and that her not coming from pain and trauma, like Blitzo, Moxxie, and Loona do, does not take away from her character.[12]
- Vivziepop goes on to say that Millie has some fun things coming, but she won't have a tragic/dramatic story like the others.[13]
- She also explained that while being "Moxxie's wife" is a big part of her in the show,[14] Moxxie is also motivated by his relationship, but as Vivziepop found more storylines with him that influenced Blitzo and the overall narrative with Blitzo, he got to develop more first.[15] However, Millie does already have a lot going on about her[16] and we will reach Millie's episodes.[15]
References
- Notes
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