Dirk

Toni's jealous former boyfriend, who, like Tiffany to Luann, serves as Brad's main rival, and who has been both emotionally abusive toward Toni and physically violent to Brad, and often had severe anger problems (which may possibly be due to the use of anabolic steroids). The grudge between him and Brad began when Brad drove off with Toni and away from him one night, and Dirk chased after them and ended up crashing and would have died, had it not been for Brad who rushed to his aid and resuscitated him in time. Since then, Dirk had become very insecure with Toni, a foreshadowing of their eventual break-up. After striking Brad at his Fire Academy Graduation Ceremony, he was arrested and a restraining order was issued ordering him to stay away from Brad. Following his release from jail, he took a mandatory anger management course, but he has continuously violated the restraining order (since October 2005). Unwilling to accept Toni dumping him, he continuously stalked her and tried to impress her with shallow gimmicks to try to win her back. In the beginning of May 2006, he was sent back to jail because Brad called the police on him for violating his restraining order.

Dirk returned to the strip as a garbage collector on 09/06/2010 but claims to be working that job only until he starts at the police academy. As Toni and Brad have noted, his claim of being accepted at a police academy is at least doubtful, as Dirk is a convicted felon.

Toni eventually ran into Dirk again at the grocery store, apparently a very changed man. He was carrying an infant and was accompanied by his new wife, Grace, a yoga instructor whom Dirk had met at one of her meditation classes.

First Appearance: 6/19/2003

Most Recent Appearance: 3/13/2013