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* SureLetsGoWithThat: Stolas is confused when Blitzo suggests they play "treasure hunt" by collecting his family's valuables and then throwing them out of a window and asks if it is some kind of "imp game". Bilzo responds by shrugging and saying "Suuure, why not?"

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* SureLetsGoWithThat: Stolas is confused when Blitzo suggests they play "treasure hunt" by collecting his family's valuables and then throwing them out of a window and asks if it is some kind of "imp game". Bilzo responds by shrugging and saying "Suuure, "'Suuure'', why not?"
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: Stolas is confused when Blitzo suggests they play "treasure hunt" by collecting his family's valuables and then throwing them out of a window and asks if it is some kind of "imp game". Bilzo responds by shrugging and saying "Suuure, why not?"
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* BittersweetEnding: Stolas finally stands up to Stella, saying that the only thing the Goetia family wanted from their marriage (Octavia) is already 17 years old and the only reason he put up with her as long as he did was to give Octavia a chance at a normal life, and he tells Stella in no uncertain terms that they're done and he wants a divorce. But it still doesn't change the fact that both his reputation and relationship with Blitzo are in shambles, and if Stella's final words are any indication, there's going to be severe consequences for Stolas.

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* BittersweetEnding: Stolas finally stands up to Stella, saying that the only thing the Goetia family wanted from their marriage (Octavia) is already 17 years old and the only reason he put up with her as long as he did was to give Octavia a chance at a normal life, and he tells Stella in no uncertain terms that they're done and he wants a divorce. But it still doesn't change the fact that both his reputation and relationship with Blitzo are still in shambles, and if Stella's final words are any indication, there's going to be severe consequences for Stolas.
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* CallForward: In "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E1MurderFamily Murder Family]]", Stolas said he "allowed" Blitzo to use the grimoire. Turns out Blitzo didn't had sex with Stolas in exchange for the book, but actually did stole it and just gave the owl some PitySex and Stolas just let him be until he needed the grimoire back. The true deal for the book was set in "Murder Family".


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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: 20 years after their playdate together, Stolas still remembers Blitzo and is able to recognize him, while Blitzo seems to no longer remember Stolas. It's even left ambiguous if Stolas's calling him "his first friend" had stirred back memories or Blitzo thought Stolas was desperate enough for affection that he had become delusional about him.


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* PitySex: After blinding and tying Stolas to the bed, Blitzo was ready to just take the grimoire and leave, but hearing Stolas so desperate for affection moves him to at least give him a quickie... That turns into a whole night of passion.
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* BittersweetEnding: Stolas finally stands up to Stella, saying that the only thing the Goetia family wanted from their marriage (Octavia) is already 17 and the only reason he put up with her as long as he did was to give Octavia a chance at a normal life, and he tells Stella in no uncertain terms that they're done and he wants a divorce. But it still doesn't change the fact that both his reputation and relationship with Blitzo are in shambles, and if Stella's final words are any indication, there's going to be severe consequences for Stolas.

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* BittersweetEnding: Stolas finally stands up to Stella, saying that the only thing the Goetia family wanted from their marriage (Octavia) is already 17 years old and the only reason he put up with her as long as he did was to give Octavia a chance at a normal life, and he tells Stella in no uncertain terms that they're done and he wants a divorce. But it still doesn't change the fact that both his reputation and relationship with Blitzo are in shambles, and if Stella's final words are any indication, there's going to be severe consequences for Stolas.

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* BittersweetEnding: Stolas finally stands up to Stella, saying that the only thing the Goetia family wanted from their marriage (Octavia) is already 17 and the only reason he put up with her as long as he did was to give Octavia a chance at a normal life, and he tells Stella in no uncertain terms that they're done and he wants a divorce. But it still doesn't change the fact that both his reputation and relationship with Blitzo are in shambles, and if Stella's final words are any indication, there's going to be severe consequences for Stolas.



** Stolas and Stella's [[ArrangedMarriage marriage was arranged]] by the former's father against his knowledge as a child. Stolas' marriage with Stella was never loving at all. Not only that, she went out of her ''way'' to belittle and demean him.
** Stolas and Blitzo first met at the circus when Blitzo was performing there as a child. It turns out that Stolas and Blitzo became childhood friends after the latter's dad had him try to swindle the Goetia family.

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** Stolas and Stella's [[ArrangedMarriage marriage was arranged]] by the former's father against his knowledge as a child. Stolas' marriage with Stella was never loving at all. Not only that, she went ''went out of her ''way'' way'' to belittle and demean him.
him every chance she got.
** Stolas and Blitzo first met at the circus when Blitzo was performing there as a child. It turns out that Stolas and Blitzo became childhood friends after the latter's dad had him try to swindle rob the Goetia family.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Stella insults Stolas at her party, [[ImStandingRight Here while he's well within earshot]]. Stolas soon asks for the kitchen's whole stock of absinthe and then proceeds to down the whole bottle, at least until he sees Blitzo.

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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Stella insults Stolas at her party, [[ImStandingRight Here [[ImStandingRightHere while he's well within earshot]]. Stolas soon asks for the kitchen's whole stock of absinthe and then proceeds to down the whole bottle, at least until he sees Blitzo.
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* AbsenteeActor: Being a WholeEpisodeFlashback, this is the first episode where Moxxie, Millie and Loona don't show up or even make a voice cameo.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Stella insults Stolas at her party, Stolas asks for the kitchen's whole stock of absinthe and then proceeds to down the whole bottle, at least until he sees Blitzo.

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* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Stella insults Stolas at her party, [[ImStandingRight Here while he's well within earshot]]. Stolas soon asks for the kitchen's whole stock of absinthe and then proceeds to down the whole bottle, at least until he sees Blitzo.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Both Stolas' father's neglect and Blitzo's father's greed leads to their sons bonding together through the years, eventually putting the wrench to Stolas and Stella's already turbulent marriage.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Both Stolas' father's neglect and Blitzo's father's greed leads lead to their sons bonding together through the years, eventually putting leading to events that put the wrench to in Stolas and Stella's already turbulent already-turbulent marriage.

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** Stolas and Blitzo first met at the circus when Blitzo was performing there as a child. It turns out that Stolas and Blitzo are childhood friends.

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** Stolas and Blitzo first met at the circus when Blitzo was performing there as a child. It turns out that Stolas and Blitzo are became childhood friends.friends after the latter's dad had him try to swindle the Goetia family.


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* SpannerInTheWorks: Both Stolas' father's neglect and Blitzo's father's greed leads to their sons bonding together through the years, eventually putting the wrench to Stolas and Stella's already turbulent marriage.
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* GildedCage: Being a BlueBlood hasn't given anything good to Stolas. Since the moment he was considered old enough for the grimoire, he was given obligation after obligation that, to a free spirit and someone so unapologetically himself like him, turned into chains for him. His song even refers to his palace as a "gilded jail".
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: The episode begins showing Stolas's birthday, when he's given the grimoire and therefore considered a full flesh member of the Goetia. That means he now has to study astronomy and astrology (despite having more interest in animals and plants) and get thrown into an ArrangedMarriage without his knowledge, consent or input.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The scene from the flashbacks in the pilot episode where Blitzo says to Stella "Sorry I fucked your husband" is revisited showing more, before and after, from Stolas' perspective.

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* FurryReminder: Stolas and Paimon make hooting sounds multiple times, Stolas eats multiple mouse kebabs whole at the party, and Blitzo tries to snap Stolas’s neck while they’re in bed but he doesn’t even notice because his head turns around that far.



* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Stella insults Stolas at her party, Stolas asks for the kitchen's whole stock of strong alcohol and then proceeds to down the whole bottle, at least until he sees Blitzo.

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* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Stella insults Stolas at her party, Stolas asks for the kitchen's whole stock of strong alcohol absinthe and then proceeds to down the whole bottle, at least until he sees Blitzo.



* SleepsInTheNude: When we see him getting out of bed, he's not wearing any clothes (he's FullyDressedCartoonAnimal).

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* SleepsInTheNude: When we see him Stolas getting out of bed, he's not wearing any clothes (he's FullyDressedCartoonAnimal).clothes.
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* GetOut: The final scene of the episode has Stolas stand up to Stella's abuse and tell her in no uncertain terms that he wants her out of his home and life, as the conditions for their marriage have long been met and he only endured it for Octavia's sake.
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'''Stolas:''' (''grinning'') That… was the sound… of a '''''FUCKING''' DIVORCE!!!'' (''rips the "Still Not Divorced" banner and laughs wildly'')

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'''Stolas:''' (''grinning'') That… was the sound… of a '''''FUCKING''' DIVORCE!!!'' '''''FUCKING''''' ''DIVORCE!!!'' (''rips the "Still Not Divorced" banner and laughs wildly'')
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* PrecisionFStrike: Stolas gives one to Stella the morning after Blitzo first seduced him, as a brilliant "screw you" and humiliating ''her'' in front of their peers for once.
-->'''Stella:''' (''after Blitzo runs off'') WHAT ''THE FUCK'' WAS THAT, STOLAS?!\\
'''Stolas:''' (''grinning'') That… was the sound… of a '''''FUCKING''' DIVORCE!!!'' (''rips the "Still Not Divorced" banner and laughs wildly'')
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* FakeRealTurn: Blitzo spends the day with Stolas because his father sold him for the day to Paimon, and because he was told to steal things. However, Blitzo eventually stops pretending to like Stolas and ends up genuinely liking him after they start robbing the Goetia mansion.
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Wham means status quo changing. These have no impact or merely confirm what was obvious/long suspected.


** Stolas and Stella's [[ArrangedMarriage marriage was arranged]] by the former's father against his knowledge as a child.
** Stolas and Blitzo first met at the circus when Blitzo was performing there as a child.

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** Stolas and Stella's [[ArrangedMarriage marriage was arranged]] by the former's father against his knowledge as a child.
child. Stolas' marriage with Stella was never loving at all. Not only that, she went out of her ''way'' to belittle and demean him.
** Stolas and Blitzo first met at the circus when Blitzo was performing there as a child. It turns out that Stolas and Blitzo are childhood friends.



* SleepsInTheNude: When we see him getting out of bed, he's not wearing any clothes (he's FullyDressedCartoonAnimal.).
* WhamEpisode: For several reasons:
** We get our first look at Paimon, father of Stolas, and we find out just [[AbusiveParents what sort of father he is]].
** It turns out that Stolas and Blitzo are childhood friends, and the latter's bid to steal the grimoire wasn't the first time they met.
** Stolas' marriage with Stella was never loving at all. Not only that, she went out of her ''way'' to belittle and demean him.
** At the very end, Stolas demands a divorce from Stella.

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* SleepsInTheNude: When we see him getting out of bed, he's not wearing any clothes (he's FullyDressedCartoonAnimal.).
* WhamEpisode: For several reasons:
** We get our first look at Paimon, father of Stolas, and we find out just [[AbusiveParents what sort of father he is]].
** It turns out that Stolas and Blitzo are childhood friends, and the latter's bid to steal the grimoire wasn't the first time they met.
** Stolas' marriage with Stella was never loving at all. Not only that, she went out of her ''way'' to belittle and demean him.
** At the very end, Stolas demands a divorce from Stella.
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* NeckSnap: Blitzo tries to snap Stolas' neck when he doesn't have any better ideas to distract him so that he can snatch his grimoire. [[AbnormalLimbRotationRange Being that Stolas is an owl]], this doesn't phase him at all.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Father told me today is the day I am old enough to know my purpose and responsibility!"'']]


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* AbusiveParents:
** Paimon is one of the ParentalNeglect variety. He doesn't remember Stolas's name, thinks of him only as an asset to the Goetia family, and tells him to stop "bitch crying" after he's thrust into an ArrangedMarriage.
** Blitzo's dad sells him to Paimon for five dollars and a thin condom.


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* HateAtFirstSight: When Stolas sees a picture of Stella and is told that he's now in an ArrangedMarriage with her, Stolas starts to cry. When Stolas sees Blitzo, though, he has [[LoveAtFirstSight the opposite reaction]].


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* LoveAtFirstSight: A young Stolas is instantly smitten with Blitzo upon seeing him at the circus.
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* LousyLoversAreLosers: Stella gleefully tells her friends about how Stolas is terrible in bed, claiming he just "[[LieBackAndThinkOfEngland lays there staring at the wall]]" while he has to do all the work, and explicitly derides him for being "pathetic". Naturally, it's heavily implied he simply hates having sex with ''Stella'', as he's shown to be a far more active and participant lover when he's with Blitzo.

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* LousyLoversAreLosers: Stella gleefully tells her friends about how Stolas is terrible in bed, claiming he just "[[LieBackAndThinkOfEngland lays there staring at the wall]]" while he she has to do all the work, and explicitly derides him for being "pathetic". Naturally, it's heavily implied he simply hates having sex with ''Stella'', as he's shown to be a far more active and participant lover when he's with Blitzo.
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* WhamEpisode: For several reasons:
** We get our first look at Paimon, father of Stolas, and we find out just [[AbusiveParents what sort of father he is]].
** It turns out that Stolas and Blitzo are childhood friends, and the latter's bid to steal the grimoire wasn't the first time they met.
** Stolas' marriage with Stella was never loving at all. Not only that, she went out of her ''way'' to belittle and demean him.
** At the very end, Stolas demands a divorce from Stella.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: While Blitzo struggles to make a balloon horse, needing several tries and only then making one with no legs, Fizzarolli makes a perfect one on his first try. His accompanying joke also manages to make the audience laugh while Blitzo's only makes Stolas laugh. Blitzo's father even states that Fizzarolli will cost Paimon a lot of money because of how high in demand he is, but accepts $5 and a condom for his own son's services.


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* DrowningMySorrows: Directly after the events of "OZZIE's", Stolas wakes up with a bottle of alcohol.
* HoldYourHippogriffs: Stolas exclaims "Stella, What ''in hell''[[note]]on earth[[/note]] is this?!" when he sees an ad for her "Not Divorced Anniversary Party!" in the newspaper.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: All Stolas wants is someone he can love and who can love him after spending his childhood with an unloving father and his adulthood with an unloving wife.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Stella insults Stolas at her party, Stolas asks for the kitchen's whole stock of strong alcohol and then proceeds to down the whole bottle, at least until he sees Blitzo.
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* LousyLoversAreLosers: Stella gleefully tells her friends about how Stolas is terrible in bed, claiming he just "[[LieBackAndThinkOfEngland lays there staring at the wall]]" while he has to do all the work, and explicitly derides him for being "pathetic". Naturally, it's heavily implied he simply hates having sex with ''Stella'', as he's show to be a far more active and participant lover when he's with Blitzo.

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* LousyLoversAreLosers: Stella gleefully tells her friends about how Stolas is terrible in bed, claiming he just "[[LieBackAndThinkOfEngland lays there staring at the wall]]" while he has to do all the work, and explicitly derides him for being "pathetic". Naturally, it's heavily implied he simply hates having sex with ''Stella'', as he's show shown to be a far more active and participant lover when he's with Blitzo.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode focuses mostly on Stolas, revealing his backstory and details of his relationship with Paimon, Blitzo and Stella.



* AwfulWeddedLife: This episode confirms that both Stolas and Stella loathed their ArrangedMarriage. But Stolas simply tried to endure it, while Stella delighted in tormenting and belittling him.
* ChainedToABed: Blitzo blindfolds Stolas and ties him up to his bed with the intention to run away with the Grimoire and leave Stolas there. But Blitzo has a change of heart and ends up giving Stolas some PitySex.



* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: According to Stella, her and Stola's sex life amounted to this. She saw it as proof of him being terrible in bed, but it's implied he just couldn't stand to do anything with ''her''. After they had Octavia, their union quickly turned into a SexlessMarriage.
* LousyLoversAreLosers: Stella gleefully tells her friends about how Stolas is terrible in bed, claiming he just "[[LieBackAndThinkOfEngland lays there staring at the wall]]" while he has to do all the work, and explicitly derides him for being "pathetic". Naturally, it's heavily implied he simply hates having sex with ''Stella'', as he's show to be a far more active and participant lover when he's with Blitzo.
* ParentalNeglect: Paimon apparently has so many children that he can barely recognize them, and only put a [[DisneylandDad minimal amount of effort]] to please Stolas on his birthday.



** Stolas and Stella's marriage was arranged by the former's father against his knowledge as a child.

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* SleepsInTheNude: When we see him getting out of bed, he's not wearing any clothes (he's FullyDressedCartoonAnimal.).
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* ArrangedMarriage: As it turns out, Stolas and Stella's marriage was arranged by Paimon when Stolas was a child, in the hopes that Stolas would sire a powerful new member of the family.


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* TheReveal:
** Stolas and Stella's marriage was arranged by the former's father against his knowledge as a child.
** Stolas and Blitzo first met at the circus when Blitzo was performing there as a child.
** We also see how Blitzo met Stolas again as an adult.
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In the series' first WholeEpisodeFlashback episode, [[RunningGag things sure do happen]] -- namely, we get to see Stolas' and Blitzo's first meeting and the two's reunion many years later.
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* ComicallySmallBribe: When Blitzo's father asks Paimon what his butler has in his pocket in exchange of Blitzo's services, all what he has is a crumbled $5 bill and a slim-fit condom. He considers it to be plenty, even if he wants Blitzo to steal Paimon's house dry.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The majority of the episode is meant to establish Stolas' and Blitzo's friendship from their youth to right before the beginning of the show.
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