Manga Appearances:
A Gaia Christmas Story: Gambino is moping about his loss of everything he holds dear during the Halloween Grombie debacle. Ian and Rufus are shown celebrating Christmas with Peyo and Ruby.
The Masque's Press Conference: After saving Sasha from being hurt when Santa and Jack got into a fight, the Masque announces that he intends to kiss Sasha on New Year's Eve during a party at the Gambino Mansion. Ian and Rufus are shown reacting to this news in the following panel:
The Masquerade: Ian attempted to bring Rufus to the masquerade but was denied entry because cats were not allowed. After slamming the butler's face into the floor, he and Rufus rushed into the event.
The Trial of Ian: After being found not guilty of arson at the Gambino mansion, Rufus can be seen with Ian waving to the crowd of well-wishers. Later in the comic, Rufus in seen on the steps when Ian is shot.
Valentine's Day '06: On the first page of the manga Rufus is shown sleeping on Ian's hospital bed while he recovers. On the next page, Rufus is shown in a flashback seated next to Ian while he and Sasha watch the sunset from the beach.
Convergence: On the third page of the comic, Rufus appears at Ian's bedroom window asking to be let in. On the next page Ian lets him in and starts dancing with him (I'm not sure if this is the first mention of dancey dancey). After Ian hugs Rufus, they being to discuss Ian's continued absence from his shop, the danger he faces from assassination, and the decreasing effectiveness of mysterious treatments he is receiving. Later on Ian blasts music and he and Rufus begin dancing again, where it is revealed that Ian has been lying low at Gambino's mansion. Edmund chastises Rufus for putting Ian at risk by leading the assassins to his hidden location, when suddenly an intruder appears at the window, which Rufus has left open by mistake. Once Edmund deals with the intruder, the group decides to send Rufus away from Ian again because Rufus will be safer that way.
Prom Crasher: Prom Drama: Rufus talks Ian into going to the Gaia Prom with him rather than taking a date.
Lost Manga: Prom Drama: In the extra comic about the Prom, Peyo is shown holding Rufus at the dance.
Rejected Olympics: Cat Fish: The Centaurs close Bass'ken Lake to fishing until a fine is paid, which results in there being no fish for sale in Barton. Naturally Rufus is upset about this. While lying on his back in despair and gazing up at the sky, suddenly a creature falls from the clouds and lands on Rufus. Rina reveals that it is an angel imp. Ian comes up with the plan to win the Olympics so they can sell the medals and use the prize money to pay the fine and reopen the lake. Suddenly the Imp transforms into a flying humanoid, and the Bartonians rejoice that they have a chance of winning the Olympics.
Halloween Hysteria: Stranger Danger: In the first panel, Ian and Rufus are shown being dragged by Rina to a fortune teller. On the next page, the fortune teller singles out Ian for a reading, who asks if Rufus will ever get a new suit. After the fortune teller makes a dire prediction about Gaia's future, Rufus grabs onto Ian's leg in terror. The mob from the fortune teller's reading surround the two and back them up against a wall when they grow suspicious of Ian's vampire heritage. On the last page, Rufus tells Ian that he should have stuck with his original question for the fortune teller, which was "Will my cat ever get a new suit?"
Halloween Hysteria: Stranger Danger 2: Ian, Rufus, and Rina are shown off in the distance away from the location of the main battle. Ian decides that he needs to find the fortune teller so he can get her to help resolve the conflict, and he leaves Rufus to look after Rina. After getting all of the factions to stop fighting, the last page shows that Rina has been busy dressing Rufus in an embarrassing outfit and make-up while Ian was away.
Halloween Hysteria: zOMG!: Rufus and Ian are shown running away from a huge group of zOMG monsters. Ian and Rufus take refuge behind the walls around Barton, where Rufus laments that he has no access to Bass'ken Lake, and by extension the fish in the lake. Suddenly Blaze and another zOMG warrior appear and fight off the monsters, then tell the townspeople about using rings to defeat them. Rufus and Ian debate getting rings and helping with the fight, but they chicken out.
Promeggedon: Valentines Day 2009: After failing to secure dates for Valentines Day, Liam and Gino show up at Barton Boutique, where Ian tells them he would rather stay home and play chess with Rufus than go out on a date. When Liam finds out that a bunch of the female NPCs have asked Ian out, Liam flies into a rage and tries to attack him, until Rufus latches onto Liam's face with his claws and gets him to come back to his senses.
Pie Hard with a Vengeance: Rufus appeared in the Pie Hard with a Vengeance comic when Cindy asked Ian if Rufus could function as a valuable part of the team. Ian revealed that Rufus consumed even more pies than he did.
Moonrise: The Masquerade: While walking with Louie around Barton on Halloween, Ian and Rufus discover that all the residents of Gaia are hiding. To draw the Gaians out of their homes so they can enjoy Halloween, Ian and Louie plan to host a Halloween masquerade party. When Cindy announces this on Gaia 9 news, Rufus expresses his excitement about the dancing that will happen at the ball. Unfortunately a werewolf battle ensues at the ball, and Louie, Ian and Rufus retreat to a protected room, where Rufus defends the pair by biting the arm of a werewolf with his needle teeth. While watching Cindy's report that Evil Timmy is behind the werewolf epidemic, Louie asks Ian and Rufus to go after him. After hesitating, the pair make a hasty retreat for the exit to escape the werewolves breaking into the room. Ian and Rufus reach Durem Reclamation Facility to prevent Evil Timmy from putting the werewolf serum into the water supply, but Evil Timmy douses Rufus with some of the serum. Fortunately it doesn't work on cats. Evil Timmy directs his hairy minion to drink the serum so he will turn into a werewolf and defeat Ian and Rufus, but the serum only causes him to turn into a giant ball of fur and goo that plugs up the intake pipe to the Durem Reclamation Facility. Rufus saves the day by jumping to the water and swallowing the hair and goop, then spitting it up onto the ground as a giant hairball.
The Airship Saga:
Loyalty: When the Kuro Gang blows up Edmund's shop, Ian and Rufus are shown helping with the clean up.
The Airship Saga:
Dark Moon:
When Nyx appears in Durem, Ian and Rufus are shown reacting to his appearance and proclamations in several panels. Eventually Ian (with Rufus riding on his shoulder) tell Louie that they should retreat from Durem to his shop in Barton to make a plan since guns are having no effect on Nyx. Before they can leave, Gino and Edmund appear, and Gino punches Nyx in the face while the others look on. While Gino continues to fight Nyx, Ian (and Rufus and the others) follow Edmund back to his shop. Cordell rushes out to try and get her brother to fight Nyx's control over his body, but Nxy responds by trying to kill her. Brennivin saves her while Ian and Rufus watch from close by.
Misc. Mini Comics:
When Ian Was Away: This comic was released during the time when Ian was in hiding and Rufus was tending his shop. Poor Rufus wasn't faring well without Ian around.
Misc. Mini Comics:
The Gold Mountain Basement: Rufus discovers that Ian has gotten addicted to pinball....
Misc. Mini Comics:
Eggcellent Adventure: With the Easter Bunny out of the picture, Rufus decides he and Ian will run the Gaia egg hunt. Again.
Misc. Mini Comics:
Cat Scratch Fever: Rufus and Liam get sucked into a fighting game while on a hike with Ian.
