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The first episode of the Helluva Boss minisodes ''Helluva Shorts".

Millie's older sister Sallie May has come to Imp City to spend a day of fun in their own Girl's Night Out Episode.


Tropes for this episode include:

  • Bait-and-Switch: The episode starts with Millie rushing to give Sallie May a hug as she rushes to hug her... only to accidentally hug a stranger.
  • Both Sides Have a Point: Near the end of the video, Sallie May grieves about feeling abandoned by Millie and left having to handle the family business while Millie is off in the Pride Ring. Millie retorts that her family isn't as overly dependent on her as she thinks and that she is capable of visiting her more often. She also promises to visit back home more.
  • Chainsaw Good: The girls play a VR game where the characters use chainsaws and the players swing prop version around. Even though they don't have moving chains, the pair manage to damage another machine enough to catch on fire and burn the building down.
  • Costume-Test Montage: Sallie May tries on a few garish outfits before settling on a black top and plaid skirt.
  • Country Cousin: Or in this case, sister, Sallie May visiting Imp City from the family ranch in Wrath to spend the day with Millie.
  • A Day in the Limelight: Moreso than even "Unhappy Campers" as that episode was still a Moxxie and Millie episode, just from the POV of Millie. While Moxxie does appear later in the short, the majority of the video is about Millie and her relationship with her older sister.
  • Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Sallie May lets her frustration over Millie not visiting more often slip out near the end of the short.
  • Fantastic Racism: The hatred angels have towards demons that was shown in "C.H.E.R.U.B." and the sister show is evidently reciprocated, as in the arcade, there's a shooting game where the targets are cherubs.
  • Fire Is Red: As opposed to the green fire we normally see when something burns down in hell, the arcade bursts into red and orange flames.
  • Funny Background Event: At the bus stop, you can see a billboard in the background with pictures of Loopty and Lyle, with "Injured? Good." written between them.
  • Grievous Bottley Harm: Sallie May breaks her bottle and uses it as a shiv when roughhousing with Millie. In the following scene, Millie is heavily bandaged but in good spirits.
  • Immediate Self-Contradiction: When Millie points out that Sallie May smells terrible, she momentarily protests before accidentally getting a whiff of her own armpits.
    Millie: No offense, Sal, but you smell like hog ass.
    Sallie May: I do not, prissy miss "probably bathes regular"—! [sniffs herself] Oh. No, no, yep, you're right, that's...definitely hog ass.
  • No OSHA Compliance: There is no way that the controllers for the Chainsaw Good VR game should have done so much damage to Wally's arcade if they were made to safety standards, especially without moving chains. The arcade burning down so quickly also shows that it had no fire safety measures.
  • The Pig-Pen: Millie first votes they start with a spa visit because Sallie May smells like "hog ass." While at first offended, Sallie May gets a whiff of her own B.O. and relents.
  • Pun: The title of the short is a play of words on the invective "Hell's Bells".
  • Running Gag: Yet again, Wally Wackford's place of business burns to the ground thanks to I.M.P.'s antics (though this time it was Millie instead of Blitzo).
  • Shared Family Quirks: When a reptilian demon starts hitting on Millie and Sallie May at a club, both react by hissing at him like angry cats.
  • Stink Snub: Downplayed, Millie does it in the nicest way possible when she tells Sallie Mae that she smells like hog ass and needs a spa trip.

 
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Millie & Sallie May

Millie & Sallie May enjoy a fun day of shopping, drinking, dancing, spas and games after being apart for so long.

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