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!!Eve
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Adam's second bride, who (in Charlie's story) was given the fruit of knowledge by Lilith and Lucifer.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Lucifer's comments in the season one finale seem to imply that he not only married Lilith, he may have also seduced Eve at some point as well. Given that Adam is a PsychopathicManchild and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and [[ImmortalImmaturity has been since the dawn of creation]], [[SympatheticAdulterer can you really blame her?]]
* SecondLove: Was this to Adam after Lilith ditched him for being controlling.
* SlasherSmile: In Charlie's story, after Eve takes the Fruit of Knowledge she's shown sporting a PsychoticSmirk that grows into a terrifying red-tinted smile--indicating that being given free will corrupted her.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her current role is in a flashback in a story Charlie told, however her eating the fruit allowed the forces of Darkness to infect Earth and cause Lucifer's banishment to Hell.
* TemptingApple: She was given THE forbidden fruit which is an apple in this series.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As stated eating the apple caused the evil to find its way to Earth, corrupting the angels' creation, causing Lucifer and Lilith to fall, and Hell to be born.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate after eating the forbidden fruit is unknown and while we do know that her husband Adam would go on to become an angel, she isn’t mentioned nor referenced to beyond the story Charlie tells in the beginning. Lucifer implies that [[DidTheyOrDidntThey he seduced her as well]] to Adam in the first season finale to mock him, though it's unclear if that actually happened or not.
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!!Eve
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Adam's second bride, who (in Charlie's story) was given the fruit of knowledge by Lilith and Lucifer.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Lucifer's comments in the season one finale seem to imply that he not only married Lilith, he may have also seduced Eve at some point as well. Given that Adam is a PsychopathicManchild and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and [[ImmortalImmaturity has been since the dawn of creation]], [[SympatheticAdulterer can you really blame her?]]
* SecondLove: Was this to Adam after Lilith ditched him for being controlling.
* SlasherSmile: In Charlie's story, after Eve takes the Fruit of Knowledge she's shown sporting a PsychoticSmirk that grows into a terrifying red-tinted smile--indicating that being given free will corrupted her.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her current role is in a flashback in a story Charlie told, however her eating the fruit allowed the forces of Darkness to infect Earth and cause Lucifer's banishment to Hell.
* TemptingApple: She was given THE forbidden fruit which is an apple in this series.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As stated eating the apple caused the evil to find its way to Earth, corrupting the angels' creation, causing Lucifer and Lilith to fall, and Hell to be born.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate after eating the forbidden fruit is unknown and while we do know that her husband Adam would go on to become an angel, she isn’t mentioned nor referenced to beyond the story Charlie tells in the beginning. Lucifer implies that [[DidTheyOrDidntThey he seduced her as well]] to Adam in the first season finale to mock him, though it's unclear if that actually happened or not.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Targeting the Hazbin Hotel to massacre all the Sinners there probably sounded fun and fitting, but Adam utterly fails to consider that he's breaking the long established pact between Heaven and Hell by going after Charlie personally. This frees up ''Lucifer'' to intervene, someone leagues more powerful than Adam.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Targeting the Hazbin Hotel to massacre all the Sinners there probably sounded fun and fitting, but Adam utterly fails to consider that he's breaking the long established pact between Heaven and Hell by going after Charlie personally. This frees up ''Lucifer'' to intervene, someone leagues more powerful than Adam. This also concentrates all his forces into a single location, which managed to get fortified and armed in time, instead of targeting the rest of Hell that is still LockedOutOfTheLoop, leading to heavy casualties on his side [[spoiler:including himself]].
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* NighInvulnerable: Exorcists are near impossible to harm by any means except [[spoiler:the very angelic weaponry they carry]], to the point that it was considered impossible to do so until [[spoiler:Carmilla]] managed to kill one. This actually becomes a ''weakness'' for them, as they're so unaccustomed to anything being able to threaten them that they don't take measures to defend themselves
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* NighInvulnerable: Exorcists are near impossible to harm by any means except [[spoiler:the very angelic weaponry they carry]], to the point that it was considered impossible to do so until [[spoiler:Carmilla]] managed to kill one. This actually becomes a ''weakness'' for them, as they're so unaccustomed to anything being able to threaten them that they don't take measures bother defending themselves and thus are vulnerable to defend themselvesa better fighter with the means to kill them.
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Since she fits both princess tropes, I added the rebellious princess trope to her page.
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* PrincessClassic: Emily is a kind and thoughtful Seraphim, considered the highest rank of Angel, who actually embodies all of the virtues Heaven preaches.
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* PrincessClassic: Emily is a kind and thoughtful Seraphim, considered the highest rank of Angel, who actually embodies all of the virtues Heaven preaches. [[spoiler: However, this changes as she rebels against the idea of extermination and willingly calls out Sera on her hypocritical nature, making her delve more into a rebellious princess.]]
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* RebelliousPrincess:[[spoiler: Once Emily finds out about the yearly exterminations her mentor Sera had a hand in, she quickly rebels against the idea of killing souls on the basis of a potential uprising and calls out the entire Angelic court out along with Charlie.]]
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* AmbiguouslyBi: During "Welcome to Heaven", Peter says that "Everyone is hot" in heaven, while being surrounded by gorgeous women and hunks. Whether this is a sign of him being attracted to both guys and gals or simply appreciating their beauty isn't made clear.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: During "Welcome to Heaven", Peter says that "Everyone is hot" in heaven, while being surrounded by gorgeous women and hunks. Whether this is a sign of him being attracted to both guys and gals or simply appreciating their beauty isn't made clear. The fact that his characterization is a bit on the {{Camp}} side does not help.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His body shape and choice of robes coincidentally resemble the show's version of {{Mammon}}, the one Sin so far with absolutely no redeeming traits. It's a subtle hint that for all his claims otherwise, Adam is jsut as bad as the sinners he purges.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His body shape and choice of robes coincidentally resemble the show's Franchise/{{Hellaverse}}'s version of {{Mammon}}, the one Sin so far with absolutely no redeeming traits. It's a subtle hint that for all his claims otherwise, Adam is jsut just as bad as the sinners he purges.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His body shape and choice of robes coincidentally resemble the show's version of {{Mammon}}, the one Sin so far with absolutely no redeeming traits. It's a subtle hint that for all his claims otherwise, Adam is jsut as bad as the sinners he purges.
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*** He thinks that being the "original dick" gives him the right to sleep with any woman he wants and shows lechery aimed at his'' ex-wife's daughter'', sleezily refering to her as "Lilith's little hottie" and commenting that he finds her relationship with Vaggie "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot hot as fuck]]". He's first introduced bragging about having sex with a Virtue and insisting how Charlie calls him "Dickmaster".
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*** He thinks that being the "original dick" gives him the right to sleep with any woman he wants and shows lechery aimed at his'' ex-wife's daughter'', sleezily refering to her as "Lilith's little hottie" and commenting that he finds her relationship with Vaggie "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot hot as fuck]]". He's first introduced bragging about having sex with a Virtue and insisting how that Charlie calls call him "Dickmaster".
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** {{Wrath}}: He's quick to anger when he feels he's been denied the respect he feels entitled to and murderously petty and vindictive. Declaring that he would explicitly target Charlie's Hotel and loved ones because she dared to call him out before the Court of Heaven.
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** {{Wrath}}: [[HairTriggerTemper Wrath]]: He's quick to anger when he feels he's been denied the respect he feels entitled to and murderously petty and vindictive. Declaring that he would explicitly target Charlie's Hotel and loved ones because she dared to call him out before the Court of Heaven.
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** [[HairTriggerTemper Wrath]]: He's quick to anger when he feels he's been denied the respect he feels entitled to and murderously petty and vindictive. Declaring that he would explicitly target Charlie's Hotel and loved ones because she dared to call him out before the Court of Heaven.
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** [[HairTriggerTemper Wrath]]: {{Wrath}}: He's quick to anger when he feels he's been denied the respect he feels entitled to and murderously petty and vindictive. Declaring that he would explicitly target Charlie's Hotel and loved ones because she dared to call him out before the Court of Heaven.
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An insatiable desire for immaterial things like power, fame or causing pain is Lust, not Greed or Wrath.
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***He thinks that being the "original dick" gives him the right to sleep with any woman hewants.wants and shows lechery aimed at his'' ex-wife's daughter'', sleezily refering to her as "Lilith's little hottie" and commenting that he finds her relationship with Vaggie "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot hot as fuck]]". He's first introduced bragging about having sex with a Virtue and insisting how Charlie calls him "Dickmaster".
***He demonstrates notable bloodlust as well, outright admitting that he actively enjoys killing demons and seeing them die. Referring to an act of genocide as entertainment that he clearly gets his rocks off committing.
***He also demonstrates a lust for power and recognition, wanting to be worshipped for his status as the OriginalMan and progenitor of humanity.
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***He demonstrates notable bloodlust as well, outright admitting that he actively enjoys killing demons and seeing them die. Referring to an act of genocide as entertainment that he clearly gets his rocks off committing.
***He also demonstrates a lust for power and recognition, wanting to be worshipped for his status as the OriginalMan and progenitor of humanity.
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** {{Wrath}}: He holds exorcisms under the pretense of PopulationControl for Hell, but it's clear he does so because he likes killing demons and seeing his Exorcists kill as well.
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** {{Wrath}}: He holds exorcisms under [[HairTriggerTemper Wrath]]: He's quick to anger when he feels he's been denied the pretense of PopulationControl for Hell, but it's clear respect he does so feels entitled to and murderously petty and vindictive. Declaring that he would explicitly target Charlie's Hotel and loved ones because he likes killing demons and seeing his Exorcists kill as well.she dared to call him out before the Court of Heaven.
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** {{Sloth}}: The only time he does something other than brag about himself or put someone else down is when [[spoiler:he's leading the Extermination against the hotel in the last episode]], and even then he hardly does anything.
** {{Greed}}: Though not greedy in the traditional sense as he had no desire for money, he is very power-hungry and has a [[AGodAmI desire for godhood]] just because he’s the first man.
** {{Greed}}: Though not greedy in the traditional sense as he had no desire for money, he is very power-hungry and has a [[AGodAmI desire for godhood]] just because he’s the first man.
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** {{Sloth}}: The only time he does something other than brag about himself or put someone else down is when [[spoiler:he's leading the Extermination against the hotel in the last episode]], and even then he hardly does anything.
** {{Greed}}: Though not greedy in the traditional sense as he had no desire for money, he is very power-hungry and has a [[AGodAmI desire for godhood]] just because he’s the first man.anything..
** {{Greed}}: Though not greedy in the traditional sense as he had no desire for money, he is very power-hungry and has a [[AGodAmI desire for godhood]] just because he’s the first man.
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* FatalFlaw: Her prejudice and bloodthirst. Ironically, if she hadn't [[spoiler: mutilated Vaggie and left her for dead for sparing a child]] Charlie would have had a must harder time getting her hotel started in the first place, and they likely never would have found out how to defeat the Exorcists. Her own bloodlust also ends up with her [[spoiler: losing an arm]] and getting a decent chunk of her exorcists killed.
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* FatalFlaw: Her prejudice and bloodthirst. Ironically, if she hadn't [[spoiler: mutilated [[spoiler:mutilated Vaggie and left her for dead for sparing a child]] Charlie would have had a must much harder time getting her hotel started in the first place, and they likely never would have found out how to defeat the Exorcists. Her own bloodlust also ends up with her [[spoiler: losing [[spoiler:losing an arm]] and getting a decent chunk of her exorcists killed.
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* VagueAge: While she is presumably the same age as Charlie, and physically appears to be a young adult or older teenager, given that she's an angel her actual age is unknown aside from the fact she's younger than Sera.
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* FatalFlaw: Her prejudice and bloodthirst. Ironically, if she hadn't [[spoiler: mutilated Vaggie and left her for dead for sparing a child]] Charlie would have had a must harder time getting her hotel started in the first place, and they likely never would have found out how to defeat the Exorcists. Her own bloodlust also ends up with her [[spoiler: losing and arm]] and getting a decent chunk of her exorcists killed.
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* FatalFlaw: Her prejudice and bloodthirst. Ironically, if she hadn't [[spoiler: mutilated Vaggie and left her for dead for sparing a child]] Charlie would have had a must harder time getting her hotel started in the first place, and they likely never would have found out how to defeat the Exorcists. Her own bloodlust also ends up with her [[spoiler: losing and an arm]] and getting a decent chunk of her exorcists killed.
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* FatalFlaw: Her prejudice and bloodthirst. Ironically, if she hadn't [[spoiler: mutilated Vaggie and left her for dead for sparing a child]] Charlie would have had a must harder time getting her hotel started in the first place, and they likely never would have found out how to defeat the Exorcists. Her own bloodlust also ends up with her [[spoiler: losing and arm]] and getting a decent chunk of her exorcists killed.
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* SevenDeadlySins: Ironically, as an angel, he's guilty of committing a few.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: A devastated Lute cradles his body as he dies, but not without giving her one last reassuring smile.]]
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* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: [[spoiler: He's a total douchebag as well as a sadist who enjoyed purging souls of the damned, but Lute nonetheless was loyal to him and cared about him so much that she ''cried'' when he died in her arms. Say what you will about Adam, but Lute seemed to genuinely love him despite how much of a sadistic blowhard he was.]]
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* SlasherSmile: An unintended example that operates on RuleOfSymbolism. While trying to justify the Exorcists to Emily as being NecessarilyEvil, she gives what she apparently thinks is a reassuring smile... which is [[TheUnsmile much too wide]] while her eyes [[FireballEyeballs reflect the flames of hell]]. However much she tries to paint her actions as [[IDidWhatIHadToDo regrettable and for the greater good]], Emily and the audience understand that she's [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just as much to blame for the purges as Adam]].
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* TheUnsmile: An unintended example that operates on RuleOfSymbolism. While trying to justify the Exorcists to Emily as being NecessarilyEvil, she gives what she apparently thinks is a reassuring smile... which is much too wide while her eyes [[FireballEyeballs reflect the flames of hell]] while also appearing lifeless. However much she tries to paint her actions as [[IDidWhatIHadToDo regrettable and for the greater good]], Emily and the audience understand that she's [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just as much to blame for the purges as Adam]].
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* FatalFlaw: '''[[DirtyCoward Cowardice]].''' While Sera is arrogant about her standing as the High Seraphim, it's acting cowardly that is the source of most of her flaws. [[spoiler:She refuses to reform or even question the arbitrary and unfair system that sorts souls into their afterlives because she's scared it could lead to getting kicked out of Heaven like Lucifer, and she allows Adam to cull the population of Hell because she's scared of an uprising. Even when shown proof that sinners can be redeemed, Sera refuses to change and only lightly chides Adam when he declares his intent to specifically target the Habzin Hotel first just to spite Charlie. By demonstrating a LackOfEmpathy and refusing to compromise, she ironically ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy accelerated]]'' Heaven and Hell towards a bloody confrontation. And "The Show Must Go On" has Sir Pentious become an AscendedDemon, with [[OhCrap the look on Sera's face]] making it clear that this blows a lot of holes in her argument. Were Sera more brave and forward-thinking, she could have discovered this much sooner, and a lot of pain across both Heaven and Hell could have been avoided.]]
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* FatalFlaw: '''[[DirtyCoward Cowardice]].''' While Sera is arrogant about her standing as the High Seraphim, it's acting cowardly that is the source of most of her flaws. [[spoiler:She refuses to reform or even question the arbitrary and unfair system that sorts souls into their afterlives because she's scared it could lead to getting kicked out of Heaven like Lucifer, and she allows Adam to cull the population of Hell because she's scared of an uprising. Even when shown proof that sinners can be redeemed, Sera refuses to change and only lightly chides Adam when he declares his intent to specifically target the Habzin Hazbin Hotel first just to spite Charlie. By demonstrating a LackOfEmpathy and refusing to compromise, she ironically ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy accelerated]]'' Heaven and Hell towards a bloody confrontation. And "The Show Must Go On" has Sir Pentious become an AscendedDemon, with [[OhCrap the look on Sera's face]] making it clear that this blows a lot of holes in her argument. Were Sera more brave and forward-thinking, she could have discovered this much sooner, and a lot of pain across both Heaven and Hell could have been avoided.]]
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: In "The Show Must Go On", we see Adam without his mask, and his face doesn't particularly stand out despite him being a mass-murderer.
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: In "The Show Must Go On", we see Adam without his mask, and his face doesn't particularly stand out despite him being a mass-murderer. In a CastOfSnowflakes Adam looks like a generic background character with no interesting design.
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* FatalFlaw: '''[[DirtyCoward Cowardice]].''' While Sera is arrogant about her standing as the High Seraphim, it's acting cowardly that is the source of most of her flaws. [[spoiler:She refuses to reform or even question the arbitrary and unfair system that sorts souls into their afterlives because she's scared it could lead to getting kicked out of Heaven like Lucifer, and she allows Adam to cull the population of Hell because she's scared of an uprising. Even when shown proof that sinners can be redeemed, Sera refuses to change and at worst lightly chides Adam when he declares his intent to specifically target the Habzin Hotel first just to spite Charlie. By demonstrating a LackOfEmpathy and refusing to compromise, she is ironically ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy accelerating]]'' Heaven and Hell towards a '''very bloody''' confrontation.]]
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* FatalFlaw: '''[[DirtyCoward Cowardice]].''' While Sera is arrogant about her standing as the High Seraphim, it's acting cowardly that is the source of most of her flaws. [[spoiler:She refuses to reform or even question the arbitrary and unfair system that sorts souls into their afterlives because she's scared it could lead to getting kicked out of Heaven like Lucifer, and she allows Adam to cull the population of Hell because she's scared of an uprising. Even when shown proof that sinners can be redeemed, Sera refuses to change and at worst only lightly chides Adam when he declares his intent to specifically target the Habzin Hotel first just to spite Charlie. By demonstrating a LackOfEmpathy and refusing to compromise, she is ironically ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy accelerating]]'' accelerated]]'' Heaven and Hell towards a '''very bloody''' confrontation.bloody confrontation. And "The Show Must Go On" has Sir Pentious become an AscendedDemon, with [[OhCrap the look on Sera's face]] making it clear that this blows a lot of holes in her argument. Were Sera more brave and forward-thinking, she could have discovered this much sooner, and a lot of pain across both Heaven and Hell could have been avoided.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Several of the other hosts of Heaven are disgusted when they learn Sera permits the Exterminations. [[spoiler:This includes Emily, who calls out Sera for treating her with kid gloves and pretending that everything was fine.]] [[spoiler:Though, considering Emily was hanging out with her when Sir Pentious was redeemed, the pedestal might not have been completely broken.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Several of the other hosts of Heaven are disgusted when they learn Sera permits the Exterminations. [[spoiler:This includes Emily, who calls out Sera for treating her with kid gloves and pretending that everything was fine.]] [[spoiler:Though, Though, considering Emily was hanging out with her when Sir Pentious was redeemed, the pedestal might not have been completely broken.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Several of the other hosts of Heaven are disgusted when they learn Sera permits the Exterminations. [[spoiler:This includes Emily, who calls out Sera for treating her with kid gloves and pretending that everything was fine.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Several of the other hosts of Heaven are disgusted when they learn Sera permits the Exterminations. [[spoiler:This includes Emily, who calls out Sera for treating her with kid gloves and pretending that everything was fine.]] [[spoiler:Though, considering Emily was hanging out with her when Sir Pentious was redeemed, the pedestal might not have been completely broken.]]
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* FatalFlaw: Pride. As TheOriginalMan, Adam has a huge ego that makes him think he's infallible and can get away with being an abusive {{Jerkass}} as long as he has his powers to aid him in battle. He also thinks that being ''the'' Adam means that he gets a pass for acting that way, which of course, it doesn't. The end result is he creates an enemy out of Hell's sinners, and especially Charlie, eventually leading them to fight him in battle and [[spoiler:get [[CurbStompBattle brutally beaten up]] by [[TheDevil Lucifer himself]] because he thought he could get away with treating everyone like crap. The unfortunate truth for him is he couldn't, and he ends up dying a KarmicDeath in the end.]]
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* FatalFlaw: Pride. As TheOriginalMan, the OriginalMan, Adam has a huge ego that makes him think he's infallible and can get away with being an abusive {{Jerkass}} as long as he has his powers to aid him in battle. He also thinks that being ''the'' Adam means that he gets a pass for acting that way, which of course, it doesn't. The end result is he creates an enemy out of Hell's sinners, and especially Charlie, eventually leading them to fight him in battle and [[spoiler:get [[CurbStompBattle brutally beaten up]] by [[TheDevil Lucifer himself]] because he thought he could get away with treating everyone like crap. The unfortunate truth for him is he couldn't, and he ends up dying a KarmicDeath in the end.]]
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* FatalFlaw: Pride. As TheOriginalMan, Adam has a huge ego that makes him think he's infallible and can get away with being an abusive {{Jerkass}} as long as he has his powers to aid him in battle. He also thinks that being ''the'' Adam means that he gets a pass for acting that way, which of course, it doesn't. The end result is he creates an enemy out of Hell's sinners, and especially Charlie, eventually leading them to fight him in battle and [[spoiler:get [[CurbStompBattle brutally beaten up]] by [[TheDevil Lucifer himself]] because he thought he could get away with treating everyone like crap. The unfortunate truth for him is he couldn't, and he ends up dying a KarmicDeath in the end.]]
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* {{Foil}}: To Alastor. They are both exceptionally powerful despite having once belonged to mortal souls, and the TokenEvilTeammate of their respective groups (Compare Adam's [[{{Sadist}} sadism]] to Emily's [[WideEyedIdealist idealism]] and Sera being a WellIntentionedExtremist). However, Alastor is an AffablyEvil -- or at least FauxAffablyEvil SouthernGentleman who doesn't even swear, save for the occasional PrecisionFStrike, whereas Adam is a crass [[EvilIsPetty douche]] whose [[SirSwearsALot swear count outnumbers every other characters' swear count combined]].
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* {{Foil}}: To Alastor. They are both exceptionally powerful despite having once belonged to mortal souls, and the TokenEvilTeammate of their respective groups (Compare Adam's [[{{Sadist}} sadism]] to Emily's [[WideEyedIdealist idealism]] and Sera being a WellIntentionedExtremist). However, Alastor is an AffablyEvil -- or at least FauxAffablyEvil SouthernGentleman who doesn't even swear, save for the occasional PrecisionFStrike, whereas Adam is a crass [[EvilIsPetty douche]] whose [[SirSwearsALot swear count outnumbers every other characters' swear count combined]]. This also comes down to their strengths, where [[WeakButSkilled Alastor hardly holds a candle to the more ancient demons, but is more cunning and a technically skilled fighter]], while [[StrongButUnskilled Adam is the leader of the Exorcists thanks to his sheer raw power, but is little more than a brute]].
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[[caption-width-right:656:'''Charlie:''' ''"It was ruled by beings of pure light. Angels that worshiped Good and shielded all from Evil."'']]
* AlienBlood: Angels (as seen with both Lucifer and the Exorcists) have golden blood, calling to mind the ichor described in the bible.
* AmbiguousSituation:
** Although Heaven itself is currently a cipher, the dissonance between the angels' AlwaysLawfulGood reputations and the {{Jerkass}} way their on-screen ranks actually behave raises several unpleasant questions and possibilities. If cruelty, sadism, mass slaughter, wanton sexuality and general rudeness are all permissible by the highest-ranking members of a species that (reputedly) worships goodness itself, then WhatIsEvil
** There is also no mention of a God ruling them as of the beginning of the series and they only serve higher angels as if they are the Gods which can make things more ambiguous about the nature of the angels.
** "Welcome to Heaven", while revealing some details, like that [[spoiler:only the Exorcists and Heaven's rulers know about the Exterminations]], it adds the question of ''what'' criteria leads to a soul heading to Heaven versus to Hell, given that some souls in Hell [[EasyRoadToHell seem to have ended up there for minor offenses]]. [[spoiler:When Angel Dust fails to ascend after fulfilling Adam's list, it's revealed that, InUniverse, not even the elite of Heaven know ''why'' a soul goes to them, only when it does.]]
* AnimalMotifs: They seem to resemble birds, and not just in the obvious fact that they have bird wings. The Exorcists have a feather-like pattern on their necks, Sera and Emily are avian in their true forms, and several angels in the courthouse look like birds. Even Lucifer post-fall has a bird motif in his hobby of making rubber ducks and the light show he gave to young Charlie in "More Than Anything" implies his true form is of a swan.
* AngelicTransformation: Adam's existence proves that humans who go to Heaven become angels, just like how humans who go to Hell become demons. In addition, human-borne angels are called "Winners", similar to how human-borne demons are called "Sinners". Although whether that is the official name for human angels or just something Adam made up during his song to spite Charlie is currently unknown.
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: What they fear most is the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil cosmic force of Evil]] penetrating its way into their universe, and tearing down everything they created and rule over. They are willing to go to great and immoral lengths by [[QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice forming Hell]], to contain its spread, after both Lilith and Eve defied them. By vanquishing [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife millions to billions of souls]], their solution to the problem (they refuse to admit exists) is as drastic as a surgeon amputating an entire arm over a small infection, rather than by humanely treating it.
* BeastMan: In ''Helluva Boss'' when we see angelic beings, they are essentially humanoid animals, and this isn't an outlier. ''Welcome to Heaven'' reveals that just like the Sinners, Winners take on animalistic or otherwise inhuman forms. The difference is that most appear less monstrous than their sinner counterparts. Natural-borne Angels are no different, seemingly being very [[BirdPeople bird-like]] in their true forms, with the Seraphim transforming into more humanoid forms. Adam, Lute, and the rest of the exorcists, however, look the most human, with them being [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation silvery-skinned]] [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]] underneath their masks.
* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: [[spoiler:"Welcome to Heaven" reveals souls worthy of paradise get there without any leave from angels, hence the highest authorities of Heaven don't actually know what amounts to worthiness. Their values are from making assumptions based on using the damned as a yardstick.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Angels may not have a high opinion of sinners, but even they have limits, such as Sera's disapproval of Adam's petty grudge against Charlie for daring to propose that sinners can be redeemed and pointing out the flaws in Heaven's system.]]
* EyeMotifs: Based on the biblically accurate descriptions of angels. Many of the angels have [[ExtraEyes multiple eyes]], including [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyes on places like their wings]], and eyes are also a reoccurring symbol on angels’ clothes and various structures in Heaven, like the gates where Saint Peter resides.
* GovernmentConspiracy: "Welcome to Heaven" reveals that outside of Heaven's elite and [[spoiler:the Exorcists, no one in Heaven actually ''knows'' about the Exterminations.]]
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Played with, as revealed in the episode "Welcome to Heaven" when Charlie is put on trial. [[spoiler:The Exterminations are a way of Heaven being proactive towards purging evil from the universe, but it's in service to an unclear goal. The upper brass of Heaven seems to think that eliminating evil by purging sinners from Hell once a year will ensure Heaven's safety. But Heaven is [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind playing a game without knowing all of the rules]]. They know that angels come up to Heaven and that demons go down to Hell, but they have no idea ''why'' any of it happens; they're just as unclear as the demons as to who is saved and who is damned. So they just assume that everyone who goes to Heaven or Hell must deserve it and they're justified in carrying out the Exterminations, even though this could be entirely wrong. Either way, those in the upper brass of Heaven have no interest in finding out, and are content to just let things remain the way they are while pretending that they're fixing the problem. "The Show Must Go On" has Sir Pentious become an AscendedDemon by rising from Hell to Heaven, which delights Emily and shocks Sera, especially since Sir Pentious appeared right in front of the two Seraphim, which shows that what Charlie wants ''is'' possible, as a way of reaffirming that Heaven has no idea if what it's doing is even working.]]
* HellOfAHeaven: Played with. With the limited viewpoints into Heaven being the likes of [[{{Jerkass}} Adam and Lute]] or [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss Deerie]], viewers might be led to expect that Heaven is either a bloodthirstily psychopathic and/or joylessly puritanical afterlife no better than Hell. Once it's actually seen for the first time in episode 6 however it's revealed that Heaven really is a fairly idyllic place and most of the people there do seem genuinely good. [[spoiler:However, there are people like Adam who are inexplicably allowed in despite being just as bad if not worse than most Sinners. Not to mention the fact that the system of divine judgement itself is fundamentally broken because nobody actually knows what allows a soul into Heaven or Hell. Even the leaders of Heaven have no idea as to what is actually required for a soul to ascend, the only thing they do know is when a soul arrives]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: For all their talk about their disgust for Hell and all its demons, they're willing to enable Adam's asshole behavior and are using the Exterminations as a culling to maintain their power. [[spoiler:"Welcome to Heaven" makes it a little better by revealing the majority ''doesn't'' know about the Exterminations, but it doesn't explain why they're willing to allow Adam to be how he is]].
* LightIsNotGood:
** While the Exorcists all don black, Adam and Heaven in general are depicted with white and gold. Adam and Lute are no better than the demons, and while we have yet to see how Heaven is like, they don't leave a great impression thus far.
** Episode 6 downplays this a bit. [[spoiler:It's revealed that not all Angels are even aware of the Exterminations and that, if Emily is any indication, they would be absolutely horrified to learn about them. Even among the Angels that are aware of them, not all of them are as gleeful about them as Adam is. Sera, for example, sees the Exterminations as a NecessaryEvil that must be carried out in order to maintain the balance of power between Heaven and Hell in the Angels' favor, and carries them out willingly, but reluctantly.]]
* LogicalWeakness: As revealed by Carmilla in "Hello Rose", Angels fight with reckless abandon against Sinners because they think the latter can't hurt them. Yet they ''can'' be hurt [[TakesOneToKillOne with their own weapons]], and this knowledge on Hell's side (plus a small army's worth of black market angelic weapons) leads to massive Exorcist casualties during the attack on the hotel.
* MeaningfulName: Adam calls the human souls that reach Heaven "Winners" as opposed to Hell's "Sinners". [[spoiler:Since no one in creation knows how souls are selected for Heaven or Hell, ascending to Heaven is currently a matter of chance. No one ''earned'' their way into paradise, they ''won'' the metaphorical lottery]].
* MirroringFactions: Looking at how Heaven is depicted during 'Welcome to Heaven', it is implied they're not too different from Hell. The place is shinier and cleaner, sure, but the denizens of Heaven often have a similar design feel as Hell, just with a halo and wings. And Heaven is not above-posing skimpily-clad, good-looking people on display either. It's like Heaven is the uptown area while Hell is the red-light district, but they're both still in the same city. Additionally, several high-ranking angels resemble Goetias in their birdlike appearance.
* NeverMyFault: They cannot handle the notion that their divine plans are just as fallible as they are, even when it's pointed out to them.
* OrderIsNotGood: The angels represent order to the demons' chaos, but in this pursuit, the Exorcists perform, with Sera's (reluctant) approval), the Exterminations. Additionally, the opening story states Lucifer and Lilith were cast to Hell because [[ControlFreak the angels couldn't stand humans being given free will]]. [[spoiler:And "Welcome to Heaven" reveals the order they uphold is broken and unfair]].
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: There's a variety of Angels, though they have similar traits like wings and a halo. The Winners are human souls that look similar to the sinners and there are angels with heads that resemble the Ophanim (rings with eyes). Adam mentions fucking a "Virtue Chick", which are a type of angel from ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Coelesti_Hierarchia De Coelesti Hierarchia]]''.
* TautologicalTemplar: Episode 6 shows that [[spoiler:the Angels don't actually know how one earns access to Heaven or Hell, they just assume that whoever ends up in either deserves it, regardless of their actual behavior.]]
* TimeAbyss: According to Charlie's storybook, the angels have expanded the universe, with Earth being one such creation, making them far older than the rest of creation.
* UnusualHalo: Winners have the standard golden ring, but we see more variety in the more notable angels.
** Adam and Lute have ring halos with a small sphere in the center and points at the top and bottom. Adam's is golden while Lute's is black.
** Sera's is bluish-white and resembles an ornate crown with a standard ring on top.
** Emily's is white and has points above a ring to resemble a tiara.
** The Elders each have a distinctive halo, varying in complexity.
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[[folder:The Elders of Heaven]]
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[[caption-width-right:920:'''Charlie''': For they felt his way of thinking was dangerous to the order of their world.[[note]]Lucifer is in the center, while the Elders surround him.[[/note]]]]
Enigmatic high-ranking angels responsible for banishing Lucifer to Hell.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's unknown how much involvement they have with Adam's genocidal plot or if only Sera is keeping them LockedOutOfTheLoop. They also were the ones who trapped Lucifer in Hell for eternity because he accidentially disrupted their order making this a case of GoodIsNotNice at the most charitable. Lucifer also doesn't hesitate to think that they would hurt Charlie for dreaming.
* CouncilOfAngels: They form this in Heaven, being the ones to call the shots. There doesn't appear to be a God, and these guys seem to be the ones in charge.
* EvilIsPetty: The origin of Hell in the prologue paints the exile of Lucifer and Lilith as this - for daring to go against their plan for existence (by rejecting Adam in Lilith's case and giving Eve the Apple of Knowledge for both of them), they condemn them to a dark pit where they can only see the bad things their decision created, with the good forever being out of reach. Since the prologue comes from a book Charlie is reading, it's entirely possible there's at least some level of bias against Heaven, though how much, if any, isn't known yet, and in a conversation with his daughter about the past, Lucifer does seem sincere about how he wanted to help humans as well as wracked with guilt over his failure.
* TheGhost: They are only seen as silhouettes in Charlie's narration at the start of ''"Overture"'', and then during the song "More than Anything" in the episode ''"Dad Beat Dad"''.
* IronicHell: They were the ones who cast Lucifer into hell, where only "bad" people would be so he'd never see the good only the bad of a free willed humanity.
* JerkAssHasAPoint: While the Elders come across as harsh and controlling they actions do have a point:
** They were afraid Lucifer's dream would destroy the order they created. They were proven correct when the introduction of free will allowed evil to infect the Earth resulting in the creation of Hell and all the sinners and mess that followed.
** Lucifer being banished to Hell can seem harsh...except his recklessness created Hell in the first place and it being filled with sinners in a direct result of his actions. Confining him to Hell forces him to face the consequences.
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[[folder:Sera]]
!!Sera
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[[caption-width-right:1000:''"Everyone looks to us, and we can't doubt ourselves or worry about the fates of demons when we have our own souls to protect."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Patina Miller
The High Seraphim of Heaven.
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* AffablyEvil: Sera's a polite, composed angelic being who seems to feel some pity for the Sinners stuck in Hell and guilt over allowing Adam's Extermination. However, that doesn't mean she'll [[spoiler:agree to Charlie's plan to allow redeemed Sinners to enter Heaven]] or call off the Exterminations, which she believes are necessary to keep Heaven safe.
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: The [[OhCrap look of absolute horror on her face]] when Sir Pentious [[AscendedDemon ascends to Heaven]] makes it clear that she's ''not'' blind about the implication. If Sir Pentious ''could'' ascend, the billions that she had killed over the centuries in her IDidWhatIHadToDo mentality ''could'' have ascended as well, which utterly blows several dozen holes in her BrokenSystemDogmatist mentality. And that's not even considering the mass Exorcist casualties, including Adam, from the last failed Extermination.]]
* AllInTheEyes: When Emily finds out and is aghast about the exterminations, Sera tells Emily that she had to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do what was required.]] At the moment she says this however, the glowing flames from the orb behind Emily reflect in Sera's eyes and shadow the rest of her face, which combined with Sera's awkward attempt at a comforting smile makes Sera's appearance much more malevolent. The music for this moment also shifts to a much more suspicious tone.
* AngelicBeauty: Sera is an angel and a gorgeous sight to behold.
* AntiVillain: In stark contrast to Adam, who clearly takes a gleeful and sadistic enjoyment in the Exterminations, [[spoiler:Sera is shown to be far more reluctant and remorseful about it, clearly knowing it's wrong but genuinely seeing no other way to ensure Hell can never threaten Heaven and its people.]]
* BigSisterInstinct: She claims that she didn't tell Emily about the Exterminations specifically because she worries that she would [[FallenAngel go down the same road as Lucifer]] if she knew they were killing souls.
* BrokenSystemDogmatist: Sera, at some level, understands that the system of Divine Judgement is flawed and that the Extermination plan is inherently unfair to the Sinners. But at the same time, Sera refuses to question it or stop the Exterminations. [[spoiler:It doesn’t matter if Sinners like Angel Dust can be redeemed or monsters like Adam were made angels; as far as Sera is concerned, whatever criteria is used to sort souls into Heaven or Hell is infallible and unchangeable, even if she doesn't know what those standards are. She fears any angels who question it will fall like Lucifer.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Several of the other hosts of Heaven are disgusted when they learn Sera permits the Exterminations. [[spoiler:This includes Emily, who calls out Sera for treating her with kid gloves and pretending that everything was fine.]]
* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: She's the highest ranked angel in the series so far, although she's [[spoiler:hardly a paragon]].
* CondescendingCompassion:
** It's clear from the moment Sera meets Charlie that, as polite as the High Seraphim acts, she views allowing Charlie into Heaven to argue her case to be charity on her part. In contrast to Emily greeting Charlie with sincere friendliness, Sera welcomes Charlie with a formal, "You are gifted to be here." Privately she expresses pity towards Charlie, calling her plan to redeem Sinners "misguided" and only agreed to the meeting in the first place so as not to test Lucifer. [[spoiler:It's clear she never planned to seriously consider Charlie's idea to let redeemed Sinners into Heaven, even before she resorted to MovingTheGoalposts.]]
** How Emily has come to view her relationship with Sera after it's revealed [[spoiler:the latter kept the Annual Extermination a secret from her and other angels. Sera claims she did this to prevent Emily from questioning the system, lest she fall from grace like Lucifer, but Emily doesn't see it that way, as she now feels like a child that needs protecting.]]
* CoolCrown: Her halo's ornate and grandiose appearance makes it resemble a crown, reflecting her role as the apparent queen of Heaven.
* DemiurgeArchetype: [[DevilButNoGod With God having gone unmentioned up to this point]], Sera seems to be the highest authority in Heaven as a Seraphim. She's also the one who's been allowing the yearly Extermination in Hell to continue out of the delusion that they might plot an uprising against Heaven and keeping the rest of her kind in the dark about it because she knows how upsetting it would be if they ever found out.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:She's willing to sell out all of Hell and keep most of Heaven in the dark about the Exterminations. She might feel bad about it, but Sera is still letting it happen. Even calling out Sera about what she's doing doesn't sway her mind that the Exterminations are a necessity, all while Heaven gets to sit back and do nothing. She's also scared that she might personally have to pay for her hypocrisy and cowardice, despite knowing the system is inherently broken and unfair.]]
* DisappointedInYou: Sera has so far been the only one able to make Adam display anything close to resembling shame when she admonishes his [[KickTheDog needlessly cruel behavior]]. Whether this is because he holds her in high regard as a ParentalSubstitute or just because she's his boss, has yet to be clarified.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the storybook opening of "Overture" detailing the origins of Heaven and Hell, Sera's silhouette can be seen as one of the elders who disapproved of Lucifer's ideas and presided over the creation of Earth, and then ordering the Extermination when Hell's population flourished.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Whatever atrocities she orders, her love for the younger Seraphim, Emily, is genuine. [[spoiler:She says the reason she didn't tell her about the annual Extermination is because she wanted to protect her from the anguish that comes with making difficult choices to keep Heaven safe. She also doesn't want Emily to question Heaven because she's worried Emily will wind up like Lucifer and be banished to Hell.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She orders the Exterminations, but she doesn't revel in them. [[spoiler:When Adam mocks Charlie by saying he'll be targeting her hotel first during the Extermination, she chides him in front of the rest of the court, saying it "wasn't called for."]]
* EvilCounterpart: For the anti-heroic Carmilla Carmine. Both are powerful leaders in their respective stations with monochrome color palettes who have secretly [[spoiler:killed members of the other's ranks]], and both have a younger character they display maternal protectiveness towards. However, [[spoiler:Carmilla directly killing an angel in defense of her daughters is portrayed as a courageous ActOfTrueLove and her keeping it secret is to try and prevent a foolhardy uprising]], while Sera permitting Adam to perform Exterminations and [[spoiler:hiding the truth from Emily]] is portrayed as condescending hypocrisy to protect herself from being judged by [[spoiler:the younger Seraphim]] for ordering actions that are underhanded and unjust.
* ExactWords: She's ''very'' deliberate with her choice of words during the hearing in Heaven, such as bolstering Adam's half-assed "rules to get into Heaven" by stating "He ''was'' the first human soul in Heaven" - meaning she [[MetaphoricallyTrue never technically lied]] come TheReveal [[spoiler: that ''nobody'' knows exactly what grants a human soul entry into Heaven]]. Similarly, she rules that the heavenly court "finds no evidence that Sinners can be redeemed", not that they don't ''deserve'' to be redeemed, but that there's no evidence that it's physically possible.
* ExtraEyes: Sera has additional eyes that pop up in her halo, wings, and hair when agitated.
* FatalFlaw: '''[[DirtyCoward Cowardice]].''' While Sera is arrogant about her standing as the High Seraphim, it's acting cowardly that is the source of most of her flaws. [[spoiler:She refuses to reform or even question the arbitrary and unfair system that sorts souls into their afterlives because she's scared it could lead to getting kicked out of Heaven like Lucifer, and she allows Adam to cull the population of Hell because she's scared of an uprising. Even when shown proof that sinners can be redeemed, Sera refuses to change and at worst lightly chides Adam when he declares his intent to specifically target the Habzin Hotel first just to spite Charlie. By demonstrating a LackOfEmpathy and refusing to compromise, she is ironically ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy accelerating]]'' Heaven and Hell towards a '''very bloody''' confrontation.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Adam. While they are both high-ranking members of Heaven's society who are active participants in the Exterminations, and who both deny Charlie's assertions that Souls can change, they are also quite different in many ways. Adam is a gleeful {{Sadist}} who revels in the death and destruction of the Exterminations, while Sera views them as a grim necessity to maintain the balance of power between Heaven and Hell in Heaven's favor. Her dismissal of Charlie's efforts also comes across as more compassionate, as she is willing to acknowledge that Charlie is trying to do something good, even if she still views it as misguided and futile.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: When first introduced, Sera is briefly seen to have a bird-like face with a third eye and numerous other eyes on her clothing. She then shifts her appearance into a humanoid one, removing the extra eyes.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Can only react with a horrified confusion to Sir Pentious [[AscendedDemon ascending to Heaven]] as an angel. While the sight made Emily squee with delight, Sera was not anticipating [[RedemptionEarnsLife such a thing]] was possible, as it undermines her [[BrokenSystemDogmatist defense of the mess]] that is Divine Judgement.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Sera is a higher authority than Adam (in addition to being one of the Elders who created him) and the one who [[spoiler:greenlit his proposal for the annual Extermination of Sinners, which she keeps secret from the rest of Heaven]]. However, she isn't directly involved and finds Adam's actions unsavory even if she ultimately approves of them.
* TheHighQueen: She is a ruler of heaven and thus she does what she can to keep its residents safe [[spoiler: even if it means allowing exterminations of sinners in Hell to prevent an uprising.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She says allowing the Exterminations was a difficult decision, but one that had to be made for Heaven's safety. However, she tells Adam she never would have agreed to it if she'd known Lucifer and his daughter would get involved and stir up trouble.
* ImproperlyParanoid: She allowed the Exterminations [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil out of fear the sinners]] would rise up against Heaven. The majority of sinners are self-centered and largely apathetic, and as such would never be able to form an effective fighting force.
* LargeAndInCharge: She's easily the tallest angel seen so far, even when floating, and she's fittingly the highest-ranking.
* LightIsNotGood: She's the apparent ruler of Heaven, a literal being of light who adopts a form that's predominantly colored white and silver. She's also the one who greenlit the Exterminations, making her responsible for millions of souls being [[DeaderThanDead wiped from existence]] on the pretext of "protecting Heaven".
* ALizardNamedLiz: She’s the elder Seraphim and her name is Sera.
* MovingTheGoalposts: During the court case to determine whether Sinners can be redeemed, Charlie asks Adam what it takes for a soul to get into Heaven, and he hastily comes up with three qualifications on the spot. Sera seems to agree that the qualifications he came up with are sufficient proof since Adam was the first man to get into Heaven. [[spoiler:When Angel Dust fulfills all three of Adam's criteria without even knowing he's being watched by Heaven, Sera, unwilling to reevaluate cases after Divine Judgement has already been passed, still says it's insufficient to prove Sinners can be redeemed, meaning it in the sense that there's no evidence to suggest that it's physically possible for damned souls to ascend rather than whether they can personally improve.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: She presents a graceful and regal demeanor that makes her infinitely more mature than Adam, but even she agrees with his childish insult when Charlie attempts to use Webster's Dictionary as the opening line of her court case to prove sinners can be redeemed.
-->'''Charlie:''' Webster's Dictionary defines redemption as—\\
'''Adam:''' Objection! Lame and unoriginal.\\
'''Sera:''' Sustained.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Sera insists that ordering the extermination of countless human souls -- many of whom may be entirely innocent -- was a necessary evil and "a hard decision". Not many in Heaven's upper brass seem to be convinced, especially after Adam twists the knife into Charlie after her proposal was rejected. [[spoiler:Emily in particular calls out Sera for Sera's excuses being little more than self-serving lies to avoid having to think about the possibility of becoming a FallenAngel like Lucifer, and that Emily can no longer live in ignorance and pretend that everything's fine now that she knows the truth.]]
** She completely shoots down the prospect of redeeming damned souls despite Charlie and Emily's pleas because, as it's revealed, [[spoiler:Heaven doesn't actually know how souls get sorted between Heaven and Hell, and she refuses to question or interfere with the unseen status quo because doing so could result in the same Fall that befell Lucifer]] or otherwise jeopardize Heaven's better position.
* OhCrap: In "The Show Must Go On" [[spoiler:her expression upon seeing Sir Pentious has become an AscendedDemon after his second death screams this, as a demon being sent to Heaven undermines everything she argued about Sinners being irredeemable.]]
* ParentalSubstitute:
** She is Emily's mentor but she fulfills a motherly role to her, treating Emily as her daughter.
** She also serves as one to Adam, who gives her a lot more respect than he does to anyone else. At the trial when he's coming up with the criteria to get into heaven he sheepishly asks Sera if he's correct as if he's looking for her approval. Later Sera has to chide Adam for his callous comments like a disappointed parent and Adam actually apologizes. Given Adam was created from the dust of the Earth he didn't have any parents, making Sera the closest thing as one of the angels involved in his creation.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: She supports the Exterminations solely to protect Heaven from infernal insurrections by keeping Sinners in check. But thanks to the threat of being rendered DeaderThanDead already hanging over their heads, especially with Adam moving up the deadline, this means that once it becomes clear that Exorcists ''can'' be killed, there's little reason for the Sinners ''not'' to rebel. In essence, by trying to avoid a confrontation with Hell, Sera ends up forcing one, and her cowardice has all but assured that the end result is going to be bad for everyone. [[spoiler:In the first season finale, thanks to the secret of how to harm angels getting out in Hell and Adam's petty attack on the Hotel, not only are the ranks of the Exorcists ''decimated'' for comparatively few causalities, Adam himself dies due to going after Charlie and incentivizing Lucifer to intervene (though he actually dies to Niffty's hands after the PapaWolf pummels him into the ground), and Lute loses an arm and is forced to call a retreat afterwards with Hell now capable of fighting back.]]
* SlasherSmile: An unintended example that operates on RuleOfSymbolism. While trying to justify the Exorcists to Emily as being NecessarilyEvil, she gives what she apparently thinks is a reassuring smile... which is [[TheUnsmile much too wide]] while her eyes [[FireballEyeballs reflect the flames of hell]]. However much she tries to paint her actions as [[IDidWhatIHadToDo regrettable and for the greater good]], Emily and the audience understand that she's [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just as much to blame for the purges as Adam]].
* SunkCostFallacy: Implied to be the reason why she lets the purges continue and reject Charlie's efforts. To say that there may be a way to redeem sinners would mean that she enabled countless innocent souls to be purged for thousands of years was for nothing and she can't accept that.
* ThisCannotBe: Her reaction to seeing [[spoiler:a redeemed Sir Pentious in Heaven.]]
* TranquilFury: After Charlie and Vaggie are sent back to Hell, Adam is smug about winning to the point of bragging he'll come for the sinners staying at the Hazbin Hotel next in the upcoming Extermination. His smile goes away when he sees Sera ''furious'' about him revealing the truth about it to the previously-unaware angels, being met with a cold glare that gets him to finally shut up. She also calmly says that going for the Hotel first was "uncalled for" with her tone of voice making clear she is ''pissed'' with his cruelty and irresponsibility in handling the matter.
* UnusualEyebrows: She has giant, feather-like protrusions that extend from her eyes in addition to more normal-looking eyebrows.
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: This happens to her in realtime when [[spoiler:Sir Pentious ends up in Heaven, as this invalidates everything Sera has said about demons being irredeemable]].
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[[folder:Emily]]
!!Emily
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[[caption-width-right:900:''"How can I bring joy when I now know we are bringing misery to thousands of innocent people?"'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Shoba Narayan
The other Seraphim.
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* AngelicBeauty: Emily initially appears in a more alien form. Her preferred appearance when interacting with others is a beautiful young woman.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she hasn't outright done anything outside of showing anger at Sera for her deception, the fact that she's a Seraphim makes her one of strongest people in the setting, as angels are inherently more powerful than demons, and the Seraphim stand above all other angels.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Almost immediately becomes inseparable from Charlie when they meet, due to their many similarities. They're both the daughters of powerful Seraphim that act as the highest authority of their respective realm, are perky, plucky, WideEyedIdealist PrincessClassic types who even have a similar vocal range and style when singing. She's also of the opinion that sinners deserve a chance to redeem, and becomes Charlie's biggest supporter on Heaven's side.
* BreadAndCircuses: Her role in the CelestialBureaucracy is keeping the people of Heaven happy and content so they don't think too heavily about the [[CrapsaccharineWorld flaws in the system]]. [[spoiler:This naturally becomes more difficult after her eyes are opened to the reality of the Exterminations.]]
* BreakTheCutie: She's [[spoiler:horrified Sera authorized the extermination of [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife human souls]], while hiding this fact from her and most other angels, all to prop up Heaven's standards and stability. Emily begins to challenge the elder Seraphim [[BrokenPedestal she's losing faith in]], while Sera is ''determined'' Emily continues to enforce a [[TheMasquerade regime of happiness in paradise]], as she doesn't want the angel being cast out like Lucifer. Knowing the awful truth, it's clear Emily can no longer live in ignorance and pretend everything's fine.]]
* CallingTheOldWomanOut: Emily makes it clear to Sera that whatever protectiveness the elder Seraphim feels towards her, it does not justify her [[spoiler:lying to her]] and her self-righteous hypocrisy.
--> ''To think that I admired you. Well, I don't need your condescension! I'm not a child to protect! Was talk of virtue just pretension? Was I too naive to expect you to heed the morals you're purveying?''
* TheCutie: She's the most moral angel seen so far, her kindness and idealism matching Charlie’s own. Sera tries to enforce this [[spoiler:when justifying not telling Emily about the Exterminations]]. Sera says as the elder it's her job to protect Heaven and as the younger Seraphim it's Emily's job to bring joy to their people.
* ExtraEyes: In addition to the two eyes you'd expect on her face, Emily hides a large eye on the center of her chest and another in her halo. They're normally imperceptible when closed, but tend to open when she's agitated.
* EyeMotifs: As a Seraphim, she is "full of eyes" as described in the biblical Book of Revelation. Most of the time, they are hidden but two more appear on her chest and halo after she confronts Sera about the Exterminations, symbolizing that her "eyes have been opened" to the injustices of the CelestialBureaucracy.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Like Sera, when first introduced, Emily has a very simplistic human-like outline, a third eye on her head and another on her chest, and her wings appear to be ''growing out of her head''. She then shifts into a more humanoid form lacking the extra eyes and her wings shift to her back.
* GildedCage: Once she knows the AwfulTruth, she clearly feels her position as Seraphim can't grant her the power to help sinners.
* HellYesMoment: [[spoiler:In sharp contrast to Sera, she's clearly overjoyed to see Pentious [[AscendedDemon be reborn as a Winner]], validating her beliefs completely.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: To show that she is a kind-hearted angel.
* LightIsGood: As a Seraphim by birth, she's a "being of light", and like Sera her colors are predominantly white and silver. Unlike Sera, Emily really is as good a person as her angelic appearance suggests, being [[spoiler:horrified to learn about the Exterminations and vowing to help Charlie even after Sera rejects her idea to redeem Sinners]].
* LittleNo: Third type. During "You Didn't Know", Emily, dumbfounded after learning of [[spoiler:the Exterminations]], pleads with Sera to tell her she wasn't aware of them. Sera tells her with a saddened expression that she did, and that she hid them from her to protect her. A distraught Emily can only let out a little "no" in between Sera's explanations.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Like the majority of Heaven, Emily was unaware about the annual Exterminations in Hell until Adam accidentally lets the cat out of the bag.]]
* MirrorCharacter: Emily is this for Charlie. Both are PrincessClassic in their respective worlds with friendly, optimistic, and idealistic personalities. She gets along well with Charlie as soon as they meet, she’s supportive of her dream to redeem sinners, and [[spoiler:staunchly opposed to the exterminations when she learns of them. The two even sing a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in unison at Sera!]]
* MistakenForFlirting: When Emily excitedly grabs Charlie's hands during their tour of Heaven, Vaggie is decidedly unamused--assuming that Emily is making a move on her girlfriend.
* NiceGirl: By far and away the genuinely nicest character on the show along with Charlie. She's nothing but cheerful and kind to everyone, including demons and immediately comes to their defense when she finds out about the Exterminations.
* PrincessClassic: Emily is a kind and thoughtful Seraphim, considered the highest rank of Angel, who actually embodies all of the virtues Heaven preaches.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: When Emily learns that her mentor Sera approved of sending Adam and an army of angelic warriors into Hell to slaughter the Sinners every year, she's furious and joins Charlie in calling Sera and Adam out on their hypocrisy. Sera is horrified, as challenging Heaven's authority puts Emily at risk of being exiled like Lucifer was.
-->'''Charlie & Emily:''' "If Hell is forever than Heaven must be a lie! / If angels can do whatever, and remain in the sky / The rules are shades of gray when you don't do as you say / When you make the wretched suffer just to kill them again."
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Shares a song alongside Charlie calling out the court of Heaven, namely by tearing into the oft-repeated notion that Sinners cannot be redeemed and their damnation is eternal. Because if redemption is impossible and the position of souls in Heaven and Hell really ''is'' intrinsic to their mere existence rather than a result of their choices in life, then everything Heaven supposedly stands for is completely hollow because paradise ''isn't'' a reward for the good and deserving.
--> ''If Hell is forever, then Heaven must be a lie''\\
''If angels can do whatever and remain in the sky''\\
''The rules are shades of grey when you don't do as you say''\\
''When you make the wretched suffer just to kill them again!''
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:She vows to help Charlie despite Heaven rejecting Charlie's plan, showing Emily really is that good. It doesn't help that Emily just found out she was lied to for a long time about the Exterminations, rendering the High Seraphim as a BrokenPedestal.]]
* SheepInSheepsClothing: Considering that the main viewpoint into Heaven until ''Welcome to Heaven'' has been [[LightIsNotGood Adam and Lute]], viewers are likely suspicious of Emily's bubbly WideEyedIdealist personality matching Charlie's. Except she's not acting; Emily really is a WhiteSheep among the hosts of Heaven. [[spoiler:She even vows to help Charlie despite Heaven rejecting Charlie's plan, showing Emily really is that good.]]
* {{Squee}}: Her reaction to seeing [[spoiler: a redeemed Sir Pentious in Heaven.]]
* WhiteSheep: While Adam and Lute revel in the carnage of the Exterminations and Sera sees it as a necessary evil, Emily is the sole person in Heaven who seems genuinely horrified at killing souls. Other background angels are shown arguing about the idea of redeeming Sinners, implying Emily isn't totally alone, but she's the only named angel willing to actually back Charlie up and call out the flawed system for what it is.
* WideEyedIdealist: Emily hits it off with Charlie immediately, being just as optimistic and idealistic as the Princess of Hell. When she sees proof that Sinners can be redeemed, she argues in favor of allowing them into Heaven, [[spoiler:is horrified when she finds out about the Exterminations, and promises to help Charlie even after Sera denies Charlie’s redemption plan]].
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[[folder:Saint Peter]]
!!Saint Peter
[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saint_peter.png]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:''Welcome to Heaven!'']]
->'''Voiced by: '''Creator/DarrenCriss
The gatekeeper of Heaven.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: He is often depicted in art and other media as being a brunette whenever he's shown in his younger years. Here, Peter has blonde hair.
* AgeLift: Most art and media depictions of Saint Peter show him as an old man, whereas this series portrays him as being significantly younger.
* AmbiguouslyBi: During "Welcome to Heaven", Peter says that "Everyone is hot" in heaven, while being surrounded by gorgeous women and hunks. Whether this is a sign of him being attracted to both guys and gals or simply appreciating their beauty isn't made clear.
* NiceGuy: Politely greets new arrivals and tries to maintain his manners when he realizes the devil's daughter is in front of him.
* TheNoseless: He's one of the most human-looking of the angels in the show, but notably lacks a nose.
* PrecisionFStrike: When Charlie reveals she's Lucifer's daughter, Peter lets out an [[OhCrap "Oh, fuck!"]]
* RaceLift: Maybe. One hand, he's a middle-eastern man in the Bible, but appears to be Caucasian here, on the other, he lacks both a nose and the other human-like 'Winner' angels are depicted in various color, it may be a case of AmazingTechnicolorPopulation.
[[/folder]]
!!The Exorcists
[[folder:In General]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Exorcists after an Extermination]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Their appearance]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_exorcist_angels.png[[/labelnote]]]]
Angels that are annually sent from Heaven to kill a portion of Hell's population to curb Hell's overpopulation.
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* AlienBlood: The dead Exorcist reveals that their blood is golden (possibly a reference to ichor from Myth/ClassicalMythology).
* AllThereInTheScript: What they're specifically called isn't brought up in the pilot. They, however, were identified as Exorcists in [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=sjojinb_md0&t=5228 a livestream]], and referred to as such in the show itself.
* AnimalMotifs: In addition to the other angels' bird motif, the horns on their masks also resemble that of a ram or goat.
* AmazonBrigade: "Welcome to Heaven" suggests that the Exorcists are largely, if not entirely, female outside of their leader Adam. This is further supported by "The Show Must Go On", where Adam outright calls them his "girls".
* AlwaysABiggerFish: According to Vivzie, angels are more powerful than demons which is why The Exorcists are able to kill so many demons in a single day and send Hell's Overlords packing.
* AmbiguousRobots: In the original pilot, the LED screen faces, and silvery bodies implied that the Exorcists were at least partially robotic. Subverted in the actual series, where it's revealed that their LED faces are actually just masks that they wear when down in Hell as part of their Exorcist uniform.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's currently unknown if the Exorcists are angels who originated as human souls or if they are angels that were naturally born in Heaven. The fact that Adam, the first Man, is the leader of the Exorcists, the fact that the annual Extermination was his idea in the first place, and the implication that he gives all of the Exorcists their names, seems to imply the former more than the latter. [[spoiler: Vivziepop's statements on Vaggie also lends credence to the Exorcists being human angels, considering her original backstory states that she was a human soul. Although whether her human origin backstory is true, was completely retconned, or was merely a coverup to hide her true origin as an Exorcist remains to be seen.]]
* AngelicAbomination: They are angels yet look demonic in appearance, even more so than a lot of the Hell residents. Part of it is their monochrome color scheme, and the rest being the mask they wear as part of their uniform, which gives them horns and sinister glowing grins. Out of the mask, they look "normal", like regular humans but with wings with black stripes, and a black halo that sets them apart from the rest of Heaven's citizens. The one possible exception is Adam, who retains the horns and [=LED=] face, though it's possible he just doesn't take off his uniform. [[spoiler:The latter is confirmed to be true, as his mask is broken in the first season finale and he has a normal human face underneath]].
* TheArmiesOfHeaven: But ArmiesAreEvil since they're tasked not to fight enemies but to slaughter.
* AttackAttackAttack: What their fighting style amounts to. They attack without any concern for their own injury.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Exorcists like Adam and Lute are of the belief that anyone that goes to Hell deserves to be there forever while anyone who goes to Heaven must be flawless because they made it there. "Welcome To Heaven" reveals that [[spoiler:not even the leadership of Heaven know what the actual requirements are to get there, only when a soul arrives, and just use the sinners as speculation on what not to do. After they learn this, Charlie and Emily deliver a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech against the people in charge of Heaven, because if redemption is impossible to earn even after death, while horrible people like Adam and Lute are never punished for their behavior once they ascend, then the promise of Heaven is a lie and the actual morality is shades of grey]].
* BloodKnight: According to Vivzie, Exorcists are extremely bloodthirsty and love violence.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: After completing their annual extermination, many of the Exorcists are stained by their victims' blood.
* BodyguardBabes: Being a (presumably) [[AmazonBrigade all-female army of elite warriors]] who loyally serve their male boss, Adam, and also being attractive, human-like angels underneath their masks, they fit the criteria.
* CripplingOverspecialization: A complete lack of defense. The Exorcists are overwhelmingly strong and immune to physical harm from Sinners, so they don't bother defending themselves, wearing little armor and fighting in a way that exposes themselves without a thought, because they've grown used to nothing in Hell being able to stop them. As a result, they can be overwhelmed by a better fighter or worse, an enemy who is organized and prepared for an angelic assault. The angels are accustomed to demons hiding or running in fear, but the moment Charlie militarizes the Hazbin Hotel and gathers allies with an actual means to fight back, the angels suffer the consequences of their all offense, no strategy/defense way of fighting.
* DarkIsEvil: Angelic nature aside, all the Exorcists seen so far have intimidating and matte black designs, though they mostly appear in silhouette. Later, we meet Lute, the first Exorcist seen in detail, and she differs in design from other ranks of angels. Instead of a color scheme focused on bright colors, Lute has a notable, sinister greyscale color scheme, beside the [[BloodIsTheNewBlack unwashed blood stains on her clothes]].
* DivinelyAppearingDemons: Inverted. They're {{Horned Humanoid}}s with dark coloring and SlasherSmile faces, but they're angels.
* TheDreaded: As wielders of the only things that can truly kill Demons, Exorcists are some of the most feared sights in Hell. Even the Overlords hide when they come calling. However, this is due to the fact that [[InvincibleVillain the demons think there's no way to fight back]]. The latest purge, as seen at the end of the first episode, resulted in an angel's death, which neither Heaven nor Hell knew was possible. The fact that the Exorcists are NotSoInvincibleAfterAll prompts Heaven to move up to the next extermination.
* ExpressiveMask: Their digital-like faces are actually masks and they're capable are emoting with them.
* FatalFlaw: Their over aggression. They’re so used to exterminations being a one sided slaughter they never trained to defend themselves, and their battle tactics boil down to “Fly in and kill anything you see.” This bites them when the Hotel organizes an actual defense with weapons that can harm them.
* GlassCannon: A situational example. [[spoiler:They're completely immune to all attacks except from angelic weaponry, but in a fight where everyone has the proper weapons, they're about as durable as ordinary human beings despite their monstrous SuperStrength. Not only that, but they're so unfamiliar with facing enemies that can hurt them that they don't really bother with wearing armour and learning to dodge and parry attacks.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain:
** While they are not directly involved with the Hazbin Hotel's operation, nor are they attempting to undermine the staff's mission, they are the reason behind Charlie's cause due to their annually slaughtering her people just to deal with Hell's overpopulation crisis. [[spoiler:At least until "Welcome to Heaven" when Adam and Lute plan to target the Hotel first in the next upcoming extermination.]]
** The blessed weapons they leave behind have been incorporated into Hell's weapons technology, fueling a black market of demon-killing implements throughout the Rings of Hell, as seen in ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''.
* GruesomeGoat: They are vicious, bloodthirsty, demonic-looking angels who look goat or ram-like with their massive horns.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The only thing that can kill angels are their own holy weapons. Carmilla Carmine has been collecting their discarded tools after Exterminations and making weapons out of it. The Exorcists even made a habit of abandoning most of their angelic weapons after every Extermination, possibly thinking the Sinners would just be [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves using them against each other.]] Even Adam finds it "weak" when he realizes that's the big twist on how angels can be killed.]]
* HolierThanThou: The exterminators thus far seem to hold this view, and are ''incredibly'' arrogant and self-righteous.
* HolyHalo: The only real visual cue that these are angels rather than demons are the halos of light above their heads.
* HornedHumanoid: Have goat-like horns on their head, [[spoiler:though a later episode shows that these are just part of the masks they wear while on duty. Lute doesn't wear hers while in Heaven, having regular human features underneath]].
* KarmicDeath: The Exorcists have a HolierThanThou attitude against demons that is the base of the annual purge. [[spoiler:They are killed by their own holy weapons, essentially dying from something holier than them.]]
* LightIsNotGood: Silvery Angelic beings that are sent to massacre people.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler:Their disturbing jester-like faces are actually {{Expressive Mask}}s that they only wear during their Exterminations or whenever they need to visit Hell. Presumably, it's to hide their identities since only a select few in Heaven know about the Exterminations at all.]]
* MonsterClown: The smiling faces displayed on their monitor-like faces, in addition to their goat-like horns, make them appear like court jesters.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[SarcasmMode Gee, "Exorcists" in a place inhabited by demons sure sound like fun not-at-all dangerous pranksters!]]
* NightmareFace: One of their faces is a smile with an X on the eye. [[spoiler:It's just a mask they wear as part of their uniform.]]
* NighInvulnerable: Exorcists are near impossible to harm by any means except [[spoiler:the very angelic weaponry they carry]], to the point that it was considered impossible to do so until [[spoiler:Carmilla]] managed to kill one. This actually becomes a ''weakness'' for them, as they're so unaccustomed to anything being able to threaten them that they don't take measures to defend themselves
* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: They're able to slaughter Hell's denizens unopposed due to being much more powerful than Demons, but one of the Exorcists was killed in the most recent purge, something that has explicitly never happened before. It's indicated later that demons didn't even know it was ''possible'' to kill an Exorcist before this death happened. But now that it's happened, Heaven intends to have another Extermination in six months instead of one year, all so the demons don't figure this out and can't rebel against them. [[spoiler:This is on full display during the next Extermination, with Charlie's army using angelic weapons to kill a large number of the Exorcists.]]
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Their purging of Hell seems understandable, given how demons border on AlwaysChaoticEvil, except that ''this is their fault in the first place'' due to creating Hell for very petty reasons, and that the Exterminations aren't so much population control as they are a way to maintain Heaven's power. [[spoiler:"Welcome To Heaven" revealing they don't even know why someone goes to Heaven or Hell makes them even worse, because they've all this time just been ''assuming'' all demons are irredeemable.]]
* OffWithHisHead: The fallen one that Adam and Lute find is missing its head.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Silvery-winged beings with horns, notched halos, and still holographic faces that sometimes glitch.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: The decapitated exorcist is the reason why Adam moved up the extermination, causing yet another problem for our heroes.
* PopulationControl: Their purported purpose, is to kill denizens of Hell to deal with its OverpopulationCrisis.
* PunchClockVillain: Charlie initially assumes them to be this in her reprise of "Happy Day in Hell", suggesting that maybe they find having to fly down to Hell every year to be a chore and that she can help them too by opening up the Hotel and saving them the trouble. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately]], this turns out to be untrue, and the Exorcists (or at least Adam and Lute) are just {{Sadist}}s who do this because they enjoy it.
* SlasherSmile: They have grins on their holographic faces after they're done with their massacre.
* StrongButUnskilled: Downplayed in that they know how to fight, but due to being NighInvulnerable compared to demons Exorcists have developed a habit simply not bothering to defend themselves in favor of unrelenting aggression, which makes them extremely vulnerable when for the first time since time immemorial they're faced with something that can actually harm them. This also extends to their tactics on the battlefield, which amount to little more than a ZergRush against the inhabitants of Hell.
* SuperStrength: They're capable of literally ripping demons limb from limb, which makes their WeaponOfXSlaying arsenal even more dangerous than it already is.
* TautologicalTemplar: The Exorcists, at least, seem to think that the sinners in Hell are all depraved and irreversibly broken and thus are incapable of bettering themselves. As of Episode 1, all the (Exorcist) angel characters we're introduced to are all portrayed as murderous assholes, with the implications that the (semi-)annual purge in Hell is used in Heaven as ''entertainment''. Really, the only difference between them and demons is that at one is more outgunned than the other.
* TooDumbToLive: Oh sure, leave your angelic weapons behind in the battlefield after Extermination instead of making sure they're all accounted for. You know, the mass-produced {{Immortal Breaker}}s you use to massacre demons every year? If it could kill immortals, there's good chance it can be used against you, and thanks to you leaving them behind, enough was scavenged to arm a small army.
* WeaponOfXSlaying: Their signature silver weapons are the only things in creation that can render any supernatural entity DeaderThanDead, including high-ranking demons and [[spoiler:their fellow angels]]. They don't appear to be more powerful than conventional weapons, per se, only capable of permanently hurting a broader spectrum of entities.
* WeHaveBecomeComplacent: After countless years slaughtering Sinners who are much weaker than them, they have become assured in their invulnerability, wearing effectively no armor and not bothering to defend themselves or counter when a Sinner ''does'' attack them. As a result, they're slaughtered in ''droves'' when facing someone that ''can'' hurt them.
* WingedHumanoid: They have bird-like wings on their backs.
* WouldHurtAChild: During extermination, they indiscriminately slaughter both adult and child Sinners. [[spoiler:When Vaggie was still an Exorcist, she was mutilated and left for dead by her superiors because she refused to kill a demon child, and instead told them to run away.]]
* ZergRush: Their main tactic on the battlefield is just attacking in an endless wave.
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[[folder:Adam]]
!!Adam
[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adamhazbin.png]]
[[caption-width-right:1000: ''"Hell is forever whether you like it or not!"'']]
[[quoteright:1000:[[labelnote:Click here to see him unmasked]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2024_02_03_at_115202_am.jpg ''"I started everything on Earth! All of mankind came from these fucking nuts!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlexBrightman [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]] Creator/EmmanuelCurtil (French), Creator/YojiUeda (Japanese) [[/labelnote]]
The first man and the leader of the Exorcists responsible for the annual Exterminations.
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* AbusiveParents: A variation. He's the first man, meaning that every human alive is his direct descendant. Yet he leads the annual extermination of the damned souls of humans and regards them with complete disdain.
* AccentAdaptation: An odd variation happens in the Latin American Spanish dub. Despite the dub being done in Chile and Adam's voice actor is also Chilean, as well as not being the only character who does this, he speaks with a notable, though not exaggerated, Mexican tone, possibly to highlight his unpleasant personality.[[note]]In the Americas, Mexicans are stereotyped on using [[ClusterFBomb lots of profane language]], as well as being quite rude and having a MightMakesRight mentality, something that befits Adam quite well.[[/note]]
* AdaptationalBadass: The original Adam was just the OriginalMan who fathered humanity. This Adam not only ascended to angelhood, but is on a power level that dwarfs just about everyone in the hotel's army against the exorcists, and it takes [[spoiler:Lucifer himself]] showing up for him to face any challenge whatsoever.
* AdaptationalJerkass: The biblical Adam was said to be the benevolent father of humanity. Here, he's as far removed from benevolent as you can get, being an AxCrazy TautologicalTemplar who slaughters Sinners without remorse, and even when off-the-job, he proves to be quite an unpleasant person to be around.
* AdaptationalVillainy: This Adam is ''far'' from the benevolent father of humanity that his Biblical counterpart was, depicted here as a misogynistic douchebag who slaughters sinners for his own entertainment.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Despite despising Hell and its denizens, he does admit to Charlie that he does dig its hardcore vibe and tunes.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Despite his comedic nature, Adam is a genuine threat when pressed. In the season one finale, [[spoiler:he's able to defeat and nearly kill Alastor, causing the Radio Demon to retreat. Adam then finds himself on the receiving end of the trope when Lucifer arrives at the battle and wipes the floor with him.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: He’s a giant jerk yet managed to not only reach salvation but even become a ''high'' ranking angel, which brings up the question of how exactly the events in Eden actually played out. [[spoiler:"Welcome to Heaven" revealing the rules to get into Heaven are so completely arbitrary and enigmatic to the point not even the angels know how one gets in explains some, but this raises a dozen more questions.]]
* AndYourLittleDogToo: In "Welcome to Heaven" [[spoiler:after Charlie publicly calls him out as no better than the Sinners he despises, Adam promises that the first stop on his next Extermination will be the Hazbin Hotel. He makes good on his promise, and he would've killed everyone living in the Hotel if it weren't for Lucifer's timely intervention.]]
* AngelicTransformation: He's actually the same Adam from Adam and Eve. Charlie suddenly gets why Lilith ditched him when she makes the connection.
* ArcVillain: Adam is the primary villain of Season 1, representing an impending crackdown on Hell's population by Heaven after the death of an Exorcist, as well as being the direct obstacle between Charlie and achieving her dream of stopping the Exterminations. [[spoiler:He is finally defeated and killed in the first season finale.]]
* BadBoss: When one of his Exorcists [[spoiler:Vaggie]] spared a demon child during one of their Exterminations, Adam let Lute [[spoiler:cut out her eye and rip off her wings before taking her halo and leaving her for dead]].
* BeardOfEvil: A variant. He's got an unshaven chin that appears to be an extremely poor attempt at a goatee, making him look even more like the slovenly PsychopathicManchild he is.
* BerserkButton:
** When Charlie and Emily point out that he's a sinner himself and that Heaven fails to follow its rules he’s SEETHING with rage.
** He seems to really hate Lucifer, and reacts with pure, unbridled hatred toward the King of Hell. The fact that Lucifer married Adam's first wife and implies he seduced ''Eve'' is probably the reason for that.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He is an immature goofball, as well as a mass murderer who even Overlords are terrified of. He's far more powerful than his Exorcists to the point not even Alastor can afford to take one of his hits, and he even [[spoiler: overpowers ''Charlie'' in her [[SuperMode full demon form]].]] It takes [[spoiler:Lucifer himself stepping in to put an end to the threat he poses]].
* BigEater: When first seen he's snacking on a big plate of ribs, and when he's seen in "Welcome to Heaven" he's slurping on a drink.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: As he makes clear to Charlie when he hi-jacks her song, to him, the sinners in Hell had their chance to be good people, and because they didn't take it, them being tortured and hunted down for sport once a year for all eternity is the fate they deserve. Regardless of whether or not they regret their actions or are in Hell for entirely petty reasons. Tellingly, he’s furious when Charlie points out that he’s a rampant sinner and doesn’t belong in Heaven.
-->'''Adam:''' ''Just try to relax, babe, you're wasting your breath,''\\
''Did I hear you imply that they'' '''don't''' ''deserve death?''\\
''Are they winners? Are they sinners? 'Cause it's cut and dry,''\\
''Fair is fair, an eye for an eye!''
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: He has a stylized A on his cloak. According to Viv in [[https://archive.is/omuYS a tweet]], his clothes with the A are meant "to be symbolic and uniform but also vaguely letterman jacket".
* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: He's a thuggish PsychopathicManchild who uses a large one-handed battleaxe in combat rather than the more delicate swords and spears that his Exorcist minions prefer.
* TheBully: Adam can't go two minutes without hurting or humiliating someone else for his own amusement. Best seen with is EstablishingCharacterMoment where he tricks Charlie with the hologram, laughs ''way'' too hard about how foolish she looks, then does the same trick again shortly after and proceeds to laugh even harder.
* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: He's the top angel in charge of the Exorcists.
* ChristianRock: Adam heavily invokes this genre with him being an angel with an electric guitar, and he's confirmed to have a band that he uses to pick up women. [[spoiler:He also calls Vaggie being exiled by the Exorcists as her "leaving the band" and sees Vaggie's partnership with Charlie as being a "duet".]]
* TheCynic: Adam firmly believes humans can't be redeemed once they enter Hell (much like [[TokenEvilTeammate Alastor]] in the series pilot) as a result of having known what they're like for time immemorial, and he is much too arrogant to believe otherwise.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:He already died thousands of years ago when he was a mortal man, he meets his second and final death at the hands of Niffty.]]
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:A misogynistic angel dies by Niffty, who would've fit everything he liked in a woman.]]
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: 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 continuing to treat the Virtue he dated less-than-respectfully and being an all-round jerk to conducting routine ''genocides'' for his own cruel entertainment.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Targeting the Hazbin Hotel to massacre all the Sinners there probably sounded fun and fitting, but Adam utterly fails to consider that he's breaking the long established pact between Heaven and Hell by going after Charlie personally. This frees up ''Lucifer'' to intervene, someone leagues more powerful than Adam.
* DirtyOldMan: He doesn't look it due to the dead not aging, but Adam is the first man and was the ex-spouse of Charlie's mom, making him firmly not just an old man, but the ''[[OriginalMan oldest]]'' [[OriginalMan man of all time]]. He also can't stop being depraved towards women, including referring to Charlie as "Lilith's Little Hottie", which is a downright ''creepy'' way to describe your ex-wife's daughter, regardless of how old she is.
* DivinelyAppearingDemons: Inverted. As with his Exorcist subordinates, he is a HornedHumanoid and even has fangs and claws, and in his case [[RockMeAsmodeus a rocker]], but he's an officially sponsored angel. [[spoiler:The Exorcists, at least, are wearing masks and appear human beneath them. Adam is also wearing a mask, but he doesn't bother taking it off when not on the job, unlike Lute.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Adam and Lute technically appeared in the opening song of the Hazbin Hotel pilot in the shadow puppet portion with Charlie. Lute also has a clearer cameo during the song as she's essentially the lead Exorcist who appears in front of the others.
* EmasculatedCuckold: Lucifer seduced his first, [[spoiler: and possibly his second]] wife, which Adam is more than pissed off by when Lucifer taunts him with this fact, [[spoiler:as he backs up Charlie at the hotel battle.]] Adam's overly macho personality may even be an attempt to compensate for this.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Among his only humanizing traits is that he genuinely does like and care for Lute, though their friendship does nothing to make him a better person as they only reinforce and encourage each other's depravity. [[spoiler:The way he smiles at Lute as he dies indicates that he loves her, either romantically or {{platonic|LifePartners}}ally.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Lute shows a rather concerning amount of bloodlust just before the next Extermination, Adam looks rather disturbed and tells her to calm down.
-->'''Adam:''' Would you just- ju- chill, Lute. Fuck.
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Math is on his LongList of huge problems in the world.
* EvilLaugh: Initially, he just had an obnoxious laugh to reflect his {{Fratbro}} personality. However, he does start to let out maniacal laughter in “The Show Must Go On”.
* EvilIsPetty:
** Ends his villain song by telling Charlie that instead of in a year, the next extermination will take place in six months. It's heavily implied he does this just to spite Charlie because she ''dared'' to suggest the human souls in Hell might deserve a second chance. [[spoiler:He is actually doing it because a demon managed to kill an Exorcist, but he doesn't want to tip Hell off that his plans are far more genocidal than usual this time.]]
** Offers Charlie to shake his hand and then some ribs only to reveal they're holograms and Charlie can't have any just to be a dick.
** When Charlie's attempt to appeal to Heaven's leadership reveals that [[spoiler:even Heaven is ignorant as to what qualifies a soul to ascend]], Adam reiterates that not only will the next extermination happen on schedule, he's specifically going to start at her hotel.
** Reveals that [[spoiler:Vaggie is an Angel]] purely because Charlie not only pointed out that he’s a rampant sinner but that Heaven fails to follow its rules.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In "The Show Must Go On", [[spoiler:when attacking Charlie, Adam is surprised that she'd risk her immortal life to defend Sinners, clearly unable to understand why she would fight to defend the damned he finds joy in slaughtering, mocking her saying that they're her FoundFamily.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: He is an ax-crazy angel whose job it is to slaughter demons annually, and it's worth noting that in the Hazbin Hotel universe, it's easy for even good people to go to Hell for petty reasons. However, Hazbin Hotel has shown that a vast majority of demons in Hell are AlwaysChaoticEvil and even some of the nicer ones are capable of doing some truly horrible stuff.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Zigzagged. You can definitely tell from first impressions alone that something is definitely off about the Angel's first human creation. Responsible for killing many of [[OffingTheOffspring his own descendants]], he looks and acts like one of the many demons trapped in Hell. Played straight later on when his face is revealed to simply be an ExpressiveMask, much like Lute's.
* FallenHero: Whether he's one of these or EvilAllAlong is a topic of significant in-universe discussion - nobody (including him) is exactly sure why someone as awful as him ended up in Heaven, especially since what he used to be like is hidden by TheFogOfAges, and it's one of the most important mysteries about if and how a soul might become redeemable (and what 'redemption' even means).
* {{Foil}}: To Alastor. They are both exceptionally powerful despite having once belonged to mortal souls, and the TokenEvilTeammate of their respective groups (Compare Adam's [[{{Sadist}} sadism]] to Emily's [[WideEyedIdealist idealism]] and Sera being a WellIntentionedExtremist). However, Alastor is an AffablyEvil -- or at least FauxAffablyEvil SouthernGentleman who doesn't even swear, save for the occasional PrecisionFStrike, whereas Adam is a crass [[EvilIsPetty douche]] whose [[SirSwearsALot swear count outnumbers every other characters' swear count combined]].
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: He certainly thinks so, complimenting Vaggie for landing "Lilith's little hottie". While Lute calls their love "[[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain vile and blasphemous]]", Adam agrees, but also says it's, "Hot as fuck, though."
* GiverOfLameNames: To a frankly gross degree: [[spoiler: Vaggie was given her name by Adam when she was still an Exterminator Angel, and he explicitly says that her skill at killing demons inspired him to name her after "the greatest thing ever." And in case that was too subtle, he pronounces her name with a ''soft'' "g."]]
* GlassCannon: In the same situational way as the Exorcists he commands, only to an even greater extreme thanks to his phenomenal destructive power. [[spoiler:Angelic weapons still affect him like conventional weapons would an ordinary human being, which is how he ends up stabbed to death by a tiny, psychotic housemaid armed with an angelic knife.]]
* AGodAmI: He has such a massive ego that he genuinely believes that he deserves to be revered like a god by his descendants. This is best shown in his VillainousBreakdown:
--> "You all should be worshipping me, you ungrateful, disgusting, fucking losers!"
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:He spends his last moments giving Lute a reassuring smile before he dies.]]
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: His prominent color scheme is gold and white which is meant to be representative of Heaven. The motif however is a LightIsNotGood one.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: Unlike the Exorcists he commands, he has gold as part of his color scheme signifying him as their superior.
* GoneHorriblyRight: He was the first human being sent to Heaven and is the one who created the humans that became Sinners in the first place. Both those circumstances cause everything in the show that Charlie has to deal with, as Adam revels in his supernatural privileges for so long that he becomes a huge {{Jerkass}} to everyone around him, and the humans he created being intelligent enough to turn to evil and being sent to Hell leads to an overpopulation problem that he thinks needs to be ruthlessly cleansed through the Exterminations without considering the option of redemption.
* HandBlast: He can fire beams of holy light from his hands or from his guitar with enough power to cut a building in half.
%% Due to repeated additions, do not add Hate Sink to Adam's folder as he does not count. He is too Laughably Evil to count.
* TheHeavy: Sera, the High Seraphim, is his direct superior and enables his actions but she's hands off in the Exterminations herself, and other villains, the Vees, are largely divorced from Charlie's story. Adam is the villain most directly involved in the plot due to his active role in the Exterminations and his personal involvement in opposing the Hazbin Hotel. [[spoiler:After helping ensure Charlie's plan to redeem Sinners fails, he promises that her hotel is the first place he'll be visiting during the Extermination.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Adam deciding to target the hotel for spite leads to serious problems for him. Namely, this breaks the pact Heaven has with Hell to not target Hellborn demons and frees Lucifer to intervene.
* {{Hologram}}: When Charlie visits Heaven's embassy, Adam offers to shake her hand in greeting. When she tries, she passes through, and Adam reveals he's actually in Heaven using a hologram to communicate with Charlie in Hell. At the end of his musical number denying Charlie's proposal, his hand flickers as he takes her by the wrist and shoves her out the door, showing his hologram can become HardLight, so letting her hand phase through his initially was just an additional dick move.
* HolyHalo: He has a classic golden halo with two additional points similar to the ones worn by his Exorcists, which is one of the visual cues that he's an angel. [[spoiler:When he dies, the halo loses its shine, leaving only a metal ring, and Lute takes it with her to show Lilith that Adam has truly died and that their deal is now null and void]].
* HornedHumanoid: He's an angel with demon-like horns. [[spoiler:As episode 8 eventually reveals, though, the horns are just part of his mask]].
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** He criticizes sinners for sinning in their past lives, but is himself a big bucket of sin, being extraordinarily wrathful, misogynistic, vain, prideful, and foul-mouthed. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also he's mentioned to have had extra-marital sex.]]
** In "Welcome to Heaven", Charlie questions Adam (the first "virtuous soul") on the criteria of being worthy of Heaven. He hastily comes up with three criteria: "act selfless, don't steal, stick it to the man." Adam himself is shown to be very selfish, entitled, and is himself "the man", both as the first man and leader of TheArmiesOfHeaven who enacts yearly genocide. When Angel Dust is shown doing the very things on his list, he insists that it still doesn't make him worthy of ascension.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Despite being the first human soul to ascend to an angel and being around for as long as creation, Adam hasn't grown up at all, maintaining the personality of a psychotic fratbro. Other than killing, all he cares about is eating, drinking, and sleeping around.
* InkSuitActor: When he's unmasked, Adam bears a resemblance to his voice actor, Creator/AlexBrightman.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: He greatly admires his exorcists for their efficiency at extermination, praising Lute for her body count [[spoiler:in addition to Vaggie who he referred to as one of his top girls. Even years after they disgraced her, he still respects her abilities]].
* InstrumentOfMurder: He has a golden guitar that he wields like a battle-axe.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He seems to hate allowing anyone else to be the center of attention, and his introduction is him telling an anecdote about a time he threw a tantrum because a groupie dared to hit on a member of his band other than him.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: In the grand scope of things, [[spoiler: Adam reports to Sera, but he is the most immediate threat to Charlie and Hell itself, as the mastermind behind the Exterminations and the one far too gleeful to kill off Hell's denizens. He also reveals Vaggie's past as a FallenAngel specifically to spite Charlie and he leads the Exorcists in battle when they start the next Extermination at the Hazbin Hotel.]]
* JabbaTableManners: His meeting with Charlie has him talking with his mouth full as he eats a plate of ribs. He's also shown messily stuffing his face with ribs in an EmbarrassingOldPhoto during the news coverage of [[spoiler: his death]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Adam is an asshole who demeans Charlie and her plans for redeeming sinners, cracks multiple jokes at her expense and constantly talks over her. To say nothing of his part in routinely leading the annual exterminations in Hell, [[spoiler:which were all ''his'' idea from the beginning,]] and his admittance that he wants to keep them around just because he gets his vile jollies out of indiscriminately massacring sinners. Charlie sums him up when talking with Vaggie:
-->'''Charlie:''' He [is] an ''asshole''.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** He shoots down Charlie's attempts to get him to endorse the Hazbin Hotel and any talks of redemption because, as he points out, Hell is supposed to be a punishment for those who could've led better lives and as we see, an overwhelming majority of demons are not interested in bettering themselves (not even their one guest, Angel Dust). But this does not mean he's in the RIGHT, as Adam is clearly using this as an excuse for his blatant sadism and some sinners are shown to be sent to Hell for minor and petty reasons.
** When Charlie opens the hearing with a "Webster's Dictionary defines..." statement, he quickly calls her out on how unoriginal it is, to which Sera agrees.
* JerkJock: He has the attitude of one, and is explicitly confirmed to have had a letterman jacket as part of the inspiration for his design.
* KarmaHoudini: A vile and repugnant misogynist, the only reason he was made into an archangel by his creators, was by lone virtue of [[ControlFreak never once disobeying them]]. [[spoiler: Or at least, that's the assumption, considering [[OntologicalMystery no one, including him, actually knows what the criteria are]].]] Charlie and Emily lampshade this during a song:
-->'''Charlie and Emily:''' [[IronicEcho If Hell is forever]] [[ArmorPiercingResponse then Heaven must be a lie]], [[{{Hypocrite}} if angels can do whatever and still remain in the sky]].
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:"The Show Must Go On" has Adam finally pay for his sins where he's beaten by Charlie and Lucifer then stabbed to death by Niffty, rendering him DeaderThanDead.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:A misogynist that genocided Sinners for centuries meeting his end at the hands of Niffty, a female Sinner who has a mindset of [[StayInTheKitchen a woman whose place is taking care of the house]], certainly fits the bill. Furthermore, he had been giving a full AGodAmI speech about his importance and how lowly the sinners are, and Niffty kills him for no reason besides he was there]].
* LargeAndInCharge: Adam is the leader of the Exorcists and is by far the largest. Lute, the second tallest, doesn't even reach his shoulder.
* LaughablyEvil: He's an AxCrazy psychopath but he has the personality of a sadistic, meathead fratbro who constantly cracks jokes, making him entertaining while still being utterly irredeemable.
* LightEmUp: Adam is capable of firing destructive beams of light from hands, which he calls his "holy light".
->''"SUCK MY HOLY LIGHT FUCKERS! YEAHHHHH!"''
* LightIsNotGood: Although he's draped in white and golden colors indicative of Heaven, he's not a good guy. He laughs in Charlie's face when she tells him her plan for a hotel that redeems sinners and follows that up by flat-out admitting that the yearly slaughter of Hell's citizens isn't just punishment but entertainment for him and the other exorcists.
* LooseLips: Early on in "Welcome to Heaven", Adam is talking about [[spoiler:the Exterminations]] in public despite it being a secret from Heaven at large. [[spoiler:Then he spills the beans in general when he gets mad.]]
* LousyLoversAreLosers: If Lucifer's comments and gestures in the season one finale are accurate, Lilith [[DidTheyOrDidntThey and Eve both]] preferred Lucifer's efforts in bed far more than Adam's. Given his [[ItsAllAboutMe usual temperament,]] it's no surprise Adam would be a selfish and lousy lover.
* MonsterProgenitor: He's the first man, the father of [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humanity,]] whose souls can ascend to heaven or descend to hell and become demons.
* MoralMyopia: He's been leading a crusade against every soul in Hell for thousands of years, killing billions in the interim. When a ''single'' Exorcist is successfully killed during the latest Extermination, he takes it as a personal slight and declares that he now plans on such a thorough genocide that no one in Hell is ever able to "pull a stunt like that again." And this is despite the fact that [[spoiler:he had left a wounded Vaggie for dead in Hell simply for sparing a demon child, implicitly hoping that a demon would kill her]].
* MoreDespicableMinion: He serves as this towards Sera, while she has authority over him [[spoiler:Adam was the one who came up with the annual Exterminations in Hell. While Sera clearly feels guilt over the Exterminations, she allows them to happen because she believes Hell's overpopulation is a direct threat to Heaven. Adam merely views the Exterminations as "entertainment" and personally enjoys murdering sinners in Hell.]]
* MorphWeapon: That guitar of his does actually serve a practical purpose - he can transform it into a battleaxe, which serves as his primary weapon.
* {{Narcissist}}: To an insane degree as it fits with his knight templar personality and the way he justifies anything he does as being good or just simply for being the first man created.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Adam vaporizing Sir Pentious when he tries to attack the angel ends with the sinner going to Heaven for his sacrifice, proving that it ''is'' possible for sinners to redeem themselves]].
* NighInvulnerable: As with his subordinate Exorcists, Adam is nearly impossible to hurt by any means other than [[spoiler:angelic power and weaponry]]. His reaction when [[spoiler:Charlie stabs him through the shoulder with her pitchfork]] helps to underscore how alien the sensation of being injured is to him.
-->''(Shocked) The fuck!? That hurts!''
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He's the one in charge of the yearly Extermination in Hell, which, on paper, is meant to decrease Hell's overwhelming population of sinners and demons. This could be a somewhat noble goal, were it not for Adam making it blatantly clear that he and the other Exorcists find Exterminations entertaining, and discard any attempt to peacefully compromise with Hell, instead laughing at Charlie's idea of the Hazbin Hotel right out of the meeting room while [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem smugly informing her that the Exorcists will be back in six months instead of the year they're supposed to take.]] "Welcome to Heaven" reveals that [[spoiler:Adam was the one that came up with the idea of the Exterminations in the first place, with Sera being unhappy about it]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Adam acts like, and more than likely genuinely is, a chauvinistic tool who seems to just do things just because he can, even moving up the next extermination due to a spur-of-the-moment way to insult Charlie. [[spoiler:In reality, he had already made up his mind to change the extermination to an outright genocide, and opts to wait to strike rather than act impulsively like Lute suggests.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: Despite being an angel, he is far more monstrous and intimidating than most traditional likenesses of such celestial beings, he has demonic horns, eyes that lack pupils, and razor-sharp teeth. And his behavior alone is '''anything''' but holy.
* OddFriendship. With Lute. Adam is selfish, bratty, deeply misogynistic, and lacks empathy for just about anyone or anything that isn't him. Somehow, he manages to get along with her so well that it's shown they have a deep connection to one another, either platonically or romantically is unclear.
* OffingTheOffspring: All the Sinners, as former humans, are his and Eve's descendants, but he ''revels'' in slaughtering them.
* OhCrap:
** Lets out a "shit" when he [[spoiler:accidentally blurts out the truth of the Exterminations in front of the entire Angelic court.]]
** He manages to keep up his bravado even as [[spoiler:Lucifer clearly has him completely outmatched, but when he tries to go in for a cheap shot only for Charlie (who he'd previously overpowered) to morph her hand into a demonic claw and [[PunchCatch stop him completely dead in his tracks]]]] he genuinely freaks out for a moment at the sudden turnaround.
-->''Wait, what the fuck!?''
* OriginalMan: Yes, he is ''that'' Adam, '''the''' Adam. He even calls himself "the original dick" and "the dick all other dicks descend from" ([[DontExplainTheJoke "dick" in this context meaning male genitalia, not euphemism for "jerk" even though that fits far better]]). Charlie speculates that this is why her father didn't want to meet with him.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: His entire job can count as this. While it's been shown that people can go to Hell in this universe for petty reasons and are not deserving of being down there and certain demons do display redeeming qualities, the vast majority of demons shown fall under AlwaysChaoticEvil and are fundamentally horrible people okay with murder, rape, and various other high sins and crimes. As such, Adam's routine extermination of demons seems less horrible overall. ''However'', it's made clear that the Exterminations are less about punishing evil and more about preserving Heaven's authority and he shows clear sadism in doing so, something he flat out admits.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He's got enough SuperStrength to crack open a skyscraper-sized force-field with a single punch, can rapid-fire energy blasts with the power of a heavy artillery battery, and even manages to [[spoiler:annihilate Sir Pentious and his entire airship so effortlessly that it looks like they just blink out of reality]]. It's very good news for our heroes that he's UnskilledButStrong enough for them to dodge most of his attacks, and that [[spoiler:Lucifer, their own PersonOfMassDestruction, is on his way to take him down.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:While Sera ends up ruling in his favor, and he gets to torment Charlie by revealing that Vaggie is a former Exorcist and promising to start the next extermination at the hotel, he had also revealed the existence of the exterminations themselves to the entire courtroom, along with how cruel and spiteful he can be (to Sera's open disapproval).]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He was implied to have been misogynistic towards Lilith as in Jewish folklore, demanding she submit to him. He acts like an obnoxious, slovenly frat boy in the modern day, particularly when recollecting a time he was upset a woman wanted to have sex with someone else (his band's drummer) besides the "original dick" (they ended up fucking anyways). He seems to treat his female exorcists with ''some'' respect, though it's probably only because they willingly follow his orders as well as how genuinely competent they are at the jobs he assigns them, but even then, he casually calls Lute "Danger Tits" to her face, and her non-reaction indicates this is pretty common. His attitude towards sinners is also straight-up genocidal. He also agrees with Lute when she calls Charlie and Vaggie's relationship "Blasphemous", while also considering it "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot hot]]".
--> '''Adam:''' Y'know when you take her out for the ''fifth'' time and she ''still'' expects you to pay the check but you're like ''[mockingly]'' "Hey, I thought you wanted equality!?"
* PsychopathicManchild: He's the OriginalMan, thousands of years old, and the head of the Exorcists... and he behaves like an obnoxious college frat-boy. A ''bloodthirsty, sociopathic'' obnoxious college frat-boy, who, when he isn't playing childish pranks with his hologram and being casually misogynistic; enjoys routinely committing genocide with his pals, [[spoiler:didn't think twice about one of his own soldiers being mutilated and left for dead just because she refused to murder a child, and tries to massacre Charlie's hotel first out of petty spite]]. Sera also treats him like a petulant child, chiding him for acting out of bounds.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Wears an outfit with a lot more purple on it then his usual robe when [[spoiler: he and his Exorcists attack the hotel, where he demonstrates a lot of strong, if unrefined, power.]]
* RottenRockAndRoll: His VillainSong is hard rock as opposed to the other songs which are more Broadway-style, and even owns an electric guitar. He’s also [[{{Leitmotif}} accompanied by electric guitars]] whenever he appears, and does rocker screams when leading an Extermination in the season one finale.
* {{Sadist}}: He and his Exorcists don't just perform exterminations in an effort to keep Haven in control and scare Hell off from fighting back, they ''like'' slaughtering sinners, as he makes clear to Charlie during his song:
-->'''Adam:''' ''When all's said and done (said and done),''\\
''There’s the question of fun,''\\
''And for those of us with divine ordainment,''\\
''Extermination is entertainment!''
* SevenDeadlySins: Ironically, as an angel, he's guilty of committing a few.
** {{Lust}}: He thinks that being the "original dick" gives him the right to sleep with any woman he wants. He's first introduced bragging about having sex with a Virtue and insisting how Charlie calls him "Dickmaster".
** {{Pride}}: He believes that as an angel and the first human to be allowed into Heaven ''ever'', he's entitled to everything and everyone that interests him and that the rest are beneath him. Right before [[spoiler:Niffty kills him mid-VillainousBreakdown]], he outright says that [[AGodAmI he should be worshipped]] because he's the OriginalMan.
** Vanity: He's dressed ''extremely'' flamboyantly for an angel and has the golden wings to prove it, whereas most of the other angels have more muted affluence and have white wings.
** {{Wrath}}: He holds exorcisms under the pretense of PopulationControl for Hell, but it's clear he does so because he likes killing demons and seeing his Exorcists kill as well.
** [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]]: He is introduced chowing down on a large plate of ribs (which he teasingly offers to share with Charlie before revealing that he's a hologram just to be a jerk), and the photo 666 News uses [[spoiler:after his death]] has him similarly stuffing his face with them, showing that it was a habit of his.
** {{Sloth}}: The only time he does something other than brag about himself or put someone else down is when [[spoiler:he's leading the Extermination against the hotel in the last episode]], and even then he hardly does anything.
** [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]: [[spoiler:He has ''not'' gotten over how Lucifer seduced his first (and maybe second) wife, wearing a helmet that makes it look like he has horns and a more demonic face as well as putting up a "macho man" persona in a feeble attempt to impersonate the fallen angel.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: When he tells Charlie that Heaven has decided to move up the next extermination, he shows her a golden scroll that just says "Fuck you I do what I want!!". [[spoiler:Though the end of the episode reveals he ''does'' actually have a legitimate reason to move up the extermination beyond just being a dick.]]
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Adam laughs at Charlie's idea for redeeming sinners to enter Heaven, while he is still in the same room as her.
-->'''Adam:''' ''Fuckin' Hell's forever,''\\
''And it's meant to suck a lot,''\\
''So give up your dumb endeavor,''\\
'''Cause you don't have a shot!''
* SirSwearsALot: In [[WebAnimation/{{Hellaverse}} a universe]] already full of potty mouths, Adam manages to stand out by having the biggest swear per minute count in the entire show; every sentence from him comes with at least one obscenity (he even manages to [[CountryMatters say "cunt" uncensored multiple times]], which [[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E7MammonsMagnificentMusical not even Mammon can get away with]] due to [=YouTube=] being stricter concerning swearing than Prime Video). And this is despite him being an angel.
* SmugSnake: Says that he’s never made a mistake in his life, [[HypocriticalHumor which both in-universe]] and in the Bible is not true.[[note]]After Eve’s creation, she has a somewhat lengthy conversation with the devil, during which he spars with her, tempting her and ultimately causing her to fall. During this time, where was Adam? One would think he wasn't there because the text does not record him saying anything, but in fact Adam was right there the whole time. One would expect Adam to say something to help his wife's argument, but he said nothing and St. Paul goes so far to say that he was not even deceived when he joined her in eating the apple. He is guilty of inaction and thinking he is beyond a rule written by god. Oh and of course... when Adam and Eve sinned, they coveted what was not theirs. God gave them every fruit, a garden, the whole world even. But it was not enough. They wanted more. Leading to the breaking of the 10th commandment, “You shall not covet” -Exodus 20:17a.[[/note]]
* SpikesOfVillainy: It's very subtle, but Adam has tiny golden spikes lining the coat of his collar that are absent from the other inhabitants of Heaven, marking him as a particularly dangerous angel. He trades his coat for a similar one with far more prominent spikes during the Extermination, showing that he's no longer playing around.
* StarterVillain: Adam is the first primary threat from Heaven that Charlie and her Hotel have to contend with, [[spoiler:but he is by no means the last, as his position as leader of the Exorcists is taken up by his right-hand-woman Lute after his death.]]
* StealthPun: His favorite food is ribs. Trying to get back what he lost when Eve was made, perhaps?
* TautologicalTemplar: PlayedForHorror - Adam's entire claim on righteousness hinges on the Sinners being BeyondRedemption and the denizens of heaven being AlwaysLawfulGood... an argument that falls apart due to Adam himself behaving ''at least as badly'' as the worst {{Hate Sink}}s in hell. From what we've seen, Adam has actively bragged about pressuring a groupie into sex, has proven himself a BadBoss to Exorcists who [[WouldntHurtAChild dare to show mercy]], and makes ''no'' bones about his purges being [[BloodKnight motivated by amusement]] rather than out of a desire to defend Heaven. [[spoiler: The fact that a monster like him ''isn't'' a FallenAngel [[SpottingTheThread is the first of many hints that something is VERY wrong with Heaven's assumptions about divine justice]].]]
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: In "The Show Must Go On", we see Adam without his mask, and his face doesn't particularly stand out despite him being a mass-murderer.
* TomTheDarkLord: A powerful and genocidal angel with the name “Adam”. Although justified, as he is in fact the biblical first human known as Adam.
* TimeAbyss: He's the first man and the progenitor of the entire human race.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Is eating ribs in "Overture", which he mentions as one of his favorite foods.
* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: It’s established in the first episode that Hellborns are spared from the Exterminations, making Adam technically a traitor when he attempts to [[spoiler: kill or at least severely hurt Charlie, a Hellborn demon]].
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:For a millennia-old immortal and powerful Exorcist, Adam's end is nothing short of pathetic. After getting pummeled to a bloody pulp by Lucifer and only being spared at Charlie's behest, Adam dies, not in battle, but by being stabbed InTheBack multiple times by ''Niffty'' in the middle of his VillainousBreakdown. About his only consolidation is the fact he got to see [[VillainousFriendship Lute]] is genuinely heartbroken over his death before he completely expires.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Charlie spares his life when she stops her father before he can deliver the killing blow, yet Adam has an VillainousBreakdown about how he won't let Charlie win this battle and how everyone should worship him simply because he's the first man. Had he lived he clearly would have continued his genocidial ways despite Charlie showing him mercy.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: [[spoiler:Adam, by virtue of being the leader of the Exorcists, is extraordinarily powerful but lacks any technique beyond brute forcing his opposition. Alastor, a comparatively weaker opponent, gives him trouble for a time simply by virtue of being able to dodge his attacks and counterattack with impunity, though Alastor still gets crippled with just one successful strike since he wasn't using angelic weapons on the OriginalMan. Adam only finds himself outmatched when the far stronger Lucifer finally steps into the fray.]]
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: In "Welcome to Heaven" [[spoiler:even after Adam wins the court case determining Sinners cannot be redeemed and allowed into Heaven, he gloats to Charlie that during the next Extermination he'll be targeting the Hazbin Hotel first, then laughs at the looks on their faces. Even [[BigBad Sera]] tells him [[EvenEvilHasStandards such sadism was uncalled for]].]]
* VillainRevealsTheSecret: [[spoiler: He's the one who ultimately reveals to Charlie, and the audience, that Vaggie used to be an Exorcist under his command]].
* VillainSong: "Hell is Forever", in which Adam firmly denies Charlie's dream of redeeming damned souls, insisting that they are BeyondRedemption, deserve to suffer and be [[DeaderThanDead permanently killed]], and caps it all of by telling Charlie that the next Extermination will happen six months ahead of schedule.
* VillainousBreakdown: After being defeated by Lucifer in "[[Recap/HazbinhotelS1E8TheShowMustGoOn The Show Must Go On]]", Adam starts ranting after [[BreakTheHaughty being humbled for maybe one of the first times in his life]] by the same guy that cucked him twice. [[spoiler:To add insult to injury, Adam dies an UndignifiedDeath moments later by being stabbed through the back by Niffty with a dagger. Niffty wasn't even going for Adam in particular; she was just so AxCrazy that he was just one more angel for her to stab.]]
-->'''Adam:''' No!...you don't get to end this! I'm fucking ADAM! I'm THE FUCKING MAN and you're just some fucking clown or somethin'! I started EVERYTHING on Earth! ''All of mankind'' came from THESE FUCKING NUTS! You all should be worshipping me! You ''ungrateful, DISGUSTING, '''FUCKING LOSERS!'''''
* VillainousFriendship: Lute is his trusted lieutenant in the Exorcists and his best friend. He fist-bumps her when she tells him how many sinners she killed, she plays along with his villain song and the two are seen hanging out off duty in Heaven. Though Adam isn't above insulting her, their friendship is genuine, best displayed in "The Show Must Go On" where [[spoiler:Lute is devastated by his death and Adam's last act is to smile at her reassuringly before he dies.]]
* VillainousValor: While Adam is content to pick on people weaker than himself, his reaction to [[spoiler:Lucifer]] joining the battle is to hit him with a flying tackle; showing that he's not afraid to punch above his weight.
* WingedHumanoid: He has golden angelic wings.
* WouldHurtAChild: Children are not spared during his Exterminations, [[spoiler:in fact, he let Lute mutilate one of his top lieutenants for sparing a crying demon child, then left her for dead in Hell.]]
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: When he realizes that [[spoiler:[[TakesOneToKillOne the Sinners are able to kill the Exorcists using their own weapons]]]], he calls it "weak".
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[[folder:Lute]]
!!Lute
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"They are not the same. They had their chance and they earned damnation."'']]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her unmasked]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_1594_6.jpeg ''"Your highness, forgive me, but what are the hellspawn doing here?"''[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Jessica Vosk [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]] Kelly Marot (French) [[/labelnote]]
An exorcist and Adam's lieutenant.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:After she gets buried under rubble by Vaggie with her arm stuck, she tugs so hard that she tears her arm clean off.]]
* AxCrazy: She's a fanatical GeneralRipper who will resort to extreme violence with disturbing speed to ensure every demon she sees is dead. She can exercise self-control, but it's clear that she really doesn't want to. [[spoiler:When Adam is about to launch the extermination and announces that he's putting a bounty on Vaggie's head Lute starts graphically describing killing her to the point ''Adam'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards has to tell her to tone it down]].]]
* BerserkButton: Like Adam, Lute is shown to be seething when Charlie calls Adam a sinner and the people of Heaven hypocrites. In general, questioning or undermining her genocidal life's work will cause her to fly all the way off the handle in a way that even her boss won't.
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler: She couldn't care less about Sera's reasons for authorizing the Extermination or Heaven's threatened stability. Destroying human souls and [[ForTheEvulz tallying up the numbers]] is all that truly matters to her.]]
* TheComicallySerious: Lute is essentially Adam's straightwoman, with humour being derived from how she stays composed in the face of Adam's bullshit.
* DarkIsEvil: She's a black-colored angel with horns and responsible for rendering hundreds of human souls DeaderThanDead. She also scoffs at the concept of redemption and is needlessly cruel to Charlie during Charlie's meeting with her and Adam. Since she's an angel working for Heaven, she's technically also a case of LightIsNotGood.
* TheDeterminator: A villainous example. She has absolutely no problem ripping her own arm off as long as it gives her a chance to get back at and kill Vaggie.
* TheDragon: To Adam, as his loyal assistant.
* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:After Adam dies at the end of season one Lute becomes the new head of the Exorcists.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Among her only humanizing traits is that she genuinely does like and care for Adam, beyond the professional boss and underling relationship they have. This does nothing to make her a better person though, if anything it worsens her behavior as their friendship actively encourages the worst of each other's toxic behavior. [[spoiler:She is very distraught by Adam's death.]]
* EvilMakesYouUgly: At first, Lute's armor is seen with bloodstains, suggesting she [[BloodIsTheNewBlack isn't interested in washing the blood off her clothes.]] However, she is seen cleaned up in the episode "Welcome to Heaven" until the musical number "You Didn't Know", where the blood on her armor reappears as she launches into a hateful verse and dons her Exorcist mask - suggesting the stains are more than they appear.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: When Lute is shown without her mask, it's revealed she's quite the beauty as a literal angel. However, her self-righteous, bloodthirsty, genocidal attitude towards the denizens of Hell make her more demonic in nature than the literal demons she loves killing.
* GeneralRipper: Whereas Adam is a simple hedonistic sociopath who mostly just massacres sinners for fun, she's defined by her deep and sincere hatred for the residents of Hell. When she's forced to talk to demons like Charlie, it's clear that she can barely restrain herself from going for their throats, and [[spoiler:seeing one of her Exorcists spare a child during an Extermination causes her to immediately fly into an UnstoppableRage that ends with Vaggie horribly mutilated and left for dead.]]
* HolierThanThou: When Charlie insinuates Heaven is mistaken in believing Sinners deserve annihilation, Lute claims "Angels don't make mistakes," and sides with her boss in boasting about Heaven's superiority over Hell. She’s also visibly angered when Charlie implies that she and Adam are no better then the sinners they hate.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Downplayed as Adam is shown to be a dangerous and cunning antagonist on his own. Lute's own brand of cruelty is played much more seriously and she tries to reign in her boss from breaking heaven's rules. Tellingly, during their first meeting, Adam rambles on about a variety of irrelevent topics to Charlie whilst Lute cuts straight to the point and states that sinners are irredeemable. [[spoiler:In Heaven she warns Adam against fighting Vaggie in public because the annual Extermination is secret, something she constantly has to remind him about.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** She claims that [[HolierThanThou "Angels don't make mistakes"]], and yet [[spoiler: they ascended the walking embodiment of chauvinism (Adam) as the first "human angel", simply because Lilith rightfully set her own boundaries and didn't want to blindly obey a dickhead.]]
** She and Adam [[spoiler:also mutilated Vaggie and left her for dead in Hell because she spared a demon child, which would technically count as a mistake.]]
** She calls Charlie's argument that sinners can learn to be better "petty", despite her own petty action of mocking Charlie during their first meeting.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Lute manages to be even more personal to the main characters than Adam [[spoiler:since she was the one who mutilated Vaggie for sparing a child completely of her own volition, and later kills Dazzle]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Lute is cold, contemptuous and self-righteous, believing wholeheartedly in the infallibility of angels and the wickedness of demons. While Adam constantly spots juvenile and vulgar insults towards his victims like a psychotic fratbro, Lute normally remains silent only to let out far more personal and vitriolic insults that reveal the full extent of the seething hatred she harbors towards everyone she perceives as sinful.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:She's been participating and enjoying the exterminations for potentially millenia, and three years ago mutilated Vaggie for sparing a child sinner. At the end of season 1 she's trapped under rubble and removes her own arm, and loses her commander and closest friend.]]
* KickTheDog: Pretty much all of her actions easily fit into this trope but three things stand out in particular. She gives Charlie an extremely cruel TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and ends it by telling Charlie point-blank that she and her family have no real importance to anyone in Heaven. It is also revealed later that she told [[spoiler:Vaggie]] that "filth like her has no place in Heaven" [[spoiler:and brutally slashed Vaggie's eye and wings off and left her to bleed to death in Hell]] all because she spared a demon child during her days as an Exorcist, turning her into a Fallen Angel. During Charlie's time in Heaven's court, she also humiliates and mocks Angel Dust in front of all of Heaven by calling him a crack-whore and that he "blew his shot [for redemption] like the cocks in his mouth" despite the fact that he clearly demonstrated the ability to change for the better.
* KnightTemplar: She has a zealous hatred for sinners and believes their execution is just and righteous.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Downplayed. [[spoiler:She was the one who attacked Vaggie and crippled her before leaving her for dead in Hell in the past. During their showdown in the Season 1 finale, Vaggie returns the favor by beating her and intending to let her live as a CruelMercy, but then Lute [[AnArmAndALeg cripples herself]] in sheer fury and determination to keep fighting.]]
* ALizardNamedLiz: Her name is Lute, and she's Adam's chief '''Lieut'''enant. Averted after "The Show Must Go On", when she becomes a DragonAscendant.
* MadEye: Invoked. Her unique Exorcist mask gives her one wide, round eye and one narrow, slitted one, which combines with the standard SlasherSmile to make her look even more intimidatingly deranged than her subordinates. Meanwhile, she herself tends to be TheStoic, with her real face showing little evidence of the bottomless rage that appears to fuel her.
* MeaningfulName: She is named after a medieval instrument angels are often depicted playing.
* MookLieutenant: She's Adam's top lieutenant in the Exorcists.
* MoralMyopia:
** Lute is completely unsympathetic to the mass slaughter of sinners and considers it justified. [[spoiler: But when the Heaven drone discovers the body of a decapitated Exorcist in Hell, Lute is furious and demands the angels return to Hell right this instant to kill everyone there in retaliation. Even more egregious since "Scrambled Eggs" reveals the Exorcist was killed by Carmilla to protect her daughters from it, making this a kill in self-defense and thus about a hundred times more justifiable than the frequent exterminations.]]
** "Welcome to Heaven" reveals Lute has a firm WithUsOrAgainstUs mentality as she isn’t above [[spoiler:killing Exorcists who sympathize or show mercy during Exterminations either, as shown by what she did to Vaggie for sparing a demon child. And this despite her aforementioned murderous rage at a demon managing to kill an Exorcist when she implicitly hoped that some Sinner would finish Vaggie off if she survived her wounds]].
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: While it's unknown what Adam's body count is, he's a LaughablyEvil goofball while Lute is calm and stoic while she states how many demons she killed and is covered in blood. She also suggests sending an army of angels to wipe out all sinners immediately in retaliation for [[spoiler:the death of a single Exorcist]], while Adam wants to wait. She's also the one who [[spoiler:mutilated Vaggie seemingly on her own accord]], and her stating she wants to rip her "cunt mouth out of her ass" [[EvenEvilHasStandards disturbs even Adam]]. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 1, this becomes more literal, as she manages to actually kill some of Charlie's forces, including Dazzle, while Adam fails to kill a single character of note, with even his one thought kill in Sir Pentious resulting in his ascension. Adam's death in turn results in her becoming the new leader of the Exorcists, and deciding to go for the throat by conscripting Lilith into helping her.]]
* MoreDespicableMinion: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. She manages to be this to the ''already'' despicable Adam. While both are sadistic butchers and generally unpleasant, Adam at the least is LaughablyEvil, a PsychopathicManchild in terms of personality, and [[spoiler:his death is rather pitiful.]] Lute by comparison has few comedic traits, is unquestionably {{blood|Knight}} thirsty to the point {{even|EvilHasStandards}} Adam is telling her to chill, is the one responsible for [[spoiler:mutilating Vaggie when she was still an Exorcist]], and is so zealous and unhinged she's willing to [[spoiler:''rip her own arm off'' to escape being trapped before pouncing on Vaggie like a wild animal. While she earns some pity from her reaction to Adam's death, it's made clear that this has just emboldened her into wanting to see the Hazbin Hotel, more specifically Charlie, dead at her feet.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Even though Lute is more well-put together than her boss Adam in just about every way, that doesn't mean she's above the standard angel HolierThanThou attitude or Adam's bullying and pettiness toward Hell and everyone in it. She dismisses redemption right out the gate and callously talks down to Charlie, then gleefully jams along to Adam's VillainSong after.
** In "The Show Must Go On" [[spoiler:she's even more vulgar and amped up than Adam when hyping up the Exorcists before the Extermination, to the point where her boss has to tell her to tone it down.]]
* NotSoStoic:
** During Charlie's hearing with Sera, when she gets riled up enough her stoicism cracks and she starts engaging in the swearing and vulgarity more typical of her boss.
--->''What are we even talking about?!''\\
''Some CRACKWHORE who fucked up already?!''\\
''He blew his shot like the cocks in his mouth!''\\
''This whole discussion is senseless and petty!''
** When [[spoiler:Adam dies]], she completely drops her stoic demeanor, letting out a devastating scream.
* NumberTwo: To Adam. She's the only angel who's frequently by his side and seems to have a leading role among the Exorcists.
* OddFriendship. With Adam. He is selfish, bratty, deeply misogynistic, and lacks empathy for just about anyone or anything that isn't him. Somehow, he manages to get along with her so well that it's shown they have a deep connection to one another, either platonically or romantically is unclear.
* OnlyAFleshWound: In "The Show Must Go On", [[spoiler:despite [[AnArmAndALeg tearing off her own trapped arm]] , Lute isn't incapacitated by the pain or possible blood loss, and arguably does even better fighting Vaggie than when she still had it. While it's true she's running on sheer determination, rage, and bloodlust to make up for it, she's still moving about without any real difficulties when all of that fades into horror and sadness at Adam's death.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While Lute is not as blatantly bigoted as her openly misogynistic boss and it's implied that even she is not too amused when Adam calls her demeaning names, she still manages to have her own form of intolerance.
** On top of [[FantasticRacism her evangelistic "scorched Earth" policy when it comes to demons]], she also regards Charlie and Vaggie's relationship as "vile and blasphemous", though whether it's because they're both women or because she's [[spoiler:an angel]] dating Lucifer's daughter (a demon) specifically isn't made clear. In either case, she'd be discriminating against Charlie and Vaggie's relationship based on gender or species, making her a Politically Incorrect Villain either way.
** Her attitude towards Angel Dust during the trial also has shades of this, writing him off as a "crackwhore" and making a petty dig about the "cocks in his mouth", which is at best a horrible attitude towards drug addicts and sex workers (made even worse by the fact Angel's largely been forced into sex work by Valentino), but also reeks of homophobia.
* PunnyName: "Lute," being Adam's lieutenant.
* SayMyName: She screams Adam's name [[spoiler:in anguish as she's yelling at him to stay with her while he's dying.]]
* SupernaturalGoldenEyes: Of a different variant than Adam's. Lute has golden irises, the color of Angelic blood, which stand out in her otherwise monochromatic color scheme.
* UniformityException: She looks identical to the average exorcist for the most part, but has a circle with an X over it instead of an X for her right eye and a black halo instead of white to distinguish her from the others.
* VillainousFriendship: Despite having polar opposite demeanors, she and Adam seem to get along really well, with him vocally praising her kill counts (with a congratulatory fist bump) and her gleefully playing along with his VillainSong (which also involves a fist bump). [[spoiler:When Adam dies she starts freaking out, shedding tears and cradling his body.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Outside of her mask her hair is white, [[spoiler:just like Vaggie's]], and she's a dangerous cruel Angel. Her white hair even provides a contrast with her black halo.
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Her reaction to seeing [[spoiler:Vaggie]] sparing a demon child during an Extermination was to call her fellow-Exorcist a disgrace, cut out her eye, rip off her wings and leave her for dead in Hell.
* WouldHurtAChild: The reason Lute mutilated her fellow Exorcist [[spoiler:Vaggie]] and left her for dead in Hell is because her comrade refused to murder a demon child.
* YouAreTooLate: At the end of season 1, she orders [[spoiler:Lilith to return to Hell to stop Charlie's plans.]] However, it's already been revealed that [[spoiler:due to Sir Pentious managing to ascend to Heaven, Charlie has, unbeknownst to her, ''already'' succeeded.]]
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!Others
[[folder:Eve]]
!!Eve
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[[caption-width-right:605:'''Charlie:''' ''"But this gift came with a curse."'']]
Adam's second bride, who (in Charlie's story) was given the fruit of knowledge by Lilith and Lucifer.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Lucifer's comments in the season one finale seem to imply that he not only married Lilith, he may have also seduced Eve at some point as well. Given that Adam is a PsychopathicManchild and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and [[ImmortalImmaturity has been since the dawn of creation]], [[SympatheticAdulterer can you really blame her?]]
* SecondLove: Was this to Adam after Lilith ditched him for being controlling.
* SlasherSmile: In Charlie's story, after Eve takes the Fruit of Knowledge she's shown sporting a PsychoticSmirk that grows into a terrifying red-tinted smile--indicating that being given free will corrupted her.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her current role is in a flashback in a story Charlie told, however her eating the fruit allowed the forces of Darkness to infect Earth and cause Lucifer's banishment to Hell.
* TemptingApple: She was given THE forbidden fruit which is an apple in this series.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As stated eating the apple caused the evil to find its way to Earth, corrupting the angels' creation, causing Lucifer and Lilith to fall, and Hell to be born.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate after eating the forbidden fruit is unknown and while we do know that her husband Adam would go on to become an angel, she isn’t mentioned nor referenced to beyond the story Charlie tells in the beginning. Lucifer implies that [[DidTheyOrDidntThey he seduced her as well]] to Adam in the first season finale to mock him, though it's unclear if that actually happened or not.
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[[caption-width-right:656:'''Charlie:''' ''"It was ruled by beings of pure light. Angels that worshiped Good and shielded all from Evil."'']]
* AlienBlood: Angels (as seen with both Lucifer and the Exorcists) have golden blood, calling to mind the ichor described in the bible.
* AmbiguousSituation:
** Although Heaven itself is currently a cipher, the dissonance between the angels' AlwaysLawfulGood reputations and the {{Jerkass}} way their on-screen ranks actually behave raises several unpleasant questions and possibilities. If cruelty, sadism, mass slaughter, wanton sexuality and general rudeness are all permissible by the highest-ranking members of a species that (reputedly) worships goodness itself, then WhatIsEvil
** There is also no mention of a God ruling them as of the beginning of the series and they only serve higher angels as if they are the Gods which can make things more ambiguous about the nature of the angels.
** "Welcome to Heaven", while revealing some details, like that [[spoiler:only the Exorcists and Heaven's rulers know about the Exterminations]], it adds the question of ''what'' criteria leads to a soul heading to Heaven versus to Hell, given that some souls in Hell [[EasyRoadToHell seem to have ended up there for minor offenses]]. [[spoiler:When Angel Dust fails to ascend after fulfilling Adam's list, it's revealed that, InUniverse, not even the elite of Heaven know ''why'' a soul goes to them, only when it does.]]
* AnimalMotifs: They seem to resemble birds, and not just in the obvious fact that they have bird wings. The Exorcists have a feather-like pattern on their necks, Sera and Emily are avian in their true forms, and several angels in the courthouse look like birds. Even Lucifer post-fall has a bird motif in his hobby of making rubber ducks and the light show he gave to young Charlie in "More Than Anything" implies his true form is of a swan.
* AngelicTransformation: Adam's existence proves that humans who go to Heaven become angels, just like how humans who go to Hell become demons. In addition, human-borne angels are called "Winners", similar to how human-borne demons are called "Sinners". Although whether that is the official name for human angels or just something Adam made up during his song to spite Charlie is currently unknown.
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: What they fear most is the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil cosmic force of Evil]] penetrating its way into their universe, and tearing down everything they created and rule over. They are willing to go to great and immoral lengths by [[QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice forming Hell]], to contain its spread, after both Lilith and Eve defied them. By vanquishing [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife millions to billions of souls]], their solution to the problem (they refuse to admit exists) is as drastic as a surgeon amputating an entire arm over a small infection, rather than by humanely treating it.
* BeastMan: In ''Helluva Boss'' when we see angelic beings, they are essentially humanoid animals, and this isn't an outlier. ''Welcome to Heaven'' reveals that just like the Sinners, Winners take on animalistic or otherwise inhuman forms. The difference is that most appear less monstrous than their sinner counterparts. Natural-borne Angels are no different, seemingly being very [[BirdPeople bird-like]] in their true forms, with the Seraphim transforming into more humanoid forms. Adam, Lute, and the rest of the exorcists, however, look the most human, with them being [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation silvery-skinned]] [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]] underneath their masks.
* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: [[spoiler:"Welcome to Heaven" reveals souls worthy of paradise get there without any leave from angels, hence the highest authorities of Heaven don't actually know what amounts to worthiness. Their values are from making assumptions based on using the damned as a yardstick.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Angels may not have a high opinion of sinners, but even they have limits, such as Sera's disapproval of Adam's petty grudge against Charlie for daring to propose that sinners can be redeemed and pointing out the flaws in Heaven's system.]]
* EyeMotifs: Based on the biblically accurate descriptions of angels. Many of the angels have [[ExtraEyes multiple eyes]], including [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyes on places like their wings]], and eyes are also a reoccurring symbol on angels’ clothes and various structures in Heaven, like the gates where Saint Peter resides.
* GovernmentConspiracy: "Welcome to Heaven" reveals that outside of Heaven's elite and [[spoiler:the Exorcists, no one in Heaven actually ''knows'' about the Exterminations.]]
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Played with, as revealed in the episode "Welcome to Heaven" when Charlie is put on trial. [[spoiler:The Exterminations are a way of Heaven being proactive towards purging evil from the universe, but it's in service to an unclear goal. The upper brass of Heaven seems to think that eliminating evil by purging sinners from Hell once a year will ensure Heaven's safety. But Heaven is [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind playing a game without knowing all of the rules]]. They know that angels come up to Heaven and that demons go down to Hell, but they have no idea ''why'' any of it happens; they're just as unclear as the demons as to who is saved and who is damned. So they just assume that everyone who goes to Heaven or Hell must deserve it and they're justified in carrying out the Exterminations, even though this could be entirely wrong. Either way, those in the upper brass of Heaven have no interest in finding out, and are content to just let things remain the way they are while pretending that they're fixing the problem. "The Show Must Go On" has Sir Pentious become an AscendedDemon by rising from Hell to Heaven, which delights Emily and shocks Sera, especially since Sir Pentious appeared right in front of the two Seraphim, which shows that what Charlie wants ''is'' possible, as a way of reaffirming that Heaven has no idea if what it's doing is even working.]]
* HellOfAHeaven: Played with. With the limited viewpoints into Heaven being the likes of [[{{Jerkass}} Adam and Lute]] or [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss Deerie]], viewers might be led to expect that Heaven is either a bloodthirstily psychopathic and/or joylessly puritanical afterlife no better than Hell. Once it's actually seen for the first time in episode 6 however it's revealed that Heaven really is a fairly idyllic place and most of the people there do seem genuinely good. [[spoiler:However, there are people like Adam who are inexplicably allowed in despite being just as bad if not worse than most Sinners. Not to mention the fact that the system of divine judgement itself is fundamentally broken because nobody actually knows what allows a soul into Heaven or Hell. Even the leaders of Heaven have no idea as to what is actually required for a soul to ascend, the only thing they do know is when a soul arrives]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: For all their talk about their disgust for Hell and all its demons, they're willing to enable Adam's asshole behavior and are using the Exterminations as a culling to maintain their power. [[spoiler:"Welcome to Heaven" makes it a little better by revealing the majority ''doesn't'' know about the Exterminations, but it doesn't explain why they're willing to allow Adam to be how he is]].
* LightIsNotGood:
** While the Exorcists all don black, Adam and Heaven in general are depicted with white and gold. Adam and Lute are no better than the demons, and while we have yet to see how Heaven is like, they don't leave a great impression thus far.
** Episode 6 downplays this a bit. [[spoiler:It's revealed that not all Angels are even aware of the Exterminations and that, if Emily is any indication, they would be absolutely horrified to learn about them. Even among the Angels that are aware of them, not all of them are as gleeful about them as Adam is. Sera, for example, sees the Exterminations as a NecessaryEvil that must be carried out in order to maintain the balance of power between Heaven and Hell in the Angels' favor, and carries them out willingly, but reluctantly.]]
* LogicalWeakness: As revealed by Carmilla in "Hello Rose", Angels fight with reckless abandon against Sinners because they think the latter can't hurt them. Yet they ''can'' be hurt [[TakesOneToKillOne with their own weapons]], and this knowledge on Hell's side (plus a small army's worth of black market angelic weapons) leads to massive Exorcist casualties during the attack on the hotel.
* MeaningfulName: Adam calls the human souls that reach Heaven "Winners" as opposed to Hell's "Sinners". [[spoiler:Since no one in creation knows how souls are selected for Heaven or Hell, ascending to Heaven is currently a matter of chance. No one ''earned'' their way into paradise, they ''won'' the metaphorical lottery]].
* MirroringFactions: Looking at how Heaven is depicted during 'Welcome to Heaven', it is implied they're not too different from Hell. The place is shinier and cleaner, sure, but the denizens of Heaven often have a similar design feel as Hell, just with a halo and wings. And Heaven is not above-posing skimpily-clad, good-looking people on display either. It's like Heaven is the uptown area while Hell is the red-light district, but they're both still in the same city. Additionally, several high-ranking angels resemble Goetias in their birdlike appearance.
* NeverMyFault: They cannot handle the notion that their divine plans are just as fallible as they are, even when it's pointed out to them.
* OrderIsNotGood: The angels represent order to the demons' chaos, but in this pursuit, the Exorcists perform, with Sera's (reluctant) approval), the Exterminations. Additionally, the opening story states Lucifer and Lilith were cast to Hell because [[ControlFreak the angels couldn't stand humans being given free will]]. [[spoiler:And "Welcome to Heaven" reveals the order they uphold is broken and unfair]].
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: There's a variety of Angels, though they have similar traits like wings and a halo. The Winners are human souls that look similar to the sinners and there are angels with heads that resemble the Ophanim (rings with eyes). Adam mentions fucking a "Virtue Chick", which are a type of angel from ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Coelesti_Hierarchia De Coelesti Hierarchia]]''.
* TautologicalTemplar: Episode 6 shows that [[spoiler:the Angels don't actually know how one earns access to Heaven or Hell, they just assume that whoever ends up in either deserves it, regardless of their actual behavior.]]
* TimeAbyss: According to Charlie's storybook, the angels have expanded the universe, with Earth being one such creation, making them far older than the rest of creation.
* UnusualHalo: Winners have the standard golden ring, but we see more variety in the more notable angels.
** Adam and Lute have ring halos with a small sphere in the center and points at the top and bottom. Adam's is golden while Lute's is black.
** Sera's is bluish-white and resembles an ornate crown with a standard ring on top.
** Emily's is white and has points above a ring to resemble a tiara.
** The Elders each have a distinctive halo, varying in complexity.
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[[folder:The Elders of Heaven]]
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[[caption-width-right:920:'''Charlie''': For they felt his way of thinking was dangerous to the order of their world.[[note]]Lucifer is in the center, while the Elders surround him.[[/note]]]]
Enigmatic high-ranking angels responsible for banishing Lucifer to Hell.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's unknown how much involvement they have with Adam's genocidal plot or if only Sera is keeping them LockedOutOfTheLoop. They also were the ones who trapped Lucifer in Hell for eternity because he accidentially disrupted their order making this a case of GoodIsNotNice at the most charitable. Lucifer also doesn't hesitate to think that they would hurt Charlie for dreaming.
* CouncilOfAngels: They form this in Heaven, being the ones to call the shots. There doesn't appear to be a God, and these guys seem to be the ones in charge.
* EvilIsPetty: The origin of Hell in the prologue paints the exile of Lucifer and Lilith as this - for daring to go against their plan for existence (by rejecting Adam in Lilith's case and giving Eve the Apple of Knowledge for both of them), they condemn them to a dark pit where they can only see the bad things their decision created, with the good forever being out of reach. Since the prologue comes from a book Charlie is reading, it's entirely possible there's at least some level of bias against Heaven, though how much, if any, isn't known yet, and in a conversation with his daughter about the past, Lucifer does seem sincere about how he wanted to help humans as well as wracked with guilt over his failure.
* TheGhost: They are only seen as silhouettes in Charlie's narration at the start of ''"Overture"'', and then during the song "More than Anything" in the episode ''"Dad Beat Dad"''.
* IronicHell: They were the ones who cast Lucifer into hell, where only "bad" people would be so he'd never see the good only the bad of a free willed humanity.
* JerkAssHasAPoint: While the Elders come across as harsh and controlling they actions do have a point:
** They were afraid Lucifer's dream would destroy the order they created. They were proven correct when the introduction of free will allowed evil to infect the Earth resulting in the creation of Hell and all the sinners and mess that followed.
** Lucifer being banished to Hell can seem harsh...except his recklessness created Hell in the first place and it being filled with sinners in a direct result of his actions. Confining him to Hell forces him to face the consequences.
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[[folder:Sera]]
!!Sera
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[[caption-width-right:1000:''"Everyone looks to us, and we can't doubt ourselves or worry about the fates of demons when we have our own souls to protect."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Patina Miller
The High Seraphim of Heaven.
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* AffablyEvil: Sera's a polite, composed angelic being who seems to feel some pity for the Sinners stuck in Hell and guilt over allowing Adam's Extermination. However, that doesn't mean she'll [[spoiler:agree to Charlie's plan to allow redeemed Sinners to enter Heaven]] or call off the Exterminations, which she believes are necessary to keep Heaven safe.
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: The [[OhCrap look of absolute horror on her face]] when Sir Pentious [[AscendedDemon ascends to Heaven]] makes it clear that she's ''not'' blind about the implication. If Sir Pentious ''could'' ascend, the billions that she had killed over the centuries in her IDidWhatIHadToDo mentality ''could'' have ascended as well, which utterly blows several dozen holes in her BrokenSystemDogmatist mentality. And that's not even considering the mass Exorcist casualties, including Adam, from the last failed Extermination.]]
* AllInTheEyes: When Emily finds out and is aghast about the exterminations, Sera tells Emily that she had to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do what was required.]] At the moment she says this however, the glowing flames from the orb behind Emily reflect in Sera's eyes and shadow the rest of her face, which combined with Sera's awkward attempt at a comforting smile makes Sera's appearance much more malevolent. The music for this moment also shifts to a much more suspicious tone.
* AngelicBeauty: Sera is an angel and a gorgeous sight to behold.
* AntiVillain: In stark contrast to Adam, who clearly takes a gleeful and sadistic enjoyment in the Exterminations, [[spoiler:Sera is shown to be far more reluctant and remorseful about it, clearly knowing it's wrong but genuinely seeing no other way to ensure Hell can never threaten Heaven and its people.]]
* BigSisterInstinct: She claims that she didn't tell Emily about the Exterminations specifically because she worries that she would [[FallenAngel go down the same road as Lucifer]] if she knew they were killing souls.
* BrokenSystemDogmatist: Sera, at some level, understands that the system of Divine Judgement is flawed and that the Extermination plan is inherently unfair to the Sinners. But at the same time, Sera refuses to question it or stop the Exterminations. [[spoiler:It doesn’t matter if Sinners like Angel Dust can be redeemed or monsters like Adam were made angels; as far as Sera is concerned, whatever criteria is used to sort souls into Heaven or Hell is infallible and unchangeable, even if she doesn't know what those standards are. She fears any angels who question it will fall like Lucifer.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Several of the other hosts of Heaven are disgusted when they learn Sera permits the Exterminations. [[spoiler:This includes Emily, who calls out Sera for treating her with kid gloves and pretending that everything was fine.]]
* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: She's the highest ranked angel in the series so far, although she's [[spoiler:hardly a paragon]].
* CondescendingCompassion:
** It's clear from the moment Sera meets Charlie that, as polite as the High Seraphim acts, she views allowing Charlie into Heaven to argue her case to be charity on her part. In contrast to Emily greeting Charlie with sincere friendliness, Sera welcomes Charlie with a formal, "You are gifted to be here." Privately she expresses pity towards Charlie, calling her plan to redeem Sinners "misguided" and only agreed to the meeting in the first place so as not to test Lucifer. [[spoiler:It's clear she never planned to seriously consider Charlie's idea to let redeemed Sinners into Heaven, even before she resorted to MovingTheGoalposts.]]
** How Emily has come to view her relationship with Sera after it's revealed [[spoiler:the latter kept the Annual Extermination a secret from her and other angels. Sera claims she did this to prevent Emily from questioning the system, lest she fall from grace like Lucifer, but Emily doesn't see it that way, as she now feels like a child that needs protecting.]]
* CoolCrown: Her halo's ornate and grandiose appearance makes it resemble a crown, reflecting her role as the apparent queen of Heaven.
* DemiurgeArchetype: [[DevilButNoGod With God having gone unmentioned up to this point]], Sera seems to be the highest authority in Heaven as a Seraphim. She's also the one who's been allowing the yearly Extermination in Hell to continue out of the delusion that they might plot an uprising against Heaven and keeping the rest of her kind in the dark about it because she knows how upsetting it would be if they ever found out.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:She's willing to sell out all of Hell and keep most of Heaven in the dark about the Exterminations. She might feel bad about it, but Sera is still letting it happen. Even calling out Sera about what she's doing doesn't sway her mind that the Exterminations are a necessity, all while Heaven gets to sit back and do nothing. She's also scared that she might personally have to pay for her hypocrisy and cowardice, despite knowing the system is inherently broken and unfair.]]
* DisappointedInYou: Sera has so far been the only one able to make Adam display anything close to resembling shame when she admonishes his [[KickTheDog needlessly cruel behavior]]. Whether this is because he holds her in high regard as a ParentalSubstitute or just because she's his boss, has yet to be clarified.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the storybook opening of "Overture" detailing the origins of Heaven and Hell, Sera's silhouette can be seen as one of the elders who disapproved of Lucifer's ideas and presided over the creation of Earth, and then ordering the Extermination when Hell's population flourished.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Whatever atrocities she orders, her love for the younger Seraphim, Emily, is genuine. [[spoiler:She says the reason she didn't tell her about the annual Extermination is because she wanted to protect her from the anguish that comes with making difficult choices to keep Heaven safe. She also doesn't want Emily to question Heaven because she's worried Emily will wind up like Lucifer and be banished to Hell.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She orders the Exterminations, but she doesn't revel in them. [[spoiler:When Adam mocks Charlie by saying he'll be targeting her hotel first during the Extermination, she chides him in front of the rest of the court, saying it "wasn't called for."]]
* EvilCounterpart: For the anti-heroic Carmilla Carmine. Both are powerful leaders in their respective stations with monochrome color palettes who have secretly [[spoiler:killed members of the other's ranks]], and both have a younger character they display maternal protectiveness towards. However, [[spoiler:Carmilla directly killing an angel in defense of her daughters is portrayed as a courageous ActOfTrueLove and her keeping it secret is to try and prevent a foolhardy uprising]], while Sera permitting Adam to perform Exterminations and [[spoiler:hiding the truth from Emily]] is portrayed as condescending hypocrisy to protect herself from being judged by [[spoiler:the younger Seraphim]] for ordering actions that are underhanded and unjust.
* ExactWords: She's ''very'' deliberate with her choice of words during the hearing in Heaven, such as bolstering Adam's half-assed "rules to get into Heaven" by stating "He ''was'' the first human soul in Heaven" - meaning she [[MetaphoricallyTrue never technically lied]] come TheReveal [[spoiler: that ''nobody'' knows exactly what grants a human soul entry into Heaven]]. Similarly, she rules that the heavenly court "finds no evidence that Sinners can be redeemed", not that they don't ''deserve'' to be redeemed, but that there's no evidence that it's physically possible.
* ExtraEyes: Sera has additional eyes that pop up in her halo, wings, and hair when agitated.
* FatalFlaw: '''[[DirtyCoward Cowardice]].''' While Sera is arrogant about her standing as the High Seraphim, it's acting cowardly that is the source of most of her flaws. [[spoiler:She refuses to reform or even question the arbitrary and unfair system that sorts souls into their afterlives because she's scared it could lead to getting kicked out of Heaven like Lucifer, and she allows Adam to cull the population of Hell because she's scared of an uprising. Even when shown proof that sinners can be redeemed, Sera refuses to change and at worst lightly chides Adam when he declares his intent to specifically target the Habzin Hotel first just to spite Charlie. By demonstrating a LackOfEmpathy and refusing to compromise, she is ironically ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy accelerating]]'' Heaven and Hell towards a '''very bloody''' confrontation.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Adam. While they are both high-ranking members of Heaven's society who are active participants in the Exterminations, and who both deny Charlie's assertions that Souls can change, they are also quite different in many ways. Adam is a gleeful {{Sadist}} who revels in the death and destruction of the Exterminations, while Sera views them as a grim necessity to maintain the balance of power between Heaven and Hell in Heaven's favor. Her dismissal of Charlie's efforts also comes across as more compassionate, as she is willing to acknowledge that Charlie is trying to do something good, even if she still views it as misguided and futile.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: When first introduced, Sera is briefly seen to have a bird-like face with a third eye and numerous other eyes on her clothing. She then shifts her appearance into a humanoid one, removing the extra eyes.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Can only react with a horrified confusion to Sir Pentious [[AscendedDemon ascending to Heaven]] as an angel. While the sight made Emily squee with delight, Sera was not anticipating [[RedemptionEarnsLife such a thing]] was possible, as it undermines her [[BrokenSystemDogmatist defense of the mess]] that is Divine Judgement.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Sera is a higher authority than Adam (in addition to being one of the Elders who created him) and the one who [[spoiler:greenlit his proposal for the annual Extermination of Sinners, which she keeps secret from the rest of Heaven]]. However, she isn't directly involved and finds Adam's actions unsavory even if she ultimately approves of them.
* TheHighQueen: She is a ruler of heaven and thus she does what she can to keep its residents safe [[spoiler: even if it means allowing exterminations of sinners in Hell to prevent an uprising.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She says allowing the Exterminations was a difficult decision, but one that had to be made for Heaven's safety. However, she tells Adam she never would have agreed to it if she'd known Lucifer and his daughter would get involved and stir up trouble.
* ImproperlyParanoid: She allowed the Exterminations [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil out of fear the sinners]] would rise up against Heaven. The majority of sinners are self-centered and largely apathetic, and as such would never be able to form an effective fighting force.
* LargeAndInCharge: She's easily the tallest angel seen so far, even when floating, and she's fittingly the highest-ranking.
* LightIsNotGood: She's the apparent ruler of Heaven, a literal being of light who adopts a form that's predominantly colored white and silver. She's also the one who greenlit the Exterminations, making her responsible for millions of souls being [[DeaderThanDead wiped from existence]] on the pretext of "protecting Heaven".
* ALizardNamedLiz: She’s the elder Seraphim and her name is Sera.
* MovingTheGoalposts: During the court case to determine whether Sinners can be redeemed, Charlie asks Adam what it takes for a soul to get into Heaven, and he hastily comes up with three qualifications on the spot. Sera seems to agree that the qualifications he came up with are sufficient proof since Adam was the first man to get into Heaven. [[spoiler:When Angel Dust fulfills all three of Adam's criteria without even knowing he's being watched by Heaven, Sera, unwilling to reevaluate cases after Divine Judgement has already been passed, still says it's insufficient to prove Sinners can be redeemed, meaning it in the sense that there's no evidence to suggest that it's physically possible for damned souls to ascend rather than whether they can personally improve.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: She presents a graceful and regal demeanor that makes her infinitely more mature than Adam, but even she agrees with his childish insult when Charlie attempts to use Webster's Dictionary as the opening line of her court case to prove sinners can be redeemed.
-->'''Charlie:''' Webster's Dictionary defines redemption as—\\
'''Adam:''' Objection! Lame and unoriginal.\\
'''Sera:''' Sustained.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Sera insists that ordering the extermination of countless human souls -- many of whom may be entirely innocent -- was a necessary evil and "a hard decision". Not many in Heaven's upper brass seem to be convinced, especially after Adam twists the knife into Charlie after her proposal was rejected. [[spoiler:Emily in particular calls out Sera for Sera's excuses being little more than self-serving lies to avoid having to think about the possibility of becoming a FallenAngel like Lucifer, and that Emily can no longer live in ignorance and pretend that everything's fine now that she knows the truth.]]
** She completely shoots down the prospect of redeeming damned souls despite Charlie and Emily's pleas because, as it's revealed, [[spoiler:Heaven doesn't actually know how souls get sorted between Heaven and Hell, and she refuses to question or interfere with the unseen status quo because doing so could result in the same Fall that befell Lucifer]] or otherwise jeopardize Heaven's better position.
* OhCrap: In "The Show Must Go On" [[spoiler:her expression upon seeing Sir Pentious has become an AscendedDemon after his second death screams this, as a demon being sent to Heaven undermines everything she argued about Sinners being irredeemable.]]
* ParentalSubstitute:
** She is Emily's mentor but she fulfills a motherly role to her, treating Emily as her daughter.
** She also serves as one to Adam, who gives her a lot more respect than he does to anyone else. At the trial when he's coming up with the criteria to get into heaven he sheepishly asks Sera if he's correct as if he's looking for her approval. Later Sera has to chide Adam for his callous comments like a disappointed parent and Adam actually apologizes. Given Adam was created from the dust of the Earth he didn't have any parents, making Sera the closest thing as one of the angels involved in his creation.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: She supports the Exterminations solely to protect Heaven from infernal insurrections by keeping Sinners in check. But thanks to the threat of being rendered DeaderThanDead already hanging over their heads, especially with Adam moving up the deadline, this means that once it becomes clear that Exorcists ''can'' be killed, there's little reason for the Sinners ''not'' to rebel. In essence, by trying to avoid a confrontation with Hell, Sera ends up forcing one, and her cowardice has all but assured that the end result is going to be bad for everyone. [[spoiler:In the first season finale, thanks to the secret of how to harm angels getting out in Hell and Adam's petty attack on the Hotel, not only are the ranks of the Exorcists ''decimated'' for comparatively few causalities, Adam himself dies due to going after Charlie and incentivizing Lucifer to intervene (though he actually dies to Niffty's hands after the PapaWolf pummels him into the ground), and Lute loses an arm and is forced to call a retreat afterwards with Hell now capable of fighting back.]]
* SlasherSmile: An unintended example that operates on RuleOfSymbolism. While trying to justify the Exorcists to Emily as being NecessarilyEvil, she gives what she apparently thinks is a reassuring smile... which is [[TheUnsmile much too wide]] while her eyes [[FireballEyeballs reflect the flames of hell]]. However much she tries to paint her actions as [[IDidWhatIHadToDo regrettable and for the greater good]], Emily and the audience understand that she's [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just as much to blame for the purges as Adam]].
* SunkCostFallacy: Implied to be the reason why she lets the purges continue and reject Charlie's efforts. To say that there may be a way to redeem sinners would mean that she enabled countless innocent souls to be purged for thousands of years was for nothing and she can't accept that.
* ThisCannotBe: Her reaction to seeing [[spoiler:a redeemed Sir Pentious in Heaven.]]
* TranquilFury: After Charlie and Vaggie are sent back to Hell, Adam is smug about winning to the point of bragging he'll come for the sinners staying at the Hazbin Hotel next in the upcoming Extermination. His smile goes away when he sees Sera ''furious'' about him revealing the truth about it to the previously-unaware angels, being met with a cold glare that gets him to finally shut up. She also calmly says that going for the Hotel first was "uncalled for" with her tone of voice making clear she is ''pissed'' with his cruelty and irresponsibility in handling the matter.
* UnusualEyebrows: She has giant, feather-like protrusions that extend from her eyes in addition to more normal-looking eyebrows.
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: This happens to her in realtime when [[spoiler:Sir Pentious ends up in Heaven, as this invalidates everything Sera has said about demons being irredeemable]].
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[[folder:Emily]]
!!Emily
[[quoteright:900:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emily_render.png]]
[[caption-width-right:900:''"How can I bring joy when I now know we are bringing misery to thousands of innocent people?"'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Shoba Narayan
The other Seraphim.
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* AngelicBeauty: Emily initially appears in a more alien form. Her preferred appearance when interacting with others is a beautiful young woman.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she hasn't outright done anything outside of showing anger at Sera for her deception, the fact that she's a Seraphim makes her one of strongest people in the setting, as angels are inherently more powerful than demons, and the Seraphim stand above all other angels.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Almost immediately becomes inseparable from Charlie when they meet, due to their many similarities. They're both the daughters of powerful Seraphim that act as the highest authority of their respective realm, are perky, plucky, WideEyedIdealist PrincessClassic types who even have a similar vocal range and style when singing. She's also of the opinion that sinners deserve a chance to redeem, and becomes Charlie's biggest supporter on Heaven's side.
* BreadAndCircuses: Her role in the CelestialBureaucracy is keeping the people of Heaven happy and content so they don't think too heavily about the [[CrapsaccharineWorld flaws in the system]]. [[spoiler:This naturally becomes more difficult after her eyes are opened to the reality of the Exterminations.]]
* BreakTheCutie: She's [[spoiler:horrified Sera authorized the extermination of [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife human souls]], while hiding this fact from her and most other angels, all to prop up Heaven's standards and stability. Emily begins to challenge the elder Seraphim [[BrokenPedestal she's losing faith in]], while Sera is ''determined'' Emily continues to enforce a [[TheMasquerade regime of happiness in paradise]], as she doesn't want the angel being cast out like Lucifer. Knowing the awful truth, it's clear Emily can no longer live in ignorance and pretend everything's fine.]]
* CallingTheOldWomanOut: Emily makes it clear to Sera that whatever protectiveness the elder Seraphim feels towards her, it does not justify her [[spoiler:lying to her]] and her self-righteous hypocrisy.
--> ''To think that I admired you. Well, I don't need your condescension! I'm not a child to protect! Was talk of virtue just pretension? Was I too naive to expect you to heed the morals you're purveying?''
* TheCutie: She's the most moral angel seen so far, her kindness and idealism matching Charlie’s own. Sera tries to enforce this [[spoiler:when justifying not telling Emily about the Exterminations]]. Sera says as the elder it's her job to protect Heaven and as the younger Seraphim it's Emily's job to bring joy to their people.
* ExtraEyes: In addition to the two eyes you'd expect on her face, Emily hides a large eye on the center of her chest and another in her halo. They're normally imperceptible when closed, but tend to open when she's agitated.
* EyeMotifs: As a Seraphim, she is "full of eyes" as described in the biblical Book of Revelation. Most of the time, they are hidden but two more appear on her chest and halo after she confronts Sera about the Exterminations, symbolizing that her "eyes have been opened" to the injustices of the CelestialBureaucracy.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Like Sera, when first introduced, Emily has a very simplistic human-like outline, a third eye on her head and another on her chest, and her wings appear to be ''growing out of her head''. She then shifts into a more humanoid form lacking the extra eyes and her wings shift to her back.
* GildedCage: Once she knows the AwfulTruth, she clearly feels her position as Seraphim can't grant her the power to help sinners.
* HellYesMoment: [[spoiler:In sharp contrast to Sera, she's clearly overjoyed to see Pentious [[AscendedDemon be reborn as a Winner]], validating her beliefs completely.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: To show that she is a kind-hearted angel.
* LightIsGood: As a Seraphim by birth, she's a "being of light", and like Sera her colors are predominantly white and silver. Unlike Sera, Emily really is as good a person as her angelic appearance suggests, being [[spoiler:horrified to learn about the Exterminations and vowing to help Charlie even after Sera rejects her idea to redeem Sinners]].
* LittleNo: Third type. During "You Didn't Know", Emily, dumbfounded after learning of [[spoiler:the Exterminations]], pleads with Sera to tell her she wasn't aware of them. Sera tells her with a saddened expression that she did, and that she hid them from her to protect her. A distraught Emily can only let out a little "no" in between Sera's explanations.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Like the majority of Heaven, Emily was unaware about the annual Exterminations in Hell until Adam accidentally lets the cat out of the bag.]]
* MirrorCharacter: Emily is this for Charlie. Both are PrincessClassic in their respective worlds with friendly, optimistic, and idealistic personalities. She gets along well with Charlie as soon as they meet, she’s supportive of her dream to redeem sinners, and [[spoiler:staunchly opposed to the exterminations when she learns of them. The two even sing a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in unison at Sera!]]
* MistakenForFlirting: When Emily excitedly grabs Charlie's hands during their tour of Heaven, Vaggie is decidedly unamused--assuming that Emily is making a move on her girlfriend.
* NiceGirl: By far and away the genuinely nicest character on the show along with Charlie. She's nothing but cheerful and kind to everyone, including demons and immediately comes to their defense when she finds out about the Exterminations.
* PrincessClassic: Emily is a kind and thoughtful Seraphim, considered the highest rank of Angel, who actually embodies all of the virtues Heaven preaches.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: When Emily learns that her mentor Sera approved of sending Adam and an army of angelic warriors into Hell to slaughter the Sinners every year, she's furious and joins Charlie in calling Sera and Adam out on their hypocrisy. Sera is horrified, as challenging Heaven's authority puts Emily at risk of being exiled like Lucifer was.
-->'''Charlie & Emily:''' "If Hell is forever than Heaven must be a lie! / If angels can do whatever, and remain in the sky / The rules are shades of gray when you don't do as you say / When you make the wretched suffer just to kill them again."
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Shares a song alongside Charlie calling out the court of Heaven, namely by tearing into the oft-repeated notion that Sinners cannot be redeemed and their damnation is eternal. Because if redemption is impossible and the position of souls in Heaven and Hell really ''is'' intrinsic to their mere existence rather than a result of their choices in life, then everything Heaven supposedly stands for is completely hollow because paradise ''isn't'' a reward for the good and deserving.
--> ''If Hell is forever, then Heaven must be a lie''\\
''If angels can do whatever and remain in the sky''\\
''The rules are shades of grey when you don't do as you say''\\
''When you make the wretched suffer just to kill them again!''
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:She vows to help Charlie despite Heaven rejecting Charlie's plan, showing Emily really is that good. It doesn't help that Emily just found out she was lied to for a long time about the Exterminations, rendering the High Seraphim as a BrokenPedestal.]]
* SheepInSheepsClothing: Considering that the main viewpoint into Heaven until ''Welcome to Heaven'' has been [[LightIsNotGood Adam and Lute]], viewers are likely suspicious of Emily's bubbly WideEyedIdealist personality matching Charlie's. Except she's not acting; Emily really is a WhiteSheep among the hosts of Heaven. [[spoiler:She even vows to help Charlie despite Heaven rejecting Charlie's plan, showing Emily really is that good.]]
* {{Squee}}: Her reaction to seeing [[spoiler: a redeemed Sir Pentious in Heaven.]]
* WhiteSheep: While Adam and Lute revel in the carnage of the Exterminations and Sera sees it as a necessary evil, Emily is the sole person in Heaven who seems genuinely horrified at killing souls. Other background angels are shown arguing about the idea of redeeming Sinners, implying Emily isn't totally alone, but she's the only named angel willing to actually back Charlie up and call out the flawed system for what it is.
* WideEyedIdealist: Emily hits it off with Charlie immediately, being just as optimistic and idealistic as the Princess of Hell. When she sees proof that Sinners can be redeemed, she argues in favor of allowing them into Heaven, [[spoiler:is horrified when she finds out about the Exterminations, and promises to help Charlie even after Sera denies Charlie’s redemption plan]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Saint Peter]]
!!Saint Peter
[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saint_peter.png]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:''Welcome to Heaven!'']]
->'''Voiced by: '''Creator/DarrenCriss
The gatekeeper of Heaven.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: He is often depicted in art and other media as being a brunette whenever he's shown in his younger years. Here, Peter has blonde hair.
* AgeLift: Most art and media depictions of Saint Peter show him as an old man, whereas this series portrays him as being significantly younger.
* AmbiguouslyBi: During "Welcome to Heaven", Peter says that "Everyone is hot" in heaven, while being surrounded by gorgeous women and hunks. Whether this is a sign of him being attracted to both guys and gals or simply appreciating their beauty isn't made clear.
* NiceGuy: Politely greets new arrivals and tries to maintain his manners when he realizes the devil's daughter is in front of him.
* TheNoseless: He's one of the most human-looking of the angels in the show, but notably lacks a nose.
* PrecisionFStrike: When Charlie reveals she's Lucifer's daughter, Peter lets out an [[OhCrap "Oh, fuck!"]]
* RaceLift: Maybe. One hand, he's a middle-eastern man in the Bible, but appears to be Caucasian here, on the other, he lacks both a nose and the other human-like 'Winner' angels are depicted in various color, it may be a case of AmazingTechnicolorPopulation.
[[/folder]]
!!The Exorcists
[[folder:In General]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Exorcists after an Extermination]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Their appearance]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_exorcist_angels.png[[/labelnote]]]]
Angels that are annually sent from Heaven to kill a portion of Hell's population to curb Hell's overpopulation.
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* AlienBlood: The dead Exorcist reveals that their blood is golden (possibly a reference to ichor from Myth/ClassicalMythology).
* AllThereInTheScript: What they're specifically called isn't brought up in the pilot. They, however, were identified as Exorcists in [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=sjojinb_md0&t=5228 a livestream]], and referred to as such in the show itself.
* AnimalMotifs: In addition to the other angels' bird motif, the horns on their masks also resemble that of a ram or goat.
* AmazonBrigade: "Welcome to Heaven" suggests that the Exorcists are largely, if not entirely, female outside of their leader Adam. This is further supported by "The Show Must Go On", where Adam outright calls them his "girls".
* AlwaysABiggerFish: According to Vivzie, angels are more powerful than demons which is why The Exorcists are able to kill so many demons in a single day and send Hell's Overlords packing.
* AmbiguousRobots: In the original pilot, the LED screen faces, and silvery bodies implied that the Exorcists were at least partially robotic. Subverted in the actual series, where it's revealed that their LED faces are actually just masks that they wear when down in Hell as part of their Exorcist uniform.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's currently unknown if the Exorcists are angels who originated as human souls or if they are angels that were naturally born in Heaven. The fact that Adam, the first Man, is the leader of the Exorcists, the fact that the annual Extermination was his idea in the first place, and the implication that he gives all of the Exorcists their names, seems to imply the former more than the latter. [[spoiler: Vivziepop's statements on Vaggie also lends credence to the Exorcists being human angels, considering her original backstory states that she was a human soul. Although whether her human origin backstory is true, was completely retconned, or was merely a coverup to hide her true origin as an Exorcist remains to be seen.]]
* AngelicAbomination: They are angels yet look demonic in appearance, even more so than a lot of the Hell residents. Part of it is their monochrome color scheme, and the rest being the mask they wear as part of their uniform, which gives them horns and sinister glowing grins. Out of the mask, they look "normal", like regular humans but with wings with black stripes, and a black halo that sets them apart from the rest of Heaven's citizens. The one possible exception is Adam, who retains the horns and [=LED=] face, though it's possible he just doesn't take off his uniform. [[spoiler:The latter is confirmed to be true, as his mask is broken in the first season finale and he has a normal human face underneath]].
* TheArmiesOfHeaven: But ArmiesAreEvil since they're tasked not to fight enemies but to slaughter.
* AttackAttackAttack: What their fighting style amounts to. They attack without any concern for their own injury.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Exorcists like Adam and Lute are of the belief that anyone that goes to Hell deserves to be there forever while anyone who goes to Heaven must be flawless because they made it there. "Welcome To Heaven" reveals that [[spoiler:not even the leadership of Heaven know what the actual requirements are to get there, only when a soul arrives, and just use the sinners as speculation on what not to do. After they learn this, Charlie and Emily deliver a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech against the people in charge of Heaven, because if redemption is impossible to earn even after death, while horrible people like Adam and Lute are never punished for their behavior once they ascend, then the promise of Heaven is a lie and the actual morality is shades of grey]].
* BloodKnight: According to Vivzie, Exorcists are extremely bloodthirsty and love violence.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: After completing their annual extermination, many of the Exorcists are stained by their victims' blood.
* BodyguardBabes: Being a (presumably) [[AmazonBrigade all-female army of elite warriors]] who loyally serve their male boss, Adam, and also being attractive, human-like angels underneath their masks, they fit the criteria.
* CripplingOverspecialization: A complete lack of defense. The Exorcists are overwhelmingly strong and immune to physical harm from Sinners, so they don't bother defending themselves, wearing little armor and fighting in a way that exposes themselves without a thought, because they've grown used to nothing in Hell being able to stop them. As a result, they can be overwhelmed by a better fighter or worse, an enemy who is organized and prepared for an angelic assault. The angels are accustomed to demons hiding or running in fear, but the moment Charlie militarizes the Hazbin Hotel and gathers allies with an actual means to fight back, the angels suffer the consequences of their all offense, no strategy/defense way of fighting.
* DarkIsEvil: Angelic nature aside, all the Exorcists seen so far have intimidating and matte black designs, though they mostly appear in silhouette. Later, we meet Lute, the first Exorcist seen in detail, and she differs in design from other ranks of angels. Instead of a color scheme focused on bright colors, Lute has a notable, sinister greyscale color scheme, beside the [[BloodIsTheNewBlack unwashed blood stains on her clothes]].
* DivinelyAppearingDemons: Inverted. They're {{Horned Humanoid}}s with dark coloring and SlasherSmile faces, but they're angels.
* TheDreaded: As wielders of the only things that can truly kill Demons, Exorcists are some of the most feared sights in Hell. Even the Overlords hide when they come calling. However, this is due to the fact that [[InvincibleVillain the demons think there's no way to fight back]]. The latest purge, as seen at the end of the first episode, resulted in an angel's death, which neither Heaven nor Hell knew was possible. The fact that the Exorcists are NotSoInvincibleAfterAll prompts Heaven to move up to the next extermination.
* ExpressiveMask: Their digital-like faces are actually masks and they're capable are emoting with them.
* FatalFlaw: Their over aggression. They’re so used to exterminations being a one sided slaughter they never trained to defend themselves, and their battle tactics boil down to “Fly in and kill anything you see.” This bites them when the Hotel organizes an actual defense with weapons that can harm them.
* GlassCannon: A situational example. [[spoiler:They're completely immune to all attacks except from angelic weaponry, but in a fight where everyone has the proper weapons, they're about as durable as ordinary human beings despite their monstrous SuperStrength. Not only that, but they're so unfamiliar with facing enemies that can hurt them that they don't really bother with wearing armour and learning to dodge and parry attacks.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain:
** While they are not directly involved with the Hazbin Hotel's operation, nor are they attempting to undermine the staff's mission, they are the reason behind Charlie's cause due to their annually slaughtering her people just to deal with Hell's overpopulation crisis. [[spoiler:At least until "Welcome to Heaven" when Adam and Lute plan to target the Hotel first in the next upcoming extermination.]]
** The blessed weapons they leave behind have been incorporated into Hell's weapons technology, fueling a black market of demon-killing implements throughout the Rings of Hell, as seen in ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''.
* GruesomeGoat: They are vicious, bloodthirsty, demonic-looking angels who look goat or ram-like with their massive horns.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The only thing that can kill angels are their own holy weapons. Carmilla Carmine has been collecting their discarded tools after Exterminations and making weapons out of it. The Exorcists even made a habit of abandoning most of their angelic weapons after every Extermination, possibly thinking the Sinners would just be [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves using them against each other.]] Even Adam finds it "weak" when he realizes that's the big twist on how angels can be killed.]]
* HolierThanThou: The exterminators thus far seem to hold this view, and are ''incredibly'' arrogant and self-righteous.
* HolyHalo: The only real visual cue that these are angels rather than demons are the halos of light above their heads.
* HornedHumanoid: Have goat-like horns on their head, [[spoiler:though a later episode shows that these are just part of the masks they wear while on duty. Lute doesn't wear hers while in Heaven, having regular human features underneath]].
* KarmicDeath: The Exorcists have a HolierThanThou attitude against demons that is the base of the annual purge. [[spoiler:They are killed by their own holy weapons, essentially dying from something holier than them.]]
* LightIsNotGood: Silvery Angelic beings that are sent to massacre people.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler:Their disturbing jester-like faces are actually {{Expressive Mask}}s that they only wear during their Exterminations or whenever they need to visit Hell. Presumably, it's to hide their identities since only a select few in Heaven know about the Exterminations at all.]]
* MonsterClown: The smiling faces displayed on their monitor-like faces, in addition to their goat-like horns, make them appear like court jesters.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[SarcasmMode Gee, "Exorcists" in a place inhabited by demons sure sound like fun not-at-all dangerous pranksters!]]
* NightmareFace: One of their faces is a smile with an X on the eye. [[spoiler:It's just a mask they wear as part of their uniform.]]
* NighInvulnerable: Exorcists are near impossible to harm by any means except [[spoiler:the very angelic weaponry they carry]], to the point that it was considered impossible to do so until [[spoiler:Carmilla]] managed to kill one. This actually becomes a ''weakness'' for them, as they're so unaccustomed to anything being able to threaten them that they don't take measures to defend themselves
* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: They're able to slaughter Hell's denizens unopposed due to being much more powerful than Demons, but one of the Exorcists was killed in the most recent purge, something that has explicitly never happened before. It's indicated later that demons didn't even know it was ''possible'' to kill an Exorcist before this death happened. But now that it's happened, Heaven intends to have another Extermination in six months instead of one year, all so the demons don't figure this out and can't rebel against them. [[spoiler:This is on full display during the next Extermination, with Charlie's army using angelic weapons to kill a large number of the Exorcists.]]
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Their purging of Hell seems understandable, given how demons border on AlwaysChaoticEvil, except that ''this is their fault in the first place'' due to creating Hell for very petty reasons, and that the Exterminations aren't so much population control as they are a way to maintain Heaven's power. [[spoiler:"Welcome To Heaven" revealing they don't even know why someone goes to Heaven or Hell makes them even worse, because they've all this time just been ''assuming'' all demons are irredeemable.]]
* OffWithHisHead: The fallen one that Adam and Lute find is missing its head.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Silvery-winged beings with horns, notched halos, and still holographic faces that sometimes glitch.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: The decapitated exorcist is the reason why Adam moved up the extermination, causing yet another problem for our heroes.
* PopulationControl: Their purported purpose, is to kill denizens of Hell to deal with its OverpopulationCrisis.
* PunchClockVillain: Charlie initially assumes them to be this in her reprise of "Happy Day in Hell", suggesting that maybe they find having to fly down to Hell every year to be a chore and that she can help them too by opening up the Hotel and saving them the trouble. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately]], this turns out to be untrue, and the Exorcists (or at least Adam and Lute) are just {{Sadist}}s who do this because they enjoy it.
* SlasherSmile: They have grins on their holographic faces after they're done with their massacre.
* StrongButUnskilled: Downplayed in that they know how to fight, but due to being NighInvulnerable compared to demons Exorcists have developed a habit simply not bothering to defend themselves in favor of unrelenting aggression, which makes them extremely vulnerable when for the first time since time immemorial they're faced with something that can actually harm them. This also extends to their tactics on the battlefield, which amount to little more than a ZergRush against the inhabitants of Hell.
* SuperStrength: They're capable of literally ripping demons limb from limb, which makes their WeaponOfXSlaying arsenal even more dangerous than it already is.
* TautologicalTemplar: The Exorcists, at least, seem to think that the sinners in Hell are all depraved and irreversibly broken and thus are incapable of bettering themselves. As of Episode 1, all the (Exorcist) angel characters we're introduced to are all portrayed as murderous assholes, with the implications that the (semi-)annual purge in Hell is used in Heaven as ''entertainment''. Really, the only difference between them and demons is that at one is more outgunned than the other.
* TooDumbToLive: Oh sure, leave your angelic weapons behind in the battlefield after Extermination instead of making sure they're all accounted for. You know, the mass-produced {{Immortal Breaker}}s you use to massacre demons every year? If it could kill immortals, there's good chance it can be used against you, and thanks to you leaving them behind, enough was scavenged to arm a small army.
* WeaponOfXSlaying: Their signature silver weapons are the only things in creation that can render any supernatural entity DeaderThanDead, including high-ranking demons and [[spoiler:their fellow angels]]. They don't appear to be more powerful than conventional weapons, per se, only capable of permanently hurting a broader spectrum of entities.
* WeHaveBecomeComplacent: After countless years slaughtering Sinners who are much weaker than them, they have become assured in their invulnerability, wearing effectively no armor and not bothering to defend themselves or counter when a Sinner ''does'' attack them. As a result, they're slaughtered in ''droves'' when facing someone that ''can'' hurt them.
* WingedHumanoid: They have bird-like wings on their backs.
* WouldHurtAChild: During extermination, they indiscriminately slaughter both adult and child Sinners. [[spoiler:When Vaggie was still an Exorcist, she was mutilated and left for dead by her superiors because she refused to kill a demon child, and instead told them to run away.]]
* ZergRush: Their main tactic on the battlefield is just attacking in an endless wave.
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[[folder:Adam]]
!!Adam
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[[caption-width-right:1000: ''"Hell is forever whether you like it or not!"'']]
[[quoteright:1000:[[labelnote:Click here to see him unmasked]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2024_02_03_at_115202_am.jpg ''"I started everything on Earth! All of mankind came from these fucking nuts!"''[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlexBrightman [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]] Creator/EmmanuelCurtil (French), Creator/YojiUeda (Japanese) [[/labelnote]]
The first man and the leader of the Exorcists responsible for the annual Exterminations.
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* AbusiveParents: A variation. He's the first man, meaning that every human alive is his direct descendant. Yet he leads the annual extermination of the damned souls of humans and regards them with complete disdain.
* AccentAdaptation: An odd variation happens in the Latin American Spanish dub. Despite the dub being done in Chile and Adam's voice actor is also Chilean, as well as not being the only character who does this, he speaks with a notable, though not exaggerated, Mexican tone, possibly to highlight his unpleasant personality.[[note]]In the Americas, Mexicans are stereotyped on using [[ClusterFBomb lots of profane language]], as well as being quite rude and having a MightMakesRight mentality, something that befits Adam quite well.[[/note]]
* AdaptationalBadass: The original Adam was just the OriginalMan who fathered humanity. This Adam not only ascended to angelhood, but is on a power level that dwarfs just about everyone in the hotel's army against the exorcists, and it takes [[spoiler:Lucifer himself]] showing up for him to face any challenge whatsoever.
* AdaptationalJerkass: The biblical Adam was said to be the benevolent father of humanity. Here, he's as far removed from benevolent as you can get, being an AxCrazy TautologicalTemplar who slaughters Sinners without remorse, and even when off-the-job, he proves to be quite an unpleasant person to be around.
* AdaptationalVillainy: This Adam is ''far'' from the benevolent father of humanity that his Biblical counterpart was, depicted here as a misogynistic douchebag who slaughters sinners for his own entertainment.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Despite despising Hell and its denizens, he does admit to Charlie that he does dig its hardcore vibe and tunes.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Despite his comedic nature, Adam is a genuine threat when pressed. In the season one finale, [[spoiler:he's able to defeat and nearly kill Alastor, causing the Radio Demon to retreat. Adam then finds himself on the receiving end of the trope when Lucifer arrives at the battle and wipes the floor with him.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: He’s a giant jerk yet managed to not only reach salvation but even become a ''high'' ranking angel, which brings up the question of how exactly the events in Eden actually played out. [[spoiler:"Welcome to Heaven" revealing the rules to get into Heaven are so completely arbitrary and enigmatic to the point not even the angels know how one gets in explains some, but this raises a dozen more questions.]]
* AndYourLittleDogToo: In "Welcome to Heaven" [[spoiler:after Charlie publicly calls him out as no better than the Sinners he despises, Adam promises that the first stop on his next Extermination will be the Hazbin Hotel. He makes good on his promise, and he would've killed everyone living in the Hotel if it weren't for Lucifer's timely intervention.]]
* AngelicTransformation: He's actually the same Adam from Adam and Eve. Charlie suddenly gets why Lilith ditched him when she makes the connection.
* ArcVillain: Adam is the primary villain of Season 1, representing an impending crackdown on Hell's population by Heaven after the death of an Exorcist, as well as being the direct obstacle between Charlie and achieving her dream of stopping the Exterminations. [[spoiler:He is finally defeated and killed in the first season finale.]]
* BadBoss: When one of his Exorcists [[spoiler:Vaggie]] spared a demon child during one of their Exterminations, Adam let Lute [[spoiler:cut out her eye and rip off her wings before taking her halo and leaving her for dead]].
* BeardOfEvil: A variant. He's got an unshaven chin that appears to be an extremely poor attempt at a goatee, making him look even more like the slovenly PsychopathicManchild he is.
* BerserkButton:
** When Charlie and Emily point out that he's a sinner himself and that Heaven fails to follow its rules he’s SEETHING with rage.
** He seems to really hate Lucifer, and reacts with pure, unbridled hatred toward the King of Hell. The fact that Lucifer married Adam's first wife and implies he seduced ''Eve'' is probably the reason for that.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He is an immature goofball, as well as a mass murderer who even Overlords are terrified of. He's far more powerful than his Exorcists to the point not even Alastor can afford to take one of his hits, and he even [[spoiler: overpowers ''Charlie'' in her [[SuperMode full demon form]].]] It takes [[spoiler:Lucifer himself stepping in to put an end to the threat he poses]].
* BigEater: When first seen he's snacking on a big plate of ribs, and when he's seen in "Welcome to Heaven" he's slurping on a drink.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: As he makes clear to Charlie when he hi-jacks her song, to him, the sinners in Hell had their chance to be good people, and because they didn't take it, them being tortured and hunted down for sport once a year for all eternity is the fate they deserve. Regardless of whether or not they regret their actions or are in Hell for entirely petty reasons. Tellingly, he’s furious when Charlie points out that he’s a rampant sinner and doesn’t belong in Heaven.
-->'''Adam:''' ''Just try to relax, babe, you're wasting your breath,''\\
''Did I hear you imply that they'' '''don't''' ''deserve death?''\\
''Are they winners? Are they sinners? 'Cause it's cut and dry,''\\
''Fair is fair, an eye for an eye!''
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: He has a stylized A on his cloak. According to Viv in [[https://archive.is/omuYS a tweet]], his clothes with the A are meant "to be symbolic and uniform but also vaguely letterman jacket".
* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: He's a thuggish PsychopathicManchild who uses a large one-handed battleaxe in combat rather than the more delicate swords and spears that his Exorcist minions prefer.
* TheBully: Adam can't go two minutes without hurting or humiliating someone else for his own amusement. Best seen with is EstablishingCharacterMoment where he tricks Charlie with the hologram, laughs ''way'' too hard about how foolish she looks, then does the same trick again shortly after and proceeds to laugh even harder.
* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: He's the top angel in charge of the Exorcists.
* ChristianRock: Adam heavily invokes this genre with him being an angel with an electric guitar, and he's confirmed to have a band that he uses to pick up women. [[spoiler:He also calls Vaggie being exiled by the Exorcists as her "leaving the band" and sees Vaggie's partnership with Charlie as being a "duet".]]
* TheCynic: Adam firmly believes humans can't be redeemed once they enter Hell (much like [[TokenEvilTeammate Alastor]] in the series pilot) as a result of having known what they're like for time immemorial, and he is much too arrogant to believe otherwise.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:He already died thousands of years ago when he was a mortal man, he meets his second and final death at the hands of Niffty.]]
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:A misogynistic angel dies by Niffty, who would've fit everything he liked in a woman.]]
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: 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 continuing to treat the Virtue he dated less-than-respectfully and being an all-round jerk to conducting routine ''genocides'' for his own cruel entertainment.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Targeting the Hazbin Hotel to massacre all the Sinners there probably sounded fun and fitting, but Adam utterly fails to consider that he's breaking the long established pact between Heaven and Hell by going after Charlie personally. This frees up ''Lucifer'' to intervene, someone leagues more powerful than Adam.
* DirtyOldMan: He doesn't look it due to the dead not aging, but Adam is the first man and was the ex-spouse of Charlie's mom, making him firmly not just an old man, but the ''[[OriginalMan oldest]]'' [[OriginalMan man of all time]]. He also can't stop being depraved towards women, including referring to Charlie as "Lilith's Little Hottie", which is a downright ''creepy'' way to describe your ex-wife's daughter, regardless of how old she is.
* DivinelyAppearingDemons: Inverted. As with his Exorcist subordinates, he is a HornedHumanoid and even has fangs and claws, and in his case [[RockMeAsmodeus a rocker]], but he's an officially sponsored angel. [[spoiler:The Exorcists, at least, are wearing masks and appear human beneath them. Adam is also wearing a mask, but he doesn't bother taking it off when not on the job, unlike Lute.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Adam and Lute technically appeared in the opening song of the Hazbin Hotel pilot in the shadow puppet portion with Charlie. Lute also has a clearer cameo during the song as she's essentially the lead Exorcist who appears in front of the others.
* EmasculatedCuckold: Lucifer seduced his first, [[spoiler: and possibly his second]] wife, which Adam is more than pissed off by when Lucifer taunts him with this fact, [[spoiler:as he backs up Charlie at the hotel battle.]] Adam's overly macho personality may even be an attempt to compensate for this.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Among his only humanizing traits is that he genuinely does like and care for Lute, though their friendship does nothing to make him a better person as they only reinforce and encourage each other's depravity. [[spoiler:The way he smiles at Lute as he dies indicates that he loves her, either romantically or {{platonic|LifePartners}}ally.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Lute shows a rather concerning amount of bloodlust just before the next Extermination, Adam looks rather disturbed and tells her to calm down.
-->'''Adam:''' Would you just- ju- chill, Lute. Fuck.
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Math is on his LongList of huge problems in the world.
* EvilLaugh: Initially, he just had an obnoxious laugh to reflect his {{Fratbro}} personality. However, he does start to let out maniacal laughter in “The Show Must Go On”.
* EvilIsPetty:
** Ends his villain song by telling Charlie that instead of in a year, the next extermination will take place in six months. It's heavily implied he does this just to spite Charlie because she ''dared'' to suggest the human souls in Hell might deserve a second chance. [[spoiler:He is actually doing it because a demon managed to kill an Exorcist, but he doesn't want to tip Hell off that his plans are far more genocidal than usual this time.]]
** Offers Charlie to shake his hand and then some ribs only to reveal they're holograms and Charlie can't have any just to be a dick.
** When Charlie's attempt to appeal to Heaven's leadership reveals that [[spoiler:even Heaven is ignorant as to what qualifies a soul to ascend]], Adam reiterates that not only will the next extermination happen on schedule, he's specifically going to start at her hotel.
** Reveals that [[spoiler:Vaggie is an Angel]] purely because Charlie not only pointed out that he’s a rampant sinner but that Heaven fails to follow its rules.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In "The Show Must Go On", [[spoiler:when attacking Charlie, Adam is surprised that she'd risk her immortal life to defend Sinners, clearly unable to understand why she would fight to defend the damned he finds joy in slaughtering, mocking her saying that they're her FoundFamily.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: He is an ax-crazy angel whose job it is to slaughter demons annually, and it's worth noting that in the Hazbin Hotel universe, it's easy for even good people to go to Hell for petty reasons. However, Hazbin Hotel has shown that a vast majority of demons in Hell are AlwaysChaoticEvil and even some of the nicer ones are capable of doing some truly horrible stuff.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Zigzagged. You can definitely tell from first impressions alone that something is definitely off about the Angel's first human creation. Responsible for killing many of [[OffingTheOffspring his own descendants]], he looks and acts like one of the many demons trapped in Hell. Played straight later on when his face is revealed to simply be an ExpressiveMask, much like Lute's.
* FallenHero: Whether he's one of these or EvilAllAlong is a topic of significant in-universe discussion - nobody (including him) is exactly sure why someone as awful as him ended up in Heaven, especially since what he used to be like is hidden by TheFogOfAges, and it's one of the most important mysteries about if and how a soul might become redeemable (and what 'redemption' even means).
* {{Foil}}: To Alastor. They are both exceptionally powerful despite having once belonged to mortal souls, and the TokenEvilTeammate of their respective groups (Compare Adam's [[{{Sadist}} sadism]] to Emily's [[WideEyedIdealist idealism]] and Sera being a WellIntentionedExtremist). However, Alastor is an AffablyEvil -- or at least FauxAffablyEvil SouthernGentleman who doesn't even swear, save for the occasional PrecisionFStrike, whereas Adam is a crass [[EvilIsPetty douche]] whose [[SirSwearsALot swear count outnumbers every other characters' swear count combined]].
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: He certainly thinks so, complimenting Vaggie for landing "Lilith's little hottie". While Lute calls their love "[[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain vile and blasphemous]]", Adam agrees, but also says it's, "Hot as fuck, though."
* GiverOfLameNames: To a frankly gross degree: [[spoiler: Vaggie was given her name by Adam when she was still an Exterminator Angel, and he explicitly says that her skill at killing demons inspired him to name her after "the greatest thing ever." And in case that was too subtle, he pronounces her name with a ''soft'' "g."]]
* GlassCannon: In the same situational way as the Exorcists he commands, only to an even greater extreme thanks to his phenomenal destructive power. [[spoiler:Angelic weapons still affect him like conventional weapons would an ordinary human being, which is how he ends up stabbed to death by a tiny, psychotic housemaid armed with an angelic knife.]]
* AGodAmI: He has such a massive ego that he genuinely believes that he deserves to be revered like a god by his descendants. This is best shown in his VillainousBreakdown:
--> "You all should be worshipping me, you ungrateful, disgusting, fucking losers!"
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:He spends his last moments giving Lute a reassuring smile before he dies.]]
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: His prominent color scheme is gold and white which is meant to be representative of Heaven. The motif however is a LightIsNotGood one.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: Unlike the Exorcists he commands, he has gold as part of his color scheme signifying him as their superior.
* GoneHorriblyRight: He was the first human being sent to Heaven and is the one who created the humans that became Sinners in the first place. Both those circumstances cause everything in the show that Charlie has to deal with, as Adam revels in his supernatural privileges for so long that he becomes a huge {{Jerkass}} to everyone around him, and the humans he created being intelligent enough to turn to evil and being sent to Hell leads to an overpopulation problem that he thinks needs to be ruthlessly cleansed through the Exterminations without considering the option of redemption.
* HandBlast: He can fire beams of holy light from his hands or from his guitar with enough power to cut a building in half.
%% Due to repeated additions, do not add Hate Sink to Adam's folder as he does not count. He is too Laughably Evil to count.
* TheHeavy: Sera, the High Seraphim, is his direct superior and enables his actions but she's hands off in the Exterminations herself, and other villains, the Vees, are largely divorced from Charlie's story. Adam is the villain most directly involved in the plot due to his active role in the Exterminations and his personal involvement in opposing the Hazbin Hotel. [[spoiler:After helping ensure Charlie's plan to redeem Sinners fails, he promises that her hotel is the first place he'll be visiting during the Extermination.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Adam deciding to target the hotel for spite leads to serious problems for him. Namely, this breaks the pact Heaven has with Hell to not target Hellborn demons and frees Lucifer to intervene.
* {{Hologram}}: When Charlie visits Heaven's embassy, Adam offers to shake her hand in greeting. When she tries, she passes through, and Adam reveals he's actually in Heaven using a hologram to communicate with Charlie in Hell. At the end of his musical number denying Charlie's proposal, his hand flickers as he takes her by the wrist and shoves her out the door, showing his hologram can become HardLight, so letting her hand phase through his initially was just an additional dick move.
* HolyHalo: He has a classic golden halo with two additional points similar to the ones worn by his Exorcists, which is one of the visual cues that he's an angel. [[spoiler:When he dies, the halo loses its shine, leaving only a metal ring, and Lute takes it with her to show Lilith that Adam has truly died and that their deal is now null and void]].
* HornedHumanoid: He's an angel with demon-like horns. [[spoiler:As episode 8 eventually reveals, though, the horns are just part of his mask]].
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** He criticizes sinners for sinning in their past lives, but is himself a big bucket of sin, being extraordinarily wrathful, misogynistic, vain, prideful, and foul-mouthed. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also he's mentioned to have had extra-marital sex.]]
** In "Welcome to Heaven", Charlie questions Adam (the first "virtuous soul") on the criteria of being worthy of Heaven. He hastily comes up with three criteria: "act selfless, don't steal, stick it to the man." Adam himself is shown to be very selfish, entitled, and is himself "the man", both as the first man and leader of TheArmiesOfHeaven who enacts yearly genocide. When Angel Dust is shown doing the very things on his list, he insists that it still doesn't make him worthy of ascension.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Despite being the first human soul to ascend to an angel and being around for as long as creation, Adam hasn't grown up at all, maintaining the personality of a psychotic fratbro. Other than killing, all he cares about is eating, drinking, and sleeping around.
* InkSuitActor: When he's unmasked, Adam bears a resemblance to his voice actor, Creator/AlexBrightman.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: He greatly admires his exorcists for their efficiency at extermination, praising Lute for her body count [[spoiler:in addition to Vaggie who he referred to as one of his top girls. Even years after they disgraced her, he still respects her abilities]].
* InstrumentOfMurder: He has a golden guitar that he wields like a battle-axe.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He seems to hate allowing anyone else to be the center of attention, and his introduction is him telling an anecdote about a time he threw a tantrum because a groupie dared to hit on a member of his band other than him.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: In the grand scope of things, [[spoiler: Adam reports to Sera, but he is the most immediate threat to Charlie and Hell itself, as the mastermind behind the Exterminations and the one far too gleeful to kill off Hell's denizens. He also reveals Vaggie's past as a FallenAngel specifically to spite Charlie and he leads the Exorcists in battle when they start the next Extermination at the Hazbin Hotel.]]
* JabbaTableManners: His meeting with Charlie has him talking with his mouth full as he eats a plate of ribs. He's also shown messily stuffing his face with ribs in an EmbarrassingOldPhoto during the news coverage of [[spoiler: his death]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Adam is an asshole who demeans Charlie and her plans for redeeming sinners, cracks multiple jokes at her expense and constantly talks over her. To say nothing of his part in routinely leading the annual exterminations in Hell, [[spoiler:which were all ''his'' idea from the beginning,]] and his admittance that he wants to keep them around just because he gets his vile jollies out of indiscriminately massacring sinners. Charlie sums him up when talking with Vaggie:
-->'''Charlie:''' He [is] an ''asshole''.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** He shoots down Charlie's attempts to get him to endorse the Hazbin Hotel and any talks of redemption because, as he points out, Hell is supposed to be a punishment for those who could've led better lives and as we see, an overwhelming majority of demons are not interested in bettering themselves (not even their one guest, Angel Dust). But this does not mean he's in the RIGHT, as Adam is clearly using this as an excuse for his blatant sadism and some sinners are shown to be sent to Hell for minor and petty reasons.
** When Charlie opens the hearing with a "Webster's Dictionary defines..." statement, he quickly calls her out on how unoriginal it is, to which Sera agrees.
* JerkJock: He has the attitude of one, and is explicitly confirmed to have had a letterman jacket as part of the inspiration for his design.
* KarmaHoudini: A vile and repugnant misogynist, the only reason he was made into an archangel by his creators, was by lone virtue of [[ControlFreak never once disobeying them]]. [[spoiler: Or at least, that's the assumption, considering [[OntologicalMystery no one, including him, actually knows what the criteria are]].]] Charlie and Emily lampshade this during a song:
-->'''Charlie and Emily:''' [[IronicEcho If Hell is forever]] [[ArmorPiercingResponse then Heaven must be a lie]], [[{{Hypocrite}} if angels can do whatever and still remain in the sky]].
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:"The Show Must Go On" has Adam finally pay for his sins where he's beaten by Charlie and Lucifer then stabbed to death by Niffty, rendering him DeaderThanDead.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:A misogynist that genocided Sinners for centuries meeting his end at the hands of Niffty, a female Sinner who has a mindset of [[StayInTheKitchen a woman whose place is taking care of the house]], certainly fits the bill. Furthermore, he had been giving a full AGodAmI speech about his importance and how lowly the sinners are, and Niffty kills him for no reason besides he was there]].
* LargeAndInCharge: Adam is the leader of the Exorcists and is by far the largest. Lute, the second tallest, doesn't even reach his shoulder.
* LaughablyEvil: He's an AxCrazy psychopath but he has the personality of a sadistic, meathead fratbro who constantly cracks jokes, making him entertaining while still being utterly irredeemable.
* LightEmUp: Adam is capable of firing destructive beams of light from hands, which he calls his "holy light".
->''"SUCK MY HOLY LIGHT FUCKERS! YEAHHHHH!"''
* LightIsNotGood: Although he's draped in white and golden colors indicative of Heaven, he's not a good guy. He laughs in Charlie's face when she tells him her plan for a hotel that redeems sinners and follows that up by flat-out admitting that the yearly slaughter of Hell's citizens isn't just punishment but entertainment for him and the other exorcists.
* LooseLips: Early on in "Welcome to Heaven", Adam is talking about [[spoiler:the Exterminations]] in public despite it being a secret from Heaven at large. [[spoiler:Then he spills the beans in general when he gets mad.]]
* LousyLoversAreLosers: If Lucifer's comments and gestures in the season one finale are accurate, Lilith [[DidTheyOrDidntThey and Eve both]] preferred Lucifer's efforts in bed far more than Adam's. Given his [[ItsAllAboutMe usual temperament,]] it's no surprise Adam would be a selfish and lousy lover.
* MonsterProgenitor: He's the first man, the father of [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humanity,]] whose souls can ascend to heaven or descend to hell and become demons.
* MoralMyopia: He's been leading a crusade against every soul in Hell for thousands of years, killing billions in the interim. When a ''single'' Exorcist is successfully killed during the latest Extermination, he takes it as a personal slight and declares that he now plans on such a thorough genocide that no one in Hell is ever able to "pull a stunt like that again." And this is despite the fact that [[spoiler:he had left a wounded Vaggie for dead in Hell simply for sparing a demon child, implicitly hoping that a demon would kill her]].
* MoreDespicableMinion: He serves as this towards Sera, while she has authority over him [[spoiler:Adam was the one who came up with the annual Exterminations in Hell. While Sera clearly feels guilt over the Exterminations, she allows them to happen because she believes Hell's overpopulation is a direct threat to Heaven. Adam merely views the Exterminations as "entertainment" and personally enjoys murdering sinners in Hell.]]
* MorphWeapon: That guitar of his does actually serve a practical purpose - he can transform it into a battleaxe, which serves as his primary weapon.
* {{Narcissist}}: To an insane degree as it fits with his knight templar personality and the way he justifies anything he does as being good or just simply for being the first man created.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Adam vaporizing Sir Pentious when he tries to attack the angel ends with the sinner going to Heaven for his sacrifice, proving that it ''is'' possible for sinners to redeem themselves]].
* NighInvulnerable: As with his subordinate Exorcists, Adam is nearly impossible to hurt by any means other than [[spoiler:angelic power and weaponry]]. His reaction when [[spoiler:Charlie stabs him through the shoulder with her pitchfork]] helps to underscore how alien the sensation of being injured is to him.
-->''(Shocked) The fuck!? That hurts!''
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He's the one in charge of the yearly Extermination in Hell, which, on paper, is meant to decrease Hell's overwhelming population of sinners and demons. This could be a somewhat noble goal, were it not for Adam making it blatantly clear that he and the other Exorcists find Exterminations entertaining, and discard any attempt to peacefully compromise with Hell, instead laughing at Charlie's idea of the Hazbin Hotel right out of the meeting room while [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem smugly informing her that the Exorcists will be back in six months instead of the year they're supposed to take.]] "Welcome to Heaven" reveals that [[spoiler:Adam was the one that came up with the idea of the Exterminations in the first place, with Sera being unhappy about it]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Adam acts like, and more than likely genuinely is, a chauvinistic tool who seems to just do things just because he can, even moving up the next extermination due to a spur-of-the-moment way to insult Charlie. [[spoiler:In reality, he had already made up his mind to change the extermination to an outright genocide, and opts to wait to strike rather than act impulsively like Lute suggests.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: Despite being an angel, he is far more monstrous and intimidating than most traditional likenesses of such celestial beings, he has demonic horns, eyes that lack pupils, and razor-sharp teeth. And his behavior alone is '''anything''' but holy.
* OddFriendship. With Lute. Adam is selfish, bratty, deeply misogynistic, and lacks empathy for just about anyone or anything that isn't him. Somehow, he manages to get along with her so well that it's shown they have a deep connection to one another, either platonically or romantically is unclear.
* OffingTheOffspring: All the Sinners, as former humans, are his and Eve's descendants, but he ''revels'' in slaughtering them.
* OhCrap:
** Lets out a "shit" when he [[spoiler:accidentally blurts out the truth of the Exterminations in front of the entire Angelic court.]]
** He manages to keep up his bravado even as [[spoiler:Lucifer clearly has him completely outmatched, but when he tries to go in for a cheap shot only for Charlie (who he'd previously overpowered) to morph her hand into a demonic claw and [[PunchCatch stop him completely dead in his tracks]]]] he genuinely freaks out for a moment at the sudden turnaround.
-->''Wait, what the fuck!?''
* OriginalMan: Yes, he is ''that'' Adam, '''the''' Adam. He even calls himself "the original dick" and "the dick all other dicks descend from" ([[DontExplainTheJoke "dick" in this context meaning male genitalia, not euphemism for "jerk" even though that fits far better]]). Charlie speculates that this is why her father didn't want to meet with him.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: His entire job can count as this. While it's been shown that people can go to Hell in this universe for petty reasons and are not deserving of being down there and certain demons do display redeeming qualities, the vast majority of demons shown fall under AlwaysChaoticEvil and are fundamentally horrible people okay with murder, rape, and various other high sins and crimes. As such, Adam's routine extermination of demons seems less horrible overall. ''However'', it's made clear that the Exterminations are less about punishing evil and more about preserving Heaven's authority and he shows clear sadism in doing so, something he flat out admits.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He's got enough SuperStrength to crack open a skyscraper-sized force-field with a single punch, can rapid-fire energy blasts with the power of a heavy artillery battery, and even manages to [[spoiler:annihilate Sir Pentious and his entire airship so effortlessly that it looks like they just blink out of reality]]. It's very good news for our heroes that he's UnskilledButStrong enough for them to dodge most of his attacks, and that [[spoiler:Lucifer, their own PersonOfMassDestruction, is on his way to take him down.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:While Sera ends up ruling in his favor, and he gets to torment Charlie by revealing that Vaggie is a former Exorcist and promising to start the next extermination at the hotel, he had also revealed the existence of the exterminations themselves to the entire courtroom, along with how cruel and spiteful he can be (to Sera's open disapproval).]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He was implied to have been misogynistic towards Lilith as in Jewish folklore, demanding she submit to him. He acts like an obnoxious, slovenly frat boy in the modern day, particularly when recollecting a time he was upset a woman wanted to have sex with someone else (his band's drummer) besides the "original dick" (they ended up fucking anyways). He seems to treat his female exorcists with ''some'' respect, though it's probably only because they willingly follow his orders as well as how genuinely competent they are at the jobs he assigns them, but even then, he casually calls Lute "Danger Tits" to her face, and her non-reaction indicates this is pretty common. His attitude towards sinners is also straight-up genocidal. He also agrees with Lute when she calls Charlie and Vaggie's relationship "Blasphemous", while also considering it "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot hot]]".
--> '''Adam:''' Y'know when you take her out for the ''fifth'' time and she ''still'' expects you to pay the check but you're like ''[mockingly]'' "Hey, I thought you wanted equality!?"
* PsychopathicManchild: He's the OriginalMan, thousands of years old, and the head of the Exorcists... and he behaves like an obnoxious college frat-boy. A ''bloodthirsty, sociopathic'' obnoxious college frat-boy, who, when he isn't playing childish pranks with his hologram and being casually misogynistic; enjoys routinely committing genocide with his pals, [[spoiler:didn't think twice about one of his own soldiers being mutilated and left for dead just because she refused to murder a child, and tries to massacre Charlie's hotel first out of petty spite]]. Sera also treats him like a petulant child, chiding him for acting out of bounds.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Wears an outfit with a lot more purple on it then his usual robe when [[spoiler: he and his Exorcists attack the hotel, where he demonstrates a lot of strong, if unrefined, power.]]
* RottenRockAndRoll: His VillainSong is hard rock as opposed to the other songs which are more Broadway-style, and even owns an electric guitar. He’s also [[{{Leitmotif}} accompanied by electric guitars]] whenever he appears, and does rocker screams when leading an Extermination in the season one finale.
* {{Sadist}}: He and his Exorcists don't just perform exterminations in an effort to keep Haven in control and scare Hell off from fighting back, they ''like'' slaughtering sinners, as he makes clear to Charlie during his song:
-->'''Adam:''' ''When all's said and done (said and done),''\\
''There’s the question of fun,''\\
''And for those of us with divine ordainment,''\\
''Extermination is entertainment!''
* SevenDeadlySins: Ironically, as an angel, he's guilty of committing a few.
** {{Lust}}: He thinks that being the "original dick" gives him the right to sleep with any woman he wants. He's first introduced bragging about having sex with a Virtue and insisting how Charlie calls him "Dickmaster".
** {{Pride}}: He believes that as an angel and the first human to be allowed into Heaven ''ever'', he's entitled to everything and everyone that interests him and that the rest are beneath him. Right before [[spoiler:Niffty kills him mid-VillainousBreakdown]], he outright says that [[AGodAmI he should be worshipped]] because he's the OriginalMan.
** Vanity: He's dressed ''extremely'' flamboyantly for an angel and has the golden wings to prove it, whereas most of the other angels have more muted affluence and have white wings.
** {{Wrath}}: He holds exorcisms under the pretense of PopulationControl for Hell, but it's clear he does so because he likes killing demons and seeing his Exorcists kill as well.
** [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]]: He is introduced chowing down on a large plate of ribs (which he teasingly offers to share with Charlie before revealing that he's a hologram just to be a jerk), and the photo 666 News uses [[spoiler:after his death]] has him similarly stuffing his face with them, showing that it was a habit of his.
** {{Sloth}}: The only time he does something other than brag about himself or put someone else down is when [[spoiler:he's leading the Extermination against the hotel in the last episode]], and even then he hardly does anything.
** [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]: [[spoiler:He has ''not'' gotten over how Lucifer seduced his first (and maybe second) wife, wearing a helmet that makes it look like he has horns and a more demonic face as well as putting up a "macho man" persona in a feeble attempt to impersonate the fallen angel.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: When he tells Charlie that Heaven has decided to move up the next extermination, he shows her a golden scroll that just says "Fuck you I do what I want!!". [[spoiler:Though the end of the episode reveals he ''does'' actually have a legitimate reason to move up the extermination beyond just being a dick.]]
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Adam laughs at Charlie's idea for redeeming sinners to enter Heaven, while he is still in the same room as her.
-->'''Adam:''' ''Fuckin' Hell's forever,''\\
''And it's meant to suck a lot,''\\
''So give up your dumb endeavor,''\\
'''Cause you don't have a shot!''
* SirSwearsALot: In [[WebAnimation/{{Hellaverse}} a universe]] already full of potty mouths, Adam manages to stand out by having the biggest swear per minute count in the entire show; every sentence from him comes with at least one obscenity (he even manages to [[CountryMatters say "cunt" uncensored multiple times]], which [[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E7MammonsMagnificentMusical not even Mammon can get away with]] due to [=YouTube=] being stricter concerning swearing than Prime Video). And this is despite him being an angel.
* SmugSnake: Says that he’s never made a mistake in his life, [[HypocriticalHumor which both in-universe]] and in the Bible is not true.[[note]]After Eve’s creation, she has a somewhat lengthy conversation with the devil, during which he spars with her, tempting her and ultimately causing her to fall. During this time, where was Adam? One would think he wasn't there because the text does not record him saying anything, but in fact Adam was right there the whole time. One would expect Adam to say something to help his wife's argument, but he said nothing and St. Paul goes so far to say that he was not even deceived when he joined her in eating the apple. He is guilty of inaction and thinking he is beyond a rule written by god. Oh and of course... when Adam and Eve sinned, they coveted what was not theirs. God gave them every fruit, a garden, the whole world even. But it was not enough. They wanted more. Leading to the breaking of the 10th commandment, “You shall not covet” -Exodus 20:17a.[[/note]]
* SpikesOfVillainy: It's very subtle, but Adam has tiny golden spikes lining the coat of his collar that are absent from the other inhabitants of Heaven, marking him as a particularly dangerous angel. He trades his coat for a similar one with far more prominent spikes during the Extermination, showing that he's no longer playing around.
* StarterVillain: Adam is the first primary threat from Heaven that Charlie and her Hotel have to contend with, [[spoiler:but he is by no means the last, as his position as leader of the Exorcists is taken up by his right-hand-woman Lute after his death.]]
* StealthPun: His favorite food is ribs. Trying to get back what he lost when Eve was made, perhaps?
* TautologicalTemplar: PlayedForHorror - Adam's entire claim on righteousness hinges on the Sinners being BeyondRedemption and the denizens of heaven being AlwaysLawfulGood... an argument that falls apart due to Adam himself behaving ''at least as badly'' as the worst {{Hate Sink}}s in hell. From what we've seen, Adam has actively bragged about pressuring a groupie into sex, has proven himself a BadBoss to Exorcists who [[WouldntHurtAChild dare to show mercy]], and makes ''no'' bones about his purges being [[BloodKnight motivated by amusement]] rather than out of a desire to defend Heaven. [[spoiler: The fact that a monster like him ''isn't'' a FallenAngel [[SpottingTheThread is the first of many hints that something is VERY wrong with Heaven's assumptions about divine justice]].]]
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: In "The Show Must Go On", we see Adam without his mask, and his face doesn't particularly stand out despite him being a mass-murderer.
* TomTheDarkLord: A powerful and genocidal angel with the name “Adam”. Although justified, as he is in fact the biblical first human known as Adam.
* TimeAbyss: He's the first man and the progenitor of the entire human race.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Is eating ribs in "Overture", which he mentions as one of his favorite foods.
* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: It’s established in the first episode that Hellborns are spared from the Exterminations, making Adam technically a traitor when he attempts to [[spoiler: kill or at least severely hurt Charlie, a Hellborn demon]].
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:For a millennia-old immortal and powerful Exorcist, Adam's end is nothing short of pathetic. After getting pummeled to a bloody pulp by Lucifer and only being spared at Charlie's behest, Adam dies, not in battle, but by being stabbed InTheBack multiple times by ''Niffty'' in the middle of his VillainousBreakdown. About his only consolidation is the fact he got to see [[VillainousFriendship Lute]] is genuinely heartbroken over his death before he completely expires.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Charlie spares his life when she stops her father before he can deliver the killing blow, yet Adam has an VillainousBreakdown about how he won't let Charlie win this battle and how everyone should worship him simply because he's the first man. Had he lived he clearly would have continued his genocidial ways despite Charlie showing him mercy.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: [[spoiler:Adam, by virtue of being the leader of the Exorcists, is extraordinarily powerful but lacks any technique beyond brute forcing his opposition. Alastor, a comparatively weaker opponent, gives him trouble for a time simply by virtue of being able to dodge his attacks and counterattack with impunity, though Alastor still gets crippled with just one successful strike since he wasn't using angelic weapons on the OriginalMan. Adam only finds himself outmatched when the far stronger Lucifer finally steps into the fray.]]
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: In "Welcome to Heaven" [[spoiler:even after Adam wins the court case determining Sinners cannot be redeemed and allowed into Heaven, he gloats to Charlie that during the next Extermination he'll be targeting the Hazbin Hotel first, then laughs at the looks on their faces. Even [[BigBad Sera]] tells him [[EvenEvilHasStandards such sadism was uncalled for]].]]
* VillainRevealsTheSecret: [[spoiler: He's the one who ultimately reveals to Charlie, and the audience, that Vaggie used to be an Exorcist under his command]].
* VillainSong: "Hell is Forever", in which Adam firmly denies Charlie's dream of redeeming damned souls, insisting that they are BeyondRedemption, deserve to suffer and be [[DeaderThanDead permanently killed]], and caps it all of by telling Charlie that the next Extermination will happen six months ahead of schedule.
* VillainousBreakdown: After being defeated by Lucifer in "[[Recap/HazbinhotelS1E8TheShowMustGoOn The Show Must Go On]]", Adam starts ranting after [[BreakTheHaughty being humbled for maybe one of the first times in his life]] by the same guy that cucked him twice. [[spoiler:To add insult to injury, Adam dies an UndignifiedDeath moments later by being stabbed through the back by Niffty with a dagger. Niffty wasn't even going for Adam in particular; she was just so AxCrazy that he was just one more angel for her to stab.]]
-->'''Adam:''' No!...you don't get to end this! I'm fucking ADAM! I'm THE FUCKING MAN and you're just some fucking clown or somethin'! I started EVERYTHING on Earth! ''All of mankind'' came from THESE FUCKING NUTS! You all should be worshipping me! You ''ungrateful, DISGUSTING, '''FUCKING LOSERS!'''''
* VillainousFriendship: Lute is his trusted lieutenant in the Exorcists and his best friend. He fist-bumps her when she tells him how many sinners she killed, she plays along with his villain song and the two are seen hanging out off duty in Heaven. Though Adam isn't above insulting her, their friendship is genuine, best displayed in "The Show Must Go On" where [[spoiler:Lute is devastated by his death and Adam's last act is to smile at her reassuringly before he dies.]]
* VillainousValor: While Adam is content to pick on people weaker than himself, his reaction to [[spoiler:Lucifer]] joining the battle is to hit him with a flying tackle; showing that he's not afraid to punch above his weight.
* WingedHumanoid: He has golden angelic wings.
* WouldHurtAChild: Children are not spared during his Exterminations, [[spoiler:in fact, he let Lute mutilate one of his top lieutenants for sparing a crying demon child, then left her for dead in Hell.]]
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: When he realizes that [[spoiler:[[TakesOneToKillOne the Sinners are able to kill the Exorcists using their own weapons]]]], he calls it "weak".
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!!Lute
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"They are not the same. They had their chance and they earned damnation."'']]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her unmasked]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_1594_6.jpeg ''"Your highness, forgive me, but what are the hellspawn doing here?"''[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Jessica Vosk [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]] Kelly Marot (French) [[/labelnote]]
An exorcist and Adam's lieutenant.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:After she gets buried under rubble by Vaggie with her arm stuck, she tugs so hard that she tears her arm clean off.]]
* AxCrazy: She's a fanatical GeneralRipper who will resort to extreme violence with disturbing speed to ensure every demon she sees is dead. She can exercise self-control, but it's clear that she really doesn't want to. [[spoiler:When Adam is about to launch the extermination and announces that he's putting a bounty on Vaggie's head Lute starts graphically describing killing her to the point ''Adam'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards has to tell her to tone it down]].]]
* BerserkButton: Like Adam, Lute is shown to be seething when Charlie calls Adam a sinner and the people of Heaven hypocrites. In general, questioning or undermining her genocidal life's work will cause her to fly all the way off the handle in a way that even her boss won't.
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler: She couldn't care less about Sera's reasons for authorizing the Extermination or Heaven's threatened stability. Destroying human souls and [[ForTheEvulz tallying up the numbers]] is all that truly matters to her.]]
* TheComicallySerious: Lute is essentially Adam's straightwoman, with humour being derived from how she stays composed in the face of Adam's bullshit.
* DarkIsEvil: She's a black-colored angel with horns and responsible for rendering hundreds of human souls DeaderThanDead. She also scoffs at the concept of redemption and is needlessly cruel to Charlie during Charlie's meeting with her and Adam. Since she's an angel working for Heaven, she's technically also a case of LightIsNotGood.
* TheDeterminator: A villainous example. She has absolutely no problem ripping her own arm off as long as it gives her a chance to get back at and kill Vaggie.
* TheDragon: To Adam, as his loyal assistant.
* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:After Adam dies at the end of season one Lute becomes the new head of the Exorcists.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Among her only humanizing traits is that she genuinely does like and care for Adam, beyond the professional boss and underling relationship they have. This does nothing to make her a better person though, if anything it worsens her behavior as their friendship actively encourages the worst of each other's toxic behavior. [[spoiler:She is very distraught by Adam's death.]]
* EvilMakesYouUgly: At first, Lute's armor is seen with bloodstains, suggesting she [[BloodIsTheNewBlack isn't interested in washing the blood off her clothes.]] However, she is seen cleaned up in the episode "Welcome to Heaven" until the musical number "You Didn't Know", where the blood on her armor reappears as she launches into a hateful verse and dons her Exorcist mask - suggesting the stains are more than they appear.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: When Lute is shown without her mask, it's revealed she's quite the beauty as a literal angel. However, her self-righteous, bloodthirsty, genocidal attitude towards the denizens of Hell make her more demonic in nature than the literal demons she loves killing.
* GeneralRipper: Whereas Adam is a simple hedonistic sociopath who mostly just massacres sinners for fun, she's defined by her deep and sincere hatred for the residents of Hell. When she's forced to talk to demons like Charlie, it's clear that she can barely restrain herself from going for their throats, and [[spoiler:seeing one of her Exorcists spare a child during an Extermination causes her to immediately fly into an UnstoppableRage that ends with Vaggie horribly mutilated and left for dead.]]
* HolierThanThou: When Charlie insinuates Heaven is mistaken in believing Sinners deserve annihilation, Lute claims "Angels don't make mistakes," and sides with her boss in boasting about Heaven's superiority over Hell. She’s also visibly angered when Charlie implies that she and Adam are no better then the sinners they hate.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Downplayed as Adam is shown to be a dangerous and cunning antagonist on his own. Lute's own brand of cruelty is played much more seriously and she tries to reign in her boss from breaking heaven's rules. Tellingly, during their first meeting, Adam rambles on about a variety of irrelevent topics to Charlie whilst Lute cuts straight to the point and states that sinners are irredeemable. [[spoiler:In Heaven she warns Adam against fighting Vaggie in public because the annual Extermination is secret, something she constantly has to remind him about.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** She claims that [[HolierThanThou "Angels don't make mistakes"]], and yet [[spoiler: they ascended the walking embodiment of chauvinism (Adam) as the first "human angel", simply because Lilith rightfully set her own boundaries and didn't want to blindly obey a dickhead.]]
** She and Adam [[spoiler:also mutilated Vaggie and left her for dead in Hell because she spared a demon child, which would technically count as a mistake.]]
** She calls Charlie's argument that sinners can learn to be better "petty", despite her own petty action of mocking Charlie during their first meeting.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Lute manages to be even more personal to the main characters than Adam [[spoiler:since she was the one who mutilated Vaggie for sparing a child completely of her own volition, and later kills Dazzle]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Lute is cold, contemptuous and self-righteous, believing wholeheartedly in the infallibility of angels and the wickedness of demons. While Adam constantly spots juvenile and vulgar insults towards his victims like a psychotic fratbro, Lute normally remains silent only to let out far more personal and vitriolic insults that reveal the full extent of the seething hatred she harbors towards everyone she perceives as sinful.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:She's been participating and enjoying the exterminations for potentially millenia, and three years ago mutilated Vaggie for sparing a child sinner. At the end of season 1 she's trapped under rubble and removes her own arm, and loses her commander and closest friend.]]
* KickTheDog: Pretty much all of her actions easily fit into this trope but three things stand out in particular. She gives Charlie an extremely cruel TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and ends it by telling Charlie point-blank that she and her family have no real importance to anyone in Heaven. It is also revealed later that she told [[spoiler:Vaggie]] that "filth like her has no place in Heaven" [[spoiler:and brutally slashed Vaggie's eye and wings off and left her to bleed to death in Hell]] all because she spared a demon child during her days as an Exorcist, turning her into a Fallen Angel. During Charlie's time in Heaven's court, she also humiliates and mocks Angel Dust in front of all of Heaven by calling him a crack-whore and that he "blew his shot [for redemption] like the cocks in his mouth" despite the fact that he clearly demonstrated the ability to change for the better.
* KnightTemplar: She has a zealous hatred for sinners and believes their execution is just and righteous.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Downplayed. [[spoiler:She was the one who attacked Vaggie and crippled her before leaving her for dead in Hell in the past. During their showdown in the Season 1 finale, Vaggie returns the favor by beating her and intending to let her live as a CruelMercy, but then Lute [[AnArmAndALeg cripples herself]] in sheer fury and determination to keep fighting.]]
* ALizardNamedLiz: Her name is Lute, and she's Adam's chief '''Lieut'''enant. Averted after "The Show Must Go On", when she becomes a DragonAscendant.
* MadEye: Invoked. Her unique Exorcist mask gives her one wide, round eye and one narrow, slitted one, which combines with the standard SlasherSmile to make her look even more intimidatingly deranged than her subordinates. Meanwhile, she herself tends to be TheStoic, with her real face showing little evidence of the bottomless rage that appears to fuel her.
* MeaningfulName: She is named after a medieval instrument angels are often depicted playing.
* MookLieutenant: She's Adam's top lieutenant in the Exorcists.
* MoralMyopia:
** Lute is completely unsympathetic to the mass slaughter of sinners and considers it justified. [[spoiler: But when the Heaven drone discovers the body of a decapitated Exorcist in Hell, Lute is furious and demands the angels return to Hell right this instant to kill everyone there in retaliation. Even more egregious since "Scrambled Eggs" reveals the Exorcist was killed by Carmilla to protect her daughters from it, making this a kill in self-defense and thus about a hundred times more justifiable than the frequent exterminations.]]
** "Welcome to Heaven" reveals Lute has a firm WithUsOrAgainstUs mentality as she isn’t above [[spoiler:killing Exorcists who sympathize or show mercy during Exterminations either, as shown by what she did to Vaggie for sparing a demon child. And this despite her aforementioned murderous rage at a demon managing to kill an Exorcist when she implicitly hoped that some Sinner would finish Vaggie off if she survived her wounds]].
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: While it's unknown what Adam's body count is, he's a LaughablyEvil goofball while Lute is calm and stoic while she states how many demons she killed and is covered in blood. She also suggests sending an army of angels to wipe out all sinners immediately in retaliation for [[spoiler:the death of a single Exorcist]], while Adam wants to wait. She's also the one who [[spoiler:mutilated Vaggie seemingly on her own accord]], and her stating she wants to rip her "cunt mouth out of her ass" [[EvenEvilHasStandards disturbs even Adam]]. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 1, this becomes more literal, as she manages to actually kill some of Charlie's forces, including Dazzle, while Adam fails to kill a single character of note, with even his one thought kill in Sir Pentious resulting in his ascension. Adam's death in turn results in her becoming the new leader of the Exorcists, and deciding to go for the throat by conscripting Lilith into helping her.]]
* MoreDespicableMinion: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. She manages to be this to the ''already'' despicable Adam. While both are sadistic butchers and generally unpleasant, Adam at the least is LaughablyEvil, a PsychopathicManchild in terms of personality, and [[spoiler:his death is rather pitiful.]] Lute by comparison has few comedic traits, is unquestionably {{blood|Knight}} thirsty to the point {{even|EvilHasStandards}} Adam is telling her to chill, is the one responsible for [[spoiler:mutilating Vaggie when she was still an Exorcist]], and is so zealous and unhinged she's willing to [[spoiler:''rip her own arm off'' to escape being trapped before pouncing on Vaggie like a wild animal. While she earns some pity from her reaction to Adam's death, it's made clear that this has just emboldened her into wanting to see the Hazbin Hotel, more specifically Charlie, dead at her feet.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Even though Lute is more well-put together than her boss Adam in just about every way, that doesn't mean she's above the standard angel HolierThanThou attitude or Adam's bullying and pettiness toward Hell and everyone in it. She dismisses redemption right out the gate and callously talks down to Charlie, then gleefully jams along to Adam's VillainSong after.
** In "The Show Must Go On" [[spoiler:she's even more vulgar and amped up than Adam when hyping up the Exorcists before the Extermination, to the point where her boss has to tell her to tone it down.]]
* NotSoStoic:
** During Charlie's hearing with Sera, when she gets riled up enough her stoicism cracks and she starts engaging in the swearing and vulgarity more typical of her boss.
--->''What are we even talking about?!''\\
''Some CRACKWHORE who fucked up already?!''\\
''He blew his shot like the cocks in his mouth!''\\
''This whole discussion is senseless and petty!''
** When [[spoiler:Adam dies]], she completely drops her stoic demeanor, letting out a devastating scream.
* NumberTwo: To Adam. She's the only angel who's frequently by his side and seems to have a leading role among the Exorcists.
* OddFriendship. With Adam. He is selfish, bratty, deeply misogynistic, and lacks empathy for just about anyone or anything that isn't him. Somehow, he manages to get along with her so well that it's shown they have a deep connection to one another, either platonically or romantically is unclear.
* OnlyAFleshWound: In "The Show Must Go On", [[spoiler:despite [[AnArmAndALeg tearing off her own trapped arm]] , Lute isn't incapacitated by the pain or possible blood loss, and arguably does even better fighting Vaggie than when she still had it. While it's true she's running on sheer determination, rage, and bloodlust to make up for it, she's still moving about without any real difficulties when all of that fades into horror and sadness at Adam's death.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While Lute is not as blatantly bigoted as her openly misogynistic boss and it's implied that even she is not too amused when Adam calls her demeaning names, she still manages to have her own form of intolerance.
** On top of [[FantasticRacism her evangelistic "scorched Earth" policy when it comes to demons]], she also regards Charlie and Vaggie's relationship as "vile and blasphemous", though whether it's because they're both women or because she's [[spoiler:an angel]] dating Lucifer's daughter (a demon) specifically isn't made clear. In either case, she'd be discriminating against Charlie and Vaggie's relationship based on gender or species, making her a Politically Incorrect Villain either way.
** Her attitude towards Angel Dust during the trial also has shades of this, writing him off as a "crackwhore" and making a petty dig about the "cocks in his mouth", which is at best a horrible attitude towards drug addicts and sex workers (made even worse by the fact Angel's largely been forced into sex work by Valentino), but also reeks of homophobia.
* PunnyName: "Lute," being Adam's lieutenant.
* SayMyName: She screams Adam's name [[spoiler:in anguish as she's yelling at him to stay with her while he's dying.]]
* SupernaturalGoldenEyes: Of a different variant than Adam's. Lute has golden irises, the color of Angelic blood, which stand out in her otherwise monochromatic color scheme.
* UniformityException: She looks identical to the average exorcist for the most part, but has a circle with an X over it instead of an X for her right eye and a black halo instead of white to distinguish her from the others.
* VillainousFriendship: Despite having polar opposite demeanors, she and Adam seem to get along really well, with him vocally praising her kill counts (with a congratulatory fist bump) and her gleefully playing along with his VillainSong (which also involves a fist bump). [[spoiler:When Adam dies she starts freaking out, shedding tears and cradling his body.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Outside of her mask her hair is white, [[spoiler:just like Vaggie's]], and she's a dangerous cruel Angel. Her white hair even provides a contrast with her black halo.
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Her reaction to seeing [[spoiler:Vaggie]] sparing a demon child during an Extermination was to call her fellow-Exorcist a disgrace, cut out her eye, rip off her wings and leave her for dead in Hell.
* WouldHurtAChild: The reason Lute mutilated her fellow Exorcist [[spoiler:Vaggie]] and left her for dead in Hell is because her comrade refused to murder a demon child.
* YouAreTooLate: At the end of season 1, she orders [[spoiler:Lilith to return to Hell to stop Charlie's plans.]] However, it's already been revealed that [[spoiler:due to Sir Pentious managing to ascend to Heaven, Charlie has, unbeknownst to her, ''already'' succeeded.]]
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!!Eve
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[[caption-width-right:605:'''Charlie:''' ''"But this gift came with a curse."'']]
Adam's second bride, who (in Charlie's story) was given the fruit of knowledge by Lilith and Lucifer.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Lucifer's comments in the season one finale seem to imply that he not only married Lilith, he may have also seduced Eve at some point as well. Given that Adam is a PsychopathicManchild and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and [[ImmortalImmaturity has been since the dawn of creation]], [[SympatheticAdulterer can you really blame her?]]
* SecondLove: Was this to Adam after Lilith ditched him for being controlling.
* SlasherSmile: In Charlie's story, after Eve takes the Fruit of Knowledge she's shown sporting a PsychoticSmirk that grows into a terrifying red-tinted smile--indicating that being given free will corrupted her.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her current role is in a flashback in a story Charlie told, however her eating the fruit allowed the forces of Darkness to infect Earth and cause Lucifer's banishment to Hell.
* TemptingApple: She was given THE forbidden fruit which is an apple in this series.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As stated eating the apple caused the evil to find its way to Earth, corrupting the angels' creation, causing Lucifer and Lilith to fall, and Hell to be born.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate after eating the forbidden fruit is unknown and while we do know that her husband Adam would go on to become an angel, she isn’t mentioned nor referenced to beyond the story Charlie tells in the beginning. Lucifer implies that [[DidTheyOrDidntThey he seduced her as well]] to Adam in the first season finale to mock him, though it's unclear if that actually happened or not.
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