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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} "Your last desperate attempt at salvation starts here!"]]'' [[note]]Center: [[AntiAntiChrist Charlie Morningstar]]. Clockwise from left: [[TheBartender Husk]], [[CampGay Angel Dust]], [[RadioVoice Alastor]], [[OriginalMan Adam]], [[GadgeteerGenius Sir Pentious]], [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Vaggie]], [[CuteAndPsycho Niffty]] and [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].]][[/note]] |
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| 8 | ->''"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm opening the first of its kind: a hotel that rehabilitates sinners!"'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''Charlie Morningstar''', pilot |
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| 11 | ''Hazbin Hotel'' is an American adult animated musical [[BlackComedy Black]] [[HorrorComedy Horror]] {{Dramedy}} television series created by Creator/VivienneMedrano (previously known for the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Zoophobia}}''), and produced at her studio [=SpindleHorse=] Toons in collaboration with Bento Box Entertainment. Creator/ToonCity provides the animation. |
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| 13 | You know that old line of "when {{Hell}} is full" and all that? Well, {{Heaven}} has a solution to that little problem: annual cullings of the population to keep the Sinners in line. It's not pretty (then again, nothing in Hell usually is), but it gets the job done. That is until one day when Charlie Morningstar (Creator/ErikaHenningsen), the princess of Hell, proposes an alternative: sick and tired of losing so many of her people, she has set up a project to prevent the unneeded bloodshed by [[AscendedDemon reforming damned souls and sending them to Heaven]]. |
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| 15 | Of course, this plan gets mocked as a pipe dream, but with a little support from a mysterious and extremely powerful demon named Alastor (Creator/AmirTalai), known throughout Hell as the "Radio Demon", her dream may yet become a reality. The show is centered on the exploits and misadventures of Charlie, her girlfriend Vaggie (Creator/StephanieBeatriz), and their first client -- a spider-like drag-queen mobster/pornstar named Angel Dust (Blake Roman) -- as they try to reform the various types of demons that come into their hotel. |
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| 17 | The colourful cast is rounded out with Creator/KeithDavid as misanthropic bartender Husk, Creator/KimikoGlenn as both neat freak Niffty and large cannibalist Susan, Creator/AlexBrightman as both tryhard villain Sir Pentious and the first human Adam, Krystina Alabado as spunky anarchist Cherri Bomb, WebVideo/BrandonRogers as 666 News anchor Katie Killjoy, Creator/ChristianBorle as technomancer Vox, Lilli Cooper as his selfie fiend associate Velvette, Joel Perez as Angel Dust's pimp Valentino, Blake Roman as [[ActingForTwo also]] Sir Pentious' minions, the Egg Boiz and Amir Talai as Tom Trench, Katie Killjoy's assistant and Creator/JeremyJordan as Charlie's father and ruler of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar. [[Music/TheLivingTombstone Sam Haft]], Andrew Underberg, Evan Alderete, and Creator/{{Gooseworx}} compose the soundtrack. |
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| 19 | The pilot episode was released in October 28, 2019 [[note]][[MeaningfulReleaseDate which happened to be Medrano's 27th birthday]][[/note]], and can be found [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zlmswo0S0e0 here]] on Platform/YouTube. On August 7, 2020, the media company Creator/{{A24}} [[https://twitter.com/A24/status/1291781153066643456 announced that they had picked up]] ''Hazbin Hotel'' for a full series. The first full season of the main series premiered on Creator/PrimeVideo on January 19, 2024, with a second already confirmed. Early access to the first two episodes can be purchased through the [[https://hazbinhotel.com/ Hazbin Hotel website]]. |
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| 21 | See also ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'', a SpinOff series created by Vivienne Medrano set in the [[TheVerse same universe]], called the Franchise/{{Hellaverse}}, but telling a mostly disconnected story starring Blitzo[[note]]the 'o' is silent[[/note]], a low-level imp of Hell who dreams of running his startup company... which happens to [[MurderInc specialize in assassinating still-living humans]] who screwed over the residents of Hell during their mortal lives. |
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| 23 | Trailers: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYTVBSeTLUQ Announcement]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMQWoFZHvxs Happy Day in Hell]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acn0EIys4b4 Season 1 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rj1AcZPE9Q Season 1 Sneak Peek]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0liZq-NV8-g Season 1 Sneak Peek 2]]. |
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| 26 | !!''Hazbin Hotel'' contains examples of the following: |
| 27 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 29 | [[folder:A-B]] |
| 30 | * AccidentalSuicide: In life, Angel Dust was an addict who overdosed on the drug he's named for in 1947, resulting in his death. In Hell, he continues to do drugs, though he can't die from them due to being a demon. |
| 31 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: |
| 32 | ** As it turns out, [[spoiler:Carmilla Carmine had no idea that holy steel ''could'' kill Exorcists when she used her ArmedLegs of the stuff to rip one's head off. She was merely trying to buy time for her daughters to get away, not kill it.]] |
| 33 | ** [[spoiler:Sir Pentious attempts a HeroicSacrifice against Adam; and while it fails, he manages to become an AscendedDemon in the process, with no one being more surprised than himself.]] |
| 34 | * AerithAndBob: On one hand you have names like Husk, Vaggie, and Crymini, and on the other you have names like Tom, Baxter, and Charlie. "Angel Dust" is a stage name for [[spoiler:Anthony]], orignally confirmed by WordOfGod and later codified in Episode 4, raising the possibility that many demons had more typical names in life and now use pseudonyms. |
| 35 | * TheAfterafterlife: {{Discussed|trope}} by Angel Dust during the limo ride back to the hotel as he ponders and deconstructs Vaggie's threats (being Angel Dust, this likely means nothing to him in the long run). [[spoiler:But the later revelation that she is a former ''Exorcist'' adds another layer of darkness to this joke.]] |
| 36 | -->'''Vaggie''': ''(flatly)'' I'm gonna kill him.\ |
| 37 | '''Angel Dust''': Too late, toots. ''Wait'', would that make me ''double-dead''?! ''(chuckles)'' And where exactly do I go, to ''double-hell''?! ''(cackles)'' Sorry, you're stuck with me, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]. Get used to it!\ |
| 38 | '''Vaggie''': ''(fuming)'' ''...Come mierda, malparido...''[[note]]Eat shit, bastard...[[/note]] |
| 39 | ** [[spoiler:Sir Pentious makes a HeroicSacrifice to try and stop Adam in "The Show Must Go On", and after his demise unexpectedly ascends as a Winner in Heaven.]] |
| 40 | * TheAgeless: The damned don't age after they die and become demons, as Angel Dust and Alastor can attest to, having died decades ago. |
| 41 | * AlienSky: Hell has a permanently red sky, and a large floating pentagram looms over the aptly named Pentagram City. Hell also appears to have a moon with a pentagram on it. What appears to be Heaven can also be seen as a white orb surrounded by wings. |
| 42 | * AllGaysArePromiscuous: Zig-zagged. At first glance this appears to be the case, with the most prominent demonstrations of sexuality in the show coming from homosexual characters or those in homosexual relationships (I.E. [[MrFanservice Angel Dust]] trying to [[LovableSexManiac sleep with every man with a pulse]]), but upon closer inspection it becomes apparent that [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex basically]] ''[[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex everyone]]'' [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex in Pentagram City is horny to some extent with only a handful of exceptions]], and this trope only appears to take effect due to a lack of prominent characters who are wholly straight or in heterosexual relationships, creating a skewed data set. |
| 43 | * AlliterativeName: The titular '''H'''azbin '''H'''otel, as well as its original name the '''H'''appy '''H'''otel. |
| 44 | * AllThereInTheManual: The characters' Instagram accounts provide a lot of supplemental insights into them. It is [[https://reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/kzdvcm/nice_news_about_the_instagram_accounts_from/ clarified]] by Vivziepop that they are LooseCanon. |
| 45 | * AllThereInTheScript: Valentino's arm candy in the "ADDICT" music video aren't named in the video itself. Cécilia "Calis" Goncalves, the one who designed the characters, revealed in [[https://twitter.com/CalisDraws/status/1284244217288634368 a tweet]] that she named them in her head Dia, the succubus, and Summer, the cat girl. Sara "Serval" Fisher, the lead compositor on the music video, in [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=svZlK0iZgvM&t=309 a behind the scenes video]] reconfirms Dia's name, though she also states that the cat girl is named Lulu. Despite this discrepancy over the cat girl's name, Calis however states in a [[https://twitter.com/CalisDraws/status/1290642247671787532 number]] [[https://twitter.com/CalisDraws/status/1292103596310437888 of]] [[https://twitter.com/CalisDraws/status/1293278951519989760 tweets]] that her name is actually indeed Summer. It was originally Lulu but was changed to Summer due to sounding too similar to Loo Loo from Helluva Boss. |
| 46 | * AmbiguousSituation: Alastor claims he is simply helping out with the Hazbin Hotel [[ItAmusedMe for his own entertainment]], as he thinks it will be more amusing than anything he's seen in decades, and watching the damned try to redeem themselves only to fail repeatedly would amuse him greatly. Vaggie believes he has some sort of [[HiddenAgendaVillain hidden agenda]] and calls him on it at ''spearpoint'' within seconds of finding out he'd entered the hotel (as well as explaining her point of view later on, albeit privately) to Charlie. [[spoiler: The revelation that Alastor is under a demonic deal himself just makes it even more ambigous to who and what the specifics of the contract are.]] |
| 47 | * AnachronisticSoundtrack: Alastor is frequently accompanied by old timey music and sound effects reminiscent of the 1920s and 1930s, as befits his nature as the Radio Demon. In particular, the two sounds that stand out the most are tube radio hums when he's in a calmer mood, and the crackling screech of static along with what sounds like a futile attempt to change the station when all bets are off and he's getting ready to annihilate whatever's in his path. |
| 48 | * AnarchoTyranny: How Hell appears to be run. Lucifer stays hands-off and lets the sinners torment themselves with endless indulgence of their sins and constant gang warfare. |
| 49 | * AnimalMotifs: In conjunction with the above, many of the demons have this. |
| 50 | ** Vaggie's is ([[InformedAttribute allegedly]]) moths. [[spoiler: It's actually ''birds'', in keeping with her being a fallen angel.]] |
| 51 | ** Valentino's is (actually) moths. [[spoiler: Episode 4 reveals that he ''is'' one, wearing his wings as a coat.]] |
| 52 | ** Angel's is spiders. |
| 53 | ** Sir Pentious' is snakes. |
| 54 | ** Alastor's is deer. |
| 55 | ** Niffty's is cockroaches. |
| 56 | ** Vox's is sharks. |
| 57 | ** Lucifer has both snakes and waterfowl, especially ducks, though his design is inspired by cockatiels. |
| 58 | * AnimatedMusical: An adult animated series set in Hell that has musical numbers. |
| 59 | * AppleOfDiscord: In [[https://hazbinhotel.com/alastor-comic/page-1 A Day in the After Life]], this appears to be one of Alastor's favored tricks. He tosses food to just one of two crow-like creatures, and later throws his hat to just one of several ladies fawning over him. |
| 60 | * ArcVillain: Season One has [[OriginalMan Adam]], the leader of the Exorcists that enjoys the exterminations and comes to blows with Charlie, leading to their confrontation at the end of the season at the Hazbin Hotel. [[spoiler:After Lucifer arrives and gives Adam a CurbStompBattle, he ends up being killed by Niffty after she stabs him InTheBack with the surviving Exorcists retreating to Heaven and his lieutenant Lute [[DragonAscendant becoming their new leader as a result]].]] |
| 61 | * ArmourPiercingQuestion: Adam likely intended his question about why Angel Dust isn't redeemed to be rhetorical. Unfortunately for him, Emily realises this is [[ActuallyAGoodIdea actually a very valid question]], leading to the reveal that Heaven has been [[spoiler: operating as a BlackBox, with even the highest-ranking angels ignorant to just ''why'' people get into Heaven.]] |
| 62 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: A series of signs at the 666 News TV station read "Murder! Sex! Weather!" |
| 63 | * ArtEvolution: As evidenced by the Happy Day in Hell clip, the character designs have been refined from the pilot. Charlie’s head is now rounder and she wears a red suit, Vaggie now wears a pink blouse, and so on. |
| 64 | * AscendedDemon: The whole purpose of the Hazbin Hotel is this: reforming demons so that they could then ascend into Heaven. [[spoiler:While the leadership of Heaven was unaware of what it actually takes to get a soul into Heaven in the first place, by the end of season one, Sir Pentious dies in a HeroicSacrifice against Adam and ascends to Heaven as a result right in front of Sera and Emily as the first redeemed sinner to get into Heaven.]] |
| 65 | * AsideGlance: Tom Trench looks to the viewers when Charlie starts singing in "That's Entertainment!". |
| 66 | * AudienceSurrogate: Episode 8 has the Vees watching and reacting to events much like the viewers watching the episode. |
| 67 | * AuthorAppeal: It's Creator/VivienneMedrano, so expect bright colors ([[https://twitter.com/VivziePop/status/1321588588488749057 and by her own admission, plenty of red]]), [[CastOfSnowflakes incredibly imaginative character designs]], anthropomorphic animals, NoodlePeople, and musical numbers. |
| 68 | * BadGuyBar: There are multiple hangouts in Hell for damned souls to spend time in. They range from old-timey western pool halls, modern techno nightclubs, to all sorts of strip clubs and porn-related locales. |
| 69 | * BadReasonToDoGood: |
| 70 | ** Alastor is the manager of the titular hotel who helps Charlie in her plans of [[AscendedDemon redeeming Sinners and sending them to Heaven]] so they will avoid being killed in an Extermination. However, he is ''firmly'' a TokenEvilTeammate who makes it clear he doesn't believe in the cause, and only tags along because [[ForTheEvulz he finds it all entertaining]]. [[spoiler:At the end of Season 1, it's also made clear Alastor is using Charlie and trying to become her mentor because of her strength rivaling Lucifer himself so that he could free himself from the enigmatic deal he made that severely limits him]]. |
| 71 | ** At the end of Season 1, [[spoiler:Alastor and Charlie get the help of Rosie and her colony of cannibals to fight against Heaven and stop their upcoming Extermination so that Hell's people could be saved. That said, it's clear the Cannibals are here so they can feed on the dead angels that will be left after the battle, and Rosie -- just like Alastor -- allied with the heroes because she knows that it's good to have the Princess of Hell as your ally]]. |
| 72 | * BeingEvilSucks: Being in Hell is miserable unless you're a devoted sadist. You're always at a risk of being killed on a whim or are at mercy of someone higher on the food chain. Despite many characters making a point that nobody would join the Hotel because they wouldn't become demons if they had a heart, those who did stay there eventually find not being surrounded by {{Jerkass}}es for once a rewarding enough experience to go along with Charlie's suggestions. |
| 73 | * BestialityIsDepraved: Fortunately not shown onscreen, but one of Angel's texts from Val mentions a donkey show. |
| 74 | * BetterThanSex: During the season one finale, Vox says this word for word after seeing [[spoiler:Alastor almost die at the hands of Adam.]] |
| 75 | * BeyondRedemption: One of the {{Central Theme}}s of the series is an examination of redemption, and if people can be "too far gone" to save, even in a place like Hell. |
| 76 | ** Averting this is Charlie's whole goal with the hotel, since she believes that "inside of every demon is a rainbow" and that no one is irredeemable, even the sinners who have found themselves in Hell. However, next to none of the demons are willing to believe in Charlie's goal of rehabilitating damned souls, because no one believes sinners are willing to be good. Alastor even outright says that redemption is impossible for a demon, as everyone had their chance to be good on Earth, and the fact that they're in Hell means they've ''lost'' that chance. The only reason he goes along with it at all is because [[ItAmusedMe he thinks it'll be fun to watch everybody fail]]. Throughout it all, the heroes are portrayed as naïve but well-meaning, being [[DeterminedDefeatist at least willing to try in spite of all the obstacles thrown at them]]. |
| 77 | ** Adam, the angels of Heaven, and the rest of the antagonists are the people who believe that redemption is impossible and/or actively try to sabotage the heroes' efforts out of the cynical belief that [[TallPoppySyndrome anyone trying to do better should be the subject of derision or hostility]]. Adam and the hosts of Heaven hunt demons for sport as part of the Exterminations. And even if they didn't, the HolierThanThou attitude means that angels aren't even willing to entertain the idea that demons can be better, if only because [[NeverMyFault they don't want to entertain the idea that they're wrong]]. Adam tells Charlie this point-blank during their meeting in Episode 1, dismissing her ideas and the Hazbin Hotel itself as complete nonsense. |
| 78 | * BigRedDevil: |
| 79 | ** Among the various denizens of Hell, there are some that look more like the typical depiction of demons and devils. For example, Jeffrey Dahmer, on the poster for his cooking show, is depicted merely as himself but with devil horns and a devil tail. |
| 80 | ** Not so much big, but as befitting her status as Princess of Hell, Charlie's more demonic form has the traditional devilish red horns on her head and bright red eyes. [[spoiler:Her PunchCatch against Adam involving her arm swelling and growing red implies that she has a further OneWingedAngel form that's more red.]] |
| 81 | * BittersweetEnding: The first season ending is a bit bittersweet, albeit more on the "sweet" side. [[spoiler:On the one hand, Sir Pentious ends up making a HeroicSacrifice to save his friends, the Hotel is destroyed, Alastor is pushing away his developing affection for the Hotel crew and is plotting to break free of his deal, the Vees are plotting to gain further power in the aftermath, and Lute, the new leader of the Exorcists after Adam's death, goes to ''Lilith'' in order to try and stop Charlie. On the other hand, Charlie is proven right that Sinners can be redeemed, as Sir Pentious ascends to Heaven, unbeknownst to those who mourned him, the Hotel is rebuilt bigger and better than ever, Lucifer is implied to be taking more of an active role in both Hell and his daughter's life, and the Extermination is fended off with minimal casualties.]] |
| 82 | * BlackBox: It's revealed that [[spoiler:the system that exists for sorting souls into Heaven or Hell is opaque even to the Seraphim. While there is clearly ''some'' standard of goodness which gets a soul into Heaven, the angels can only guess at it by comparing the souls that are sent up or down, and the presence of characters like Adam and Lute only further muddle what criteria a soul is judged on]]. |
| 83 | * BlackComedy: As befitting a show set primarily in Hell, there's black humor in spades. The jokes range from Alastor remarking he hasn't been that entertained since [[TheGreatDepression the Stock Market Crash of 1929]] while joyfully reflecting that there were "so many orphans", to Angel Dust brushing off Vaggie's complaint of "committing territorial genocide" by cracking a joke about him not caring if anyone got hurt since there's "a bunch of fuckin' harlequin babies out there". |
| 84 | * BlackComedyCannibalism: |
| 85 | ** 666 News has a "cannibal cooking segment" hosted by none other than infamous SerialKiller and cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer. |
| 86 | ** In his "Day In the Life" comic Alastor casually visits a cannibal colony and exchanges warm salutations with some demon ladies in the process of dismembering a guy. His later killing and eating of a butcher is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs though. |
| 87 | ** Cannibal Town is the focus of some jokes. [[spoiler:Part of the reason that they agree to help Charlie fend off the Exorcists is that they want a chance to eat angel flesh.]] |
| 88 | * BlackComedyRape: The culmination of Sir Pentious' botched attempts to hook up with Cherri Bomb involves him being dragged off to a sex room against his will. Subverted when he later emerges from the room fully clothed and no worse for wear, due to the club being named 'Consent', he likely said no and just left. |
| 89 | * BleepDammit: Amazon Prime's ads and clips of the show on social media censor all profanity in onscreen text, but do not bleep them out in the audio. |
| 90 | * BlessedWithSuck: Sinners unlike the natural born inhabitants of Hell are immortal and will heal from any damage that's not inflicted by an angel's weapon. The downside is that it means they can be reduced to a state where they'd ''rather'' die, they can't reproduce, and can't leave the Pride Ring. Meaning they can't escape to the lower levels during the annual extermination. |
| 91 | * BondageIsBad: Played amazingly with. ''Helluva Boss'' season 2, and even more ''Hazbin Hotel'' season 1, use it to distinguish good and bad characters. Negative characters occasionally use bondage techniques to kidnap or force the main characters into creepy situations, such as the ''Poison'' song about Angel being gang raped to let Valentino shoot his porno, dominating him in a bad way. However, having a SafeSaneAndConsensual BDSM relationship is also used when two characters had developed a positive and trusty romantic relationship, emphasizing the importance of trust in such activity - mainly the relation between Fizzaroli and Asmodeus in ''Helluva Boss''. Also played for laughs once, when Husk is enjoying the visit at the BDSM club as a bonding activity (getting a back massage), but immediately steps out of it at the moment he sees Niffty DressedLikeADominatrix. |
| 92 | -->'''Angel Dust:''' ''(inside a BDSM club)'' No stronger bonds than bondage! [[LiteralMetaphor That's even [this club's] motto.]] |
| 93 | * BroadStrokes: The series of events from [[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E0ThatsEntertainment the pilot]] appear to be broadly canon in the show proper - Alastor becoming the Hotel's patron, Sir Pentious attacking the Hotel, etc - but [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness some of the smaller details have been changed or rectified]], including most characters' designs being anywhere from slightly tweaked to completely overhauled. |
| 94 | * BookEnds: |
| 95 | ** In the pilot episode after delivering a beat down to Sir Pentious and his egg boys, Alastor asks the residents of the hotel "who's up for some jambalaya?" Come the season one finale Lucifer asks the residents of the hotel "who's up for some pancakes?" [[spoiler: after delivering a beat down to Adam and the exorcists.]] |
| 96 | ** The first instance of the song "Happy Day in Hell" is sung by Charlie in "Overture" as she prepares to pitch her idea of the Hazbin Hotel to the angels. In the season finale, "The Show Must Go On", the song is reprised in a more [[TriumphantReprise triumphant way]] by Charlie and the rest of the main cast as they [[spoiler: rebuild the destroyed Hazbin Hotel after the attack by the exorcists.]] |
| 97 | ** The series opens explaining the story of Lucifer, how his rebellious nature ended up bringing evil into the world and how he was cast out of Heaven alongside Lilith. [[spoiler: By the season 1 finale the episode ends with Sir Pentious (fittingly a snake) ascending to Heaven, proving that redemption is possible and sinners can be redeemed.]] |
| 98 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Adam is apparently aware of the audience, as shown in "Overture". |
| 99 | -->'''Charlie:''' "No! Our...other! Biggest problem!" |
| 100 | -->'''Adam:''' "Oh! Uh...ugly people?" ''looks to audience'' "Math!" |
| 101 | * BullyingADragon: It's apparently rather common for demons to only take first impressions into account when choosing bullying targets; Katie Killjoy openly mocks and tries to fight Charlie (who's Hell's princess and far stronger than Katie), and in the Alastor prequel, a meat shop-running demon tries to attack ''[[TheDreaded Alastor]]'' of all people, and Alastor has to dissuade him by flashing his NightmareFace. |
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| 105 | * TheCameo: |
| 106 | ** Maxwell Atoms, creator of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', provides the voice for a number of characters. He voices the thief who steals Angel Dust's drugs, the guy who announces that Charlie's interview is live, and the top hat-headed demon who insults Charlie's performance during her interview. |
| 107 | ** Multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway actor Creator/JamesMonroeIglehart voices the big lizard guy who incredulously asks "Is this girl for real?" and makes fun of her while watching her live from a nightclub TV. In the full series, he also voices overlord Zestial, one of the oldest remaining overlords of Hell. |
| 108 | ** Don Darryl Rivera, who's known for originating the role of Iago in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(2011_musical) Broadway musical adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', voices Travis the john who Angel Dust just sold his services to in the pilot. |
| 109 | ** Voice actor Creator/MickLauer, who originally voiced Husk in the pilot, voices the trench coat demon who appears in front of Charlie when she is singing "Happy Day in Hell" and suggests she "touch [his] parts". |
| 110 | * CastFullOfGay: The pilot introduces six characters who are meant to be the main cast as they run the hotel. Among them, Charlie and Vaggie are a female couple, Angel Dust is gay, and Alastor is implied to be asexual in "Hello Rosie!". Additionally, out of the villain trio "The Vees", Valentino and Vox (both male) are shown to be in a physical relationship with each other. [[https://youtu.be/y2x8Rkzw3RI?si=1h6ghsMZhTuxS389&t=5845 A promo video]] states that Niffty is the only straight character in the hotel. |
| 111 | * CastOfSnowflakes: Practically every character has a unique look to them. Even the background characters all have varied designs -- in summation, ''nobody'' is alike in terms of appearance. |
| 112 | * CastingGag: |
| 113 | ** In the pilot, Alastor makes a reference to the ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' song "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile", which in the show is sung by the character Burt Healy, a 1930s radio host, as this was the creator's inspiration for Alastor. Alastor would later be recast in the main series as Amir Talai, who played Burt Healy in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BveEANV5CtA 2018 Hollywood Bowl production]] of the same musical. |
| 114 | ** In the Japanese dub, Creator/RisaShimizu, as Charlie, pulls this thrice: Not only she had voiced [[Series/GameOfThrones more]] [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} traditional]] [[WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio princesses]], she also had voiced another character named ''Charlotte'' in ''Manga/KaiketsuZorori''. |
| 115 | * CelestialBureaucracy: Heaven has shades of this trope. The Exterminations follow a set schedule based on a standing agreement with Lucifer and the head Exorcists call for a meeting with the leader of Hell to inform him they are moving their timetable up on the next extermination as if it was an audit. While Lucifer is implied to have very little say on the matter it does resemble a negotiation between corporations. Similarly, Charlie's plea to the leadership of Heaven to accept reformed sinners from the Hazbin Hotel is carried out like a court case with the high Seraphim of Heaven as the judges, Charlie as the defense, and the head Exorcists acting as the prosecution. |
| 116 | * CentralTheme: Redemption. Is it possible for [[HeelFaceTurn truly bad people to change their ways]]? [[LastSecondChance Should they be given a chance]]? And does wasting that chance mean that [[BeyondRedemption they shouldn't be given another shot]]? |
| 117 | * CirclesOfHell: Hell is divided into Seven Rings, seemingly after the SevenDeadlySins, as opposed to the Nine Circles of Hell from Literature/TheDivineComedy. Interestingly though, is that Sinners ''cannot'' traverse between the Rings; they are forever trapped in the top-most Ring of Pride. However, Hellborn Demons such as Imps or Charlie can traverse between all the Rings. |
| 118 | * CityOfTheDamned: Pentagram City is the Capital of Hell, portrayed as a literal UrbanHellscape full of runaway drugs, crime, pornography and general debauchery. |
| 119 | * ClusterFBomb: |
| 120 | ** Many of the characters curse frequently, but [[KentBrockmanNews Katie Killjoy]] and [[TheEeyore Husk]] are the most [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] we've seen so far. |
| 121 | ** ''Alastor'' of the entire main cast, the one character not seen using any profanity in the pilot, has a small showdown with Vox in his Day In the Afterlife comic, and then when out of earshot, unleashes the floodgates on his profanity filter while walking through town. Yes, that is exactly how much he hates Vox -- he'll keep the smile on his face during the encounter so as not to appear weak and likewise while walking off, but the sheer ''sight'' of the Overlord is enough to make the Radio Demon falter. |
| 122 | * ColorWash: |
| 123 | ** Hell is depicted as quite red, with some yellow, white, and black tints. |
| 124 | ** Heaven is primarily blue, white, and gold to contrast with Hell. |
| 125 | * CombatSadomasochist: Angel Dust, keeping with his TooKinkyToTorture nature, displays this in his fight with Sir Pentious. It backfires from his intent as Pentious is too thick to get the innuendos Angel Dust is intentionally throwing and he's unintentionally saying. |
| 126 | * CombatTentacles: Alastor summons a mass of huge, inky black tentacles to [[CurbStompBattle smash up Sir Pentious's blimp]] from what appear to be portals to some sort of [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds eldritch dimension]]. They see further use in later episodes. |
| 127 | * ComedicSociopathy: Charlie's method of "curing addiction" in her song includes forcibly ripping drugs out of an addict's hands and burning them in front of him while [[DissonantSerenity still singing]]. |
| 128 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Angel Dust takes in a [[WhatTheHellHero hefty chunk of criticism from Vaggie]] on the limo ride back to the hotel. His response? |
| 129 | -->'''Angel Dust:''' Does that mean I don't have a free room anymore?\ |
| 130 | '''Vaggie:''' *''makes a "the hell do you think?" gesture''*\ |
| 131 | '''Angel Dust:''' *snaps fingers* Ah, well, shucks... |
| 132 | * ContentWarning: While the pilot, "That's Entertainment", only has the content warning in its description ("Be warned, this project is aimed at older audiences. Badwords and Innuendo galore!!") to [[invoked]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids deter children]], the beginning of its music video "ADDICT" begins with a flat-out content warning for the same purpose: |
| 133 | -->'''WARNING'''\ |
| 134 | This video contains graphic language, adult content, [[EpilepticFlashingLights flashing lights]], depictions of [[RapeAsDrama sexual assault]], abuse, and addiction.\ |
| 135 | This content is intended for mature audiences only ('''18+''')\ |
| 136 | Viewer discretion advised. |
| 137 | * CountryMatters: The C-word is used uncensored in the main series. It seems to be used as way to show just how awful the characters using it are. |
| 138 | * CrapsackWorld: It's Hell, what do you expect? Almost every denizen is an unrepentant jerk and every year, the population is culled to hinder overpopulation. Charlie is the only demon who wants to find a more humane way of dealing with Hell's overpopulation. Meanwhile, Heaven[[note]]Or rather, their leadership under concern of ensuring Heaven's safety[[/note]] is willing to enact these culls, makes no effort to help Charlie's efforts, [[EasyRoadToHell allows people to be damned for things as minor as watching porn and being a screaming baby]][[note]]Though as we later learn, even ''angels'' don't know the exact nature of divine judgment; they can only take in the souls who do make it to Heaven[[/note]], and [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss there's a group of imps who use a grimoire that allows access to the mortal world (and do this on a frequent enough basis that a small startup company can be made from it) to do horrible things to innocent people at the behest of damned souls and nothing is done about it]]. |
| 139 | * CrapsaccharineWorld: |
| 140 | ** Cannibal Town ironically is actually a very nice and idyllic place that looks like something right out of a family show depicting the 1920's. Everyone is nice, the streets are clean, and there is a booming economy, even Charlie is amazed at how nice it is. There is just one small problem, every last citizen is a blood thirsty cannibal. |
| 141 | ** Interestingly enough, Heaven can be seen as this to some extent. On one hand, Heaven does look as an idyllic place, where souls get eternal salvation and everyone thrives in a world with no worries, nor pain. The “crap” part comes from the fact that [[spoiler:all the angels, except Sera and the Exorcists, are blissfully ignorant about the annual extermination of Sinners from Hell, with the implication that some of the damned souls might be an Earthborn Demon’s relative (like Angel Dust and Molly), and the entire system that judges wherever a soul goes to Heaven or Hell is obscure even for the higher-up angels, who don’t even bother themselves to understand it, nor to try to fix such flawed system. Not to mention, angels have no problem with banishing their own kind, either because they made a mistake (such as the Cherubs in Helluva Boss), or because they dared to go against their order after realizing that what they were doing was wrong (like Vaggie, when she was still an Exorcist, didn’t have the heart to kill a demon child during an extermination, and let them go, which drove Lute to gouge her eye out and tear off her wings, leaving her to die in Hell)]]. [[spoiler:This is even lampshaded by Charlie and Emily, [[RageAgainstTheHeavens as they both call Sera and Adam out for not following the same rules they keep preaching, making them de facto hypocrites]].]] |
| 142 | * CreatorCameo: A number of patrons of Angel Dust's show in the "ADDICT" music video are actually cameos of the staff that worked on it according to [[https://twitter.com/SebVelaz/status/1284243884017680386 some]] [[https://twitter.com/CalisDraws/status/1284245441165561856 tweets]], [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=svZlK0iZgvM&t=195 a behind the scenes video]], and [[https://instagram.com/p/CERGgOqplYF/ an Instagram post]]. |
| 143 | * CrypticBackgroundReference: ''Something'' happened seven years prior to the main story that included Vox and Alastor fighting, causing Alastor to go underground, and Lilith dropping off the map. |
| 144 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Charlie and Vaggie would count, as would some other female demons like Niffty. |
| 145 | * DarkReprise: Adam hijacks Charlie's musical pitch to sing "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMy8W0j-Slw Hell is Forever]]" and mock her about how the residents had their chance to improve. Later on, [[spoiler:when Charlie proves to the Heavenly Court that one of her residents can improve and fulfill all of the court-defined requirements to get into Heaven, only to learn that the gates of Heaven are locked to anyone from Hell regardless of their improvement, she and her [[MirrorCharacter heavenly counterpart Emily]] throw "Hell is Forever" back in Adam's and the court's faces during "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CrhdgYughU You Didn't Know]]" in indignation at how the citizens of Hell can improve but remain locked out while Heaven's residents suffer no consequences for their appalling actions.]] |
| 146 | * DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Sir Pentious and Cherrybomb. Beginning in a series of turf wars back in the pilot. Eventually Pentious would try making his moves on Cherry during the Hazbin crew's night at the club to many failed attempts. Eventually he confesses his love and seals things with a kiss moments before his HeroicSacrifice. Cherry didn't seem to mind it. ]] |
| 147 | * DeaderThanDead: Angel Dust jokes about going to "double hell" if he's killed, but WordOfGod in [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=DTHSpp8xoXQ&t=7218 a podcast]] as well as in a couple of [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=K9B-SiHh6KA&t=3394 Q&A]] [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=fvEU9NOokPM&t=7618 streams]] is that death in the afterlife is considered final, comparing it to the "Final Death" in ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}''. Characters in Hell or Heaven don't know what happens when they die so death is pretty much treated as final. Death furthermore is somewhere between CessationOfExistence and DeathOfPersonality wherein the dead stop being as people. For the demons in Hell in particular, their dark and evil energy seeps into the ground after they die and becomes part of the fabric and foundation of Hell, which is also why Hell is almost kinda alive with everything such as buildings having eyes and the like. |
| 148 | * DeadlyEuphemism: After describing Alastor, Vaggie says they should not get involved with him lest they get "erased". Considering most people in Hell are sinners from Earth who already died once, and that Demons have no idea where they go if they're exorcised, "erased" is more accurate than "death". |
| 149 | * DeadpanDoorShut: In the trailer for the first full season, Husk sees the moaning Niffty lying before an angry Vaggie who wants to kick her and throw her off the roof. He looks shocked and silently closes the door. |
| 150 | * DealWithTheDevil: Invoked, then Defied. Alastor tries to make one with Charlie to help with the hotel (complete with a bright green glowing light in his hand and gusts of wind fluttering through the room), but she manages to completely shut him down with a "Nope! No shaking, no deals!" before getting his help by ordering him to by her authority as heiress to the throne with the option for him to leave whenever he feels like it. At least her father (Lucifer) had the common sense to teach her to never accept “shady deals” from other demons. |
| 151 | ** [[spoiler: That is, until the moment it's invoked again and played completely straight. Alastor never gives anything for free.]] |
| 152 | * DeathlyUnmasking: [[spoiler:In the climax of the final battle, Lucifer shatters Adam's mask, revealing a normal human face underneath. Charlie stops her father from killing Adam...only for Niffty to come up from behind and stab him.]] |
| 153 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: |
| 154 | ** Charlie is what you'd get if a Franchise/DisneyPrincess was the princess of a CityOfTheDamned instead of the archetype's usual idyllic, medieval kingdom. While Charlie has all the personality traits down to a tee -- benevolent, all-loving, optimistic, and has a habit of breaking into song, at times running through the town along the way -- the nature of her kingdom means that she's neither beloved nor respected by her subjects in general, because they view her personality as gross weakness in a realm where only the strong and wicked thrive, and her efforts to help them via redeeming them into Heaven to escape the annual population culls are largely met with scorn and cynicism. |
| 155 | ** In a sense, Adam is a deconstruction of the archetypal saved soul. Since he's apparently achieved eternal salvation in Heaven, he thinks he can spend his afterlife doing whatever he wants without ever reaping consequences from there: from treating a Virtue he dated less-than-respectfully and being an all-round douche, to conducting routine ''genocides'' of Sinners in Hell for his own cruel entertainment, acting like a psychopathic college frat-boy. |
| 156 | * DeconstructiveParody: The whole show is basically an animated Franchise/DisneyPrincess musical -- complete with colorful characters, saccharine musical numbers, and an idealistic message -- except that said princess just happens to rule over ''Hell'', and her kingdom is straining under all the violence, drugs, and sexuality that comes with being a realm of damned souls. |
| 157 | * DeerInTheHeadlights: Niffty completely shuts down when Vaggie tries filming her for the Hotel's commercial in Episode 1. |
| 158 | * DeliveranceFromDamnation: This is the ultimate aim of the Hazbin Hotel: Charlie believes that if a Sinner repents for their sins and performs good deeds they can redeem themselves and enter Heaven. Only, Heaven doesn't seem too keen on seeing whether this works (they themselves [[spoiler:don't actually know what is needed to get into Heaven]]), and Charlie has no solid proof it can actually work. [[spoiler:The finale episode however, proves that she is right; sinners CAN be redeemed and make it to Heaven, as proven by Sir Pentious' arrival following his HeroicSacrifice.]] |
| 159 | * DemonOfHumanOrigin: All of the main characters (except Charlie [[spoiler:and Vaggie]]) are sinful humans who died in the mortal world and became demons in Hell. It's implied -- and later confirmed by ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' -- that many of the most powerful demons are not this trope (i.e. Vaggie saying about Alastor, "That kind of raw power had never been harnessed by a mortal soul before," implying that Alastor is the only powerful demon who was previously human), but the vast majority of demons were once human. |
| 160 | * DevilButNoGod: While Lucifer does exist as a FallenAngel banished from Heaven, there's no mention of God so far. In fact it was the Angels who created Earth and humanity. |
| 161 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Charlie's attempts to get sinners out of Hell and into Heaven by reformation could be interpreted as an allegory for the criminal justice system and prison reform, particularly in the US. |
| 162 | ** Adam shoots down her proposal, wholeheartedly believing that sinners deserve what they get in Hell because of whatever they did on Earth. Many times, people will be happy when a criminal gets a long jail sentence and/or has something bad happen to them in prison, with the attitude "can't do the time, don't do the crime." |
| 163 | --->'''Adam''': ♪ ''If what you're suggesting is letting them climb\ |
| 164 | Up the ladder oh, they'd rather cross the pearly gates?\ |
| 165 | Sorry, sweetie, but there's no defyin' their fates\ |
| 166 | 'Cause Hell is forever, whether you like it or not\ |
| 167 | Had their chance to behave better, now they boil in the pot!'' ♪ |
| 168 | ** Not every criminal is the same, and neither is every sinner. There are people like Husk who don't enjoy hurting anyone except themselves, people like Angel Dust who are jerks but can turn nicer if pushed in the right direction and given an opportunity to change, people like Katie Killjoy who are just jerks, and genuinely evil people like Valentino. But Hell/prison treats all of them exactly the same as if AllCrimesAreEqual. |
| 169 | ** During the Exterminations, Adam and the Exorcists take advantage of their status as agents of Heaven to gleefully slaughter demons, as if they were [[RabidCop Rabid Cops]] beating people senseless for the most minor of offenses. |
| 170 | ** [[spoiler:Heaven rejects the idea that sinners can change and be forgiven, even after being shown that Angel has improved as a person. Even after serving their sentences and getting out of jail, it is common for former convicts to not be able to find work because employers don't want to hire someone who committed a crime.]] |
| 171 | ** To a lesser extant, Adam pronouncing Vaggie's name with a soft 'g' could be seen as someone intentionally deadnaming a trans person. |
| 172 | * DragonsAreDemonic: A few of the background demons have vaguely draconic designs. One such example is a dragon-like demon in a leather jacket seen watching Charlie's interview in a bar. In the main battle, Charlie transforms her goats Razzle and Dazzle into a pair of large dragons. |
| 173 | * DrivingQuestion: |
| 174 | ** Why did Lilith and Alastor disappear 7 years ago? And what was the deal that [[spoiler:Lilith struck, which is rescinded on Adam's death?]] |
| 175 | ** As of "Welcome to Heaven", [[spoiler:what are the standards to get into Heaven?]] |
| 176 | ** We know who's got control of Husk and Angel Dust, but who's holding [[spoiler:Alastor's]] leash? |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:E-F]] |
| 180 | * EarlyBirdCameo: |
| 181 | ** In the pilot, multiple characters that had been revealed for the series in promotional material but had yet to be introduced in the show make some cameos: |
| 182 | *** Baxter can be seen among the silhouetted falling demons in the shadow puppet-like part of "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows". |
| 183 | *** Vox, Velvet, Valentino, and Rosie are among the inhabitants seen during the rest of the intro song. |
| 184 | *** Lucifer appears as a far more menacing silhouette, seated behind Overlords Carmilla Carmine and Zestial. |
| 185 | *** Crymini is seen in the crowd watching Charlie's interview from the Radio Hack store alongside Alastor. |
| 186 | *** Lastly, Helsa and Mimzy appear during parts of "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow". |
| 187 | ** An early-design version of [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss Blitzo]] can be seen in the crowd when Charlie is pitching the Happy Hotel to 666 News, a silhouette of Moxxie can be seen in the crowd of the "Booing Section", an early design of Loona is seen early into Charlie's song, and another couple of Hellhounds are in the Radio Hack crowd. |
| 188 | ** One of the Overlords shown in Vaggie's description of the Overlords in the pilot resembles a red Parrot. This one was later revealed to be Vassago, one of the Ars Goetia princes that appears in the second half of "Helluva Boss" season 2. |
| 189 | ** More than one pumpkin-headed demon similar to Jangle from [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=qhSrCBpMLsY Holidaze]] appears throughout the pilot. |
| 190 | ** Since the release of the show, some characters that were designed over the course of development have appeared, though have yet to be formally introduced. |
| 191 | *** [[spoiler: Angel Dust's older brother]] Arackniss and [[spoiler: fraternal twin]] Molly appear as non-speaking cameos in "The Show Must Go On" and "Welcome to Heaven", respectively. |
| 192 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In something of a carry-over from the pilot, the first episode has Vaggie and Angel comment on Charlie randomly bursting into song and dance as though it's unusual. As the show leans into being a musical, this no longer happens in later episodes. |
| 193 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: |
| 194 | ** Charlie begins the first episode with an IWantSong, setting her up as a PrincessClassic but with a ''very'' different kind of kingdom. |
| 195 | ** The first thing we see Angel Dust do is casually brushing off one of his clients insulting him and then buying some drugs from a vending machine. When a random passerby snatches his drugs and runs off with them, Angel Dust freaks out -- not because the guy was immediately crushed by a giant boulder that came out of nowhere, but because [[SkewedPriorities his drugs were crushed too]]. |
| 196 | ** Vaggie's introduction shows her assisting and nurturing Charlie right before she goes on TV, [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend punching a cameraman]] who insulted Charlie shortly after the interview goes live, and then [[ThisIsGonnaSuck facepalming]] when she realizes Charlie's about to start singing against her advice. |
| 197 | ** Alastor introducing himself to Charlie by telling her that her performance was more entertaining than anything he'd seen since [[BlackComedy the Great Depression]]. When Vaggie threatens him with a spear, he casually pushes it aside with one finger and tells her (while showing brief flashes of his [[GameFace real]] [[NightmareFace face]]) that [[IfIWantedYouDead if he wanted to hurt anyone there, he would have already done so]]. |
| 198 | *** Even before Charlie actually lets him into the hotel, Alastor lets you know exactly what kind of guy he is by knocking on the door with a booming, ominous knock... to the tune of "Shave and a Haircut". |
| 199 | ** [[KentBrockmanNews Tom Trench making a crude sexual remark about Cherri Bomb and Katie Killjoy pouring hot coffee in his lap, live on the air]]. |
| 200 | ** The first we see of Sir Pentious is him doing some EvilGloating about [[SmugSnake how impressive his plans are and how great he is]], [[BadBoss abusing his minions]], and [[GadgeteerGenius working some complex machinery]]. |
| 201 | ** Niffty shows off her [[GenkiGirl energy]] and [[MotorMouth tendency to talk a mile a minute]] almost as soon as Alastor summons her, and then proceeds to [[NeatFreak start running around cleaning up every mess that she can find]]. |
| 202 | * EverybodyHelpsOutDenouement: The season one finale ends with most of the main characters [[spoiler:rebuilding the titular hotel after it was destroyed by the Exorcists.]] |
| 203 | * EveryoneHasStandards: In the full release of "Happy Day in Hell", Charlie is incredibly idealistic about the goodness within the Sinners, but even she's disgusted by the cannibals. |
| 204 | * EvilOverlooker: The second poster for Season 1 has Adam, the BigBad of the first season, smiling over the cast. |
| 205 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: When Husk admits that he can be bought for a wink and some cheap booze, the bottle Alastor is tempting him with is in fact labelled "CHEAP BOOZE". |
| 206 | * ExpressiveMask: All the angel exorcists wear full-face masks that can morph to show their mouths moving as well as their eyes. |
| 207 | * FanDisservice: All of the porno shoots Angel Dust performs in "Masquerade" has him getting down in orgies and BDSM, but all of that is tainted by the fact Valentino forced him into those productions. The BDSM gangbang in particular is too brutal to be provocative, and is potentially breaking a lot of rules in a proper session. |
| 208 | * TheFatalist: Angel's attitude as revealed in the "ADDICT" video ([[spoiler:well, at least until the last verse]]) seems to be that his world is going to shit anyway, so he might not make a serious effort to be redeemed due to [[IveComeTooFar what he's done and will likely continue to do to numb the pain]] and just keep up his drug-abusing, gangster, porn star persona with a free place to crash while he's at it. |
| 209 | * FireAndBrimstoneHell: Although presented as a sprawling, densely-packed city for the most part, what areas in Hell that aren't covered in buildings are depicted with volcanoes and general volcanic terrain. |
| 210 | * FireForgedFriends: After the events of episode 3, the residents of the hotel (minus Alastor) seem to be becoming this. |
| 211 | * FisherKingdom: Souls sent to Hell gain demonic traits based on how they died, and even {{Fallen Angel}}s seem to become more demonic with prolonged exposure. Lucifer has red eyes and horns despite being a seraphim, and [[spoiler:Vaggie]] gains small fangs and reddish eyes that she didn't have prior to falling. |
| 212 | * FixItInPost: Said by Vaggie after Niffty fails to say her line (or ANYTHING) for the hotel's new commercial in Episode 1. Angel Dust, who actually has experience with being on a film set, is dubious. |
| 213 | -->'''Vaggie:''' Maybe we can try to fix it in post.\ |
| 214 | '''Angel Dust:''' Do you even know what that means?\ |
| 215 | '''Vaggie:''' (angrily) I'll figure it out! |
| 216 | * FluffyCloudHeaven: Apparently this is what Charlie thinks Heaven is like, as seen in "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow". However, what few glimpses of angels are seen implies they're not quite as nice as Charlie thinks they are, with the angels holding spears, glaring at demons with murderous smiles. [[spoiler:Episode 6 "Welcome to Heaven" however shows that Heaven really does seem like a nice place to live, and that most angels weren't even ''aware'' their forces are committing a yearly genocide on Hell]]. |
| 217 | * FollowTheBouncingBall: Several of the songs ("Hell is Forever", "Respectless", "Loser, Baby", "Hell's Greatest Dad", "More Than Anything", and "Ready For This") have sing-along versions with on-screen lyrics and a bouncing pentagram symbol as the ball. |
| 218 | * ForeignCussWord: Vaggie has lapsed into Spanish twice while angry -- once while muttering "come mierda, malparido" in response to Angel Dust being... Angel Dust, and again when Alastor shows his face at the hotel when she refers to him with the phrase "cabron hijo de perra", which roughly translate to "eat shit, motherfucker" and "jackass son of a bitch", respectively. |
| 219 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 220 | ** There are a few hints at [[spoiler:Vaggie being a FallenAngel, and more specifically a former Exorcist,]] before it's confirmed in "Welcome to Heaven", from [[spoiler:her clearly angelic spear (which could be justified as a leftover admittedly), her eyepatch which parallels the masks of the Exorcists, her alluding to a military background and calling demons "[Charlie's] people" in "Scrambled Eggs", along with some of her lyrics and looking towards Heaven in "Whatever it Takes", and her reaction when Lucifer is talking about the negative side of Heaven in "Dead Beat Dad".]] |
| 221 | ** In "Radio Killed the Video Star", [[spoiler:Charlie tells Sir Pentious, "At this rate, you'll be redeemed in no time." In "The Show Must Go On", that's exactly what happens, as Sir Pentious pulls a HeroicSacrifice, which leads to his redemption and becoming an AscendedDemon.]] |
| 222 | ** Adam, the original man, is foul-mouthed, hypocritical, arrogant, and bloodthirsty, yet he not only became an angel, he became a ''high-ranking'' one at that, leading to questions of how in the world he was considered pure enough for Heaven when he would be right at home in Hell. [[spoiler:"Welcome to Heaven" reveals the criteria to get into Heaven are not necessarily based on being a good person and are completely unknowable even to the angels.]] |
| 223 | ** When Carmilla Carmine is first seen, the camera focuses on her ArmedLegs, showing them glowing to make it clear that they're a holy weapon. [[spoiler:She later reveals to Vaggie that [[TakesOneToKillOne angels can only be killed by angelic steel]], having used her weapons to decapacitate an Exorcist.]] |
| 224 | ** The day before the battle against the angels, Sir Pentious makes a toast to [[spoiler: "not dying tomorrow", and then is the only one to die in the ensuing battle - that is until he revives in heaven afterwards for his sacrifice.]] |
| 225 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: When Alastor shows off his GameFace [[DoNotAdjustYourSet the screen goes staticky]]. |
| 226 | * FreezeFrameBonus: |
| 227 | ** During Charlie's melancholy opening number, when the shadow/puppet show about the extermination ends and we switch to the scene in Hell, one of the first things appearing is a "Fuck you, Heaven" graffiti. |
| 228 | ** During Charlie's opening song when it cuts to the demon overlords in the Porn Studio, a chat message between Angel Dust and Valentino demanding money of him can be seen, explaining what he was doing with the john he left before he got his drugs. |
| 229 | ** The billboard behind Angel Dust when he reacts to a thug who stole his drugs getting crushed by a boulder reads ''We couldn't think for a pun for our shop but we sell hard DRUGS!'' |
| 230 | ** The {{crawl}} during Katie Killjoy and Tom Trench's news report starts out relevant but [[UnreadablyFastText rapidly goes off the rails]] into the writer complaining about his poor marriage and [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext an orangutan at the zoo that he thought made a weird face at him]]. |
| 231 | ** In the Official Trailer, whenever it cuts to the scene showing Charlie's interview being broadcast on several [=TVs=], there's always one playing ''WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys'' instead of the interview. In the actual pilot itself, the cartoon is instead seen playing on a TV in the nightclub scene. |
| 232 | ** The words "Radio sounds = stay away!" and "Do not fuck with him!", among others, are written on posters warning others of Alastor's reputation directly behind Alastor while he's watching Charlie sing. There's also a "for a good time" number in the same frame. Unsurprisingly, Hell's area code is 666. |
| 233 | ** In addition to his pupils briefly turning to [[WingdingEyes radio dials]] when Vaggie threatens him, there's a single frame of Alastor with a NightmareFace ''[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hazbin_nightmare_fuel.png even more horrifying]]'' than he normally looks. |
| 234 | ** One of the axe-wielding maniacs during Charlie's song is a chubby woman in a old-fashioned dress, possibly [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden Lizzie Borden]]. |
| 235 | ** In one shot during Alastor destroying Sir Pentious's airship, you can spot a [[FluffyCloudHeaven pristine white sphere surrounded by clouds in the sky]]. It looks suspiciously clean compared to the rest of Hell. |
| 236 | ** The background goes through several [[ArtShift changes in art style]] in "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow", including a change to 1930s-style black and white animation a la Creator/FleischerStudios and ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie.'' |
| 237 | ** At the beginning of "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow", Charlie walks by an arrow with the words [[MusicalWorldHypothesis Musical Logic]] on it. |
| 238 | ** When singing about the "puppy dog kisses, and cotton candy dreams", Charlie then throws the puppy ''off'' the Puffy Wuffy Clouds as she mentions them, its legs feebly waving to try to get back on. |
| 239 | ** When Alastor kicks a skull during his VillainSong, Niffty can be seen cleaning it up when the pieces land. |
| 240 | ** During Alastor's, [[CurbStompBattle ahem]], counterattack on Sir Pentious, before one of his Egg Bois gets cracked harder than Humpty Dumpty, the word "#OUCH" can be read on their backside. |
| 241 | ** Charlie's cell phone is labeled "Hellphone [[LampshadeHanging Hah, get it?]]" |
| 242 | ** Hidden on the donut Razzle was about to eat is the [[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel "Loss"]] [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss meme]] [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hazbinhotel/images/1/19/Raz_and_Daz.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20181020061121 in the white sprinkles]]. |
| 243 | ** During the section of "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow" where Charlie pushes over the crucifixes, a signpost can be seen with Selina Kyle's neon "Hello There/Hell Here" sign from Film/BatmanReturns , complete with the O and T burnt out. |
| 244 | ** There's even an ''audio'' Freeze-Frame Bonus, too: when Alastor is looking at the portrait of Charlie with her parents, you can hear what sounds an awful lot like a ''tiny'' snippet of "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow", suggesting he's consciously composing the DarkReprise he will bust out shortly. |
| 245 | * FromBadToWorse: Charlie's interview on 666 News starts out on a low note with Katie Killjoy being upfront about her contempt for the Princess of Hell, and only worsens from there. First Charlie's speech describing her project fails to impress anyone. Then her song makes her a laughingstock. ''Then'' her attempt to salvage the situation by naming Angel Dust as her first patron goes up in smoke when news breaks out that he's participating in the latest turf war. Finally, violence breaks out between Charlie and the news anchor, and the situation descends into chaos from there. |
| 246 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: |
| 247 | ** Katie Killjoy falls asleep and [[ComicalNapDrool drools]] during Charlie's speech and wakes up abruptly (with a car alarm chirp at that) when Charlie bangs her fist on the table. |
| 248 | ** When Charlie finishes her song (standing on the news anchors' desk), Katie and Tom are leaning as far away from her as they can. |
| 249 | ** The crawl for [[KentBrockmanNews 666 News]] quickly devolves into the writer complaining about his relationship problems and how mad his wife got when he banged their cleaning lady. |
| 250 | ** When Alastor kicks a skull aside during his song, Niffty can be seen rushing to clean it up behind him. |
| 251 | ** In the "ADDICT" music video, one of the demons seen lusting over Angel Dust during his show is Travis, the same demon whom Angel was seen dealing with [[CallBack at the beginning of the pilot]]. As he's singing, Angel [[ButtMonkey kicks Travis in the face]]. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:G-L]] |
| 255 | * GambitPileup: There are several major players in the show, each with their own agendas. Besides Charlie wanting to redeem sinners, Alastor's desire for entertainment, and Heaven's desire to cull the sinner population and moving up the timetable to every six months instead of every year, [[spoiler:in part because a demon managed to actually kill an Exorcist]], some of the Overlords, namely the Vees, are planning to use the situation to further their own power. |
| 256 | * GameFace: Every demon seems to have a "true form" that comes out when they get angry. |
| 257 | * GenreRoulette: The show's soundtrack constantly changes style. There are classic Broadway-style tunes ("Happy Day in Hell", "Ready For This", "Stayed Gone"), Jazz ("Loser, Baby"), dance pop ("Poison"), Latin pop ("Out For Love"), ''Theatre/{{Six|TheMusical}}''-esque PopRap ("Respectless"), electro swing ("Hell's Greatest Dad"), BaroquePop ("Welcome to Heaven"), HardRock ("Hell Is Forever"), acoustic ballads ("More Than Anything"), and even 2000s-era AlternativeRock {{Power Ballad}}s ("Whatever It Takes"). |
| 258 | * GenreShift: The pilot is a straight comedy, with wild, hyper-expressive animation, several jokes a minute, and characters that are much easier to understand at a glance. The series, on the other hand, is a comedic drama. The animation is more grounded, the characters are deeper and more subdued, and the jokes are more spread out to allow for more character moments and plot. |
| 259 | * GilliganCut: When Cherri Bomb and Angel Dust are discussing whether Angel Dust will get into trouble over taking part in the turf war, Angel [[TemptingFate asks what one little brawl is going to cause]]. Cut back to the studio; all [[AccidentalPun hell's]] broken loose. There are alarm sirens blaring and warning lights flashing, Katie and Charlie are wrestling back and forth and Tom is ''somehow'' set on fire. |
| 260 | -->'''[[TheChewToy Trench]]''': '''''[[ManOnFire WHY WON'T ANYBODY HELP ME?!]]''''' |
| 261 | * GlamourFailure: |
| 262 | ** During her song on the news, Charlie's appearance occasionally shifts to a more demonic one, with red eyes, jagged teeth, and even horns. Alastor's own appearance shifts sometimes when people aren't looking at him, such as when Charlie turns her back on him, as well as during Vaggie's backstory description of him, though sometimes Alastor also appears to use these transformations intentionally in order to intimidate people or show off his power without actually needing to resort to violence. |
| 263 | ** Shortly before [[https://hazbinhotel.com/alastor-comic/page-15 resorting to violence]], Alastor has this. Interestingly, this time he has a very different appearance which is more akin to the warning posters located behind him while watching Charlie's song in the pilot, meaning that he has a true form hiding behind an AffablyEvil mask. |
| 264 | * GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Lucifer and Lilith were directly responsible for corrupting the mortal world, and have been neglectful parents and rulers. Meanwhile, Heaven didn't lift a finger when Adam was an abusive husband to Lilith, and the Exterminators are even ''more'' immature than most demons. |
| 265 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Adam, of all people. After a distressed Lute runs up to him and turns him over, he gives her a small smile. Not a smirk as he usually does, but a genuine, tired, almost sad smile as he dies. [[AlasPoorVillain Almost makes you feel bad for the guy.]]]] |
| 266 | * GovernmentConspiracy: "Welcome to Heaven" reveals that [[spoiler:contrary to what Adam claimed in "Overture", outside of Heaven's higher-ups and the Exorcists, no one in Heaven knew about the Exterminations prior to Adam accidentally spilling the beans.]] |
| 267 | * GroinAttack: Katie Killjoy dumps scalding hot coffee in her co-anchor's lap when he makes a crude comment. |
| 268 | * HaHaHaNo: Alastor's response to the first thing Angel Dust says to him is to immediately turn him down. |
| 269 | -->'''Alastor''': And what can you do, my effeminate fellow?\ |
| 270 | '''Angel Dust''': I can suck your dick.\ |
| 271 | '''Alastor''': HA! ''' ''No.'' ''' |
| 272 | * {{Hammerspace}}: Not only can Angel Dust "hide" his other 4 arms, but he can pull out entire Tommy Guns from seemingly nowhere too. |
| 273 | * HandshakeOfDoom: Defied. Charlie knows better than to make a deal with Alastor, so when the Radio Demon holds out his hand to shake and make a deal, Charlie swats it away and tells him that there won't be any shaking or deals. [[spoiler:Later played straight, when Charlie is in the depths of despair and Alastor once more offers a deal.]] |
| 274 | * HaveWeMet: When Sir Pentious turns up to attack the Hazbin Hotel: |
| 275 | -->'''Sir Pentious:''' Hah! Well, well, well. Look who it is harboring the striped freak! We meet yet again, Alastor!\ |
| 276 | '''Alastor:''' Do I know you? |
| 277 | * {{Heaven}}: Although it has not been seen in detail, Heaven can briefly be seen in the skyline as a large white orb with a [[HolyHalo white halo-shaped ring]] when Alastor is destroying Sir Pentious's airship. |
| 278 | * {{Hell}}: The main setting takes place in the infernal domain where sinners end up after death. It's the CityOfTheDamned variety, as Hell is depicted as a massive sprawling urban metropolis that's under the constant effects of turf wars, open corruption, and {{Blood Knight}}s who do evil things just for kicks. |
| 279 | * HellHotel: {{Inverted}}, as the Hazbin Hotel is the only hotel in Hell that tries to ''reform'' their clientele so they can ascend up to Heaven. |
| 280 | * HellIsWar: Hell is overflowing and demons and sinners are constantly being purged by Heaven. Turf wars and "territorial genocide" promptly ensue to take over newly vacated territory. |
| 281 | * AHellOfATime: Aside from all the things that make it a CrapsackWorld, Hell caters to every vice and fetish you can imagine, and most of the background buildings are bars, brothels, casinos or nightclubs. You can even buy drugs from a vending machine. |
| 282 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Angel Dust works in the Adult Film industry [[spoiler:although not entirely consensually]] and despite his crude behavior, ''is'' the first demon to step up for the redemption program. In secret, of course; he still needs to protect his hardcore gangster persona. |
| 283 | * HopeSpot: |
| 284 | ** Right after the opening, a recently deceased human soul "drops" into Hell. He has just enough time to exclaim "I'm alive. I'm alive!" before getting run over by a car. |
| 285 | ** After telling Charlie that he wishes to help with the hotel, even for his own personal reasons, she asks Alastor for his opinion on rehabilitating demons: |
| 286 | --->'''Charlie''': So does this mean that you think it's possible to rehabilitate a demon?\ |
| 287 | '''Alastor''': ''(laughs)'' Of course not! That's wacky nonsense! |
| 288 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: |
| 289 | ** While singing [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrM-eDxTas "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow"]], Charlie's face suddenly shifts into a demonic-looking one with glowing eyes and horns, which causes onlooking demons to back away with looks of shock. |
| 290 | ** Charlie herself (who is [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Hell's princess]] just to remind you) is frightened by Alastor when he comes knocking. Downplayed as she’s more frightened by his cruel yet mysterious personality, rather than his actual power, since she knows she’s more powerful than him. |
| 291 | ** The Exorcist angels are feared by the entirety of Hell's demons due to their ability to [[CessationOfExistence inflict permanent death]] on them. The opening shows the powerful overlords Vox and Valentino hiding out from them during the purge. |
| 292 | * HousepetPig: Angel Dust has an adorable pig-like demon named Fat Nuggets as a pet. He's literally Angel's MoralityPet. |
| 293 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: The serial killer and cannibal Jeffery Dahmer hosts a cannibal cooking show in Hell. |
| 294 | * HumansAreBastards: The reason Hell has an overpopulation problem in the first place is because it's an EasyRoadToHell for sinners. |
| 295 | * HumanoidAbomination: Essentially all of the more powerful angels and demons [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith appear humanoid]]. However, when they go OneWingedAngel, they take on numerous inhuman traits. Sera and Emily have [[AngelicAbomination dozens of eyes]] [[EyesDoNotBelongThere in all the wrong places]]. Lucifer and Charlie grow devil horns and tails. And Alastor is, well, [[OutsideContextProblem Alastor]], whose true form is indicated to be even more monstrous than the glimpses the viewer has been shown. Since everyone is a manifestation of a soul, transformations are to be expected, and the stronger you are, the more you transform. |
| 296 | * ImAHumanitarian: |
| 297 | ** Real life SerialKiller [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dahmer Jeffrey Dahmer]] the infamous '''Milwaukee Cannibal''' is understandably in Hell. He has a cannibal cooking segment on 666 News called the "It's Dahm Good! cooking show" and it's advertised as being "Guaranteed Cannibalicious!".[[note]][[EveryoneHasStandards Who approved this?]][[/note]] |
| 298 | ** Zombie-like cannibals are featured when Charlie mentions cannibals in "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow". |
| 299 | ** During the aftermath of the most recent extermination, demons can be seen devouring the recently deceased and a meat vendor can be seen scavenging carcasses for product to sell. Nobody seems to notice or care. |
| 300 | ** In the short webcomic A Day in the After Life, there is a whole district of them, but two are notable: The first is a butcher who appears to chop up and serve any of his potential customers incapable of defending themselves. The second is [[spoiler:Alastor himself]], who takes exception to the butcher targeting a cute female demon and turns the tables on him, donning a GameFace and then ripping him to shreds... which he then proceeds to snack on. |
| 301 | * ImmediateSequel: Chronologically, the first episode of the series occurs just one week after the Pilot, despite being released 4 years later. Most of the concepts are reiterated or recontextualized for those who may not have seen it. |
| 302 | * ImpossibleTask: The rehabilitation project is frequently viewed and mocked as this, either because many sinners don't care or because they think that their chance has already passed the moment they are damned. |
| 303 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: On the ride back to the hotel from the disastrous interview on TV, Angel Dust starts ripping into the hotel and its success/failure hard enough to [[MadeMyselfSad make himself get bummed out]], so he starts to search for some form of liquor inside the limo. |
| 304 | * InherentInTheSystem: In "Welcome to Heaven", it's revealed that [[spoiler: the method by which a soul is judged is unknown to the angels running Heaven. People like Adam can wind up in Heaven despite being generally horrible people while a single mistake can land a soul in Hell even if they're decent. This fact is known to Heaven's leadership, but they refuse to question the system for fear of falling like Lucifer. While it has proven to be possible for a Sinner to ascend to Heaven, the fact it has only been reported once in thousands of years shows that it is extremely difficult.]] |
| 305 | * InterruptedIntimacy: In the Happy Day in Hell clip, there is a moment where Charlie catches two demons having kinky bondage sex through a window with no curtains drawn. |
| 306 | * InterspeciesRomance: |
| 307 | ** The rulers of hell and formerly HappilyMarried couple Lucifer and Lilith, especially in the beginning. The former is a FallenAngel while the latter is a human-turned demon. |
| 308 | ** "[[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E6WelcomeToHeaven Welcome to Heaven]]" reveals that [[spoiler:the show's main couple Charlie and Vaggie are also this. As Charlie is a half-angel and half-demon hellborn while Vaggie is a FallenAngel and former Exorcist.]] |
| 309 | * JerkassHasAPoint: When Angel Dust pisses off Vaggie, she declares that she's going to kill him. However, Angel Dust asks how exactly that would work, seeing as how he's already dead and in Hell. Vaggie's [[WingdingEyes eye turning into a skull]] show that, as mad as she might be, Angel Dust is right. |
| 310 | * KarmicReformHell: The Hotel was designed to be this; a place in Hell where willing wayward souls become worthy of Heaven. |
| 311 | * KentBrockmanNews: The 666 News has Tom Trench who makes blatant sexual cracks, Katie Killjoy who regularly assaults her co-newscaster, and a news {{crawl}} that focuses more on the writer's personal problems than actual news. |
| 312 | * KilledOffForReal: Normally, since everyone's already dead, nothing can kill you in Hell. You can be horribly mutilated, but you'll pull yourself back together eventually. But weapons forged in Heaven ''can'' permanently kill the denizens of Hell, which is how the annual purge is conducted. |
| 313 | * LaughTrack: Alastor, befitting his status as the Radio Demon, is constantly followed in-universe by canned laughter, applause, etc. |
| 314 | * LecherousStepparent: As Adam was Lilith's first husband, he is arguably Charlie's stepfather. This makes his numerous lewd references to her even more uncomfortable. Additionally, as Adam is ancestor to all humans, his [[ParentalIncest exploits with human women become even worse the more you think about them]]. |
| 315 | * LeonineContract: The soul contracts. Overlords didn't get their power by being fair. Either any "advantages" granted to the weaker partner are something that it suits the holder to give them (e.g. making Angel famous and supplying his vices gives Valentino free rein to sexually abuse him further), or drastically out of proportion to the price (Husk claims that he "sold his soul to save (his) power", but ended up a slave). The length of time is also a factor, since an Overlord could own your soul for eternity for a one-off favour, if you were desperate enough, or defer "payment" and keep it over your head (as Alastor does to Charlie), maintaining the contract by leaving you hanging. |
| 316 | * LightIsGood: Emily and the angels are very nice and friendly, but [[spoiler:except for [[LightIsNotGood Sera]] because due to her being responsible for accepting Adam's proposal of exterminating sinners from Hell]]. |
| 317 | * LightIsNotGood: Adam has an angelic suit, but he's portrayed to be a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish, arrogant, mysoginist]], and a [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] villain who slaughters sinners from Hell. |
| 318 | ** [[spoiler:Sera]] is shown to be an [[AffablyEvil affable seraphim]] who always cares about Emily and the angels and protecting Heaven, but [[spoiler: she is revealed to let Adam's extermination to kill all the sinners]]. |
| 319 | * LittleNo: Alastor's answer to being offered a blowjob by Angel Dust is a hearty, single laugh and a softer 'no'. |
| 320 | ** Emily also gets one in the middle of "You Didn't Know", when she realizes that Sera [[spoiler: knew and allowed the Exterminations to happen]]. |
| 321 | * LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: |
| 322 | ** The cast of characters includes a myriad of demons. Along with the more typical demonic looking ones, there are demons that could pass off as regular humans to varying degrees and demons that are more animal-like. The animal demons range from those that look a LittleBitBeastly, FunnyAnimals, to {{Animalistic Abomination}}s. Then there are also demons that are just plain bizarre such as one that's an anthropomorphic chair and one that's an anthropomorphic jigsaw puzzle. |
| 323 | ** "[[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E6WelcomeToHeaven Welcome to Heaven]]" reveals that it is also the case with Heaven, where various residents will have an animalistic, insect-like or even weirder form, aside from the actual Archangels and Seraphim who can range from mostly humanoid to fully [[AngelicAbomination biblically-accurate]]. Even the mostly human-looking angels can look a little off, such as St Peter who looks human but has no nose. |
| 324 | * LittleBitBeastly: Many of the demons. Charlie has CuteLittleFangs and a small black-dot nose, somewhat like a dog's, and Alastor is mostly human except for his antlers [[spoiler:which grow when he's enraged or about to kill somebody]]. |
| 325 | ** A few residents of heaven look animalistic as well. |
| 326 | * LyricalDissonance: The song "Music/{{Addict}}" is full of this, with a hint of SoundtrackDissonance as well. It sounds like a peppy and cheery song with some silly sex and violence going on, but listening and looking a little closer (doubly so for the video, which sugarcoats nothing) tells an incredibly depressing story about Angel and Cherri being "addicted" to their lifestyles, using sex, drugs, murder, and mayhem in an attempt to ignore their pain and sadness. |
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| 330 | * MagicallyBindingContract: |
| 331 | ** Angel's soul contract with Valentino is represented as a golden parchment that Valentino can conjure out of thin air, and Angel has no choice but to work for Valentino as long as he has it. It presumably works similarly for any deal to sell one's soul. |
| 332 | ** The "binding" aspect also manifests more literally in the form of chains around Angel or Husk's neck, held by the person who owns their soul and by extension their entire existence. |
| 333 | ** More generally speaking, a DealWithTheDevil is sealed with a magic-infused handshake that obligates both parties to fulfill their end of the agreement, however lopsided, and cannot be broken by any known means. [[spoiler:Alastor's driving motivation is to figure out a way to break his contract and escape the control of whatever entity is above him.]] |
| 334 | * MaliciousMisnaming: |
| 335 | ** The original name for Charlie's project is the ''Happy'' Hotel. It's Alastor, who doesn't believe in the hotel's mission, who rebrands it with the less flattering title. |
| 336 | ** Katie Killjoy refers to Charlie by her real name, "Charlotte". [[DoNotCallMePaul Charlie objects and tries to correct Katie]], but the newscaster's response demonstrates that she doesn't care. |
| 337 | * MatchCut: In the "ADDICT" music video, a puddle of Angel's tears on the floor cuts to a puddle of rainwater on the ground outside, in which the reflection of Cherri's former associate can be seen for a second before she runs through it. |
| 338 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 339 | ** Katie Killjoy the news anchor demon is a general jerk who kills others' joy such as putting down Charlie's plans and pouring hot coffee on her co-newscaster's lap. |
| 340 | ** It takes a while to realize it, but it's certainly fitting that the first demon to opt for being redeemed and sent to Heaven is named ''Angel'' Dust. (Angel Dust is also a slang term for the drug PCP, so it's meaningful on multiple levels.) |
| 341 | * MeaningfulRename: One of the things Alastor does to Charlie's project as part of his help is (forcibly) renaming her Happy Hotel to the titular Hazbin Hotel. The most popular interpretation is that Hazbin stands for "Has Been", befitting for what is basically a rehabilitation clinic. |
| 342 | * MonstrousHumanoid: Some of the demons who aren't LittleBitBeastly or outright FunnyAnimals are these. Some of these may be concealing something [[HumanoidAbomination even worse]]. |
| 343 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: The general mindset of the Exorcists is that they need to conduct Exterminations as a solution to Hell's overpopulation problem. [[spoiler:Or actually to keep the Sinners from posing a potential threat to Heaven]]. This is what Charlie is trying to find an alternative to, as the Exorcists have no mercy and kill whoever they want, with Charlie instead offering redemption so that Sinners ''don't'' suffer a CruelAndUnusualDeath from the Exorcists. |
| 344 | * MusicalWorldHypothesis: It’s implied that Lilith, and by extension Charlie, have the power to turn the world around them into a type 1. We see Charlie apparently have some reality warper powers during her song in the pilot that were picked up by the cameras. The StorybookOpening for the first official episode said Lilith empowered demon kind with her voice and passed on her dream to her daughter. This is supported by multiple characters explicitly stating that characters are singing, most notably in Happy Day in Hell and at the end of Loser Baby. |
| 345 | * MythologyGag: |
| 346 | ** In "Masquerade", Angel Dust is shown in the porno he starred in wearing the same style of gloves he wore in the pilot. |
| 347 | ** In "Welcome to Heaven", a flashback shows how Charlie and Vaggie first met, and they're both wearing their outfits from the original pilot. |
| 348 | ** In "The Show Must Go On", Sir Pentius calls Vaggie "Vagatha". Vaggie corrects him that it's not her name, but in the pilot and earlier comics, her full name ''was'' Vagatha. |
| 349 | * NewTechnologyIsEvil: |
| 350 | ** Downplayed. While not a direct personification, Alastor appeared in Hell decades ago (having lived as a radio talk host, dying in 1933) and quickly toppled overlords who had reigned for centuries, then used the fairly new radio technology (radio was invented in 1895, but made widely available in the 20s/30s and probably took some time to reach Hell) to broadcast his carnage for all to listen. |
| 351 | ** Also played with in that Alastor doesn't like modern technology, and hates Vox, who is more up-to-date with such things. Tellingly, Alastor's return to the scene has Vox and the Vees, all proficient in modern technology and trends, as antagonistic to the older Overlords, with Vox having a particular beef against Alastor for past slights. |
| 352 | * NightmareFace: Shows up on a number of characters, most notably Alastor, who switches between a normal face and several nightmarish faces, sometimes deliberately to frighten people, but at times it may also be a case of GlamourFailure. |
| 353 | * NonHumanHead: |
| 354 | ** There's a background demon seen among the newsroom audience who has a television screen for a head like Vox. |
| 355 | ** The demon who calls Charlie's song "shit" has a hat for a head. |
| 356 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Happens twice with Vaggie, the first being when [[spoiler: she spares a demon child during an extermination, which results in Lute tearing off her wings and gouging out one of her eyes before she's exiled from Heaven]]. The second is when she spares Lute's life, saying that she isn't worth killing. Lute responds by tearing off her arm and immediately attacking Vaggie, which a bemused Adam smugly rubs in Charlie's face. |
| 357 | * TheNoseless: Even human-looking characters such as St. Peter or Lucifer will be slightly off, such as lacking any nose whatsoever. |
| 358 | * NothingIsTheSameAnymore: "The Show Must Go On" brings Season 1 to an end with changes in the status quo. [[spoiler:Not only is Charlie proven right that Sinners can become {{Ascended Demon}}s, but Sir Pentious -- the demon in question -- appears directly in front of Emily and Sera when he ascends to Heaven, removing all doubt that what Charlie wants is possible. Not only that, but Alastor vows to find a loophole in his deal to escape from his proverbial chains, the Extermination has failed with Heaven being driven back, Charlie is hailed as a hero in Hell, and the Hazbin Hotel will re-open with Lucifer's blessing.]] |
| 359 | * NotHowImDyingDeclaration: In the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler:Alastor fights and is defeated by Adam, with him barely escaping the battle alive]]. Later in the song "Finale", he expresses his anger that, after spending almost a century building up his reputation, he came so close to dying in what all of Hell would perceive as a HeroicSacrifice. |
| 360 | -->"''Great [[spoiler:Alastor]], [[BlatantLies altruist]], died for his friends?'' |
| 361 | -->"''Sorry to disappoint - That is '''not''' where this ends!''" |
| 362 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: While Heaven frames the purges as being to stop an OverpopulationCrisis in Hell, in "Overture" Adam outright admits that the angels get sick amusement from the Exorcists slaughtering Sinners, and Charlie's narration in the opening of the episode more or less confirms that Heaven wants to keep Hell beaten down so that the demons can't rise up against the angels, while still acting HolierThanThou. They even move up the next extermination to six months after the last one instead of a full year, [[spoiler:in large part because Carmilla killed an Exorcist in defense of her daughters, so they want to make sure that no demon ever tries anything like that again.]] "Welcome to Heaven" reveals that [[spoiler:the Exterminations were actually ''Adam's'' idea to begin with, and are kept secret from the rest of Heaven.]] |
| 363 | * NumberOfTheBeast: Being set in Hell, the number 666 often pops up in one form or another. |
| 364 | * NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler:In the final battle, Vaggie has Lute pinned under the hotel's rubble, who says to just GetItOverWith. Vaggie refuses, saying she wants Lute to know that [[BadassBoast she is only alive because she let her live]]. She still [[AnArmAndALeg loses an arm]] when freeing herself from the rubble though.]] |
| 365 | * OminousVisualGlitch: Alastor's powers manifest as static and flickering, apparently in the world around him as well as for the viewer, when he notes that [[IfIWantedYouDead if he wanted to hurt anyone at the hotel, he would have done so when he first showed up]]. |
| 366 | * OneHeadTaller: All the couples and [[ShipTease teased pairings]] in the series have sizable height differences. Charlie is [[YourSizeMayVary half a head to a head]] taller than Vaggie, Lucifer is a head shorter than Lilith in their family portraits, Husk comes up to about Angel's shoulder, Sir Pentious is at least a head taller than Cherri, and Valentino stands head and shoulders over Vox. |
| 367 | * OneWingedAngel: Some demons are able to transform into a more monstrous and powerful form. |
| 368 | * OverlyLongGag: The {{Crawl}} during the first 666 News segment. It starts off describing the story of the day, devolves into a furious rant at the writer's wife whom he cheated on, and runs for the entire length of the scene. |
| 369 | * OverpopulationCrisis: You know it's bad when ''Hell'' is facing this problem. It's usually solved by annual purges, but Charlie wants to try to [[AscendedDemon reform demons to send them to Heaven]] to solve the problem instead. "Overture" reveals that this is at least partially a lie, and that the angels are more interested in keeping the demons from being able to rise up against them, and because they get entertainment out of it. |
| 370 | -->'''Sign''': ''Welcome to Hell, Population: A Fuckton.'' |
| 371 | * OutOfGenreExperience: "[[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E4Masquerade Masquerade]]" mostly forgoes the show's black comedy in favor of a disturbing PsychologicalHorror story exploring abuse, though the upbeat musical numbers still stay. The episodes following it mostly return to comedy. |
| 372 | * PictorialLetterSubstitution: |
| 373 | ** The "Hazbin Hotel" title logo has the "t" replaced by a key. |
| 374 | ** In the official LyricVideo for "Poison", most of the "poison"s in the chorus have the second "O" replaced by a spinning skull. |
| 375 | ** In some valentines posted by the official Twitter for 2024, [[https://twitter.com/HazbinHotel/status/1757861426213839097 Cherri's]], which reads, "You make my heart go BOOM", replaces the Os with two of her bombs. |
| 376 | * PinkIsErotic: |
| 377 | ** Angel Dust is a promiscuous sinner demon who has bright pink spots throughout the white fur on his body. His suit also features a white/pink color scheme. |
| 378 | ** Valentino, Angel's boss, is a pimp Demon Lord who keeps sex slaves for his sex club, he wears bright pink shades and his alluring smoke is bright pink. |
| 379 | * ThePowerOfLove: Carmilla credits this as the crucial factor that allows her to [[spoiler: kill an angel]], and advises Vaggie to tap into it in the song "Out For Love". Unlike other examples, she gives Vaggie the most pragmatic explanation of the trope: if you love someone, you become afraid of losing them; and when you are about of losing them, you fight with all your might and no restrains to make sure to keep them safe. |
| 380 | * PrecisionFStrike: |
| 381 | ** Charlie swears far less than most of the rest of the cast. When she does swear, it usually has a pretty big impact. She considers Alastor "sketchy as fuck" and, from what she and Vaggie have heard about him, rightfully so. |
| 382 | ** Alastor gets a [[PrecisionFStrike Precision F Carpet Bombing]] in his featured comic -- all because he saw Vox on a passing set of television screens with his face on it glaring back at him. He adds one addressed to Lucifer in "Dad Beat Dad" and another [[spoiler: as an OhCrap moment agains Adam]] in ''The Show Must Go On''. |
| 383 | ** The Happy Day in Hell clip ends with Charlie declaring that today will be a “FUCKING happy day in Hell!” In the full "Happy Day in Hell" song, when she gets to the cannibal town in Hell, she says "Holy shit" in a disgusted tone. |
| 384 | * PunnyName: |
| 385 | ** Sir Pentious the [[SnakePeople Snake Demon]] and his Egg Bois. |
| 386 | ** Angel Dust and his sister, Molly; both are slang names for drugs. As an added bonus, Molly's eyes have noticeably large pupils, an actual side effect of MDMA. |
| 387 | ** According to the Hazbin Hotel trading cards the human souls who get admitted to Heaven are called Winners, to rhyme with Hell's Sinners. |
| 388 | * PurgatoryAndLimbo: Effectively, the point of the Hazbin Hotel is to work as a Purgatory of sorts. |
| 389 | * ThePurge: To deal with Hell's overpopulation problem, Heaven sends angels once every year to kill off a portion of the populace. Carmilla Carmine assesses that 16% of Hell's population was exterminated in the latest purge, which she notes is unusually high. Charlie's intentions with the hotel are to make demons into {{Ascended Demon}}s to avoid being purged. |
| 390 | * RapidFireComedy: Not only in the traditional "if one joke fails, another is coming up in five seconds" sense, but the editing is comically breakneck-fast, with some cuts lasting as short as ''half a second.'' |
| 391 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: A majority of the demons and sinners have a red and black color combination, fitting with the fact that they're residents of Hell. The one to avert the "evil" part while still having the colors is [[TokenHeroicOrc Charlie]], who runs the titular hotel. |
| 392 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: All over the place given that this is Hell, but it's especially prominent with Alastor. During a moment where he notes that [[IfIWantedYouDead he would have hurt people if he wanted to]], his eyes start glowing a blood red color. Also, his eyes occasionally light up like red light bulbs, such as when first appearing at the hotel. |
| 393 | * RedSkyTakeWarning: Along with an ominous-looking pentagram floating up above, the entire sky of Hell is completely blood red. It's one of the things which indicate the setting is an infernal realm. |
| 394 | * RegularlyScheduledEvil: The exterminations apparently happen yearly, with a large clock tower counting down the days between them. |
| 395 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler:Near the end of "You Didn't Know", Adam, along with Lute, reveals to Charlie and the whole court that Vaggie was a exterminator.]] |
| 396 | -->'''Adam''': What's the fuss? [[spoiler:Why hide the fact that you're an angel just like us?]] |
| 397 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: |
| 398 | ** Seeing her people being slaughtered every year in response to Hell’s Overpopulation Crisis, Charlie decides she can’t stand idly by while the place she lives in is subjected to such violence. She embarks on a passion project to solve the problem in a humane way by rehabilitating sinners. |
| 399 | ** Generaly speaking, both in ''Hazbin Hotel'' and ''Helluva Boss'', most of Overlords, nobility and Deadly Sins got a job besides their situations. Some of the sinners - Overlords - are even arguably powerful and influential beings probably because of the important position they managed to obtain in strategic professional sectors (the Vees in digital media, Carmilla in arms dealing, Alastor partially because the radio was the emerging medium when he arrived and used it to terrify his rivals...). |
| 400 | ** Subverted with Lucifer. It's implied he used to be very pro-active as King of Hell and Pride Ring leader, but isn't anymore due to his depression, which is in a big part a result of his failure to achieve his goals. |
| 401 | * RuleOfSymbolism: The reason Charlie's rehabilitation center is a hotel. As she puts it, hotels are for people passing through temporarily. Her goal being that demons spend a short time at the hotel before moving on to Heaven. |
| 402 | * RunningGag: |
| 403 | ** With Sir Pentious unable to spit out his feelings for Cherri in '[[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E6WelcomeToHeaven Welcome To Heaven]]', he makes his gestures to her seem less personal by following them up with "...because I'm doing X for everybody!" This culminates in him saying he's going to have sex with everyone, leading to him being dragged off into the sex room by two random demons. |
| 404 | ** Whenever a 666 News broadcast plays, expect the {{Crawl}} to go completely off the rails. |
| 405 | ** Frequently a certain wall in the hotel gets destroyed. It eventually gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. |
| 406 | --> '''Angel Dust''': Argh! What the fuck is with that wall?! |
| 407 | ** Almost to the point of once per episode, someone will physically push Charlie forward by the shoulders, and she'll go stiff with an awkward look on her face, complete with the sqeaking sound of her shoes against the floor. |
| 408 | ** Vaggie is frequently misnamed. Lucifer mishears it as "Maggie", the crude Adam pronounces it with a soft G, and Sir Pentious attempts a FullNameBasis by calling her "Vagatha" in the season finale. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:S-Z]] |
| 412 | * SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The Living World is implied to be similar to our own. In our world 60 million people die every year, and 110 billion humans have lived and died, with all but 10 billion living in the past 10,000 years. Neither Heaven nor Hell seem to be built for those kinds of numbers, and the numbers mentioned in dialogue don't even come close, even taking Exterminations into account. |
| 413 | * SelfInflictedHell: |
| 414 | ** Other than the yearly exterminations, the only torment of Hell seems to be the abuse the damned inflict on themselves and each other. |
| 415 | ** Also inverted in that, while [[FluffyCloudHeaven Heaven is a pleasant place]], St. Peter emphasizes that what really makes it Heaven is the good people who live there and treat each other well. And while there ''are'' violent and cruel people who live in Heaven, like Adam and Lute, they eventually bring suffering on themselves as well... by antagonizing the people in Hell. |
| 416 | * TheShadowKnows: Angel Dust and Alastor's shadows have given hints to what their true selves are actually like -- in the former's case, revealing a hidden set of arms; in the latter's case, if you can see the demonic deer entity after his mask drops, you're probably already screwed, as one butcher found out the hard way. |
| 417 | * ShaveAndAHaircut: In the pilot, Alastor knocks on the door with a slow, menacing version of this. |
| 418 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 419 | ** The [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/634/071/157.png sigils]] that Alastor produces are actual representations of the symbols of the Haitian Vodun deities Loko, Kalfou, Santa Muerte, and Papa Legba. |
| 420 | ** In addition, the radio distortion on his voice varies between the English and Japanese dubs, based primarily on the kind of radio technology available in the respective regions during the period Alastor was alive. |
| 421 | * ShowWithinAShow: A poster is visible in Katie Killjoy's TV studio for a cooking show hosted by [[BlackComedyCannibalism Jeffrey Dahmer]]. |
| 422 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: No one really believes Charlie's plan will work. Most people are of the mind that [[TheFatalist it's not going to work, so they won't even try]], or that [[BeyondRedemption the people in Hell aren't worth redeeming anymore]]. When Charlie announces her plan for the hotel, everyone in the news room literally laughs at her. Even so, Charlie intends to soldier on anyway, confident that she can pull it off. |
| 423 | --> '''Katie Killjoy''': What in the ''nine circles'' makes you think a ''single'' denizen of Hell would give two ''shits'' about becoming a better person? |
| 424 | ** Her father, Lucifer, also seems to have this view, but in his case its clarified as a result of having passed the DespairEventHorizon a long time ago that broke his own idealism. |
| 425 | * SimpleSolutionWontWork: After Charlie and Vaggie spend a day trying (and failing) to get people to come to the hotel, Angel Dust questions why they don't simply have [[TheDreaded Alastor]] ''force'' people to check in. Vaggie points out the whole point of redemption is that people have to choose for themselves, and doing so would undermine rather than help their efforts. |
| 426 | * SirSwearsALot: Most characters swear quite often, including Charlie despite her being depicted basically as an out-of place Disney princess-style character. In season one alone minus the pilot, the amount of swears throughout the whole thing is 302. |
| 427 | ** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Alastor. As befits his nature as a 1920s radio personality and a WickedCultured man, Alastor almost never curses... unless he engages in a staring match between himself and Vox while both attempt to get into each other's heads. Alastor will unleash a river of profanity after that. He also drops a few [[PrecisionFStrike parcimonious swears]] against Lucifer (the only thing he can resort to, as physical confrontation is out of the question) and Adam. |
| 428 | ** [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] with Adam, who is exceedingly vulgar even by the shows' standards and makes copious use of the C-Word. |
| 429 | ** Following Adam's example, Lute starts with a very formal way of speaking but progressively lets loose as the season goes on. By the last episode, she unleashes curses (C-word included) that unnerve even Adam, although perhaps it's just because he's not used to her being that way. |
| 430 | * SkullForAHead: A few of the background demons in the crowd scenes are depicted with skulls for heads. |
| 431 | * {{Slapstick}}: Male or female? It doesn't matter when it comes to farcical, cartoonish violence. |
| 432 | ** Charlie in particular has to deal with the hordes of Hell after her song about the Happy Hotel gets shot down and leads to a riot after Angel Dust's turf war is broadcast during the middle of the bit on the hotel. |
| 433 | ** Vaggie gets her fair share too, mostly from being shoved offscreen or getting slapped on the ass by Alastor during his musical number. |
| 434 | * SpaghettiKiss: A parody of this occurs in a shot of Cannibal Town in the first episode... with an ''[[BlackComedyCannibalism intestine]]'' replacing the spaghetto. |
| 435 | * StealthPun: |
| 436 | ** Charlie's full name in the pilot is Charlie Magne -- a reference to the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne. In the series, it's Charlotte Morningstar -- a reference to the morning star used to guide people's way in the darkness (and the English translation of Lucifer). With the star, it's literal; with Charlie, it's metaphorical. |
| 437 | ** The eponymous rehabilitation center being referred to as a "hotel" is itself a StealthPun -- hotels are for people who are "just passing through", as the patrons will have come to Hell from Earth and will be departing for Heaven. Of course, in the pilot Charlie [[DontExplainTheJoke ruins the stealth part]] by explaining it to fill an awkward silence. |
| 438 | ** During "Alastor's Reprise", Alastor states that, "here below the ground / I'm sure [Charlie's] plan is sound", or in other words, he thinks Charlie's plan literally ''[[DamnedByFaintPraise only has a chance in Hell]]''. |
| 439 | ** One of Alastor's black CombatTentacles drags Sir Pentious along the ground, accompanied by a squeegee sound effect: Al is ''literally'' [[CurbStompBattle wiping the floor with]]" the unfortunate snake demon. |
| 440 | ** In Episode 7 upon meeting Charlie, the cannibal Rosie offers snacks in the form of a bunch a human female pinky fingers. In other words Ladyfingers, and in a way, finger food. |
| 441 | * TheStinger: |
| 442 | ** After the pilot's credits, a hilariously injured but still alive Sir Pentious is shown climbing out of the crater left in the aftermath of Alastor's [[CurbstompBattle curb-stomp handling]] of him. He's then asked by a surviving Egg Boi if [[BrickJoke he will now shoot the minion with his ray gun]] just before collapsing. |
| 443 | ** The music video of "ADDICT" has a last verse after the credits with a different tune that averts the rest of the song's LyricalDissonance and in fact, brings it (and a glimmer of a HopeSpot) to the forefront. The video itself simply shows Angel at the hotel coming down from his high and shoving away/flipping off a hurt-looking Charlie when she attempts to comfort him. |
| 444 | * StoppedDeadInTheirTracks: In "[[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E5DadBeatDad Dad Beat Dad]]", Husker gets very angry at Alastor after he gleefully says he is his [[YourSoulIsMine 'pet']], leading him to mutter under his breath: "Big talk for someone who's also on a leash". He quickly regrets this as Alastor stops dead in his tracks, his power causing the lights to flicker and his voice taking on his signature radio-static quality, [[TranquilFury eerily asking what he said.]] He manifests a chain around Husker's neck, threatening to tear his soul apart and broadcast his screams live if he says that again. Alastor then goes back to his genial character, leaving Husk [[QuakingWithFear shaking with fear on the ground.]] |
| 445 | * SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: Sera and Adam, the two high-ranking angels whom are the most expressly responsible for implementing and perpetuating the exterminations. Sera is an AntiVillain who isn't proud of herself for implementing the exterminations but believes that she's ultimately supporting a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary evil]] to protect Heaven and its denizens (Sympathetic). Adam on the other hand is an unrepentant, vile and vindictive PsychopathicManchild who wants an excuse to just massacre sinners in droves for his own sadistic pleasure, and even outside of all that, he's a day-to-day jackass to nearly everyone around him (Despicable). |
| 446 | * TakesOneToKillOne: As it turns out, [[spoiler:Angels can only be killed by the power of another angel and/or holy weaponry, which the Exorcists luckily leave littered around Hell after Exterminations are over. More than one character expresses disbelief that it's ''that'' simple, and the only reason that no one discovered it before is that with how much more powerful Angels are compared to Sinners, no one who was using the stuff even ''tried'' to attack one before Carmilla did to protect her daughters.]] |
| 447 | * TallPoppySyndrome: Implied to be part of the reason why Angel Dust doesn't want to be seen as penitent and taking the Hotel seriously other than for its free room and board/protection from other demons. If he's seen as being weak or trying to better himself, that not only puts his "credibility" and "persona" on the line, but it might also give other gangsters a tacit green light to walk all over him -- [[spoiler:and Valentino is bad enough on his own]] -- and make life that much worse for him. |
| 448 | * ThemeNaming: The various preview clips of the pilot are all named after something to do with musicals, the majority of which follow a ShoutOutThemeNaming. "The Spider in the Kinky Boots" clip is named after the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Boots_(musical) Kinky Boots]] musical'', the "Your Fault" clip is named after a song from ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'', the "Let's Misbehave" clip is named after a song from ''Theatre/AnythingGoes'', the "Morning Report" clip is named after a song from ''Theatre/TheLionKing musical'', the "Something Rotten" clip is named after ''Theatre/SomethingRotten'', the "Biggest Blame Fool" clip is named after a song from ''Theatre/{{Seussical}}'', and the "A Cautionary Tale" clip is named after a song from the ''Theatre/MeanGirls musical''. The "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow" clip is the only one that isn't named as a ShoutOut to any other musical but instead follows suit by being named after an original song from the very pilot itself which showcases that it's going to be a musical in its own right. |
| 449 | * ThereWasADoor: The Hotel's wall gets blown up for one reason or another almost OncePerEpisode, which gets a LampshadeHanging in Episode 6. |
| 450 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: |
| 451 | ** In "Overture", Vaggie's reaction of Charlie singing her song in the streets of Hell scream this trope. |
| 452 | ** In "Dad Beat Dad", while everyone else is confused by Mimzy after she suddenly appears at the hotel during the song "Hell's Greatest Dad", Husk is shown facepalming at the end of the song because he knows that Mimzy only arrives wherever Alastor is when she needs help dealing with one of her problems. [[spoiler:He ends up right when Loan Shark demons arrive at the hotel to get revenge on Mimzy for taking a lot of money from them as well as killing their leader's girlfriend.]] |
| 453 | * TitleDrop: Alastor starts to refer to the hotel by the series name before Pentious shows up and interrupts him, and the pilot ends with him apparently changing the hotel's sign from "Happy" Hotel to "Hazbin" Hotel. |
| 454 | * ViceCity: Pentagram City, the main location in Hell where the show takes place, is presented as a metropolis where sex, violence, drugs, and any other vice is rampant and all on display without any shame. |
| 455 | * VillainSong: Alastor sings a DarkReprise of "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow". |
| 456 | ** Hell is Forever, sung by Adam, is another prominent one. |
| 457 | **Hell's Greatest Dad, sung by Lucifer and Alastor, is another straightforward example. Although Lucifer is more of an AntiVillain. |
| 458 | ** Stayed Gone, sung by Alastor and Vox. |
| 459 | ** Most of the songs in the series could count as this, given that many of the characters, even some of the protagonists, would be considered villains. Loser Baby could technically count as Husk [[spoiler: was a former Overlord]], although he and Angel Dust are not really shown as despicable enough in show to count as more traditional "villains." |
| 460 | * WhamEpisode: |
| 461 | ** "Welcome to Heaven", as it not only completely changes what we knew about Vaggie [[spoiler:by revealing that she's actually an Exorcist Angel who Lute and Adam cast out for showing mercy to the damned, rather than a sinner herself]], but also completely changes what we knew about heaven and hell and their nature and the ones running things. Namely, [[spoiler:Heaven actually is an idyllic paradise, and Adam and Lute ''are'' the exception, not the norm, with most of heaven being completely in the dark about the Exterminations and only the leader of the Seraphim, Sera, is aware that he's carrying these out (something that is deeply troubling for her). Also, nobody in Heaven actually knows ''why'' a soul is damned to Hell or ascended to Heaven, just that they ''are'', and are too scared to question this out of fear they'll become a FallenAngel like Lucifer, which goes a long way to explain the pressing question of how some souls seem to be banned for petty reasons while monsters like Adam make it to Heaven.]] |
| 462 | ** ''The Show Must Go On'' has [[spoiler: a full-fledged battle for Hazbin Hotel where numerous Exorcists are killed, Sir Pentious sacrifices himself and is just as surprised as anyone when he ascends to Heaven, Alastor loses his first fight on screen and is for the first time ever depicted as vulnerable, Charlie displays hints of a power even she is likely not aware of, Lucifer in person steps up to defend her and beats Adam into the ground. Then Adam is killed, Lute takes his spot as leader of the Exorcists, and Lilith in person is revealed to have struck a deal with Adam and been living in Heaven ever since, before Lute apparently forces her to step into the game. The Hotel has also been destroyed and rebuilt.]] |
| 463 | * WhamLine: Quite a few. |
| 464 | ** In 'Masquerade', Husk essentially explains the power structure in Hell, and how easy it is to lose that power while others gain it. |
| 465 | --->'''Husk:''' [[spoiler:I was an Overlord once,]] you know. |
| 466 | ** In 'Dad Beat Dad', Husk expands on the above that [[spoiler:even Overlords in power are not exempt from the above power structure.]] |
| 467 | --->'''Alastor:''' But you ''are'' [a pet], haha! |
| 468 | --->'''Husk:''' Big talk for someone [[spoiler:who's also on a leash.]] |
| 469 | ** In 'Welcome to Heaven', Adam specifically looks for Vaggie and drops a hell of a bomb. |
| 470 | --->'''Adam:''' Did you really think I wouldn't recognize [[spoiler:[[FallenAngel one of my top girls]] just because you're out of uniform?]] |
| 471 | ** From the same episode, after seeing Angel Dust's CharacterDevelopment, Emily questions why he isn't in Heaven now, following up from Angel having fulfilled Adam's three written requirements. The silence that follows makes Charlie realize the following line, that [[spoiler:Heaven is as much in the dark as Hell on how/why a soul gets sent to either afterlife]]. |
| 472 | --->'''Charlie:''' Wait... ''none'' of you ''know'' [[spoiler:what gets someone into Heaven?]] |
| 473 | ** In 'The Show Must Go On', Lute comes to find someone who apparently has an undisclosed deal with the forces of Heaven. |
| 474 | --->'''Lute:''' [[spoiler:Adam is dead.]] Your deal is done, and I am in charge now. [Charlie] is threatening the very foundation of Heaven and if you want to stay here, you're going down there and stopping that bitch. You understand me, [[spoiler:Lilith?]] |
| 475 | * WhatIsEvil: [[spoiler:Turns out to be a central OntologicalMystery of the show: even the highest-ranked angels have no idea what actually qualifies someone to enter Heaven, and the best they can do is [[TautologicalTemplar construct a rough model of goodness based on the kind of people that seem to end up in Heaven]]. It's pretty strongly implied that trying to [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow figure out specifics]] was part of what drove Lucifer to the events that led to [[FallenAngel his fall]] in the first place.]] |
| 476 | * WickedCultured: Alastor is this, a former radio host in life who wears a sharp suit and speaks with a very formal, classy tone in all of his conversations. He wants to spruce up the Hazbin Hotel because he thinks it'll be fun to watch the sinners fail, but also because he has an eye for talent. [[AmbiguousSituation Or so he claims]]. |
| 477 | * WorldOfJerkass: {{Justified|Trope}}, given that the series takes place in {{Hell}}. Turf wars occur between people fighting for territory, the news media includes people who are only superficially nice in front of the camera (and that's more like a MaskOfSanity than actually being nice), and Charlie's earnest attempt to redeem sinners gets vicious mockery from nearly everybody. |
| 478 | [[/folder]] |
| 479 | ---- |
| 480 | ->''We'll make a difference, wait and see''\ |
| 481 | ''We're gonna do this, you and me''\ |
| 482 | ''And then tomorrow it will be a [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] [[{{Bookends}} happy day in Hell!]]'' |
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